Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Tell Your Friends - Two Faces Fourth of July Parties

Tell your friends...next weekend, Faces on Fourth Street
celebrates Fourth of July with two parties.

Sunday, July 2 is Siren's U CAN DANCE. If you attended our last
U CAN DANCE event, you already know how much fun it was...and how
packed we were. If you missed our first party...U CAN DANCE is a
non-stop dance party with drag queens and go go bois performing
on stage while you and your friends dance. Help us make this
edition of U CAN DANCE twice as big as our last one. Doors open
on Sunday, July 2 @ 10 PM. Sunday is 18+ to enter & 21+ to
drink. Our U CAN DANCE performers hit the stage @ 11:30 PM. If
you are 21+ you can enjoy our Sunday Keg Party with Quarter (25
cent) draft Pabst Blue Ribbon all night.

Then come back on Monday, July 3...Fourth of July Eve...for
BANG! with DJ Beezwakz spinning 28 years of your favorite dance
anthems. Fourth of July is on a Tuesday, so you can party with
your friends @ Faces on Fourth Street on Monday, July 3 and not
have to worry about work or school on Tuesday. BANG! starts on
Monday, July 3 @ midnight. BANG! is 21+ with ID required. Cover
is $5 all night, Enjoy our $2 domestic longnecks all night on
Monday, July 3. We are usually not open on Mondays so we need
your help to get the word out to all of your friends. Two
parties at Faces on Fourth Street..back to back...Sunday, U CAN
DANCE& Monday, BANG!


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Friday, June 23, 2006

The Biggest Pride Weekend in Faces' History

Pride @ Faces on Fourth Street - The Biggest Pride Weekend
Celebration in the history of Faces!
Don't miss one night of it!
(Please post this on MySpace & share it with all of your
friends).

Friday, June 23 - 18+ College Dance Party - 18+ to enter & 21+
to drink. Doors open @ 10 PM. DJ Pavel spins before and after
the show in the Main Room. DJ Steve-O spins AFTERHOURS in the
Basement. Southern Comfort Male Revue performs two shows. Flo
brings her Kansas City Invasion (Desiree Luv, Rochelle Wilson,
plus drag kings Sway, and River Rain) to perform with Victoria
Rose, Madison Elise, & Marissa Bloomingdale. Special Early show
@ 11:30 PM. Enjoy $2 Mich Ultra & $2 Be to the E from AB all
night. Cover is $5 for everyone until 11 PM.

Saturday, June 24 - THUMP! Dance Party - 21+ with ID required.
Doors open @ 10 PM. DJ Pavel spins before and after the show in
the Main Room. DJ Steve-O spins AFTERHOURS in the Basement.
Special guest NYC DJ Scotty Thomson spins AFTERHOURS in the Main
Room from 4 AM until 8 AM. Southern Comfort Male Revue performs
two shows. Recording Artist Thea Austin performs live in the
Main Room @ 3 AM. The Diamond Dolls Drag Show, hosted by Victoria
Rose starts @ 11:30 PM in the Main Room. Enjoy $2 Be to the E
all night. Cover is $5 until 11 PM.

Sunday, June 25 - CURFEW 18+ Dance Party - 18+ to enter & 21+ to
drink. Doors open @ 10 PM. Our Basement opens for our 21+ guests
@ 5 PM. DJ Pavel spins in the Main Room before and after the
show. Our Pantyliners Drag Show, hosted by Victoria Rose & Siren
starts @ 11:30 PM in the Main Room. Enjoy our Sunday Keg Party
with 25 cent (quarter) draft Pabst Blue Ribbon all night. Cover
is $5 for everyone until 11 PM.

Avoid the cover all summer - become a Summer VIP for only $35
and you pay no cover for the rest of the summer (including Pride
Weekend & Fourth of July). Visit our website,
www.FacesNoLimits.com [1] for details on our VIP program.

