David Magazine | Atlanta Issue 605

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DAVID ATLANTA MAGAZINE 1874 Piedmont Avenue 390-C Atlanta, GA 30324 Mon-Fri 9:30am-6:00pm Phone: 404.418.8901 Fax: 404.418.8901 ext. 7 www.davidatlanta.com mail@davidatlanta.com publisher Matt Neumann matt@davidatlanta.com

creative Scott Harriman photography Brian Sawyer Matt Neumann Adam Lowe Jesus De La Cruz

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national ad rep Rivendell Media 908.232.2021 contributors Luis Chiruco David Muller Bhairavi Bhatt

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cover Scissor Sisters: Jake Shears Photo: Courtesy

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JAKE SHEARS WORK HARD

By Sean Johnson

To promote the new Scissor Sisters album NIGHTWORK, the band’s front man Jake Shears placed an ad, including erotic nude photos, on the male escort site, Rentboy.com. He lists his talents as “go-go dancing and stripping” and his out rate as $11.99, the price of the new album.

We chatted with Shears as he prepared to embark on a 26-city world tour to promote the album.

Do you have a fascination with rentboys?

Jake Shears: Rentboys and sex workers operate outside the lines of our society.

They make their living through sex and showing people a good time. We, in the band, feel we’re on the same team.

Except you’re not selling sex.

There should be no shame in using sex as self-employment. I have an incredible amount of respect for sex workers. I think it’s a fully valid profession that deserves to be treated as any other.

The Nightwork album cover is a photograph of a ballet dancer’s butt by artist Robert Mapplethorpe.

Mapplethorpe was someone who relentlessly explored pushing his own limits.

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According to Patti Smith’s memoir “Just Kids”, Mapplethorpe worked as a street hustler in New York City to support himself as a struggling artist. Reportedly, he loved the mystery and glamour of the hustler lifestyle.

He was a fascinating man. By all means an outsider who was turned on by very dark stuff. He was able to turn those influences into something incredibly beautiful.

Is it true you worked as a go-go dancer in New York City?

Go-go dancing is what got me into performing in the first place. It was a great way for me to get up in front of a bunch of people, shake it and not be shy. When I started getting bored with it, I wondered how I going to make it more interesting for me. That’s when I started singing.

Has your go-go past helped you in your career today?

There’s not a huge difference to what I did then and what I do now on stage.

How do you feel about today’s party scene?

I think it’s a great time right now for

dance music. There’s so much good stuff coming out, and I feel like it’s a great time for people to really dive in.

Invisible Light is a particular standout on the album. It’s a magic, mystical dance song with overtones of Gandalf, Lord of the Rings and Pink Floyd.

It’s about tripping the light fantastic. I wanted to make a song that brought you to the edge of a void. It really takes you to Mars. It’s like just staring into a storable light.

Has your singing style changed with this third album? I hear less falsetto—which you are known for—and more passionate mid-range singing.

I wanted to rely less on the falsetto, to give people an idea of what kind of range I can really do. I wanted to sound a bit sexier this time around.

And Ana Matronic appears more on the new album.

Ana’s on this record more than ever and has also co written more tracks than ever before.

Tell us about your new musical based on Amistead Maupin’s Tales of the City.

Everybody’s a ho in Tales! No, really.

It’s a very sex-positive show, and there is plenty of gay action. In a lot of ways it’s a really queer musical, though I think it will accessible to just about anybody. It’s cowritten with Jeff Whitty of Avenue Q fame.

Do you have a final message you’d like to relay to the thousands of rentboys around the world?

Fight for your rights and never let anybody make you feel less than the truly beautiful person that you are.

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Thursday Aug. 19

AEN Third Thursday Networking

Wednesday Aug. 18 Barry Brandon at Outwrite

7:30 p.m. Come hear up and coming local artist Barry Brandon as he performs at Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 991 Piedmont Ave. FREE. Special guests Kyle Kirkland and Tim Essary. For more information go to www. outwritebooks.com.

Let’s Chat

7:00 p.m. Butch? Femme? How does the modern gay man define himself and how does he define masculinity? What makes a man? This discussion is led by the Gay Men’s Outreach Program at AID Atlanta. AID Atlanta,

6:30 p.m. Palomar Hotel, 866 West Peachtree Street NW. Bring your business cards to network and come meet guest speaker Donna Garland from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For more information, go to www.aen.org

Ay Papi! Let’s Party

10 p.m. at The Heretic, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd. Café Con Leche brings Latin flare to its Red Lounge every Thursday night. Come party with Papi, his shooter boys and his go go boys. Special show at midnight. This is the place to be for Latin tribal beats with New York City style.

Friday Aug. 20

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6:30 p.m. Fernbank Museum, 767 Clifton Rd. Looking for something fun and different?

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Shopping and F**king Onstage

8 p.m. at Onstage Atlanta, 2597 N. Decatur Road. The Process Theatre Company presents the Southeastern premiere of

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“Shopping and F**king” by Mark Ravenhill.

ATTN: Show contains nudity, for ages 18 and older. This dark comedy follows three young Brits in London who sell drugs, sex, and what is left of their souls to survive. Ravenhill plays comedy and ugliness against each other, drawing the audience in with laughter, then dousing them with the cold shock of brutality. August 13 – September 4. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 5pm.

