 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
Bardot a Go Go @ The Rickshaw 155 Fell Street 9PM
The party that just won't die is back again, resurrecting itself just in time for a Pre-Bastille Day bash. Swing to the sounds of Parisian Pop, where a boat-necked shirt and fancy beret, or just do what we do and give everyone attitude and tell them to fuck off with a cigarette in your mouth and a glass of Stella Artois. Vive l'alcool!
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The Rod @ Deco Lounge 510 Larkin Street 10PM
DJ
Bus Station John spins his vintage underground best for the hip kids.
The wet jockstrap contest at midnight isn't aging terribly gracefully,
but it's still a decent diversion after one's eighth vodka tonic...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.
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Saturday
 9PM - 2AM DJ's Richie Panic and Jeffrey Paradise spin their
eclectic-electro-punk-dancey best at this weekly hipster haven where
you're just as likely to make out with a gay boy wearing a kaffiyeh as
you are to get elbowed by a baby-dyke with lipstick smeared all over
her face. ...read more
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Midnight Mass - Barbarella @ Bridge Theater 3010 Geary Street Midnight til the show ends (think 3 AM) For the newly created pre-show on this one, Peaches Christ has assembled some fat, hairy drag divas to put together the ensemble performance of the year. Lady Bear Stars as Bear-barella, and will have you pissing yourself before the movie even begins! Get ready for some fat attitude to go with your large corn. Tix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. Oh, and
Siegfried was there last week. Nuff said.... $3 at the door.
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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 SF Leather Daddies, so, uh,
whatever you do, for god's sake, don't go in there wearing any
cologne.... read more
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Friday
 Bloc Party @ Easternbloc 505 East 6th Street
This
is one of our favorite gay bars in New York: the music's good, the boys
are hip, the bartenders are cute and it's the kind of come-as-you-are,
non-BnT booze fest Manhattan needs more of. ...read more
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Chelsea Hotel Basement 222 W 23rd Street 10PM - 4AM
With everyone wearing sweatpants and fucking Crocs these days, come
back to Chelsea for some Factory-era style and red velvet-and-chandelier glamour.
Nick Van Bremen and Matt Tratner host. ...read more
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Saturday
Cruising @ Santos Party House
100 Lafayette St (at Canal) 10PM - 4AM
Think sweaty. Think sex party. DJ Bill Coleman spins eclectic tunes while the boys make out and grope each other (and what's more!) in the dark. $10 before midnight. $15 after. More info.
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We love The Cock, except when they spray that
glow in the dark shit on everyone. The East Village was ahead of the
curve in bringing the dirtiness back to gay life in the late 90s ...read more
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Sunday
Rendezvous @ The Ritz 349 W 46th Street 4PMIt
may not be as scene-y as the Garden of Ono fete downtown, but DJ Lina
(and sometimes Adam Joseph) and the boys of Hells Kitchen rock out at this summer Sunday mixer with
two outdoor patio decks and happy hour prices until 7PM. . .. more.
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 It's getting a little mobbed after midnight at this glam weekly fete, but given that Sundays are for drinking ...read more
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