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nightspots #1100 • August 21, 2013 GLAMOUR & GRIT Get ready for Miss and Mr. Continental (above) and Windy City Rodeo 2013 (below) That Guy by Kirk Williamson Is it me or did it just get more glamorous in Chicago? Here’s a hint: It ain’t me. It’s Labor Day and, with it, the annual Miss and Mr. Continental competitions. Our fair city becomes the world’s stage for top-notch female impersonation and its male-as-male counterpart (also top-notch). See who will ascend to the coveted role of Mr. Continental 2013-14 at Park West on Sat., August 31, and Miss Continental 2013 at The Vic Theatre on Mon., September 2. You want class? They got class! If your tastes tend more toward the down and dirty (and sweaty and rope-burnt), check out this year’s Windy City Rodeo at Six Guns Ranch in Crete, Ill. After a one-year hiatus, the men and women of the Illinois Gay Rodeo Association are ready to come bustin’ out of the gate with a weekend filled with sportsmanship, charity, and fuckin’ hot-ass cowboys. That last one’s my favorite. Kick off the weekend Thursday night with the Fahootched bar crawl, starting at 8 p.m. at Charlie’s. Oh, and did I mention that I am this year’s Grand Marshal? Guess I just did. KWESTIONS I got You got answers? Q&A Trivia with with Kwizmaster Kirk Williamson WEDNESDAYS - 9pm THURSDAYS - 9pm @mosphere The Glenwood QATrivia 5355 N. Clark St. 6962 N. Glenwood Ave. EVERY WEEK! STARTING SOON! [email protected] MAIN COVER IMAGES ABOVE: Mr. Continental 2012-13 Angel Saez and Miss Continental 2012 Sasha Colby Photo by Kristofer Reynolds nightspots www.kristoferreynolds.com #1100 • August 21, 2013 BELOW: From Windy City Rodeo 2009 Photo by Kirk 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, Jamie Anne Royce Terri Klinsky, Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, CAST OF CHARACTERS Christopher Cheuvront C.J., DJ Chester, AK Miller, Marc “Moose”Moder, Jerry NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE 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 All the sunny faces of Market Days 2013. Photos by Kirk 8 nightspots August 21, 2013 DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE by Marc “Moose” Moder SEPTEMBER: XMAS FOR MUSIC CRITICS VOLUME 1 Putting the dark days we now call Musicgeddon 2013 (aka Market Days lineup) behind us, you can look forward to one of the best times of the year to be a music fan: September. Traditionally the best month where the labels really push forward their best and brightest artists in time to promote them for the holiday buying season, September is to music what December is to film: an artistic bonanza. This columnist is certainly excited about a few of my favorite things. September 3rd • Nine Inch Nails/Hesitation Marks After a brief “retirement” of the NIN moniker in favor of soundtracking, winning Oscars, and getting married (I’m still not over that), Trent Reznor returns with what could be his best album since his mainstream hit, The Downward Spiral. If his recent preview and two phenomenally great singles are any indication, Trent is back to the industrial dance floor and he means business. • Tamar Braxton/Love and War With the power of Lady Gaga and her manager/husband Vince behind her, “the other talented Braxton” will certainly pull ahead of her sister Toni with this, her second album in 15 years in the business. So far packing the hit “Love and War” and the Mtume sampling “The One,” I’m really eager to hear what other firepower and possible Lady G cameos might come out of this one. September 10th • Goldfrapp/Tales of Us Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp appear to be heading back into “Felt” territory (chill, ambient) if the lead single is any indication. Probably their best single of their entire career, “Drew,” is at one point classic early Frapp, but with an added tension we’ve not seen. Each song on the new album is a first name, so I’m hoping it’s a nod to Cocteau Twins’ atmospheric masterpiece, Treasure, on which they named each song a child’s name. • The Clash/Sound System (boxed set) Strummer/Jones finally get the Zeppelin treatment with a comprehensive boxed set of almost their entire career. Over 12 CDs, three of which are rarities, the seminal punk outfit get the love they deserved for years. BTW, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow also have albums this day, but only 1992 cares. Check the next issue when we preview releases for the second half of September, with albums from Cher, Sting, Timberlake, Drake, Elton John, Placebo, MGMT, Jason Derulo, Chvrches, Birdy, Jessie J. and Kelis! 10nightspots August 21, 2013 Karaoke by Creagh TUES WED WED WED Jackhammer 10pm-4am Hideaway Holiday Club The Glenwood (773) 743-5772 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 9pm-2am (708) 488-9382 (773) 348-9600 (773) 764-7363 THU THU FRI FRI Bistro After Dark Crew Four Farthings Bobby Love’s TBA 5-9pm 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 The glamour of The Plastics Ball at elivOlive. NVRLND Photos by Anthony Meade Take a dip in the Abyss at House of Blues Chicago. REVOLUTION Photos by Anthony Meade 12nightspots August 21, 2013 Funny days ahead! Thursd ay ust 28 • 8:00pm , August 29 Wed, Aug August 29 is a very special NO COVER Comedy Thursday at Sidetrack. Stop by and you might win tickets to see Emmy & Grammy-nominated comedian Margaret Cho. She’ll perform live Sat., Oct 19 at The Chicago Theatre. Tickets on sale now at the Chicago Theatre box office and Ticketmaster.com Take a dip in the Abyss at House of Blues Chicago. Join us at Sidetrack for “The Announcement Party” Stand Out: The National Queer Comedy Search From a wide submission round, 15 comedians have been picked for the elimination round on Advocate.com/comedy. (VOTE TODAY!) The 3 comedians with the most votes will be locked into the live competition at Zanie’s in September & the rest of the contestants will be named at this viewing party at Sidetrack. After a hilarious night of comedy videos including submissions from the contestants, all 8 contestants advancing to the live competition will be announced. Special thanks to our friends at 3349 N. Halsted SidetrackChicago.com /SidetrackBar DEEP TISSUE a touching new column by C.J. “So, do you bring a table on bedroom where I set up my good wine. I tilted the bottle outcalls?” table. I stripped down to and began to drink. I took my white underwear and in small gulps while letting “I always bring a table on Marlin stripped to nothing. I some gather in my mouth so outcalls.” launched into the massage that there would be dribble. while he lay quietly. There was plenty of dribble “Good. I want you start with down my chest then on my thirty minutes of medium to Forty minutes later he hopped white underwear. 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