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Saturday Aug. 21 Akoma Book Club

10:30 a.m. Discussion of “The 5 Love Languages” at Charis Books and More, 1189 Euclid Ave. in Little 5 Points. The Akoma Book Club (of Women Healing Women) meets at Charis Books & More on the third Saturday of each month. This book club is open to any woman seeking camaraderie with like-minded women for fun, selfempowerment and growth. Even if you haven’t read the book, but are willing to

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talk about the principles in the book, you can join us for a lively discussion. For more information go to www.charisbooksandmore. com.

Scissor Sisters in Concert

8 p.m. at Buckhead Theater, 3110 Roswell Rd. Queer rockers Scissor Sisters kick off their North American Tour in Atlanta. With a mix of rock, pop and dance inspired burlesque, drag queens and glam rock, Scissor Sisters latest album, “Night Work,” has been hailed as one of Spin.com’s “25 Summer Albums That Matter Most,” and launched to the Top 10 of iTunes’ Top Albums chart within a week of its release. Opening act Sammy Jo. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $31 and available at www.ticketmaster.com.

Sunday Aug. 22 Church Services

Attend one of Atlanta’s many gay or gay

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friendly churches. Some of these churches include: St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, St. Mark United Methodist Church, and First MCC of Atlanta. Check websites for times, locations, and more information.

Lookin’ For Some Hot Stuff!

8 p.m. Legendary disco diva Donna Summer comes to Chastain Park Amphitheater.

Summer’s many number one hits from the 1970s include “Love to Love You Baby,” “Last Dance,” “Bad Girls” and “She Works Hard for the Money.” She was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums hit number one on the U.S. Billboard chart and the first female artist to have four number one singles in a thirteen-month period. She has sold more than 130 million records worldwide.

Tickets available online at ticketmaster.com.

Monday Aug. 23 Karaoke Idol

9:30 p.m. at Burkhart’s. Karaoke Idol hosted

by Richard. Everyone is welcome to sing, and you can choose to compete to be the winner of the night. Join Burkhart’s every Monday and Wednesday for the competition. For more information go to www.burkharts.com

Tuesday Aug. 24

Get Your (Horror) Freak On

7:30 Horror fans, come meet author and horror movie aficionado Don Sumner at Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse. He will be discussing his new book, “Horror Movie Freak,” which comes with a free copy of George Romero’s classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” He will also be giving an overview of his all time favorite horror flicks. Sumner is the CEO of Horror Freaks Media LLC, has served as the expert on horror movie locales for USA Today, and is committed to countering the unenlightened views of movie critics who do not really “get” horror - the dreaded “horror intelligencia. Sumner also serves as editor and webmaster of the site best-horror-movies.com.

This event is free. For more information go to www.outwritebooks.com.

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High Museum of Art (ongoing through Jan. 9, 2011) Tuesdays – Saturdays 10 – 5 (extended hours Thursdays til 8) and Sundays 12- 5. This is the first major exhibition that focuses on the last half of surreal artist Salvador Dalí’s career. In the late 1930s he went through a radical change in which he embraced Catholicism, developed the concept of nuclear mysticism and, in effect, reinvented himself as an artist. Comprising more than 40 paintings and a related group of drawings, prints and other Dalí ephemera, Salvador Dalí: The Late Work will explore the artist’s enduring fascination with science, optical effects and illusionism as well as his connections to such artists and celebrities of the 1960s and 1970s as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning and Alice Cooper. For more information or tickets online,

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A R M A O R MO ARM ORRREETTTTES ETTEESS August 21 starts the beginning of what hopes to be a great combination between two of the oldest institutes of Atlanta, The Heretic and The Armorettes-The Infamous Camp Drag Queens of The South. Several months ago, Alan Collins, manager and part owner of The Heretic, approached Joseph Johnson, Co-chair of The Armorettes and also 14 year drag persona Knomie Moore-The Trailer Park Princess. Alan suggested an old time Armorette show like the group use to do at The Armory over 9 years ago. After several meetings of the group and with Heretic management came a once a month show on every third Saturday night starting at 8 PM. Both The Armorettes and The Heretic staff are very excited as what this may bring back to our community.

Ray, Alan’s other half and also part owner, said that we need some excitement again and hopes this will help to do it. The plan is to use the old Armorette format, but to incorporate some new surprises also. This month, to help start the event off, Bubba D. Licious will be there to do a number and also help out with that mouth that has made her famous. Plans are to incorporate as many groups and parts of our community as possible and hopefully to unite us in a cause, once again.

The shows at The Heretic will benefit a different AIDS Service Organization each month, and will be given to them that night. The first show will benefit Someone Who Cares. Also, starting next month, look out for other fundraiser’s, Such as beer bust, car wash’s in the parking lot, or any of that old school Armorette ways of craziness.

The Armorettes want the community to know that this will not take away from their weekly show at Blake’s on The Park and want to encourage them to support them at that show also.

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Momma Mona Happy End of July Everyone! enough for you?

Has it been hot

For Momma Mona, this is already week 5 responding to YOU through David Atlanta Magazine.

While most of the great pics in David Atlanta sport young to early 30s, the emails I receive seem to have a greater age dispersion from early 20s all the way to my age and above, as shown from last week’s posting. This tells me David Atlanta taps into quite a generation span.

Here’s a general birth year breakdown of the generations in America that are representative of the David Atlanta population: Late 1970s – early 2000s = Generation Y, The Millennials Early 1960s – late 1970s = Generation X Mid 1940s – mid 1960s = Baby Boom Generation So, Generation Y ages are approximately between 18 – 33; Generation X between 30 - 45; and Baby Boom Generation between 45 - 65.

Does this age diversity of 21-65 interact well together, or is there a tendency of age segregation?

