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July 18

Bree Maddox watch - Part 2749

Update: It seems PerthNow’s GirlBoyBlog are using Bree’s breasts as their promotional logo! Wow. —>

That gag reflex picture of Bree Maddox sparked a fair amount of conversation this week. Namely, this blog post on PerthNow.

Should there come a point in your life where you should cover your “assets” up and start dressing more conservatively?

At first glance the post doesn’t actually mention Bree Maddox, then BANG name drops in the last few paragraphs, along with… HOLY BEJESUS A HIGH RESOLUTION VERSION OF THE PHOTO. Like all blogs run by massive old-media corporations the post offers no real insight, but there are some entertaining comments from readers.

When asking for those comments PerthNow’s Girlblogger chimes in “please don’t be biased this is about what she wears only. Try not to be offensive I don’t think she’d appreciate it. Cheers”. Despite the warning, PerthNow dosen’t seem to have anyone moderating reader comments:

I wish she would just go away and stop trying so hard to be a society girl. The papers should stop feeding her ego and calling her a socialite, she’s no more a socialite than I am, its a stupid self inflating term that has no substance, just like Bree. She’s just a tacky try hard who basically does not have what it takes to be attractive at all. No matter what she wears or what angle the photo takes her in, she is downright plain ugly. Still, what do you expect from a former Penthouse Pet! Go away Bree now and stay out of the papers!!!
Brianna of Western Suburbs
Wed 15 Jul 09 (01:41pm)

Harsh! Because I’m not a total asshole, here’s a photo of Bree looking quite nice actually.

Random Tags: media, stupid, the court, the scene

July 13

Bree Maddox watch - Part 17

On Sunday morning I wasn’t even out of bed yet and received a text from my best buddy and omnipotent media being David to let me know of a photo that was printed in STM Magazine. Many other people emailed in about it as well. Looks like Bree Maddox was out on the weekend at the Tarvydas King Street store launch, and… oh. my. god.

“Shit. The maid forgot to take my haute couture dress to the drycleaners. Oh, that’s alright, I’ll just wear this piece of cloth I found on the ground after Amateur Drag Night at The Court.”

… and pictured with the Mayor of Perth too! Great work. I actually needed a tie-in to legitimise posting that photo, and here it is: Police cars clog restricted gay bar zones.

Perth City Council concedes its parking inspectors have no power to ticket police cars that clog no-standing and one-hour zones outside socialite Bree Maddox’s inner-city gay bar.

The article brings up a few points I agree with, particularly because I’ve personally seen police cars scream dangerously past the alfresco area outside The Court. Not to mention police motorcycles I have also seen mount the curb and then drive along the footpath. There only needs to be one tipsy person who takes a mistimed step and it could all go wrong.

Bree doesn’t comment in the article on account of The Court’s good relationship with the police, and I can appreciate why she didn’t. With police cars all around it gives The Court a sense of security. Although, I could be totally wrong and Bree was actually doing a bit of persuasion work at the Tarvydas store launch:

Bree Maddox: Oi, Lisa… get those police cars away from my bar or you’ll be sorry. There could be an unfortunate accidental gust of wind and my top will fly right off! It’s only secured by a rubber band and some scotch tape you know!

Lisa Scaffidi: Please, don’t do it Bree, I don’t want to see that! There’s nothing I can do… it’s out of the jurisdiction of our parking inspectors… pleeeease spare me!

Photographer: Ladies can I take your photo for STM magazine?

Bree Maddox: SMILE AND DON’T SAY A WORD LISA!

Of course that’s all a joke and never happened, or maybe…

The gay agenda Tags: fashion, nudity, police, the court, the scene

July 2

News from the gutter

Incase you didn’t hear, I died. That’s why there were no updates for a week. But hey I have some juicy goss to mark my return.

If you were at The Court Wednesday night you would have witnessed a huge public discretion between a certain resident drag queen and a member of the audience. The conflict came from one side, and it didn’t involve your everyday drag banter; it was a full on verbal tirade with no regard for slander or libel laws or microphone volume. The amateur drag audience was all watching.

