August 6, 2008 #956
Market Days Are Here Again! Celebrate Halsted Street’s biggest throwdown with the crazy kids of Nightspots! inSIDE page 33,48 Is this John It’s gonna be a Catfight McCain? at the Belmont stage on page 30 Saturday! page 18
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August 6, 2008 #956 PUBLISHER Tracy Baim ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky Managing Editor Kirk Williamson Photography Mel Ferrand, Kat Fitzgerald, DJ Greg Haus, Kirk, Kizzy, Ryan Kolodziej, Steve Starr CAST OF CHARACTERS Andrew Davis, DJ Res-5, Andrew Georgiou, graysong, Michael Hampton, Joan Jett-Blakk, Charlene Lichtenstein, David J. Magdziarz, Homer Marrs, Jennifer Parello, Randy Pubert ADVERTISING REPRESENTA- TIVES Terri Klinsky, Suzanne Kraus, Kirk Williamson, Kathleen Ulm, Amy Matheny, Jerry Nunn, Cynthia Holmes, Terry Wiegel, Diane Mareci, Georg Coleman NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE RIVENDELL MEDIA (212) 242-6863 Promotions Kathleen Ulm DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright Office Cynthia Holmes Calendar Editor Amy Wooten
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nightspots 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 Market Days Are Here Again! 773.871.7610, fax 773.871.7609 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Celebrate Halsted Street with the crazy kids of Nightspots! inSIDE page 33,48 [email protected] Is this John It’s gonna be a Catfight McCain? at the Belmont stage on page 30 Saturday! page 18 DOWNload: www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com that guy by Kirk Williamson It’s funny how printing a naked Pleasure running into my old picture of yourself causes exes friend Dave at North End last to come out of the woodwork... weekend. He’s all happy and and upon the woodwork, boyfriended now. Kudos, I say. perhaps. It’s been an interesting Kudos. Hopefully I’ll be next... week. The freaks were out at night— Big hurrah to Mark Corece for Tuesday night, to be exact—at bringing a little culture to our Berlin for Milio’s Side Show Hair gayborhood with his Poetic Hole Show. Lollipops were involved. open mic reading at Pie Hole on See the picture of Shayna and Thursdays. I busted out an oldie- Dakota on page 33, then look but-a-goodie and a new piece at the picture on the top on this I wrote about hooking up in a page and do the dirty, dirty math smoky bar. Write what you know, yourself. they always say. Cowboy Eye For the Leather Guy Happy birthday to Jim Flint over was half OK at Touché. Only half at 3160. Seems I have a knack because, due to an unforeseen for always showing up a few scheduling error, the makeover minutes too late, as I just missed portion did not come to pass. none other than Dennis Rodman. Stay tuned in the coming weeks Turns out he used to be quite for Part Two: The Makeoveren- the regular down at The Baton. ing. Thanks to Tim for sending me the pictures. Oh yeah, and Market Days. Go forth and have a blast (or six) FROM TOP: Sucking on I would have had another and make sure to frequent all the a questionable lollipop at superstar in the mag this week, wonderful bars advertising in Berlin; namely Lohan-adjacent lesbionic this super-sized issue. Support With Dave at North End; DJ Samantha Ronson. Alas, the night spots who support the With the one and only the staff at Crimson Lounge Nightspots! Foozie at Nitro. was horrible to our new photog Alexandra and it turned out they [email protected] wouldn’t let her take pics, even after I called to make sure it was OK. No reason to use up valu- able page space to promote their events, thank you.
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8LOE#36/$)4BU4VOBN #2%7 s . "2/!$7!9 s 7/2,$3'2%!4%34"!2#/- the dj, the music and you by DJ Res5 I’m Coming Out: The evolution column There is this singer; you may have heard of her. Her name is Whitney something-or-other. Apparently she is responsible for some anti-drug campaign and coin- ing the phrase “crack is whack.” Anyway, so this Whit- ney has set off a firestorm in the past week. A song from her hotly anticipated album leaked the other day. It’s called “Like I Never Left,” and features Akon as a guest artist. Now, this is not a club thumper of a track, but it’s one of the most solid pieces of adult R & B I have heard this summer, aside from Estelle’s work with Kanye West. When Whitney’s new album drops late this year, be ready.
The other big release currently is from Miley Cyrus. She has released a new album that has shades of early Hilary Duff and Avril Lavigne. It’s a bit skimpy on the length, clocking in at about forty minutes, but stand-outs “See You Again,” “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Goodbye” do well to compensate.
A couple of weeks ago I was comparing The Ting Tings to CSS. With the release of CSS’ new album, that comparison becomes much more obvious. Don- key features all of the lyrical goodness of CSS, most noticeably on “Jager Yoga,” “Give Up” and “Move,” but production-wise it is clos- er to The Ting Tings’ garage rock sound than CSS’ debut. If you like ‘80s-inspired punk- pop, electro, and a dash of Katy Perry, then you should grab a copy of Donkey, post haste!
The summer is drawing to a close very quickly now, so keep a close eye on the column this month. There will definitely be something for everyone.
Sound off at [email protected] or www. myspace.com/freemixshowman.
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what do YOU wanna do? Nightspots’ Free Dating Advice The (you’re welcome) Cafe by Michael Hampton 1029 W. 35th St. Chicago, IL 60609 in the Zhou B Art Center So here you are. It’s hump day. You are so bored at work that you have lazily wandered over to ManHunt or some such thing on your computer. You chat with the man of your dreams and you really want to impress him but you don’t have a ton of money.
Be absolutely sure that your new “love” isn’t a vegan and meet him at DeLaCosta at 465 E. Illinois St. On Wednesday nights from 8:00 until closing, they have a deal that is sure to sate your carnivorous nature and your wallet. They roast a whole pig and serve the scrumptious (and free) pork tacos to their bar patrons. While it can be a little disconcerting to watch them actually cut the pig into taco fodder, upon tasting it you really won’t care. ‘TENDER presents LOVE DeLaCosta photo courtesy of delacosta.com
The room is stunning. The bar is hip and hot and the drinks are delicious. Mojitos, Margaritas, and more come in fun barware and though they may be pricey, the free tacos certainly make up for that. Save some room for dessert because they are beautifully presented and out of this world. Wednesdays just got a whole lot better. LAUREN Email me your suggestions at mhampton1970@ MARY’S ATTIC (SAT & SUN) gmail.com.
