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• Nightlife: Chelsea's New Clubs: Orientalist Delight

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Chelsea, Die Already, Nightlife

  We were all ready to place coins on the eyes of clubby old West Chelsea, say the mourner's kaddish and move on. But the neighborhood—once the festering apotheosis of New York clubdom but of...

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• News: NSA Wiretapping, Lee Hazlewood, Mars Probe, Kurt Russell

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Andy Warhol, Art Design, Banksy, Deaths, Election 2008, France, George W Bush, Indiana, Iran, London, Music, News, Nightlife, Roseanne Barr, Space, Sports, Ucla, Washington Dc

  Iran newspaper banned for interviewing gay activist. PAPER: "We had an article which was an interview with an expatriate writer. They said she had moral problems, they say she is homosexual and promotes that in her weblog. But we talked to her as a poet." AfterElton interviews Paul James, who plays gay teen Calvin on the hit ABC Family

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• Series of Homophobic Attacks Hits Sydney's Oxford Street

  Published: August 8, 2007, 3:55 pm

  Tags: Australia, Crime, News, Nightlife, Sydney

  Street, a hub of gay nightlife in Sydney with numerous hotels and 11 nightclubs, was the site of several anti-gay assaults recently, the Sydney Star Observer reports: "At least three people were attacked near Oxford St last weekend, in a spate of homophobic violence that has rocked the community. One known incident occurred at Taylor

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• Beds in nightclubs are so 1999.

  Published: August 9, 2007, 3:27 pm

  Tags: Nightlife, Booze, Denver, Sex

  I remember going to Amsterdam when they had beds on the stage. Oh man, the sordid stuff that went on there.After swings of change, club gets liquor license"Sexy does not mean sex."'First, the Denver nightclub owners fought their neighbors. Then they fought the city. Finally, they fought the city once again.With each battle, the owners of the Sugar

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• Alaska Ski Vacations

  Published: August 11, 2007, 4:17 am

  Tags: Travel, Alaska, Alaska Ski Vacation, Alaska Ski Vacations, Alyeska Prince Hotel, Alyeska Resort, Cable Car Line, Flight Seeing, Nightlife Spots, Skiing Magazine, Ski Experience, Snowboarding Enthusiasts, Tubing Park

  car line, flight seeing, nightlife spots, skiing magazine, ski experience, snowboarding enthusiasts, tubing parkDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• Faux Coke Gets Addict/Consumer Watchdog Arrested

  Published: August 14, 2007, 2:11 am

  Tags: Nightlife

  The spectrum of coke rage runs wide. It can go from harmless rolling of the eyes and a sigh to unnecessary shouting to Lindsay Lohan. For some, it goes much further. Take, for example, tenacious Juanita Marie Jones, 53, of Rochelle, GA. After receiving fake cocaine -- and, oh Jesus, the frenzy of mixed emotions one feels after buying bunk

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• Missed Connections: Heinous Celeb-Studded Cafe Operated By Owners Of Heinous Celeb-Studded Club

  Published: August 14, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Bar Martignetti, Cafe Bari, Martignetti Brothers, Missed Connections, Nightlife, Soho, Ugh, Upstairs

  Sometimes two mysterious and crappy things that seem like they should be related actually are. This is great, since it reduces two crappy things into just one. For instance! The gutting sense of...

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• Rob the Bouncer Sleeps All Day

  Published: August 15, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: 21 Questions, Blogs, Clubs, Nightlife

  Photo: Gail BraddockName: Rob Fitzgerald, a.k.a. Rob the Bouncer Age: 33 Job: Bouncer and writer; author of the Clublife blog and the Clublife book, on sale this week Neighborhood: Long Island Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional? Richard Feynman. (He grew up in Far Rockaway.) What's the best meal you've

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• Fire Burns at Micky's Bar in West Hollywood

  Published: August 21, 2007, 8:41 pm

  Tags: Los Angeles, News, Nightlife

  The gay nightclub Micky's on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood erupted into flames late Tuesday afternoon, ABC7 reports... "The flames from the blaze shot through the two story building's roof. Firefighters were on the roof of the building to battle the flames. One person was rescued from the second floor after the fire broke out.

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• Flugtag: German for Fun

  Published: August 22, 2007, 1:46 am

  Tags: Nightlife

  Have you ever wanted to see a group of people launch themselves off of a pier 30 foot above Lady Bird Lake? If you answered yes, then you're in luck. Red Bull is bringing Flugtag back to Austin this Saturday night. Enjoy yourself on Auditorium Shores as you watch some of the bravest and/or craziest people in town show of what they've been

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• Laguna Beach's Boom Boom Room to Shutter After Labor Day

  Published: August 22, 2007, 9:15 am

  Tags: Calendars, California, Laguna Beach, News, Nightlife

  historic bastion of gay nightlife, the Boom Boom Room and Coast Inn, will close its doors for good after Labor Day weekend after its co-owners were unable to reach an agreement with landlord Steven Udvar-Hazy. Despite valiant efforts by local resident Fred Karger who spearheaded a Save the Boom campaign that went so far as to plead with

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• Flugtag: German for Fun

  Published: August 22, 2007, 11:46 am

  Tags: Nightlife

  Have you ever wanted to see a group of people launch themselves off of a pier 30 foot above Lady Bird Lake? If you answered yes, then you're in luck. Red Bull is bringing Flugtag back to Austin this Saturday night. Enjoy yourself on Auditorium Shores as you watch some of the bravest and/or craziest people in town show off what they've been

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• ON THE SCENE: "The Rivington Club taps into the same air ...

  Published: August 22, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Moby, Nightlife, On The Scene, These People Need Happy Land Social Club Event Of Their Own

  "The Rivington Club taps into the same air of exclusivity as many of the city's hot spots, but its wares are kicks, not cocktails. The front door has a buzzer but not a sign; the tiny foyer gives way...

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• Conspiracy Theories: Is Someone Out To Get Nightlife King Serge Becker?

  Published: August 28, 2007, 4:50 pm

  Tags: Cocaine, Conspiracy Theories, La Esquina, Nightlife, Serge Becker, The Box

  Serge Becker's nightlife portfolio includes the perennially hip Joe's Pub, the now-closed Area, and the snooch-magnet Bowery Bar. Recently his properties have expanded to include virtually all of...

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• Julius, One of New York's Oldest Gay Bars, is Shuttered

  Published: August 29, 2007, 11:55 am

  Tags: Gay Bar, New York, News, Nightlife, Real Estate

  In a 2002 issue of New York magazine, Edmund White wrote of the West Village gay bar Julius: "Of course, for me, the Ur classic gay bar was Julius in the Village, which I first visited in the mid-sixties. Mayor Wagner was closing gay bars as fast as they could open to clean up New York for the World's Fair. If he left Julius open, it was

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