Tonight all my party dreams will come true. Or maybe not, because ever since The Girlfriend took me apart a few days ago and told me in her most earnest voice: “Honey, you have to realize that Lady Jane is just a person, like you and I are, who plays records at parties. That’s all it is, there is no need for all the fuss you’ve been making”, I lowered my expectations somewhat because GoD forbid that I return from Dolly feeling disappointed.

And of course Dolly isn’t just about Lady Jane. It’s been since the last Trouble Party that I heard The Lizard play and that was last year. It’s almost a disgrace. So let me make it up with some The Lizard praise. A few years ago the best queer parties were held in Club Geluk, Antwerp. Those were the days that the Popi boys organized regular club nights (Popi Club) and that’s where I first heard The Lizard and that’s also the first time I thought: well, music doesn’t necessarily have to be crappy all the time at queer parties. What a revelation.

So, we were very happy to ask The Lizard to take on Ghent and play at Trouble. And like so we shared and still share The Lizard Love with fags & dykes (& even some straight people) in Ghent. Isn’t life just wonderful?

Anyway, the line-up for Dolly is so perfectly balanced… I think I will have to be there when the doors open at 11pm. The Lizard, a cute queer boy (sorry for the outing), will play three hours and then Lady Jane, a cute queer girl (sorry for the outing), will play for another three hours and then the party is over. Ah, the symmetry of things…

The only difficulty is that I was counting on The Lizard to introduce me to Lady Jane, you know, so I could finally actually maybe sort of talk (or mumble something) to her. Which will be tricky because either one of them will be playing when the moment finally comes that I feel ready for that long-awaited introduction. Life suddenly doesn’t seem so easy anymore…

April 7th, 2006 | To Come | No comments