Issue 959

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Issue 959

PASSIONATE ABOUT GAY LIFE
KE$HA
ES THE
UNLEASH E
ANIMAL WITHIN
www.boyz.co.uk
thursday 14 january 2010
959
contents
04
in the loop
We take a look at hot play
Six Degrees of Separation at The
Old Vic, brand new gay DVD Mr
Right starring Jeremy Edwards, plus
top telly and a discussion about
London’s gay history. Blimey!
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ke$ha
We talk to the craziest
new woman in pop about breaking
into Prince’s house, bribing his
gardener, living in a haunted house
in L.A. and her love of trannies.
Trust us, this girl is hilarious!
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music
Girls Can’t Catch knock us
for six, So Solid are back and take
over a secondary school, while
Rihanna tapes up her tits in her
chic new video.
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movies
We take a look at George
Cloony’s new flick, Up In The Air,
and find the new Dorian Gray film
not nearly sexy enough.
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playing out
Check out our glossy pics
from the best parties that rocked
the scene last week, plus tons of
news for the week ahead.
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night by night
Blast away the winter
chill with a night out on the
world’s best gay scene, whether
you’re into clubbing, cabaret or
beautiful bars.
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january sale
Check out our money
saving at-a-glance guide to some
of the cheapest drink deals on the
bar scene. Rip it out, keep it in
your wallet and you’ll save an
absolute packet.
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cabaret
We’ve got pics of Wilma
Fingerdoo saving the day at
Central Station, a brand new
Drag De Jour with Miss Shirley
and loads more cabaret news.
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playing hard
We bring you hot pics
from Gummi’s Rear of the Year
competition, take a look at The
Brighton Sauna, and bring you
a round up of the filthiest nights
out in London Town.
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stars
Is Taurus ticked off this
week? Has Leo got to learn to
loosen up? Let Heavenly Body
guide you through what’s in store
for you in Stars.
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bulletin
Boyz reporter Karl Riley
gives you all the latest gay news
from London and beyond.
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eating out
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drinking out
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We tuck in to some
chicken over at Nando’s on Frith
Street and find it nice and spicy
and all at a good pricey.
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Cabaret and grub at the
RVT, Halfway and the Brewers’
bus run, plus loads more news
from the world of bars.
body
Soho Gyms’ hot personal
trainer Joe Latham gives you tips
to get you in fine shape for 2010 in
this week’s Body.
passions
Cartoonist David Shenton
tells us about his passion for
drawing comic strips. He used to
draw for Boyz once, y’know!
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Two mates lap up the cheers after they stripped
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6 DEGREES, LONDON GAY HISTORY & MR RIGHT
Separated TOP TELLY
W
ill Smith’s gay role in the film
Six Degrees of Separation (he
reportedly regrets not having
properly done the homo kiss in the
flick) is about to be taken up by rising
star Obi Abili in the play version at
Kevin Spacey’s Old Vic. The Olivier
award-winning play is being performed
in this country for the first time in 18
years and will have you gripped with its
fast-paced and vivacious take on two
worlds colliding. When Ouisa and Flan
Kittredge let an injured young man into
their home in the middle of the night,
they open the door on a new and enticing world. This witty play - inspired
by the real life story of a flamboyant
gay con artist who convinced wealthy
Manhattanites that he was the son
of Sidney Poitier - scratches beneath
the surface of a world obsessed with
money and fame and poses the question: how can anyone be sure that
people are who they say they are?
• Six Degrees of Separation is on
until 3 April at The Old Vic, The
Cut, London, SE1 8NB. 0844 871
7628. www.oldvictheatre.com
Gay Underground
R
oll up for a panel discussion in a pub! Doesn’t
sound very enticing until you find out they’ll
be exploring London’s gay underground from
1967 to now. Organiser Bill Brewster told us, ‘The
inspiration for the night is our departed friend
Tallulah whose stories of a time that seemed long
lost gave us the thirst for learning more about everyday gay life in the clubs and bars of the last five
decades.’ Panellists include Patrick Lilley, Steve
Swindells and Gareth Marshall. Patrick has been
involved in club promotion for well over 20 years,
Patrick Lilley
with High On Hope, Queer Nation and, lately,
Work! Steve Swindells was promoter of legendary
clubs like The Lift back in the 80s and Gareth Marshall has DJed in
just about every club of significance since the late ’60s including Rod’s,
Stallions, the Market Tavern and the LA. They’ll be discussing the
significance of Marmite Madge, Tricky Dicky and Selena The Horse as
well as remembering the wonderful Tallulah. If this means anything to
you, then take a trip down memory lane, but if it doesn’t, all the better,
as there’s this mine of gay underground for you to plunder. Music by
Gareth Marshall, Jonny 5, Benoit & Namedrop and Bill Brewster.
• DJHistory.com presents The Gay Underground on Thursday, 14 January 14 from 7pm until 2am at the Horse &
Groom, 26 Curtain Road, EC2. Entry FREE
Material Girl
Thursday 14 January, 8:00pm - 9:00pm,
BBC1
Fashion never really works in film or on
telly, because it’s never quite fashiony
enough. We’re keen to see if this show
pulls off scenes at Paris Fashion Week
with aplomb or whether it goes down
a bomb.
My Big Fat Diet Show
Channel 4
We’re all wearing big maternity dresses
here at Boyz after scoffing our faces over
Xmas and New Year, so we’re tuning in to
this new diet show to figure out how to get
back into our figure-hugging, size 6 Alaia.
Stag Weekends:
The Dirty Secrets
BBC3
Since many gay men opt out of straightheavy stag dos, we thought this would
be a good way of getting a look in on
what the lads get up to. Reporter Simon
Boazman finds the dark underbelly of sex
tourism hot spots, namely sex trafficking
in Eastern Europe.
Glee
Sunday 17 January, 5:35pm - 6:35pm,
Channel 4
G-A-Y Bar and Ku are showing it, so this
musical comedy series is bound to be uber
gay-friendly. Tune in if you missed the
mid-weeker and see what you make of the
hype new homo show of 2010.
Celebrity Quitters
Monday 18 January, 7:30pm - 8:00pm, Five
Weed-loving celebs have signed up to try
and quit the wacky-backy. ‘Who?’ you ask.
The beyond famous Linda Robson, John
Burton Race, Chloe Madeley, Paul Danan
and Derek Acorah if you must know.
Mr Right Competition
S
mart and savvy hom-rom-com Mr Right is out on DVD on 25 January and
we’ve got copies to give away to five lucky readers. Mr Right is a witty and
fresh take on the vibrant London gay scene, starring some of our hottest
home-grown talent, including one-time Hollyoaks hunk Jeremy Edwards. It
follows the lives of gay men of all varieties, including a TV producer, an aspiring
actor, a rugby player, a soap star, an artist and a model. When character Louise
decides to bring her current beau Paul (Edwards), to a dinner party with this
gaggle of gay friends to reassure herself that he is actually straight, disaster ensues and everyone’s sent reeling. With a cast of handsome men and cute boys,
Mr Right merges Hoxton cool, metrosexual and gay style to create a savvy brew
of urban queer cool. • To win one of five DVDs, tell us which MR RIGHT actor played
the role of Kirk Benson in Hollyoaks? Send your answers to
[email protected], putting ‘Mr Right’ in the subject field. 04
Ke$ha, the Nashville blonde behind the catchy-ass ‘Tik Tok’,
is a tranny-loving, JD-guzzling party girl, whose new album is the
fittingly named Animal. Stuart Brumfitt talked to her about pirate
fantasies, living in a haunted house and breaking into Prince’s house next up is Buckingham Palace to deliver her CD to the Queen.
Apart from G-A-Y, have you played
many gay clubs before?
A few, but not like a bunch. I
want to play them all. I love
trannies and gay people and I like
girls sometimes, so I want to do
everything.
How come you like trannies
so much?
To be totally honest, they make
me want to be a better woman.
I had trannies at my T4 taping
and they’re all in their heels and
dancing their asses off and look
amazing and I thought, ‘I suck.’
So they make you up your game
basically?
I just love their commitment to the
lifestyle: always looking fantastic;
always being fantastic.
Have you got a favourite tranny?
I’m friends with this guy called
Jeffrey Starr. He’s a drag queen
and is fantastic. He has bright
pink hair and big blue eyes. He’s a
musician too. He’s out of control.
Where are you based now?
I don’t know. I live on a bus or in
this hotel right now. I was living
in LA, but then I left because my
house was haunted.
Really?
I know I sound mental.
No, we did a feature on haunted gay
venues for Halloween.
Are you serious? I want to play a
haunted gay venue.
Well you played Heaven and that’s
meant to be haunted.
No shit! My house was a huge
old house from the 70s and is in
Laurel Canyon, and the history of
that place is epic music like The
Birds, Cream and Janis Joplin. All
the old skool. It’s this canyon with
all these crazy trees and you can
just tell that back in the day people used to just sit around and eat
acid. It’s such a beautiful trippy
house. I walked in it and thought,
‘This energy’s amazing.’ You can
just feel the history of it. And right
next door is the house where Jim
Morrison used to live and you can
still see his poetry written in the
walls. So I moved in, and slowly,
every night from about 3.35-4am,
I would have an awful, terrifying
dream about someone killing me
or stabbing me or whatever and
then I would wake up and there
would be some crazy shadow
on the wall, whether it was a
monster or an alien or a ghost. It
was just so scary.
Were you doing loads of drugs?
No, I would be cleaning my
room and fall asleep at midnight and wake up to this.
Did you live there alone?
I lived with room-mates,
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but I never knew who they were,
so I’d come home and there’d be
some guy there.
Was it some sort of creative
commune?
Exactly, you’d walk in there and
there were just couches and
musical instruments.
Where have you grown up?
I was born in the valley of LA, then
my family moved to Nashville.
Are you more of an LA girl or a
Nashville gal?
Nashville, but I don’t have the
accent. I wish I did. It comes out a
bit when I’m drunk.
What’s Nashville like?
It’s amazing, because everyone
plays instruments and there’s
honky tonk and line-steppin’.
Just a bunch of crazy bumpkins.
In high-school we’d go mudding,
getting into our cars and driving
round in the mud. And playing on
rope swings.
Sounds fun. And it’s very musical?
Yeah it is. And my mum is a
songwriter and she taught me how
to write songs, so I’ve been writing
for as long as I can remember. It
paid off.
Would you live there again?
Yeah, I’d love to move back, but I
love it here in London. I’ve been
having the best time here. I went
to Mahiki and they poured a bottle of champagne into a treasure
chest. It’s amazing! It’s fulfilling
my weird pirate fantasies.
What else have you been up to?
Trouble! Just such trouble! I’m
such a trouble-maker. I got all
paparazzied. They followed me
to the hotel and then we had an
afterparty in my room. Thank god
for my make-up artist. Can you tell
I haven’t slept?
No, not at all. How much have you
slept?
Like three hours.
More than enough! Margaret
Thatcher got by on four hours a
night. You look amazing. How would
you describe your style?
To be honest, I’ve lost most of my
clothing, so I just put on what I
can find. I just think it’s versatile. Whatever I wear I can wear
daytime and night-time, because I
know that whatever I wear, I might
not be coming back for a few
days. So put your phone charger
in your purse, some mascara, a
toothbrush.
Or not even the toothbrush - just
wash your mouth out with...
Jack Daniels!
My kind of girl!
Well you can’t plan your life, so
what you wear should be a reflection of your lifestyle. But I don’t
think you should hate on anybody’s
personal style. To each their own. I
often look like shit! Sometimes we
all do. Oh and the walk of shame
in the morning.
How did your song go down in
America? What did they make of a
young girl going on about drinking
tons and partying?
What I’m trying to do is talk the
exact same way that any man, any
rapper, anyone with a penis would.
And when I say it, everyone’s so
shocked because I don’t have a
dick. Total double standards. I
don’t drink and drive, so what’s the
big deal? People do get a bit weird
about it because I’m a girl, but
that’s good.
Have you been compared to anyone?
Well the head of my label said
I was a combination of a young
Madonna and the Beastie Boys,
which I love. There’s a song I have
called ‘Blah Blah Blah’ and it’s
me talking to a guy in the same
way a guy would talk to a girl. It’s
like, ‘You’re talking too much.
Just show me where your dick’s at.
Stop talking! You don’t care what
my middle name is! The pick-up
lines are cheesy! Let’s just get to
the point!’
What guys do you like?
A sense of humour and a beard that’s all it takes.
A beard? Thick or stubbly?
I like every beard. I’ve never met a
beard I didn’t like.
You need to go to one of the gay bear
clubs in London.
Oh my god, that’s my fantasy. But
they’re all gay and they’re not going to want to have sex with me.
There might be some bisexuals
there.
I’m so into it!
Check out the bear scene in America
- it’s there too.
No shit? You’re opening my eyes!
I heard you broke into Prince’s
house - tell us about that.
I didn’t break in - I snuck in.
How did you get in?
I found his address, went there
and there was a gate, so I wedged
my body under the gate, but I
didn’t quite fit, so I said to the
gardener, ‘Pull me through’ and
he was like, ‘No’, and I was like,
‘Please, I’ll give you $5.’ And he
did, so I just walked up the driveway that was lined, by the way, in
purple velvet. And then the door
was unlocked. What would you do?
Walk right in!
Thank you! So I walked right in
and gave him my CD. He was playing guitar. Go fucking figure.
Have you heard from him since?
No.
Do you think he knows the girl who
broke into his house is you?
I don’t know. I wonder if he has
people walking into his house all
the time.
I doubt it. That’s pretty ballsy.
It’s pretty psycho.
Did you hear someone did that to the
Queen once?
No!
Would you break into the Buckingham Palace?
If I wanted to give the Queen my
CD, then maybe.
You’re friends with Katy Perry aren’t
you?
Yeah. I haven’t seen her much, but
we were proper friends. We worked
for a lot of the same people and it’s
hard to find good girlfriends in LA,
because it’s so competitive. Then
she made it and now I am.
Do you think you share a similar
attitude?
A bit. She’s pretty ballsy. We got
along really well.
I bet you got up to some wild stuff
together.
Oh yes we did! There are some
photos from one night of me biting
her stockings.
Tell us some more about the album.
I’m so excited about it because I
just finished it. It’s called Animal.
I wrote it about real things, experiences, people I’ve been in love
with, nights on the town. It’s all
real and I’ve written everything, so
I’m so proud of that. When people
listen to it, I want them to let it
all out like an animal. Come to
my shows and dance and scream
and fuck and fight. Whatever your
animal instinct is and you surpress
in everyday life. I want you raw!
