Friday, July 06, 2007

the artist currently known as Prince: Conspicuously absent

Date: 7/5/07
Location: Big Chicks
Show: Formerly Known As featuring DJ Reaganomix
Cost: FREE!
Drinks: $3.50 mixed bourbon, $2.50 PBR, variable on whether you're the bartender's type
Things I missed to be there: DJ Demchuk, Alexander Basset, and Protman at Betty's Blue Star; metal bands at Cherry Red; Mykel Boyd at Enemy
Reason for Going: Dance parties continue to trump non-dance party things, especially when invited to them by sexy women, even if (a) I am undoubtedly not going to fuck them, and (b) it is at a bar




A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how lame I have become (or perhaps how lame I often forget I've always been) when it comes to going out on my lonesome. I'm happy to report that, on the contrary, when travel with a posse, I'm the same extroverted spazz-dance douche I've always been.

FKA (short for Formerly Known As) completes a trio of awesome queer/gay dance parties, consisting of itself, the bi-monthly Chances, and the weekly Outdanced. The first Thursday of every month, you can find FKA at Edgewater's Big Chicks. Out of the three, FKA isa the only one actually taking place at a gay bar. I don't know if this means that the experience is gayer, I just kbnow that the hipster cred is a bit lower (which is fine because cred should never come into play in a dance party anywhere). While Outdanced hasrecently teamed up with Odd Obsession movies for their visuals, FKA is fine playing lady-centric empowering trash, alternative rom-coms like But I'm a Cheerleader and that road trip movie where Cameron Diaz slums it up with Selma Blair and Christina Applegate. By that same token, FKA is the type of place that wouldn't have any qualms about tossing on a remix of Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone", which was actually part of the night's most fevered set, when paired with a Le Tigre track and a mashup that joined Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot" with The Cure.

Reaganomix was a bit trainwreck-y, but the cuts were good. When I got there I was treated to a sped up version of Unk's "Walk It Out" and the remake of that two girls for every boy jam. I was still a wallflower until my friends got there, but it took just the tiniest push to break me out of it.

A definite improvement.

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