Tonight a new monthly launches at Sugar, the gay club on Pike between Broadway and 10th, across the street from Platinum (I always use record shops as landmarks, if at all possible). Called Muse, this night happens every second Thursday and promises to upgrade considerably the quality of music played there (what I’ve heard so far coming out of Sugar hasn’t impressed at all, but I’m a 44-year-old straight guy; your mileage may vary). On the decks will be Chompers (Comeback), St. J. Paul (Fascinator), DJ Recess (Simply Shameless), and Kristina Childs (Decibel, Krakt, Plasmodium).

Ms. Childs says, “Tonight I’ll be playing techno, electro and pseudo-electroclash. Trentemoller, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Green Velvet, Silicon Scally, Black Strobe, Audion, Alter Ego, and a Fischerspooner remix. It’ll be peak-hour stuff.”

Looks like I’m going to a gay bar tonight. Damn.