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It’s been 4 months since Gio Black Peter threw one of his Brother Fucker parties. Which is a good thing, cos you need some time to recover from one these balls to the wall events. Let me give the uninitiated some idea of what to expect from a BroFu party. Firstly it’s in a basement—it’s not in the basement of someone’s house—but considering how dark and grotty the basement of the Pyramid Club is, it’s not hard to imagine that Ted Bundy has kidnapped you and thrown you down the stairs of his underground lair somewhere in Idaho. Secondly there’s a dark room. This doesn’t seem necessary since the party, as I just mentioned, is in a basement, but whatever, I’m all for dark rooms wherever they’re found. Music is generally of the “thump, thump, thump” no lyric kind. Perfect for losing track of time and space as you dip your little finger into that bag of molly for another bump some time around 5am. It’s hosted by Jeffrey Gaunt, Angel Kent, Jonathan Daniel Federico and Charlie Katsu with a live performance by Gage of the Boone. Come early stay late, bring Purell.  —tom

The artist Scott Ewalt has had a show up at Participant Inc.  for the last few weeks called Back in the Night. It’s all about vice and is comprised of reclaimed materials from Times Square from 1966-1996. He has things like the original Marquees from the groundbreaking Eros and Venus theaters and parts of the sign from The Adonis Theater, which Scott retrieved from a dumpster after the theater closed. Scott’s show is a time capsule of Times Square before Hollister and Forever 21 turned it into some sort of sanitized Gasper Noe-esq commercialized glowing hell hole. This Sunday the show plays backdrop to Taxi Dance, a dance party featuring the “lush and filthy sounds of BURLISCO.” The more I read about this event, the more I got excited. I’ve always been fascinated by the Times Square of the 70’s. It always sounded like such a sleazy, sexy, dangerous place. Totally up my alley. Scott’s party is a chance to get a taste of that era, at least for a couple of hours.  —tom

Ain’t nothing wrong with throwing a little shade. A little shade is sometimes just what the doctor ordered. I threw some shade on a plane recently. The woman next to me was getting very distraught, throwing busybody glances at me as I sat reading my iPad, ignoring the flight attendant’s message to turn off electronic devices. Finally she leaned over and demanded I switch it off. I looked at her then snapped: do you really think they’d let people bring iPads onto planes if they could cause them to crash? Please. I was throwing so much shade she needed to turn on the overhead light! Which is a long way of saying I’m ready for the new party, SHADE, this Saturday night at an undisclosed location in Brooklyn. Created by some of nightlife’s “most influential talents....SHADE is the first in the series of underground warehouse parties exploring international dance culture.” Presented by BRCDBR and Ladyfag, the first edition pays homage to Berlin’s techno-steeped ragers, with an assembly of DJs including: Fatherhood (Michael Magnan & Physical Therapy), Gavin Russom, Wrecked (Ryan Smith & Ron Like Hell) and Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave Records).  —tom

It’s INTERRACIAL  time, and you know what that means... It’s time to get down and dirty with GAYLETTER. Remember last time? Boys were all up on eachother on the dancefloor, there was girl on girl action, shit was getting real. This time around we celebrate AB Soto’s release of his FAG OUT Vol.2. album (available for free download here). GAYLETTER’s resident bitch AKA Ask a Bitch is also co-hosting. If you have a pressing dating question you need answered, go ahead and ask the bitch. Just do it early, cos once he gets that brown liquor in him there’s no telling what he might say. Come with your nails painted and we will paint your eyebrows like AB, with our MAC Cosmetics products. Once your brows are on, AB will show you how to Fag Out! Music by resident DJ Tom John and super cunt guest DJ Nita. Did we get your attention bitches? No T no shade.  —Abi