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Chicago’s all-girl rockers Catfight want to make you purr during the upcoming Market Days festival.
Catfight—Julie and Molly on vocals, Lori on drums, Kimi on guitar, Kerri on bass and Amy on keyboards—is an energetic, sassy, all-girl cover band. During a show, you might hear everything from White Stripes to Nancy Sinatra. They are a staple act at numerous LGBT events, and have opened for big acts like Snoop Dogg and Tommy Lee. Check them out at Market Days Sun., Aug. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Belmont Stage. MEEE-OW! for Catfight Nightspots chatted with one of the lead singers and founders of Catfight, Julie Dutchak.
NS: Catfight plays tons of street festivals, including NS: What does Catfight like to do after a gig? LGBT events. What is your favorite part of playing a JD: It depends on what kind of mood we are in. Pretty much street festival? What’s the most annoying part? everybody likes to eat. After a show, sometimes we’re tired JD: There aren’t so many annoying things, unless our show and like to relax. Let’s see—last Catfight show me and gets cut short. I mean, we played Pride Fest, and that was Molly decided to drink and jump in the lake. That was fun! It awesome. It rained and these guys took their shirts off and depends on our mood, I guess. danced in the rain and it was awesome. The only downfall NS: I’m sure it depends on how the show went, like if was our show got cut short! I mean, that’s really the only the crowd was all crazy and excited. bad thing. Sometimes it’s really, really hot, but when you JD: Yeah, if the crowd was all crazy and excited and into it, are rocking out on stage, it doesn’t really matter because you’ll all ready to have fun, talk to everybody and hang out we are having such a good time. I mean, Pride Fest, Back with people. But it could be one of those shows were not a Lot Bash, Market Days—those are our favorites because lot of people showed up or looked at us like we are crazy, everyone totally gets into it and has fun. so we’ll get bummed out and just kind of go home. See you next time. NS: What are some of your favorite songs to play? What’s the audience’s fave? NS: What is your favorite local venue to play at? JD: We do “Dirrty” by Christina Aguilera and that’s fun JD: I enjoy playing Joe’s on Weed Street. We need to get because we get to be really sassy. We do a bunch of dif- back there. I think everybody has their own favorite place ferent stuff. We’ll do Christina Aguilera and then, you know, to play, for sure. We are happy to play any place that has a the Violent Femmes. It’s just a random group of songs we good crowd. Doesn’t so much matter the bar—we just want decide to do. people there who want to have a good time and are into us. I think with the crowd, it seems they like whatever we seem to love and have more fun with and be crazy. If we jump NS: You have a huge gay and lesbian following and around or get down on the ground, if it seems that we are play at tons of events. How many members are out? having a lot of fun doing it, they get into it and respond well. JD: I don’t know! I can tell you we like to keep that a secret! Sometimes we have people come up on stage and dance. [Laughs]. I don’t know if I should say or not. I’m not sure because I’m sure a lot of people who know us know who is NS: In terms of female musicians, who is your role and who isn’t. But I don’t want to say something and then model? maybe people thought they were. Maybe it’s a better show JD: Oh boy, I have so many! It’s hard to say, you know? for them! As a kid I listened to everybody, like Aretha Franklin. Then I got into Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow. There are NS: You don’t want to ruin the mystery? so many people. There’s something I can find in everybody, JD: We don’t want to ruin the fantasy! Everyone is a little really, so it’s hard to say. gay, aren’t they? That’s what I always say! Why don’t we just say that: Everyone is a little gay. NS: Did you start singing when you were pretty little? JD: Yeah, my mom was in a group. She was a professional NS: So what should people at Market Days expect? singer. She used to sing in a band, and she used to bring JD: Just show up, drink and have a good time. We hope me up on stage when I was five years old. My dad was into that someone will at least get half naked by the end of the musical theater, so I was always surrounded by music. I show. always wanted to be a singer my whole life.
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However, a guy’s gotta eat at round-up? Berlin photos by Kirk Barack Obama : Paris Hilton:: ? John McCain : ? A: Irene Ryan B: An elderly wolfhound C: Dust D: Paris Hilton 30 August 6, 2008 photos by Kirk People. Watching at Sidetrack photos by Kirk Poetic Hole open mic Thursdays at Pie Hole 32 August 6, 2008 theSPREAD ...open wide photos by Kirk Milio’s Side Show Hair Show at Berlin photos by Kirk, Tim Gideon Happy birthday to Jim Flint at 3160 33 August 6, 2008 SOMEONE’S about to get their stocking stuffed at Nitro photos by Kirk 34 August 6, 2008 Nightspots has a raging art-on for artist Bret Grafton at Joie De Vine photos by Alexandra Klimczak I’m-A-Broke-College-Student Thursday at Scarlet photos by Kirk 36 August 6, 2008 What’s YOUR fetish at Girlbar photos by Mel Personal and private parties for just your group www.yachtparties.com 773-767-1802 38 August 6, 2008 ILGRA and The Empire take over Sofo photos by Kirk 40 August 6, 2008 Cowboy Eye For the Leather Guy: Part 1 Touché photos by Kirk All-encompassing fun at Encompass photos by Kirk 42 August 