Platform Wednesdays

To hell with Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, and the other aging Spice Girls and their so-called reunion. We've found a better outlet to get overloaded with girl power — Platform Wednesdays, a hump-day hootenanny and "queer dance party" that goes down at E-Lounge, 4343 North Seventh Avenue. Every week, smokin'...

By Benjamin Leatherman

February 7, 2008

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To hell with Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, and the other aging Spice Girls and their so-called reunion. We've found a better outlet to get overloaded with girl power — Platform Wednesdays, a hump-day hootenanny and "queer dance party" that goes down at E-Lounge, 4343 North Seventh Avenue. Every week, smokin' hot DJ Sophia Gunn gets the rumps shaking and wipes out the midweek blues with a mix of electro, New Wave, indie, and other genres that echo throughout the Phoenix lesbian nightspot. The babe-alicious beat-slinger Gunn is also joined behind the record decks by a rotating lineup of P-town's female turntablism talent, such as Sneaky School, DJ Mara, Emerjency, and others. Drink specials include $4 Jäger Bombers and 2-for-1 well and domestics until midnight. The party starts at 9 p.m. and there's no cover. Visit www.myspace.com/platformqueerparty.

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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