Zeta Bar and Another Chivas Music Experience present DJ Sassy Pandez spinning on 22 and 23 October. A supermodel and an international DJ, Sassy is “the sexiest DJ in the world” and, judging by her Maxim cover, they’re not far from the truth.

At the fifth official Moto GP party at Zouk KL, the house-heavy DJs lined up for this celebration of motor sports will be: Hernán Cattáneo, Benny Benassi, DJs Are Not Rockstars (Alexander Technique) and local talents, Joey G and Twilight Actiongirl.

The King of Crunk Lil Jon will bring his A-game to the launch of Lollipop, the new urban night at Kuala Lumpur's Mist Club. Flying half way around the world for a single launch – life must be sweet for Jonathan Mortimer Smith (Lil Jon’s real name).

Indie rockers, take note. Mark these words, Van She is going to be the next big thing to hit the underground scene. With a sound that fits perfectly into a LapSap rave, Van She's material is highly rooted in the 80's - heavy on synthesizer while managing a more textured sound to maintain a fresh catchiness.

The last we saw of Heineken Green Room was in 2006 at Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre where Munich-based Chicks On Speed wowed the crowd with their unconventional, avant-garde electro. It’s been two long, lonely years since that fateful night but on 1 November, Heineken Green Room will return to KL shores with a whole new concept and even more interesting artistes in its line-up.

Get your jazz shoes on, because multiple award-winning artist Diana Krall makes a stop in Kuala Lumpur on her Greatest Hits World Tour 2008! With more than eleven critically acclaimed albums under her belt, the Canadian singer and songwriter is all set to hit the stage with her cool, heavy-lidded vocals and incredible dexterity at the piano. E

As part of the Hennessy Artistry: The Global Art Of Mixing series, LA-based rock outfit Until June are all set to hit Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month! If you haven't head of the band yet, you will soon. Critics liken their sound to the piano-based rock of Keane, Coldplay and Ben Folds Five, but Until June answer for themselves in a phone interview with KLue.

Electronic Disturbances at Republic is dedicated to the “sounds of technology”. This month, the artiste in the spotlight is Flica. Who is Flica, you ask? The one-man electro-acoustic band is the alias of one Euseng Seto.

Still reeling from the Merdeka celebrations and feeling the patriotism deep in your veins? For your dose of Malaysiana in September, Broadway Parodies Lagi Lah! (BPLL) will not fail to please.

Finn Peters might have a first name for a last name, but there are more significant things to say about this flute and sax extraordinaire! For one, his ensemble, the Finntet, won 2007’s BBC Jazz Best Band Award. And then there’s the fact that he’s been dubbed as one of the leading jazz players in the UK today.

The story of a girl is one that is a complex, fun-filled ride of emotional turmoil. Nothing stays constant and everything is almost a struggle. Riddled with conflicting needs, the story of a girl is one that is as hard to tell, as it is to hear. The month of October welcomes to the stages of Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre not one but two revealing tales of several women caught in a time in their lives facing tough choices and tougher circumstances.

Despite a book cover reminiscent of Babe and his barnyard friends, Animal Farm’s swine characters assume roles of Bolshevik revolutionaries that overthrow the human owners of the farm to set it up as a community in which all animals are equal. However, the Marx, Lenin and Stalin-esque piglets overlook the ideologies of class and status disparities that quickly disrupt their master plan for a utopian society.

So you like some jazz and the occasional choir performance … but choral jazz? Now, that’s something a little more novel. The Young KL Singers are back with an unconventionally delicious treat for the eyes, ears, and feet (or head if you’re a head-bopper).

For some, the Malayan Emergency (1948 to 1960, in case anyone needs a refresher) is an incident best left in history books and never to be revisited or explored again. The folks at Five Arts Centre however, will beg to differ. In fact in conjunction with the sixtieth anniversary of the Emergency, they’re launching the Emergency Festival! – an eleven day fest dedicated to investigating and re-examining the many different facets of the Emergency.

