Ke$ha to Perform White Party Palm Springs

February 2nd, 2010

KeshaWhat What! Jeffrey Sanker knows how to impress.  I noticed he was on facebook the other day asking who everyone thought would be the best performer to bring to the White Party.  I saw many say Lady Gaga, Ke$ha… and lots of requests for Adam Lambert.  I even saw some interesting names such as Dolly Parton and La Roux (wow that would be fun as well).  The big headliner will be Ke$ha.

Ke$ha is set to perform at the White Party 2010 in Palm Springs, California.  The artist who likes to spell her name with the money sign is set to perform Saturday, April 10th on the same stage that we fell in love with Lady Gaga.

Their are a few things to remember this year.  First that the White Party will NOT be on Easter Weekend like in years past.  So make sure you get your vacation days off for this big event.  Also, the Renaissance hotel is the host hotel this year and it will most likely sell out faster than last year because its newly remodeled.  They did a $25 million remodel on this hotspot and now its a Marriott ran chain which is a plus!  The Renaissance is the same exact location as the host hotel before with the remodel and name change.  It previously was the Wyndham. So yes its more fabulous now.

Friday, April 9  -  Noon to 6pm DJ Luke Johnstone Friday Pool party with Free Admission.

9pm to 4am  Boxers or Briefs underwear party with DJ Abel in association with iclubpapi in the Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom.  There will be a secure clothes check available.  Erika Jayne will be performing this event.  You know we love her!

Saturday, April 10  Agnes will perform “Release Me” with DJ Brett Hendrichsen from Masterbeat playing the poolside music.    Saturday night  at the Palm Springs Convention Center Ke$ha will be singing live and The Freemasons (DJ’s. producers, remixers) will be spilling in the main room while Chi Chi LaRue works her tits over in the Electropop lounge.  The Freemasons have some great remixes out one of them is Whitney’s “Million Dollar Bill.”

4am to 10am Afterparty event – Then Chus and Ceballos plan to bring a in state-of-the-art lights/sound  and mind altering lasers for a party in the Renaissance Ballroom.  A special performer will be announced in a few more days on top of all of this for this DJ set.

The Sunday Pool party will feature DJ Joe Gauthreaux and a performance from Shontelle who sings “T-shirt” $15 to get in and $10 if your a hotel guest.

Sunday is the famous Tea Dance under the Big Top from 3pm to 9pm with a Brand new location across from the Palm Springs Convention Center.  Just look for the big Ferris wheel and listen for the pounding beats of DJ/Producers Moto Blanco.  My favorite part is DJ Wayne G. from Heaven London – um yes the best club in the World!  Special Live Performance to be announced Feb 15.  They plan to have a bigger dancefloor, new rides, the ferris wheel, and fireworks!    The closing party will be Sunday from 9pm to 6am with DJ Tony Moran and if you can still move after all of the above then you are one hardcore party animal.

I would be nice if we did not have to book the hotel for a minimum of three days but it looks like there is no way out of that.  I waited last year last minute to book the hotel and they let us book it for two days only which was nice.  That way we could party in LA a few nights before we came to Palm Springs.  Last year, Lady Gaga was just amazing and so were all of the DJ’s including the Perry Twins and Andy Bell at the pool party!  This year is looking to be just as exciting and I cannot wait!

I noticed the sponsor of this years White Party event will be a natural drink company which is nice.  Maybe we will start getting more natural drinks in the clubs instead of the high fructose junk.  The company also has a coconut water beverage and I guess that is the next biggest thing since Madonna is even on board now with a Coco beverage.

So get that pedicure on your toes toes so the DJ can blow the speakers up at the Renaissance hotel in Palm Springs!

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Perry Twins on Tour 2010

January 29th, 2010

You always should know when the hottest DJ’s are coming to a city near you.  Let’s drop the list of when and where the hottest twin dj’s will be performing (below).  They are currently on the set filming the latest Lady Gaga video in an abandoned prison.  The video will show them with Beyonce and Lady Gaga as part of her upcoming ‘Telephone’ hit.  I was not too big on the ‘Video Phone’ song but I sure love the ‘Telephone’ version and if it includes the Perry Twins than it will be packed with lots of talent!

They will be at the Winter Party in Miami which is a circuit event that is to not be missed!  The pool party alone at the Doubletree Surfcomber is such a good time!!