In the Gay Community, age 30 is pretty traumatic and teeters one into the older Generation X category.

But, once there and beyond, there’s some pretty attractive psychological and emotional changes that occur. What’s your thoughts, observations and preferences on this topic?

Email MommaMona@DavidAtlanta.com to be a part of this popular culture exploration!

Dear Momma Mona, That was pretty interesting stuff about people preferring “polygamy” (had to google this!). But, it makes such sense. I’m the one who usually bows out because of different things.

Usually stupid little things. I’ve really been giving it some thought and trying to figure out why I can’t seem to stay with it like some of my other friends. Last week’s writing opened my eyes that maybe nothing is wrong with me for not doing the long term thing. Maybe that’s just the way I’m suppose to be. So you think it’s normal then for people to not stay in long term relationships? I’m 27 and the longest one I’ve had is about 5 months.

Tell me I’m NORMAL

Dear NORMAL (yes and why not?)

It may certainly be that it is your “normal” to enjoy many relationships as opposed to just one. If variety is the spice of life, then you are making it happen for you!

But, let me clarify the definitions of polygamy and monogamy. Polygamy is simply having more than one relationship going on at the same time, not moving monogamously from one relationship to another.

Now, accolades to you for taking the time to reevaluate your behavioral tendencies because there could be other variables feeding into your seeming propensity to move around so much in the relationship field. When I wrote about polygamy vs monogamy, the difference was not just sexual. As humans, we naturally crave relationship and intimacy as basic needs. If you are not maintaining any long term relationships at all, then you are doing well to hit the pause button in your social life and figure it out.

According to Attachment Theory in adult romantic relationships, there are four styles of attachment that have been identified in adults: secure, anxiouspreoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and fearfulavoidant.

Very, very, very, basically, Attachment Theory operates under the premise that we are biologically driven to seek and form attachments with others and our ability to do so is governed by our very early learning experiences with our primary caregivers, which form our internal working models for all future relationships. Breathe…..that was a long-ass sentence!

So, if we had a secure attachment with our primary caregivers (mother, father, grandmother, etc.), then for the most part, we hold a belief and expectation for emotionally secure and stable love relationships – monogamously or polygamously.

About 60% of the population is supposed to have this positive type of secure attachment style. The other 40% of us did not experience and hence did not develop a secure attachment style and therefore struggle with intimacy. While attachment style tends to be stable throughout one’s lifetime, it CAN change through counseling and positive experience.

So, if you are not experiencing the depth of intimacy you would like within yourself, then your early attachment bonds may be the culprit. To learn more about attachment theory, check it out at www.

Wikipedia.org. IF you think you need to take your learning experience further, seek out an attachment theory specialist in counseling. This is deep stuff.

And, this is only one other variable I spoke about earlier. There could be yet other variables that influence your desire to not pursue a long-er term relationship.

Anyone out there with some thoughts for NORMAL?

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la nota rosa

by Luis Chiruco

LAS RUPTURAS - Lo hemos dejado. Era una tontería alargar algo que no tenía ya sentido.

- ¿Pero nos a pasado algo? ¿Ha habido terceras personas?

- No, simplemente que se apagó la llama.

Estábamos bajo mínimos. Ya nada nos hacía ilusión. Cada uno, aunque seguíamos juntos, miraba a un lado.

Ayer me lo contaba un amigo. Estaba tranquilo, aunque supongo que la procesión iría por dentro.

Se suele pensar que las razones de la ruptura de una pareja son siempre o casi siempre externas, y yo, en parte por experiencia y en parte por cosas que oigo, he llegado a la conclusión de que cualquier relación la rompe la rutina, la monotonía, la falta de ilusión, el egoismo, el no mirar con los ojos del otro...

Es como si nos relajáramos. En el caso de mi amigo, es eso lo que ha pasado: parecía una pareja que iba a durar siempre. Se les veía muy bien juntos, pero nada es eterno. Y aún así, los humanos (gays o no) siempre volveremos a tropezar en la “misma piedra”, o por lo menos lo intentaremos, porque, en el fondo, y aunque digamos lo contrario, nos gusta esa sensación de querer y sentirnos queridos. Lo que ocurre es que muchas veces no sabemos administrar ese amor, así a lo bestia, y cuando lo tenemos no lo valoramos lo suficiente, o sí, pero nos olvidamos de épocas o tiempos en los que lo ansíabamos como si nos fuera la vida en ello.

Tendría que haber un manual de la “perfecta relación”, e irlo repasando día a día, para saber cómo reaccionar ante tal o cual situación, que te diera ideas para avivar esa llama de la que hablaba mi amigo antes de que se convierta en ceniza, en definitiva, que nos diera la fórmula para mantener la capacidad de sorpresa, aunque estés con alguien a quien ya conozcas perfectamente.

Es como cuando te sacas la licensia de conducir: la teoría la podemos dominar, pero lo difícil es la práctica...bueno, y no quedarse en punto muerto.

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Estos días he estado de bajón. Lo reconozco.

Supongo que será una racha. Espero que no dure más de la cuenta.

En el último comentario me refería a lo que cuesta encontrar a alguien especial, cómplice, con quien tener un proyecto común de vida, en definitiva, tener a alguien al lado que te quiera y a quien querer. En teoría debería ser fácil encontrarlo, pero en la práctica cuesta. Y mucho.