‘Tik Tok’ is a good representation
of the album, but some are a little
weirder and cheekier. I did a song
with 3OH!3, Diddy and Taoi Cruz
too.
And why do you have the dollar sign
in your name?
I was actually just taking the piss
out of the fact that I was so broke
I couldn’t afford a taco. I kid you
not, I had $3 to my name. And
everywhere I went, I heard my
name on the radio. I was on ‘Right
Round’, which was number one
in all these countries. I was even
having to go to this place where
you buy one shot of tequila and
you get free tacos. Great deal!
Me and all my friends would go
there once a day and buy a shot
for the free tacos. So I got a $
sign tattooed where I licked the
salt for the tequila to take the
piss out of how broke I was
having to do this.
• Animal (Colombia
Records) is released in
the UK on 1 February.
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music
SINGLES
Va Va Video
RELEASE OF THE WEEK
Girls Can’t Catch
Echo
Girls Can’t Catch are on thin ice.
Their debut single only reached
26, so we imagine record execs are
watching them closely, ready to flush
‘em at any moment. Thankfully their
new single ‘Echo’ is a strong card
and deserves to make a dent in the
charts. Singing about a man who
isn’t making enough effort, they sing
‘Did you honestly think that this is
all it takes to be my boyfriend?’ until
the chorus bursts into a honking great wall of sound. They wear fingerless gloves in the video, though, which seems like a very bad idea, unless
they’re planning on having a wank without getting cold hands. hhhhh
biggest stars
of 2010. The
trouble is he’s
banged up in
the clink for
not bothering
to finish his
community
service (if it’s
good enough for
Naomi Campbell
it’s good enough
for you, dear!). Anyway, he’s still managed to record a track with Usher. They
shouldn’t have bothered. It’s dull as all
hell. Drab rapping, plus whinging
courtesy of Usher. Yawn. hhhhh
Gucci
Mane
Example
Won’t Go Quietly
Every time we’re hauled off by the pigs
for indecent exposure, ‘Won’t Go Quietly’ is our battle cry. Described by their
record label as ‘genre-defying’ (which
roughly translates as ‘dog’s dinner’)
Example’s single is average chunky
electro-dance. Making reference to Batman and Superman, it’s already been
C-Listed on Kiss and Radio 1, which is
another good reason not to listen to it.
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Gucci Mane feat. Usher
Spotlight
Gucci Mane is tipped to be one of the
Ash
Space Shot
You know how most TV dramas in the
UK look like a film student’s £10-budg-
Ash
et waste of time when you compare
them to their US counterparts? Well
that’s how Ash’s ‘Space Shot’ is when
you compare them to The Killers. Not
that it’s a bad song, but the space
rock thing just doesn’t measure up to
the competition. That said, someone
mistook The Killers for Chris De Burgh
the other day, so maybe we should shut
the hell up. hhhhh
So Solid
Since You Went Away
Here in Boyz Towerz we’ve never actually met anyone who likes So Solid. Or
do we mean N-Dubz? Anyway, their
new video for ‘Since You Went Away’ is
dreadful. It’s like X Factor have gone to
a contestant’s bog standard comprehensive school and added some dance
moves. One of them actually raps that
they’re just ‘doing it for the money’,
which is a shame, because this single
probably won't even make a fiver.
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Albums
Up In The Air
Original Soundtrack
Mentoring
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that struggles with safer sex?
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Our mentoring programme
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In case you don’t
know, Up In The
Air is George
Clooney’s new
film. Yes, the
man who did
an advert for
Nespresso
and came out
unscathed (shame Suggs couldn’t say
the same about his ad for fish fingers,
eh?). The soundtrack has tunes from
Elliott Smith, the awesome superband
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Dan
Auerback. If you haven’t heard of them,
it’s probably because you’re uncultured
so you’d better buy this easy-going, little
bit country-sounding soundtrack and
discover them, hadn’t you? hhhhh
Fan Death
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A Coin For The Well
Remember those two girls from The
Human League? Unless they recorded
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Rihanna
Hard
If her video
for ‘Russian
Roulette’
was a hotter
version of
Madonna’s
‘Die Another Day’ (except Rihanna
didn’t look like she’d already been
killed and dug up twice), ‘Hard’ is
Apocalypse Now in Chanel lipstick.
With a level of shock and awe
surpassed only by Lady Gaga,
Rihanna finds herself looking hot in
a militarised zone. What a hoot!
With the US Army clearly running
low on
uniforms,
RiRi has
to resort
to digging
out last
season’s
highshouldered
jacket and
gaffa taping her tits (we’re guessing
the Navy SEALs don’t have many
bras kicking around in the lost property room). She walks through an exploding mine field in couture (if only
Princess Di had rocked her photo op
with such glamour) and she shoots a
machine gun. So what did you today
at work? Check Facebook? Yep, your
life sucks compared to hers.
GET YOUR GIG ON
Kelly Clarkson
Wembley Arena, 19 February
Corrine Bailey Rae
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire,
24 February
Air
Camden Roundhouse, 26 February
Mika & Erik Hassle
HMV Apollo Hammersmith,
28 February & 1 March
Lily Allen
O2 Arena, 7 March
their vocals after
a couple of litres
of Tia Maria,
they couldn’t
sing for shit if
you ask us. But
atmosphere wise
The Human
League were
pretty cool. So imagine two ice cool
disco dollies who can actually hold a
note, take a smidge of disco and add
something sinister and the result is the
brilliant sound of Fan Death. hhhhh
movies
Up In The Air
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga
Opening up with a glorious Dallas-style
sequence of aerial views of America
to a kitsch and cool soundtrack, Up In
The Air starts with the great promise
of something worldly, glamorous and
exciting, but ends up being a very
small film about middle management,
with strange business chat and feeble
relationships at its heart.
Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a
man who’s hired to sack people on
behalf of cowardly bosses, and he flies
10
around the US to
do it, getting a kick
out of clocking up
Airmiles along the
way. He loves having
no attachments,
no base and all
his belongings in a
small case. Sadly,
this means we’re
subjected to dreadful scenes where
Bingham gives
depressing motivational speeches
about fitting your
life into a backpack
– a career sideline
which we’d rather
not be party to.
Bingham’s
plodding along quite
nicely until a couple
of women come into
his life. Firstly Alex,
a sexy female version of himself. They
both want some nostrings fun, but soon
get drawn in ever closer. Then there’s
Natalie, a jumped-up new graduate
who loves firm handshakes (we find
that creepy in a girl) and wants to cut
costs at Ryan’s company by taking him
and his colleagues out of the air and
making them fire people by webcam.
There are some mediocre adventures when the three of them meet in
some bleak US town, but nothing really
grabs. Clooney is fairly charming although it’s a wonder he agreed to play
such a sad, average character - but it’s
Farmiga who is the smokin’ star of the
show. Well-acted, but it doesn’t raise
even the most basic emotions of joy or
sadness. hhhhh
DVD & BLU RAY
Dorian Gray
Funny People
Director: Oliver Parker
Starring: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler,
Seth Rogen
Oscar Wilde’s
novel, The
Picture of Dorian Gray, has
already been
cannibalised
into a ballet,
an opera,
multiple films,
and a play. This time Ben Barnes
stars in the titular role, although he is
at least 30% less attractive than the
cad-who-never-ages should be. That
might sound shallow, but a successful Dorian must be irresistible. Alas,
Barnes is not.
As for the story, Dorian comes
to London, has his portrait painted,
and is led down the road to hell by
the sleazy Lord Henry Wotton (Colin
Firth). On the way we enter a Les Misstyle Whitechapel which heaves with
busty whores and Mockneys of illrepute. There Dorian shags hookers,
smokes opium and seduces anyone
with an orifice.
As the years pass, Gray’s behaviour steadily blackens and his morals
evapourate, yet his face never ages.
Instead his portrait rots into a syphilitic mess in his attic. But since only
he knows about that, it’s happy days,
no? Well no, actually, but that would
give away the ending. Not that you’ll
get that far because since this film
isn’t homoerotic, chilling or disturbing enough, we’d advise you to steer
clear. hhhhh
The third
effort from
whiz-kid filmmaker Judd
Apatow (he of
The 40-YearOld Virgin and
Knocked Up
fame) sees
him team up
with goofball
veteran Adam Sandler in a film with
plenty of comedy game in-jokes and
man-on-man love-ins.
George Simmons (Sandler) is a
self-absorbed billionaire stand-up
who learns that he has leukaemia
and has just a year to live, making
him reassess his shallow, but funseeming, lifestyle of shagging hotties
and hanging out with superstars in his
LA mansion.
With no-one to trust, he improbably turns to complete stranger, budding comedian Ira Wright (Rogen),
who becomes his wing man, helping
him to write his jokes, reunite him
with his elderly parents and make him
meet his long lost love, Laura.
The film follows their blossoming bromance and mixes obscene
humour (more willy jokes than even
a gayer would make) and deeper,
more penetrating (ooo-er!) thoughts.
It’s touching, lightly funny and a little
over-long, but well worth the watch.
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NEWS AND PHOTOS FROM LONDON’S GAY CLUB SCENE
Juicy Bootcamp
Atten-shun!
JUICY goes
all military
on your
asses when
BOOTCAMP
returns to Fire
this Saturday
(16 Jan). Pull
on your best
camouflage
and get ready
to dance to
tough marching beats from
DJs D’Johnny,
HiFi Sean,
Rob Sykes,
David Jimenez,
Gonzalo Rivas
and Steven
Artis, plus
there’ll be
an army of
sexed-up
dancers and
a horny maze.
The party
continues with
Beyond over at
Area from 6am
and goes even
further with
Later back at
Fire from midday Sunday.
• Advance tickets are £10 from www.clubtickets.com,
Prowler, Clone Zone, DV8 and The Box. Otherwise it’s £8
with a flyer or advert before 1am, £10 with a flyer after
1am or £12 on the door.
• Juicy Bootcamp is on this Saturday (16 Jan) from 11pm
until 8am at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8.
Juicy
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The Eagle
January Sale
Patrick Beja
French libertarian
podcaster of The Phileas
Club. A wonderfully
open minded intellectual
conversationalist.
Oscar Wilde
Paul Oxley © mikekear.com
Still the best
wit to have
ever walked
the streets
of London.
He’ll no
doubt shred
me with cutting and
hilarious remarks, and I’ll
love every second of it!
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Steve Jobs
Showmanship, leadership, vision and humanity
MY
Eagle
night by night
eating out
drinking out
January Sale
cabaret
playing hard
TRACKS
D’Johnny
1 You Got The Love
(The XX Remix)
Florence + The Machine
Jesse Rose created magic when he
dropped this in Panorama Bar Berlin. He left me with goose bumps.
2 Work the Week
Nic Fanciulli
Nice organic sound with disco
loops and funk but still edgy and
dubby enough for afterhours.
3 Night @ The Black
(Sandro Monte & Nikola Remix)
Harry Choo Choo Romero
I loved the original and here we get
a nice tech/prog mix. It works well.
4 Feelin (Joris Voorn Can’t Kick
This Feelin When It Hits Mix)
4Pitto
This is kicking and gets me and
the floor going every time.
The EAGLE lads turn up the heat on a cold
weekend with their super marvellous JANUARY
SALE this Saturday (16 Jan). Selected pints
are a fantastically affordable £2 before midnight, an army of south London’s finest will be
hitting the dancefloor for a cosy shimmy and
DJ Little John will be turning the very
best in rock and pop classics. A classy night
out that won’t break the bank – perfect for
when the So You Think You Can Dance results
have finished.
• Entry is free until midnight or free
for members all night!
• The Eagle January Sale is on this
Saturday (16 Jan) from 9pm until
4am at Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11.
MY DREAM GUEST LIST
Paul Oxley
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G-A-Y Sex Party
Kimono Krush
Beyond
Barcode Vauxhall
Carpet Burn
MegaWoof!
– a brilliant
blend of
creativity,
commercial
nous and
an ability
to see into
the future.
What’s next Steve?
Noël Coward
A great
English
wit and
songwriter. ‘Mad
About
the Boy’
was one
of his
anthems. Hmm…actually
maybe I don’t need the
competition!
The Queen
Mother
I have
some
gin
that’s
been
sitting
in the
cupboard
for
years. A match made in
heaven, literally.
David Hoyle
Modern day avant garde
performance genius.
This completes my list of
luminaries from the 19th,
20th and 21st centuries.
Ken Livingstone
One of the most entertaining men I have
listened to at the RVT.
5 Cuba Nights
(Xclusive Tour Edit)
Mr. Lopez & Db
Tech with a nice Latin flava, vocals, rhythms and beats nicely put
together to take you on a journey
without being dark and twisted –
perfect at any time of the night.
• Catch D’Johnny DJing at A:M
this Friday night (15 Jan)/Saturday morning (16 Jan) at Fire
from 3am. He’s also returning to
Barcode Soho this Saturday (16
Jan) from 9pm before spinning at
Juicy at Fire from 11pm.
Paul O’Grady
A man who
can fill the
air with
cutting
words and
Scouse wit.
An open invite!
Jonathan Hellyer
Chronicle the night
in song and whiplash
humour interspliced with
incisive observations.
Richard Littlejohn
With Wilde, Coward,
O’Grady, Hellyer and
Livingstone as guests, he
should save me having to
prepare any meat for the
main course.
• Paul co-owns and
runs the RVT, 372
Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11.
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G-A-Y
Sex Party
09.01.10
On Saturday, hundreds of randy pop
fans descended on G-A-Y for a night
of flirty, sexy fun. The night included
a huge Sex Slave auction which saw
G-A-Y staff and punters alike shamelessly selling themselves in order
to raise cash for Jeremy Joseph and
G-A-Y’s massive Amnesty International
fundraising effort.
As well as this, punters wearing
green tops gave lads the green light for
some sexy shenanigans, while swingers, slags and guys in open relationships wore yellow shirts. Off-the-shelf
hotties wore red. We, of course, wore
a luminous green body stocking for
the entire night which seemed to do
the trick. We pulled more than in the
whole of 2009 put together.
G-A-Y’s School Outing is on next
Saturday (23 Jan) from 10.30pm until
5am. Entry is free and you get to jump
the queue if you wear a full school
uniform. Otherwise entry is £1 with a
wristbands from G-A-Y Bar.
• The Saturdays perform at
G-A-Y this Saturday (16 Jan)
from 10.30pm until 5am at
Heaven, Under The Arches, off
Villiers Street, Charing Cross,
WC2.
