The latest issue of HX is out tonight, but you can download a PDF of the entire issue (as well as other recent issues) here on HX.com!

Wednesdays are better wetter at Drip!

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Hot new music
by DJ Brenda Black

Nelly Furtado
“Manos al Aire”
(Album Version)
It starts with pretty guitar strums and vocals that lead into hip-pop beats, but this Spanish song lacks Latin flare. –LISTEN

Noisettes
“Don’t Upset the Rhythm”
(Dave Aude Vocal)
This mid-tempo house track boasts a thick bass, deep keyboards and vocals with a sassy UK pop feel. —LISTEN

Fischerspooner
“We Are Electric”
(Clasixx Inside the Playboy Mansion)
This throwback to ‘80s dance ballads has a down-tempo house rhythm section making it a soothing and entertaining chill-out track.. —LISTEN

DJ Brenda Black spins at Ate Ave, DBG, Almond and the Pines. Check her out at djbrendablack.com

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PLUS: We get into politics (as usual)

Well, we made it through another Pride. It seems like it takes forever for the last week in June to get here, and then it just zips by so fast! And this year with the passing of icons Michael Jackson and sweet angel Farrah Fawcett, we were determined to make the rainbow shine a bit brighter if only for them. We’ll try to recollect all the mayhem and merriment, but we’re not making any promises.

We’re still basking in the afterglow of last Monday’s HX Awards: Decision 2009. Where else could we hang with Mindy Cohn, sit next to Ben Andrews and walk into a bathroom stall just as Junior Vasquez was walking out? The fun continued at the unofficial after-party at View Bar, where the beefy boys of Woof! were barking up each other’s trees. We chatted up porn pup Ricky Sinz, got our fortunes read and scarfed down some free fried chicken.

He couldn’t make it to the Awards, but Dustin Lance Black wasn’t far away. Our spies caught him at Barracuda quietly sipping drinks by the DJ booth with Cleve Jones. Oh get a room, boys!

Earlier that night we wolfed down a few appies at the Center’s Garden Party on Pier 54, where occasional raindrops didn’t stop hundreds from enjoying fare from some of the most exclusive and delicious restaurants in NYC, MORE »

Test your bravery (and your tolerance) at Good vs. Evil

Jekyll & Hyde is mostly known as a haven of heteros, but Tuesday nights the West Village bar and grill gets wickedly queer with Good vs. Evil. In addition to scantily-clad shot boys and a tipsy happy-hour crowd with naughty thoughts on their mind, promoter Adam Scott promises Fear Factor-type challenges for contestants willing to stomach anything for free drinks and prizes. “It’s about letting your dark side come out for a little bit—doing things you normally wouldn’t,” says Scott. As for the gross out factor, he promises they’re nothing too dreadful—like having to touch a boob. “They pretty much involve eating or drinking something weird. This past Tuesday they had to eat blood worms.” Helping to give some liquid courage, scandalous shot boys patrol the room offering double shots in oversized syringes. “To some that’s good, but others might see them as evil,” Scott says. “If you can handle a shot from them then you can handle anything.” Well after a few shots, we’ve all been known to swallow a worm or two, right? —Anne Alexander

Good vs. Evil at Jekyll & Hyde Bar, Tues at 9pm, 91 7th Av S/ W 4th St, 212.989.7285, jekyllpub.com $5 over 21, $10 for age 18–20.