Bash Compactor: Take Off Your ‘Top’
Whats more fun than a circus? Theres nothing better than freaks, the bearded lady, a strongman, a few clowns and a big mess of cotton candy. Thats why Ive been going to Amanda Lepores Big Top at Carnival just below Union Square on Wednesdays since it opened. I always have a good time, so last week I brought a friend, though he said he couldnt stay out too long. After some intense socializing, he told me ominously, I better go now. Im having too good a time and I might never leave! I love a mixed crowd: hot gay dudes, glammed-up queens and trannies, good-looking women, assorted club kids and clowns ready for the sideshow.
The DJs at Big Top get the dance music right, what with Cazwell and Paisley Dalton at the helm in the front and DJ Will Automagic manning the cozy dance floor in the back of the club. If you like cute bartenders, stop by and ogle the muscled Tommy Hotpants. I dont know how hot his pants are, but Tommy told me he has six years of Latin under his belt.
Carnival is almost as huge as an oldtime disco, with two bars and tons of room to lounge and mingle. Say what you will, but promoters Kenny Kenny and Joey Israel know how to use a room. I wasnt even in the mood to go out at all this past week, but I dragged myself out for the Bling Ball, celebrating Israels birthday. Walking past the distorted mirrors at the entrance, I bumped into host Ladyfag, with photographer Slava Mogutin on her arm. Stop pinching me! Mogutin yelled, annoyed and smiling dangerously. Of course, I pinched his tricep again a little harder. Blond bombshell Amanda Lepore was in the front chatting up the twinks, revealing her usual cleavage with a nipple peeking out. Then there was a flurry, the lights were lowered, and out came a cake. Happy birthday to you! they sang, as Israel got ready to make his wish. No one asked his age, but he looked younger than ever before.
Without even trying, I met a bunch of new people that night, like Alaska Thunderfuck, resplendent in a garbage bag, Bulgarian fashionista Alexander Huseby and bespangled burlesque artists Miz Margo and Fya Hopeless. Then a sexy drunk wrench came lurching over to me, tongue-kissed my date, grabbed my knockers and tried to tear my shirt off. Its always a laugh a minute at the circus.