Photographs © LondonClubPics.com
Jeremy Joseph & a jolly slave-to-be
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Philip Salon (left) & friends
playing out
Kimono Krush:
A Look Back at
the Noughties
08.01.10
The KIMONO KRUSH lads stormed back
into the RVT with their first party of
the decade and A LOOK BACK AT THE
NOUGHTIES last Friday.
DJs The Sugarlow Boys, The Duchess of Pork and Al Dente served up a
medley of indie, retro and pop anthems from the past ten years before
Jonny Woo and Lazy Susan took to the
stage for a casual cubicle tranny romp.
Susan fed Woo her cucumber megaschlong through an onstage makeshift
gloryhole before Woo…well, we think
the photos speak for themselves.
On the packed dancefloor meanwhile, the crowd lapped up the tunes,
eyed up each others’ plaid shirts and
sunk pint after pint of cool beer – the
noughties wrapped up in a nutshell!
The lads are back on Friday 12
February with performances from Ma
Butcher and John Sizzle – not to be
missed!
• Kimono Krush returns on
Friday 12 February from 9pm
until 2.30am at the RVT, 372
Kennington Lane, Vauxhall,
SE11.
Jonny Woo & Lazy Susan
Photographs © TheClubWolf.com
Nikita Darling Bear
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playing out
Beyond
10.01.10
BEYOND returned to Area for another
belter of an afterhours last Sunday
morning. Hostess with the mostess
Naomi entertained guests with the
launch of the new VIP Lounge, where
for just £25 you can enjoy exclusive
toilets, extra fast entry to the club,
free cloakroom and free drinks, as well
as mingling with dancers, DJs and
gym gods.
Elsewhere a team of DJs including
Steve Pitron, HiFi Sean, Jamie Head,
The Oli, Terry Bryan, Paul Christian,
Alan K, Mikey D and The Sharp Boys
kept house hungry clubbers on their
toes with set after set of wonderfully
uplifting, cutting edge funk.
Beyond returns this Saturday
night (16 Jan)/Sunday morning (17
Jan) from 6am, but not before JUICY
has its way with you at its BOOTCAMP
this Saturday (16 Jan) from 11pm at
Fire.
• Beyond is on this Saturday
night (16 Jan)/Sunday morning
(17 Jan) from 6am until 1pm
at Area, 67-68 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1.
Photographs © DosFotos
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HiFi Sean & Naomi
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G-A-Y: The Saturdays
Super sexy girl
band The Saturdays
are performing at
G-A-Y this Saturday
(16 Jan). They’ll
be singing hits
including their 2009
smash ‘Forever
Is Over’ and their
brand new single
‘Ego’. Pop and R&B
will be spinning
throughout the club
The Saturdays
while the Dakota
Bar will be screening Saturday Night Fever.
• Half price entry wristbands will be available from G-A-Y Bar.
• The Saturdays perform at G-A-Y this Saturday (16 Jan) from
10.30pm until 5am at Heaven, Under The Arches, off Villiers
Street, Charing Cross, WC2.
G-A-Y Porn Idol
OMG! Next Thursday (21 Jan) sees the
return of G-A-Y PORN IDOL following its little
break over Christmas. It’ll be packed full
of sexy lads and ladies all competing for
the £100 heat prize, and the grand prize
of £1000. Expect drinks from £2.50, more
willies than you know what to do with and
baps aplenty in the Gay Girlz room. Anyone
can enter and you can perform solo or with
a friend. Just email [email protected] or
text 07769 792 443.
• Free entry flyers will be available
from G-A-Y Bar.
• G-A-Y Porn Idol returns next
Thursday (21 Jan) from 11pm until
4am at Heaven, Under The Arches,
off Villiers Street, Charing Cross,
WC2.
G-A-Y Porn Idol
G-A-Y School Outing
G-A-Y
Next Saturday (23 Jan) G-A-Y transforms
Heaven into Heaven High for its special
SCHOOL OUTING. The club will be transformed into a Tuck Shop, School Gym and
Assembly Room and Classroom for the night
(except with booze, obviously) and pure
pop and R&B will be playing throughout the
night too.
• Entry is free and you get to jump
the queue if you wear a full school
uniform. Otherwise £1 wristbands
are available from G-A-Y Bar.
• G-A-Y’s School Outing is on next
Saturday (23 Jan) from 10.30pm
until 5am at Heaven, Under The
Arches, off Villiers Street, Charing
Cross, WC2.
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David Hoyle’s
Licking Wounds
David Hoyle is back at the RVT with his new
show LICKING WOUNDS tonight (Thurs 14 Jan)
starring Bourgeois and Maurice. Expect musical
collaborations, screenings and comedy sketches
and remember that this is a David Hoyle
show – clear your preconceptions, delete your
prejudices, reduce your shock value and be prepared to walk through the dark circus mind of
a genius. Next Thursday (21 Jan) sees Al Pillay
take to the stage and upcoming guests include
Bitz ‘n’ Bobz, Boy George and Dickie Beau.
• Tickets are £8.50 on the door.
• David Hoyle’s Licking Wounds is on
every Thursday from 7pm (show from
8.30pm) until midnight at the RVT, 372
Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11.
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Barcode
Vauxhall
09.01.10
The bitterly cold weather didn’t stop
an army of muscled-up South London
lads dropping by BARCODE VAUXHALL
for a few pints and a sexy dance fest
last Saturday.
DJs Leonardo Glovibes and Gary
H kept the front bar rocking with a
mix of uplifting choons for a crowd
of tanned, t-shirted hunks, whilst
Paul Coals, Nick Tcherniak and HiFi
Sean kept the back bar banging with
tougher electro sounds.
This Friday (15 Jan), bear night
THE CAVE returns to Barcode Soho
where guest Daz Saund will be DJing
for a crowd of muscle blokes, cubs
and other hairy hunks from 9pm.
And at Barcode Vauxhall, Gary H,
Tony Junior, Hugh Stevenson and Steven
Artis are DJing this Friday (15 Jan)
with Alessandro, Oliver M, Severino,
Saki and Gonzalo taking over this
Saturday (16 Jan).
Happy Hour continues to be at
both venues daily from 4pm until 9pm
except for Wasted Wednesdays, when
Happy Hour prices reign supreme for
the entire night!
• Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert
Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1.
• Barcode Soho, 3-4 Archer
Street, Soho, W1.
Nick Tcherniak
Jamie Head (right) & friend
Gary H
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with Happy
Hour until
11pm this
Saturday (16
Jan). Pick up
a few pork
pies, guzzle
down your
pint and then
dance to the
sounds of
ChristianM
and Alex Logan in the Main Room, or pop, indie and retro chart hits in Arch
Four from Joe Egg. The Cinema will be screening a few more cult favourites
should you fancy a sit down and the smoking areas will be open if you fancy
a chug on a cigar – what more could you want?
• Entry is £8 for members or £12 for non-members.
• XXL is on this Saturday (16 Jan) from 10pm until 6am at The
Arches, 51-53 Southwark Street, London Bridge, SE1.
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XXL
Onyx
ONYX continues
to pull in London’s
end-of-the-workingweek party crowd
with another jumping
night at Area this
Friday (15 Jan). DJs
Phil Marriott, Jamie
Hammond and Jeff
Souza twist pumping
house in the Main
Room, Ariel and Lisa
German spin tech
trance in the Embankment Bar, and Tuomo Fox, Jason Prince and James Saint James deliver classic
house anthems in the Black Box. Plus there are cheap drinks galore as well!
• Entry is free before midnight or £6 after with an advert or flyer, or
£5 in advance from www.clubtickets.com.
• Onyx is on this Friday (15 Jan) from 10pm until 5am at Area, 6768 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1.
A:M
A:M steams back into town with another
classic afterhours and a shed load of hot
funky house music this Friday night (15
Jan)/Saturday morning (16 Jan). Resident
DJs D’Johnny, Gonzalo Rivas, David Jimenez and Alan K take over the Main Room
whilst Jamie Head, The Oli, Dave Cross and
Terry Bryan twist more funk in the Lounge.
A great way to start the weekend!
Glendora & Greek Pete
• Entry is £8 with a flyer/advert
before 5.30am, £10 after or £12
full price. There’s also a discount stamp available from Onyx at
Area.
• A:M is on this Friday night (15
Jan)/Saturday morning (16 Jan)
Luigi Rosi
from 3am until 10.30am at Fire,
South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall,
SW8.
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(23 Jan). PERVERT GOLD will see special
guest DJ Obi Baby twist beats with
Pagano, Gonzalo, Luigi Rosi, Alessandro,
Brent Nicholls, Gepy and Jc Christopher,
plus it’s all hosted by Ivan. Early bird
tickets are £10 – get yours now! More
details next week.
• Pervert Gold is on next
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until 8am at Fire, South Lambeth
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Carpet Burn
09.01.10
The Eagle crowd felt the burn once
again when CARPET BURN’s massive
January Sale took over Vauxhall with a
cheap as chips party on a shoestring
last Saturday.
A mix of stubbly geeks, 80s
babies and retro disco-goers partied
the night away as DJs Prince Nelly and
Steve the Queen twisted non-stop 80s
gems and 90s anthems for the thirsty
crowd of clubbers.
After a shot or two of Jägermeister
from Eagle’s shiny new machine, a
quick fag in the garden and a return
to the dancefloor for one last song, we
realised that the pocket full of smash
in our jeans would not only get us
another pint, but would also help us
get through Eagle’s January Sale this
Saturday (16 Jan). DJ Little John will
be turning the very best in rock and
pop classics, and there’ll be another
easy-on-the-eye crowd too. Wonderful!
• The Eagle January Sale is on
this Saturday (16 Jan) from
9pm until 4am at Eagle, 349
Kennington Lane, Vauxhall,
SE11.
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Circus
Jodie Harsh
Jodie Harsh returns with
her monthly CIRCUS
featuring special guest
Mathew Horne (him
off Catherine Tate and
Gavin & Stacey) at
Concrete this Friday (15
Jan). As it goes, he’s
quite the accomplished
DJ and even has his
own club night called
Session. Kris Di Angelis
will also be DJing, Scottee will be performing,
Alexis Knox hosts and
Julian Ganio guards the
door. Dress up, up, up!
• Circus returns
this Friday (15 Jan)
from 9.30pm until
2.15am at Concrete,
56 Shoreditch High
Street, E1.
XXL
XXL’s Kilt Night
Don your kilts and praise be to haggis when
XXL hold their KILT NIGHT in honour of Burns
Night next Saturday (23 Jan). Resident DJs
ChristianM, Alex Logan and Joe Egg serve up
seriously sexy music and XXL’s hundreds of
bears are encouraged to come tartaned up to
the knees.
• Entry is £8 for members or £12 for
non-members.
• XXL’s Kilt Night is on next Saturday
(23 Jan) from 10pm until 6am at The
Arches, 51-53 Southwark Street,
London Bridge, SE1.
StevieWonderland
The Magic Faraway Travel
Agency presents STEVIEWONDERLAND this Friday (15 Jan),
an explosive mix of cabaret, music, comedy and art hosted
by Mister Meredith, Claire Benjamin and David Somerset
Barnes. Plus there’ll be interactive installations
by Debbie Spink and Carlos Cavalli.
• Entry is £7 or £5 concession.
• StevieWonderland is on this Friday (15 Jan) from
7pm (show from 7.30pm) at the RVT, 372 Kennington
Lane, Vauxhall, SE11.
Shake Your Tail Feather
Mister Meredith
60’s soul and Motown groover SHAKE YOUR
TAIL FEATHER is back at the RVT for another jive
through the swinging decade this Friday (15 Jan).
DJ Juggy Jones spins gems from his treasure trove
of classic hits including all your favourites from
Diana Ross & The Supremes, Aretha Franklin and
Gladys Knight.
• Entry is £5.
• Shake Your Tail Feather is on this Friday (15 Jan) from 10pm at the RVT, 372
Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11.
The Cave @ Barcode Soho
Those West End bears are treated to
The Cave @ Barcode
more sexy house music from special
guest DJ and MegaWoof! resident
Daz Saund at THE CAVE this Friday
(15 Jan). Expect a crowd of supersexy hirsute men to be tearing up the
basement dancefloor of BARCODE
SOHO until the early hours along with
a team of hot go-go dancers as well.
• Entry is free before 10pm or
£4 after.
• The Cave is on this Friday (15 Jan) from 9pm until 1am at Barcode
Soho, 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1.
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09.01.10
Hidden was jam packed with hundreds
of muscled-up men, burly blokes
and hairy gents when we dropped
by the first MEGAWOOF! of 2010 last
Saturday.
DJs including Diddy, Daz Saund,
DeepWolf, Sugabear, Tim McLoone,
BabyBearBell, Rob and Massimo kept
each of their rooms jumping with a
mix of uplifting and commercial music
in the Red Room, cool cuts in the Blue
Room and deep, progressive beats in
the Black Room.
Co-promoter Daz later told Boyz,
‘Last Saturday went great, despite the
weather conditions. It was freezing
outside, but reached boiling point
inside! The hunks who funk marched
through the blizzards to make it a
fantastic beginning to 2010. We can’t
wait for next month!’
• MegaWoof! returns on Saturday 6 February from 11pm until
6am at Hidden, 100 Tinworth
Street, Vauxhall, SE11.
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Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
david hoyle’s licking wounds
The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: Brand new show hosted by David Hoyle featuring music acts, commissioned films and interviews.
This week’s guests: Bourgeois and Maurice.
Open: Doors from 7pm (show from 8.30pm) - midnight.
Entry: Tickets are £8.50 from www.ticketweb.co.uk and
www.lastminute.com, or on the door.
T Vauxhall
G-A-Y porn idol
Heaven, Under The Arches, off Villiers Street,
Charing Cross, WC2
Closed tonight: G-A-Y Porn Idol returns with a new
competition next Thursday (21 Jan).
jason’s jukebox
Area, 67-68 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: Jason Prince injects even more pop and
commercial dance music into Vauxhall.
Music: From DJs Jason Prince and James Saint James.
Open: 10pm - late
Entry: FREE all night long.
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G-A-Y BAR
30 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Friendly bar over three floors serving Cocktail
Jugs of the Week, bagels and cheap drink offers.
Music: Pop and chart hits from the jukebox.
Open: Daily from midday until midnight.
Entry: FREE
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G-A-Y LATE
5 Goslett Yard, off Charing Cross Road, WC2
Tonight: State-of-the-art, late-night bar with lounge
and dancefloor.
Music: Pop, chart hits and jukebox.
Open: 11pm - 3am
Entry: £1 with flyer
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heidi liscious presents...