1/16/10 Winterfezt – Leon, Mexico

2/13/10 Krave – Las Vegas

2/14/10 Sidebar – San Diego

2/25/10 Telluride Gay Ski Week

3/6/10 Winter Party – Miami

3/13/10 Celebrities – Vancouver, BC

3/27/10 Tracks – Denver

4/25/10 Fresh – San Francisco

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The Advocate ranks Atlanta as America’s Gayest City, Really?

January 28th, 2010

The February 2010 edition of the Advocate contains an article written by Mike Albo that has uses an interesting way to calculate their findings that Atlanta could be the nations gayest city.  The online edition of the magazine shows us different variables they used such as online hook up sites, dating sites, gay bars, number of open elected officials, among some other data.  My favorite part was the fact they actually considered gay movies tagged on Netflix as a point for that city.

We do clubs so lets first talk about that factor.  Atlanta is was one of the best cities when it comes to the club scene um you know about 5 years ago or more.  That time is way over and they have since shriveled up to smaller bars without a full time Jungle and Backstreet.  Their liquor laws are some of the strangest in the country but those may be changing.  The only thing Atlanta has now in their scene are some of the countries hottest guys, spread out bars with no centralized direction, and a naked baccalaureate party nude bar.

They claim there are 26 bars in Atlanta but fail to mention the true number for cities like Austin, TX?  Austin has more bars than 4 my friends!  What exactly is this bar count number based on?  I mean if you want to base it on popular bars then Atlanta may well go down to the number 4 itself leaving it almost in a tie against Austin at 4.  More people go out in Austin on the weekdays and they both have big circuit parties.

I respect the journalism behind most anything the Advocate… well that is until they got pushed into Out magazine and became a insert for the Out.  It has mostly became an online site just like everything else we were used to seeing show up in our mailboxes.  The article itself makes me want to examine a few things that could matter such as number of clubs vs. online profiles.  I see some cities such as Albuquerque, NM ranks high in online profiles (lesbians?) and low in bars.  Then you see San Diego ranking high in bars and low in online profiles.  They getting on Craigs’ List for this too? Just Sayin’

It stereotypes Seattle as the birthplace of Grunge and having numerous cute boys but I have to say Seattle was just not exactly that definition.  Hmm maybe some cute boys here and there (hotter online than at the club).   I thought I might get impressed with this city but it just never happened.  Maybe I needed to smoke something? lol.

Oh wait maybe we should go back to this Netflix ranking system.  You also notice the Netflix towns are places where they are most likely having boyfriends and sitting at home watching movies.  Now that sounds more like Atlanta, Seattle,

What I got most out of this report from the Advocate magazine is that Asheville, N.C. is now on notice!  I want to visit this city and put it on notice because it has lots of places to drink and lots of guys online but wait let’s take a look at who is on a4a hook up site now from 18 to 30 years old:

Asheville, N.C.  has 178 Adam 4 Adam profiles with photos from 18-30 years but at 3am EST time there are only 23 online.  Well ok you guys may not stay out late but is anyone home?   The city of  Dallas, Jacksonville, and Ft. Lauderdale looked all about the same until you looked at who had logged in the last few days or most recent.  Dallas  (377);    Oklahoma City  (401 profiles)  (68 now);   Albuquerque  (398 profiles) (89 now);    Jacksonville, FL a hot college town!  (500+ profiles)  (97 now);   Broward C. Fort Lauderdale  (134 online now)  Austin  (237 now).  Seems the college jerkers are up late tonight!  This also compares to Arkansas  (112)  Huntington Beach  (43)  Greater Hollywood  (289) all online right now hooking it up on Adam 4 Adam.  Arkansas, yes that is only 112 people online right this minute.  Then again maybe everyone is looking at Xtube this time of night.

My findings examining this closer is that if you want to find out where the older gay population lives that is more relationship oriented you should judge by Netflix movies because they scored low in college towns and higher in cities where there was more couple type stuff going on.  If you want to dance your glitter off at some gay dance hole then you better pick a city that has some big enough for those who are all online otherwise most of those people will probably not go out.  If there is not anything for them to do they may stay in or goto a straight club or get a lap dance at Swingin’ Richards.

Atlanta is a beautiful city full of those Southern boys you want to take home.  The gay bars almost need a shuttle to one another they are so spread out though.  Midtown is just not what it used to be anymore.  The Pride and Halloween (if not combined are always a big event) then you have HotLanta and the circuit events that come to town that shake the boys out of their homes to play!

