nightspots #1063 • March 14, 2012 This St. Pat’s, may RIGHT IN you find Joey and THE CAN his shillelagh at your rainbow’s end. See our calendar for some other St. Patrick’s Day suggestions. page 26-27 Joan Rivers calls Happy 10th all the city’s gays anniversary to to St. Charles. @mosphere. page 14 page 8 PLUS That Guy by Kirk Williamson Last time I saw Miss Lady Bunny at Spin, I Is it really the 13th annual Jack Daniel’s chili cook wasn’t fully prepared for the wave upon wave off at Sidetrack? The third annual was the very first of inappropriateness. Having had the proper event I ever covered for this magazine. That’s a lot of warning, this time I am quite looking forward to beans! Eat some of these aforementioned legumes seeing Lady and all her trampishness. See the Lady and help raise some funds for the Chicagoland Gay business on St. Patrick’s Day at Spin. & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Sat., March 24, 2-6 p.m. Come hungry and ready to judge. Celebrate 43 years of genuine class (anagram of Alec Guinness, of course) with the ladies of The Ba- Provided you haven’t overdone the beans (or if ton Show Lounge. Wed., March 14 - Sun., March 18, you conscientiously remembered your Beano), they will be giving the community three shows per head up to Clark and Devon later that night for two night. That’s a lot of glamour. The streets will flow not-to-miss parties. Touche brings back the beat at with sequins. It’s the glampocalypse, baby. Bear All, featuring Jeffrey Altergott, Scott Free, Erick Deshaun and recent cover-rapper Big Dipper. Then Wish happy birthday to the adorable Manny Capozzi take a nostalgic trip to scenic Lanford, Ill., or more at Out Rock’s special birthday show at Mary’s Attic, specifically, Parlour for The Qu’s Third and Delaware: Thu., March 15. Special guests include Stephen The Ultimate Roseanne Dance Party. With such a Leonard, Kyle Greer, and DJ Catnip. The night is also wonderfully confusing idea for a party, you can’t a birthday celebration for Amy Buckler, whom I’ve keep me and my chicken/egg-print T-shirt away. never met, but who I assume is equally as adorable It’ll be like you’re at The Lobo and a young George as her birthday mate. Clooney is trying to win sex with you over a game of pool. It’s called Nick at Nite people, look it up. Catch Erica Mena, star of VH-1’s Love & Hip-Hop, this Friday night at Circuit’s Urbano party. Hosted by Thu., March 29, 6-10 pm, catch last week’s cover the one and only Mz. Ruff-n-Stuff, this party will be stud Christopher Hongosh at DS Tequila Co. for chock full of the scandal and glamour with which Dine, Dance and DS Tequila, a Ride For AIDS TPAN Ms. Mena has become synonymous. You know you fund-raiser with Cyon Flare, Phil DaBeatz, Chitown like a bad girl! Ronnie, endless tacos and a performance by Cirque du Femme. [email protected] PUBLISHER Tracy Baim ASSISTANT PUBLISHER nightspots Terri Klinsky MANAGING EDITOR #1063 • March 14, 2012 Kirk Williamson ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Terri Klinsky, Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, Dave Ouano MAIN COVER IMAGE NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Joey Kissling Rivendell Media 212-242-6863 Photo by Kirk DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright LOWER LEFT OFFICE Photo courtesy of E! Meghan Streit PHOTOGraphY LOWER LEFT Mel Ferrand, Kat Fitzgerald, Kirk, Kizzy, Photo by Dave Ouano Anthony Meade, Dave Ouano, DJ Res-5 CAST OF CHARACTERS Andrew Davis, Homer Marrs, AK Miller, Marc “Moose”Moder, Jennifer Parello, Peter Pointers, Copyright 2012 Windy City Media Group/Lambda Publications Inc. All rights reserved. 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] /nightspots An amazing first 10 years. Here’s hoping for many more! @MOSPHERE Photos by Dave Ouano Roof raisin’. BERLIN Photos by Pubert 8 nightspots March 14, 2012 CHESTERFIELD’S RELOADED 6319 W. Roosevelt Rd. Berwyn, IL 708-317-4242 Antronios-Bar-and-Grill DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE by Marc “Moose” Moder LET ME HAVE MY DISCO MOMENT! I was recently giggling to myself at a DJ gig: While I played a smart remix of Adele’s “Someone Like You,” I realized some of the audience was really working it to what was basically the slit-your-wrist track of 2011- 2012, just remixed. What should be a freeing, spirited night out, was tinged with a bit of sorrow—the essence of drama queen. As I look back on my upbringing, being reared on ‘80s and ‘90s stalwarts like Billy Bragg, Morrissey, Depeche Mode and Beautiful South, I was reminded that maybe, at least musically, I was a drama queen too. As I found my more traditional gayness, I always gravitated to the juxtaposition of dance and drama. From Erasure to Gloria Gaynor, ABBA to Yaz, some of the hottest tracks in history end with a broken heart. So if you like your big moments decidedly disco but are looking to the future, start out with the most addicting cut of the last year, Bright Light Bright Light’s “Disco Moment.” With a strong base in the vocal style of Erasure, singer Rod Thomas conveys the sadness of a man broken down, internalizing a fight with his BF and slowly realizing it’s over while his (former) man twirls the floor like he won the fight. As the song opens, you know its going downhill: “If this is just another awkward conversation that we have. Let’s leave it ‘til the morning, I want to go home ... .” “Experimenting With Rugs” is not the most dramatic (or descriptive) title in dance history, but pop singer Florrie croons Kylie-style over the genius beats of Fred Falke: “My heart isn’t big enough, no more. And I forgot what I see in you. ‘Cuz we’ve gone too far. I’ve forgotten who you are. Enough’s enough. I’m over you.” Ouch. Hey, wait. I just got the Florrie/Rugs pun. Punny. However, the queen of crying on the dancefloor is, of course, Robyn: The pitiful character study in one-way love, “Call Your Girlfiend;” the sci-fi (or is it) love letter, “The Girl and The Robot;” and the guide to beginning stalking, “Dancing On My Own.” Robyn’s taken some of the gleeful fun of Madonna and Kylie, added a touch of crazy, and dramatically revealed the wallflower cum drama queen crying in the corner. Because sometimes joy isn’t the reason we’re spinning our asses off at 3 a.m. Spin/Cry to your disco favorites as Moose and DJ Voxbox revive an era with Glenwood’ monthy RetroTea Dance, starting March 25. Open daily at 6pm No cover charge Full bar/TV/music/pool $5 long islands JOHN GET LUCKY L’s WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!! 335 154th Place Calumet City, IL Every Friday: Bangin’ beats and (708)243-2753 awesome drinks johnlsplace Every Saturday: The hottest karaoke in town with Craig Goldsmith Dear Winter, Thanks for stopping by. Such a shame you had to leave so soon. Kthxbai. Karaoke by Creagh MON TUES WED Jackhammer Spin 10pm-4am Hideaway 10pm-2am (773) 743-5772 9:30 pm-1:30 am (773) 327-7711 (708) 488-9382 WED WED THU THU The Glenwood Holiday Club Four Farthings The Call 9pm-1am 9:30pm-1:30am 9:30pm-1:30am 7pm-11:30pm (773) 764 -7363 (773) 348-9600 (773) 935-2060 (773) 334-2525 THU THU THU THU FRI DS Tequila Co. 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