Hello Deviants,
Hope y’all are staying healthy. Welcome to the Deviant Dispatch, your guide to culture that defies the norm. Today is Tuesday so I have a roundup of events for yewwww. They’re still all virtual ones, but as more and more people flock outdoors, I’m hoping we’ll have some actual events to report soon. Even if all the venues in Brooklyn never re-open I’ll be the first to point you to the illegal basement show (attend at your own risk).
Also I would be amiss not to mention the joy I gleaned from watching a parade of beautiful people lip-sync the new Kim Petras song. Go, watch, and feel the promise of being in the sun with friends/lovers fill you with longing. Then scroll on to see what’s happening this week.
point of clarification: I wrote about Cake Night last week but turns out it’s THIS WEDNESDAY not last Wednesday. Sorry for the confusion. Time is homophobic.
Cabernet Caberet w/ Cat Cohen
When: 8pm EST
Where: Instagram at @catccohen
What: I took this off the weekly rotation list for a sec but I have so much fun laughing along with this glamorous and hilarious lady I had to put it back on. Is this what old gay used to feel about Bette Midler? Freshly added to the relevance is this lovely interview she did with Frankie Cosmos. Also freshly relevant is my increasingly inability to feel joy or mirth. Hopefully this will be the cure!
How Much: Free
The Cake Night Show
When: Wednesday, 10pm EST
Where: Twitch.tv/the_cakeboys
What: The drag explosion sponsored by Rupaul’s Drag Race has (predictably) left out drag kings. While there’s a couple twinks in wigs holding court in every gay bar (pre-Covid), drag kings have not been getting booked at the same speed. The Brooklyn collective The Cake Boys is hoping to change that by showcasing how exciting Drag Kings can be as performers. The collective’s core members of Muscles Monty, Sweaty Eddie, Richard, and Uncle Freak are all exciting enough performers that you should tune in without the added hoopla of guests. Still, their first online show has an all star cast. Some of the guest stars (Junior Mint, Linda Felcher, Shanita Bump’s drag king persona Dat Lite Skin) you’ve read about already here .
How Much: free but tip/venmo the performers
Club Cringe
When: Friday, 8pm EST
Where: clubcringe.com
What: a grungy rave stream that happens every Friday. Last Friday nu-metal acid house pioneer Machine Girl played alongside HYPERPOP prodcuer Umru and Julianna Huxtable (a DJ/poet/performance artist who’s been throwing down in NYC since 2012). This Friday’s edition has heavyweights like TYGAPAW who serves up vougey post-club with bits of dembow mixed in. Like any promising function there’s a smattering of unkown names, but after a brief listen I’m vouching for the skeletal trashy tunes of chicken, the dark club of Tokyo’s T5UMUT5UMU, and the pummeling techno of Nahshi.
How Much: free but you should tip your DJs
Digital Drag Cyber 9
When: Friday 10pm EST
Where:twitch.tv/biqtchpuddin
What: The best place to go if you’ve never seen a modern drag show but you’ve always wanted to take a peak. Biqtch Puddin has made her one-off Twitch show a weekly affair. The Dragula winner is seamlessly mixing big names with well-deserving up and comers.
How Much: $10 Suggested Donation
Club Quarantine
When: Every night, 9-12:00 EST
Where: Zoom, check @clubquarantine on Instagram at 9pm EST for the code
What: Let’s take a gander at what Zoom’s best club served us last week. There were immaculate sets from Sailor Q and @thelimitdoesnotexist. Caroline Polacheck reenacted her video for “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings.” Jojo sang a version of “Leave, Get out” about social distancing. MNDR, Eartheater, and the incredible Pauli Cakes also DJed a Paper Magazine night (is it a good or bad sign that no other publication has decided to jump on board?). What will they have in store this week? Check their Instagram everyday to find out.
How Much: Free
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