I think one of the most liberal, gayest cities I went to in terms of young happy couples was Boston, MA – even though they just lost out to that Brown posing Cosmo guy (how gay is that?).  The best gayest city for the NUMBER of clubs is London (if you want to mention out of the U.S.), West Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Columbus, and maybe even Las Vegas.  But let’s not forget the absolute gayest city in terms of number of CLUBS right now is Orlando, FL.  They have more clubs than any US city I have been to including Pulse, Revolution, P-House, and Salvation… and Rain.  Not counting the few several other bars.  Orlando should have topped this list they definitely have online profiles but I am sure they could care less about Netflix because they are probably on a different flix site in that city!

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Beware the thieves in the night

January 26th, 2010

or the light… it is sad we have to worry about such things but it seems the stolen phones and wallets seem to be skyrocketing lately.  I have had more and more people telling me stories about wallets and smart phones being stolen in the past few months.  It seems to be getting out of hand and the clubs may need to keep an extra eye out for some of the con men doing this.

Your out drinking and having a good time or trashed on who knows what and you are somewhere you feel that you can trust the environment around you because you felt safe there before.  You dance away the night then you look in your pocket to see what time it is from your iPhone and realize that it is missing from your pocket.  You then freak out wondering where you could have put it hoping it is at the bar or in the bars lost and found.

With no luck you have asked everyone where the phone could be and feel naked without that nice iPhone bulge in your pocket.  You have most likely been pick-pocketed from someone who goes out everynight or mostly on busy nights to get in your pants.  Get in your pants the way you did not intend.  The same happens with your wallet which may be what happens most often because most people leave the wallet in their back pocket.

I find myself on busy nights putting my wallet in my front pocket or splitting up my ID and one credit card in a front smaller pocket in case someone does steal it.  I find myself in the busiest of clubs such as this Prague club where I had my iPhone stolen.  That just ruined my trip to the Czech Republic and made me think they were all theives.  But then again I should have just left my cell phone at the hotel and had it locked up in the safe.  I mean if you can’t keep it in your front pocket with tight jeans on there where can you keep it?  maybe we need crotch pockets for this…

I learned to put a lock on my iPhone and bought insurance on it online.  AT&T does not offer any kind of loss insurance for its Apple based smart phone even though it will offer insurance on all of its other phones including Blackberry’s.

Just in the past month I have known 4 people personally that have had incidents where their wallet was grabbed from their back pocket in gay bars.  This is really surprising to me that it is getting so bad you have to be in defense mode all the time that something can be stolen like this.

I think that in some of the 18 and up clubs that they should have the monitors who watch for underage drinking also watch for these wallet and phone thieves.  Catch some of them in the act.  The bad thing is that most of these crimes do not get reported so we never hear about it unless someone tells us personally.  We know the clubs  do not even get it reported en0ugh so they may not know how bad the problem is… Losing your ID or passport is normally the worst thing that can happen because then you are really SOL.   I guess the best thing to do is to keep one sober eye open and one hand on your front pocket and one on your butt at all times lol.

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Circuit and Nightclub Guide 2010

January 26th, 2010

A New decade starts with 2010 and new beginnings should take place with a new ambition, success, peace, hope, and love for each other and ourselves.  Whether you woke up in Vegas for New Years Eve or you woke up in London you should know that the world will be even more beautiful as it shines into 2010. Thinking back to last year there are events that we missed out on and hope to capitalize on these in the new year.  Here are some upcoming events for the new decade upon us.

Adding more to the list soon! Comment below if you would like to add your event (without spam please)

January 2010

January 1, 2010 Happy New Year!

January 3, Lady Gaga Fame Monster Tour  Hard Rock Orlando, FL

January 8  (Friday) NJ Gay Nightlife & Outings presents Hydrate at Sahara Sam’s Oasis with DJ Rhino Starr (Philadelphia) + DJ Justin Ryan (NYC).  New Jersey’s Only Gay Indoor WaterPark Event (the only waterpark event I have seen and it’s 20 minutes from Philly and 90 min from NYC). Beer and Vodka bar is included in the $45-55 admission but the event is 21 and up and open from 9pm to 2am.

January 8-11 Gayvn Expo 2009

January 17-24 Katy Perry makes appearance at Piranha in Vegas.

Aspen Gay Ski Week in Aspen, Co. (GaySkiWeek.com)

January 30 – Erika Jane performs at Krave Vegas with DJ Morningstar

February 2010

HBO Real Time with Bill Maher returns for a new season!