Si en estos tiempos eres alguien que habla de tener unos ciertos valores, unos ciertos principios, una cierta forma de ver las relaciones personales que no pasen por el culto al cuerpo, por darle la mayor importancia al físico por encima de otras cualidades y por tener sexo con cuantos más mejor, te va a costar mucho conocer a gente afín. Los debe haber, pero no sé dónde. Hay que buscar y buscar hasta desanimarse algunas veces, hasta llegar al hartazgo, hasta verse a uno mismo ridículo buscando un sueño imposible, o por lo menos, improbable. Lo de la aguja en un pajar se queda corto.

Y además hay gente que piensa: “esto de los valores, de los principios, etc tiene un tinte conservador...” Nada más lejos de la realidad.

Si ser conservador significa ser sensible, sincero, serio y honesto con uno mismo y con los demás, pues sí, seré conservador, pero me temo que no van por ahí los tiros. ...got leche?... porque yo ahorita no !

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Importance of Primary Care Is having a primary doctor important?

You bet! But having one you trust and are comfortable with is even more important.

Most people today don’t have an identified primary physician. Those that do often were forced to choose one out of a book or listing provided to them at the time of their enrollment in their company’s health plan, without knowing much at all about the physician, their qualifications or personality. Unfortunately, it ends up that most Americans are not receiving preventive care, are seeking out specialists when something goes wrong or find themselves at an urgent care or emergency department for simple things. All these things and more are most appropriately managed by a primary care physician.

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• See you in the office for regular preventive exams to catch health issues before they become severe by performing or referring you to specialists for tests such as lab work, colonoscopies, heart testing, and bone densitometry, just to name a few; • Provide care for more urgent issues that come up from time to time such as ear infections, rashes, respiratory infections, back pain, etc., and • Coordinate care among specialists so that you have one centralized point contact for receiving health information, and much more.

A good primary doctor will be available to meet briefly with prospective patients so that you can get to know her/him. She or he should keep some appointments available every day for urgent same-day visits. The best way to find a good primary provider is to check around, ask friends and relatives about their doctors and keep looking until you find someone that you are comfortable with, because if you’re not comfortable with your doctor, you’re not getting the best possible healthcare.

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Luke and Gregory returned from the Gulf of Mexico and arrived in Atlanta late in the evening.

Hungry, they went to eat at a famous Mexican eatery in Midtown that served margaritas and Luke, of course, was thirsty.

Luke liked the shiny neon lights of the restaurant but Gregory said, “I’d hardly call this place a ‘restaurant’.”

Luke ordered a yellow-flavored margarita that was loaded weakly with cheap, generic liquor, he said, “I can’t taste any Jose Cuervo in this.”

Gregory ate a burrito, “The sour cream is especially sour.”

All of the sudden; from behind the counter, from somewhere deep within the kitchen; there arose a racket of bulky kitchen equipment crashing to the ground and a chorus of screaming that emanated into the famous Mexican eatery.

“What the hell is wrong with you?”

Luke and Gregory paused in their consumption of corn tortilla to glance past the ‘Place-YourOrder-Here’ sign towards the kitchen. Gregory tasted guacamole in the corner of his mouth, Luke felt hot salsa trickle down his chin.

“Can’t you people do anything right?” A small little man emerged from a blue door that lead back into the kitchen, he had dark hair, dark eyes and big ears and he shook his head, “What is wrong with you people?”

“OhmiGod!” Luke gasped, “That guy looks just like Mickey Mouse!”

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“You’re right, he does resemble Mickey Mouse.

That guy’s the owner. I know him.”

The owner shouted, “How hard can it be to pick up some pots and pans off the floor? And look at this floor! You think this is clean? Y’all need to get out here with water and a mop or I swear I’ll grab any one of you by the neck and shove your face down in to it! I mean, honestly, Jorge!”

The owner scoffed at a particular worker, “What am I paying you for? Get out here and clean this place up or else I’ll make a phone call to INS and have you deported back to where ever the hell it is you came from. Don’t push me.”

Luke flinched and took a bite out of a meaty taco, “That’s guy’s a jerk.”

“He’s ‘noveau riche’.” Gregory scooped some refried beans into his mouth, “He didn’t grow up with money. That’s why he treats the people that work here like crap.”

Luke watched the small little owner as he shouted at the workers; he used expletives freely and placed his hands on his hips indignantly.

He rolled his head around on his neck like an effeminate man having an effeminate period, “I’m not happy! I’m not happy! I’m not happy!”

The owner whined and whined, he spouted out curses like the spurting water fountains of Centennial Olympic Park, he said “I’m not happy and I won’t be happy until you get this place cleaned up and then clean it again just to make me even more happy. I’m the boss around here, not Jorge. Don’t listen to Manuel either!

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The workers at the famous Mexican eatery in Midtown muttered, “Yes, sir” over and over again.

Luke said, “I don’t know who that guy is but I don’t like the owner.”

The owner was short and kind of stocky but, Luke saw, he had a really nice butt; round, succulent and perky. The small little owner started walking up to tables. He held out his hand and said his name, he said, “Hi there! Are you enjoying your meal?

“Oh God,” Luke said, “I hope that little man doesn’t come over here!”

“He will,” Gregory laughed. “He always does this late at nights.”

Sure enough, the owner came up to their table.

He stuck out his hand and said his name, “Hi there! How are you? I see you’re drinking one of our famous margaritas.” The owner raised an eyebrow of interest when he laid eyes upon Luke, “You’re new in town, aren’t you?”

Luke stuffed a handful of nachos in his mouth.

The owner turned to Gregory, “OhmiGod! I haven’t seen you in, like, forever.”

Gregory offered a polite cordial greeting, he asked, “How come you didn’t go on that skip trip back in the winter?”