6, 2008 outside the booth the monthly porn star interview by Randy Pubert Tommy Blade: Blade of Glory Having recently reviewed several of RP: Have you ever been in a situation Tommy Blade’s films, including last week’s where you did not want to have sex? Hung Country for Young Men by Jet Set TB: I was dancing at a sex party in North Men, I finally tracked him down for an Hollywood. Since I was performing with interview over the phone and here’s how my boyfriend they wanted me to have it went: sex with him in front of everyone. It was so uncomfortable. We both did not want Randy Pubert: How did you get started to do it. in the biz in the first place? TB: Not intentionally. Being a huge Falcon RP: Is it hard to have or find a relation- fan, I was on the Internet one time and ship when you are in the industry? saw “become a model” and I submitted TB: Yes and no. Someone who wants some pictures in early fall of 2005. I got to be with me would need to have an a call and they put me in my first movie acquired taste. called Brawlers. RP: What are your favorite things to do RP: So then you worked with them for when you want to relax and unwind? a bit? TB: It’s funny you should ask that because TB: I did. I just wanted to try it out and I just got home and I am laying naked in then I was offered another film after that. the grass with tanning oil on. So, relaxing I did three for Falcon and then met Doug in the sun. Jeffries from Channel 1. That led to more work. RP: I don’t know if I have ever inter- viewed someone in that setting before. RP: Do you want to do mainstream I should have done a face-to-face movies? interview with you! TB: I did try out for a soap opera before and got called back. I finally told them that Rascal is actually sending me a sample I had worked in the adult industry and they of your SensaFirm penis. How does told me I could not continue on. that feel knowing there is a part of you out there? RP: Ah, so these are the drawbacks that you are talking about. TB: Oh my god! Someone came in my TB: Well yeah, but I have no regrets. I love work and said they saw my dildo online. I it. I love sex and I enjoy it all a lot. said, “How about I fuck you and you can use my dildo at the same time and you RP: I just reviewed your film Delin- can say that you got double-fucked by quents. How was that shoot? Tommy Blade!?!” He got really embar- TB: Amazing. I had three awesome co- rassed and walked away. stars. But it was cold outside and I could not get my dick hard for shit with my water RP: That’s too funny! If someone is sports scene. I was bound behind a tree curious about this particular piece of and ants were crawling. You know when merchandise just visit www.channel- you get an itch you can’t scratch? I was 1releasing.com to purchase it. Look suffering. for Tommy Blade in more adventures and reviews From the Booth! Have fun tanning, Tommy; wish I was there! 44 August 6, 2008 WELCOME VELVET ROPE & PIE HOLE TO THE CREAOKE FAMILY MON TUES TUES Champions Avenue Tavern Jackhammer June 2, 9:30pm-12:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 10pm-4am (773) 743-1797 (773) 975-7000 (773) 743-5772 TUES WED NEW!!! WED WED Crew Pie Hole Victory Liquors The Copa 9pm-Midnight STARTING 8/6, 8pm-Midnight 8:30pm-12:30am 9:30pm-1:30am (773) 784-CREW (773) 525-8888 (773) 348-5600 (312) 642-3449 WED WED THU THU Holiday Club @mosphere Four Farthings The Closet 9:30pm-1:30am COMING SOON! 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-1:30am (773) 348-9600 (773) 784-1100 (773) 935-2060 (773) 477-8533 THU FRI FRI FRI Catcher’s Pap’s Tap Joe E’s Unforgettable Bobby Love’s 8:30pm-12:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 11pm-3am 9:30pm-1:30am (773) 869-9411 5532 S. Narragansett (773) 283-3422 (773) 525-1200 FRI NEW!!! FRI SAT SAT Velvet Rope Spyner’s Christina’s Cary’s 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 10pm-2am 10pm-2am (708) 358-8840 (773) 784-8719 (773) 463-1768 (773) 743-5737 SAT SAT SAT SUN Coppolino’s Spyner’s Slainte Star Gaze 10:30pm-2:30am 9:30pm-2:30am 11pm-2:am 8pm-Midnight (773) 735-8647 (773) 784-8719 (773) 348-3665 (773) 561-7363 Be a friend... see myspace.com/creaoke for booking and hiring info: 773-539-5925 or [email protected] IntermissionPSME 2.0 JEF 8FJSE Now this is art www.inkydreadfuls.com The home page of Michael Mararian’s lovely pen and ink drawings of horrible things happening to children, or of children doing horrible things. I need at least one of these on the walls at the WWWeird Compound. Take the time to browse; some of the best images are buried deeply (so to speak). 0111010101110101011010101101011010101101010101011101010101110 Avoiding the Sophomore Slump www.mydamnchannel.com/Big_Fat_Brain/ You_Suck_At_Photoshop__Season_2/ YouSuckAtPhotoshop13Displacement_834.aspx Sorry about the dreadfully long URL, but, hey, it means I don’t have to write as much for the blurb. This is good because I’ve already covered the brilliance that is You Suck at Photoshop here before. This is just a head’s up that we’re three webisodes into Season 2, so get yer keister over to MyDamnChannel and catch up on Donny (and little Ronnie). OK? 0111010101110101011010101101011010101101010101011101010101110 Knit 1, Pearl 2 weloveholidaysweaters.wehatesheep.com Belated Christmas in July for you here. This site allows you to make tacky Christmas sweaters to send to your frenemies. Choose between crew neck, vest, and cardigan style; then load it up with as much kitschmas decoration as you can stomach. It’s like a very focused Blingee, but without all the seizure-inducing flashing GIFs. I sent my mom a very lovely cardigan of exactly the sort she would wear. I’m fear now she will use it as a template and I’ll have to face it in the real world come December. 