[SFG-A] Club Gossip in May

[Damon Boyle]

The 80's New Wave VIDEO CLUB
Club GOSSIP
Every Second Saturday

Saturday May 12th

Joy Division
We'll play videos you've never seen before,
and a ton of music to go with it. One of our favorite
all times bands, for sure. Come and feel the love
with us as we go Joy Division crazy. We want to
encourage you to sing along with us when we play
'Love will tear us apart', ok? Ok!

Watch! Super-duper fantastic Montage/Visuals by:
Der Blaue Reiter
Get schmoozed by 'Smalltown Boy' Randy Maupin
as your uber host

DJ's in Frontroom
The Melting GIrl (Death Guild)
And Special Guest DJ and Joy Division aficionado
DJ John (New Wave City)
play Joy Division and other dark delights all night

Backroom VJ's
Damon (1984, Substance, Bondage a Go Go)
Shon (Club Gossip)
and Guest VJ Dangerous Dan (1984)
play Joy Division Videos and
all your other favorite videos too!

Club Gossip
every second Saturday
at the Cat Club
Saturday May 12th
9:30-3am 21+ free B4 10pm $7 after
tribes.tribe.net/clubgossip



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Go-Go's night

Sunday May 27th Memorial Day Weekend
Trannyshack vs Club Gossip presents
Go-Go's Lip Sync Contest
with Jane Wiedlin and Gina Schock from the Go-Go's
as Celebrity Judges
Hosted by Heklina
$100 Prize Contestants needed, please apply

2 dance floors-All 80's
All the best 80's Videos in the backroom with VJ's
Dangerous Dan(1984, The Bar)
Low Life(Club Gossip, New Wave City)
Front room DJ's
Damon(Club Gossip, 1984, Substance)
Shon(Club Gossip)
Hosted by Smalltownboy Randy Maupin

Contest at Midnight
The Merriment starts at 9pm and lasts till 3am
You must be 21 w/ID
www.trannyshack.com
tribes.tribe.net/clubgossip
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An article on our May 27th party with the Go-Go's
from sfgate.com
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Here comes the judge
Last week, we called Jane Wiedlin, a member of
the Go-Go's, and asked her what sort of criteria she
and bandmate Gina Schock would use as celebrity
judges at the Trannyshack vs. Club Gossip Go-Go's
lip-sync contest over Memorial Day weekend.

It turns out technical proficiency isn't as important
as wearing the biggest wig. "You don't have to
get the words right," Wiedlin said. "It's going to be
more about the outfits and being outrageous."
Any other pointers? "Everyone that comes dressed
as me automatically wins," she said. "Unless they
do my poodle perm hairdo from the '80s."

Competitors will have plenty of material to choose
from, including the all-girl group's seminal
new wave hits "Vacation," "We Got the Beat"
and "Our Lips Are Sealed," most recently covered
by tween queens Hilary and Haylie Duff. There's even
a chance Wiedlin will jump onstage. "Maybe I could do
a brief lesson on how to dance like us," Wiedlin said.
"I can do the Belinda dance really well. You just need
to know how to wave your arms above your head."

This isn't the first time Wiedlin, also a cast member
on VH1's "The Surreal Life," has presided over a
Trannyshack event. Three years ago she sat in on
the nightclub's beauty pageant. "I love drag queens,"
she said. "I adore Heklina, who runs the club."

The Go-Go's are collaborating with Disney on a
project called the Po-Go's, which features children
performing old and new material by the band.
"I know there are plenty of women in their 30s
that would love to listen to those songs with their kids,"
Wiedlin said. She is also working on a musical
she hopes to take to Broadway.
The Go-Go's lip-sync contest takes place at
Club Gossip vs. Trannyshack, 9 p.m. May 27
at the Cat Club, 1190 Folsom St., San Francisco.
For tickets and details, visit www.trannyshack.com.
-- Aidin Vaziri