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Friday 07.25.14

Psychic Summer

Expand your mind at one of the Summer's trippiest parties.

Paul Leopold is a busy boy. Not only does he help produce the wonderful The Week, but he also runs (with David Sokolowski) the Bushwick Psychic party series. The last one was Psychic Spring, and now, obviously it’s time for Psychic Summer on Saturday July 26th. Paul is a bit of tripper, which we love. I’ll let his description for the party speak for itself:

 

Psychic Summer continues the journey to expanded consciousness we tapped into this spring. We’re creating a space where our community can gather together and collectively explore deepening our relationships to each other and our imaginations. Through music, dance, atmosphere, ritual and libations, guests at the party will lift off from the ground that supports our everyday lives and travel through a universe of dreams where freedom and sensuality guide the way to love and bliss.”

 

I mean, call your mushroom dealer ASAP, shits about to get wavvvvvy. Here’s how it’s playing out musically, again I’ll let Paul fill you in:

 

“The night will begin with David Sokolowski and Mikey Hefez playing lyrical upbeat house, from there we’ll move on to Tursi and Dandylion who will take us on an experimental techno journey sure to make you see the stars and land you in a sea of ecstasy as Econ, Viv & Analoug Soul take over 4 turntables to bring you the ultimate sunrise deep house/Detroit techno extravaganza.”

 

The party has moved to a new location in the heart of Brooklyn. …

Thursday 07.24.14

Party: PAT 10

UnionPool is one of those places that I always enjoying visiting, yet it’s pretty lacking in boys who want to go home with me — I don’t have a vagina, what can I say. This Thursday might change all that as Amber Valentine and JD Samson (both pictured) attempt to queer-up the place. They’re throwing their wonderful party Pat and you’re not going to want to miss it. As they like to say “this party is for you. And this party is for us.” Sounds reasonable, nothing wrong with a little give-and-take. The party is free and we’re told that it’s also “footloose.” You can expect Tiffany Roth (Midnight Magic) playing in the front room with friend of GAYLETTER Beppe Savoni (Odyzë). Beppe DJs the best Euro disco ever. Full stop. Period. Done. This time he is bringing us a performance of new music that he has been working on with his brother Gigi Savoni. In the back room it’s Amber, JD, Justin Strauss, and The Carry Nation. Pat it girl!

FREE, 10:00PM, Union Pool, 484 Union Ave. BK, NY.

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Sunday 07.20.14

Party: Out @ Sea X Starlight Sail

As much as I am afraid of the sea, I am super excited about this event — a “fun dance party on a sailboat...” I think it sounds just perfect on a lovely Summer’s day. Marc Holcomb, who’s one of the hosts, told me all about it. It’s organized by Manhattan by Sail and features music by DJDH aka Megosapollos. The boat will depart from Slip 1 in Battery Park (at the south end of the park near 17 State St.), which is convenient for me because I live pretty far downtown. So basically you’ll be cruising the Hudson River, in both senses of the word. Expect the boat to sail for two hours, there’s “a full bar on board with Jello Shots, pickle back shots and drink specials!” This sounds like a treat, because usually those boats are filled with boring straight people — it’s a gay and lesbian and queer night hunty! Don’t drown or puke in the water, stay alive, protect the environment.

$27, 9:30PM SHARP, SLIP 1, BATTERY PARK NY, NY.

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Thursday 07.17.14

Batty Boy

A New Summer Party!!!

The Summer seems to get Gio Black Peter worked up and in a horny mood, that’s why he’s back with a brand new party on July 17th at a secret location. He told me that it’s “a dance party that started in his apartment last Summer and since my apt has a max capacity of 66 boys (remember my last house party?) … I’ve decided to bring the party to a bigger spot to accommodate all my horny gay and bisexual friends.”

 

Music will provided by Gio himself and Drrty Pharms, plus there’s a special performance by the adorable Tyler Ashley — who will be previewing his upcoming show Kidnap Me (it premieres on July 21th at Dixon Place) plus Jessica Yatrofsky of iheartboy.com fame is also doing an installation to set the mood.