0111010101110101011010101101011010101101010101011101010101110 More Pen is jokes www.grupthink.com/topic/22 When registering domain names it’s important to remember that others may not parse the phrase the same way you do. You registered LumbermansExchange for you and your lumberjack friends to discuss cross cut saws, not realizing that, when it’s all written in lowercase, some people read it as LumbermanSexChange — and the conversation has taken a rather unexpected turn. This is just a listing of such domain names. I almost couldn’t figure out what WhorePresents.com really was. 0111010101110101011010101101011010101101010101011101010101110 46 August 6, 2008 nightSPOTSMAFIA We’ll tell ya what ta think Special Guest: Publicist Ryan Turrin Yes. I’m for all kinds of The Color Purple (see Was it tilapia or grouper? action, especially afFIRMa- left). - Ryan - Ryan tive. - Ryan Blue Velvet. - Andrew Maybe the restaurant ran out of More often than within my Breakfast Club. - Pubert tartar sauce. - Andrew own... - Andrew Aliens. - Amy Amy Winehouse got sick Yes, almost always. - Pubert The Breakfast Club. - Kirk of hiding her crack in her Yes, but I was penalized The Adventures of beehive. - Amy two minutes in my finish Buckaroo Banzai Across Huh? - Kathleen time. - Kat the 8th Dimension! Throw it back in the ocean! I ran the 800-meter but I Ellen Barkin as Penny - Pubert dated someone who ran Priddy! Yeah! - Kat Imagine finding 10 grams of the 100- meter once. The Color Purple. fish in a crack sandwich. - Kathleen - Kathleen Now THAT would be news! Being bi-racial, I pretty much A Fish Called Wanda. - Kirk have to. - Kirk - Creaoke How does one measure the Yes. - Amy weight of a crack? - Creaoke Yes, but always human. O ne great movie from the ‘80 s You really shouldn’t feed fish E ver dated o u tside y r race ? - Creaoke crack, it could hurt them. - Kat inside a fish sandwich . C omments ? A man allegedl y fo u nd 10 grams of crac k Are you special enough? If you want to be included as a special guest in Nightspots MAFIA, send an email to [email protected] and plead your case. photos by Kirk MAIN: The secret to beer pong at Scarlet’s I’m-A-Broke-College- Student Thursdays... DETAIL: ...is excellent ball control. 47 August 6, 2008 Happy birthday to Tajma Hall at Hydrate photos by Alexandra Klimczak 48 August 6, 2008 ENCOMPASS’ 12TH ANNIVERSARY Celebrating 30+ Years Of GLBT Support SAT. AUGUSTrecalling the 16 entertainers, owners, staff and patrons from The Terrace The OutPost Total Eclipse Helen’s Station House Axcis The Pour House and of course Encompass Thanks to our sponsors 2415 Rush St., Lake Station, IN (35 min. SE of Chicago) 219-962-4640 encompassnightclub.com Bobby Love’s $1 off domestic & draft, $1 appetizers (zucchini, mushroom, onion rings, WEDNESDAY Pucker poppers) @mosphere $12 Stoli pitchers, $3 Bud Light Bucks $3.50 Domestics drafts & bottles, $3.50 Bobby Love’s Karaoke w/ Creagh 9:30 p.m. drafts well - 1:30 a.m. Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30p.m., 12:30 a.m. Cell Block Open 4 p.m. w/ Giani, all well and Bucks $10 Miller pitchers, $2 Schnapps Berlin “Just Let Go...”, DJ Larissa, hosted by pints of Miller Lite draft $1.50, DJ Hale Cell Block Open 4 p.m. w/ Giani, DJ Hale Shayna X, $3.25 Coronas, Disco Obsession Spyner’s Karaoke w/ Creagh 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 Circuit 1st week-Versage Productions’ female last Wed. of month a.m. drag show, 2nd week-Lipstick and Lace Big Chicks Euchre Club 7:30 p.m., $4 Stoli Circuit La Noche Loca w/ DJ Fast Freddy & DJ women’s hip-hop night, 3rd week-Chix Mix Martini, $6 Leinie Pitchers, $5 Quesadilla Rock-O-Mix, Miss Ketty’s show at 10 p.m. women’s dance parties, Last week-Urbano night (Chicken or Veggie) Club Krave Latin night with DJ Saul, Corona hip hop party Bobby Love’s $1 off domestic, $1 Pucker, $3 buckets & Tequila specials Club Krave $12 oversized Long Island, Blue Jäger shots Cocktail Spank--go-go boys at 10 p.m., DJ Island, Vodka Lemonade/Cranberry Pitchers, Bucks $3.50 Domestics drafts & bottles, $3.50 Timmy Loop, hostess Lisa Lexus DJ Rockin’ RC well Crew Labatt Blue bottles $3.75, Goose Island Cocktail Spank--gorgeous go-go boys, DJ Fred- Cell Block Open 4 p.m. w/ Giani, All import 312 pints $3.50, BBQ Cream Chicken Wrap die Bain, hosted by Chicago’s very own Cher beers (bottles & drafts) $3.50 w/choice of side $8.75, VJ at 8 p.m. Crew Crew Happy Hour 1/2 priced appetizers Club Krave $5 Bombs, Starfinder karaoke Eagle $2 house shots, cigar smoker—free cigar 4-6 p.m. (dine-in only), VJ at 6 p.m. P.B.R. Cocktail $6 Cosmopolitans w/ 1st drink, club room open 11 p.m. w/Chaz Cans $2.00, Goose Island Honkers pints Crew Open for lunch 11:30a.m., Rolling Rock Encompass Drink & Drown Thursdays, $1 $3.50, Fish Tacos w/choice of side $9.50, 4th bottles $2.75, Blue Moon pints $3.50, Taco house wells, $1 dom. drafts, $1 wine, spon- Friday-Frat Boy Friday, w/ Hot Jock Contest Salad $9.25, Project Runway at 8 sored by Miller LIte and Coors Light at 11:30 p.m., $300 first place prize, Goose Eagle $2 house shots, free pool, alternative Hamburger Mary’s $3.50 Leinenkugels bottles. Honkers pints $3, sponsored by Nightspots music w/ Dan Kitchen open ‘til 11 p.m. Magazine Encompass All domestic bottled brews $1 Hideaway Trailer Trash Bingo w/ Cheryl, Eagle $2 house shots, caged dancers, club Hamburger Mary’s Wino Wednesdays with Chicago Beef Dancers room open at 11 p.m. w/Chaz $1 off all wines by the glass. Kitchen open Hunters Hunters