St. Louis Pridefest is Saturday & Sunday, June 24 & 25 in Tower
Grove Park (off of South Grand). The Pride parade starts @ noon on Sunday
on South Grand. Kansas City's Flo is the Main Stage MC on
Saturday. Flo MCs our Friday night show @ 11:30 PM. DJ Scotty
Thomson is the headliner on the Pride Main Stage then he brings
the party to Faces on Fourth Street for his Saturday AFTERHOURS
set from 4 AM until 8 AM . Two of Faces On Fourth Street's
resident DJ's, Pavel & Steve-O spin during the Pridefest.

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Monday, June 19, 2006

Flo's Pride Friday Kansas City Invasion

If you have been reading our emails, been to our website
(www.FacesNoLimits.com), been to our MySpace page, been to our
blog, or read our 2 page ad in EXP Magazine, you already know
that we have packed more entertainment into Pride Weekend then we
(or any other St. Louis bar) has ever offered before. Pride
Weekend should be huge...and now we are adding more. Friday, June
23, Pride Weekend
, Flo will bring her Kansas City posse to join
our show. Kansas City's Flo will be our special guest MC on
Friday, June 23. Flo brings, Desiree Luv, Rochelle Wilson, plus
drag kings Sway, and River Rain to join our very own Victoria
Rose, Madison Elise, and Marissa Bloomingdale
on stage. Let's
see, Flo, her Kansas City Invasion, our own divas, DJ Pavel, plus
male dance revue Southern Comfort all packed into our Friday 18+
College Party
. Flo is scheduled to MC the Main Stage at the St.
Louis Pridefest in Tower Grove Park on Saturday, June 24, 2006.
Doors open Friday through Sunday, June 23, 24, & 25 @ 10 PM. Our
packed shows start early, @ 11:30 PM on Friday, Saturday, &
Sunday. Friday & Sunday are 18+ to enter & 21+ to drink. Cover is
reduced to $5 for everyone until 11 PM. We need your help in
getting the word out. Please tell your friends on MySpace, AOL,
Gay.com and anywhere else you talk to people. If you don't
noramally go out on Friday nights, or you were thinking about
traveling..please consider spending Pride Weekend with your
friends @ Faces on Fourth Street.

Net neutrality and why it will impact you

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

DJ Scotty Thomson in Unzipped Magazine

From Unzipped Magazine April, 2006:
Great Scott
New York City club Avalon. DJ Scotty Thomson is on the turntables as drag performers Kevin and Koko Aviance hit the stage. They bring up a hapless male from the dance floor, tie him to a coat rack, and strip him to his undies. After doing some runway passes around him, the two Aviances walk offstage to work the dance floor—leaving the guy up there for 20 minutes, till security finally unties him. “People still talk about that night,” grins Thomson. But what about Scotty’s own sexy exploits


Scotty has a face and body that are definitely made for sin—and we suspect he’s had many opportunities to do dirty dance-floor deeds—but he prefers to focus on music. He started spinning in 1999 and was what he calls an “apartment DJ” until 2001, when two of New York’s biggest club promoters, John Blair and Beto Sutter, hired him to spin during happy hour at the Manhattan hot spot XL. “After just two nights as the happy hour DJ, I was moved up to Thursday nights,” he says. “Two weeks after that, I became resident DJ in the Chapel at [notorious NYC club] Limelight.” He made such an impact that Limelight denizens began referring to his Sunday-night gig as “Scotty T.’s Chapel.” “I was completely taken aback to know that a room in one of the most famous clubs ever [was named] after me, after only a month of being in the business.”

One reason for Scotty’s immediate popularity is his eclectic playlist: He mixes dance-floor classics with the newest imported vinyl. “The crowd knows I’ll be playing some hits, but I’m also obsessed with finding fresh tracks for every performance. It keeps me excited.” What do these new records sound like? “Soulful and deep vocal tracks—hot records that resemble the music from the mid to late ’90s.”