 

I highly recommend you attend Batty Boy — trust GAYLETTER with this one. Gio is going to take his pants off at some point during the night, so you are guaranteed to see some peen. What else is happening? Gio adds: “You can expect cute guys with boners in basketball mesh shorts on the dance floor dancing, drinking, making out and performing other fun activities…” OK, got it, we would expect nothing less from you Gio.

 

RSVP for secret location at superbisexuals@gmail.com, 10:00PM. …

Tuesday 07.15.14

Joey Arias T-shirt Launch and the party: Strut

There’s a lot going on tonight at ACME on Great Jones St. First up, at 9:00PM, is the T-shirt launch for the legendary (we don’t use that term lightly) Joey Arias. Who knew that Joey was into T-shirts? Whenever I see her, she’s usually clad head-to-toe in some custom Mugler. I guess these t’s are for when she has some downtime — they’re to be worn around the house, or for a casual walk around the neighborhood. I digress. The T-shirts are in collaboration with Robert W. Richards and Deryck Todd.  Which speaking of Todd, he’s the man responsible for the whole night. He’s enlisted Flotilla Debarge to DJ the event and Joey will also be performing live.

 

After the T-shirt launch stick around for Strut (ACME’s new-ish weekly party). From 11pm onwards, Todd has pulled together an impressive group of hosts for the night (and I’m not just saying that because we’re involved…well maybe a little, but trust it’s a cunt lineup). Here’s who to keep an eye out for: Joey Arias (of course), DJ David Sokolowski, Leo Gugu, Earl Dax, Sam Jones, Matthew Gagnon, Kevin Gallo, Ezra Xavier, Maddelynn Hatter, Damn the Light, Shawn Paul Mazur, Sophia Lamar, and YOU.

 

There’s going to be an ugly sweater contest, and all sorts of trill trouble. Call your dealer, call your dad, we want to see you strut!

 

 FREE (Mention GAYLETTER), 9:00PM-late, ACME, 9 Great Jones St.  …

Sunday 07.13.14

Party: THE DIRTY TRIFF

Issa Israel (pictured shirtless) coined the term “Dirty Triff” in 2008 “to describe the type of lifestyle my friends and I were living. Young, creative and ambitious artist with a taste for the wilder side of life, art and notoriety, all while being at the very bottom of the economic and social poles. DirtyTriff helped me sum up the life I was living and wanted to obtain.” Issa has now taken it one step further and created a party using that term as the title. He’s thrown the party in Chicago (where he used to live) a few times, but this is the first time it’s happening in NYC. Music for the night is by Juliana Huxtable, J. Lamar Wright, Brian Whateverer, Econ and Charlie Klarsfeld.” It’s hosted by Issa, Merrie Cherry, Mark Dommu, Yu Dy, Manuel Alejandro, Krobottem, Drrrty Pharms and Aja. There’s a performance by Will Sheridan and it will be photographed by Gerard Garvey. It’s on a Sunday night, but it’s also Summer, so let’s act like we don’t have to go to work on Monday (besides, everyone is hungover in one form or another on Monday, right?). If you are up for causing some trouble check it out.

$7, 10:00PM, Le Baron, 32 Mulberry St. New York, NY.

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Wednesday 07.09.14

Party: NSFW

As you might have noticed, we love anything that’s NSFW. When I hear that something is NSFW I’m already into it, before I even look at it. I feel like in America even a hint of skin is labelled “not appropriate.” It’s the most stupid thing, because there’s nothing wrong with nudity — we all know what we have under our clothes. We should all be able to go outside naked, I mean it’s super hot at the moment anyways. NSFW is the name of this party, brought to you by Jessamess and Matty Beats (I feel like we have to mention Matty at least once a letter, the girl is busy!). Expect a “new kind of Wednesday #rage, strong drinks, sexy beats, no excuses, no regrets.” I was at this bar last week and it really is NSFW — I hurt my knee twerking, just to give you an idea. Also worth mentioning are the cheap drinks: a round of 5 is like 20 bucks. I’d say show up and get turnt, but what else are you going to do?

FREE, 10:00PM, METROPOLITAN BAR, 559 Lorimer st. BK, NY.

