I'm in some small town in Virginia, parking with relatives until a business meeting this afternoon. It's all pumpkins and fake cobwebs, as here, Halloween is all about kids and tricks or treats. We left AC to go to DC, and I don't need any wise cracks from the peanut gallery. We are exhausted from our trip to the Borgata and its whirlwind '80s weekend. Everything was sold out, and people who read my Friday article were trying to hustle me for hookups. There are a billion reasons why Borgata sells out on these big weekends. Basically, as the only game in town, it refuses to rest on its laurels and continues to book great acts, events and DJs.

For the first time in memory, I will not be in New York to celebrate my favorite holiday, Halloween. I will be whisked to Atlantic City for the Duran Duran concert and I couldn't be more excited about it. As usual my hosts, The Borgata, have gone all out to make things great. The post-concert package includes super-duper uber DJ and former Blackbook cover Mark Ronson in their club MIXX, and sister Samantha Ronson in mur mur. That's Saturday night. On Sunday, MIXX will be a blast with music by Rev Run and DJ Ruckus. On Monday, I will head to DC for the day to visit friends and family.

15 famous friends & former cover stars toast BlackBook's 15th.

The first thing Mel Debarge offers is a wide toothy grin and smiling eyes. He lights up rooms better than ConEdison with his charisma and DJ skills. I met him when he worked at Marquee, and seeing him there was always a pleasurable time. One day he was picking up bottles, and the next I looked up and he was DJing—and he was good. He is now managed by dGi, and they've taken him to places he might never have dreamed of. They don’t manage everyone. To be in their crew you have to bring more to the table than a crate of records or a serato computer program. dGi DJs have ability, personality, reliability, and respect, and that translates into big gigs and big money. Mel’s story is a dream come true in a world that often leaves people short.

If the singer of Radiohead, the former frontman of Roxy Music, and BlackBook's September cover star release a single for the UK's armed forces, does it make a sound? In the case of "2 Minute Silence," actually, no. Along with British prime minister David Cameron, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? actor Bob Hoskins, and tennis star Andy Murray, the trio of musicians will release the track to iTunes on Nov. 7. Rather than a 60-years-later response to John Cage, the single was conceived in commemoration of Britain's Remembrance Day, with all proceeds benefiting British military veterans. “Rather than record a song, we felt the UK public would recognize the poignancy of silence and its clear association with remembrance,” explained Chris Simpkins, the Director General of the Royal British League. Totally genius or supremely lazy?

Take a behind-the-scenes look at Mark Ronson's reinvention for BlackBook's September cover shoot, with backing from his track "Circuit Breaker" off Record Collection, his forthcoming album. It's blonde ambition at its most musical.

"In America, I'm Mark Ronson, Samantha's brother."

Damon DeGraff and Yoni Goldberg are dGi Management. They handle a stable of celebrity type DJs who are the hottest commodities in A-list clubs. However, DJing in clubs is only a small part of what they do. dGI books their talent for Rolex money at corporate affairs all over the world. The landscape has changed and the DJ with a rap who plays rap, house, disco, 80’s and rock, and is often a bold-faced name in the funny papers, is a commodity that can get maximum value with help from proper management. If it’s the right party, chances are dGi has one of their players playing. The music at these events must often appeal to a crowd with a wide range of tastes, so a mashup DJ, with a well-stocked Serato is called for. I'm going to just put up their press release because it really does tell the story.

Yesterday, Mark Ronson bleached his hair. The Grammy-Award winning musician and producer was in the midst of being shot for our September issue when Martial Vivot, BlackBook's go-to stylist and proprietor of the sophisticated but unstuffy Martial Vivot Salon Pour Hommes salon, suggested Ronson go bleach-blonde at some point. Ronson was keen on the idea, and said he'd make an appointment to get it done when he returned from an upcoming trip. When Vivot mentioned he could color him right then and there, Mark excitedly consented. Video of Mark Ronson's transformation after the jump.

Industry Night at Highbar has gotten my attention. Tonight, they’ll screen the Rolling Stones movie In The Park, which shows the return of the Stones to concert making after a couple-year hiatus. The concert took place under a cloud of grief, just a few days after the death of ex-Stones guitarist and founder Brian Jones. Jones left the band just a short while before filming began under confusing circumstances. Some say he quit; while others say Mick Jagger and Keith Richards pushed him out because he’d become a drug-addled waste of space left in the dust, musically. He was perceived as a liability. He was found drowned in his own swimming pool. Was it a suicide or accident?