Village, 81 Wardour Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Pretty in pink hostess Heidi Liscious keeps the
sounds of the 70s and 80s alive, loud and fresh from
8pm. Go-go boys from 8pm until midnight. Plus there’s
50% off drinks from 4pm until 8pm!
Open: 4pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
BARCODE SOHO: homosocial
Barcode Soho, 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Male bonding at its best! A hot and
happy crowd join Severino as he plays the best
in disco, soul, funk and house. Music from 9pm
- 1am. Plus £3 pints all day every day!
Entry: FREE
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ku bar frith street
Tonight: A cool venue over three floors - check it out!
Music: Commercial pop, chart classics and R&B from
the jukebox all day long.
Open: From 11am. Open until 11.30pm during the
week. 12.30am at the weekend.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
karaoke
knockout
White Swan, 556
Commercial Road,
Limehouse, E14
Tonight: The winner of this heat will
get a bottle of bubbly and there’s a cash prize
up for grabs for the grand final winner.
Open: 9pm - 2am
Entry: FREE
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GLITZ AND GLAMOUr
The Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: With dance, chart and R&B from DJ Mark
Bambach and live vocal performances.
Open: 10pm - 3am
Entry: FREE before 11pm or £5 after.
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Industri
Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, SE1
Tonight: Queen of the scene Minty returns with Industri
residents DJs Paul Heron and Brent Nicholls for
another totally sexy soirée. Plus pints are £3 each all
night long!
Open: From 4pm (Industri from 8pm) - 2am.
Entry: FREE
T Vauxhall
aerobics on the dancefloor
Two8Six, 286 Lewisham High Street, SE13
Tonight: Get fit with instructor Scott.
Open: Aerobics from 8pm - 9pm. Followed by Easy
Karaoke with Chris Warr from
9pm.
Entry: FREE to watch aerobics or
£5 to join in.
U Lewisham/Ladywell
cabaret
two brewers
Two Brewers, 114 Clapham
High Street, SW4
Entertainment from Dave Lynn. 4pm - 2am. Entry is
FREE before 10pm and £3 after.
black cap
Black Cap, 171 Camden High Street, NW1
Entertainment from Kevin Cruise. £3 after 10pm.
molly moggs
It’s The Jeff Kristian Sing-a-long Show from 8.30pm.
playing hard
ONE TO WATCH
black & gay
Union,
66 Albert
Embankment,
Vauxhall,
SE11
One-off cruise night for black gay lads and their
admirers. 10pm - 4am. Entry is £5 or £4 with
the MA1 Clubcard.
eagle
Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11
Shoot some pool and enjoy a pint with a friendly, cruisy
crowd. All are welcome. 9pm - 2am. FREE for Eagle
members all night, £3 after 10pm for guests.
CLUB cp
Union, 66 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE11
Complete with spank booths, canes, darkrooms and a
video lounge. 7pm - 11pm. Entry is £5.
THE BACKSTREET
Wentworth Mews, Mile End, E3
020-8980 8557. Strict leather and rubber dress code.
10pm - 2am. Free for members, £4 for guests.
PANTS
The Underground Bar, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale
Road, King’s Cross, N1
Underwear cruise session. 1pm - 6pm. Entry’s £4.
Followed by spankz CP club complete with whipping
frames, benches and CP films. 6pm - 10pm. Entry’s £6.
Followed by come to daddy Cruise night for bigger
guys. 10pm - 2am. Entry is £5.
vault 139
The Vault, 139b-143 Whitfield Street, W1
Popular Cruise session from 4pm - 7pm. Entry’s £5.
Followed by Stripped from 7pm - 1am where entry’s £6.
Your entry fee includes a free drink, free coatcheck and
free re-entry all night long. Plus, pick up your loyalty
card which gains you free entry on your sixth visit!
the play pit
The Play Pit, 357 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, N1
They provide the props, you provide the action.
9pm - 2am. £6 for members, £8 for non-members.
lunchbox
Sweatbox,1-2 Ramillies Street, Soho, W1
Sweatbox team up with Gaydar and host Lunchbox
Monday to Friday. If you’re in the mood for a bit of
nookie come lunchtime, head down to Sweatbox between midday and 3pm where you’ll get a Day Pass for
£15, meaning you can go in right there and then, and
drop by after work and bring a mate for FREE as well!
Friday
15.01.10
the o zone
Tonight: Dusty O is back with her pop night where
single spirits turn into a double for an extra quid!
Music: Modern pop from DJs Dusty O and DMS.
Open: From 10pm - 3am
Entry: FREE before 11pm and £3 after.
T Leicester Square
TONKER
Tonight: Join the Tonker boys for the coldest beers and
the hottest of men at this bear and bloke social.
Music: From Tim Jones and Alan X.
Open: 9pm - late
T Vauxhall
ONE TO WATCH
onyx
Area, 6768 Albert
Embankment,
Vauxhall,
SE1
Tonight: This hot Friday nighter is back!
Music: Resident DJs Phil Marriott, Jamie Hammond and Jeff Souza spin tough and chunky
music in the Main Room, Ariel, Daz Saund and
Lisa German tear up Room Two and Tuomo Fox,
Jason Prince and James Saint James spin fresh
pop hits in the Embankment Bar.
Open: 10pm - 5am
Entry: FREE before midnight, £6 after with
a flyer, or advance tickets are £5 from www.
clubtickets.com.
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steviewonderland
Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: The Magic Faraway Travel Agency presents
an explosive mix of cabaret, music, comedy and art
hosted by Mister Meredith, Claire Benjamin and David
Somerset Barnes. Plus there’ll be interactive installations by Debbie Spink and Carlos Cavalli.
Open: 7pm (show from 7.30pm) - 9.30pm.
Entry: £7 or £5 concession.
T Vauxhall
ONE TO WATCH
A:M
Fire, South
Lambeth
Road,
Vauxhall,
SW8
Tonight: Having partied hard at Onyx, continue
the fun with a trip to the new look A:M!
Music: DJs D’Johnny, Gonzalo Rivas, David
Jimenez and Alan K spin the Main Room into
weekend oblivion. Plus Terry Bryan takes over the
Bring Back The Funk Lounge with cool, classic
vinyl-only house music.
Open: From 3am (Saturday morning) - 11am
Entry: £8 with a flyer/advert, £10 concession
or £12 full price. There’s also a discount stamp
available from Onyx at Area.
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SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER
Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: This 60’s soul and Motown groover is back for
another jive through the swinging decade. DJ Juggy
Jones spins gems from his treasure trove of classic
hits including all your favourites from Diana Ross &
The Supremes, Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight.
Open: From 10pm until 2am.
Entry: £5 on the door.
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therapy
The Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, W1
Tonight: Disco house and electro tunes from DJ Kris Di
Angelis. Hosted by Shaun Given.
Open: 10pm - 3am
Entry: £10 on the door or concession if you’re on the
guest list.
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POPSTARZ
The Den, 18 West Central Street, WC1
Tonight: The Popstarz team are back at The Den.
Music: The Indie Ballroom continues to play red-hot
indie dance, The Pop Arches are chart-tastic and the
R&B Lounge is pure urban flava.
Open: 10pm - 4am
Entry: Entry is free with a web flyer from www.popstarz.
org before 11pm or £5 with an NUS card or flyer before
midnight. Otherwise it’s £8 on the door.
ONE TO WATCH
circus
Concrete, 56 Shoreditch High Street, E1
Returning tonight: Jodie Harsh returns with her
monthly Circus featuring special guest Mathew
Horne. Scottee will be performing, Alexis Knox
hosts and Julian Ganio guards the door. Dress
up, up, up!
Music: From Mat and Kris Di Angelis.
Open: 9.30pm - 2.15am
Entry: Advance tickets are £8 from www.ticketweb.co.uk, otherwise it’s £10 on the door.
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beartronic
East Bloc (formerly Ghetto), 58 Old Street, EC1
Tonight: Led and promoted by DJs Wayne Shires,
SanDiego and Dirty Fairy’s Ben Jamin, this night is for
urban bears, blokes, fashion cubs and freaks (and
their she-bear mates).
Drink offers: Bottled beers at £2.50 and selected
shots at just £1.50!
Music: Retro electro and disco upstairs, with dirty
progressive house in the men-only Hotbox downstairs.
Open: 10pm - 6am
T Old Street
ONE TO WATCH
G-A-Y camp
attack:
the swap
around
Heaven,
Under The Arches, off Villiers Street,
Charing Cross, WC2
Tonight: G-A-Y Camp Attack is back!
Music: Perfect pop from four decades playing
throughout the club.
Open: 11pm - 4am
Entry: FREE with a flyer from G-A-Y Bar.
T Charing Cross
the 99 comedy club
Tonight: A mixed event where strong language will no
doubt be plentiful.
Open: 7pm - 10pm
Entry: £10 in advance from www.99clubcomedy.com.
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
lo-profile
Lo-Profile, 84-86 Wardour Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Funky house becoming deeper and
dirtier as the night progresses.
Music: From some of London’s best gay DJs.
Open: 8pm - 4am
Entry: £5 with an advert or flyer before midnight.
T Piccadilly Circus
barcode vauxhall
Tonight: Busy bar and cruisy dancefloor with some of
London’s best DJs playing funky house music.
Pints are £3 each all night long!
Open: 4pm - 5am
Entry: FREE before 10pm, £4 after 10pm. Entry is also
FREE if you have a Barcode Dog Tag.
T Vauxhall
village: discoliscious
Tonight: 70s and 80s happy classics from Heidi Liscious and Adamix. Go-go boys from 8pm. Plus there’s
50% off drinks from 4pm until 8pm!
Open: 4pm - 1am. DJs from 8pm.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
the cave @ BARCODE
SOHO
Barcode Soho, 3-4
Archer Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: This bear weekly
is back with DJ Daz
Saund spinning dirty
beats in the basement.
Expect horny go-go dancers, plenty of free shots
and enough hirsute muscle to make you go weak
at the knees!
Open: 9pm - 1am
Entry: FREE before 10pm, £4 after.
T Piccadilly Circus
shut the F@*k up and dance
The Stag, 15 Bressenden Place, Victoria, SW1
Tonight: Dance night with DJ Nik C.
Open: 4pm - 2am
Entry: FREE before 10.30pm.
T Victoria
Central station
37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1
Cabaret Bar: A night of cabaret with Kelly Wilde.
Open: 5pm - 4am
Entry: FREE before 10.30pm or £5 after.
T King’s Cross
cabaret
black cap
Entertainment from Connie Rogers. £3 after 10pm.
ONE TO WATCH
two brewers
Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, SW4
Song and entertainment from Lola Lasagne. 4pm
- 4am. FREE before 10pm and £5 after.
white swan
White Swan, 556 Commercial Road, Limehouse, E14
Entertainment from Dave Lynn. 9pm - 4am. Entry is
FREE before 10.30pm.
playing hard
Fitladz
The Fitladz cruise into town for a horny session with
cruise cabins, darkroom, dancefloor and horny lads.
Plus there’s music from resident DJs Devilish, PJay and
Stevie B. 11pm - 5am. Entry is £6 with a flyer or advert
before midnight. Otherwise it’s £8.
CLASSIC HOIST
The Hoist, 47 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8
Back to basics night in classic Hoist style. Boots are a
must. 10pm - 3am. Entry is £6.
THE BAcKSTREET
The Backstreet, Wentworth Mews, Mile End, E3
Strictly leather and rubber. 10pm - 3am. Free for
members before 10.45pm, £3 after, or £6 for guests.
PANTS
Boots only plus underwear. 1pm - 6pm. Entry’s £4.
vault 139
All night Cruise session. Entry’s £5 from 4pm - 7pm
and £6 from 7pm - 1am. Your entry fee includes a
free drink, coatcheck and free re-entry.
the play pit
The Play Pit, 357 Caledonian Road, King’s
Cross, N1
North London’s sleaziest sex space! 9pm - 3am. £6 for
members, £8 for non-members.
Saturday
16.01.10
fabulous
Tonight: DJs Patchoulee and Tuomo Fox play the best in
pop music down in the basement.
Open: 9pm - 3am
Entry: FREE entry before 11.30pm, £4 after.
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
G-A-y: the
saturdays
Heaven,
Under The
Arches, off
Villiers Street, Charing Cross, WC2
Tonight: Performances from super sexy girl band
The Saturdays. They’ll be singing hits including
their 2009 smash ‘Forever Is Over’ and their
brand new single ‘Ego’.
Music: Pop and R&B will be spinning throughout
the club while the Dakota Bar will be screening
Saturday Night Fever.
Open: 10.30pm - 5am
Entry: Half price entry wristbands are available
from G-A-Y Bar.
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G-A-Y LATE
5 Goslett Yard, off Charing Cross Road, WC2
Tonight: State-of-the-art bar with lounge, dancefloor
and pop and chart hits from the jukebox.
Open: 11pm - 3am
Entry: FREE
ONE TO WATCH
bootylicious THROWS YOU A SNOWBALL
Club Colosseum, 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall,
SW8
Tonight: The Booty team are back with a live PA
from the five-strong girl band From Above. Plus
snowball cocktails are only £1.50 until stocks
run out!
Music: R&B, hip-hop and Soca from Jeffrey
Hinton, Philly, Biggy C and MC Brandy.
Open: 11pm - 5.30am
Entry: £5 with NUS before midnight, £6
otherwise. £10 before midnight with flyer, £12
otherwise. Or you can get a great discount by
taking this Bootylicious listing along with you
and handing it over on the door.
T Vauxhall
duckie
The RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: Old-fashioned, homosexual, London honkytonk hosted by Amy Lamé.
Music: From resident DJs Readers Wifes.
Open: 9pm - 2am
Entry: Just £6
T Vauxhall
BARCODE SOHO
Tonight: Two floors of fit fellas and sexy house music
from resident DJs. Happy Hour is from 4pm - 9pm.
night by night
Open: Music from 9pm - 1am
Entry: FREE before 10pm, £4 after.
T Piccadilly Circus
ONE TO WATCH
XXl
The XXL Arches, 5153 Southwark Street,
London Bridge, SE1
Tonight: The dance
night for bears,
blokes, cubs and
chasers is back with
cheap booze, tasty
snacks and a hot
crowd of bears, blokes, cubs and chubs – perfect
for a cold January night! Happy Hour from 10pm
until 11pm and the new Naughty Nightcap,
whereby there’ll be a load of delicious drink
offers from 4am until 6am!
Music: DJs ChristianM, Alex Logan and Joe Egg
spin an epic mix of club anthems, uplifting funk
and pop.
Open: 10pm - 6am
Entry: £8 for members or £12 for non-members.
T London Bridge
barcode vauxhall
Tonight: Busy bar and cruisy dancefloor along with
electro and funky house music.