“Oh,” said the owner, “I had just gotten out of the hospital. I had some work done.” The owner turned around to show off his perfectly round butt, “They put in some implants and I was worried if I feel on a ski slope they might get dislodged so,” he flipped back around, “I stayed home.”

Luke asked, “You had implants put in your ass?”

“Why not?” The owner said, “Look how good it looks.”

“Does that mean I can put you in a microwave to heat you up?”

“Sweetie,” the owner put his hand on Luke’s shoulder, “You don’t need a microwave to heat me up.”

“Don’t touch me,” Luke swatted the hand away.

“I don’t have sex with cartoon characters.”

NEXT EPISODE: “J is for Jew” “ATLANTA A to Z” would LOVE to hear from you! QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS: We welcome your feedback!

Send us an email at: AtlantaAtoZ@Gmail.com

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horoscopes ARIES TAURUS

by Lucy

You need whateverperfect it takesforto getting slow down thisinweek This weektoisdoabsolutely started new — even if--that means those slamming the brakes on some directions especially that involve paperwork or project that means a lot to you.

Things should pick up partnerships. Your energy may feel somewhat thinly stretched, very soon, but progress this week is false. but it should work out well.

Openartistic up and takeisinenergized anotherright perspective should be Your nature now, and — thatit could mean quite valuable to you!

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GEMINI

You’re having great time out do newneed ideastoand that you can’ta figure it allbusting out. You trysharing a few them with all the right people but youto should let them experiments before you’re-- likely know how run to with them.so You’re betterbrain! off letting your brain do all the heavy proceed, use your lifting now.

CANCER

that need couldtomean that they keep misunderstanding younot — You be a bit warrior this week -- other people may even your whenbest youinterests try to explain You may to have at heart.yourself!

That doesn’t meanwant they’re let it goyou, until next against just thatweek. you’ve got to be your own advocate for now.

LEO VIRGO LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN

Other people are more than a little confused lately, and

Don’t run off half-cocked right now — you need to

absorbyou thebe situation you can really make any Could having fully morebefore fun? Well, it may technically be headway.

Check and double-check.

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now. See you can together to You’ve gotifromance in get yourthings blood right now --long like enough most of the bow out of any meetings or appointments.

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Yourbig great energy should help you meet self-care time, that’s for sure! special or make the most of your time with your current sweetie.

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AQUARIUS PISCES

Reach out to that client or family member who has seemed This is not a good week for struggles — helps at least fora somewhat adrift of late -- your good energy younot find you!way Try to toget getthrough your friends colleagues to back you new to them,and and they need some attention! up, but you may just need to hunker down and wait for a

more auspicious day to fight back.

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Male Bar Top Dancers 8pm-1am

Blake’s

Smirnoff Martini Night

Enchanted Evnings With Ken & Donnie

Gay Film Festival with Paul @ 9:30pm.

Drag on The Edge 11pm with Alexandria Martin

LeBuzz

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Mary’s

Karaoke Idol 10:30pm - Close

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Bare Chest Night $3PBR

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Free Pool! Industry Night

Friends on Ponce

Afternoons with Jasen 2pm

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$1 Tacos 6-9pm

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Brian May is pouring up stiff drinks & great conversation.

10pm to 3 am

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Man Dance Cabaret GOGO Dancers Food& Drink Specials 8pm

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Live Pianist 9pm - 1am

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SIN! Service Industry Night!

Discounted Drinks!

Party with Elvis!

Woofs

Texas Hold’em 8pm

Tuesday 3 Legged Cowboy Family Poker 7:30pm

Amsterdam

Showtunes 9pm

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Male Bar Top Dancers 8pm-1am

Blake’s

Twisted Trivia @ 9pm starring The Lady Shabazz

Burkharts

Karaoke 11:30pm

The Eagle

Karaoke $3.75 Well Drinks

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CJ Hosting Mary-Oke @ 10pm

Texas Hold’em Poker 7:30 - 10pm

Karaoke! With The Fabulous CJ! or The Party Man Patrick! 9:30pm

Taco Night - Free Tacos 5PM

Swinging Richards

$5 Cover! Free VIP Lounge Entry

Woofs

Woofs House Trivia starts at 8:00pm

Mixx

Thursday

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Dance Lessons @ 8-9 Ladies Night

Texas Hold’em Poker 7:30 - 10pm

Always A Party! Wyatt, Gary & Elvis serve up their Best!

Swinging Richards

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Amsterdam Rita’s & Smirnoff Tini’s Special

No Cover Tuesdays!

Bellissima

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Live DJ Entertainment

Free WII from 4:00 till close Industry Night!!

Wednesday

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3 Legged Cowboy

Blake’s

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Get L.I.T. All Day Specials

Texas Holdem Poker @ 7p The Shawnna Factor @ 11p featuring: Alexandria Martin, Nicole Paige Brooks, Phoenix and Lena Lust

Bellissima

Burkharts

Intermediate 2Step @ 8-9

Texas Hold ‘Em Poker 7pm

BJ Roosters

Male Bar Top Dancers 8pm-1am

Blake’s

Princess Charles Fashionistas 11:30pm

The Eagle Dance Music $2.50 Schnapps

Rated R @ 11pm - starring Lady Shabazz, Shawnna Brooks, Nichelle Paris, Lateasha Shante Schuntel, Lena Lust & Destiny Brooks Half Price Apps: ALL DAY

Felix’s

Burkharts

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Karaoke Idol 10:30pm - Close w/ Shavonna B. Brooks

The Eagle

Modern Family Night $3 PBR

Friends on Ponce

H.U.M.P. DAY With Jeremy, Ken & Daniel

Heretic

Boys Night Out Dress Code party 10pm - 3am

LeBuzz

Hump Night & New Entertainer Showcase

Mary’s

DJ Yes Sir Spins Rock 9pm

Karaoke

Friends on Ponce HOT NIGHTS With Jasen and Donnie

Papi’s Cafe Con Leche presents “HAVANA HEAT”! NYC-Style Latin Tribal Beats & Live Bongos! 10pm

LeBuzz Ladies Night Shows

Mary’s Themed Parties Reto DJ’s

Swinging Richards 2-4-1 Night Door Entry and VIP $10 Open 6:30pm

Mixx Kareoke Remixx Show 9pm-1am

Model T Robert & Michael serve up their Best!

