Tag: party

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Really A Shameless Party!

While I was away for Spring Break I missed all the juicy shit about this year's GayVN Awards out in San Francisco. Thanks to the sweet boys at The Sword I understand everyone got a live broadcast to watch the whole show streamed live and judging from the over 200 plus comments on the GayVN Awards Report article you guys really put your voices to work. I think Just One Hot Minute scored the most comments for any blog post about the Awards! Kudos to The Sword for the feed and a job well done getting the stream live to all the viewers world-wide who stayed out of the way of this year's most talked about neck slashing event. Check out The Sword for a great collection of the after party photos.

You could say that the drama started last year when porn producers Raging Stallion released the film that ended up sweeping the night's awards, their glossy controversial porn noir "To The Last Man" walked away with over a dozen awards. When "To The Last Man" was released, it was highly criticized for the graphic violence depicted in the cowboy drama, making it a veritable gay porn Deadwood. It's throat-slashings, hangings, and various murders mixed with sex got it called a "snuff film" while others praised it for high production values and attention to plot -- an unflinching portrayal of murderous characters, just like in Hollywood films -- but with sex. Check Out Queer Me Now for more about "To The Last Man."

Earlier that day, Michael Lucas had made it his mission to top Brent Corrigan and get Corrigan off the list of presenters. Despite the strange fact that Lucas had negotiated with Corrigan in 2006 to perform in one of his films and recently visited J1HM and took a good look at MJ Taylor's The Big Easy article and was so kind to drop his two cents in the comment board and didn't fuss about Brent Boy then. Although he did say, "see you guys in SF in a couple weeks." At around 4:00 PM Lucas Twittered, "I just had Brent Corrigan kicked out of the GayVN Awards tonight... that criminal brat has put too many in this industry at risk already." But Lucas was unsuccessful, and it was the beginning of a long, angry night.

 

The onstage explosion he made was just plain grandstanding in my opinion. Michael needs to get his prescription medication changed if he is going to drink all the booze and hang out with that crazy bunch of "pump-him-up queens" he works with. At the after party, stories conflict about the events as they unfolded, but there was some sort of confrontation between Lucas and Corrigan's boyfriend, prompting Lucas after the party to call the SFPD to Corrigan's hotel room not once, but twice. Corrigan's boyfriend ended up in the hallway in cuffs, but no arrest has been reported as of NOW.

Sister Roma dropped the question on Mason Wyler about all that crazy shit he told everyone online about getting raped by an army captain last year. And can you believe after 8 months he still thinks people fell for that bullshit story? Many bloggers accused Mason of fabricating the story for press. Mason may be as much of an attention whore as he is a cock whore, but the people at The Sword never "doubted his story." Click Here to watch the video where he speaks out against the haters.  You'd think that would be enough drama. Margaret Cho's song about Ricky Sinz's, award-winning penis (he won "Best Top.") was enough to make a billy-goat choke. She needs to go do that shit on Logo's lesbian hour time slot. I'll spare you the link to that video.

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Rites Of Spring

Every Easter weekend for the last 20 years, gay men have stormed to Palm Springs for Jeffrey Sanker's White Party. Set to celebrate its 20th anniversary next weekend, it's equal parts dance, pool, costume and networking extravaganza and has grown from a smallish spring bash on the outskirts of acceptability to a mainstream party that attracts nearly 30,000 revelers.

"There have been challenging years," says Sanker in an interview with the LA Times, now one of the gay community's most visible night life and entertainment producers. "Years ago, there was a right-wing Republican mayor who didn't want gay people in the city, and his daughter protested against us at the convention center. Now I'm receiving the key to the city and a proclamation from the mayor."

Sanker moved to Los Angeles from New York City in 1987, after working at now classic clubs including Studio 54, the Limelight and the Palladium. He visited Palm Springs a year later and fell in love with it.

"The weekend started as a getaway for all my friends," he says. "It was to celebrate the rites of spring. That's why it's the White Party, because everybody looks good in white." The first White Party drew 500 people and was held at the Marquis, "the only hotel at the time that was open to hosting a gay event," says Sanker.

He considers 1992 a tipping point. "We took rooms at the Hilton and the Wyndham, and it started to become more mainstream." In 1991, then-Mayor Sonny Bono was cracking down on spring break. "That's when the gay community really moved in," says Sanker. "They liked us. We're generally an affluent group, we shop and eat in nice restaurants, so we beat out spring break."

The White Party is one of the biggest parties of its kind in the U.S., Sanker says, and it has come to attract an impressive roster of performers.

This year's headliner is nouveau house-in-hot-pants singer Lady GaGa, who just last year performed as the third act at the pool party, during the day, which Sanker says is "about as low on the totem pole as you can get." Hers is the "fastest rise for any performer that I've ever seen," says Sanker.

