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Here are some pics we had of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Some pics of the bar and a g-string go-go dancer.  Pulse is fun just about on any Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday night and is 18 to enter.  They have a mega-bright white room that may be a little too bright for some but others like it.  They used to have an outdoor patio but it seems they did away with that.  The dancefloor goes deep into the building and is long and narrow with great beats to move to.  The Pulse nightclub located near downtown Orlando has a total of three rooms to enjoy.

 

I partied it up in Los Angeles last weekend at Rage, Tiger Heat (Thursday), and The Abbey, and Mickey’s afterhours. I was really amazed by the music at Mickey’s after Rage was closed at 2am. I also had a blast on Sunday night at Rage with a really cute crowd that night and a personality you cannot miss.

This boy that was performing most of the night at Rage on Sunday night was like a boy version of Daisy Deadpettles we love so much from Ft. Lauderdale. Although, Daisy can look boyish when she wants. Such a twink hottie and a fun party monster to host the show at Rage that moves and grooves to the music and some perfect lip-synching. Who needs Britney now? You get more than a 13 minute show and don’t have to pay $60 plus to see the Fairie Boy. Every city should have something fun like this.

I checked out the Fairie Boys myspace (myspace.com/boyfairie) and noticed he does a show on Thursday nights at Rage and the pictures look like a hot crowd that night. I don’t know if I could goto Rage every night of the week so it would be a hard decision whether to drive down the street to Tigerheat or stay at Rage on Sunday. Sundays are a blast at Rage but its too bad they cannot stay open until at least 3am. Let us dance off some of those strong drinks. Rage is a nightclub in West Hollywood that seems to be 18+ every night.

Let’s get naked. Oh, I guess we shouldn’t do that in the club. No, we are not speaking of our buddies on the amateur site but a hoedown in the middle of the U.S. at a fabulous club.

One of my smaller city clubs is Angles in Oklahoma City. It was voted best club for 10 years in a row for the entire OKC metroplex. Yes, that is the best club not just gay club in the area. It was a club with good music and a fun stage to dance on where you could bring your friends out and have a good time.

Angles plans on having a party once a month and this month it will be the Boys Gone Wild party. We were originally scheduled to attend the Dallas Purple Party but after finding out it was $60-$70 we thought Angles might be more fun. We will pile up the car and head to Oklahoma City this weekend for this themed event.

The Angles website also comments there will be Dancer Cams setup that you can be a star on! I guess we will find out what that is once we get there. One of the countries top dance schools is close by at OCU. I am sure there will also be some OU and UCO guys out. Admission into Angles is free so there is no cover charge to worry about.

The Wreck room afterhours club will have an afterparty for the Boys Gone Wild event going on until 4am until the main club closes next door. There will also be a Miss Wreck Room contest (drag queen finals) going on Friday, April 27 at the Wreck Room.

Details: Angles Center, Saturday, April 28th located at 2117 NW 39TH ST. You may also check out their official website at anglesclub.com.

The Boys Went Wild

I would like to say that last weekend was amazing.  The party at Angles in Oklahoma City was out of control and packed with fabulous people.  I ran into Harold the Diva from Hard News Online, an GLBT Oklahoma City online news site.  I also ran into Mike Strange who was DJ at Angles and the Park for several years now.  I was a little surprised the Wreck Room was kind of dead after the drag shows.  I am thinking it should be free for people over 21 if they want more business.  Although, there was a hate crime that happened in Oklahoma City on the strip during our stay.  I was sad to hear about that.  I was also sad I did not get to see Floyd who does the Floyd’s Newsletter and his myspace.com/itzfloyd bulletions.  I think Floyd was hiding from me because we kept missing each other!

The music at Angles was fabulous as it always was when DJ Mike Strange played.  I even heard a few new songs I have not heard on radio or in a club yet.   No surprises there he has always been great at what he does.

The nightlife in Oklahoma City is biggest on Tuesdays and Wednesday nights.  Tuesday nights are a $5 beer bust at the Copa located inside the Habanna Hotel.  The gay hotel called the Habanna also features a vending machine selling lube, poppers (video head cleaner), Jungle Reds, and The Finish Line in the lobby).  Talk about everything all in one place!

Tuesday nights are a mixed crowd at the Copa nightclub but it is mostly gay and features a underwear dance contest where the contestants dance to an entire song with a drag queen commenting on each mostly naked boy.  The boys in the contest are normally hot but some you may just enjoy their entertainment (not being looks in some).  There have been known to be OCU and professional dancers enter the contest and it gets hot when some straight toned boys get in the action on stage at the Copa.

Wednesday nights in Oklahoma city are at the Boom.  The Boom which also offers a contest similar to the one on Tuesdays at the Copa offers more laughs and entertainment during and before the contest.  Around 10:30pm the show begins at the Boom located off of 2701 NW 36th street (inbetween Penn and May Avenue).  If you are a local to Oklahoma City nightclubs then you may recognize the building as the old leather bar called Levi’s which was remodeled and turned into the Boom with a much younger following (at least on Wednesdays).

The show on Wednesdays includes the Kitty Bob comedy show with other special guest drag queens from Oklahoma City.

If you wish to party in Oklahoma City on a Saturday you will be forced to hear the beats of hip hop at the Copa nightclub.  I hear they play the same CD every Saturday night including “Shake your car keys”.  You may want to run over to the Wreck Room to enjoy some good music with DJ Desire.  Although, don’t expect a crowd, the Wreck Room has been rather dead lately thanks to the local news stations doing undercover stories.

