The Nexus

(Demanda Dahling and Kenny Kenny at XL Nightclub)
 
"It’s quite a place. I love the vibe and it has a lot of potential," said Kayvon Zand, one of the hosts of Kenny Kenny and Susanne Bartsch’s new Thursday night party 42nd of the party's venue: John Blair, Beto Sutter and FornabaioVoss' brand new XL Nightclub.
 
“My eye doctor has a painting of you hanging in his office”>>>
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Got Gay-tention Deficit Disorder? Did Meryl Streep smooch Liza Minnelli and Lady Gaga on The Princess Bride’s red carpet? Read on…
 

1) Meryl Streep will smooch-rape you for a photo op.
 
2) Liza Minnelli thinks “some people” are too focused on the tragic aspects of Judy Garland’s life. We can’t imagine who she means.
 

3) Lady Gaga’s daddy’s restaurant isn’t getting much love from the critics.
 

4) We wonder: If we drink enough of this Princess Bride wine, will it make Cary Elwes look like he did in 1987? We’re willing to try!
 

5) Streep, Wintour, and Dolly vs. Madonna on Super Bowl Sunday. It's like effing Sophie's choice! continue reading »

Got Gay-tention Deficit Disorder? Did Hulu ban Madonna and Nicki Minaj’s Ab Fab ad campaign? Read On…
 
1) So, we guess Llama Del Rey is gonna be a thing.
 
2) Over analyzing Madonna’s MDNA imagery. Because why not?
 
3) Scoop's annual “Cleaning Out Our Closet” sale kicks off this morning, with discounts up to 80%.
 
4) If you miss the days when it seemed like the designers on Project Runway might actually amount to something, we highly recommend Vogue/Hulu’s The Fashion Fund.
 
5) Absolutely Fabulous' Patsy and Edina are the faces of Alexis Bittar’s latest ad campaign.
 
6) BET has banned Nicki Minaj’s “Stupid Hoe” video.

(Brandon L Voss and Brandon Voss)
 
Who’s the Voss
With the opening of XL Nightclub last week, Advocate contributor and former HX editor Brandon Voss wants to remind people that he’s not the same Brandon Voss who runs the club’s parties and promotion.
 
Voss was suddenly inundated with guest list requests, and by the XL’s third night, complaints about the venue’s door policy. We wonder if the other Brandon L. Voss ever gets offers of writing gigs?>>>
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(Dogs on the dancefloor at Mission Dolores)
 

Drinks, dogs, lesbians and a laid-back vibe. That's what we found at 10pm in a Monday night at Confession, Park Slope's Mission Dolores' Monday night party. A dozen lesbians sipping beer at wooden tables, a friendly dog wagging its tail at passers-by and DJ TRx spinning tunes that slipped from 50 Cent to the Jackson 5 to Christina Aguilera.
 
"I didn't intend for it to be all women, but that's all that's left [in Park Slope]">>>
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(Imperial Teen)

All this talk about Madonna's new album cover has us nostalgic for the past this week—and the only thing better than a flawless new album cover is seeing some of your favorite '90s bands reunite and release a brand new album altogether.

Okay, they may have never "broken up"—the band has been releasing albums steadily through the new millennium—but one of Imperial Teen's greatest hits, Yoo Hoo, came from their sophomore album in 1998. Back and better than ever, beloved queer alt rockers Imperial Teen are releasing a brand new album, Feel The Sound, featuring eleven brand new tracks including the blog-buster "Runaway".

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(Amanda Lepore at XL Nightclub)

No new nightclub in New York is complete without an appearance by the ubiquitous trans superstar Amanda Lepore. So sure enough, on Saturday during XL Nightclub's opening weekend celebrations, Lepore took to the stage in little more than pasties to perform a surprisingly energetic rendition of her hit anthem "Champagne". Check out staff photographer Wilsonmodels' exclusive videos of the "Grand Opening of the Year" (so far, anyway) after the jump.>>>
 
 
 
 
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Got Gay-tention Deficit Disorder? Were 50 Cent and Cynthia Nixon abducted by aliens on the set of Downton Abbey? Read on…
 
1) Kermit and Miss Piggy fire back at Fox News during the U.K. press tour for The Muppets.
 
2) If you didn’t think Downton Abbey could get any more awesome just wait until Shirley MacLaine goes head-to-head with Maggie Smith next season.
 
3) Fran Drescher insists that she was abducted by aliens.
 
4) Hate groups misappropriating the language and concepts of Queer Theory is probably the most depressing thing we’ve encountered so far this week.
 
5) Cynthia Nixon is still doing damage control about that little “choice” comment.
 
6) 50 Cent says he’ll post naked photos to Twitter if the Giants lose the Super Bowl.

(Julia Steele Allen and Owen Taylor at Branded Saloon)
 
We made a musical discovery this weekend: Queer Country Monthly, a veritable jamboree of singers/songwriters at Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights. This showcase of Southern-fried performers and their plaid-shirted fans grew out of the success of last year's Gay Ole Opry at Public Assembly. "We got more than 300 people for that event so we decided we had to just keep it going," said Karen Pittelman, who curates the night in the appropriately-themed back room at Branded. (Antler chandeliers? Check!).
 
"Living together, we have a sibling-like relationship where we fight and we get cranky," said Taylor. "But when we get on stage, it all goes away.">>>

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(Kelly Gorman and Mikey Pop at Veronica's People's Club. Photo: Gerry Visco)
 
We popped by the newly full-time-homo Veronica People’s Club on Friday night to check out their hit weekly party Kielbasa. It certainly turned out to be a sausage fest as the flirty group of gays engaged in heavy drinking during the night's two open bars and dancing in their undies on the bar.
 
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