Woofs Meet and Greet for “Gathering Time”!

Daily Food Specials

Mixx

Mixx

High Energy Music Videos 9pm-1am

Dance Party 10pm - 3am

Model T

Friday

Model T

Bagel Day! Free Bagels Noon-3pm

Free Tacos! All The Fixins! 3:30 pm to gone!

3 Legged Cowboy

Swinging Richards

Swinging Richards

Studs & Spurs Shows at 10, 11, 12, and 1

Open 6:30pm - $10 Hot Naked Men and Big Cocktails

Amsterdam

Tripps Bar

Laser Show Dance Party with DJ Steve Lynch

High Energy Videos 9pm

Bellissima

Woofs

Live DJ Entertainment

Great Food, Drink & Good Times

BJ Roosters

Saturday

Male Bar Top Dancers 8pm-1am

3 Legged Cowboy Dance Lessons @ 8-9

Blake’s

Kitty LeClaw’s Meow Mix 11pm

Amsterdam

High Energy Videos 9pm

Burkharts

Mary Edith Pitts Show 11:30pm

Bellissima

Live DJ Entertainment

Chaparral

Got Leche?

Latino dance Party & Show with DJ Chirucco 10pm - Hot Latino Dancers and Divas

Karaoke with Brett & Tyler

Friends on Ponce

Heretic

ndulge Your “PRIMAL URGES” with DJ Rick Walsh - 10pm

Open @ Noon with Bob Brewer

Heretic

Fresh with top 40 music & Video dance party 10pm-3am

Presenting the finest dance entertainment with the best local & nationally acclaimed deejays every week! Check our ad elsewhere in David for details! 10pm

LeBuzz

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Jungle

Dance Party & Show

Mary’s

Open 5pm Boys Room Party Themed Party - Love DJ

Saturday Night Fever Show

Mary’s

Dance Party Hot Mess 9PM Differnt DJ Every Week

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Sunday Brunch 11:30am - 3pm Showtunes with a Twist 7pm

Bellissima

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Blake’s

Felix’s

Happy Time With Daniel and Terry

Sunday

Blake’s

DJ Dance Party

Friends on Ponce

Great Food, Drink & Good Times

Male Bar Top Dancers 8pm-1am

The Eagle

Bartenders Ray & Cory Serve it up!

Woofs

BJ Roosters

Mary Edith Pitts Show 11:30pm

Felix’s

BBQ Cookout 1-5pm

Male Bar Top Dancers 8pm-1am

Burkharts

DJ Dance Party & Club Night

Tripps

BJ Roosters

Jealouse’s Daring Divas 11pm

The Eagle

Open 6:30pm - $10 T-Shirt Review @ Midnight

Ansley Mall

The Armorettes @ 8pm

Burkharts

Mary Edith Pitts Show @ 9pm

Felix’s

Bloody Mary & Mimosa Wallet Pleasers

Eagle

Closed- See Us On Monday!

Friends on Ponce Sunday Dinner 4pm

Model T

Free Lunch Buffett with Ron @ 3:30 pm til it’s gone!

Tripps

Free buffet 3pm Karokee 7pm

Woofs

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3. Blake’s on the Park 227 10th St. 404-892-5786 myspace.com/blakesonthepark

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4. BJ Roosters 2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd. 404-634-5895 www.bjroostersatl.com

21. Mixx 1492 Piedmont Rd. 404-228-4372

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6. Burkhart’s 1492-F Piedmont Rd. 404-872-4403 www.burkharts.com

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7. Chaparral 2715 Buford Hwy. 678-886-3205 8. Club Europe 4001 Presidential Pkwy.

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Drag Time

Drag Droppings Hey yall, its me again, bringing to you, your weekly dose of juicy happenings taking place in this crazy little world we call drag. I want to start with Rupaul’s Drag U, if you have not seen it yet, you are missing out! Who would have known that drag queens could make perfectly homely women into such flawless raving beauties. I am absolutely amazed at the courage, uniqueness, nerve, and talent that these professors possess.

I am not going to tell you a lot about the show, but I will say this, there is absolute hope for all when you put a queen in charge of performing the impossible.

Well, babies, its time for me to bid ado for now, but before I do, I want to leave you with one little drag dropping of my own, “Walk, like you have never been on a cat walk, Twirl, like you will never twirl again, and Entertain, as those you are performing your last farewell show!”

In local news, Marietta’s first gay pride went over without a hitch. The festivities included some of Atlanta’s best entertainers, vendors, and volunteers. Reports tell me there were more than 1000 people in attendance and the event recieved some fantastic media coverage and high marks.

