nightspots #1086 • February 6, 2013 That Guy by Kirk Williamson Have yourselves a DILFy little Valentine’s Mellowing with age we are. Day. Our cover this week features a columnist we’d like to credit, Marc “Moose” Moder giving us classic class with his tufted heart-shaped box. It’s so full of love. Explore Moose’s love for DJ Tony Moran, as he interviews Tony in advance of his Freedom Revolution: Peace gig at Vision Nightclub, Sun., Feb. 17, part of Circuit Mom’s Presidents’ Day Weekend party extravaganza. Huge nerd ups to Danny Bernardo and his super successful launch of the Chicago Geeks Out! And DJ Moose is no slouch himself. Catch his party at Spin. Boys, girls, batmen, batwomen, grooves at the following joints: DILF (first Sat. and all across the nerdo spectrum came together of each month at The Sofo Tap); Wed@Wood for comic books and camaraderie. There was no (on Halsted and Buckingham); Mary’s Old Skool shortage of Super Mario-related paraphernalia, (second Fri. of each month at Mary’s Attic), like the one girls awesome fire flower earrings. and Downtown Lights at Downtown Bar and Want. Lounge (first and third Fri.). Follow all his goings- on on Twitter @endorsedornot or stalk him on Check out our bloated calendar, filled with our Facebook. pics for your Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Mardi Gras, and Grammy celebrations. As always, Check out me and my “brothers” at The check me out in my tighty whities (or baggy Hideaway. Back in the storied days of The bluies, as the case may be) at Jackhammer’s Nutbush, Mikey, Scottie and I all had a similar annual Mardi Gras undie-oke, brought to you by look (goatee, bearish, always jovial) so we Creaoke. Lettin’ it all hang out since 2004. decided we were triplets. Here’s our original family portrait from 2004 and our reunion shot. 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BUCKS Photos by Anthony Meade A super-duper-RuPer time at the RuPaul’s Drag Race premiere party. THE CALL Photos courtesy of The Call 8 nightspots February 6, 2013 DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE by Marc “Moose” Moder MAKING ‘PEACE’ WITH DJ TONY MORAN For a good many of Circuit Mom’s younger fans across the country who come in for his Revolution events, Tony Moran is the gorgeous, talented DJ they all look forward to as an incredible live DJ, whipping dancers into a frenzy until the final beat. For those of us who’ve been longtime CM/TM fans or are just big music dorks, Tony Moran carries a huge amount of music history and stories within that never-aging noggin of his. I recently spoke with Tony about his upcoming Revolution: Peace gig on the brand new state-of-the- art system at Excalibur, his early history, and gigs with some of the worlds biggest vocalists. DJ Tony started out in his early days producing for the freestyle group The Cover Girls and scored a huge hit “Show Me,” all before he was even of drinking age. His success with his collaborators under the name Latin Rascals lead their own record contract, a gig on MTV and of course, his legendary remixes. He’s known for asking some of the biggest divas in the world to step back into the studio to re-record vocals for better mixes. He said tha all had a great work ethic, but wished he’d spent more time on Celine Dion: “(I) Just wished I had spent more time with her in the studio without video cameras and tons of executives in the room. She was great, but it left me longing to connect with her further. Someone Tony did connect with that left a lasting impression was the late great Donna Summer. “I was granted the opportunity to write and work with her on new music that would be an addition to her last greatest hits album. It can be called “subjective” by some, but I recorded “You’re So Beautiful” with her and we continued writing in Nashville, then at studios in New York on many occasions at my own private studio in Chelsea, New York. We absolutely had a connection and she wanted to sing TURN to page 25 10nightspots February 6, 2013 MY HEART IS BURSTING WITH LOVE FOR YOU HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY Karaoke by Creagh TUES TUE - MARDI GRAS! 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SPIN Photos by Kirk Calling all queers! SCARLET Photos by Anthony Meade 12 nightspots February 6, 2013 DEEP TISSUE a touching new column by C.J. Having recently come out of a taxing long-term “Baby, you could set that table up right here and relationship I decided to spend much of my first right now. You know that’s what I need, a massage!” year as a masseur on the road. My maiden voyage lasted about six months, starting in New York City. I laughed uncomfortably, pushing my ID, ticket and Needless to say, I did not pack light. My check-in anything else she may need toward her to just let suitcase was large enough to carry ten pairs of me through. Finally she checked the table and the pants, twenty shirts, five pairs of shorts, six novels, suitcase and I was allowed to head to TSA and on to a blow dryer, one electric razor with attachments, my gate where I could relax, a good one hundred and enough toiletries to keep a family of Jennifer pounds lighter. Lopezes happy through a dry winter. I also had two carry-ons. The first was a carry-on version of When we arrived at JFK I ran for the baggage area the larger suitcase that housed four pairs of shoes; excited to get to my Midtown hotel. I was already all of my socks; and US Weekly, Vanity Fair and OK booked for the day and NYC is pricey. magazines. The two suitcases were complete with bands that snapped together forming an island. After I laboriously gathered my table and suitcase The second carry-on was my laptop. And it didn’t I headed toward the taxi ramp. I leaned the table stop there. against a column, stationed the suitcases then walked a few feet forward, laptop dangling from Quite a few travelling masseurs work on a bed so my shoulder while waiting my turn to hail a cab. as not to have to carry a table cross-country. To me I got one immediately. I hurriedly grabbed my that was just an invitation to offer or expect more suitcases, throwing them in the trunk, then hopped than a massage, so I decided to travel with a table in the back seat.