Open: 4pm - 6am
Entry: FREE before 10pm or £4 after 10pm.
T Vauxhall
ONE TO WATCH
the eagle
january
sale
Eagle, 349
Kennington
Lane, Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: The
Eagle lads turn up the heat! Selected pints are a
fantastically affordable £2 before midnight plus
an army of South London’s finest will be hitting
the dancefloor for a cosy shimmy.
Music: DJ Little John will be turning the very best
in rock and pop classics.
Open: 9pm - 4am
Entry: FREE until midnight or FREE for members
all night!
T Vauxhall
village: adamix
Tonight: Adamix twists pop in the main bar and Heidi
Liscious spins 70s and 80s in the basement.
Open: Midday - 1am. DJs from 8pm.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
the box: sound
bites
32-34 Monmouth
Street, Covent Garden,
WC2
Tonight: Mark Bambach
puts the bite into
Saturday night with
funky house music and electro beats.
Open: 11am - 11pm
Entry: FREE
T Covent Garden
inferno
Tonight: Dance and vocal house from DJ Elmo.
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night by night
Open: 10pm - 3am
Entry: £10, or concession if you’re on the guest list.
T Piccadilly Circus
ONE TO WATCH
juicy bootcamp
Tonight: Juicy goes all military on your asses!
Pull on your best camouflage and get ready to
dance to tough marching beats. Plus there’ll be
an army of sexed-up dancers and a horny maze.
Music: From DJs D’Johnny, HiFi Sean, Rob Sykes,
David Jimenez, Gonzalo Rivas and Steven Artis.
Open: 11pm - 8am
Entry: Advance tickets are £10 from www.
clubtickets.com, Prowler, Clone Zone, DV8 and
The Box. Otherwise it’s £8 with a flyer or advert
before 1am, £10 with a flyer after 1am or £12
on the door.
T Vauxhall
ONE TO WATCH
beyond
Area, 67-68 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall,
SE11
Tonight: The legend that is Beyond is back!
Also tonight: It’s the launch of the new VIP
Lounge, hosted by Naomi. Those with VIP wristbands can enjoy exclusive toilets, extra fast entry
to the club, free cloakroom and free drinks, all for
just £25! Get your ticket on the door.
Music: Steve Pitron, HiFi Sean, Jamie Head, The
Oli, Terry Bryan, Paul Christian, Alan K, Mikey D
and The Sharp Boys play the best in house across
three rooms.
Open: 6am (Sunday morning) - 1pm
Entry: £10 in advance from www.clubtickets.com
or £12 with an advert or flyer before 8am. VIP
tickets are available on the door for £25. Look out
for free entry stamps to Later as well!
T Vauxhall
lo-profile
The Basement, 84-86 Wardour Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Funky house becoming progressively dirtier.
Music: From some of London’s best gay DJs.
Open: 8pm - 4am
Entry: £5 with an advert or flyer before midnight.
T Piccadilly Circus
Central station
Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1
Cabaret Bar: Entertainment from Kevin Cruise.
Entry: FREE before 10.30pm, £5 after.
T King’s Cross
white swan
ONE TO WATCH
boudoir
The Edge,
Soho
Square, W1
Tonight:
Dusty
O spins
commercial
dance and classic party anthems on the ground
floor Club Bar.
Open: 9pm - 1am
Entry: FREE before 10.30pm, £3 after.
Tonight: Hot strip action from College Boy!
Open: 9pm - 4am
Entry: FREE before 10.30pm.
T Limehouse
cabaret
two brewers
Entertainment from The Boy George Experience.
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black cap
Entertainment from the wonderful Jacquii Cann.
Entry is £4 after 10pm.
playing hard
cLUB cp
Expect spanking chambers and darkrooms.
6.30pm - 10.30pm. Entry is £5.
PANTS
Underwear cruise session. 1pm - 6pm. Entry’s £4.
THE BACKSTREET
Free entry for members before 10.45pm. Strictly
leather and rubber dress code. 10pm - 3am. Entry’s £3
for members and £6 for guests.
night manoeuvres
Military and uniforms dress code cruising.
10pm - 4am. Entry is £10 for non-members, whilst
members pay normal price.
the play pit
Harder basement venue. 9pm - 3am. £6 for members,
£8 for non-members.
Sunday
17.01.10
LATER
Tonight: The legendary Sunday clubbing session for
those who don’t want to go home returns.
Music: Funky house, electro and club classics.
Open: Midday - 7pm
Entry: £5 on the door.
T Vauxhall
HORSE MEAT DISCO
Tonight: Off-the-wall fun for club kids and disco hunks
at one of London’s most amazing clubs.
Music: Tunes from across the disco spectrum from Jim
Stanton, James Hillard, Filthy Luka and Severino.
Open: 8pm - 3am
Entry: £6 all night.
T Vauxhall
ONE TO WATCH
ORANGe
Tonight: The Orange All-Stars return with another
zesty way to end your weekend. Plus two bottles
of beer are only £5 before 1am!
Music: The Sharp Boys, Terry Bryan and The Oli
serve up funk in the Main Room whilst David
Jimenez and Gonzalo twist more RAW beats in
the Mirror Arch.
Open: 11pm - 9am
Entry: £2 with a flyer or advert before midnight,
otherwise it’s £10 after or £12 on the door.
T Vauxhall
CHILL-OUT & S.L.A.G.S
Vauxhall, SE11
This afternoon: An institutional event.
The D.E. Experience appears on stage from 5.30pm.
Music: Massive dance anthems from Simon Le Vans,
Andy Almighty, Sean Sirrs and Rob C.
Open: 2pm - midnight
Entry: £7
T Vauxhall
lady lloyd’s hit factory
Tonight: Lady Lloyd is back with her pop night.
Music: Lady Lloyd and DJ P spin all of today’s pop hits.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
BARCODE SOHO
Tonight: Chilled out beats from DJ Leonardo Glovibes.
Happy Hour is from 4pm until 9pm.
Open: 4pm - 10.30pm
Entry: FREE
T Piccadilly Circus
sundays @ barcode vauxhall
Tonight: Sunday tea dance with a great line up of DJs.
Happy Hour from 4pm until 8pm.
Entry: FREE
T Vauxhall
village: re-tox
Tonight: Expect 50% off all drinks from 4pm until
8pm, plus Village has one of the latest closing times in
Soho on Sunday!
Open: 4pm - 11.30pm
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
cabaret
black cap
Entertainment from the wonderful Titti La Camp and
Voodoo Mick. FREE before 10.30pm or £3 after.
ONE TO WATCH
two brewers: POWER OF 3
Entertainment from Kandi Kane-Baxter, Laquisha
Jonz and Sandra. Shows from 8pm onwards.
Open until 4am. Entry is FREE before 7pm, £3
after.
the stag
The Stag, 15 Bressenden Place, Victoria, SW1
Entertainment with Drag With No Name from 9pm.
5pm - midnight. FREE entry all night.
molly moggs
Entertainment from Tiffaney Wells at 4pm, with more
songs from Jeff Kristian at 7pm.
playing hard
THE BACKSTREET
Cruise night with a strict dress code of black leather
and rubber. 10pm - 1am. Entry is £4 on the door.
s.o.p.
All day watersport cruise session. 1pm - midnight.
ONE TO WATCH
vault 139
The Vault, 139b143 Whitfield
Street, W1
Underwear from
1pm - 7pm.
Entry’s £7.
Followed by
Cruise from
7pm until 1am.
Entry’s £6. Your entry fee includes a free drink
and free coatcheck.
SBN
Cruise your way through the club wearing absolutely
nothing! 2pm - 7pm. Entry’s £10.
Followed by nBN Wear shorts, a jockstrap or boots if
you want to. 7pm -10pm. Entry is £5.
Followed by CLASSIC HOIST 10pm - 2am. Entry is £6.
saunabar
Saunabar, 29 Endell Street, Covent Garden, WC2
Sweat the festive excess away with a horny cruise
round this smart sauna, complete with free internet
and WiFi. 11.30am - 1am. Entry is £12 with an advert.
play pit
Glory hole session from 3pm - 8pm, where entry is £6
for members or £8 for guests. Followed by briefs, boxers or buff session. 8pm - 1am. Entry is £6 all night.
Monday
18.01.10
KU BAR FRITH STREET: GLEE
Tonight: Ku Bar Frith Street screens the latest episode
of Glee every Monday from 9pm.
Mojito Madness: Mojitos, caipirinhas and caipiroskas
are £6 Monday to Thursday.
The Major Mondays Pre-Party: From 9pm, DJ P will
be handing out free drinks vouchers which will be
exchangeable over at Lisle Street.
Open: From 11am until 11.30pm.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
major mondays
Tonight: DJ P plays a mix of pumped-up party mix of
current commercial, pop, R&B, dance, 90s classics
and all that’s in between. Plus there’s free shots, free
sweets and drinks from only £1.50!
Open: 10pm - 3am
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
G-A-Y BAR: glee
Tonight: Catch the latest episode of Glee from 9pm.
Music: Pop and chart hits from the jukebox.
Open: Daily from midday until midnight.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
bingo pub night
Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: Bingo. In a pub. At night. Expect some serious
bingo fun hosted by Timberlina.
Music: From resident DJs Hey Baylen and 50 Pence.
Open: Doors from 7pm. Eyes down 8.30pm until
10.30pm. Open until midnight.
Entry: FREE on door and £1 per game.
T Vauxhall
Village: manic mondays
Tonight: 50% off all drinks all night!
Open: 4pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
popcorn
Heaven, Under the Arches, off Villiers Street,
Charing Cross, WC2
Tonight: Get ready for another super party from
the Popcorn team!
Music: From Jonesey, Simon Le Vans and Bodum
on the Main Floor, special guest superhunk Nick
Wolanski and Terry Vietheer in the Star Bar, Terry
T-Rex twists R&B in the Island and Jamie Hammond serves up house in the Departure Lounge.
Open: 11pm - 6am
Entry: £2 before midnight or £8 after. Or, if you
have a concession wristband, entry is FREE until
1am and £3 after. And all students and industry
staff get in FREE (with ID) all night!
T Charing Cross
shadow couture
Tonight: Live music and singing from dashing host
Zak Black and an army of gorgeous guests.
Drink offers: 50% off all drinks for members, 25% off
all drinks for non members.
Open: 10pm - 3am
Entry: FREE all night.
T Piccadilly Circus
barcode vauxhall
Tonight: A sexy and laid back crowd listens to chilled
house music. Pints are £3 each all night long!
Open: 4pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Vauxhall
BARCODE SOHO
Tonight: Uplifting beats from DJ Astroboy. Happy Hour
is from 4pm until 9pm.
Open: Music from 9pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Piccadilly Circus
COMPTONS
Comptons, 53-57 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: All pints, bottled beer, 175ml glasses of wine,
single spirits and mixers are just £1.50 every Monday
from 7pm (except Bank Holiday Mondays). This offer
does not include doubles or Red Bull.
Open: Midday - midnight
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
Admiral duncan’s karaoke
Admiral Duncan, 54 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Jivin’ Julie hosts karaoke from 8pm. Choose
from hundreds of songs and show Soho that you’re the
Whitney you say you are.
Open: 8pm - 11.30pm
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
cabaret
black cap: massive mondays
With Michelle McMassive and music from DJ Miles.
Entry is FREE before 10.30pm and just £1.50 after.
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night by night
two brewers: minni mondays
Music and cheap drinks with the wonderful Heidi
Liscious. All drinks are £1.50 from 6pm!
molly moggs
Open mic with Divas Unlimited from 8.30pm.
playing hard
EAGLE
Recover from the weekend with chilled sounds, a game
of pool and a friendly crowd. 9pm - 2am. Entry is FREE
for Eagle members or £3 after 10pm for guests.
PANTS
Underwear or Speedos. 1pm - 6pm. Entry’s £4.
Followed by IN YER FACE Bukkake boys night.
6pm - 9pm. Entry is £4.
Followed by Hard Cruz Hot, horny cruise session for
a mix of up-for-it blokes. 9pm - 1am. Entry is FREE!
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Cruise from 4pm - 7pm. Entry’s £5. Followed by
Stripped from 7pm - 1am where entry’s £6.
Tuesday
19.01.10
ruby tuesday
Tonight: Midweeker for gay girls and their guy guests.
Music: Indie, retro and pop mash-ups from Sandra D.
Open: Doors from 6.30pm - late
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
comedy camp
Barcode, 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Simon Happily leads the night that’s full of
hysterical performances from award-winning comics.
This week: It’s Topping & Butch, Hal Cruttenden, Gina
Ryan and Caroline Mabey.
Open: Doors at 7.30pm, show at 8.30pm.
Entry: £8, plus £2 members’ fee.
T Piccadilly Circus
ONE TO WATCH
profile bar &
diner
Profile Bar &
Diner, 84-86
Wardour Street,
Soho, W1
Tonight: Treat yourself to one of the many drinks
on offer including wines, spirits and champagne,
or go healthier with a smoothie, Vitamin Water
or salads.
Open: Monday to Saturday from 11am - 11pm
and Sunday from 11am until 10.30pm.
Entry: FREE
T Piccadilly Circus
shadow salon
Tonight: A fabulously glamorous night with guest DJs
and £5 belini cocktails. Hosted by Shaun Given.
Open: 10pm - 3am
T Piccadilly Circus
hot pink
Freedom Bar, 66 Wardour Street, Soho
Tonight: The Very Miss Dusty O and guests return for
more pop-tastic, dance music fun.
Open: 11pm - 3am
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
barcode vauxhall
Tonight: Relaxed drinking and chilled out house music
in the front bar. Bear Line Dancing takes place in the
back bar from 7.30pm. Entry £4 for non-members.
Pints are £3 each all night long!
Open: 4pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Vauxhall
bar wotever
Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: Bar Wotever features an open stage for up
and coming queer talents to show off.
Open: From 6pm (shows from 8pm) until midnight.
Entry: FREE
T Vauxhall
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cabaret
molly moggs
Entertainment with Tony Sinclair from 8.30pm.
playing hard
BOOTCAMP
Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, SE11
Night attracting guys into leather, military, uniforms
and boots. 9pm - late. £2 for members, £3 after 10pm.
PANTS
Underwear session. 1pm - 6pm. Entry’s £4.
Followed by S.O.P
A watersports session. 6pm - 1am. Entry is £7.
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Cruise from 4pm - 7pm. Entry’s £5. Followed by Night
Cruise from 7pm - 1am where entry’s £6.