I want to say congrats to all who were involved in the creation of this event and I look forward to many more years of success. There is a lesson to be learned from this event, in numbers, with determination, anything is can be achieved. One other note to mention in local news, congrats to Mary Edith Pitts on her success during her birthday week. She has raised more than half of her goal of $60,000 and is pressing forward. I am confident is saying, whatever amount is reached, it will be used for great advancements in the fight against HIV and AIDS. It is now time for Makaila’s drag resource of the week. This week I have choose www. allheelsformen.com. This site is moderately priced and offers everything to dress the fiercest drag queens in town. The site has a large variety of extended size shoes, under garments, hosiery, and even custom sized shoes. In need of feminine supplies such as creams, vitamins, etc? They even have those. As I always say, don’t take my word for it, go and check them out for yourself!

So, what is going on in the pageant world? Well, here is some information you might want to know about. First up, The Tennessee All American Goddess at Large pageant will be October 3, 2010 at the Bourbon St. Music Bar in Chattanooga, TN. The pageant will feature some superb entertainers and will prove to be a awesome competition. You can find out more info by sending an email to kkmargaritaaag@yahoo.com. Finally, I want to send a big congrats to Miss Armani on her recent win as Miss Continental 2009-2010, you betta work!

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Drag Artist of the Week Summer Knight, a.k.a, Gavin Herbert is a 26 year old native from New Orleans, LA, she is a master makeup artist at MC Designs working with Mikel Cain. She has had the opportunity and honor to entertain audiences all across the east coast. Miss Knight is not only an amazing artist but she is also a well seasoned pageant girl, whom in her years, has captured more than a dozen titles including Miss Gay Cobb County 2003, Miss East Coast US of A 2007, and Miss Tennessee All American Goddess 2009, where she placed in the top 5 in the National Pageant which was held in Lexington, KY. She will be giving up her title as Miss Atlanta Showgirl next month at Jungle Night Club, and

with Makaila Andrews encourages everyone to come out and see one of the best pageants in the city. As far as her current agenda, you can find her entertaining at various clubs and venues throughout Atlanta. Summer Knight’s latest endeavors include the recently filmed independent movie, “Distant Lovers”, where she stars along side Nicole Paige Brooks and new Atlantan, Piper. This movie will be entered in several film festivals and will premier here in Atlanta in 2011. When not working, Gavin loves to spend his time with friends, cooking, costuming, and playing with his two chihuahuas, Shelby Nicole and Chuckie Cheeze.

Weekly Highlights Wednesday: August 18, 2010/Rated R Drag Show/ Blake’s/11pm Thursday: August 19, 2010/Princess Fashionistas/Burkharts/11:30pm Friday: August LeBuzz/11pm

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Drag Tip of the Week For a fuller appearing lip, apply outside your lip line, a white lip or eye liner.

Question of The Week

What kind of drag artist entertains you?

Email Response to makailaandrews@hotmail.com PreviousQuestion Responses (All responders remain anonymous)

How do you feel about having silicone injections?

Makaila’s Response: -I have know problems but I do feel some people go I feel like the choose is completely up to the overboard! individual, however, when you decide on -I think getting silicone injections is very dangerous a procedure like silicone injections, make sure you are going to be happy with the unless it is preformed by a professional surgeon! outcome, and that the process is safe and -What happen to the art of true drag, this is were we none harming! need to get back to, I am over tranny drag!

-Its your body, do what you will with it!

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I was told that there’s a diamond hidden in this place that I’m in which is across the streets from the ancient monument of Blakes, and just like Indiana Jones himself, I snuck my way in, immediately attacked by the dangerous smells of…today’s soup. That smell is just one of the things I love about Jason’s Deli and I of course, I adore me some Diamond Monroe (I know, corny intro, but I was loving me in that Indiana outfit). Diamond is absolutely one of my favorite entertainers. I’m sure you’ve seen her tall ass perform before at a bar (or sushi restaurant) near you (and child, she’s so tall that in order for her to go inside the clubs, she has to bend down and crawl in). But seriously folks, you should see her do Millie Jackson (youtube Mille), she’s does a fine, fine, fine, fine ooooh fine Mary J Blidge, she does a little comedy and she hosts. Let’s talk: Brent: Hey child, ok while I slaughter this chicken chili soup, tell us what we can expect at your Monday night show at the popular sushi restaurant, Nikimotos?

Diamond: It’s called DRAGA MAKI and what you can expect is something different EVERY Monday—and it’s something always going on----bachelorette parties, bachelor parties, birthday parties, wedding parties, whatever, we party!

Brent: Damn…sounds like Sushi gone wild! So who’s all on the cast and stuff?

Diamond: Alexandria Martin, Bubba D’licious, me and occasionally special guest. It starts 8:30 Brent, so don’t come in there at 9:30, lol! It’s a big crowd…mix crowd (mainly straight)…and you might not get a seat!

Brent: Work it! I’m going to have to come check it out (like I ain’t already been AND special guest before)--so…let’s talk about The Diamond. Where else have you worked?

Diamond: The Jungle (their famous Monday night show). I started there 8 years ago. I was a part of the cast for that show for awhile and now I’m special guest.

Brent: What was it like working on THAT show?

Diamond: It was tough! But what I know now, it was tough love. I was very determined and stuck with it, and I believe that show made me who I am today and it’s how I got my name out there.

Brent: So 8 years ago…damn, how long have you been performing and who’s your favorite artist to lyp sync to?

Diamond: Over 10 years (to 12 years) and Mary J. Blidge is my favorite artist.

Brent: Where else do you perform?

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Diamond: Occasionally at Burkharts, The Chaparral, Lebuzz—everywhere in the city of Atlanta.

