Care of The Sword's tireless editors, we bring you this roundup (by
no means complete, or even-handed) of stuff going on for those of the
homo persuasion this weekend in the two meccas we currently have
bandwidth to cover, San Francisco and New York. Check back soon to see
us cover more gay urban centers near you (sorry, Cheyenne, we may never
get to you).
Our heavily editorialized listings after the jump...
Friday
 GhettoDisco @ The Endup
6th & Harrison
11PM til well into Saturday
Fag
Fridays are no more, but for those of you who still want to hear house
DJs and for reasons known only to your dealers prefer your parties not
to get going until after 2 AM, check out the slate at Ghetto Disco this
weekend: DJs Pete Avila, Hawthorne, Cuervo and Jim Hopkins (no cover before midnight,
$20-30 after)...more
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 Charlie Horse @ The Cinch
1723 Polk Street (bet. Clay & Washington) 10 PM, show at midnight
It's
a hike if you don't live in the Russian Hill/Nob Hill/'Loin vicinity,
but it beat out Trannyshack last year for best drag show, and it's at a
bar that is sort of country-western themed but also has a ceiling
covered in colored in those multicolored Mexican paper flags. Tonight's theme: Hillbillies, Hicks & Redneck Jamboree 2
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Fancy Casino @ [undisclosed location]
11PM
OK, we love the sound of this: It's an "underground cabaret casino disco party" featuring fake money, games, costumes and performances by Ambrosia Salad, Monistat, and Pillars of Silence. DJs Robot Hustle and Lady Meat will provide tunes. You've got to send
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to find out the location, and there's a $10 cover that maybe gets paid by PayPal? We're not sure. But this town needs more shit like this. And also: there's a trailer.
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Saturday
Manquake @ The Gangway 841 Larkin Street
9PM - 2AM DJ
Bus Station John hosts this monthly party in the TenderPolk, where the
alterna-gays and bicycle boys nudge aside the colorful cast of elderly
regulars to order cheap drinks and nod to the 70s and 80s beats. The
dancefloor at the back always reminds of a suburban basement family
room, minus Dad's golf trophies. $5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 Hot Mess @ The Stud
9th & Harrison
10PM - 4AM The sloppiest kids in town are
colonizing the Stud for this Saturday night party, featuring drink
specials for exhibitionists, live whip cream wrestling and Frat House
DJ Kidd Sysko. ...read more
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1190 Folsom Street
10PM -3AM
Raging Stallion Studios, in association with Salon Nights and Andre Shannon, present this filthy get-together with DJ Wunten and featuring porn stars Jake Deckard, Damian Rios, Scott Tanner and Sword mascot Wolf Hudson. $10. More info here.
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9PM
Let's
just say that there are a lot of polo shirts and
while we're totally cool with that and lots of pretty boys were wearing
them, it can be a little unnerving. Their tagline, oddly, is "Upscale,
Downlow," even though there's nothing really down-low about it. DJs Lee Decker and Luke Fry will be spinning, and there's 2 for 1 vodka cocktails before 10:30, c/o 42 Below.
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1900 Folsom @ 15th
9PM
Suppositori
Spelling hosts this weekly venue for turning your Sunday hangover into
a Monday hangover. She works the room, performs and generally spazzes
out for your drinking pleasure... read more
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it's actually warm out! So chill out with some beers out-of-doors at
this weekly $10 all-you-can-slug bear
fest. This week's event benefits the Golden Gate Wrestling Club, so, uh,
whatever you do, for god's sake, don't go in there wearing any
cologne.... read more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Friday
Bloc Party @ Easternbloc
505 East 6th Street
This
is one of our favorite gay bars in New York: the music's good, the crowd is smart and cool, the bartenders are hot and it's the kind of come-as-you-are,
non-BnT booze fest Manhattan needs more of. ...read more
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Star Fridays @ Star Lounge
Chelsea Hotel Basement
222 W 23rd Street
10PM - 4AM
With everyone wearing sweatpants and fucking Crocs these days, come
back to Chelsea for some style and red velvet-and-chandelier-style glamour.
Nick Van Bremen and Matt Tratner host with DJ Lina and a V2 vodka open bar from 10 to 11. ...read more
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Saturday
 Family @ 40C
40 Avenue C (3rd St)
10PM
A band of marvelous and revolutionary homos
are livening up the East Village tonight with an actual party that
promises to be actual fun. Hosts include Justin Bond, Michael Formika
Jones, Cazwell, Amanda Lepore, Michael T, Miss Guy and Philippe Blonde,
with DJ Adam and guests Tekshur, Van Scott and Kingdom. $5-$10.
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 The Big Time @ The Ritz 369 W 46th Street We
think the name of DJ JonJon Battles new party at The Ritz is probably
meant ironically, or it's a reference to the Peter Gabriel song.
Anyway, try to stay clear of that narrow-ass corridor and enjoy the
electro-pop goodness while sipping that low-carb vodka soda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sunday
 Folsom Street East W 28th Street bet. 10th and 11th 2 PM - 8 PM
There used to be an actual leather scene in Manhattan, and there used to be a bunch of dirty-ass bars and sex clubs around the Meat Packing District, before all of New Jersey showed up and it became the new SoHo, or midtown, or something. Anyway, we'll stop dating ourselves. Check out this East Coast version of the venerable San Francisco institution, now relocated to West Chelsea and featuring all the hot leather daddies and urinal-mask-wearing submissives the Big Apple has to offer. ...read more
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Pride Rally @ Bryant Park
42nd Street at 6th Ave
2PM - 6PM
We'll admit: when we lived in New York we never went to this. But it's the kickoff event of Pride Week in NYC, and despite a plethora of lesbian comics and F-list entertainment, we might just stop by on the way to Folsom St. East just to see Madame with new handler Joe Kovacs. We can't get enough of that puppet.
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