Okay, so there is an event Sunday at Public Assembly called the Brokedown Throwdown and, well, I'll be out of town so I really haven't done much research. What I do know is that there will be something called the Mustache Ride and that it looks super fun (or at least sounds super fun). Based on the concept art above all I can possibly do is endorse this Mustache Ride and hope that you can take a ride on this moustache or something similar.
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PACT Gallery in Williamsburg has inaugural exhibition tonight.
12/03/2010
What to do: this weekend
This.
First? It's cold. Bundle up...and I'm not even saying that 'cuz I'll be doing coat-check at Snaxx (Westside Tavern. All the way to the back. See you at 10pm? 10:30? 11? Come when you're ready.).
Not this.
Earlier, there's a Toys for Tots thing that's not Toys for Tots -- however that works (The organizers were scolded by the Marines for calling it that, apparently?), and this Toys for Tots thing that's not allowed to be called Toys for Tots is THE place to see and be seen from what I hear...sort of like Cherry's in Cherry Grove?
Like Cherry's, it's a wonderful place to get a drink - the event is one long open bar...though every open bar I've ever been to has actually been a pretty fucking miserable place to get a drink because of all the queens crowding, elbowing and generally giving all kinds of entitled realness effeckssscksckss trying to get their measly shot glass of juice w/ splash of vodka.
Wait...did I mention there's an open (beer) bar at Snaxx from 10-11pm? No? Well there is and...ignore what I just said about open bars, 'k? Seriously, if there's an open bar I WILL go to, it's Snaxx'.
Also, I've never been to the Not-Toys-for-Tots-"Toys for Tots" event myself, so you really shouldn't base any of your expectations about the event or the attendees on anything I've said. Clear?
Ok. So there's NTFTTFT, Snaxx...and Clubber Down Disco under the Chelsea Hotel with Ryan Smith at the door and my partner-in-crime(s committed long ago) Tai Chi inside. I'm not sure who's spinning tonight, but it doesn't really matter cuz they'll play disco and it'll be cute and that's that.
What else? Let's see...there's Paul Alexander (The Ones) MC-ing again (you know he was one of the MC's for the famed Jackie 60 parties back in the day at Mother?) at a party at Sugarland with DJ Emjay (He of Wonderbar and Starlight fame).
Also in Williamsburg, Mondo returns just in time for FYF Friend and Fashion contributor Kiger Hansen's birthday. He'll be celebrating Mondo-style (does he do anything any other way?).
If you walk for body, head over to Splash and enter to win $250 at the F*Word in their stripper contest. James Anderson has a new(-ish...I think it's the second one?) party at The Monster, and Gumbo hosts the first of two parties this weekend - this one in DUMBO, Sunday's down in Miami!
There's stuff tomorrow, including Cheryl at Brooklyn Museum's Free Saturdays, a coat/clothing drive at Excelsior in Park Slope, a Hanukkah Pink Mafia for media networking at Julius', Xanadude on Ice at Public Assembly Loft and FYF Contributor Dave Huge's A Very Collider Christmas at Stonewall, and Sunday...but I really don't have to tell you about them, do I? You know to look at the FYF Calendar for more/details by now, surely!
Regardless, stay warm and have a great weekend!
11/19/2010
Civilization Progress Report: Men and women with pens will save the entire damn world
Heavens to Zeus! This week has been a delightful blur, hasn't it! Well, it has for me, because--and I feel that after so many weeks of heavy-lifting (what with all the rebuilding of civlization one brick at a time!), I've earned a couple shameless plugs!--I had a lovely little short story about volcanoes and love and death and bodily waste chucked online somewhere! And so in honor of this little feat--and the slightly larger feat of having a collection of my stories out next month--I'd like to dedicate today's report to the incredible men and women who are keeping culture from coming apart at the seams, by writing stories and sharing their art with the world. Because without words, we'd be nothing more than cave dwellers. We'd be nothing more than a pack of wildebeests closely resembling Ke$ha. And wouldn't that be a fright!
• Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist is getting the graphic novel treatment thanks to Derek Ruiz and Daniel Sempere. [GalleyCat]
• HOLY MACKEREL! Neil Gaiman doesn't know who sent him the Home Sushi Kit. [Neil Gaiman]
• In case it wasn't apparent enough by the sprawling, poorly-edited text of the last book, J.K. Rowling will not be writing another Harry Potter book. [The Guardian]
• READY FOR THE WEEKEND!There are a lot of literary events throughout New York City. Very few of them are worth going to. EARSHOT, a Brooklyn-based series curated by Nicole Steinberg, features Eric Nelson, Chris Tarry, and several others tonight. It is absolutely worth going to. [Facebook]
10/15/2010
What you wanna do this weekend...
Hey kids! Tonight's predicted to be a blustery one. Don't get flustery however! Here's what to do tonight and the rest of this weekend:
Tonight, (now, actually!) it's all about cute and smart as Mary Literary Quarterly drops it's new issue at Pearl Lounge (not Pearl River) in the heart of "Old" Chelsea (it's not the gay ghetto it once was, is all I mean.). Later, cute and smart continues at Union Hall as Eliot Glazer provides running commentary on a screening of "Riding the Bus with My Sister".
Speaking of cute gays with glasses, the party continues at Bedlam on Ave. C where manly manager Sam hosts and Greg K. and Nicolette see to your entertainment. Should you be seeking something a little more seedy, back over in the numbered avenues (2nd to be precise), Eddie and Stuart Black resolutely contribute to The Cock's infamy with Black Cock (every Friday!).
Tomorrow night, Spank LIVE takes place out in my hood at Littlefield (a truly beautiful space!) and involves pretty much every talented gay (and some not so) out there?! Milan and DaLipstyxx, The Dazzle Dancers, Gio Black Peter, Perfidia...the list goes on! Art by Scooter LaForge, too!
Meanwhile, back over in Chelsea (have you seen it Lately?), Sugar Daddy holds a Game Show Edition. Need I say everyone'll be a winner? Paul Short'll see to that. Gustavo and Bill Pfeiffer provide tunes/themes/gongs. See video below and BE INSPIRED!
Finally...Sunday...major stuff happens elsewhere (Horse Meat Disco 7 year anniversary in London; Patrick Cowley's birthday in San Fran with the Honey boys) but here you can rave silently in Times Square with ex-Mr. Black and current Boiler Room bartender Russell or sample some of DJ Chauncey's Kielbasa over in (the) Eastern Bloc.
Also Sunday night, FYF Friend Xavier gives a rare concert with full band at Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg that - at $5 - is worth every cent! He's got a record coming out this fall of Arthur's Landing's "Is It All Over My Face" with Hercules & Love Affair's Nomi Ruiz, so look for that as well. No, I DON'T think the $5 covers that, too. Bitch gotta eat, ok??
P.S. - I think he's a batter.
Check the FYF Calendar for more events and complete details.
08/27/2010
Civilization Progress Report: There's a new meat market in Williamsburg and it isn't Sugarland.
So. Some years ago, Welsh rock band Catatonia had a rad song called, "Stone By Stone," and the refrain went something like this: On common ground, we'll build our castle walls / We'll build them stone by stone and how / With more and more, you know it won't take long / Where it burned orange, let it burn gold. And today, we (I?) would do well to take a break from our (once again, my?) usual doomcasting to frame this past week's goings-on in a way that makes us think that this world of ours isn't going to cave in on itself!
• First things first, friends! Kylie Minogue demonstrated spirited heroics by giving American television something it hasn't had in a while: Pop music that makes you feel all ooey, gooey, and great inside. [YouTube]
