I bet this absolutely TTTTOOORRRE the house DOWN when this final track played

MRS BAD MEDIA KARMA 😭😭😭 shameless!!!

This is my closing set recorded live at Faggots Are Women in NYC. FAW isn’t one of those mid parties begging for attention, promising collective moral high ground without doing anything. This party is an entire world—full of gags, friendship, and intention. The art, copy, door policy, sound, lights, chill areas—and its very existence in today’s USA—is T. It bubbled up from a scene that needs it, agitates the status quo, and doesn’t seek outside validation—IYKYK.

Its theme: “Faggots are FLINTA*s: Escape from Berlin.” We know New Yorkers love to say “Berlin is over” (while others say NYC is over). Some say Berlin is known for cheap living, liberated mindsets, world-class nightlife, and hot people - but it’s also dark and easy to disappear. For me, how you feel there has always been an inkblot test: it depends on who you are right now. 

But since Oct 7, 2023, Berlin has changed radically. A place known for freedom of expression has descended in to a McCarthyist hellscape for pro-Palestine activists. Cultural institutions cooperate by silencing dissenting views, and police enforce this with overtly racist brutality. It affects everything — everyday life, art, music, dancing and fun.

Obviously the political situation is similarly bleak in the US. It feels like a bizarre time to celebrate, but also a critical time to be together with the people you love. This is why the level of intention here is important: worldbuilding by and for a community, even just for a night, has the power to nourish us in so many ways.

And so I tried to match that level for the closing. Not gonna spoil the references, but they are thick and deep, and call on some very important voices. It’s usually hard to listen back to a live set without focusing on the flaws. But in this recording, I think of Charlene giving me a quick face beat en route, the unsure gays when I started, the grind-train of culturatti dolls towards the end, and the gaggle of Colombian queers losing it for Shakira. The room was unhinged and alive, full of the best. This is for those who were there—and for those who get it.

Live at Faggots Are FLINTA*s

⭕️ Founder/resident of @spotlight-la party + label
⬇️ Upcoming Dates ⬇️
24 May - Club 🚽 Crew (Detroit)
25 May - dbar. (Detroit)
31 May - World Pride Capital Cup (DC)
07 Jun - TBA (Utrecht)
07 Jun - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
26 Jun - Block9 @ Glastonbury Festival
27 Jun - Merge Pride (NYC)
28 Jun - smartbar (Chicago)
02 Aug - Pines Party (Fire Island)


Previous 🌴
10 May - Just Like Heaven Festival (LA)
09 May - Vice Underground (LA)
04 May - Spaghetti Strap (NYC)
02 May - Heatsink (Denver)
01 May - Sound Metaphors ♡ FREE PARTY ♡ (Berlin)
20 Apr - Gay Haze (Brussels)
19 Apr - Snax @ Berghain / Lab.oratory 
29 Mar - Stereo621 (Mannheim)
28 Mar - Power Dance Club (Berlin)
02 Mar - Multisex (Berlin)
22 Feb - Heyday @ Sneaky Pete's (Edinburgh)
15 Feb - Studio @ Basement (NYC)
08 Feb - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
21 Jan - Modular (Cape Town)
17 Jan - Wolfkop Weekender (Citrusdal, South Africa)
1 Jan - Silvester @ Berghain / Lab.oratory 