Wednesday
20.01.10
the shinky shonky pre-party
Tonight: Boogaloo Stu will be handing out free drinks
vouchers which will be exchangeable over at Lisle
Street, see the next listing.
Open: From 9pm until close.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
ONE TO WATCH
XXL MID-WEEK
The Arches, 51-53
Southwark Street,
SE1
Tonight: The world
famous dance night
for bears and blokes
returns with Happy
Hour from 10pm until
11pm.
Music: XXL resident DJ Joe Egg spins retro, chart
and indie anthems.
Open: 10pm - 3am
Entry: FREE for members and £3 for guests.
T London Bridge
shinky shonky
Tonight: Insane cabaret night with host Boogaloo Stu.
This week: It’s Katherine Ellis.
Music: Pop from Albert Twatlock and Boogaloo Stu.
Open: 10pm - 3am
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
taboo
Tonight: Take a step back to the 80s with electro pop
and acid disco. DJ Andrew provides the sounds.
Open: 10pm - 3am
T Piccadilly Circus
v.karaoke
Tonight: Heidi Liscious hosts whilst the public belts
out hits past and present. Plus there’s 50% off drinks
from 4pm until 8pm!
Open: 9pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
trannyshack
Madame JoJo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: This mix of trannies, scene queens and hunky
heteros is back! Hosted by Dusty O.
Music: Commercial dance, R&B, electro and pop from
DJs Dusty O and Tasty Tim.
Open: 10.30pm - 3am
Entry: FREE before midnight or £5 after for anyone in
drag. Otherwise it’s £5 before midnight or £6 after.
T Leicester Square
BARCODE SOHO
Tonight: Super-cool DJ Kris Di Angelis twists classic
and current house music from 9pm.
Wasted Wednesdays: Happy Hour is extended
throughout the entire night, with cocktails at £3 and
bottles of Becks just £2.
Open: 4pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Piccadilly Circus
barcode vauxhall
Tonight: A laid back crowd and chilled house music.
Wasted Wednesdays: Happy Hour is extended
throughout the entire night, with cocktails at £3 and
Kimono Krush
bottles of Becks just £2.
Open: 4pm - 1am
Entry: FREE
T Vauxhall
the rvt’s january haf highlights
Vauxhall, SE11
Tonight: Some of last year’s Hot August Fringe highlights return to the RVT, so expect progression, forward
movement, but above all, fantastic entertainment!
This week: The Picture of Dusty Limits, The Blue Lady
Sings and Shazia Mirza’s New Show.
Open: From 6pm (shows at 6.30pm, 8.30pm and
10pm) - midnight.
Entry: £7 for some shows or ‘pay what you can’ for
others.
T Vauxhall
G-A-Y slag tags
G-A-Y Bar, 30 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1
G-A-Y Late, 5 Goslett Yard, WC2
Tonight: The G-A-Y Bar and G-A-Y Late reopen their
flirty Slag Tags interaction. See in bar for more details.
Open: The G-A-Y Bar is open daily from midday until
midnight whist G-A-Y Late is open daily from 11pm
until 3am.
Entry: FREE
T Leicester Square
dandy boys
Visage 80s Bar, 442 Cranbrook Road, Gants Hill,
Essex, IG2 6LL
Tonight: Dandy Boys are back with more 80s pop!
Music: From DJ Julio Bravo.
Open: 8pm - late
Entry: FREE
T Gants Hill
the white swan: amateur strip contest
Tonight: It’s the infamous men-only Amateur Strip!
Hosted by Candy Slag In Drag.
Open: 9pm - 3am
Entry: FREE
T Limehouse
disco health club
Green Carnation, 5 Greek Street, Soho, W1
Tonight: Disco-inspired aerobics classes led by Disco
Health Club’s expert instructor.
Open: Classes from 6pm - 7.30pm and 8pm - 9.30pm.
Followed by Disco Discharge from 10pm - 2.30am.
Entry: Just £5, which includes classes and club night.
cabaret
two brewers
Entertainment and song from Tanya Hyde. Entry is
FREE before 10.30pm.
black cap
Entertainment from Mrs. Moore and Trindy. Entry is £2
after 10pm.
molly moggs
Song and entertainment from Soho’s Jewish Princess
Tiffaney Wells from 8.30pm.
The LGBT Tourist Office
on the first floor of Ku Bar
Lisle Street offers free advice for tourists and visitors
to what is probably Europe’s
gayest city. Club tickets, hotel
information and theatre tickets
are all for sale here Monday to Saturday from
midday until 6pm.
• Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, off Leicester Square,
WC2.
Photograph © TheClubWolf.com
playing hard
grapple101
Wrestling returns to Eagle! Hosted by Ashley Ryder.
9pm - 2am. Entry’s £3 or FREE for Eagle members
before 10pm. Plus there’s free coatcheck to anyone
wrestling and beginners’ lessons before 11pm. Supported by Speedo Wrestlers London.
nBN
Nearly Bollock Naked is similar to SBN, the only
difference is you’re allowed to wear a jockstrap and
boots if you like. 9pm - 2am. FREE before 10pm or £5
on the door.
buff
London’s original naked night attracts a wide range of
up for it guys. Entry is £5. 8pm - midnight.
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Horny Cruise session from 4pm - 7pm. Entry’s £5.
Followed by an Underwear session from 7pm - 1am
where entry’s £6. Your entry fee includes a free drink,
free coatcheck and free re-entry all night long
Please email listings info to:
[email protected]
DIARY DATES
Thursday 21 January
• G-A-Y Porn Idol returns with a new competition
at Heaven from 11pm. To be a contestant, text your
details to 07769 792 443.
Saturday 23 January
• Alex Erfan presents Milan’s most outrageous
party, Pervert Gold, at Fire from 11pm.
• There’s free entry for all those in full school
uniform at the G-A-Y School Outing from 10.30pm.
• Don your kilts and praise be to haggis as XXL hold
their Kilt Night at The Arches from 10pm.
Friday 29 January
• Queer Question Time returns to the RVT with
guests Ken Livingstone, Julie Bindel, Shazia Mirza
and more. Hosted by Stewart Who?. If you have
any questions you’d like discussed, email them to
[email protected], or submit them in person
between 7pm and 8.45pm. Debate takes place
from 9pm.
• Rubber and leather night RUT returns to The Hoist
with music from Jon Delano from 10.30pm.
Saturday 30 January
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert takes over the G-A-Y
stage from 10.30pm.
• Cristian Torrent performs at Hard On from 10pm.
Saturday 6 February
• Logan Presents the relaunch of Matinée London!
Monday 15 February
• Popcorn host their Love Carnival at Heaven from
11pm. This is always a blast, so get there early!
Saturday 20 February
• The Logan Presents team are back with another
SuperMartXé - more details coming soon!
eating out
THE FINEST FOOD & BEST EATERIES IN ALL OF LONDON
Nando’s Frith Street
N
ando’s really went up in our
estimation when it sent round
buff, tops-off boys at Pride last
year. We love that it’s a gay-friendly
company with a Soho branch that is
well in touch with its local community. Also, since Nando’s has been on
Frith Street, it’s nicely dispelled the
stereotype that gay people only like
salad with a calorie-conscious dressing. Not true: we can chow down a
plate of chicken and chips as much
as the next man and the number of
gay men eating here is proof of that.
Nando’s isn’t just about chicken
though – there are some top-notch
veggie options here too.
We went for half a chicken
(medium hot) and a chicken breast
burger (lemon and herb) in the
end. Even though Nando’s is best
known for its fiery PERi-PERi
sauce, the place caters for
lemon and herb lovers as
much as it does the spice
girls among us. The
chicken was beautifully marinated,
massive and we had it with a side of
chips for the satisfaction factor and
corn on the cob for our good health.
The burger came in a Portuguese bun with fresh lettuce and
tomato and with this, we sampled
their brand new side of Macho Peas
(“he’s gotta be so macho...”), which
are essentially mushy peas sexed up
with chilli and mint. They helped us
stick to our New Year’s resolution to
actually get some greens down us
once in a while.
For pudding we tried their divine
chocolate cheesecake and their carrot cake, which was indulgent without being heavy. All finished off with
an espresso to keep us out of that
post-feast coma back at the office.
Nando’s is the perfect place for
a hot and hearty load of grub. It’s
great value, guaranteed to leave you
satiated, and always a good bet if
you’re going out in a big group and
don’t want to worry too much about
your table manners this place is refreshingly informal.
16mm
CAFE-SOHO
menu highlights
Appetisers (for two)
• Houmous with PERi-PERi Drizzle –
£2.95
PERi-PERi oil, houmous and a hunk of
warm pitta.
• Spicy Mixed Olives - £2.85
Green and purple olives perked up with
garlic, peppers, mushrooms and chilli.
Burgers and Pittas
Freshly baked Portuguese rolls and
toasted pittas with chicken or veg and
salad.
• Chicken Breast Fillet Burger
£4.75/£5.95 + 1 Reg Side/£7.55 +2 Reg
Sides or 1 Fino Side.
• Roasted Portobello Mushroom &
Halloumi Cheese With Chilli Jam Pitta
£5.70/£6.90 + 1 Reg Side/£8.50 +2 Reg
Sides or 1 Fino Side.
• Beanie Burger £5 / £6.20 + 1 Reg
Side/£7.80 + 2 Reg Sides or 1 Fino Side.
Platters To Share
19 D’Arblay Street, London W1F 8ED
020 7287 8892 • www.16mm-soho.com
Great heaps of food and good messy fun.
• Full Platter - £16.95
Whole Chicken + 2 Large or 2 Fino
Sides.
• Jumbo Platter - £36.80
2 whole chickens + 5 Large or 5 Fino
Sides.
Wraps
Green salad leaves, chilli jam and
yoghurt mayonnaise with PERi-PERi and
coriander in a chilli wrap.
• Chicken Breast Fillet - £6.05
Roasted Portobello Mushroom &
Halloumi Cheese - £6.70
PERi-PERi Chicken
Nando’s trademark dish. British
chicken marinated for 24 hours in their
Portuguese PERi-PERi sauce, then flamegrilled to perfection.
• ¼ Chicken - £3.30
• ½ Chicken – £5.80
• 5 Chicken Wings - £4.40
Salads
• Caesar Salad - £5.70/£8.20 with
chicken.
Cos lettuce sprinkled with tangy cheese,
Caesar dressing and crunchy croutons.
• Couscous Salad - £5.70/£8.20 with
chicken.
Chickpeas, olives, peppers, mixed
leaves, coriander and couscous.
Sides
• Chips - £1.85/£3.55
• Spicy Rice - £1.85/£3.55
• Coleslaw - £1.85/£3.55
• Corn On The Cob - £1.85
Fino Sides
• Ratatouille - £3.25
• Sweet Potato Mash - £3.25
opening times
• Sunday – Thursday: 11.30am 11.30pm
• Friday & Saturday: 11.30am Midnight
WIN NANDO’S FOR 4!
If you fancy a fabulous feast for four at Nando’s
Frith Street, then all you have to do is answer
the following question and send your answer to
[email protected] putting ‘Chicken’ in
the subject field. Good Cluck!
RESTAURANT & SCREENING ROOM
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In the famous fable, what did Chicken Licken think was
falling down...
A The sky
B His knickers
C Michael Douglas
• Nando’s
Soho
10 Frith
Street,
Soho,
W1D 3JF.
• 020 7494
0932
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drinking out
Stripperlicious
White Swan
THE LATEST FROM LONDON’S GAY BARS AND PUBS
Heels On Wheels
Crystal D’Canter
WHITE SWAN
gets naked this
Wednesday (20
Jan) at their Amateur Strip Contest.
Yes, the original
strip contest is
back for another
year of hot naked
bodies. Each week
£100 goes to the
best amateur stripper on the night.
All you haveto do
is turn up and
take part. The fun
begins at 9pm and
carries on all the
way until 3am.
• The Amateur
Strip Contest is on this
Wednesday (20
Jan) from 9pm
at The White
Swan, 556
Commercial
Road, Limehouse, E14.
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
RVT
It’s HALFWAY II HEAVEN vs. THE TWO BREWERS on Saturday 6 February when the two bars
hire two buses and go on a massive pub crawl. On the way they’ll be visiting RETRO BAR,
BLACK CAP, KING WILLIAM IV, Halfway and the Brewers. The bus will depart at midday and
tickets are just £10 from either bar (Halfway II Heaven, 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross,
WC2 and Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, Clapham, SW4) and are on sale now.
Among others, your hostesses for the day will be Heidi Liscious and Crystal D’Canter.
• Halfway II Heaven and Two Brewers’ Battle of the Buses is on Saturday 6
February from 11am. For more info see our interview with Crystal on p. 48
or see their Facebook group: Battle Of The Bus Runs!!!
This Wednesday (20 Jan) the RVT are offering you, the beautiful
public, three shows and dinner for the bargain price of £21. Choices
include a doorstep steak sandwich with chips, homemade beef stew
and a homemade quarter pounder. This Wednesday (20 Jan) there’ll
be decadent cabaret from Dusty Limits at 6pm, Tricity Vogue as The
Blue Lady Sings at 8pm, while Shazia Mirza will be starring in her very
own RVT show for the first time from 9.30pm.
• RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11.
ON THE ROCKS
with Alan Roberts
What bar do you think is best for a first date or hook up
and why?
I think somewhere sleazy would be perfect. Also, somewhere dark would be good too, where no one can see
the wrinkles.
Where do you go for a quiet drink with mates?
I very rarely go out to another bar. I get enough of bars
seeing as I have one of my own! So if I’m having a quiet
night I stay at home.
What would your dream bar be like?
There is a bar in Madrid called Odarko that is absolutely
perfect. It’s very intimate and industrial with loads of open
pipes and metalwork. It’s a bit like the Stock Exchange for
42
sleaze bastards!
What celebs would you have there?
I could have Matt Monro singing on the bar with a handful
of rugby players like Gareth Thomas or Ben Cohen, and I’d
have a few boxers for good measure. If Daniel Craig came
to the door I wouldn’t say no. But I wouldn’t have a VIP
area cordoned off with cheap rope. That makes me cringe.
What would your top songs on the jukebox be and why?
Can I have a bit of Ella Fitzgerald? That’d go down well in
the darkroom, followed by ‘Sex Dwarf’ and ‘Fun City’ by
Soft Cell.
What’s the best way to chat someone up?
Pinned up against the wall. I don’t take prisoners. I prefer
it rough and ready.
What’s the best cure for a hangover?
The last hangover I had was in 1979. I seem to recall two
months in Pentonville Prison. That did the trick!
It’s our round – what are you having?
You can’t beat a cup of tea.