February 13-14 Everyone must have Valentines Weekend Syndrome in Dallas there is sure an awful a lot going on… Chi Chi LaRue @ Tin Room Dallas; Carnivale S4/JR’s/Sue Ellen’s Dallas; Kimberly S at the Brick Dallas; and Alexandre’s has a special electronica dj spinning

February 20-27 Telluride Gay Ski Week

March

March 1-8 Whistler Gay/Lesbian Ski Week @ Whistler,BC.  They play host to one of the largest international sporting events, the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and open up Pride House 2010.

March 3-8 Winter Party Festival Miami, FL

March 17-21 Mammoth Gay Ski Week @ Mammoth Lakes, CA.

March 27 MadonnaRama Houston @ Sobe  (Date still pending) – our favorite party of the year!!

April

April 1-4 Jungle in Houston, TX – Friday Tony Moran; Saturday Roland Belmares with an afterhours DJ Lydia Prim. Produced by Bayou City Boys Club with 100% proceeds going to HIV/AIDS organizations in Houston area. JungleHouston.com

April 4 – Easter 2010

April 9-12 White Party 2010 Palm Springs, CA (XXI). Completely remodeled host hotel @ Wyndham Resort.  Bigger T-Dance with more rides and International DJ Lineup. JeffreySanker.com for more details.

April 30 – May 2, 2010 Dallas Purple Party with DJ Joe Gauthreaux, Chris Cox, Alyson Calagna, Michael Tank with performances by Bryan Konrad and Power Infiniti (benefiting Aids Services of Dallas)

May

May 27 – May 31 Pensacola Memorial Day Weekend @ Emerald City

June

Gay Days 2010 Orlando

Gay Pride Houston, SF, NYC, OKC

July

Friday, July 2nd – Thursday July 8th – Independence (The Crown and the Anchor Presents) Provincetown (P-Town) OnlyattheCrown.com

See What happened in the Fall of 2009 and 2009 Guide.

New Years 2009

Planning Ahead for 2010 – Don’t Miss events

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New Circuit Club in Big D

January 20th, 2010

brick-nightclub-dallas-ledscreenIf you see most of the magazine reviews of Dallas, TX you normally hear about the gay strip where you have Station 4 and the Roundup across the street. These are two big mega-clubs one for mostly country/pop and the other for its big dance floor and drag queens upstairs. The big D lately has something else to brag about with one thing most other clubs are lacking… parking.

We visited the Brick twice so far. One time it did not have its dance permit yet so we got to take some pics of the place and got to really enjoy the atmosphere. The second time was a totally different scene that we had to put our Cha Cha Heels on for!

The second visit was more of the official grand opening of the place and it was busy and even with their big shopping center parking lot it was not easy to park unless you parked valet. DJ Michael Tank was in the house from Miami. It was great hearing his music again because it had been too long since I heard a good circuit beat mixed in with some new pop music.

The dancefloor was busy but it was too dark. I would have hoped to see a few things inside there. While I do not like things too cheesy or too much unneeded lighting inside a club you have to be able to see some. The sound system and lighting other than that were good.

We had a VIP pass to get into the club but it was not good for the Saturday night special event Michael Tank. Of course, it did not say this on the card and the place only takes cash at the door. We could not complain though because it was only $10 to see Michael Tank play.

brick-nightclub-dallas-newIt was not all that fast to get a drink inside the place. The bartenders did not seem prepared for a large crowd mainly because of the credit card machines not working. I hope these kinks can be worked out for the next big party. They also do not have a late night permit yet at this location so they closed at 2am which is unthinkable for a Circuit crowd. We like our afterhours but there are some places to go for afterhours when the Brick closes and those are 1. Station 4 (off Cedar Springs), only open until around 3:30am to 4am depending on the crowd; 2. Insomnia (off i-35 and Manana), a mostly straight afterhours beginning at 3am but the music will keep you moving around until 7am or so.

The Brick has a name in Dallas associated with its former location that was demolished off Maple and Throckmorton. The new location seems much safer and looks like it could really turn out to bring some people out clubbing that have been over the Dallas scene especially since he is bringing in big name Circuit DJ’s.

Valentine’s Day weekend (Saturday) they are bringing in DJ Kimberly S from Los Angeles. Saturday, March 6th my favorite DJ and remixer of 2009 Seth Cooper.
DJ Aqualight returns to the Brick on Thursdays. You may remember him from Village Station (the former club of s4). DJ’s Paul Kraft , Aqualight, Ric Herrington, and Mark Brack take over on Saturday nights unless there is a special night listed.

