Oh dear ‘mos and queerdos, this is going to be big!

And I’ve noticed big is something most of us fancy, so this can only be good. Our first party of the year is one of our favourites, the LEATHER & LACE edition of SPIT! So polish-up yer gear (err…) and come by! As you might have noticed, due to renos going on at the glorious Anza, this time SPIT will happen at W2.

***NEW LOCATION!*** – SPIT is moving for February and March to W2 Media Café (111 West Hastings @ Abbott Street) – AMAZING!

This means that this venue is wheelchair accessible, and we encourage you to let us know if you require barrier-free access, to expedite your entry.

Plus, we have an AFTER PARTY momma luvars! YES, you read it right. afterSPIT is on and will go on until 4 in the morning. Will this be too rough on you? Perfect, that’s what we’d like.

More on our resident DJs & stage performers coming soon So share this, invite your friends, spread the message, and come and enjoy yourself and your fellow spittlings. DO IT! Take me to fb event…

SPIT: THE LEATHER&LACE PARTY

feat. LISA DE LUX and JAY DOUGLAS on the decks

MOUSE VON TRAPP and MADAME MAE I on the stage

the sexy HIMBOTS struttin’ their stuff…

the infamous MAKE OUT BOOTH

and your hosts QUINN&MICHAEL

at W2 Media Café (111 West Hastings Street)

Doors at 10 PM

$12 (2 for 1 before 10:30 PM)

BE THERE!

[note: this venue is wheelchair-accessible - if you require accessible entry to the party, we request that you let us know in advance in order to expedite your arrival.]

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plus afterSPIT – keep dancing late into the night as your favourite queer party turns the lights dark and the music dirty…

open ’til 4 AM.

Sienna Blaze! Entertainer of the year 2011 hits the SPIT stage

One of Vancouver’s Edgiest Divas… Sienna Blaze exploded into the drag scene and made her mark and won the title of Entertainer of the Year 2011. Since then she has been busy performing at various venues around the Lower Mainland. With experience under her belt on the international stage as a dancer and circus performer – Sienna brings the glamour, the creative edge, a wickedly rocked out style and choreography to her performances. She currently co-hosts the weekly tuesday night drag show ‘The Rhinestone Stiletto Show” at the Junction Nightclub. Sienna brings the glamour, the creative edge, a wickedly rocked out style and choreography to her performances. Get ready boys and girls…its Sienna Blaze!

And… Isabella Rizziri!

Also Rocking the Spit stage: Isabella Rizziri. A newcomer from Singapore, Isabella loves taking risks with her performances. “I’m always the fiercest,” she says. And she’ll show you all.

We CAN’T WAIT to see this divas on stage.
Double Oh! SPIT, the James Bond Ball. December 2nd, at the Anza. Be there!
*costumes and slutwear are highly encouraged*

Oh yes! Spit is turning TWO and we are going out in style.

Femme Fatales and tux’d lads (with a generous splash of queer, shaken, not stirred) this is a call for you! Come out in your classiest attire and celebrate with us the 2nd anniversary of the glorious and infamous East Van Queer Party, SPIT!

Did you see who’s spinning?! The sickest mashup: LISA DE LUX & JAY DOUGLAS.

Oh and dear Brits, bring your UK Passport and you’ll get free entry all night long. Need to say more? Do it!

FB event: http://on.fb.me/sFEM5q

Performers/DJs bios to come *martini sip*

Meet DJ Jef Leppard

JEF LEPPARD, aka Jeff Lawrence, has been DJ-ing for almost five years in and around the Lower Mainland. Fresh off an opening gig for Lady Starlight (Gaga’s Tour DJ) at 560, JL has been gaining attention for his decade-blending sets and strange DJ booth dance moves. An Okanagan transplant, JEF has played the annual Rustic Robot music festival, held somewhere in the magical hills between Kelowna and Penticton, for the last four years. He’s currently a resident DJ for two separate monthly East Van queer parties: QUEERBASH and SPIT, and a weekly drag show, Thursdays at THE HELM Restaurant on Howe. He likes playing music of no fixed genre, but you will likely hear three things during one of his sets:

1.  Many bouncy, disco-tinged bass-lines.
2.  A throwback/guilty pleasure that you haven’t heard in a while.
3.  A rap song.

He hopes that you like him.

(How wouldn’t you?) Continuing with your hot DJs this way, we want to welcome back Mister Jay Douglas.

He’ll be spinning your soul with his beats. Mmm… wondering if he’ll be bringing over those beads. Someone convince him to bring the beads *only*. Anyways…

STUDIO 54 SPIT is THIS FRIDAY!

Adjust your libidos accordingly.