The buzzword of 2008 is undoubtedly “green”. Just look around – MNCs are incorporating the green initiative in their corporate social responsibility programs, car producers like Honda are doing lots of R&D into hybrid vehicles, the media consistently runs stories on local eco warriors… So it makes sense really that the next on the list is Kuala Lumpur’s first green entertainment festival. Yes you read right!

Here at KLue, we crave new Malaysian plays and we had the chance to interview Jo Kukathas, the Artistic Director at The Instant Café Theatre Company. Her latest offering, Break ing Ji Poh Ka Si Pe Cah, opens 24 September and with that kind of title, it‘s not to be missed. The title’s relation to the play stems from the desire to explore the theme of language, a topic that comes up regularly in Malaysia, but it also denotes the desire to collaborate and to break the real or imagined boundaries between communities, languages, art forms and practices of art.

Unless if you’d been living under a rock for a century, you might be familiar of The Nutcracker as one of the most celebrated fairytales in the world. It’s a symbol of childhood joy and innocence, with some trippy imagination; reproduced countless times, to the extent that even Barbie’s done it.

The last time they were here, they had the crowd in stitches from their rendition of the movie “Rocky” (theirs was entitled “Boxer”). Local funnyman Harith Iskandar even pointed out that their act was the “most entertaining show I have seen in years!”. That was a good two years ago though, and it’s high time that the Japanese comedy duo of Ketch! and Hiro-pon is re-introduced to Malaysia.

The two final pieces of The Curious Residency series will debut at the beginning and at the end of September, respectively. Part 2 is entitled 8 Ways To Lighten The School Bag and is directed and written by Mark Beau de Silva with help from co-writer Juria Toramae, and Part 3 is Love & Beauty – The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, directed by Chris Ling.

Following the recent success of Air Con, The Instant Cafe Theatre Company wastes no time in reaping critical acclaim to present Hero, a play by Arun Subramaniam. And apparently, expectations are riding high on this one too - after a reading of the play, Mano Maniam noted thatHero was a play ripe for plucking; a rare new kind of Malaysian play that just has to be staged.

For those not in the know, molecular gastronomy is a way of preparing dishes using unusual techniques (cooking in very low or high temps, for example) and substances, like liquid nitrogen or sodium alginate. In a nutshell, science concepts practiced on everyday cooking.

Acclaimed Chef Tony Gao is here to serve up some yummy dishes.

Residents of Section 13 Petaling Jaya are finally getting what they deserve - a community centre brimming with cafes and restaurants in a neat package that is Jaya One.

Scandinavian cuisine is hard to come by even in this city that is overrun by pots and pots of local and international eateries. So when Hotel Equatorial decided to come up with their Scandinavian Gala Feast, we're almost certain we heard other food-lovers rejoice with us.

Bangkok Dangerous is a remake of the 1999 flick by The Pang Brothers. Helmed by the same directors, their Hollywood version follows the original’s plot line closely except, they now have Nicolas Cage in the lead playing Joe, a hitman who wearily travels to Bangkok to methodically carry out four hits – all in a day’s work, really.

Fluffy pink comedies are not the stuff of great intellect, but they somehow have been dubbed to empower women anyway. So if you liked Legally Blonde, you should by right, get a kick out of House Bunny. And considering Anna Faris is blessed with the sole talent to satirize blond ambition, casting could not have been a more perfect choice.

Here at KLue, we’ve been following filmmaker Azharr Rudin’s career for a while now. Director of the well-received The Amber Sexalogy series of shorts, Azharr now moves on to the next logical step: his first feature-length film which will be shown at the GSC International Screens come 25 September. Entitled Punggok Rindukan Bulan (or This Longing), the film is about a young boy, Sidi (Saeful Nazhif Satria), and his father Adman (Sharonizam Noor) who are both struggling to cope with the sudden absence of their mother and wife (Maya Karin).