In 2001, Jennifer Lopez performed. Sanker says her manager contacted him, something that happens often when artists want to "say thank you to the gay community" or simply break into it. "At that point, she had only performed live about four times," says Sanker. "She came out in her Easter bonnet and knee-high boots, and 5,000 people were screaming. You could see her beaming." Does Sanker think the sour economy will keep the party down this year? Not at all. "People still want to have fun. Instead of two people to a room, there are four. They carpool, and there's a layaway ticket that a lot of people are taking advantage of," he says.

This year's theme is superheroes. "We want to keep appealing to the twentysomething crowd who likes dress-up parties," says Sanker. "Things change since you're 22," he adds, putting on his glasses to read from a mayoral proclamation that designates next weekend as the "White Party 20th Anniversary Commemoration Weekend" and concludes, "in grateful appreciation of the work accomplished on behalf of the tens of thousands of gay tourists from around the world who arrive in our diverse community of Palm Springs, California."

VISIT SANKER'S OFFICIAL WHITE PARTY WEBSITE FOR MORE

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Is Crystal Uncool?

As anyone who went clubbing or to one of those multi-party Circuit weekends in the late ’90s or early ’00s knows, Miss Tina (as crystal methamphetamine is known among its gay users) was an essential part of staying awake and having sex--plenty of sex, much of it unsafe.

But how much is tina use ebbing among the affluent gay men who were at the forefront of the epidemic--and, not incidentally, have been at the forefront of efforts to stop its rampant use? Anecdotal evidence points to programs that began with activist Peter Staley’s bus and telephone-kiosk ads in New York City’s Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods as making tina uncool (or at least less cool). But how effective have they been?

For those who track crystal meth usage among gay and bisexual men, once again, knowledge is power. But a lack of coordinated information as well reluctance on the part of state and federal funders to acknowledge the link between drug use and sexuality often hinders or dilutes their efforts.

Read Scott Stiffler's Complete Story: Is Crystal Uncool? Gay Men’s Love Affair With Tina May Be O-Vah at San Francisco Edge

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The JustCircuit Awards

Nominations are now being accepted for the 4th Annual JustCircuit Awards and JustCircuit Hall of Fame. Anyone may nominate in any of the Awards and Hall of Fame categories listed.  Simply click on the link below to visit the Awards page and enter your choices.  You have until 11:59PM on January 31 to submit your choices and also to register your free membership in order to be eligible to vote and receive a ballot.  If you are already a registered member, you will automatically receive your ballot in February. ***Please note: you must re-register your membership if you registered more than six months ago.

Beginning February 1, the top five nominated in each category will be placed on the official JustCircuit Awards™ and JustCircuit Hall of Fame™ ballot which will go to every registered member who has registered before that date.  Voting will continue until February 15, with results announced shortly thereafter.

JustCircuit is the industry leader in providing the Circuit with news and information related to parties, fundraisers, music, DJs and more.  They proudly honor the best of the best within the Circuit and encourage you to particpate in this unique recognition process!

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The Bachelor Party

Best Men, Pt. 1 - The Bachelor Party Lucky Tony Capucci is getting married so his buddies decide to throw him the biggest, raunchiest and most unforgettable send-off before his big day. And Las Vegas is the perfect setting for the anticipated fireworks. Starring Falcon Exclusive Tony Capucci as the groom, "Best Men" is a classic Las Vegas bachelor party tale of pre-wedding pranks, drinking and sexual debauchery. The film weaves between the sexual encounters each member of the bachelor party experiences. The film features the now infamous oral-only scene between two of the industry’s biggest names.

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Gay party, Southern Decadence, affected by Hurricane Gustav

Urgent notice from the Southern Decadence website. The New Orleans-based event is the largest gay party that occurs annually in the southern US, and it was expected to draw over one million participants. However, the possibility of a Category 4 or 5 Hurricane Gustav passing over Louisiana is quite high. And the city's Mayor, Ray Nagin, has called for a total evacuation in an attempt to avoid a tragedy similar to what happened 3 years ago with Hurricane Katrina. Southern Decadence

Southern Decadence, the largest gay festival in the South, had hardly begun when thousands of people Saturday night were told to flee New Orleans as hurricane Gustav continued to barrel down on the Gulf Coast.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin used stark language at a Saturday night news conference to urge residents to get out of the city, calling Gustav the “storm of the century.”

“This is the real deal, not a test,” Nagin said as he issued the evacuation order Saturday night. “For everyone thinking they can ride this storm out, I have news for you: that will be one of the biggest mistakes you can make in your life.”

Gustav already has killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean.

Nagin’s evacuation order is the first test of a revamped evacuation plan designed to eliminate the chaos, looting and death that followed Katrina.

The city will not offer emergency services to those who choose stay behind, Nagin said, and there will be no “last resort” shelter as there was during Katrina, when thousands suffered inside a squalid Superdome. The city said in a news release that those not on their property after the mandatory evacuation started would be subject to arrest.