Brent: What about across the street---didn’t you win Miss Blakes 2007?

Diamond: Yes and No. I did win Ms Blakes and guess what, I still am.

Brent: Huh? Diamond: When the new makeover and new owners stepped in, they stopped doing the Miss Blakes Pageant.

But the reason I don’t perform there is another reason.

Brent: Girl, give me the dirt!!?? I won’t print it.

Diamond: You so stupid, it’s no T (no dirt), I was told that I was “intimidating” and therefore not invited back to perform.

Brent: (crickets)…um…explain..

Diamond: That’s the interesting part---I was never told why. But yea, that’s why you haven’t seen me perform there anymore, and I really miss Blakes. And you know, the cliental I had there was really building up, they were…

Brent: really FEELING you! Yea I remember, and you used to occasionally host there too. Hmmm… oooooook, so…what advice would you give new aspiring entertainers?

Diamond: Find out who you are and figure out what kind of show YOU want to do. There are so many different styles of drag: camp, glamour…you know. Find out what suits you best and get help. You can’t do it by yourself.

Brent: Well, before I refill my tea, one mo’ question. How did you get into drag?

Diamond: Back in 1995-ish, I used to hang out a lot at the shows in Lorettas (now called 708). I used to go there every week just to see my favorite entertainer, Mya Monroe. One day she became my mom, and next thing I knew, I started performing, And let me just say THAT show started it all! From there to all the way to doing this interview with you…

Well, that is where the interview stopped…you know I have to keep it short, Keep doing your thing Diamond.

Folks, go check out this current reigning Miss Blakes ’07, she’s truly a diamond in the rough! Until next week, don’t read the girls, instead read The Brent Star Report!

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Spotlight It’s not every day that you can say that you have stood in the presence of royalty, but every Wednesday at Club 91, you can stand in awe of Raquell Lord, the reigning queen of illusion.

Raquell Lord, a native of Texas, relocated to Atlanta in 1991 in an effort to pursue her education as a trained dancer. Along the way, she has honed her craft as one of the leading female impersonators in the city.

Within the last two decades, Raquell has captivated thousands as she has reinvented herself countless times as Janet Jackson, Sade, Rihanna, Beyonce, Nancy Wilson, and even Donna Summer. No celebrity can elude her talent to mimic their every gesture, pronounce their slightest quirk, or accent their greatest beauty. Wide-eyed and amazed, we have witnessed Raquell’s graceful transformations on stage and compared them to the many effortless changes of a chameleon that easily becomes accustomed to her own surroundings, yet stays true to her own beauty and charm.

As her talent and beauty cannot be denied, Raquell has participated and won many crowns and titles as part of the ongoing pageantry circuit. Gracing stages all over the country, Raquell has captured national titles such as Miss Black USA, Miss Black Universe, Miss Liberty International, Miss Black Continental, Miss USofA, Miss Renaissance, Miss Universal Show Queen, Miss World International, Miss Black America, Miss Essence, Miss Sweetheart, and Miss Duval.

Currently, Raquell lends her talent to act as the assistant show director to Niesha Dupree at “The Stars of the Century” as well as directing her own show at Club 91 every Wednesday night at 11:00 PM. During her show, known simply as THE MAIN EVENT, Raquell mentors younger, up and coming talent through her talent night and immediately follows up the evening with a star-studded cast of her own. A true mother and mentor, Raquell prides herself on always perfecting her talent so as to leave every patron well served and she, of course, continually preserves the legacy of the evergrowing Lord Family.

As if she had more time in her day, Raquell also enjoys the challenges of being a true perfectionist. She listens to a variety of music, but finds joy and relaxation in the moving sounds of jazz and neo-soul music. She is a firm believer in personal health, as she can also be found working out to the latest mixed music CD which she, herself, prepares.

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Versatile? So what does that mean? Legs up or butt up. Either way you are just a bottom.

but until that glorious day arrives, at least we have Bitch Session.

Pack up your packie and puh-lease hop on the first flannel clad sailing vessel heading off for a one-way trip to the isle of Lesbos never to return and darken my doorway again with your odor of flounder around her baby got back pizza and hot dog eating big fat ass!

When did drag become underwear modeling? Anybody can go buy a bra and panty from kmart and call it drag.

I WAS FAKING IT ALL THE TIME! The only thing you could move sexually is furniture.

And while you are at it change your name to MARTA. You are as big as a bus and it’s the only way anyone is likely to hop on!

Keep on gaining and you won’t need that fat suit much longer.

When I don’t call you back, answer your emails, texts or acknowledge your existence it doesn’t mean that I’m busy, missed your call or am otherwise engaged. It means that I have had a moment of sobriety and remember what you really look like, how lousy a fuck you were or just plain old despise you as a person.

They say if you learn a new word everyday you will grow as a person.

One day you will Honey if you would look back and learn more than regret the hurt and one new number pain you caused, a year you might grow as a performer and when that day and get more work comes I will laugh in your face. too!

I do not hate you because I want to; I hate you because you gave me a reason to.

I live in Dalton, so I don’t read David every week, but when I pick one up (or my partner picks one up and brings it home), I always read Bitch Session first. The combination of mountains-out-of-molehills and finding away to blame all your own faults on someone else is schadenfreudelicious. I especially like it when a bitch from one week draws rebuttal bitches in a subsequent week. I’d prefer that the laws against public dueling be repealed,

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There is still room on my back. Do you want to stick another knife in? Would that make you happy?

I can only please one person a day...today is NOT your day...oh wait...yesterday was your day, sorry you missed it