Scotty’s musical formula is working well—he has residencies at New York’s XL and the clubs Five and Nation in Washington, D.C. This year he played Miami’s White Party, and he has upcoming DJ gigs in Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. He’s busy, but he wouldn’t have it any other way: “I love to entertain. I get so involved in my music, creating fresh mixes on the fly and changing things around every time I spin so that I make each performance unique. I get in a zone, and 10-hour sets go by in a flash.”

Make no mistake, we love Scotty Thomson’s music. But isn’t there even one dirty DJ story he can tell us? Pretty please?

“Well, I had a boyfriend for four years, until June 2004. After a very rough breakup, it took me almost a year to get my confidence up and feel good about myself,” he admits. We immediately feel bad for bringing up the subject. Is he feeling better now? Thankfully, he says yes. “It’s uncanny how people can sense confidence or the lack thereof. Most of the time I’m hidden up in the booth where no one can see me, but my change in mood seems to have projected itself way out into the clubs lately.”

Judging from the dancing throngs of sweaty, smiling guys at his every performance, we’d agree: Scotty Thomson’s mood is indeed infectious. And now that he’s single, we’ve got an idea that might help this hot DJ get rid of any remaining blues: Hold on a sec while we strip to our undies and grab that coat rack.


Visit DJ Scotty Thomson at his website, ScottyT.com.

By Perry Kramer

Major New Pride Event - DJ Scotty Thomson



We have some big news for Pride Weekend. The St. Louis Pridefestis Saturday and Sunday, June 24 & 25 in Tower Grove Park on
South Grand Avenue in St. Louis. The St. Louis Pridefest has an
incredible DJ, Scotty Thomson, booked as the headliner for the
Pridefest Main Stage on Saturday, June 24. DJ Scotty Thomsonspins at the Pridefest in Tower Grove Park from 6:45 PM until 8
PM. Then, the party really begins. Faces on Fourth Street is
proud to announce that we have booked DJ Scotty Thomson for a
specialAFTERHOURS performance on Saturday, June 24 (Sunday
morning). So, you can get a taste of DJ Scotty T at Pridefest,
then head to Faces on Fourth Street for the climax. DJ Scotty
Thomson will spin AFTERHOURS from 4 AM until 8 AM
in the Main
Room @ Faces on Fourth Street. Our resident DJ Pavel, opens
Saturday night in the Main Room while DJ Steve-O spins
AFTERHOURS in the Basement.

So, just to make sure you know how big this party is going to
be...Saturday, June24...Pridefest Weekend...Faces on Fourth
Street presents a special live performance by chart-topping
recording artist Thea Austin @ 3 AM in our Main Room. Male dance
revue, Southern Comfort performs two sets as part of our Diamond
Dolls Drag Show starting @ 11:30 PM. Resident DJ's Pavel &
Steve-O will be spinning Saturday night....and now...just
added....nationally known DJ Scotty Thomson will follow Thea
Austin with his AFTERHOURS set from 4AMuntil 8 AM. This is quite
possibly the most entertainment that we have ever packed into
one night at Faces on Fourth Street. Doors open Saturday, June
24@ 10 PM. We have a special reduced $5 cover until 11 PM on
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday of Pride Weekend. The earlier you
come, the lower the cover. Then we have this huge party...all we
need is you and your friends to join us.

Pride Weekend @ Faces on Fourh Street will great. Friday, June
23 andSunday, June 25 are both 18+ College Dance Parties. Doors
open Friday through Sunday @ 10 PM on Pride Weekend. We have
special early Drag Shows Friday through Sunday @ 11:30 PM.
Resident DJ Pavel spins Friday through Sunday in the Main Room
and DJ Steve-O spins AFTERHOURS in the Basement. Recording
artist Thea Austin returns to Faces for a special live
performance on Saturday, June 24 @ 3 AM. Southern Comfort Male
Revue will dance and strip for you on Friday & Saturday, June 23
& 24. Kansas City's Flo performs on Friday, June 23. Springfield's
Vivian Powers
performs on Saturday & Sunday, June 24 & 25. Is
there any place else in St. Louis that is offering you this much
entertainment? Please, tell your friends. Post this on MySpace.
Talk about it in the Gay.com chat rooms. Help us make this the
best party.

