Club Review: Club Glitz & Paradise Lounge

Things you won’t find at Club Glitz:

Sensible shoes.
Hair colors found in nature.
Conventionality.
Silence.

Only four months old, Club Glitz is still a baby. And we all know you’ve got to crawl before you can walk. SF premiere rock band and Wammie winner, Blue Period continues to commandeer the Paradise Lounge on the last Saturday of every month for Club Glitz, "a glamorous rock and roll party". Starting in January, the true beginning of the millennium, CG closed it’s first quarter on April 28. What were we in for? Lead singer Adrian Roberts told us, "Organized Chaos."

The gorgeous Patty O’Furniture, Mistress of Ceremonies clad in tartan plaid with ribbons in her hair matching the belt-strapped gown kicked the night off with a traditional moon. OK, moon to MOONLIFE (www.moonlifeonline.com). The opening band was a hometown high-fashion trio with splendid choreography and enough blonde streaks for a Nancy Sinatra convention. Bill danced around 3 keyboards while lead singer Claudio danced around the lyrics and Caussaundra just danced. All this and no drummer. A smashing start.
Next it’s Moon life to Human Life. The second band, HUMAN LIFE INDEX took the stage ‘round elevenish (www.humanlifeindex.com). A fabulous foursome and recent East coast transplant; Adam, Ali, Damon and David brought a little World Music to the party packing a bouzouki with them. That’s Middle Eastern for guitar. Rock the Casbah. Minding their manners, model-beautiful, Iranian Ali thanked Brenda of KUSF from the stage for playing their new EP. Your welcome.

If you’ve been here before, you know there is more than one level to the Paradise Lounge, and Club Glitz has maxed out these levels with music, image, glamour, whipped cream, sparkle, DJ’s and Aqua Net. Upstairs, the Instant Glamour Booth delivered what it promised. Damian, Rafael and friends and had ‘em lined up for lashes, liner and shadow. Upstairs and downstairs, DJ’s on duty Danny, Damon and Shindog kept the Go-Go Dancers butts shaking and Afro Wigs wagging. What else could we ask for?

What else in deed, A Guitar Fashion Show? About the only boy in the show, Brett Stilleto of the Mabelines was surrounded by a dozen lovely women in this amazing meeting of our two favorite things. Designs by Ronnie took motivation from Speed Racer and execution in Formica. Inspired is all we can say.

At the stoke of twelve, our heroes and founders of the feast, Blue Period got out of bed and got up on stage. The opening number was very confusing. Did we have battling Adrians? No, it was MC Patty O in her red wig and rhinestone glasses joining the real Adrian on stage. Didn’t fool us for long but nice try. As announced, Miss O was the first of many special guests who were exactly that. Claudio and Bill of MOONLIFE, returned to the stage, sang and jumped in on keyboards, respectively. Chris Freeman (PANSY DIVISION and DART), Chris Lehmann (MAGNIFIED), Kimba (POISIN JETT GUNZ) and Sean Cip (SPARROWS POINT) exhausted us with collaboration.
Alone and together, mixing new and not new, Blue Period cranked out a typically electrifying set that went to the wall. Keyboardist PF got all sentimental on us midpoint and asked for a moment of silence for the late Joey Ramone. "Oh, no!" vetoed Adrian. "Joey wouldn’t be silent," and ordered a group whoop. Any arguments?

So let’s see; moon to Moonlife; Moonlife to Human life index; index to index finger, no wait, strike that.

Be there for the next one on May 26th. Same deal, doors at 9 p.m. and open until 2 am. Cover is $10 or $5 before 10 p.m. Joining BP will be Sparrows’ Point and LA’s Bubble (with former members of Vixen and Dogs A’mour).

Victoria

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