Benny Benassi has totally screwed with my mind in a delightful way. It was actually a friend who got me hooked on Benassi’s mix Who’s Your Daddy?! and the two versions of the steamy video. Capturing the decadent days of porn Benassi has women in various poses and positions made to look like the the cover of late 70s to mid 80s adult films. The video was so controversial You Tube only would allow the “toned” down version to be posted with strict age restrictions. The “full-on” version was available only his website http://www.bennybenassi.com.

Fast forward three years and Madonna sinking her creative tallons in him. Benny Benassi takes Madge’s Celebration bends it over, has his way with it, and excuse my language, makes it fuckin’ sexy. I’m not usually a fan of Madonna after Ray of Light but I was INSAINE for Benassi’s remix of Celebration and drove my friends nuts listening to it constantly. Not only it is freakin’ danceable, it is a great workout music.

Once again, with many songs the remix was more popular than the actually song. So much so that in late September I witnessed a car full of 20-somethings, stopped at red light, crank up Benassi’s Celebration remix, leave their car and dance with other people joining in. Yes I joined them as well.

So the man which is responsible for tying up traffic, getting gays and straights hopping to another Madonna song and making vintage porn sexy flies into Toronto this weekend. He’s spinning at the Guvernment this Saturday, December 12 along side DJ Mark Oliver. Tickets at the door. Doors open at 10 p.m.

 Trust me! Grab yourself a tres hot outfit, get your posse together and prepare to dance the night away! Screw Santa…Benny Benassi is coming to town!

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Ok, so we’ve all been at those concerts where you’ve come with your friends, you’ve paid the big bucks, you’re unimpressed with what is going on on stage, but you force yourself to sway back and forth, gyrate around a bit and hum along to avoid being the stick in the mud… right?  Am I alone in this? Read the full story

La La La, La La La La La

La La La, La La La La La

Ok, so we’ve all been at those concerts where you’ve come with your friends, you’ve paid the big bucks, you’re unimpressed with what is going on on stage, but you force yourself to sway back and forth, gyrate around a bit and hum along to avoid being the stick in the mud… right?  Am I alone in this?

I know SOME of Kylie’s music.  I only enjoy SOME concerts I go to.  And I am SOMETIMES hard to impress.

But curtain down, cuz here comes Kylie Minogue!!  The key word to describe the concert, FUN!!

She’s basically a drag queen that has had a ton of money thrown at the production, and I loved every minute of it!  Even songs I didn’t know, I found myself grooving to.  And the crowd was basically everyone off of Church Street.  Take a bow girl, you deserve it!

For weeks now on PROUD FM we have been having the people in from TICOT  (The Imperial Court of Toronto) talking about the election and coronation of their newest Empress.  For those who don’t know (as I didn’t), there are courts in many many cities in Canada and the U.S..  The members of the court basically raise money for charities.  Two candidates stood before us.  One, well spoken, in full face, bearing gift bags.  The other, not in drag and still drunk from the night before.  This went on for weeks, with one candidate clearly the front runner (in my mind anyway).  Finally the elections took place and we anxiously awaited the announcing of the new empress at the coronation.  I didn’t get to go, but Mark, a well known face in the Village, did (see pic below).  The result?  An upset!  Follow the progress of TICOT as we continue to interview them on BREAKFAST IN BED with PATRICK & DEB on 103.9 PROUD FM, M-F 6-10a (www.proudfm.com)

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!