Hunks 10:30 p.m., $2 import Encompass Karaoke, $4 24 oz. Big Boy Lites till 11pm. bottles, DJ Laura B Hamburger Mary’s Fat Fridays with $4.50 Fat Hideaway Karaoke by J-Boy, Ladies party with Hydrate Hot Hydrate dancers, sponsored by Tire Pints and $5 Fruit-Punch, kitchen open DJ Teri Bristol Nightspots Magazine, DJ Greg Drescher, $4 ‘til midnight. Hunters $3.50 Smirnoff Martinis, $2 well, $1 Finlandia cocktails, $7 Cosmos Hideaway Karaoke w/ J-Boy, Chicago Beef drafts, $4.50 beeer pitchers, DJ Ron G Jackhammer Buck Night—Domestic bottles $1 Dancers Hydrate 1/2 price Martinis, Hy-Drag Review 9:30 Jeffrey Pub No cover, free entry pass to first 35 Hunters Video Dance Party, $2 Miller, $4 cover, p.m., also DJ Laura B guests to be used Friday or Saturday DJ Dan Jackhammer $1 well drinks, $5 cover, DJ Maneuvers Thirsty Thursdays w/ DJ Tipsy Hydrate TPAN’s Positively Aware party 8-11 Oskar, 3rd week-Destination DJ, choose Kid, dancing and half price well, wine and p.m. on 2nd Friday of the month, Weekly DJs Chicago’s next top DJ, $8 cover, $1 well schnapps, free anonymous HIV testing 9 til 4 a.m., no cover til midnight Jeffrey Pub Game night—Bid Whist, spades, p.m. - midnight InnExile Here’s the Beef male dancers 11 p.m. dominoes, darts, drink tickets for every Man’s Country Special Night, single room $12, Jackhammer Chicago Beef dancers 1-3 a.m., winning hand locker $8/8 hrs. 4th Fri.-The Flesh Hungry Dog Show, $2 Mary’s Attic Summer Camp 2 cabaret, $15 fol- Mary’s Attic Summer Camp 2 cabaret, $15 fol- import bottles lowed by MaryOke! at 9:30 with $3 well drinks lowed by MaryOke! at 9:30 with $3 well drinks Jeffrey Pub Guys All Night Out dance party, & Lite draft, no cover & Lite draft, no cover $3 cover Pie Hole All-You-Can-Shove night, $9.99 for North End Pulse: space for Chgo’s HIV com- Man’s Country Live nude male stripper show all-you-can-eat slices and a soda munity to relax and meet, in the back bar, Maneuvers DJ Sit-n-Spin, dancing, Jello shots, Roscoe’s Whatever Wednesdays, $12 Cuervo sponsored by TPAN, 6-10 p.m.. free anonymous HIV testing 9 p.m. - midnight Margarita pitchers, $3 Bud & Bud Light Roscoe’s BINGO with Frida Lay & Honey Mary’s Attic DJ Shoshana at 9 p.m., $5 frozen bottles, $11 domestic draft pitchers, $13 West, $3 bottles of Miller Lite and MGD, $11 slushies and 5-for-4 Bud Light buckets, no import pitchers, $5 frozen drinks, free pool domestic draft pitchers, $13 import cover all day Scarlet I’m-A-Broke-College-Student Thursdays, Roscoe’s $12 Stoli pink lemonade, Martinis, Scarlet Speakeasy Wednesdays beer pong, Wii, movies & snacks Manhattans, $11 domestic draft pitchers, Scot’s $2 off all Cosmos Scot’s $4 all drafts $13 import Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3-8 p.m., Classic Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3 - 8 Sidetrack Showtunes 5-9 p.m., Best of Side- Sidetrack, 8 p.m.-2 am p.m.,Comedy Night videos 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. track 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Spin What the Fuck Wednesdays, $1 well Star Gaze Cheap Booze Night — $2 well, Spin Shower Contest every other week at drinks, $5 cover $2 domestic bottles midnight Star Gaze Pool Nite, $1 off imported beers 3160 Jen Porter, 9:30 p.m. Spyner’s Karaoke w/ Creagh 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 3160 Paul Marinaro & Judy Roberts 9:30 p.m. Scot’s $3.75 all drafts a.m. Touché Bijou Night featuring hot classics and Spin Die Maschine ‘80s night, DJ Easy E. & Star Gaze ALTERNATING WEEKS: ‘80s/’90s latest XXX videos, drawings for passes to Momma Kitty Urban Night with DJ XL and DJ Marshall Bijou Theater, $2 Rolling Rock bottles Thurst DJ Mike More & guest DJs, half-price Jones; Salsa Night with DJ Castro and free Velvet Rope $5 Stoli drink specials, $3 well champagne bottles, Avenue M, 695 N. salsa lessons drink specials Milwaukee Ave., avenuee-m.com Touché 1st week - MAFIA, 2nd week - Porn Velvet Rope Ladies Night, half off Martinis & Star poker party, 3rd week - Hot Ash Smoker / THURSDAY Margaritas ONYX Club night, Club Room open at 10 p.m. Velvet Rope Karaoke with Creagh, $6 Grey @mosphere “Hot Mess” Thursdays with male Goose, $3 domestic dancers, $7 Bud Light pitchers, $5 martinis FRIDAY Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m. @mosphere Hot male dancers at 10:30 p.m., Berlin Elevated: DJs Heather Doble & Pete DJ Eric Hall SATURDAY Augusta, house & underground Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m. @mosphere Hot male dancers at 10:30 p.m., Big Chicks $10 Pitchers of Blue Moon, $2.75 Berlin Cosmix: DJ Greg Haus, electro, progres- DJ Timmy Loop, DJ Juno, hostess Anique Rolling Rock, $4 Cosmos, Chicken specials sive, and alternative, $5 after 11:00 p.m. Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m. night—$5 wing basket, $6 Chicken breast Big Chicks DJ and dancing 10 p.m., no Berlin Twisted w/ DJs Chester & Larissa, $5 sandwich $5 chickenburger cover, 1/3 lb cheeseburger $5, $3 basket of after 11:00 p.m. / $7 after 1 a.m. 50 August 6, 2008 Big Chicks Euchre Club 6 p.m., DJ and dancing Circuit Noché Latina w/ DJ Fast Freddy & DJ Hunters Karaoke with DJ Glen, $2 Bud, $4 10 p.m., no cover Alex Perez, Veronica Zaid’s show at 9 p.m., Absolut Martinis Bobby Love’s Featured artist nite, trivia shots & 1st week-Noche Vaquera, free entry for Hydrate $1 drinks all night, no cover before giveaways w/ DJ Tim cowboy attire 10 p.m. Bucks $10 Miller pitchers, $2 Schnapps Club Krave $2 drafts & $5 draft pitchers , House InnExile VJ Brad Cell Block Open 2 p.m. w/ Scott, DJ Earl Mama’s Bingo at 7 p.m., followed by karaoke Jackhammer $2.50 well drinks