Gay Nightlife Competition Heats Up: Here's The Dish
John Blair and Beto Sutter recently left xl--the gay dance club on West 42nd Street--but I hear the Saturday night event that they used to promote there is still super crowded without them. But that...
View ArticleThe Five Worst Types Of Club Doorpeople
I've come face to face with every type of bad doorperson, but that's a bit of a misnomer; to call them "people" is sometimes a stretch. Here are the worst, in ascending order of horror: (5) The ones...
View ArticleLook Who Some Of My Friends Were! I Mean Are!
Thanks to Ernie Glam for collecting the memories...
View ArticleNew Life For Rawhide Leather Bar
As you know, Rawhide--the leather establishment that's drawn fetishists and their fans to Chelsea since 1979--is being squeezed out because the landlord practically doubled the rent. But the buzz...
View ArticleBartsch And Arias Create A New Living Room Ambience
"Think of this as my apartment," black-chiffon-laden hostess Susanne Bartsch told guests at the weekly, unnamed Tuesday night soiree at Soho Grand's lounge last night. "Make yourselves comfortable....
View ArticleWorld's Largest Gay Club To Open On June 15!
With the Liberace Museum, Siegfried & Roy, Bette Midler, and many other glitzy attractions, Las Vegas has had a gayish appeal for decades. But I always felt there should be an actual gay club--one...
View ArticleThe Best St. Patty's Party Of The Whole Weekend!
It was the annual one thrown by the real St. Patty--celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan, who pulls together a group of monieds, zanies, and their admirers, for a night of schmoozing, boozing, and...
View ArticleGay Twink In Hell's Kitchen: "I'm A Business Professional!"
That's what the guy said when drag star Peppermint brought him up from the audience during her "Pep Factor Show" at Hardware bar. "What do you do?" asked Peppermint. "I'm a business professional," he...
View ArticleWest Village Piano Bar Is Fun Again!
Not long ago, I told you how a trip to my beloved Marie's Crisis piano bar at 59-Grove Street turned into a nightmare when I faced a long line of bachelorettes and other unlikely types waiting to get...
View ArticleDaniel Isengart's Book Launch Drew The Fabbies In Droves
The reading/soiree for The Autobiography of Daniel J. Isengart--by the chichi singer--attracted the literati, as Daniel himself told me. The bash--at the Bartsch/Arias Tuesday night at Soho...
View ArticleAnd The Queen Of NYC Nightlife Is...
Swiss miss Susanne Bartsch. Still? Yes, after all these years, Ms. Bartsch still draws the fabbies and whooshes them into a creatively rich experience that propels them into the after-hours like space...
View ArticleFire Island Pavilion Is Rebuilt And Ready For Another Try! Here's The Dish
The Fire Island Pines' famed Pavilion club burned down in 2011, but after the input of a lot of effort and cash, it's up and dancing again. Tony Fornabaio--the hot NYC gay party promoter who's managing...
View ArticleThe Gong Show Is Coming Back
And this time it's live and in your face! At the Cutting Room, on the first Thursday of the month, starting May 2, The Gong Show will bring back astounding, amazing, stupefying talent that will...
View ArticleBilly Ray Cyrus & HomeTown Buffet: A Track-by-Track Menu
Shut up, everybody, because I have HUGE news: Billy Ray Cyrus is teaming up with HomeTown Buffet! Buffets, Inc.® is proud to announce its latest tie-in with country music, this time with the...
View ArticleA Wonderful Celebration Of Nelson Sullivan Last Night
NYU may be gobbling up the entire Village, but at least they're paying respect to a late video artist to make up for it. Last night, I was a speaker at a Fales Library tribute to Nelson Sullivan, who...
View ArticleLucky Cheng's Slapped With Violations! Owner Responds
It's just temporary, I'm sure, but the drag restaurant Lucky Cheng's--which moved to West 52nd Street last October--might have some more offensive things going on than potential bad lipsynchs. I passed...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary, Susanne Bartsch
At her weekly party with singer Joey Arias at the Soho Grand, promoter/hostess extraordinaire Susanne Bartsch elegantly announced, "Happy anniversary to me! It's the one-year anniversary of my tits."...
View ArticleGay Nightlife Wars Heat Up
XL--the gay dance club that's attached to the Out NYC hotel--has gone through some changes this year, including the letting go of co-owners John Blair and Beto Sutter, who resurfaced with a hit party...
View ArticleRemembering The Early Days of The Michael Alig Crime Coverage
I'm no Woodward or Bernstein, but I was at the forefront of getting out the buzz on the famed club kid slaying when word started percolating in 1996. I had chronicled Michael Alig's rise and fall from...
View ArticleIs The DL Nightclub Restaurant Lounge Operating Illegally? Its Neighbors Say...
Ever since the first night club set up shop on the first mixed use business/residential street, people have been fighting it out in community board meetings (and more recently, in the comment sections...
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