2024:
28 Dec - LOSO (Richmond, VA)
14 Dec - Oh Honey @ Club Capital (Antwerp)
30 Nov - Goethebunker (Essen)
24 Nov - Sunday Sunday (CDMX)
23 Nov - XOXR @ Marble Bar (Detroit)
22 Nov - ⭕️ Friends & Family (LA)
21 Nov - Might Be Magic (Austin)
16 Nov - Faggots Are FLINTA*S (NYC)
15 Nov - Rex Club - b2b Cinthie (Paris)
02 Nov - Antik (Costa Rica)
25 Oct - Ladyfag presents: Halloween (NYC)
20 Oct - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
14 Sep - CRUISE @ Blitz (Munich)
09 Sep - Mercury Rising @ Pikes (Ibiza)
07 Sep - Robert Johnson (Offenbach)
31 Aug - Le Mazette (Paris)
30 Aug - Antiparos
24 Aug - Studio @ Basement (NYC)
14-19 Aug - serving at Honcho Campout
10 Aug - smartbar (Chicago)
04 Aug - Club Raum (Amsterdam)
28 Jul - CSD Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
27 Jul - Feel It (London)
26 Jul - Möbel Olfe (Berlin)
20 Jul - Gewölbe (Köln)
14 Jul - Love International (Croatia)
30 Jun - MyPleasure (Madrid)
29 Jun - Lux Fragil (Lisbon)
28 Jun - Meat Rack @ Glastonbury Festival
28 Jun - Maceo's @ Glastonbury Festival
22 Jun - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
14 Jun - Gundled @ Ficken3000
08 Jun - Catch One (LA)
01 Jun - Flash (DC)
31 May - Studio @ Basement (NY)
30 May - The Lot Radio (NY)
25 May - 🚽 Club Toilet Crew (Detroit)
18 May - Just Like Heaven Festival (LA)
11 May - Pornceptual (Berlin)
08 May - Stereo621 b2b w/ Massimiliano Pagliara (Mannheim)
04 May - Kockiri (Seoul)
03 May - Pawnshop (Taipei)
27 Apr - Confide @ Gasometer (Melbourne)
26 Apr - Club 81 x The Monarchy @ Connections (Perth)
25 Apr - Caterpillar Club (Sydney)
24 Apr - Club Mince @ Kinselas (Sydney)
20 Apr - Snug @ Savage (Hanoi, VN)
19 Apr - Observatory (Ho Chi Minh, VN)
12 Apr - Los Ninos @ C12 (Brussels)
05 Apr - SMD (LA)
28 Mar - BUTT Magazine party (Berlin)
23 Mar - The Black Party (NYC)
16 Mar - 9000 Dreams @ Fold (London) 
16 Mar - R3 Soundsystem - House Against Hate (London)
10 Mar - Nowadays Nonstop (NYC)
09 Mar - Void (Philadelphia)
01 Mar - Lab.Dance @ Lab.Oratory (Berlin)
23 Feb - Power Dance Club @ Ohm (Berlin)
09 Feb - Night Tales w/ Dr. Rubinstein (London)
20 Jan - Gaze @ PRST (Vienna)
01 Jan - Silvester @ Berghain / Lab.oratory

2023:
30 Dec - Mustang @ A La Folie (Paris)
25 Dec - Finest X-mas (Panorama Bar)
18 Nov - Robert Johnson (Offenbach)
11 Nov - Horse Meat Disco (Berlin)
09 Nov - Möbel Olfe (Berlin)
04 Nov - Sunday Sunday (CDMX)
28 Oct - Unter (NYC)
27 Oct - Sound Metaphors 8 Years @ Club Ost (Berlin)
14 Oct - Night Tales (London)
23 Sep - SF Eagle (Folsom)
17 Sep - Club 57 Society + Keith Haring @ The Broad (LA)
15 Sep - Studio @ Basement NYC 
14 Sep - Renaissance Tour (Seattle)
08 Sep - Sameheads (Berlin)
26 Aug - b2b w Kim Anh @ Paragon (NYC) 
12 Aug - smartbar (Chicago)
11 Aug - Planet Love (LA)
05 Aug - IsBurning Pride (Amsterdam)
23 Jul - CSD Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
01 Jul - Adonis Pride (London)
25 Jun - NYC Downlow @ Glastonbury Festival
18 Jun - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar (Couple Looking release party)
17 Jun - Carbone (Paris)
13 Jun - HÖR Radio
09 Jun - LA Pride
02 Jun - Studio @ Basement NYC
02 Jun - The Lot Radio NYC
27 May - 🚽 Club Toilet Crew in Detroit
09 Apr - Multisex (Berlin)
07 Apr - Queer Maps (Los Angeles)
25 Mar - Funnuvojere Showcase @ Romantica (Stuttgart)
18 Mar - Horse Meat Disco (Berlin)
03 Mar - Lab.Dance 17 Jahre (Berlin)
25 Feb - Night Tales w/ Cormac (London)
17 Feb - Mustang @ A La Folie (Paris)
11 Feb - Pferdreht @ Goethebunker (Essen)
04 Feb - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
22 Jan - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
21 Jan - Cruise @ Blitz (Munich)

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