The theme for this year’s FreedomFilmFest is “Democratic Space – Making Room for Human Rights”, chosen to draw attention to the deteriorating state of state democracy. What is democracy? Where exactly are the democratic spaces in Malaysia? What can we do as citizens to reclaim these spaces? Where do the issues of culture, identity, race, religion and development fit in this abyss?

We caught up with Zachary Ong, the producer of The Value of My Sanity. Click to read what he had to say about learning curves, pushing creative boundaries, Yuna, Estrella and Otam!

Despite its name, the iconic '60s TV series Speed Racer has certainly taken its time to make its theatrical debut.

Looking for something different in the cinemas this month? You’re in luck.

Essentially a live act, Simian Mobile Disco are junkies for extended club wig-out sessions. Their faithfulness to their unique sound stems from a start creating strange electronic music in a spare room. With a mutual passion for music, Manchester University students, James Ford and James Anthony Shaw (Jas Shaw, to avoid confusion), brought the first incarnation of Simian Mobile Disco to life in the late 90s - then simply called Simian.

Pretty, pixie-faced Swede, Hanna Flemström, isn’t just known for her Nordic good looks; she also moonlights as DJ Stella Nutella. Her wanderlust will take her to Kuala Lumpur, where she will be launching Red Square, the club touted as KL’s first and only vodka bar. Named after Moscow’s famous city square, Red Square debuted in Jakarta as Asia’s first vodka bar and DJ Stella Nutella is the perfect introduction to Red Square’s chic concept.

So we all know everyone’s bummed about not having their dose of Twilight Actiongirl on Friday nights this month. But the city’s love for everything indie is in boom lately and with that comes another indie rock night that could satisfy you just the same.

Which is why we love new nights! Such as Freaklub, which is held at the just-as-new Cloth & Clef on the trendy street of Changkat Bukit Bintang.Hosted by DJs RaySoo and Tootekool (real name Sebastian Scholz), Freaklub can best be described as a jamming free-for-all.

Comprising of two DJs, Mairead Nash and Tabitha Denholm, these girls are (in)famous in London, especially in the city’s hipster scene. Think of them as the female version of our LapSap and Twilight Actiongirl nights combined. Both are former hosts of MTV UK’s NME Chart Show, ensuring that they know a thing or two about what’s hot and bubbling under in the music scene.

Paul van Dyk is, as you would probably know, big man on campus in the electronic music scene. He tops the pinnacle of every DJ list across the globe, he’s been Grammy nominated, he’s worked with the Pussycat Dolls, he’s currently ranked as the World’s number one DJ by DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJs poll – his name resonates upon the mere mention of his preferred genre.

They spontaneously cart generators down disused railway tunnels, install light systems and play to a homemade rave. They get bouncers to lock their crowd in and they were evicted from their flat for having made too many public order offences. They now live in a caravan with a built in sound system, the party hardy nomads. With a rap sheet of madhouse mischief a couple of miles long, the fearsome foursome collectively known as Sh1tdisco are not likely to put on a dull show.

Having established herself as an international female DJ with a caliber unmatched, Havana Brown is set to make her way to grace the local turntables at Zeta Bar for two very exclusive nights of paramount R&B mixes.

Discover pan-Asia in all its sensual, exotic glory via Tao.

To make the drive down to the beach worth it, Tiësto will be playing for two nights and will be supported by none other than Ferry Corsten and Cosmic Gate. Now, THAT is a PARTY.

Travel shows are a dime in a dozen but The Hoppers & Ahli Muzik by Redeolab is one that is done with a difference. This semi-reality travel show follows the chronicles of four lads as they make their way on a roadtrip across the Peninsular.

Cool T-shirts and awesome live bands aren’t just for KL-ites you know? That’s the message that Angkatan Baju Malaya is sending to those who don’t have the pleasure of living here.

Shoppers, get ready for a quirky, artsy fix. Kraftgrafik (who helps organise LapSap Junkyard sales) and +Wondermilk will be presenting Neue Format Design Mart.