SATURDAY: Furball NYC @ LGBT Center

Doors open 8PM, $10. Always a hot sweaty good time.

80's Flashback

Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish, Male Stripper, 1986. Brothers Miki and Paul Zone, formerly of the '70s queercore innovators The Fast (who were known as "the male Plasmatics"), teamed up with NYC's electro pioneer Man Parrish to create this homage to gay strippers, taking it all the way to #4 on the British singles chart and even performing it on Top Of The Pops. While not a radio hit stateside, the deliciously silly Male Stripper was quite popular here in gay clubs and video bars and many now consider it an Italo/Hi-NRG classic. Built like a truck, I pump for a buck, in hot cop drag, or leatherman stag. Sadly, Miki Zone died in NYC on New Year's Eve, 1986, just before the re-release of Male Stripper exploded in Europe.

Furrific Fun

Furball was a hot, sweaty ball of man fun. There had to have been some kind of attendance record, the place was just on the good side of too crowded. Most of the people I know in NYC were in the house, with rock-god Bob Mould making an appearance with some of his DC crew. I also had a nice chat with DJ Man Parrish, whose seminal Hip Hop Be Bop pretty much laid the ground for today's electro sound back in 1982. Kudos to the LGBT Center and Joe Fiore for a great night.