Metro Weekly

Clublife

  • Playing with Pierre

    ''I watched a lot of porn when I was younger, and I guess I thought I could do it, too,'' says Pierre Fitch. Just like...

  • Cocktail Chorus

    When it comes to nightlife, Monday is about as celebrated as a case of pubic lice. That's exactly why, upon entering JR.'s Bar & Grill...

  • Out of Hibernation

    ''I'm not just exclusively living a bear life,'' laughs Bob Mould. But gay bear life has certainly been good to Mould, who moved from D.C....

  • Either/Orr

    Keenan Orr didn't choose to spin for straight events. You might say he was born to do it. ''Growing up in Northern Virginia, I didn't...

  • Candy Land

    The Green Lantern bills itself as a place ''where the men play.'' But on Saturday, Aug. 21, the boys will be there too, lured by...

  • Bimbo Beats

    Just who is Bimbo Jones? Technically, it's the name Lee Dagger thought he heard a postman give once in an old movie. ''Maybe it was...

  • Cuppa Joe

    ''I'd be in real big trouble if I wasn't DJ-ing,'' muses Joe Gauthreaux. ''I have no idea what I could do, or what I'd want...

  • Pussycat Guy

    ''I haven't really gotten to David Guetta status, in the sense that every person showing up wants to hear Dave Audé stuff,'' says Dave Audé....

  • Dancing DJ

    ''In high school, even when I first came out, I was definitely a wallflower,'' says DJ Roland Belmares. The 38-year-old wasn't keen on being seen...

  • Sand Men

    ''Fire Island, for me, it's the mecca of disco. You read about it in old disco books,'' says Russell Small of the British dance duo...

  • Siren Songs

    At last month's inaugural Siren, local promoter and DJ Aaron Riggins closed the night playing Mariah Carey's ''All I Want For Christmas Is You.'' ''For...

  • Love, Rehoboth Style

    ''We take the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, which looks like a high school cafeteria, and turn it into a nightclub atmosphere comparable to anything you'd...

  • Creating Joy

    Ric Sena was organizing parties as early as age 13. ''I remember my mother saying, 'All the kids are on the beach,''' recalls Sena, who...

  • Pride By Night

    If Dorothy mistook Capital Pride 2010 for the Land of Oz, she'd have a new refrain. ''Drag queens and DJs and bears, oh my.'' And...

  • Latin Fire

    ''I've always liked drag anyway. If other people can do it, why can't I?'' Philip Doyle only started doing drag five years ago. Since then,...