Pleasure Cocktail DJ Pete Augusta, go-go boys at 9 p.m. Maneuvers Karaoke Mondays w/ Miss Bobbi Circuit 1st week-Girlbar lesbian night, 2nd Crew Miller Lite pitchers $9, Beergarita/ Sangria Mary’s Attic Live soap opera “The Ville” at 8 week-Circuit All-Stars show, hosted by Miss pitchers $12, Miller Chill bottles $3, Paulie’s p.m., $10 Foozie, DJ Teri Bristol, 3rd week-Amigo Pot Roast sandwich w/choice of side $10.25, minibar Monday Munchies - food provided by party, with DJ Markski & Roei Rodriguez, Open for brunch 11 a.m. ‘til 1pm. VJ Ven from Fire Fly all night after 7:30 pm sponsored by stage performances and hot dancers, 4th 3 - 9:30p.m., VJ Bobby Marley 9:30 p.m. Ketel One and Red Bull week-Nitro monthly theme parties, DJs and Eagle Big screen movie 9 p.m. and midnight, $2 Roscoe’s Music Showcase 9 p.m., Lotto theatrical performances house shots Karaoke with cash and prizes 9:30 p.m., $12 Club Krave $6 flavored Martinis, DJ Pervy Encompass Night Of Stars drag show 9:45 p.m. Stoli pink lemonade pitchers, $3 Bud & Bud Cocktail Spank - go-go boys, DJ Dhanna at Gentry Becky Menzie open mike 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Light bottles 10 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s Mary’s Mimosa Brunch ‘til 3 Scot’s $3 all domestic bottles Crew Shiner Bock pints $3.50, Bud Select p.m., first mimosa free, then $2 Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3-8 p.m., bottles $2.75, Paulie’s Pot Roast sandwich w/ Hideaway Play Ladies Night with Jessica, Rock Showtunes, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. choice of side $10.25, Open for brunch 11:00 Band competitions for prizes, $3 well, $4 Touché Barstool Jocks - WWF wrestling & a.m. til 1 p.m., VJ Ven spinning from 6 - 10 ombs, $5 Long Islands sports at 8 p.m., free pizza p.m. VJ Bobby Marley 10 p.m. Hunters Karaoke 7-11 p.m., Boys Night 11 p.m., Velvet Rope Chicagoland Gay & Lesbian Eagle $2 house shots, caged dancers, club $1 drafts, $4 Martinis, DJ Lawrence K Singles Meet-up sponsored by OPLAGA room open at 12 a.m. w/Tim Hydrate Desperate Housewives at 8 p.m., DJ Encompass Resident DJ Tiff 11 p.m. Chris Eterno 11:30 p.m. - 4 a.m. Hamburger Mary’s Mary’s Mimosa Brunch ‘til 3 InnExile Karaoke by Mariah Productions TUESDAY p.m., first mimosa free, then $2 Jackhammer $2 Bud, Bud Light @mosphere $1 well and Bud Light drafts Hideaway Dance party with Chicago Beef Jeffrey Pub Ol’ Skool dance party, no cover Berlin Cheap Trix, hosted by Jay Jay, with DJ Dancers Mary’s Attic MaryOke! with $3 well drinks & Lite Chester, $1 well and PBR Hunters Ascent Saturdays with DJ Laura B., draft, sponsored by Nightspots Magazine Big Chicks $5.50 Golden Margaritas, $4 Mar- $3.50 Bacardi mixers, $4 cover Roscoe’s Male Call hosted by Miss Foozie 5 garitas, $5 Chicken burger night, $3 Meatball Hydrate DJ Ralphi Rosario 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. p.m., Long Island Iced Tea Pitchers for $12, Sandwiches (dine-in only) Jackhammer Chicago Beef dancers 1-3 a.m. $11 domestic beer pitchers, $13 import Bobby Love’s $2 domestic, draft and well Jeffrey Pub Girls All Night Out dance party, $3 Scarlet The First Ward Ball, hosted by Chicago’s drinks. cover, show with host Indigo Blue hottest hosts, no cover Bucks $10 Miller pitchers, $2 Schnapps Manhandler Saturday afternoon movie Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3-8 p.m., Club Krave $1 drafts, $4 draft pitchers, $1 well Man’s Country Live nude male stripper show Showtunes 4-9 p.m., best of the 60s-80s, 9 Cocktail Spank--go-go boys at 10 p.m., DJ Maneuvers DJ Sit-n-Spin, dancing, Jello shots p.m.-2 a.m. Michael Serafini, Hostess Miss Foozie Mary’s Attic ATTIC-Tion with DJ Plez at 9 p.m., Star Gaze All sports shown on 6 ft. projection Crew Bud pints $2.75, Bud Light Lime bottles $5 frozen slushies and $1 Jell-O shots screen, Karaoke w/ Creagh 7-11 p.m. $3, Buffalo Chicken Salad Po’Boy w/choice of Rails Salvation Saturdays, Club XL, 766 W 3160 Marilyn B. performs side $8.75, Man The Mic Karaoke with Adam Jackson, 10 p.m. - 3 a.m., 708-802-1705 Touché Open at noon, beer bust with Eio, free Leblanc 9 p.m., raffles Roscoe’s No cover before 10 p.m., $5 cover red hots, $1.50 Bud & Bud Light drafts, movie Eagle $1 all top shelf cocktails and draft beers, after 10 p.m., $12 Stoli lemonade pitchers, night in club room at 10 p.m. club room open at 11p.m. w/Jim $11 domestic draft pitchers, $13 import Velvet Rope Homopalooza -- drag show and Encompass Karaoke, $4 24 oz. Big Boy Lites Scarlet Wii from 4-6 p.m., DJ spins until 3 a.m. more, $3 domestic, $3 well mixed drinks Hamburger Mary’s Tini Tuesdays with $6 Sidetrack Sidetrack Classics 3 - 9 p.m., Best of Martinis, kitchen open ‘til 11 p.m. Sidetrack 9 p.m. - 3 am Hideaway Stud Puppy Tuesdays with male Star Gaze DJ plays all mixes starting at 10 p.m. MONDAY dancers, hosted by Cee Cee 3160 Join Luther & Will for Sexy Senior Satur- Big Chicks $2 off all pitchers, $3.50 Mandarin Hunters Retro Re-wind—$2 Miller bottles, $2 days, 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. Crushes, $1 1/4lb burgers, $5 Veggie Burgers Mike’s Hard Lemonade, DJ Brad Touché Open 3 p.m., 1st week-Great Lakes (dine-in only) Hydrate Retro Flashback—$15 for an Absolut Bears, Weekly fetish parties @ 10 p.m. Club Bucks $10 Miller pitchers, $2 Schnapps Martini and a manicure or tarot reading, $4 Room open Charlie’s Bitch Bingo with Frida & Lauren, Absolut cocktails, $3 Bud bottles, retro with Velvet Rope $3 domestic, $5 bombs 11:30 p.m. DJ Laura B Cell Block Open 4 p.m. w/ Giani, $1 off Bud/Bud InnExile VJ Brad Light bottles, free pizza, raffles Jackhammer Karaoke with Creagh 10 p.m., SUNDAY Circuit Mondays with Mz. Ruff-n-Stuff & the $2.50 well drinks @mosphere Supper and strippers—light buffet Rocketts, DJ Stoney Mary’s Attic Retro Rewind ‘80s night at 9:30 from 6-8 p.m., hot male dancers 10 p.m. Crew Pub quiz trivia, Stella Artois pints $3.75 p.m., no cover. Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m., 1/2 Price wings six $3/twelve $4.50, open Scarlet Totally ‘80s w/ Poppa Popp!, $5 Whiskey 2 for 1 admission with coupon available at for lunch 11:30am., 1/2 priced wings 5 p.m. & Coke jumbo mugs www.thebatonshowlounge.com. ‘til close. Scot’s $2 off all Martinis Berlin MODifyd, DJ Chester mixes alternative Dick’s RU Crazee? 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State St. Little Jim’s The Glenwood 312-836-0933 indiana 3501 N. Halsted St. 6962 N. Glenwood St. www.GentryofChicago.com Dick’s R U Crazee? 773-871-6116 773-764-7363 Second Story Bar 1221 E.150th St. Lucky Horseshoe www.theglenwoodbar.com 157 E. Ohio St. Hammond, IN 3169 N. Halsted St. Hamburger Mary’s/ 312-923-9356 219-398-1871 773-404-3169 Mary’s Attic www.dicksrucrazee.com Manhandler 5400 N. Clark St. Near North Encompass 1948 N. Halsted St. 773-784-6969 Crobar 2415 Rush St. 773-871-3339 www.hamburgermaryschicago.com Lake Station, IN 1543 N. Kingsbury St. 219-962-4640 312-266-1900 52 www.encompassnightclub.com August 6, 2008 Wednesday, Aug. 6 by DJ Ralphi Rosario, 3458 com Northalsted Area Merchants Mary’s Attic Eating Raoul - N. Halsted St., HydrateChi- Eagle Full Moon video con- Association Market Days. The Musical, 8 p.m., $15, cago.com test, $100 first place, 5015 11 a.m.-10 p.m., on Halsted 5400 N. Clark St., Hamburg- Lakeshore Theater Queer N. 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Hydrate DJ Jeannette, 12:30 p.m., $20 advance/$25 Thursday, Aug. 7 8 p.m., $21-$25, 4544 N. p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Hydrag Re- at door, The Spot, 4437 Chicago Theatre Melissa Lincoln Ave., 773-728-6000 vue, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., DJ N. Broadway, register at Etheridge in concert. And for tickets Ralphi Rosario, 7 - 10 p.m., www.nerdsatheart.com or Aug. 8. 8 p.m., 175 State Or Chadash Shabbat Ser- DJ Chris Cox, 10 p.m. - 4 312-265-6085 St., tickets at Chicago The- vices. Every Friday. 8 p.m., a.m., 3458 N. Halsted St., Scarlet DJs Lawla, Greg ater box office or Ticketmas- Emanuel Congregation HydrateChicago.com Haus, Lego & Luis, Joe ter.com, 312-559-1212 building, 5959 N. Sheridan Lakeshore Theater Vari- Brown plays sax, First Ward Mary’s Attic Eating Raoul - Rd., 773-271-2148, office@ etease, a queer cabaret Ball begins 6 p.m., 3320 N. The Musical, 8 p.m., $15, orchadash.org, www. hosted by Backdoor Aly and Halsted St., 773-348-1053 5400 N. Clark St., Hamburg- orchadash.org featuring Miss Tamale, Mae Spin Market Days dance, erMarysChicago.com Scarlet DJs AJ Dubbz & Carla the Bellydancer, The Honey open at 11 a.m. with DJs Women and Children First Starla, 3320 N. Halsted St., Buns, Red Hot Annie, Mz. and VJs all day, 800 W. Bel- Bookstore Josef Steiff, co 773-348-1053 Bea Haven, Jack N-Jinx mont Ave., spin-nightclub. editor, and contributors of Spin $200 shower contest and more. 10:30 p.m., $15, com Battlestar Galactica and hosted by Frida Lay, 800 W. 3175 N. Broadway, tickets Philosophy: Mission Ac- Belmont Ave., spin-night- at www.lakeshoretheater. Monday, Aug. 11 complished or Mission All club.com com or 773-472-3492 Hamburger Mary’s hamBIN- Frakked Up? 7:30 p.m., 5233 Women and Children First Northalsted Area Merchants GO, with hostess Regina N. Clark St., 773-769-9299, Bookstore Joanne Passet, Association Market Days. UPright, a weekly charity www.womenandchildren- author of Sex Variant Wom- And Aug. 10. 11 a.m.-10 event. Every Monday. 8-10 first.com an: The Life of Jeanette p.m., on Halsted from Bel- p.m., 5400 N. Clark St. Howard Foster, reading. mont to Addision, more info Friday, Aug. 8 7:30 p.m., 5233 N. Clark St., at www.chicagoevents.com Tuesday, Aug. 12 Berlin Cosmix Fridays w/ DJ 773-769-9299, www.wom- Scarlet DJs Ira, Jimmy D. & Mary’s Attic Eating Raoul - Greg Haus, giveaways of enandchildrenfirst.com Sean Richards, 3320 N. The Musical, 8 p.m., $15, The Faint’s “Fascination” at Halsted St., 773-348-1053 5400 N. Clark St., Hamburg- midnight, 954 W. Belmont Saturday, Aug. 9 Spin Market Days dance, open erMarysChicago.com Ave., BerlinChicago.com 3160 The Tajma Hall show, at 11 a.m. with DJs and VJs Lesbian Brunch Group Bethlahem United Church with special guests Mon- all day, DJ Riley York at 10 Tuesdays on the Terrace at Memorial for JoAnne McAl- ica Munro & Aurora Sex- p.m., 800 W. Belmont Ave., Museum of Contemporary lister/Digory. 10 a.m., at ton, 3160 N. Clark St., spin-nightclub.com Art. 6 p.m., 200 E. Chi- Magnolia and Diversey 773-327-5969 cago Ave., RSVP required Crew Beijing Olympics open- Center on Halsted A discus- Sunday, Aug. 10 to [email protected] ing ceremony, 7 p.m., 4804 sion of faith, gender identity Barbara’s Bookstore E. Lynn or see gaypros.meetup. N. Broadway, WorldsGreat- and expression for the trans Harris reads from his newest com/283 estBar.com community and their allies. book, Just Too Good to Be Hunters Nightclub Where 2-4 p.m., 3656 N. Halsted True. 2 p.m., 1100 Lake St., Wednesday, Aug. 13 the Boys Are: The Beach St., registration suggested Oak Park, 708-848-9140 Lilly’s Songwriter Tori Sparks Party Weekend. Tan line to jlatrobe@centeronhal- Hydrate Chicago Spirit Bri- with special guest Dylan contest at 10:30 p.m., raffle sted.org gade, 1 p.m., DJ Rodney Rice. 9 p.m., doors 8 p.m., and duck game to benefit Circuit Foozie’s Variety Show, Becker, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m., 2515 N. Lincoln Ave., Center on Halsted. 