Love always from your a sex-positive dance party: SPIT!

Need to say more?

Shaaaaaittt, this is gonna get HOT. Profiles of your fabulous performers to come.

BTW, you better have that costume in the works already. Mmm… wonder who that doorman will be.

Meet DJ Cho Cha

Cho Cha totally, absolutely loves dj’in….That’s the first thing that comes to mind if anyone ever asked her bout it. She has a great passion for the art and is not limited to any specific genres. You’ll hear her play anything from The Foundations- Buttercup to AC/DC to Justin Timberlake to 2pac…to George Michael to Madonna to Tom Petty…to Soulja Boy,.etc…and more and more….her nite’s are coined as “anything and everything good”. That may stem from being a classically trained pianist since the age of 4, giving her an amazing ear for it. She’s known as the Dj that “plays for the people”, reads the crowd and packs the dancefloor.

Cho Cha loves variety. She’s very creative, always looking to be the first to play that good song or mashup, or do a live remix that no one’s ever done before. She uses Serato on Vinyl but was one of the oldskoolers who started out collecting crates and crates of records. She was the winner of the Vancouver Megablend DJ Competition in 2009.

Cho Cha is recognized as one of Vancouver’s best Dj’s leaving you wanting more after a show. She’s played across the world from Vancouver to the United States to Taiwan.

Cho Cha’s been dj’in for almost 10 years and worked with all of Van city’s best Dj’s from Radio to Clubs(Flipout, Jay Swing, Supafly, Wax). You can find her on any given night at the top clubs in Vancouver- Republic, Fabric, Plaza(Venue), Canvas, Boss, Shine, Red Room, etc. She was a resident for Vancouver’s biggest lesbian party promoter’s Flygirl Production’s for quite a few years and was a resident of Vancouver’s only lesbian club Lick(The Lotus). She also promote’s and DJ’s for the very popular Girls Gone Wild monthly parties. You can catch her Tues at Junction Pub on Davie, Friday’s at Pop Opera & Saturday’s at Seymour’s Pub(North Van)

The second half of the night’s beat droppers: DJ Jay Douglas!

Jay Douglas (aka EddyToonflash) really loves house music. He’s been a working dj for over 10 years between Vancouver and Edmonton. Now he’s back in Vancouver and looking to get busy once again.

Jay had the extremely fortunate opportunity to land a weekly Saturday residency at Vancouver’s legendary gay after-hours The World (8:16 Granville) as he was starting out in Vancouver back in 2000. While there, he was schooled by two of Vancouver’s most respected dj’s: Todd Omotani and Dj Dickey Doo. From Dickey he learned how to fuel a crowd and to keep the vibe dynamic. From Todd he learned what it is to truly master the art of mixing and caught the Chicago bug deep inside his soul. Playing at The World exposed Jay to some of the world’s first class dj talent as well. He was able to get right in close to people like J Dub, Honey Dijon, Markus Whyatt, Dj Collette to name a few.

Until the cops shut it down, Jay had a super successful Sunday afterparty at Section #3 called D’tension in Yaletown (thanks Salli). (those who were there undoubtedly remember the good times we all had)

Jay also played regularly at various spots around Vancouver in the early 2000′s. The Chameleon, Shine, Milk, The Royal, The Freehouse, The Oddysey, Tokyo Lounge, Fashion Cares Vancouver, various boat cruises, and even had an in-store gig one winter playing Saturday afternoons at the Armani Exchange store on Robson.

Around 2004, Jay felt the need to switch things up and moved back to Edmonton. While there he went back to school and took the Digital Media course through NAIT majoring in front end web design. He also kept dj’ing on the side. While in Edmonton, he had residencies at Buddies, The Roost (RIP) and PLAY. Seduction Saturdays at PLAY was Jay’s night and for 2 years he had a full house.

Fast forward to 2011 and Jay is back on the west coast. Some things have changed in his absence and some things have stayed the same. There are new faces and new places to party but Vancouver is still a beautiful and exciting city with lots going on. Hopefully Jay will be able to find a spot to fit in and do what he loves… keeping house music alive!

How’s that?! See you all this Friday at the Anza, for another rad edition of SPIT.

October is here and you know what that means! Like every first friday of the month your folks here at Spit are ready to throw the hottest, sleaziest, sexiest queer party on East Van. And hell yea, you read it right, the theme of the night is BODYBREAK. So pull out your track suits, show off that moustache (ladiieeees…), and get  physical with us. Check it:

On the decks: DJs Cho Cha and Jay Douglas. Rocking the stage: your fabulous performers Madame Mae I and Jerrica Jem Benton.  Meet them and melt:

MADAME MAE.  A tiny little package with explosive energy and smoldering good looks – Madame Mae I is a fiery red-headed burlesque dancer with a fearless personality based out of Vancouver, Canada.

