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Nightspots #1104 • Oct nightspots #1104 • Oct. 16, 2013 BURN, BABY, BURN! Sidetrack’s Disco-a-Go-Go heralded the start of the Gay Christmas season we know as Halloween. Page 17 That Guy by Kirk Williamson Chicago, as well as being at the de facto geographic center of the country, has long been the center of the leather/fetish scene, from even before the founding of IML over 35 years ago. This city is home to over 15 leather/fetish clubs, some for play and some which are strictly social. This Friday, Oct. 18, Touche brings together representatives of the full spectrum of clubs for their second annual Leather Club Rush Party. This party allows those interested in the club scene to meet members of these clubs and to talk about their group’s activities and membership. If you are so inclined, this is THE opportunity to get all the info and to see where you fall into the scene. There’s a home for you there, trust. Well, after the smashing costume-contest success of Eleanor Abernathy (last year’s “Crazy Cat Lady” costume), I was too pressed for time and could not come up with a topper for Halloween ‘13. I guess someone else will have to win the hundreds of dollars in cash and prizes that I raked in last year. See our calendar on page 26 to seek out the Halloween gold. Your chances are far better now that I have hung up the cat suit. I will, however, be ushering in my 40th year (read: 39th birthday) Tues., Oct. 29, at Jackhammer’s Creaoke Karaoke (or Kirk-aoke, or Kara-kirk-e, or some such nonsense). Come in costume or not. Just drink with me as 40 looms nearer and nearer. Talk about your scary Halloween concepts! And I’d better see each and every one of your at The March On Springfield For Marriage Equality, Tue., Oct. 22 in Springfield. I’ll be on site working the video cam and then off to the press tent to put out the next historic issue of Windy City Times. Please be part of that history. See www. MarchOnSpringfield.org for more info. [email protected] MAIN COVER IMAGE From Sidetrack’s Disco-a-Go-Go nightspots Photo by Anthony Meade #1104 • Oct. 16, 2013 PUBLISHER DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Tracy Baim Jean Albright ASSISTANT PUBLISHER OFFICE Terri Klinsky Ripley Caine Managing Editor PhotographY Kirk Williamson Mel Ferrand, Kat Fitzgerald, Kirk, Kizzy, ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Anthony Meade, DJ Res-5 Terri Klinsky, Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, CAST OF CHARACTERS Christopher Cheuvront, Gretchen Blickensderfer C.J., DJ Chester, AK Miller, Marc “Moose”Moder, NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Jerry Nunn, Steven Toushin Rivendell Media 212-242-6863 Copyright 2013 Windy City Media Group/Lambda Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. 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While we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make this newspaper possible, Nightspots/Windy City Times cannot accept responsibility for advertising claims. /nightspots photos by Archer 100 ShadeS NNeeww NNiigghhttss...... presents Of drag WWeedd.. && TThhuurrss!! WWeedd,,OOcctt.. 2233 TThhuurrss,, OOcctt.. 2244 presents the 21 st Annual events benefit Tickets available NOW at Surely y o u don’t want to miss SidetrackChicago.com out.“Don’t call me Shirley.” and from your bartender /SidetrackBar 3349 N. halsted • SidetrackChicago.com Natalia Kills it! SPIN Photos by Jerry Nunn Hubris Prod. presents Muffy & Her Good Time Galz in Halloween Hijinx! THE CALL Photos by Kirk 8 nightspots Oct. 16, 2013 DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE by Marc “Moose” Moder THE POWER OF LIVE MUSIC: THE SECOND ALBUM Most great live albums, like their live show counterparts, cannot be contained in the length of a 75-minute CD, so most great live albums are broken into two parts. Hence the part two format, recalling last issue’s ode to the great live albums of the modern era. Last issue we explored ground- breaking live albums by eighties monsters Depeche Mode, U2 and Peter Gabriel – this week we veer off into smaller, gayer territory. One of the challenges of doing a live album is to give your fans something new to hear instead of just slightly different