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Download PDF Issue February 11, 2009 #981 Expand Expand your mind with the newly (and massively) expanded Spin! page 6 inSIDE Pubert’s Lonely Hearts Meet Mr. Chicago Leather Valentine’s gift guide. 2009 at Touché. page 36 page 21 out in the stars by Charlene Lichtenstein Mars conjuncts Jupiter this hearts. Lucky thing! you want to accomplish you week and gives us a rocket in set into motion now. Before our pocket. Launch yourself LEO (JULY 24 - AUG. 23) Not long you will be whispering in into new situations and see only do proud Lions ache to the wind. Become a gale force how high you can soar. Plan connect, they find that there yourself. ahead for a soft landing are many folks who reach February 11, 2009 instead of the usual splat. out to them. If you are on the CAPRICORN (DEC. 23 - JAN. #981 prowl, it is time to hunt. No one 20) Pink Caps learn their ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL is an island. But if you had to fiscal lesson and apply it to cover 20) Proud Rams are the ones be one, make it somewhere in their advantage. Consider to be and the ones to be seen. the Caribbean. spoiling a certain someone THE SEXPOTS Put efforts into building up your with something luxurious and OF SPIN social calendar and moving VIRGO (AUG. 24 - SEPT. expensive. Not only will you photo and design by into important circles. Alas, 23) Office politics will go your make your intentions known, Bret Grafton, as the week wears on, you way this week. Queer Virgins your generosity will carry you. photografton.com find yourself slipping down have a spark of genius that Grab any advantage. the scale and relegated to the will captivate and inspire. See sidelines. Push, push, push! what you want to do, enlist the AQUARIUS (JAN. 21 - FEB. 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Valentine’s Day is pecially eloquent for a change. approaching and you collect Advance any personal agenda. more than your fair share of Make sure that anything that DOWNload: www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com February 11, 2009 #981 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, graysong, Michael Hampton, Joan Jett- Blakk, Charlene Lichtenstein, David J. Magdziarz, Homer Marrs, Jennifer Parello, Randy Pubert ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Terri Klinsky, Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, Cynthia Holmes NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE RIVENDELL MEDIA (212) 242-6863 PROMOTIONS Cynthia Holmes DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright OFFICE Cynthia Holmes CALENDAR EDITOR Jean Albright Copyright 2009 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 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 773.871.7610, fax 773.871.7609 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Expand Expand your mind with the newly (and massively) expanded Spin! page 6 [email protected] inSIDE Pubert’s Lonely Heart’s Meet Mr. Chicago Leather Valentine’s gift guide. 2009 at Touché. page 36 page 21 DOWNload: www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com that guy by Kirk Williamson Have you missed me, kid- Spin. They have seriously A few folks approached me dies? You should know I gone above and beyond, expressing concern over wouldn’t leave you for that transforming themselves Wild Pug’s new GAYSIA long. It’s not in my blood. into a freaking complex. night. My response to them The metamorphosis is truly was two-fold: 1) Lighten the So, after five years of being stunning. To herald the new fuck up; 2) Brainchild of DJ in the rhythm of getting this day in Spin design, we Oskar (himself an actual, rag out weekly, I kind of lost contracted visual artist Bret factual Asian person), GAY- my damn mind this week Grafton to create this week’s SIA caters to the hottest and forgot how to do even cover. And create he did! Asian men this side of, well, the simplest of tasks. It’s Check out page 23 for info Asia... and their friends and late Sunday night and I am on Bret’s upcoming show at well-wishers. No racism, just just now beginning to get a Center on Halsted, opening good ol’ Asian fun... and dim feel for this new schedule. I Friday, March 6. sum. OK, maybe that was a hope my fatigue translates little inappropriate. into yuks. And stay tuned for more info on Spin’s upcoming The beat goes on at Scarlet And speaking of yuk, the anniversary! with Amy’s Dominatrix Love Story Valentine’s card Night, now the first Wednes- on page 15 was just too hard On the anniversary tip, a tip day of each month. to resist. Please clip out this of the hat to 3160 on their year’s batch of cards and third anniversary! And I’m sorry I missed what send them to ones you love, looked like a great time at ones you hope one day to Sundays are the new Sat- Hydrate for their Flirting For love, ones you love no more urdays (which were, oddly Disaster event. Kat brought or even ones whom you enough, the even older back her usual 182,000 great have no plans to love. Any Wednesday afternoons). Get pictures, llike this one of way you slice it, we’ve got nailed at Resurrection Sun- Alexandra St. James. Such you covered. days at Charlie’s. DJ LuLu a great self-promoter, that brings your fav club hits of Alex. She can always get a And yes, that was an actual yesteryear back from the plug in... Craigslist post that I did just dead along with lights by JT, to turn it into a card. As to $2 well drinks, $2 domestic the identity of the crotch bottles and $1 PBRs. model, well... a few drinks might pry it out of me. Grab about 1,300 of your nearest and dearest friends and check out the new [email protected] 6 photo by Kat Fitzgerald, MysticImagesPhotography.com February 11, 2009 Here’s the lowdown on ILGRA’s Hawaiian Hoedown at Charlie’s photos by graysong Goin’ pro at the Amateur Show at Club Krave photos courtesy of Club Krave The 25th Chicago Latino Film Festival poster unveiling held January 22 at The Society for Arts, 1112 N.
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