Nightspots#1079 • October 24, 2012 This Halloween/Election Issue Sponsored by the Letters G-A-Y
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nightspots#1079 • October 24, 2012 this halloween/election issue sponsored by the letters G-A-Y That Guy by Kirk Williamson Been feeling a little under the weather lately. I must have picked something up. Happy Halloween, vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and happy 38th birthday to me, Mon., Oct. 29. I’ll accept your birthday kisses on a kiss-by-kiss basis. You WISH you can catch what I have! 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While we encourage [email protected] readers to support the advertisers who make this newspaper possible, Nightspots/Windy City Times cannot accept responsibility for advertising claims. /nightspots [email protected] Celebrating the Legacy Walk dedication with Matt Alber! SIDETRACK Photos by Kirk Creaoke Karaoke turns Bobby’s into a real pickup joint. BOBBY LOVE’S Photos by Kirk 8 nightspots October 24, 2012 I am a partner, an editor, and a runner. And I am living with HIV. TM Creaoke Karaoke turns Bobby’s into a real pickup joint. Oriol (left) has lived with HIV since 1992. Get the facts. Get tested. Get involved. www.cdc.gov/ActAgainstAIDS DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE by Marc “Moose” Moder NEW SOUL POWER GENERATION Maybe I’m still on a high from Prince’s Welcome 2 Chicago shows, or on a pre-high from getting tix to Emeli Sandé’s upcoming show at Lincoln Hall in January, but I’ve been getting deeply back into R&B/soul these past few months. Much in the way hip-hop proved it was still one of the most creative and vital formats this past year, R&B is now catching that same creative fever it’s been lacking since Wendy and Lisa left The Revolution. Recently albums by The Weeknd and Frank Ocean echo the minimalism of Drake and Kanye West to yield some truly beautiful, stripped down soul music that once again showcase the heart and lyrics over high production. If you want to ride this party train and don’t know where to start loving soul again, might I suggest the old standards? You can’t lose with divas like The Best of Whitney Houston, with two newish tracks; or the brand new comeback record by Xtina Aguilera, both out on November 13. If you can’t wait that long you can pick up Chicago’s own Heather Headley’s new collection of covers, Only One In the World, in anticipation of her run in the West End’s The Bodyguard musical; or Anita Baker’s new album Only Forever, which hits stands as this issue hits the street. Now that you’ve got your comfort zone set, there’re some past acts lighting new creative flames lately -- to mixed results. Brandy’s latest, Two Eleven, might as well have been left in Twenty Eleven. It rings similar to Beyoncé’s hookless disappointment, 4; last year I trashed it in this column, but I still love that girl, no matter. Here’s hoping Alicia Keys’ foray into modern territory (Girl On Fire, 11/27) hits rather than misses. If the single is any indication, her dress may be the edgiest thing happening here. Now you’re ready to take some chances with your soul. Do not resist picking up Kaleidoscope Dream, the newest by Miguel. In the same vein as Kanye’s 808s or Frank Ocean, Miguel taps into classic soul structures and vocal styles, but puts them through a filter from the future, creating an unsettling but sexy mix. Possibly one of the finest collections this year. And keep an eye out for both Missy Elliot and D’Angelo’s comeback albums, or Aaliyah’s posthumous Drake- produced CD, rumored for 2013. Early signs point to an even better 2013: The year “soul” took back its soul. Keep an eye out for DJ Moose’s new Old Skool night in 2013 ... 10nightspots October 24, 2012 If I hafta hear this damn song one more time tonight ... Karaoke by Creagh MON MON TUES TUE TUE WED Jackhammer Bistro After Dark Spin Sidecar Bar 10pm-4am Cocktail The Glenwood 10pm-2am COMING SOON! 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DOWNTOWN Photos by Anthony Meade, Kirk See Chicago Cabaret Project’s Rocky Horror, Thu., Oct. 25! MARY’S ATTIC Photos by Kirk 12 nightspots October 24, 2012 HHaa® ppppyy AApocalyppssee!! wedNeSday OCt. 31St watCH tHe Parade She-bopping with Cyndi Lauper and AIDS Legal Council of Chicago. ON Our SCreeNS See Chicago Cabaret Project’s Rocky Horror, Thu., Oct. 25! SCREAMS FrOm 7Pm $500 CaSH Prize COStume CONteSt: 10:00 Pm /SidetrackBar 3349 N. Halsted SidetrackChicago.com The Prairie State Empire welcomes Emperor 9 Herman Coen! CHARLIE’S Photos by Kirk Happy boo-irthday! THE GLENWOOD Photos by Kirk 14 nightspots October 24, 2012 watch for 2.0 AN UPSCALE DIVE COMING SOON SAT MAY 5TH CINCO DE MAYO DANCE PARTY/ STRIP CONTEST $100 CASH PRIZE Happy boo-irthday! DRAG SHOW FRI MAR 30 IT’ BR S ITNEY BITCH DJ RILEY YORK twitter.com/thecallbar facebook.com/thecallbar 1547 W BRYN MAWR @ CLARK ST IN ANDERSONVILLE MARRS ATTACKS by Homer Marrs Death to the Z-word Okay, Halloweeners, listen something after he’s seen it it at the drag show? And then up! The good news is we’re done four times in a year? I what if the theme of Friday’s going to have a zombie-tastic for sure do. I was very tired beer bust were something Halloween. The bad news is of zombies by the time totally different from those two we will not reference zombies Zombieland came out in 2009. and yet equally as memorable? again for ten solid years. You’ll And Zombieland was a good Then we’d be living in a cool thank me later. movie! I had just been bored of world, keeping our creative five years (at that point – eight juices flowing and bringing In 2004 it was really cool when now) of zombie pub crawls, fresh ideas with us everywhere they re-made Dawn of the zombie survival guides, zombie we go—growing, expanding, Dead. It had been awhile since retellings of classic novels, evolving, et cetera. we’d had a bona fide walking zombie drawings of your corpses flick hit the big screen, favorite cartoon characters on Maybe you don’t hit drag and one with a high budget key fobs, and the like. shows and church ice cream and respectable acting gave socials in the same week as us just the proof we needed Nothing against popularity. often as I do, but you catch my that vampires weren’t the only So what, the zombies are “in” drift. We need to move on from supernatural creature we could again, as bell bottoms and zombies now. There are lots respect. It was even cooler pompadours will invariably be of other things we can scare later that year when Shawn of if fashion cycles continue as ourselves with that are just as the Dead managed to spoof predicted.