For those of you smart enough not to watch the fireworks (really just a way to mess with people who have PTSD), the Press has scoped out some drink specials around town. Go ahead, make us proud, and, more importantly, make America proud.

Whistlin' Dixie's Texas Tavern (714 West 11th Ave. 212-349-4370)

$4 "Monster Margaritas and Crononas, among other specials. Free drinks and appetizers for those who RSVP.

Walter Foods (253 Grand St., betw. Roebling St. & Driggs Ave.)

$3 Buds, oodles of rum drink specials.

The Delancy (168 Delancey St., betw. Clinton & Attorney Sts.)

$5 to eat at their rooftop BBQ, 2 for 1 well drinks from 5-7. $3 PBR.

Cha Cha's (1229 Boardwalk, betw. Stillwell Ave. & W. 12th St.)

The bartender promises specials on shots and frozen drinks. No details, though.

Union Pool (484 Union Ave., betw. Meeker Ave. & Conselyea St.)

$4 margaritas, Moscow Mules, Presbyterians and well drinks. $3 Juengling, Genesse Cream Ale and PBR. $6 for PBR and shot. The cover is $5. 24 live bands will play.

Black Bear Lodge (274 3rd Ave)

All you can drink Bud and Bud Light drafts from 2-4 p.m. for $10. $3 Bud/Bud Light drafts, $4 well drinks, $5 Apple Pie shots and $6 Muscle Car-Bombs all night.

 

Entwine (765 Washington St., at W. 12th St.)

Promises of specials, but no specifics.

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Police were called to the home of infamous man-boy Gary Coleman last night where his wife, Shannon Price was allegedly arrested for domestic violence and disorderly conduct.

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Sometimes those pressurized airplane cabins make us all do wacky things.

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Feel like your tweets are under-appreciated? Everyone else seems to get tweet followers so easily, but you just aren't getting any. Well, pay for it.

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The eldest of the chaste pop trio, Kevin Jonas, 21, proposed Wednesday to his longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa, according to People Magazine.

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Mere days after the sudden death of the eccentric pop legend, Grub Street reports that bars in the East Village are already planning a way to celebrate his legacy with binge drinking.

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Earlier this week we reported on HX being sold to undisclosed buyers. Now Matthew Bank has officially "suspended" publication of New York Blade. It really doesn't seem to matter: the pub has been a sad shell of its former self for some time. That means the only official gay newspaper in NYC at the moment is Gay City News, published byVillager Media (who also publish The Villager, Chelsea Now and Downtown Express).

The big worry: What's going to happen to the Washington Blade, the once venerable publication that is part of Window Media and is tied in complicated ways to this media conglomerate. It's a D.C. pub that people actually give a damn about and was still (reportedly) turning a profit. As Chris Crain explains it, the Washington Blade and Southern Voice (in Atlanta), may both be spared as part of this blood letting that is involved in Avalon Equity money issues. 

It all points to a larger problem: What is the point of gay media in 2009? Is this niche so mainstream that no one cares to advertise in the pubs? Or do they lack the bite due to budget cuts so no longer seem essential reading? With excellent (?) blogs out there covering much of the same issues in rapid, immediate posts, perhaps the out-of-touch reporting of the gay-focused papers is no longer needed. It may seem that way in NYC, but in other cities around the country, news related to LGBT issues is severely underreported. Although much of these pubs have a conservative gay agenda, and often supported mainstreaming efforts that have now made them irrelevant, they also break news regarding hate crimes, political machinations harmful to LGBT causes and offer unusual insight for beat reporters who may not be able to connect the dots when it comes to sensitive issues dealing with sex and sexuality. Younger generations certainly don't see the need to pick up the New York Blade. If they did happen upon a story reported by one of these pubs, it was probably via the Web. And yet none of the publishers have put much effort into creating effective websites. The most difficult growing pain for the gay community may be that, having won freedoms, the battle does indeed mean a generational gap of identity confusion. And if there does need to be gay print media, perhaps these tired models need to pass away so someone else can dream up something original and essential.

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Every day it seems like another magazinee goes down the drain, but it looks like maybe Vibe won’t!

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Joe the Plumber, aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, that superstar of the 2008 campaign, will not be running for elected office.

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