Many residents didn’t need to be ordered, with an estimated 1 million people fleeing the Gulf Coast on Saturday by bus, train, plane and car. They clogged roadways, emptied gas stations of fuel and jammed phone circuits.

Southern Decadence, held over the Labor Day Weekend, regularly attracted more than 100,000 people and had been one of the city’s biggest moneymakers. This year, attendance was lower, as concerns mounted that Gustav was heading toward the Big Easy.

The party has had its detractors in a city known for hard partying.  In 2003, the state legislature passed a new indecency law that bans public nudity.

The festival also has been the target of evangelical preacher Rev Grant E. Storms, who leads a small group of demonstrators through the throngs on Bourbon Street. In the wake of Katrina some conservative church leaders said the devastation was the result of God’s wrath on gays.

Most people fled New Orleans as Katrina approached, but a small number of people remained in the city, and amid the destruction a small parade behind a tattered rainbow flag made its way up Bourbon Street in an unofficial celebration of Southern Decadence.  The group - about two dozen people - all said they lived in the largely gay French Quarter.  Defiant, they said they were not about to flee the community despite orders from the city to do so.

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GAY PRIDE GETS COCKY, FROM COAST TO COAST

Beverly Hills, CA – As Gay Pride comes to Cockyboys.com’s home town – Los Angeles, California – Cockyboys.com kicks off a weekend long celebration on both coasts.  In Los Angeles, Cockyboys will be hosting three nights at the hottest clubs in the City – right in the heart of Pride. 

Kicking things off this Friday June 6th CockyBoys.com and Jeffery Sanker invite you to "Flesh" at Eleven in West Hollywood from 10pm to 2 am.  On hand to stir up the crowd will be the hottest guys on the web- Cockyboys.com exclusives, Phenix Saint, Andrew Blue, MJ taylor, Ace Sinclair and Bekim.  The guys will be there in the flesh to get you all worked up and ready for pride weekend.  There will be tons of giveaways and chances for you to meet your favorite Cockyboy.

Saturday night Cockyboys.com keeps the party going, bringing you "Club Destination" at West Hollywood staple venue "HERE" from 9pm to 2am.  On hand will be Cockyboys Phenix Saint, Andrew Blue, MJ Taylor, Ace Sinclair and Bekim to heat up the audiences with giveaways and performances all night long. Wrapping up LA pride weekend in style on Sunday June 8th  Cockyboys.com  invites you to party at LA Hotspot  AREA  from 9pm to 2am with Cockyboy's exclusives Tory Mason, Phenix saint, Andrew blue, Mj Taylor and more on hand to bring Pride to a close with a bang and make you glad that you decided to come “out”. During the day on Saturday June 7th and Sunday June 8^th at the Pride festival in West Hollywood Cockyboys.com's own Phenix Saint and others will be at the ID GLIDE booth in from 12pm to 6pm meeting fans and handing out more giveaways.  “Los Angeles is our town.  I wanted go all out to introduce visitors to the hottest night clubs, Cockyboys style.  We picked the top LA nightspots to really give everyone a sense of the best of LA, and pour out the most hospitality we can,” said Kyle Majors.

While we’re bringing the action to Los Angeles, our boys are doing double duty bringing the heat to the east coast simultaneously.  The Cockyboys will be holding court at Gay Days Orlando.  Exclusives including Mega Star Jesse Santana, Guy Parker, Bobby Clark, Ridge Michaels, Sean Preston, Riley Burke, and Felix Andrews will all be at the CockyBoys.com booth on Friday June 6^th,  Saturday June 7th and Sunday June 9^th at the World Famous Parliament House Resort for Gay Days.  There will be CockyBoys.com giveaways, ID Glide giveaways and a whole lot more all weekend long.  

“We are thrilled to be hosting so many events at such great venues on both coasts to celebrate pride.” Said Kyle Majors, “it’s a reflection of how far we’ve come in a short period of time. It’s also a chance to connect one on one with the fans, and return some of the hospitality and support that our members have shown to us in our first ten months.”

CockyBoys.com invites everyone to come enjoy Cockyboys hospitality in our hometown of Los Angeles, or at our favorite vacation spot Orlando, Florida.  Come out, meet your favorite guys, and have a blast.

“Our guys are modeling sex for people but they are also embodying the attitude of strength and pride, or “cockiness” that too many guys don’t have. Our guys show others how to be comfortable with themselves, whether it be one of our gay or straight stars.” Said Majors.

There is no bigger or better events on either coasts to celebrate Gay Pride weekend.  Come down and be proud with a bunch of cocky studs.

Celebrate pride with Cockyboys.com, there are no hotter guys or events to celebrate your love of cock.

Feeling Cocky? See for yourself. Check out www.cockyboys.com.