There’s a backstory to this incident and we can all learn a lesson from it: never become friends with benefits with a dried up drag queen, because later when you don’t feel like having sex with her anymore, she’ll try to blackmail you with those raunchy webcam videos you took. Then, if you try to blackmail her back, she’ll try to make a fool of you on stage at The Court (and fail). Man, I never would have expected such things in innocent ‘lil Perth.

xoxo Gossip Girl

Random Tags: bitching, drag, sex, stupid, the court, the scene

June 15

Review: Love Sundays

Sunday was the launch of Love Sundays (fb), a new Sunday session held on Sundays. Sunday. I couldn’t be bothered coming up with a decent introductory sentence. The night is held at Luxe Bar and guns for a glamourous and luxurious atmosphere with gay friendly crowds. Luxe is already pretty posh like that, so the venue choice was only natural.

Perth has a strange curse hovering over Thursday and Sunday bar nights. With the exception of ZOO Sundays, gay events outside of the regular Wednesday and Saturday mould often meet a premature death… Anyone remember ‘Loop’? The ‘Trick’ nights mysteriously never returned either. I can’t predict how successful Love Sundays will be, but the launch night attracted a very respectably sized crowd.

Anyone familiar with Luxe will already know the drill: swanky, low lit velvet seating areas, plunky lounge music and pricey cocktails. It’s all absolute wank, of course, but it’s nice to get dressed up every now and then and pretend you’re a western suburb snob. You should be prepared for a $5 cover charge, which in my annoyance was not advertised anywhere until I reached the front door.

The ‘Love Sunday cocktail’ has been renamed as ‘Love Custard’, which the host James Kay told me had every gay pun intended. He’d be right if guys cum tasted like raspberries. Sadly, it does not. The cocktail however I found pretty nice, but it’s very milky, more of a drink to finish off the night rather than start it. I received mixed feedback about James’ Love Custard, really depends if you’re a fan of milky drinks and raspberries.

The guest vocalist who played early in the night was an absolute wonder - I only caught her first name, Natasha. Definitely an act to bring back in following weeks. The live aspect really made the atmosphere much more vibrant. After her set the regular vocal house music began, and the night felt like it was slipping back into stock standard mode again.

Focus group: (wrap up from the attending reviewers)

I received so many mixed responses from my friends I’m not actually going to post them in this review. Some, particularly the ones who had never been to Luxe before, loved it. Others found the night much of the same old. I do think you should save up at least the $5 cover charge and see for yourself. It’s quite nice for the occasional semi-extravagant night out with friends, but drinks are very expensive, so unless you’re bleeding money attending every week may be a bit much.

Update: There’s a fair amount of gossip making circles about some trouble later on during the night. Apparently the regular Luxe crowd showed up and were very unhappy their venue had been hijacked by gays without prior announcement. Sounds like it ended with staff yelling at patrons and vice versa. Details as they come into the newsroom.

Out and about Tags: alternative nights, bars, nightlife, reviews, the scene

June 5

Better late than never!

The May edition of WAX Magazine is now on the streets. Yes, I said May Don’t ask, but there was a delay of sorts. The important thing is you can now ogle over the scrumptious Phil Priest who is on the cover walking up some stairs in Kings Park. Wonder what’s on his iPod? Maybe he stores photos of himself naked on it! mmm.

My column is again joined by the infamous bathroom camwhore photo. I tell you that hairdryer in the background adds a touch of class!

Unfortunately due to the delays in getting the May edition out, we are skipping June. But we’re not going away, stay tuned.

Media darlings Tags: media, perth, the scene, wax magazine

June 3

You and me, we’re the same

I’m back in Perth and unfortunately my hopes of being swine flu quarantined to get out of going to work have been dashed. But in all of my stupid health, I do have some travel tips and gay scene comparisons for any Perthians looking to head to Singapore on holiday. It’s a nice break from Perth that isn’t Melbourne… and we all know how the gays of Perth love to fly to Melbourne.

The somewhat anti-gay view of Singapore is far less physically forceful than people (and the Australian government) tend to think. Sure there is homophobia in Singapore, but it is much more subtle, and comes in the form of homosexuals not coming out of the closet until they are well into their 20s (if at all), or movies like ‘Milk’ being banned from DVD release, or a state-run newspaper feature I read which sprawled across many pages on how wonderful the traditional family unit is.

As for public displays of affection; I never did actually see two same sex couples kiss in public, but I picked up on plenty of subtle hand holding. In one instance an obviously puppy-love struck couple couldn’t keep their fidgeting hands off each while sitting outside a mosque. Another time I saw two guys holding hands walk past police officers outside a gay club.

