Get ready to feel old, Millennials: it's been ten years since the bloody, sweaty, raging party rocker Andrew WK released his debut album, I Get Wet, and the single for which he is still best known, "Party Hard." In the decade that followed, Mr. Wilkes-Krier released several other albums, including an improvised piano effort, appeared as a panelist on a number of VH1 shows, become a motivational speaker, and spread the gospel of partying through Twitter (his "PARTY TIPs" make for great reading; e.g. "PARTY TIP: Treat your body like an amusement park"). But he will always be known for "Party Hard" and its stupid-happy genius. 

“The Supreme Court has ruled that they can’t have a nativity scene in Washington D.C…that wasn’t for religious reasons…they couldn’t find three wise men and a virgin.” – Jay Leno.

With Christmas just moments away, I wanted to sit down with the Santos' Party House boys; I think this is the best joint in town of its type. Rosebar, Cielo and1Oak are all different but in many ways the same. Next week, for New Years, I’ll try to get into what I think are the years’ most important places and stuff like that. Bogie had it right, or at least Sam did when he sang, “the fundamental things apply as time goes by.” This is my mantra. I believe that 2,000 years ago there was some guy just like me who had a little joint in a good location in Rome. He was close enough to the forum to grab some of that business, but near enough to the Temple of Venus to excite the natives. He served some swill and had somebody offering the modern tunes of the day on a lute or a lyre. He had a hot chick behind the bar and an ex-gladiator or two to keep the patrons in line. On slow nights, maybe he had a promotion: a toga party or an orgy.

Scott Weiland’s Snitch is now Citrine, Tim Robbins is no longer behind the Back Room, De Niro’s Ago was critically panned, cholesterol problems await at Justin Timberlake’s Southern Hospitality, and Arnold Schwarzenegger & co.’s Planet Hollywood is a tourist trap, all’s not lost -- here’s a list of celeb-owned spots worth looking into.

Spencer Sweeney, artist and one of the forces behind Santos' Party House, talks community boards, sketchy after-hour clubs, and why he's changing his name to Santa.