• Union, 66 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall,
SE11.
drinking out
The Yard
08.01.10
Super-cool Soho hangout THE YARD
was the perfect place to meet mates
after work last Friday, so much so that
we think we wanna go back again this
week for another quadruple vodka!
Cutting Edge Bars, who now run
the venue, have definitely succeeded
in smartening up the entrance, which
now features winter wonderland trees,
fairy lights and even a mirror ball.
Inside you’ll find a crowd of cute
drinkers and a selection of drinks that
are just as attractive. And as part of
their January Sale, The Yard is offering
ridiculously cheap deals including a
bottle of house wine for £10, a double
house spirit and mixer from £5, a pint
of Carlsberg for £3, house cocktails
from £5, a bottle of Prosecco for £15
and bottled beers from £2.50.
These offers also run at the other
Cutting Edge Bars, which are The
Edge, The Green, G-Spot, Kazbar and
Kudos.
• The Yard, 57 Rupert Street,
Soho, W1.
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drinking out BAR NEWS
Glee mania is striking the scene and nowhere more so than G-A-Y BAR, where
the brand new US TV show is screening this Monday (18 Jan) at 9pm. Plus, on
Wednesday (20 Jan) Slag Tags returns to both G-A-Y Bar and G-A-Y LATE for some
totally necessary flirting. All you have to do is get your tag at the door and text the
screens with your message to that sexy guy on the other side of the bar. Picking up
a bit o’ sexy muck has never been so easy!
• G-A-Y Bar, 30 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1.
• G-A-Y Late, 5 Goslett Yard, off Charing Cross Road, WC2.
Ku Bar
Ku Bar Lisle
& Frith Street
Get down to KU FRITH STREET
this Monday (18 Jan) when the
new TV show that everyone’s
talking about, Glee, returns to
the Ku screens at 9pm. It’s full
of musical tunes, comedy and
drama queens. Yes, it’s practically a documentary of your life.
• Ku Bar Lisle Street, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, WC2.
• Ku Bar Frith Street, 25 Frith Street, Soho, W1.
The Edge
STAG
THE
G-A-Y Bar & Late
The Edge
Scene goddess The Very Miss Dusty O opens her
luxurious Boudoir at THE EDGE again this Saturday (16 Jan) for another raucous night of pop
gems, chart busting hits and top party tunes.
Obscure tracks are out. This is all about getting
ratted and singing along to GaGa, La Spears et
al. The fun begins at 9.30pm and entry is free
before 10.30pm.
• The Edge, 11 Soho Square, Soho, W1.
Two8Six
With free entry every night from Sunday to
Thursday, karaoke with Chris Warr on tonight
(Thurs 14 Jan) from 9pm and funky house, commercial dance and bubblegum pop on Friday
(15 Jan) and Saturday (16 Jan) night, there’s absolutely no bloody reason on earth
why you shouldn’t make TWO8SIX your local…unless you live in Barnet and it isn’t
actually close to your flat at all.
• Two8Six, 286 Lewisham High Street, Lewisham, SE13.
The Stag
Sod perusing old Queenie’s shabby art collection up at Buckers Palace at get down
to THE STAG and have some real fun instead. This Saturday (16 Jan) Handbag
Heaven returns with Nick C for more commercial dance and pop until 2am. Entry’s
free before 11pm.
• The Stag, 15 Bressenden Place, Victoria, SW1.
White Swan
Brand new night at the WHITE SWAN, Would Like To Meet?, is the perfect place to
meet like-minded hotties. From 9pm there’ll be a super sociable crowd flirting and
chatting. For the White Swan’s brilliant drink deals turn over to our January Sale
guide on p. 46.
• White Swan, 556 Commercial Road, Limehouse, E14.
Central Station
Up in CENTRAL STATION’s restaurant next Saturday (23 Jan) they’ll be celebrating Burns Night. For just £12.50 you can get a welcome glass of Glenfiddich malt
whiskey, cock-a-leekie soup with bannocks, haggis, neeps and tatties, plus Tipsy
Laird. This Sunday (17 Jan) downstairs in the Cabaret Bar Daz takes over for more
karaoke fun at 8pm.
• Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1.
Two Brewers
Kevin Walsh hosts more karaoke down at the TWO BREWERS this Tuesday (19 Jan).
Entry is free before 10pm but the cost to your eardrums will be priceless. The bar
stays open until 2am if you decide to pull a sickie the next day and stay out late.
• Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, Clapham, SW4
Barcode Soho & Vauxhall
Both BARCODEs extend their 4pm - 9pm daily happy hour all night this Wasted
Wednesday (20 Jan) where pints of Amstel and Fosters are just £2.50. On Tuesday
(19 Jan) BCS hosts another stand out stand up Comedy Camp in the basement.
• Barcode Soho, 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1.
• Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE11.
15 BRESSENDEN PLACE, LONDON, SW1E 5DD
020-7828 7287
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4PM-2AM • FREE B4 10.30PM
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SATURDAY
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dance & pop
SUNDAY
5PM-MIDNIGHT • FREE ENTRY
CABARET &
PARTY NIGHT
with special guest
BAND WITH
NO NAME
on stage at 9PM
plus DJ TROJO
TUESDAY
Karaoke Competition
with
WEDNESDAY
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HIGH ENERGY CONNEXTIONS
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the drinking out
With payday still miles off and credit card bills to pay, it’d be
easy to stay in feeling sorry for yourself. But with amazing
drink deals springing up across the scene, you can still
party hard without your credit rating going tits up.
The Box
The Edge
House champagne
- £25
Bottle of
Prosecco £15
• Box Bar & Café, 32-34
Monmouth Street, Covent
Garden, WC2H.
• The Edge, 11 Soho
Square, Soho, W1.
Kudos
The Green
House cocktails
– from £5
Double house
spirit and
mixer - £5
• Kudos, 10 Adelaide
Street, Charing Cross, WC2.
The Yard
Bottle of house
wine - £10
• The Yard, 57 Rupert
Street, Soho, W1.
• The Green, 74 Upper
Street, Angel, N1.
The Stag
Double vodka
and Redbull £4.60
• The Stag, 15
Bressenden Place,
Victoria, SW1.
Kazbar
Pint of
Carlsberg - £3
• Kazbar, 50 Clapham
High Street, Clapham, SW4.
£9.95
From midday - 8pm
• Pints of beer - £1.95
• Double vodka and mixer £2.95
• Bottle of sparkling wine -
• G-A-Y Bar, 30 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1.
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every day and all
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• Pint of Fosters
or Amstel - £2.50
• Barcode Soho, 3-4
Archer Street, Soho, W1.
• Barcode Vauxhall, 69
Albert Embankment,
Vauxhall, SE11.
Two8Six
Pint of
Greene King
Cask IPA - £1.50
• Two8Six,
286 Lewisham High
Street, SE13.
Ku Bar
From Sunday to
Thursday:
• Shots of
Sourz - £1
• Ku Lisle Street, 30
Lisle Street, Leicester
Square, WC2.
• Ku Frith Street, 25
Frith Street, Soho, W1.
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• White Swan, 556
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E14.
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From Sunday until Thursday the following drinks are £1.60:
• Spirits (vodka, whisky, gin,
rum and Archers) with a mixer
• San Miguel
• Fosters Ice
• Strongbow
• VK
• Bottles of Coca Cola
• Glasses of house
wine
• G-A-Y Late, 5 Goslett
Yard, off Charing Cross
Road, W1.
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AT THE BOX THIS JANUARY
v Discount prices apply
from Sunday to Thursday
(inclusive, closed Mondays in January
due to refurbishment work)
v Tuesday is ‘Burger Day’ at the Box - Burger + beverage £6.99.
v Wednesday is ‘Shadow Boxer’ night in conjunction with Shadow Lounge
- discount food & drink plus free entry to Shadow Lounge with Box wristbands.
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Heaven and the Two
Brewers are hosting a
massive bus crawl this
February, so ahead of the
drunken tour of London’s
finest gay pubs we spoke
to hostess Crystal
D’Canter about
what’s in store.
We love a good bus tour! Are you as
excited as us?
Yes, I’m really excited. Bus runs
are always a real laugh and rather
drunken. Basically the two bars are
hiring two buses and after leaving
Halfway II Heaven and The Two Brewers, they’ll be visiting loads of bars
around town including the Retro Bar,
the Black Cap, The Stag and the King
William IV.
So I can get the bus from north or south
London, whichever is more convenient
for me?
Yes. Tickets are only £10 and are
available at both the Two Brewers
and Halfway II Heaven now. It’s very
good value, especially since every
place along the way usually provides
food, and of course there’ll be lots of
cabaret performances too. We do leave
bang on time though at midday, so if
you miss the bus you’ll have to catch
up with us yourself.
Do you think that there’ll be different
atmospheres on the two buses?
Well Halfway and the Brewers tend to
have slightly different crowds, so the
buses will probably reflect that. How
do I put this? Halfway might have a
slightly more mature crowd. That said,
after about ten minutes on the bus
and a couple of drinks it’ll probably be
the other way around. Both buses will
be full of fun though.
Will the two buses cross paths at all?
Yes, they should. There’ll probably
be one pub along the way where both
crowds will meet, so we’ll all be together at the same time at some point.
What are your fondest memories from
past bus runs?
Something funny always happens and
it’s always such a great event. Almost
everyone stays with the bus for the
whole route, although last year we lost
two people at The Stag. We picked up
some randoms along the way too.
Will you have any glamorous assistants
helping you on the bus?
I’ll be on board the Halfway bus with
Tanya Hyde and possibly Mrs. Moore,
while the Brewers bus will be hosted
by Heidi Liscious and Skinni Minni.
We’ll be making sure everyone gets
along. At 11am people are a little
more quiet, but after a couple of
doubles everyone’s singing along.
What about your partner in crime, Kelly
Mild? Will she be there?
She’s deserting me! She’s going to
Gran Canaria with her man for the
weekend. I can’t believe it.
And have you got any glamorous frocks
to wear on the day?
Yes! I’ll be running around in heels
with a glass of wine in my hand. Funnily enough we can all walk around
perfectly in our heels - it’s not easy
but we manage - but the guys in
trainers struggle. I’ll be changing my
costume at every venue. I usually run
off, change in the loo, and come out
with everyone desperate for a wee.
So you’ll be wearing a different dress at
each venue?
Yes, I’ll be carrying my trunk with me
and changing at each bar. I usually
theme my outfits. I haven’t decided
on the theme yet, but you’ll find out
on the day.
And will this event be raising any money
for charity?
It is, and that’s another reason why
it’s such a great event. The bars don’t
make any money from it. It’s all for
charity. Punters and the bars are very
generous and the money raised will go
to the HIV charity, The Food Chain.
And what are your plans for 2010?
Well I’m not trying to give up smoking,
that’s for sure. I’m with Kelly Mild
at Halfway II Heaven every Sunday
at 3pm, which is always really nice.
It’s just getting better and better. The
beginning of March is our second anniversary there so you can expect a big
party then.
• The Battle of the Bus Runs is on Saturday 6 February. Buses
depart from Halfway II Heaven and The Two Brewers at midday
sharp and the party starts at 11am. For full info visit their
Facebook page: Battle of the Bus Runs
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cabaret
Central Station
09.01.10
When we rocked up to cabaret hotspot
CENTRAL STATION last Saturday we
were expecting to roll about the floor
laughing with Drag With No Name.
But due to the adverse weather conditions (and we’re guessing a car manufactured before the noughties) Drag
With No Name was unable to attend,
so we were treated to a spectacular
performance from the equally fabulous
Wilma Fingerdoo instead.
Never one to let act of god or man
stand in her way, Wilma brought the
house down with a few crowd pleasers
before owner Martin took to the stage
for a jig with the artiste herself.
Continue the cabaret fun with pop
songstress Kelly Wilde this Friday (15
Jan) before Kevin Cruise sails back into
town this Saturday (16 Jan).
• Central Station, 37 Wharfdale
Road, King’s Cross, N1.
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cabaret news
Is anyone else bored shitless by this
weather? It’s so boring, especially
for us trannies. Trust us, scuttling
to Asda on the Old Kent Road in
hooker heels is not our favourite
way to spend a Saturday. So Mother
whore face Nature, sort it! hhh
With the cold and ice in mind, why
not cosy up to a transtastic goddess
this week? At the BLACK CAP (171
Camden High Street, NW1) this
Wednesday (20 Jan) Mrs Moore
and Trindy will be putting on a show.
Trust us, they’re the best double
act since Batman and Robin. Well, Cagney and Lacey at least. DJ Demon will also be
on the decks through the night too. Then it’s all aboard the cruise ship of comedy with
Kevin Cruise on Sunday (17 Jan), so expect a perma-tanned night of hilarious tunes and
cheese on toast tales from the biggest cruiser on the seven seas. The day after, Titti La
Camp and Voodoo Mick return for more duets, slapstick fun and chavtastic singing on
Sunday (17 Jan). hhh At CENTRAL STATION (37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1) on
Friday (15 Jan) pop diva Kelly Wilde will be singing her socks off to some seriously cool
tunes, while Kevin Cruise docks on Saturday (16 Jan) for a night of comedy. Next Friday
(22 Jan) grubby hooped whore Wilma Fingerdoo will be shaming the Fingerdoo family
name and sniffing out more cock while entertaining the bar. hhh We’re known for forgetting our name after a few gin and Dubbonets, but the man who never even bothered
to come up with a name to begin with, The Drag With No Name, will be hosting a night of
cabaret on Sunday (17 Jan) at THE STAG (15 Bressenden Place, Victoria, SW1). hhh
Meanwhile the delightful Dave Lynn will be at the TWO BREWERS (114 Clapham High
Street, Clapham, SW4) tonight (Thurs 14 Jan). Entry will be free before 10pm, £3 after.
The Boy George Experience is a busy boy this month. He’ll be appearing at the Brewers
on Saturday (16 Jan) for more Karma Chameleon fun, and he’ll also be up in E17 at THE
VICTORIA (15 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17) at the end of the month on Saturday (31
Jan) if you’re a north London lad. hhh As well as serving delish curries on Monday and
Tuesday from midday until 8pm for just £2.99, as well as selected drinks from £1.90,
this Sunday (17 Jan) at HALFWAY II HEAVEN Crystal D’Canter and Kelly Mild will be ruling
the roost at their Sunday party from 3pm. A word of warning though, the cabaret crew
are feeling mighty chilly at the moment, so do excuse us if we start rubbing your arse in
our face. We’re only trying to get the chill out of our cheeks.
