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A Subterranean Steampunk Party, Plus Brouhahas in a Bathhouse and Boathouse

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Tired of getting your wrist stamped at the same ol’ boring clubs? Check out these parties in some very far-out locales.

poster-2Rock the Pulaski Benefit Concert
Sept. 20th from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Broadway Stages Boatyard, 437 McGuinness Boulevard, Brooklyn; entry $5
The Brooklyn Blowhards, Semi Femme, and Twin Wave are among the bands that will be jamming atop shipping containers alongside Newtown Creek — which, in this instance, Justin La Mort of the North Brooklyn Boat Club describes as a “superfun(d) site.” He promises the fun(d)raiser for the boat club will involve “grilled delights, cold beer, and joyous dancing.”
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Literary Bad Boys Might Be Dead, But Bret Easton Ellis Nods to ‘Greenpoint Glamor’

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Dagmara Dominczyk at Word -- Greenpoint glamor! (Photo: Suzanne Rozdeba)

Dagmara Dominczyk at Word — Greenpoint glamor! (Photo: Suzanne Rozdeba)

Sure, we’re making a big fuss about William S. Burroughs’s 100th, but in the Times Sunday Book Review, James Parker argues that the idea of the literary bad boy is “a legend only, a creature of folk memory,” and the media isn’t as interested in Norman Mailer types these days (even if Matthew Barney is). In an accompanying essay, Rivka Galchen points out that even Burroughs mocked the idea of the literary bad boy.
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