Friday, June 09, 2006

Recording Artist Thea Austin Returns Pride Weekend

Recording artist Thea Austin returns to Faces on Fourth Street to celebrate Pride Weekend wih a special live performance Saturday, June 24 @ 3 AM (Sunday morning).
From Josephine Baker to Sade, Lisa Stansfield to Annie Lennox, international divas have always captured the ears and hearts of listeners around the world, including those in America. Thea Austin is no exception. As the lead singer of the mega-group Snap, Thea took the world by storm and made a major impact on the US market, something Thea welcomed. While she was being hailed as a new international diva, in actuality she is a full-fledged American from the heartland of Pennsylvania. So what's a nice hometown girl doing in such an international spotlight?

Born in Pittsburgh, Thea has been fronting bands and honing her vocal skills since she was in her early teens. Several years ago, her want for vocal success brought her to Los Angeles, looking for a recording contract. Also a talented writer, Thea's love of music led her to a position as a staff writer at a major music industry magazine, The R & B Report. She then got a taste of the business of promotion and hype, as well as insight into the workings of major labels and the shaping of new artists. Her contacts continued to grow.

That drive led her out of the country to Japan, growing as a vocalist and experiencing new cultures. Upon returning to the US she immediately began work on a solo project. An accomplished lyricist, she penned songs with several successful producers. Her travels led her to Penny Ford, the former lead singer of Snap, who sensed Thea's talent and introduced her to the Snap organization. Thea was immediately whisked to Germany to begin work on Snap's album "The Madman's Return" with rapper Turbo B. She not only sang, but co-wrote many of the cuts. Once the album was complete and the first single released, a video was shot and a European tour planned.

As the lead singer of Snap, Thea was on top of the world. “The Madman’s Return” was released in March, 1992 and the first single, "Colour of Love," soared into the top ten across Europe, further demonstrating that Snap was a force to be reckoned with. Thea began playing venues from Italy to Germany, Turkey to the Red Sea. Suddenly, she was catapulted to international stardom. The second single "Rhythm Is a Dancer" was even more successful, taking a firm grasp on the number one position on numerous Billboard charts, including the Eurochart, Hits of the UK and charts in Germany, Italy and countless other nations, while the video landed at number one on MTV Europe and in CNN’s top twenty. Thea’s unmistakable vocals and writing on “Rhythm Is a Dancer” would go on to make it one of the most memorable dance tracks of the 90’s. "I have been very blessed to have such success with Snap across the globe. I cannot count how many lessons I have learned and how much total experience this has been.”

In October of 1992, Thea and Snap had the distinct honor and privilege of opening for the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, at his concert in Bucharest, Rumania during his Dangerous tour. The performance was broadcast live on radio and shown on television in 61 countries. In addition, Michael Jackson in Concert in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour was later broadcast on HBO.

That success has not been difficult for her to achieve. Her strong, sultry voice coupled with her beauty, has made her a natural. Her personal music is message driven, as she tries to combine the best of today's sounds with lyrics that speak simple truths. Thea is always working to expand her horizons. Not only a vocalist, she is an accomplished lyricist and producer, evidenced by her writing, co-writing, and producing numerous tracks for her first solo project "Cutoff" with the German producers T. Copperfield and T. Noise. The first single, “Don’t Stop” and follow-up, "Move," were released in 1994 and had success in the European top 40 charts. In 1996, Coconut Records released “Magic Touch,” “Vibe,” and "Let Go,” three singles by Cymurai featuring Thea with remixes by ATB.

Thea has also worked with many notable members of the international music community, including Chris Cox & Barry Harris (Thunderpuss); DJ Irene; Mark Pomeroy & Brian Tappert (Soulsearcher); Full Intention, DJ Dealer & Craig C (The Pound Boys); Paul Chambers (550 Rekords); Pete Amato; and Karel to name but a few. In 1998, Thea had an unforgettable time singing background vocals on Engelbert Humperdinck's "The Dance Album" with fellow dance diva Abigail.

