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It’s Mo AKA DJ Gay Panic and this(!) is The Deviant Dispatch.  I keep a faggoty ear to the ground, delivering you the latest news from my corner of the NYC underground: sloppy/artful drag shows, it-girl gossip, buzz bands, cultural speculation, and ravey dance parties. There will typos. There may even be some nepotism at play, but how could there not be with such cool friends? You’re not paying me to be impartial! Speaking of money, support by become a patron for just $5 a month for weekly event recommendations. For my fellow broke people: share this newsletter with someone, or hit the heart button at the top of the post!

I’ve been away from New York, deep in the south in my hometown of Atlanta. Here for my dad’s 70th birthday yes, but also skulking around for signs of that good arty gay goo that makes staying in New York so sticky. I somewhat found it: formerly deported techno DJ Chippy Nonstop played underground Atlanta with the party collective Chakakhan Hacienda. TVOD shook a sleepy Wednesday crowd at Boggs Social & Supply out of their shyness with energetic playing by all and backbends/ yelps/various faces by Tyler the frontperson. Tonight I head to Mary’s for an open drag set show to see what the children are up to.

While not traditionally defined as alternative (black girls are of course alternative by default) The Rapper Flo Milli gave such a rousing show it restored my faith in the mainstream. She showcased buckets of charisma (“fuck the rules” she crowed before diving into the crowd during “May I”) and technical skill, rapping largely without use of backing vocals. This was the second show of her first tour, and you can see young miss Milli has put in the thought. There were custom graphics on a large LED screen casting Flo Milli as the star in various 2000s reality shows¹. There were two backup dancers who appeared during certain sections of certain songs, with Flo Milli jumping into the choreography with a certainty that suggests she’s been touring for years.

While I was running amuck sniffing out the fun, a chill fell over the previously sunny streets. Winter is coming, so you better get into some fun before the weather starts to convince you it’s more fun to stay indoors.

XOXO

Mo

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October is almost over at this point, and Halloween looms around the corner. Nothing is scarier than the weekend of festivities arriving and finding out you have nothing to do and nowhere to go now that all the good shit sold out. Thankfully, I have done the (mostly) thankless job of compelling your creepy itinerary.