556 Commercial Road,
London, E1
Tel: 020-7780 9870
The Boy George Experience
www.bjswhiteswan.com
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COME AND MEET YOUR MATCH
Miss Shirley
Where do you buy all your frocks
and wigs?
Anywhere and everywhere. I’m the
kind of girl that if I like it, I buy it!
eBay is fab for big wigs. Other than
that Pak’s wig store is amazing.
How would you describe your act?
I’m possibly the tallest lady ever
to grace the floor of a disco. I’m a
towering force of fun, banter and
entertainment who endeavours,
week in week out, to provoke a
reaction from clubbers with my
impromptu dance routines and
stage antics!
Who’s your cabaret idol? That’s a hard one as there are so
many talented acts out there, but
my favourite has to be Laquisha
Jonz and Kandi Kane-Baxter. Charlie, who created both characters,
is an amazing character actor and
always puts on a bloody good show.
Bette Rinse is an idol of mine too.
She’s given me so much fab advice
over time.
What’s been your most embarrassing
moment on stage?
Hmm, where to start? I have
tripped, stumbled and fallen out of
my outfit quite a few times. I think
the worst time was when I was
talking about Michelle McManus
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at a gig. I wasn’t being very nice
only to be told after the show that
she had been in the audience and
wanted to meet me. I got out of
there quicker than a tranny running
to a MAC make up sale!
What’s your best putdown? I have quite a sharp tongue and am
not afraid to use it. I think one of
my favourites has to be ‘You’re the
reason condoms were invented.’
Best show stopping song?
My favourite song to do is
‘Oops!...I’m Pregnant Again’. Although I’m probably best known for
‘Bimbo Girl’, a re-write of Aqua’s
‘Barbie Girl’.
Got any good make up tips?
A good foundation is a must and
as long as you don’t end up looking
like Coco the Clown I think you’re
half way there.
What else have you got coming up
gig wise?
With panto finished I’m now going
to be hosting Sex Factor at Escape
Kingston every Friday night. The
girls and boys stripping all have the
chance to win £100 each week.
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MEN
SOPHIE
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Gummi’s Rear
Of The Year
Contest
10.01.10
The GUMMI lads had a spanking good
first session of the decade last Sunday.
Not only was it their official housewarming party at new abode The Hoist, it
was also their annual REAR OF THE YEAR
CONTEST as well!
The rubber lovers of London wore
their best rubber chaps and bared each
of their arses for a panel of judges led
by promoter Andy Brodie before the
music kicked in and the crowd were left
to explore each and every corner of their
new home.
• Gummi is back with more horny
rubber fun on Sunday 14 February from 6pm until midnight at
The Hoist, 47 South Lambeth
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THE BRIGHTON SAUNA, formerly Oasis
and then Refresh, opened in July last
year and within a month had over 1,600
people register their details in time for a
super-busy Brighton Pride.
The venue offers a 15-man Jacuzzi,
15-man steam room, 15-seat cinema,
20-man sauna and 20 private cabins,
including four luxury cabins complete
with adult TV and private locker.
There are also five glory hole cabins,
watersports shower, three sling rooms,
darkroom with turntable, lounge, massage room, upright sunbed, eight showers and free towels, as well as snack bar
providing free tea, coffee and water.
The team have also launched a
series of theme nights. Bear Wednesdays
offers a cruisy mid-week evening for
bears and their admirers from 6pm,
Naked Thursdays urges you to leave your
towel in your locker, also from 6pm, and
Tuesdays see the most recent addition
to the sauna’s theme week – an all-day
Fetish and Watersports session. And for
easy cruising, customers can buy yellow
wristbands from reception to show other
customers they are into watersports.
And if that wasn’t enough, The
Brighton Sauna also has a VIP membership scheme where customers can get
benefits, freebies and special offers by
simply registering via text message. All
you have to do is text the word ‘VIP’ to
07786 201096 and it costs the price of
one standard text message.
If you’ve not been to The Brighton
Sauna yet then make it your January
task to do so. The staff are friendly
and polite, and the clientele are pretty
damn fine as well. It’s open Sunday to
Thursday from 10am until 1am, and
24 hours from 10am Friday until 1am
Monday morning. Standard entry is
£12, although there are many other
entry prices – see their website for all
the different options.
• The Brighton Sauna, 75 Grand
Parade, Brighton, BN2 9JA.
• www.thebrightonsauna.com
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Eagle Monday
Start the week with a crafty pint down
at EAGLE this MONDAY (18 Jan). Expect
a friendly mix of horny locals, cute
youngsters and older gents all after a
cold pint and chilled-out cruise. And
it helps the working week feel shorter,
which is always a plus!
• Eagle Monday is on this
Eagle Monday
Monday (18 Jan) from 9pm
until 2am at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11.
Hard-n-Horny
Popular cruise night HARD-N-HORNY returns to Union
next Thursday (21 Jan) for another five solid hours
of hot cock action from 10pm. There’s no dress code
either, which means you can turn up in your work
clothes, your gym kit or a soldier’s uniform if you really
want to.
• Fitladz members and MA1 Multipass
holders get in for free. Otherwise entry is £5,
which includes free coatcheck.
• Hard-n-Horny is on every Thursday
from 10pm until 2am at Union, 66 Albert
Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1.
Collared
Slaves and masters club night COLLARED returns to King’s Cross after its Christmas break next Saturday (23 Jan) where there’ll be sexy slave boys, lots of
equipment and plenty of demonstrations. Plus there’s no dress code! See
www.slavesandmasters.org for more information. Entry is £5.
• Collared is on next Saturday (23 Jan) from 7pm until midnight in
the Underground Bar at Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s
Cross, N1.
SM Gays
The SM GAYS swing back into Vauxhall with their Rope
Bondage event next Thursday (21 Jan). A team of experts
will show eager enthusiasts how to tie up your partners in
safe knots as well as offering other information about bondage. Next month sees sadomasochism on a shoestring with
Budget SM, whilst March explores CBT and Electro.
• SM Gays meet next Thursday (21 Jan) from 8pm
until midnight at The Hoist, 47 South Lambeth
The Play Pit
Hard-n-Horny
PLAY PIT fans should make their way down the Caledonian Road after their roast
chicken dinner this Sunday (17 Jan). The glory hole session kicks off from 3pm,
where entry is £6 for members or £8 for guests, followed by a briefs, boxers and
buff cruise session for those into underwear from 8pm.
• The Play Pit is on this Sunday (17 Jan) from 3pm until 1am at The
Play Pit, 357 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, N1.
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and again on Wednesday (20 Jan). Strip off, order
a pint and cruise over to the nearest hot hunk for a
chat. Liberation to the nation!
• Entry is £5 or £4 with the MA1
Multipass.
• Buff is on this Sunday (17 Jan) from
6pm until 10pm and this Wednesday (20
Jan) from 8pm until midnight at The
Backstreet, Wentworth Mews, Mile End,
E3.
• The Saunabar, 29 Endell
Street, Covent Garden, WC2.
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can concentrate well. You
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for work and an attention
to detail that other signs don’t come
close to. Utilise this power this week
and you’ll reach a new career high.
Top Tip: Use the force Gems.
CANCER
You’re not the emotional
sort. But despite being a
dry old stick you love
eliciting an emotional
reaction in others, mostly
by making people cry. Yep, you’re a
cunt like that. But the flaws you see in
others are actually a reflection of your
own problems, so think about that.
Top Tip: You’re the problem, not them.
LEO
Ruled by the Sun, Leos
can beam out a relaxing
warmth or scorch the shit
out of the other signs,
depending on their mood.
And since you’re also the only sign
that’s fixed, you tend to be inflexible
and stubborn. But everyone knows that
being burnt by Leo is grim, so focus on
being more flexible instead.
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Did you know that Virgo’s
number is 6? Did you also
know that that’s often
called the devil’s number,
which basically means
you’re the epitome of pure evil? This
week 6 will be an important number.
Check your bank balance. You might
be in for a nasty surprise.
Top Tip: 6 will be significant.
LIBRA
There was a time when
you appreciated things in
life: the sound of the rain
on the window or a phone
call from an old friend. But
lately things have been a blur. You don’t
notice the sky or that there was a naked
woman squatting on a traffic cone on
the tube this morning. Slow down.
Top Tip: Slow things down Libra.
SCORPIO
Deep down you’re
yearning for some dirty
sex. There was a time
when you thought you
were totally vanilla, but
that was before you tried tutti frutti.
There are plenty of places to head for a
kinky time. Whatever you’re into go to a
place where people know what they’re
doing. That way you’ll make sure your
night is more S&M than A&E.
Top Tip: Kick off 2010 with some kink.
SAGITTARIUS
Sad old Sagi. No matter
what you do you just can’t
seem to shift that old
feeling inside. Whether it
was a parent, lover or
friend, someone used to put you down,
or bring out the worst in you. But the
key words are ‘used to’. That was the
past, so don’t be a prisoner to it. Free
yourself for the future.
Top tip: Forget the past.
CAPRICORN
Quentin Crisp was a
Capricorn, so unless you
have a penchant for purple
hair and dainty hats,
you’ve probably got a
quick wit. This week use it to the
maximum. Everywhere you go people
will be charmed by your humour. Don’t
think so? Just you wait. Get back in
touch with friends you haven’t seen
since Christmas and you’ll see.
Top Tip: Get socialising.
AQUARIUS
Yes the snow and ice has
been a total pain, but
there’s no need to lose
your rag (and control of
your bowels) every time
you’re delayed on public transport. Are
you really in that much of a rush to get
home? Your place is poorly heated and
shabbily decorated, so just relax and
don’t get in such a tizz.
Top Tip: What’s the rush, Aquarius?
PISCES
Have you been thinking
about opening your
relationship lately? Part of
you wants your man to
yourself, but another side
of you would love to see him rogering a
total stranger. Tread carefully though,
once you let this particular genie out of
the bottle there’s no going back.
Remember that sometimes fantasies
are better left as just that.
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Would gay marriages be a reality under
a Tory government?
Political blogs are discussing whether gay marriage may be a reality
under a Conservative leadership. Pundits say it could help the party
win votes from gay people still angry at Section 28 and Tory policies of
the past. The party says there has been ‘very limited’ discussion of gay
marriage itself but that it is interested in gay people’s views on whether
proper marriage would be favourable to the current civil partnerships.
British gay Muslims made homeless
An increasing number of young gay Muslims are being made homeless after fleeing forced marriages, according to a charity. The Albert
Kennedy Trust which supports gay runaways says they have witnessed an
increase in the last six months and that some have also been subjected
to violence.
Proposition 8 legal bid begins
A legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, which bans same sex
marriage in the state, began this week. So far gay couples have given
intimate accounts of their private and public lives discussing the ‘disappointment’ and ‘shame’ of not being able to legally wed. The court has
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song Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel
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Gay couple imprisoned in Malawi
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couple were imprisoned for holding
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Malawi, where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by 14 years in
prison. Gay rights campaigners and
Amnesty International are calling for
their release. They are due to be tried
this weekend. In a letter to British
campaigner Peter Tatchell they said
they were suffering ‘appalling’ conditions in prison and had been threatened with physical examinations to
determine whether they had had sex.
IBM named top gay employer
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• For those who have eaten too
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three ways to do this. 1) Reduce the
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put in. 3) A combination of the two –
the most effective way.
• A good way to burn fat is through
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of high intensity have been proven to
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CARTOONS
Cartoonist David
Shenton tells us
about his love of
animation and breaks
down what can take
you from being a
scribbler to a star.
I
was an art teacher and had
a big painting exhibition in
Manchester and The Guardian
wrote how delicate and feminine
my lines were, so I thought the
gay press would come down,
but they didn’t, so I sent them a
cartoon where there was an exhibition of a big male nude, saying,
‘I expect it’s the token male nude
so he can get a write-up in Gay News.’ Then they became interested in my cartoons and I started working more and more for the
gay press and they’ve accumulated over the years.
I started doing them for Gay News in 1978. At first I just did
cartoons for fun. I was a barfly and clubber and I’d listen in to
conversations and things would strike me as funny, so I’d go home
and draw them. But after HIV came, people wanted more serious
topics and so I
got a bit more
political.
I did a big
soap cartoon
for about five
years for Boyz,
and it was called Prisoners of Love. That was really great fun to
do, because everything else was very serious at the time. I was
criticising health organisations for their safe sex campaigns which
no-one was paying any attention to. They had all these
pics of men just sleeping on
each other, which were so
boring. When I took the mick,
they noticed my cartoons and
asked me to do cartoons for
them so that they would reach
gay men in places like the
leather bars.
I think cartoonists have
to be cheeky and you get
noticed if you’re cheeky. If you
can get a snide point across
without being too vicious. I
think that’s the skill of being a
great cartoonist. You take the
issue, move it sideways and
do a lateral point on the piece.
My dad was a poster
writer for all the cinemas and
then he went on to do the
oranges and lemons that go
inside one-armed bandits. I always helped him out. I was supposed to take his business over until he found out I was gay. But
because he was self-employed, I knew I could be self-employed
too without worrying.
The cartoonist I liked the most was the guy who did St Trinian’s, Ronald Searle. That was back in the 1950s I think and it’s
still popular today - Rupert Everett is Miss Fritton in the films!
Ronald Searle’s
drawings are
really long and
scratchy and
everyone looks like
death warmed-up.
Lots of people have
tried to copy him but haven’t pulled it off. He used to be in all the
papers like The Daily Express, which was the most popular paper
in those days. I’m not really stuck on American superhero comics,
but I do like American romance comics.
Cartoonists are very insular and often work in back rooms on
upside down tea trays. I have an exhibition on at the moment with
Kate Charlesworth and we dominated the gay press in 80s and
90s. Without noticing it, we’ve written a gay history, which involves
the clothes people wore and what they said.
Mostly I do four frame strips for my comics, which is classic.
I take something and make a joke of it. I think cartoons should
be looked at, read and flipped over. I think you should be able to
read them in 30 seconds. I suppose mine are neat and linear, a bit
elegant. Mostly they’re in black and white because they’re in the
paper, but it’s nice to have them in colour when you can.
There are so many good cartoonists out there and graphic
novels are finally hitting Britain. There are lots of women doing
them: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Fun Home by Alison
Bechdel. It’s happening, but very slowly. All the manga things are
coming over from Japan too and graphic novel sections are much
bigger than they used to be, which I think is amazing.
I think people are a bit snooty about cartoons here in the UK
and people pretend not to be able to read them properly too. They
make out like they don’t know how to jump from one square to
next. And people think that they’re trashy, but I think that’s part of
their appeal.
‘Cartoonists are very insular and often work
in back rooms on upside down tea trays.’
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