Nightspots #1049 • August 17, 2011
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nightspots #1049 • August 17, 2011 Batter up! Nightspots welcomes the 2011 Gay Softball World Series. Market Days Nightspots madness. interviews page 20-21 Stevie Nicks. page 14 WWW.WORLDSGREATESTBAR.COM As I politely pushed and prodded the populated That Guy by Kirk Williamson sidewalk walkers to get to my destination, I ran into a bottleneck at the steps of Roscoe’s, dropped What a bizarre, bizarre few weeks I’ve had. the bundle of papers and tripped to the ground. Rather than to go into all the hoary (not Perplexed and humiliated, I took a second to col- whore-y; please notice the distinction) details, lect myself and bemoaned the state of a society I’ll simply allow you to look at all the photos I took where a man can trip and fall and no one comes for this issue and connect the dots yourself. It to his aid. At that moment, like a bonus angel, draws a picture o f a lot of fun, a lot of frolic and Dave of Roscoe’s stooped down, leant me a hand not nearly as much whoring as I did in my 20s. and even let me plug in my laptop in the Roscoe’s Turns out, I’m more into hoaring now. Yep, I don’t office so that I could recharge my battery (literally know what it means either. AND figuratively) and finish this issue. Anywhodeleedoodle, just a It would be a disservice to my few photos this week. The position as a voice of the com- first is from Cocktail, where munity if I were not to take a young Erik West noticed moment to acknowledge this my ear was burning and kindness. Thanks, Dave. You endeavored to douse the make-a me smile. flames. No one can douse like him! Don’t forget to peep the cal- endar for all your Rodeo, Gay The second photo comes with a touch more of Softball and BarAIDS needs! a story. During Sunday of Market Days, I sat at Center On Halsted working on this very issue. I was due to report back to our booth at 4 to man the giveaway wheel. I had grabbed a huge bundle of Windy City Times (ya know, my OTHER paper) and lugged it a half mile through the maddening crowd. [email protected] PUBLISHER Tracy Baim ASSISTANT PUBLISHER nightspots Terri Klinsky Managing EDITOR #1049 • August 17, 2011 Kirk Williamson ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Terri Klinsky, Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, MAIN COVER Dave Ouano, Kirk Smid, Suzi Arnold IMAGE Eric Anderson, NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Mike Jacob, Dan Tran, Rivendell Media 212-242-6863 Chuck Jacobson & DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Roberto Cabrera Jean Albright OFFICE Photo by Dave Ouano Meghan Streit PHOTOgraphY Makeup Artist: Marie Wood Mel Ferrand, Kat Fitzgerald, Kirk, Kizzy, Ryan Kolodziej, Anthony Meade, Dave Ouano, Photographer’s BOTTOM LEFT Photo by Dave Ouano DJ Res-5 Assistant: BOTTOM RIGHT Press photo CAST OF CHARACTERS Beth Ehrenzeller Andrew Davis, Homer Marrs, Marc “Moose”Moder, Copyright 2011 Windy City Media Group/Lambda Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Jennifer Parello, Peter Pointers, Randy Pubert Reprint by permission only. Back issues available for $3 per issue (postage included). 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While we encourage www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com readers to support the advertisers who make this newspaper possible, Nightspots/Windy City Times cannot accept responsibility for advertising claims. [email protected] Thank you for being a friend! BUCKS Photos by Kirk Gio goes poppin’ again on Fridays. 3160 Photos by Kirk 8 nightspots August 17, 2011 AUGUST 19th - 21st, 2011 ADMISSION $15 RODEO RUNS RAIN or SHINE . .A R . G . L I DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE by Marc “Moose” Moder MATT ALBER’S MISSING IS MISSING NOTHING Most songs come and go in and out of your life and your ears, but some linger; some become legendary in your heart. When I moved away from St. Louis to Chicago in the ‘90s, leaving my friends and family, this became not only legendary, but my all-time favorite song. Everything But the Girl originally recorded “Missing” for their Amplified Heart CD, a transitional album away from their “Sunday Brunch” sound of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s and into a more contemporary, but still soft, sound. It debuted to little fanfare, except to their die-hard fans like me who’d bought their eight previous albums and loved every one. From the Photo by Paul Noblin Smiths-like sound of the first two, to the Swing Out Sister vibe of the middle period, to their minor hit “Driving,” a VH-1/soft jazz staple, I’d loved every one of their eras. Now it seems they were trying to get a bit serious without trying to seem to young. It didn’t work. Until Todd Terry remixed the single for “Missing.” After the remix hit the club, it hit the radio and hit the world. Going #1 in Germany and #2 in the US, it would be their biggest hit and be remixed and remade many times over the years (most recently by Fedde LeGrand). EBTG went on to embrace this sound with the heavily electronic two following CDs, and Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn’s solo careers which have been primarily house and electronic, respectively. Forward 15 years and DJ Saul Ruiz meets classically trained vocalist Matt Alber. Alber, hot on the heals of hit album Hide Nothing (due to the single End Of The World), was riding high and prepping for his new CD when Ruiz walked in with an idea to cover “Missing,” followed by a proposed EP of other covers in the dance vein. Unlike Ben and Tracey’s version, Saul’s version is recorded as a dance track, forcing Matt to record it as such, unlike EBTG’s which was remixed later. And the result is no less beautiful. Saul’s version, which takes the Todd Terry approach of “less is more and sexy is best,” caresses Matt’s silky vocals, but never overtakes. Matt’s appoach is not trying to be Tracey Thorn but to be Matt in his signature seductive manner, without ever sounding too morose for the dancefloor. That is until his otherworldly wail before and after the bridge like a ghost in the night. Nice touch. The EP, out now, contains four remixes, the best of which is Hector Fonseca’s soaring and epic remix and Saul’s own Peak Hour Mix. Saul told me earlier today he and Matt are currently working on doing a few more covers for a planned EP. Next on the list, Fleetwood Mac’s legendary “Dreams.” Are they stalking my Best Of All Time playlist or what?! Come check Moose’s grooves at new gigs at Downtown Bar, Hydrate and The Glenwood this summer. 10 nightspots August 17, 2011 Karaoke to the highest power Karaoke by Creagh MON TUES WED Welcome WED WED back! 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