In the same club I struck up a conversation with a chick who told me if it’s only two people and they’re not causing a huge commotion, most others won’t care. If it’s three or more causing a group disturbance of sorts, you may start to arouse the wrong kind of attention. It’s this kind of modesty that defines much of Singapore’s culture - right down to bus stop ads that tell you how to be graceful.

Cross cultural lesson over; now on to the gay things to do as a tourist. Singapore has many more gay (friendly) bars and clubs than Perth, and almost all of them are located in Chinatown. In the grand scheme of things, Sing gay venues really are just like the Court and Connections you’re familiar with, it’s only the specifics that are different. Among the nightspots on my trip I went to the club ‘Play‘ (photo above) with friends and local friends-of-friends.

I can give you a one sentence review: It’s just like Connections, minus all the bullshit, minus all the rude people, minus anyone over 30, and every second song is Britney Spears.

And I can say that in all honesty. That photo above may look crowded, but everyone politely moves aside for you. I struck up a conversation with three strangers on the dancefloor. I randomly met the chick mentioned above and we talked about the differences between Sing and Australia. The patrons are just plain nice. Compare that with the Court or Connections, you start to see the cultural gap.

So, here are my tips if you’re going gay clubbing in Sing:

• If at all possible go with a friend who lives in Sing. It always helps to have some one to navigate you around the cultural differences you may not even realise exist. eg. Some bars have a special cashier system, others you’re only allowed to place orders with the ‘hosts’ who hover around the edges of the bar.
• Expect a cover charge everywhere you go, and expect it to be expensive. In most cases the cover charge will include a drink (but hey, ‘Play’ was less expensive than Connections and included the drink)
• The Sing government don’t have harsh restrictions on liquor licensing, but place huge taxes on alcohol. This means drinks are fairly expensive. On the flip side, it’s very common to order jugs of spirit mixers. Yes that’s right… a jug of Red Bull and vodka.
• Take enough cash. For whatever reason venues hate foreign credit cards. I watched a bartender take my card, stand by the cashier without swiping it, and come back to say it had been declined. Suss!
• Most local gay guys wear shorts in clubs (probably safer not to test this out)
• Learn your Singapore slang. At the very least, if you’re asked “are you AJ?”, you should know what they’re talking about!
• Quite important for the guys: Young Singaporeans are very sophisticated consumers, and straight guys will check you out, but they’re looking at your clothes and nothing more! Do not misinterpret this.

Out and about Tags: bars, overseas, the scene, travel

May 28

New gig guide + what to do this weekend

Thanks to the suggestion from my bestie David, and some hard work, I am very proud to present the only source you’ll ever need to schedule your social life: the gayrage gig guide … for gays (G4). It’s a very convenient collection of gay community, commercial and gay friendly events, plus other happenings around Perth which may be of interest to you.

Why is it better than all the other gig guides? Because I made it, fool. Actually it’s so you don’t have to go trawling through street press papers and get yucky ink all over your hands. It’s also electronic so it’s always up to date and geeks can download event details to their computers or yuppie phones. LOOK NOW.

My picks on what to do in Perth this long weekend:

Events:

• Friday: Get dressed up for the SPANK! Beauty and the Beast party (tickets and outfit required, see website) at Bar Open
• Saturday: For something different check out SEXY, opens just after midnight, Shafto Lane
• Sunday: Rozalla Live at Connections - this is a fundraiser for Pride WA!

Music:

• Saturday: If you scored tickets, check out how awesome Lady Gaga’s set, stage and costume designs are, and laugh at how bad her singing is. Apparently a group of whorish strippers are also performing at the same event.
• Sunday: Head along to We Love Ministry of Sound and pop some E, maaaan.

Shopping

• Check out the last days of the Millington Street Popup Shop: lots of trendy discounted streetwear brands: 454 William Street in Northbridge.

Arts

• Check out the Year 12 Perspectives show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. I went last week and there are some great pieces from around WA, and some on exchange from Japan.
• While you’re there head across the road and check out the Nick Cave exhibition at the WA Museum.
• And if your brain is overloaded and needs something light, check out Lesbian Vampire Killers at the movies.

My gay picks for June (so far):
Can’t go wrong with Soho Nights on the 9th and 23rd. The launch of Love Sundays on the 14th will be worth checking out. And definitely the next SHAMELESS Party at Connections on the 20th. It’s a Viking ‘Roped and Pillaged’ theme… those spiky Viking helmets make me so horny… shit I’m original with my jokes.