Some of Madame Mae I’s career highlights to-date include her recent crowning as “Princess” and “Most Classic” in North Carolina’s Great Southern Exposure Burlesque Pageant, and performing in Las Vegas’s Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend 2010, Southern Fried Burlesque Festival 2011, The Windy City Burlesque Festival 2010, Vancouver’s International Burlesque Festival  2009, 2010, and 2011, and the upcoming New Orleans Burlesque Festival. She also served on the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival Association Board of Directors from 2009-2011.

Mae combines her professional dance background, creative madness, and playful personality with a powerful on-stage presence to wow audiences far and wide. Her acts range from classic striptease seduction to wonderfully quirky randomness to political performance art and everything in between.

When Madame Mae I isn’t producing Burly-Q Benefit shows – events that raise money for various causes and organizations – she’s heating up the stages of Vancouver and beyond with a cheeky yet seductive style that is uniquely her own.

JERRICA JEM BENTON.  Jem is excitment. Jem is adventure glamour, glitter, fashion and fame. Jem is truly outrageous. The way she crosses her legs, the way she moves her arms. Jem is a girl with incredible charm. Jem is her name no one else is the same.

FUCKYEA. There you go. Need more? Star warmin’ up beeches:

See you all on Friday!!!!

hey kids,

it’s that time of year again – where we take to the streets en masse to make the world a bit more fabulous. yep, that’s right. IT’S PRIDE SEASON! and we’re putting together for your pleasure a kick ass party to cap it all off.

SPIT vs. BLOW PONY (PDX) vs. YES YES Y’ALL (TOR)

yes! we are bringing the legendary BLOW PONY from Portland OR to our fair city.

including:

the SATURN SPACE DISCO ORCHESTRA

the TOP LESS GAY LOVE TEKNO PARTY (DJ set)

DJ JAY DOUGLAS

PONYBOY

EVELYN IVORY

VIK SIN and JEM

the BLOW PONY KREW and GO GO DANCERS

SAMMY D from YES YES Y’ALL (Toronto) spinning HIP HOP RnB DANCEHALL on the patio!

tickets available TODAY (MONDAY JULY 11) at LITTLE SISTERS, the WALDORF HOTEL and online at spitvsblowponyvsyesyesyall.eventbrite.com

we will see you there!

a quick round of thanks to some extra special specials:

- SIENNA BLAZE, VIK SIN and WILDCAT for their moves on the stage
- our DJs sweethearts KASEY RIOT and JAY DOUGLAS
- the good folks at the ANZA CLUB for having us
- our community partners: VANPRINT, STEAMWORKS, PRIAPE and our pant-check heartthrobs from the HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR MEN (HIM)

- the fabulous SYDNEY GREGOIRE for taking her pants off and taking pictures of my hairy ass at the same time,

- and, as always, our magically talented BAR STAFF and VOLUNTEERS, ’cause without them, we’d be screwed harder than fox news’ twitter feed.

a few quick notes on what’s coming up:

- THE PRICE IS GAY – Mondays in July at the Keefer – Vancouver’s first queer game show! Hosted by PONYBOY and DJ ZAPSTRAPP (that’s me!), featuring fabulous prizes, cheap drinks and queers everywhere! info here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133695070044286
- MIDNIGHT CITY VII – Friday 22 July at the WALDORF – ZEEAA and AJK put on their minimal disco party. i try to never miss these gigs – the music is simply perfect. info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198204146898212
- PRIDE BALL – Thursday 28 July at the COBALT – start your pride weekend off right with BAMBIBOT and PEACH COBBLAH as they force y’alls to WORK what yo’ mama gave ya. info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188622151182732
- IRON ROD – Friday 29 July at OPEN STUDIOS – the mysterious and dark Cold War theme party rises from the ashes to SHOCK and AWE you this pride weekend. you can’t keep a good rod down. open late. info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=248740711809908
- SPIT VS BLOW PONY – Sunday 31 July at the WALDORF – our friends in portland come north to rock out for a pride-stravaganza – throwing two legendary parties together! info at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110787055680467
last word: if you’re uploading any photos from the party to the web, please consider the wishes of anyone in your pictures. remember, once it’s online, it’s permanent! and on that note, take a look at SYDNEY GREGOIRE’S pics over at THE FUTURISTS – here’s a sneak peak:

nice bum, where ya from?

anyway, that’s it. i’ve got a bike to ride. we’ll see you at PRIDE!

xo

- michael