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Saturday 07.05.14

Party: Be Cute

I guess we’re spending the weekend in Brooklyn! Fine with me, last weekend we were there too (Wythe Hotel on Friday, Prospect Park on Saturday) and we had a lovely time. I know we’ve written about this party, umm, like every time it’s ever happened, but we just can’t help ourselves. And it’s not even like we go every time. Honestly the last time I went was aggggesssss ago. But I loved it, and everyone keeps saying such good things that it would be kind of rude not to include it. Plus they have a deck, and like 100 kinds of frozen margaritas (ok, not a 100, but enough that if you tried every one you might wake up in the Gowanus canal, with Gowanus up your canal). Expect music by Matty Beats and Merkin Muffly and plenty of #glitter #dressup #sweat #love #boo #lips #queer #gay #face #vogue #pop #lock #it #drop #it #ham #txbk #hard #shine #diamonds #shows #justdoit #werq #tbt #yesmama  

FREE, 10:00PM, ONE LAST SHAG, 348 Franklin Ave. Brooklyn, NY.

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Friday 07.04.14

Party: CherryBomb – ONE year Anniversary

It’s the 4th of July, it’s the one-year-anniversary of the Brooklyn party CherryBomb, and by now you should have recovered from all the drugs and alcohol you ingested during Pride, or maybe you haven’t stopped partying (hey it works for Keith Richards). Either way, rehab can wait till next week. Let loose and enjoy yourself because long weekends don’t come around everyday, and 4 day weekends — forgetabout it!@$%&* The wonderful Cakes Da Killa is hosting Friday’s festivities along with the beautiful Misfit Marti. Be prepared for plenty of house, trap, and summer turn up. Prove you’re a true patriot and blow a Native American. IDK, it’s too hot to come up with funny one-liners about the birth of this nation. Just have fun. It’s Summer time slutface, I can’t even handle it!!!!!

FREE, 10:00PM, The Flat, 308 Hooper St. Brooklyn, NY.

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A CLUB CALLED RHONDA at The Gansevoort Hotel

The “pansexual” party from LA comes to NY for Gay Pride

Thursday 07.03.14

Party: BUBBLE TROUBLE THURSDAYS!

I am sitting at my place writing this post in my underwear, I don’t have an AC at the moment and the heat is driving me crazy. Usually the heat doesn’t bother me ‘cos I am from the Caribbean and I am always like the hotter the better, but today this situation is making me go insane. So before you read this post, I just wanted to give you an idea of what mood I am in. But back to underwear, here’s another party with that as the dress code, except this time you also get foam. That just sounds like so much fun, don’t you think? I did a little research and found out that the last time they did it the foam machine wasn’t working, yet people still went. So if it works this time it should be a real hit! The party is also in Queens, which if you don’t live there gives you a great opportunity to go on an outer-borough adventure. It’s in Forest Hills, which is a beautiful and boring neighborhood, I used to go there when I lived in Queens and I didn’t know any better — maybe things have changed, a gay party? WOW! But, you should probably call the place before you go to make sure there’s foam.

FREE, 9:00PM, Pride Lounge NYC, 70-15 Austin St. Forest Hills, Queens, NY.

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Wednesday 07.02.14

Party: PANTY HOES

It’s very unusual for us to mention an event at The Cock two weeks in a row — that place can be intense. However it’s Summer, it’s getting very sweaty and sexy outside and we couldn’t leave this one out. It’s a new monthly “underwear and panty party for boys,” yes! underwear AND panties! This is particularly exciting because you don’t get to show your nice briefs often to the public unless you have a very narcissistic social media presence. What’s even better is you can choose between either pretty lace panties or underwear, which is great because some boys look better in panties. The party is hosted by Eli Lewis and DJ Michael Formika Jones. Expect some “sexy and wild gogo boys,” (of course, it’s at The Cock.) There’s $2 shots all night if you check your clothes, but I’d recommend showing up in your underwear so you don’t have to deal with claiming your shit at the end of the night. Keep it simple, it’s 2014.  

$10, 11:00PM, The Cock, 29 2nd Ave. New York, NY.

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