What the fuck was that? Riot gear. Tear gas. Rubber bullets (shut your face). Cop cars on fire. This is not my city anymore and it’s down to a small handful of people who don’t even live here that are stirring the global pot and making everyone crazy. And yes I’m talking about the world leaders. I get it. The G 20 is like some governmental pot luck dinner and this time it was Toronto’s turn to host. But seriously, why do it at all? Is it some global smoke screen to distract us from other issues? Canadians are till dying in Afghanistan, 2 in fact, over the weekend. No one cared. Hunger and child mortality are still crippling countries. Inequality and military strong arming is keeping others on the verge of become Nazi regimes. These leaders know what’s wrong with their countries and therefore the world so why get together and state the obvious? Couldn’t they all just Skype it? They could create a virtual conference and then people could voice their dissatisfaction by burning virtual police cars and kicking in virtual windows of businesses owned by people who are just trying to keep their heads afloat in this horrible economy. Now Toronto’s unlucky will spend the weekend cleaning up and assessing damages that they will have to pay out of pocket. Shame on you world leaders for knowingly instigating such a senseless riot. That said, Happy Pride Everyone!
Kisses!

Long a leading force in the Canadian scene, DJ / Producer / remixer Deko-ze has been cited as one of Toronto’s best by Eye Weekly, Fab, Now Magazine, Xtra, and the Toronto DJ Festival. He holds residencies in clubs across the country and has had numerous gigs in the USA, UK, Germany, Taiwan and Mexico.

His energetic and charismatic stage presence, engaging personality, strong technical skills, and ability to fuse music of multiple genres (deep, funky and hard house; tribal; progressive; tech-trance; techno) have uniquely cultivated a huge following in both the gay and straight scenes. Simply put, everyone loves Deko-ze!

Deko-ze performs at “Dirty Disco” on Sunday, July 4 on South Stage at 9pm.

Hector Fonseca is New York City’s latest DJ Superstar! One of Star 69 Records’ exclusive signed Artists, this young protégée has released various hit remixes and productions on one of the scene’s top record labels and under the watchful eye of his mentor, label owner and Grammy winner Peter Rauhofer. His passion in the studio and DJ booth has earned him fans around the globe in addition to respect amongst his peers as a trendsetter with a sound which is full of chic urban style, sex appeal and youthful enthusiasm! Credited with helping start the now popular “electribal” sound, he was voted Out Magazine’s Hottest DJ in 2007. Since then he has headlined some of the most important parties worldwide including WORK! (NYC), White Party (Palm Springs and Miami), Circuit Festival (Barcelona), Amore (Italy), The Week International (Brazil), Prism Pride (Toronto), Scream! (Paris) and Disney Days Orlando to name just a few. Additionally, he currently holds residencies at some of the most coveted markets and venues worldwide including Work! (NYC), Fly (Toronto), Parking (Montreal), Score (Miami) and Reflex (Los Angeles)! Not only an in demand DJ but also the consummate producer, he recently released 2 top selling compilations in New York Anthems Vol. 2 and 3 to rave reviews and launched the subsequent World Tour for the CD series titled “NY Anthems Tour”. This successful tour made stops in almost every major house music market worldwide! He has remixed important underground and commercial artists such as Suzanne Palmer, Offer Nissim, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Rihanna. His debut album is due out later this year on Star 69 Records. This album will include his hit singles “U Want It” and “Get On Top” ! With his star burning brighter than ever, Hector Fonseca has proven he is an important force to be reckoned with in the global house music scene now and into the future!

Fonseca plays on Central Stage, Friday, July 2 at 10pm.

I woke up this morning and logged onto Facebook, as I normally do. Its my morning ritual. Some people have coffee, I have friend requests. I was greeted with a message from the people at Facebook that stated there were new privacy features that could restrict who sees what on my profile. To be completely honest, I don’t need these features. I screen people myself when they try and add me as a friend. I’m not a size queen who worries about collecting people and calling them my friends. If I know you, I’ll accept you. If I have no clue who you are, I chalk you up as a tranny chaser and give you a big ol fat decline. Simple as that. What concerns me about Facebook is the fact that I had one of my photos stolen from my boy account. Someone by the name of Fener Cilgin copied the small thumbnail image of my display pic and is using it as his display picture. I was enraged when I saw it. It is identity theft to the extreme. I reported it to Facebook and the guy’s profile has still not been deleted. I submitted 3 complaints and yet there is my beautiful Italian boy face being used for what I can assume is some 40 year old Swedish guy’s profile. So, being the bitch that I am, I added him under my Heroine Marks drag Facebook account. Still waiting on a response. Lets just say, if he accepts me he’s in for it.

Another thing about Facebook. Did you know they have employees and branches all over the world? A friend of mine just moved to Germany to work for the branch located there. Doesn’t working for Facebook defeat the purpose of working? How else are you going to be distracted? Do Facebook employees get a Twitter account to put off doing their work? Just something to think about.

Not sure if you’ve heard the news, but apparently Pride week is being pushed back a week due to the G8 summit. I think I just heard a million livers scream with joy at the exact same time. Or maybe that was just the Mexican I had for dinner. Not sure. Anyways, the police will be needed for security during the summit and will not be able to do both the summit and gay-a-palozza! Good thing. If there were no cops during Pride, there would be a whole lot of bitch slapping going on. “You drank the last Rev, biatch!” *slap slap* 

With love and venom,

Heroine Marks

xoxo