Sunday nights are retro nights where they follow at midnight with SIN or Service Industry Nights. The parking lot looked filled up when I drove by there Sunday. So it looks to be a big night as well! I assume this club will take most of the business of Mickey’s that recently closed down off of Cedar Springs. Mickey’s busiest night was on Sunday for their drink specials.

The Brick is located just a minute from the Oaklawn strip. Address is 525 Wycliff Ave. between Maple Ave. and the Tollway. If you are taking the tollway from the Galleria Mall you can exit right and just turn into the first shopping center parking lot and you are there.

Dallas,TX upcoming Events:
Sat. February 13 - Kimberly S. @ Brick
Sat. February 13 - Carnivale 5 (Caven ent.) Mardi Gras celebration @ Station 4, Sue Ellens, JR’s. TMC
Sat. March 06 – Seth Cooper @ Brick
Thursday April 1 – Rose Room presents Texas Entertainer of the Year Pageant
April 30 – May 2nd – Dallas Purple Party @ Various Locations in Dallas, top rated Circuit event of 2009

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Boy George to Join Gaga in London?

January 15th, 2010

Boy George recently was released from jail in the UK but now he may already be in talks with Lady Gaga to perform at her London concert according to Perez Hilton’s celebrity website.  Boy George could be part of Lady Gaga’s exciting O2 Arena show in London.  This is a show I would love to see in person because Gaga may be able to breathe the life back into Boy George.

The latest gigs from Boy George include a dj set at Area Nightclub in London.  He had a House of Blues tour scheduled for the U.S. but that was canceled last year due to problems clearing U.S. customs.  Maybe he can get some of that all worked out and come play for us fans in the U.S. once he clears things up with all that.

As for Lady Gaga we would be more than delighted to see one of the biggest Party Monsters of them all join her on stage… that being Boy George of course.  The tour will roll on across the globe and circle back around to North America Gaga announced in Detroit.  She plans to bring us a new stage which will mean a bigger show and a new stage.  Her show is already amazing but I am sure it will be breathtaking when she returns to the U.S.  Is Kanye coming as part of the show here?

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Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn Shuffle

January 14th, 2010

map-hotels-gaydaysThinking back to all the Gay Days Drama of 2009 we saw so many changes good and bad.  2010, seems to be no less a shocking set of new hotel rooms.  First you have the original host hotel of Gay Days changing from their long time friend close to Disney moving all the way over to Sea World.  Next you have no word at all from One Mighty Weekend and the Johnny Chisholm group so I suspect that there is one more announcement coming.  This one came from Mark Bakers facebook page which said their hotel pic will be the Holiday Inn.

The Holiday Inn is known for some fun songs and all but will this go over with the Gay circuit crowd the same way the Buena Vista Palace did?  Well this hotel is newly renovated with a $35 million dollar makeover.  Rooms at this Holiday Inn include pool views but I see no suites which we were used to at the Buena Vista Palace.. Does this Hoooliday inn have such things?

The Doubletree hotel, a Hilton family hotel, is the host hotel for the Gay Days event where they have an expo center.  They made a drastic move for 2010 to run from Disney over to SeaWorld area on International Drive.  Not so sure this is the smartest move since it’s supposed to be Gay Disney.  Why not just move things downtown orlando while your at it?

If you are contemplating which hotel to stay at the Doubletree offers smoking or non-smoking rooms and they start at $99 and they do have suites but they are mostly sold out of the best ones facing the “interior” of the “resort”.   The Mark Baker events host hotel will start out at $159 with the highest room at $179, a bit steeper than the Doubletree rooms.  Who knew a Holiday Inn costs more?  Maybe the pool area is bigger?

There is also the Parliament House which the rooms are still available if you book them now.  This resort has not-so-sleek rooms but they do the job.  We spend most of the day out at the pool parties anyway don’t we? Until we want to take someone back to a motel, hotel, or a Holiday Inn…

The Mark Baker host hotel will be closer to the Arabian Nights events but if you are worried about that you can always get a hotel next door so you do not have to deal with buses or cabs.  The Seaworld hotel is close to Wet N’ Wild which might be fun but Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon I am sure is much funner.

I have a feeling we will all be missing the Buena Vista Palace when this is all over, but I am willing to give the newly renovated hotel a try on Hotel Plaza Blvd.  Hopefully, the crowds will still come to the event in 2010 and the music will be just as fierce as it was the past few years!

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