or longer versions of the hits. That was done en masse in the nineties with MTV Unplugged albums by Nirvana, Mariah Carey, Natalie Merchant and many more and has since been done to death (and hopefully put to death). These next examples are three gay acts that managed to re-imagine the live album with classical flair, as only a queen can. Back in late ‘80s, power pop quartet The Bongos folded after two great albums leaving their third album, Phantom Train, unreleased and their lead singer, Richard Barone, nothing but one great live show previewing the new material to show for it. Richard released that live album—which is mostly him, his acoustic guitar, piano and strings—as Cool Blue Halo, which drew him even more new fans than his previous band and helped usher in the aforementioned Unplugged era. CBH was the perfect transitional CD for Richard; covering his hits with The Bongos; some of the unreleased Phantom Train tracks; great covers by TRex, Bowie and The Beatles; and one track that would be the standout on his first studio LP, “Primal Dream.” Both Phantom Train and Cool Blue Halo anniversary editions just hit stores last week. Around the same time The Bongos were parting, Marc Almond was making his pink spotlight shine beyond the legendary Soft Cell. While Soft Cell had their moments of cabaret and camp, Marc turned it up to 11 when, after 6 hit-or-miss solo albums and 14 years combined in the industry, he released his dramatic live album and video, 12 Years of Tears. Pulling from his years with Soft Cell, his love of French and cabaret, and his two big pop solo albums, 12 Years feels like a Jacques Brel musical complete with Jacques Brel classics like “Jacky” (see Ab Fab) and “If You Go Away” (see Streisand and Sinatra), plus the best song ever about drag, “What Makes a Man a Man.” And finally the mother of all big gay albums has to be Pet Shop Boys’ reimagining of their career with a live orchestra, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright and The Art of Noise. If you saw them in concert this past month, you know nothing beats them in concert, so imagine them with this much power behind them. Concrete does what all of these mentioned releases do: embellish, enhance and strengthen your love for the originals, while making you equally appreciate the ones less familiar to your ear. Just like any good concert should. 10nightspots Oct. 16, 2013 Oh, no. I’m not going out there. They’re too scary! Karaoke by Creagh Kim Jong Un demonstrates North Korea’s weapons’ ability ot reach the U.S. TUES WED WED WED Jackhammer 10pm-4am Hideaway Holiday Club The Glenwood (773) 743-5772 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-2am (708) 488-9382 (773) 348-9600 (773) 764-7363 THU THU THU FRI FRI Bistro After Dark Pie Hole Crew Four Farthings Bobby Love’s TBA 5-9pm COMING SOON! 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-1:30am (773) 525-2522 (773) 784-CREW (773) 935-2060 (773) 525-1200 FRI FRI SAT SAT Hideaway Halsted Harp Coppolino’s Four Farthings 10pm-2:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 10:30pm-2:30am 9:30pm-1:30am (708) 488-9382 (773) 348-3665 (773) 735-8647 (773) 935-2060 SAT SUN SAT SUN Christina’s Hideaway Bobby Love’s Spin 10pm-2am 9pm-1am 9pm-Midnight 10pm-2am (773) 463-1768 (708) 488-9382 (773) 525-1200 (773) 327-7711 Now contact us at 773-720-7347 or [email protected] Join Creaoke on Facebook www.CreaokeKaraoke.net Wear wolves: CRAM Chicago’s fall fashion event. Photos by Anthony Meade Oh, the pageantry!: Miss Richfield 1981 slithers into Chicago. HYDRATE Photos by Anthony Meade DEEP TISSUE a touching new column by C.J. “Hello. This is C.J.” The next day Axis showed “Sure. It feels very purpley in up on time with bells on, here,” I complied. “Hello C.J. This is Trevor. Well, literally. He was thin with long Trevor is my Earth bound hair separated into two thick “Yes, thats what I’m talking name, but you can call me braids, large round glasses with about.” He bought my lies. Axis.” orange-tinted lenses, a green tunic, white linen pants and When there was about ten “Okay. What can I do for you Birkenstock sandals with tiny minutes left of the massage he Axis?” bells attached to the straps.
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