Other tracks that have benefited from the voice of Thea include Turbo B's "I'm Not Dead," Heart Attack's single "Eye of the Tiger," Desire’s “When I Loose Control,” and "You Won't Know What Hit Cha" with BFL. In 1998 Thea worked with the renowned team of Barry Harris and Chris Cox (aka Thunderpuss), on the single "I Just Wanna Be Your Everything" which made it on to Billboard Magazine’s Dance & Club Play chart.

1999 found Thea as the voice behind Soulsearcher's massive international hit "I Can't Get Enough" which still gets more than its fair share of radio play. In 2000, Thea and Soulsearcher scored again with the number 13 UK hit "Do It to Me Again,” which Thea co-wrote with producer Mark Pomeroy. Perhaps one of the most memorable events in Thea’s career was performing with Soulsearcher at Prince Charles’ Prince’s Trust’s “Party in the Park” in London in 1999. Packing Hyde Park for the benefit were more than 120,000 people who came to see performances from some of pop music’s biggest stars, including Ricky Martin, Mary J. Blige, Geri Halliwell, and Duane Harden.

In 2001, Thea collaborated with Pusaka, the team of Chris Cox and DJ Irene, to record "You're the Worst Thing for Me (I'm Addicted)." Written by Thea, Chris Cox and DJ Irene, it was heralded as THE anthem for the summer of 2001 and rushed out as a remix single by Tommy Boy Records. It zoomed to the top of the Billboard dance charts and hit number one. The track garnered major radio play and has been featured on the hit TV shows "Queer As Folk" & "Sex in the City." The hit song can also be heard being played throughout the hit independent film, PUNKS, starring Vanessa Williams, written and directed by Patrik-Ian Polk and produced by Tracey Edmonds and her husband Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds.

Without taking much of a break from globetrotting in support of Pusaka's "You're The Worst Thing For Me," Thea Austin has found the time to create three brand new songs for the beginning of 2002. "First Class Freak," co-written by Thea and master remixer Chris Cox will be released on the eagerly anticipated compilation CD "Barry Harris and Chris Cox Present Thunderpuss" from Tommy Boy. "Funky Music" was written by Thea and co-produced with DJ Dealer and Craig C, better known as the Pound Boys. "Funky Music" will be released on the Pound Boys own label, Look At You Records. The track will also be presented for the first time publicly at the Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach. "Looking at the Space," a social and political pop song written by Ingo will be released by EMI-Germany in the spring. Plans are in motion for a video shoot in Los Angeles and a tour in support of the track. Says Thea, "When you got a lot of desire you will find a way to get what you want!" Desire is not something that Thea is short on.

Thea Austin fits many categories: sultry diva, powerful vocalist, producer, lyricist, stunning beauty, international performer. Yet her music defies categorization and crosses all world boundaries. She has established a foothold in the global music community and has used it as a foundation for a brilliant and successful solo career.

Thanks to Karel, DJ Karine Sanche and the Eurodance Encyclopaedia, www.eurokdj.com.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Thea Austin's & Snap's Rhythm is a Dancer Video

Sunday Night Was Awesome


Did you make it to Faces on Fourth Street Sunday night for U Can
Dance? Why not? If you missed it, you missed an awesome party. The dance
floor was packed. The bar was packed. The show was great. The go
go bois were hot. U Can Dance was a new party concept planned,
organized, promoted, and executed by Siren and her BF Charlie
with a lot of help from a great showcast. Combining performers
with non-stop high energy music, the crowd was on our dance
floor all night. Sunday was great fun. Thank you to everyone who
came out on Sunday. Thank you to everyone who helped promote U
Can Dance on MySpace. Thank you to Siren, Charlie, our cast, and
Rosee (he said he was worn out from the fast pace in the DJ
booth) for making it all work. Please tell your friends what
they missed and let us know if you think we should do it again.
After a slow Friday & Saturday, we worried that all of St. Louis
had taken a roadtrip to Kansas City for their Pridefest...which
made our Sunday U can Dance success so amazing. Everyone, thank
you again.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Why Pride Matters

From Advocate.com:

Why pride matters
In the current print issue of The Advocate, Hollywood publicist Michael Levine argues that pride festivals are bad PR. His fellow Hollywood publicist respectfully--and strongly--disagrees.