Out and about Tags: alternative nights, bars, events, music, nightlife, the scene

May 24

New gay sunday sesh

Update: Apparently my promo isn’t positive enough for Luxe Bar, who deleted the link to this post from their FB event page. Oops, did I anger people by pointing out the obvious?

This event sort of came out of nowhere. Remember a while back I posted a rumour Trick had moved to Luxe Bar? Well instead Trick has apparently been killed off completely and in it’s place is Love Sundays held at… you guessed it, Luxe Bar!

The theme is grandeur and opulence, and the event sports quite a big ego since Luxe have created an entirely new ‘Love Sunday’ cocktail especially for the sophisticates…

“Luxe bar’s legendary cast of sultry sophisticates, charismatic up-and-comers, high maintenance boys and luscious lipstick beauties are reborn this June in quintessential Sunday style.”

Big promises to live up to when it launches on Sunday 14 June. While it’s great to see an increase in anti-scene start up events, Perth’s gay community is still relatively small. It’s a shame that Love Sundays could be cannibalising the ZOO Sundays crowd, an event which has been going strong for a while now.

In the next version of the event flyer I would like to see Johnni P’s name a little higher up. Actually, I would like the names of all the talented Love Sundays musicians put above the faux DJ. Plugging in a Dell laptop and hitting play on iTunes is not DJing. You all know who I’m talking about. Everyone thinks it but no one ever says it.

As a final note, don’t forget about Sunset Coasters: the other, other anti-scene event on Wednesday 17 June at Bar 138.

Out and about Tags: alternative nights, bars, nightlife, the scene

May 24

Promiscuous ATM

Credit to Christopher M for this photo. This is the message the ATM in Connections Nightclub was displaying all weekend. Many people remain unaware that you can contract gonorrhoea and chlamydia in your throat. Looks like a scene boy has been inserting himself inside the cash chute.

Out and about Tags: connections, health, sex, stupid, the scene

May 20

Pride expands festival line up

Today Pride WA announced an exciting new event in their Homecoming Festival line up: the Pride WA Ball. The title is boring, but the event is not. It’s a dinner, dancing and awards night to recognise the contributions individuals and organisations have made to Perth’s GLBTIQ community (I hate that abbreviation so I won’t be using it again from hereon).

The ball will be on Saturday 22 August at the Novotel Langley and will include live entertainment and the crowning of a GLBTblah ‘King and Queen’. I hope they’re not drag related. Nominations for the various awards happen between June and August, so please bombard Pride WA with many, many emails telling them to nominate me for my contribution to Perth’s very small gay media scene, plus for all that humanitarian work I did in Rockingham - handing out food to homeless bogans, that sort of thing.

Pride WA will be releasing more details closer to the event, so look out for them on gayrage. Other important Pride dates for you to enter into your electronic devices:

• Pride launch: Friday 18 September
• Fairday: Sunday 27 September - (event will become a dance party after 6pm)
• Pride Parade and Homecoming Party: Saturday 31 October

Out and about Tags: events, gay community, homecoming, local artists, music, nightlife, northbridge, politics, pride, the scene

May 11

Upcoming events

If you got a kick out of dressing up for the SHAMELESS: Detention party at Connections last weekend make sure you check out the upcoming Spank! ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Fetish & Fantasy Dance Party (web | fb) on 29 May. It’s from the same organisers who put together SHAMELESS.

And on the topic of SHAMELESS I headed along to the opening in my ripped up high school jersey jumper (RSHS class of ‘02.. woo). Great job to all involved in the schoolyard themeing - I had a gay ol’ dance in my very own high school muck up day. Also great to see people who put in the effort to get dressed up. The slutty nerdy outfit seemed to be the go’er.

The next Soho Night is on tonight (Tuesday 12 May). This is a very cool and relaxed queer night at the Ellington Jazz club. Goes great with a glass of wine!

Pride WA wants you to get involved in Faces For Freedom, a photography competition where you can make a statement against homophobic, and for human rights.

This week Pride WA will also be announcing a very exciting new event on their 2009 calendar… stay tuned

Zoo are celebrating their first birthday with a silver party on Sunday 17 May.

Rozalla live at Connections is a Pride WA fundraiser on 31 May - you know that song ‘everybody’s free’, right? You can buy tickets online from Pride WA.

If you’re in the mood for some dark and suspenseful theatre check out The Dark Room, playing at PICA until 17 May. Big recommendation from me.

Out and about Tags: alternative nights, arts, events, gay community, homecoming, nightlife, pride, the scene

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