January 30, 2007

Lito dancing at Ohm

Robbi the NY promoter, Brian of Unified Records and moi

Stand up comedy show in the South Side

Saturday I watch a small documentary on young Indian prostitutes called "Highway Courtesans". It was completely depressing, showing very poor village girls with no other option than to sell their bodies to dirty truck drivers in order to support their families. And the way their men treated them was absolutely appalling.

Later that night I go to Ohm once again, and my brother Lito is one of the hired dancers. I am so proud of him, he absolutely rocked it up on the boxes, and I haven't seen a single male gogo dancer in the city that can hold a candle to him. You go boy. One of the original promoters of New York's famous Shelter (Robbi) was visiting, and apparently he's been nominated 5 times as best promoter. Speaking of which, a girl told me that there was a poll on (yuck) MySpace for best Chicago female promoter, and I'm number one so far. I wonder if I "won"...

After the club we all go to Sista Stroke's bday party at the SafeHouse, and we stay there until probably 9am. As I stumble to my car I feel like one of Andy Warhol's afterdark posse...

Sunday Lito, his boyfriend and I go to a standup comedy club on the SouthSide called "Jokes and Notes." A lot of the comedians were from BET's Comic View, and the show was absolutely hilarious. Just what I needed, laughter truly is the best medicine :) Then later we all go to hear Gene Hunt and DJ Cease at Subterranean, and are entertained by a bunch of chunky "burlesque" girls literally taking off their clothes on the dancefloor. The (cute) bouncer had to run up there and gently usher them back into their seats so they could rethink their stage act. After that me and my boy Chris go to The Note, and I field calls from Lito telling me to take care of my neglected pussycat.

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