By Howard Bragman
An Advocate.com exclusive posted, May 31, 2006
I was reading Michael Levine’s commentary on why gay pride celebrations are bad for our image [in the June 6 print issue of The Advocate], and I must say I couldn’t disagree more. Let me tell you how I come to this conclusion.
First, I have been practicing public relations for more than 25 years. I have had the honor and privilege of representing nearly every major LGBT organization in the United States, including Christopher Street West, the group behind Los Angeles’s gay pride celebration. I have participated in the parade as its publicist, as an honoree (Gay Businessman of the Year), as a marcher, and as a spectator.
You can’t discuss the public implications of gay pride without understanding a historical perspective. Thirty years ago, when these celebrations were in their infancy, our community was invisible. I repeat, invisible. Mainstream news organizations did not cover our community; our civil rights struggles had no legitimacy; and if we were covered, it usually focused on negative or stereotypical images.
The gay pride parades were our moment. Our earliest pioneers stood in public and said, “I’m here, I’m queer, get used to it.” While that wasn’t the language they used, necessarily, it was certainly the spirit in which the parades were presented.
Now, when we march down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, Calif.--a city where the majority of the elected officials are openly gay--it’s easy to forget that what has become an afternoon celebration was once an act of remarkable courage.
And who were our earliest heroes? They were the very members of our community who had no choice but to be out--the butchest lesbians and the most effeminate men; leather enthusiasts; and our political pioneers.
We have grown and matured as a community, and our parades now present a much more diverse cross section of our population. But at the beginning it was the few and the proud, and all of us should be deeply indebted to those who talked the talk and walked the walk. Without their efforts, we would not be where we are today.
The second point I need to make is that gay pride celebrations were not created for the media. They were created for us. They bring us together in droves, and they inspire a sense of community. No one can go to a gay pride parade and not be amazed at the numbers and the diversity of our people and not feel a sense of kinship and community.
One of the most moving moments of my entire life was marching in the parade with my parents in the PFLAG contingent. The cheering was amazing. My mother started crying and said, “This must be what if feels like to win Wimbledon.”
Attendance has changed at parades. Thousands of our straight friends now join us, not to gawk or hold up signs telling us we’re going to hell, but to share our celebration and party They know that without gay people, parades wouldn’t exist. In fact, parties probably wouldn’t exist. And if they did, the partygoers would be poorly dressed, the food and decor would suck, and the whole event would be bo-o-oring.
I’m not ignorant of the points that Mr. Levine was trying to make. It does seem that the media likes to focus on Dykes on Bikes and Tom of Finland–esque men in harnesses and leather jockstraps.
Do the mainstream media need to present a more accurate and balanced picture of our community? Of course they do. They need to get away from the stereotypes and take a more balanced look at every community, not just ours. It’s hard to do this in a 90-second news story, but we have to keep pressure on them to show realistic and positive portrayals of us--a lesbian firefighter, gay parents with an HIV+ child, or a transgender teacher sharing textbook and life lessons with children.
When I was doing PR for Christopher Street West, I used to take the media to the kitchen cabinet refinishing booth to show them that we’re just as boring as the rest of the world. But I never denied our more flamboyant brothers and sisters--they are us, and they have as rightful a place in our community as a Log Cabin Republican in a Brooks Brothers suit.
Even more justified, in my mind.
Bragman is the founder of the Los Angeles–based Fifteen Minutes PR.