Don’t hate… CONGRATULATE!

I appreciate that you have a lot of personal things going on…. in fact when I have something ugly to say I compose a letter to the offending party… rather than mailing the note(or posting a sophomoric comment on an otherwise friendly board) I toss it in the trash and no harm is done. Thus free of contempt, I can go about my day with a smile. Give it a shot next time you feel compelled to spew hatred.

When we are a bit happier with ourselves… and our physiques (…everyone else had their shirts off…intimidating for you I suppose?) we are better able to be kind to others. Keep this in mind and hey, get in the gym and expend a calorie or two… you will be well on your way to a happier you. Who knows?

Growing up the “husky” gay kid must not have been easy, BUT… we accept you. I am sure you have a great personality in spite of the mud slide hidden beneath your t-shirt. Cheers!

One more thing before I completely drop this subject:

You are a mentally deranged fool!

I dunno if you are gay,str8,tranny,or what ever the hell… I have never met anyone who would literally go out of their way to practically gay bash a City’s entire gay community.I dunno if you are a self-hating gay and frankly I really dont give a damn,but Ive seen you comment here before and everything you typed here was negative and full of hate.Its one thing if you were a gay New York resident who wanted to see our nightlife improve (MANY GAY NEW YORKER’S DO) its another thing,if you are one of those nobody “tourists” and you just have hateful ignorant things to say about gay new york and our nightlife.Because between you and me,your opinion has little to no value.Nobody forced you to come to New York and nobody’s forcing you to move to/live in New York.We get it,you hate our city and thats fine everyone is entitled to their “opinion” because thats ALL it is and ever will be….an opinion.Now unless you are to become the new “President of Gay Nightlife Directors” (obviously there is no such thing) and you have some new ideas that can improve our nightlife to the point of being the best in North America (if not the world),your talk is cheap Honey!It seems to be you are just a tweaking club whore who didnt like what you got and now in the anonymousness of the internet decided to attack our community and nightlife on a “stranger’s” website (mind you,a website that does NOT belong to you).Which is not only cheap and tactless,it shows low character and immaturity.Which tells the visitor’s of this website and it’s owner what kind of person you are.Go get some help and while you’re at it get a life.End of Discussion!

As of now we dont have any real gay house club nights because…there simply arent any clubs.Thanks to those fascist community board members and thuggish NYPD we no longer have the music driven nightlife we use to be known for.We must have lost 8 nightclubs within 3 years alone.And yes we can blame some of our shitty,lazy,and cheap nightlife promoters just the same.John Blair has been known for scaring off the House heads with is mediocre bookings of the likes of Brett Henrichsen,David Knapp,Manny Lehman and other circuit DJs of the sort.And remember that pathetic attempt at a new Sunday party at Amnesia,the promoters behind that one had no sense of what the New York crowd was looking for and its not surprising that the only night it got packed at all,was President’s day weekend with Junior Vasquez.Within 2 weeks that party was dropped like last night’s trick.3 if you count the cheezy “sneak peak” party they did on MLK weekend (Jan 17th).The music at this party was nothing more than mash-ups and circuity pop mixes with very little actual House Music.I honestly think they were trying to appeal to the “college twink” crowd (as if that demographic knows anything about House Music,let alone appreciate it).Not to mention the promoters behind it were known for their cheap parties of the past..and present.

We can go back and forth with this all day and frankly…I dont have the time nor the patience to argue about this.Its like arguing with a teenager.The point is Gay nightlife in NYC is under attack and if you wanna bitch and moan about how pathetic gay nightlife is,a guy’s website is not the place to do it.Take it up with the lazy douche-bag promoters and the shitty fascist neighborhood cretins and our corrupted city officials,go to city hall,have petitions go out and let these f*ckers know that you will not spend money in this pathetic city until they get their shit together and keep their slimy paws off our nightlife.

Spot on! How refreshing it is to hear from a gay person (you are gay, right?) who knows good music from bad. The circuit was my introduction to dance music, but I quickly moved on. I’m from LA and trying to educate the circuit boys on the world of dance music outside the circuit is a losing battle – it’s staggering how clueless and close-minded they are. More of them need to be told that the “superstar” DJs (Manny, Tony, Abel, Brett, etc) are complete unknowns in the world of dance music. The only thing that’s “superstar” about them is their ticket prices. Every time I complain about the dated 4/4 tribal beats at the circuit parties I attend, I always get the same reply: “Oh I don’t go for the music.”

Yes, Rauhofer (whom I don’t mind, in fact) and Vasquez are known by some str8s, but not that respected. Last year’s poll of America’s Top DJs (http://americasbestdj.net/bestdj/top100.htm) featured only one “circuit-type” DJ still playing gay gigs – Junior Vasquez. All the other gay DJs nominated were proponents of House, Progressive, Deep House, Electro, etc. Most circuit DJs would get booed off the stage by house fans if they appeared at WMC or Ibiza. Don’t they know that cheesy tribal remixes of Top 40 songs AIN’T House. Never was, never will be.

• Of course we know that the Chelsea gays have been on the move for a quite a while now. ( All the cheesy gay bars for Abercrombie fags in Hells Kitchen are a testament to that). The term “Chelsea Queen”, can be seen as a metaphorical term, not merely a locational reference per se. This is pretty obvious to most.

• You listed some more bad tribal/”progressive”/circuit DJ’s. One may sound more “progressive” or tribal than the next, but they are all NAFF!! Again, you will not find any serious dancers, or true dance music aficionados, that give this any worth. They will not be appearing on DJ History.com for example.