Normally LA sets the trend in American style but the club scene trends could come from Miami or NYC. Last week the people that bring you Tigerheat unleashed a new night in LA that is 21 and up and all about the 80’s. The new night is called Physical and the weekly event is located at 696 Robinson Blvd in West Hollywood. Physical features music from 80’s groups like Depeche Mode.

If you want location in Vegas for the gay scene then the best hotel is the Aladdin Casino - soon to be Planet Hollywood Resort. The Aladdin (a Starwood Guest hotel) is currently in the mess of construction but it is next door to Krave nightclub which is the only gay club on the strip. You will also find the gay clubs 8 1/2 (yes, eight and a half), Gypsy and then farther down the street you will find Goodtimes which is popular on Monday nights. The hottest club in Vegas was Krave until 8 1/2 opened up but it seems to be taking some of the boys. 8 1/2 has two rooms of different dj’s and a good dancefloor once the dancers in buckets get off the boxes. The second end of 8 1/2 is called Piranha.

Krave is by far one of my favorite clubs in the world that I have been to. The shows at Krave are amazing featuring the cast of ‘O’. Doors open at 11pm at Krave and it starts getting busy around Midnight. Th drag queen, dancers, and acrobats are amazing. I wished all big gay clubs had these kind of shows. The only other club that used to do this almost as good was Coliseum in Ft. Lauderdale. I will nominate Krave as the 2nd best Gay club in the world (because of the great entertainment) and the 1st best Gay club in Vegas second to 8 1/2. KraveLasVegas.com has information on the current events.

The Ft. Lauderdale and Miami scenes have changed a lot in the last year just like most clubs in America have shifted to a new phase of music and atmosphere. Ft. Lauderdale ranked as one of the world’s best clubs with Coliseum nightclub until hurricane Wilma ripped the roof, sound system, nitrogen system, and even the sign is missing. The drag shows from Daisy Deadpetals and T.P. Lords are not as frequent and the crowd is thinning out to surprisingly worse clubs. We noticed on our last trip to Ft. Lauderdale that people are going hysterical over a club in the Riverwalk/Los Olas downtown district called China White. China White is nothing to get excited about. It reminds me of the cheesy clubs you find in the West End of Dallas, TX. China White started out capturing the Wednesday night crowd taking that away from the recently closed down Cathode Ray. China White then went on to capture the Friday night hottie crowd from Coliseum. The gay scene has been begging for a new club in ft Lauderdale for some time but I think a club in the Wilton Manors area or something to have replaced the hurricane battered Copa nightclub would have been better. This club is located in the area that is in the center of the straight hangouts and clubs leaving some gays to feel uncomfortable walking around. I think China White should have made Saturdays the gay night because there is no where to go on Saturdays if you are under the age of 35 or so and want to meet someone around your age. China White was two levels with good music and hot bartenders revealing little clothing. I recommend Coliseum on Fridays since its more of a real nightclub and features the 2am drag show from Daisy Deadpetals or T.P. Lords. If you go out on Wednesday then make China White your hangout that night. The crowd is hot that night.

Saturdays in Ft Lauderdale for gay kids features no clubs that are 18 and up. Coliseum recently started some 18+ Saturdays but those are very rare. There needs to be a way for the 18-21 crowd to know what nights they can go out. If you are under 21 your best is to drive 45 minutes or so to West Palm Beach and go to Kashmir nightclub located on Forest Lane.

If you are 21 and enjoy the circuit crowd then check out Steel nightclub located on 19^th and Powerline. Steel is located in a shopping center and features a video bar, dance club with boxes, good music, and an outside patio. The other Saturday night option is Coliseum where they book circuit dj’s every other weekend at least including Manny Lehman, Peter Rauhaufer, and more. You also get performances from T.P. Lords on Saturdays. China White is straight on Saturdays for now at least.

Saturdays in Miami are not at all what they used to be. I remember back when Salvation was open and Tuna Caserole paraded around the club. The straight clubbers always get the best clubs in SouthBeach and the gays are almost forced to do the straight club scene. Twist and score are the two gay clubs/bars in the Sobe strip. Twist is located on Washington where you have a circuity/jungle room, hip hop/r&b room, outside sports bar, and multi leveled places to shop for boys. All clubs in Miami and South Beach are 21 and up.

We took a cab ride from Twist to Ozone and that was a big mistake. We did not realize that Ozone was so far from the Sobe area. It was a $40 cab ride – do not make that mistake. It was not worth it either. The music was ok but was strange because they would play house music and never finishes a song then go to some retro and then reggaeton Latino music. The guys were mostly buff circuity crowd guys and it felt very strange when they busted out with retro music without any techno beat at all. Maybe this dj does not know how to remix or they were celebrating a retro night with the buff men. I did notice the lines to the bathroom got longer when the retro music came on.

Ozone was certainly far from everything in Miami and South Beach and I would not consider driving so far to party. Unless of course Madonna was expected to show up and I doubt she would stumble into this small of a venue. It was not nearly as large as I had expected and the drinks were outrageously priced.

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An establishment that has catered to the gay clientele for many years has been sold for an unlisted price.  We have learned the owner of Cathode Ray put the club up for sale without an intention to sell it but to see if he would get any offers on the club.  He got an offer he couldn’t refuse and it has officially closed its doors.  Cathode Ray was home to the Wednesday night pick-a-trick contest where you wore a number around and got to check the board for messages to see if anyone was interested in you.  They were located on Los Olas not far from the beach and shopping area.  We are sad to hear that this club/bar closed its doors but do hear reports the past owner may re-open another gay establishment next year sometime.  I will still wear my cool sleeveless shirt I got from Cathode Ray!