REMEMBER THE FUTURE? CLICK + DRAG REBOOTS 11/15

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2008
ROB ROTH, CHI CHI VALENTI and XRIS SMACK! UNVEIL
CLICK + DRAG 3:0
"THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR"
SANTOS' PARTY HOUSE
100 LAFAYETTE STREET NYC
9 PM-4 AM
clicknyc.com
myspace.com/click_drag_nyc


The pioneering "Cyber/Fetish/Gender-Hacking" party CLICK + DRAG, which ushered out the 20th Century in style, returns as a new large-scale annual this Fall. Two of Click's founding producers - director and visual artist ROB ROTH and impresario CHI CHI VALENTI - join with XRIS SMACK! of the long-running SMack! parties to shape this latest incarnation. The first of their cyber-spectacles, CLICK + DRAG 3.0: THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR, will be unveiled on November 15 at sympatico venue SANTOS' PARTY HOUSE.

CLICK + DRAG began as the Saturday-night weekly at Valenti's experimental MOTHER nightclub in 1996 and ran for four years in over two hundred themed editions. The new hybrid built on a body of work called INTERJACKIE, evolved by Roth, Valenti and costume/fashion designer KITTY BOOTS at JACKIE 60, beginning in 1994. With the addition of sex journalist ABBY EHMANN, the four producers explored the interface between nightclubs and computers as CLICK + DRAG built a fanatic following. With their rigorously enforced "STRICT CYBER/FETISH DRESS CODE" the producers ensured that only participants were allowed in. The creative collaboration introduced some pioneering aspects to the Nightworld, including Roth's notorious "Bathroom Cam", and also gave birth to THE MOTHERBOARDS NYC, a nocturnal online community.

When MOTHER closed in 2000 due to spiralling costs in its Meat Market neighborhood, Roth, Boots and Ehmann launched CLICK + DRAG 2.0, a monthly edition at FUN. In its new larger format, CLICK + DRAG was thriving until the events of 9/11 shut down Chinatown for many months. Since the last edition of Click 2.0 that Fall, one of the city's most seminal and creative parties disappeared for seven years - though its many tribes stayed connected online.

CLICK + DRAG 3.0 introduces an even larger format on two floors, preserving the night's strict dress code and pansexual mix of fetishists, artists, gender-hackers and "Glam Nerds." This rebooted evening was inspired by the Dali painting "THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR", cyber-shamanism, the writings of TERENCE MCKENNA, and the new tribalism that brings Click's audience and performers together both online and at large gatherings worldwide.

The event's two floors will feature multimedia works directed by Roth and installations and performances by many collaborators from the two previous iterations. These include 1.0 producer and Burning Man eminence ABBY EHMANN as the "KINK CONTROLLER", DJs JOHANNA CONSTANTINE and SAMMY JO, Minneapolis-based Trans-Star VENUS DE MARS with her band ALL THE PRETTY HORSES and "Method Go-Go" icon FALON. 21st century additions include sensationalist AMBER RAY, glitter-dusted cabaret troupe THE PIXIE HARLOTS, and DJs JOHNNY DYNELL, the "FAERIE DJ POSSE" MALAKAI and ANGELO (San Francisco) and Xris SMack! The bill, dress code and theme is still evolving - look for full information and box office by mid-October.

$20 ADVANCE, $25 AT DOOR
A STRICT DRESS CODE WILL BE COMPLETELY ENFORCED
TICKETS ON SALE OCTOBER 10
21 AND OVER

Publicity and Press:
THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC
events@jackiefactory.com
212 929-6060

RELATED LINKS

Click + Drag Facebook Group
Click + Drag MySpace
Rob Roth rob-roth.com
Chi Chi Valenti mothernyc.com/empress
Xris SMack! and SMack!
The Motherboards NYC motherboardsnyc.com

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I longed for the coming back of Click & Drag and finally!!! All the Pretty Horses is going to be the perfect band for the nite*** My vampire friend will be coming back to NY from Salem for this
All the Pretty Horses

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Thanks Maki!

Yes, we are super-excited about the return of CLICK and Venus/ATPH performing. It seemed so fated when we did the Minneapolis LOW LIFE together in June, and her dancer Emily had that Click invite of Marti in her purse. Plus, Venus' new CD is amazing!

here's another pic of her that I love..

I just woke up from a horrible dream. I dreamed I was in an 7+ year coma and there was no Click & Drag, thank Allah it was just a bad dream. Will Rob have the Bathroom Cam out?

Flyer image, hot off the press....

You never disappoint!

Aww, thanks Daddy!

I forgot to give model credit.... Darrell Thorne of the Pixie Harlots!!!!! werk!

And the beautiful back!!!!

What a gathering of the tribes..

Tickets now on sale, online or phone...

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/46891

1-800-838-3006

If you were a fan, performer, or regular at either of the two previous editions, drop us a line at events@jackiefactory.com for a discount password, good for $15 advance tickets to the first 100 purchasers.

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New Click Site Goes Live!

clicknyc.com

Wow it looks amazing!
Viva (Domination) and Desi Monster's new song really works with your image too.

When did you get talented Rob?

Well I can't take all the credit, Falon was a major part! Werk Falon! Glamnerds unite!

I can just imagine you two geeking out.
Add The Empress and it's just like...
well...

Click + Drag.

Ah, my dears...what to say, other than "finally, an event perfect for overdressing, again"! So many changes in the world of Madame Cole deSade, once NYC's most vicious Dominatrix..now overseeing the dining production in such hallowed (ha) halls of the New York Stock Exchange, Tiffany's on 5th Ave and Morgan Stanley..
However, I still have my corsetry and a new Kambriel skirt perfect for this reunion.

Now, before Lou and I move to New Orleans for good, do let us have at this Click and Drag once again. I have so missed it.

NEW CLICK + DRAG 3.0 SCREENSAVER IS UP!

Download it at clicknyc.com

I'm a Mother Lover and Click+Drag denizen thrilled for the latter's return, just as I return myself from my 7-yr hiatus from my native ny just two days before.

preparing to plug-in wardrobe, but wondering whether i should reveal my fave gathering online in my latest upcoming blog. a girl should keep some secrets, but also support gorgeous events like c+d.

love,
marisa
--
needled.com/blog
coming soon: needlesandsins.com

http://hx.com/archives/623

HX interview out this week.

Nice interview Rob.
You're getting good at this.

I love this line:

quote:

Is there a special someone you'd like to see at the party?

My ultimate Click + Drag guest would be Stephen Hawking in a bedazzled wheelchair. That would be perfection.

quote:

I'm a Mother Lover and Click+Drag denizen thrilled for the latter's return, just as I return myself from my 7-yr hiatus from my native ny just two days before.

preparing to plug-in wardrobe, but wondering whether i should reveal my fave gathering online in my latest upcoming blog. a girl should keep some secrets, but also support gorgeous events like c+d.

Hi Marisa-

Have been working so hard on this event that I forgot to check in at this topic!

Thanks for the question, and yes, by all means list Click 3.0 on your blog - as long as people observe the dress code they are most welcome!..

Looking forward to seeing you next Saturday-

Chi Chi