1932 E. special early show at 7 p.m., DJ Brett Locascio, 2:30 - 773-525-2422 Higgins Rd., Elk Grove Vil- 3641 N. Halsted St., Circuit- 4:30 p.m., ROTC, 5:30 p.m., Mary’s Attic Eating Raoul - lage, 847-439-8840 Club.com DJ Alyson Calagna, 4:30 - 7 The Musical, 8 p.m., $15, Hydrate Instinct Magazine’s Circuit Meat Market with DJ p.m., DJ Chris Cox, 7 - 10 5400 N. Clark St., Hamburg- 10th anniversary party, Junior Vasquez and Chi- p.m., DJ Alyson Calagna, 10 erMarysChicago.com fashion show and cocktals, cago Beef Dancers, $35 at p.m. - 4 a.m., 3458 N. Hal- 10 p.m. - midnight, followed door, $20 in advance, 3641 sted St., HydrateChicago. Thursday, Aug. 14 N. Halsted St., CircuitClub. com Mary’s Attic Eating Raoul - 54 August 6, 2008 The Musical, 8 p.m., $15, The Femme Collective 5400 N. Clark St., Hamburg- “Femme2008: The Archi- erMarysChicago.com tecture of Femme,” an in- Women and Children First ternational conference cel- Bookstore Ann Slav- ebrating queer femininities. ick: Hour Chicago. 7:30 Through Aug. 17. Chicago Item Of The Month p.m., 5233 N. Clark St., Wyndham O’Hare, 6810 N. 773-769-9299, www.wom- Mannheim Rd., $75 through enandchildrenfirst.com July 15 and then $95 for late registration, register at www. Friday, Aug. 15 femmecollective.com Affinity Intimate Sessions Or Chadash Shabbat Ser- of Erotica featuring author vices. Every Friday. 8 p.m., Fiona Zedde, Janice “Jano” Emanuel Congregation Layne and Femstress building, 5959 N. Sheridan Coco. 5650 S. Wood- Rd., 773-271-2148, office@ lawn Ave., Garden Level, orchadash.org, www. 773-324-0377, www.affin- orchadash.org ity95.org Women and Children First Empty Bottle Midnight Bookstore Sandra Tsing Cabaret: Vampires! Magic! Loh: Mother on Fire: A True Burlesque! Featuring queer Motherf%#$@ Story about burlesque performers, drag Parenting. 7:30 p.m., 5233 kings and more. $15-$30 N. Clark St., 773-769-9299, sliding scale, 1035 N. West- www.womenandchildren- ern Ave., www.femmecol- first.com lective.com To see more and for more information, go to www.LeatherArchives.org 55 August 6, 2008 from the booth by Randy Pubert & Dick Groeper The Velvet Mafia: Part 1 from Falcon Video Starring Matthew Rush, Tommy Blade and introducing Fox Ryder There are two rival gay mafias from San G: Usually does. Francisco and West Hollywood. They are P: He just came like a fountain. fighting over a new star named Fox Ryder. One member of the mafia is cavorting with JUDGING P: This is entertaining already. Chi Chi is the other and gets caught. Turns out that one A PORN playing a man, a head of his own gang. company owns a bathhouse, which leads to a BY ITS G: Yeah, the plot is very funny. Fox the twink is trio scene. COVER picking his own costar to make a film with. P: They’re playing music like in the TV show Pubert: “Sex, P: A teacher and student scene, perfect… LOST. Guns, Betray- G: His pen cap just fell in his crack. I love G: Full of mystery… al” what more spotting glitches like that one. P: This is the VIP room in the bathhouse. Nice could you ask P: The student is being spanked over a desk. red curtains. for? G: Teachers never had faux hawks when I was G: They are tearing the bottom apart like a Groeper: Nice in school. wishbone! tighty whities. P: Or gym bodies like hunks. P: Grab a leg and pull. P: They look G: He’s taking a Sex Ed class, very clever. G: He says yeah but his face says no. too cute to be P: He’s doing the behind-the-back doggie dangerous. position. More drama enfolds when Matthew Rush G: A good view for the camera. makes a negotiation to make Fox a star. P: Wait a sec, the student is fucking the teacher now. P: Rush’s hair is so short. G: I bet that fulfills some fantasies for young G: The negotiator seems to like it. They are pupils. both so beefy. P: Teacher’s pet! P: He looks like he will explode at this point. G: Like a piñata full of protein. The movie shoot is interrupted by the rival P: He is willing to do anything to seal this deal. gang, killing one of the cameramen to steal G: Including sleeping with a business partner. the tape and Fox the star. Deciding to make a P: While they are going at it, the twink steals new movie, their casting agent auditions three the money for the business deal. hopefuls for the next flick. G: This video ends with a cliffhanger. P: We will just have to review part two next P: It’s my buddy Tommy Blade! week. G: This is gonna be quite the audition. G: There is a lot of plot in this movie, but some P: The casting guy sure is bossy. good performances in it as well. G: He needs to see if they take direction well. P: I didn’t realize people have to die for porn P: Look at how he pushes them around. He’s sometimes. making them jump through hoops. G: You better watch your back, Pubert. G: Your friend Tommy is sucking all three of P: Yeah, I better be careful how I review the them. next one or the Velvet Mafia may come after P: He’s good at what he does. me! G: Talk about a casting couch! He just patted his dick. Pubert: Thumbs up the butt. P: I think that’s a good sign. Groeper: Thumbs up the butt. G: Maybe he’s getting the job then. P: Did you notice the bling on that agent? Join the mafia at www.falconstudios.com. G: That’s how he rolls, I guess. For past reviews visit www. 56 August 6, 2008 P: It must pay to be part of the mafia. windycitymediagroup.com. Can you feel the music at The Flesh Hungry Dog Show at Jackhammer photos by Alexandra Klimczak 58 August 6, 2008 70% 70% SOLD SOLD Hit me with those laser beams at Bobby Love’s photos by Kirk 62 August 6, 2008