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Here’s the full length of the teaser I posted last week. Words NSFW, starring Margaret Cho.

Here’s a minute of Pixie Herculon’s coming single, The Bear Song, shot on location around the Castro (including Bearbucks) and featuring a rap by Margaret Cho. Hey, I see a couple of JMG readers in there! Loves it. Rich Morel should totally do the remix. The single drops on iTunes on April 5th. (Tipped by JMG reader Irvin)

Over on Slate, a Las Vegas bear hooker talks about his workday. Yes: I’m a Las Vegas call bear. But don’t be fooled into assuming that all my clients come from the world of the bears. Far from it. The men who hire me run the gamut from 18-year-olds who want their first male-male experience to be with a man …

Booze, bears, and mayhem. After a three month absence, Blowoff returns to NYC tomorrow night at the Canal Room in Tribeca. Doors open at 11:30pm, advance tickets $15. Get tickets here. Subway: A/C/E/1 to Canal Station, one block from the venue.

On his way home from the doing a live podcast at International Bear Rendezvous in San Francisco this weekend, director Kevin Smith was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight out of Oakland after being told he was too fat to fly. Smith was scheduled on a flight from Oakland to Burbank, California on Saturday. According to reports, Smith had purchased …

Bearapalooza 2010 takes place in southern Georgia on the weekend of April 15-18th. Performers include Freddy Freeman, Kendall, Elijah Black, Roger Mapes, Martin Swinger, Rockcub, Don Harvey, Charles K. Brown, Jeffrey Altergott, Michael West, and others. RELATED: International Bear Rendezvous runs February 11th-15th in San Francisco. ALSO RELATED: The 10th annual Provincetown Bear Week runs July 10th-18th and we’re hearing …

For no particular reason, here’s some cute bear cubs playing in yesterday’s snow at the Bronx Zoo.

The Drenched pool party returns to Times Square’s Grace Hotel tomorrow. The last one was mobbed and I had a blast (although I was one of the few non-swimmers, preferring to hover safely in the two bars that overlook the pool.) The best part was when the upstairs coat check got full and folks had to change into their bathing …

Last night at the Ali Forney Center’s holiday party, Manhattan bon vivant Mike Diamond tipped me to his clip of the Hanukkah Hairy party at the East Village’s Eastern Bloc bar (which is co-owned by Anderson Cooper’s boyfriend.) You’ll see a few JMG regulars in the video.

DJs Rich King and Gustavo’s long-running and popular SNAXX party celebrates its seventh anniversary tomorrow night with a special fundraiser for the NYC LGBT Community Center. A la Blowoff, the SNAXX party will soon be touring cities on the east coast for a series of monthly events. Friday’s party takes place at Rebel NYC at 251 W.30th. Doors open at …

From the enigmatic designer Walther van Beirendonck, here’s what he thinks fashion-forward bears should be wearing in the spring season. The line is called Wonderfu. Not wonderful. The name Beirendonck always sounds like the title of a German fetish film to me. (Via JMG reader Justin)

The furry video below this post reminded me to let you know about Drenched, this Friday’s pool party at the super-fancy Grace Hotel near Times Square. Haven’t been yet, but the photos make it look like you can get drinks from the pool! Promoter Joe Fiore also does the fantastic Furball parties, so expect a hirsute heaven.

Friday’s final NYC Blowoff of the decade was its usual cavalcade of carousing and nonsensery. Some were worried that the word about the new venue, Tribeca’s Canal Room, had not gotten out, but the joint was beyond capacity for most of the night. The club’s lower lighting (compared to the Highline) seemed to influence DJs Bob Mould and Rich Morel, …

This Friday’s installment of Blowoff in NYC will take place in a new venue, the posh-looking Canal Room at 285 W. Broadway & Canal. Bob Mould tells me that the Highline Ballroom, host to Blowoff parties since the beer-soaked bear bacchanal came to Manhattan several years ago, has launched a new Friday nights event and is unavailable. The Canal Room …

Bearotic reports today that BearForce1, the world’s most popular “bear band” (and there are a few) has broken up. Oh well, even with more cast changes than the Supremes, they were good for a laugh. I even saw them in “concert” at NYC’s Splash Bar and can still do the silly Bearforce1 dance. Here’s their first and biggest hit from …

Friday night’s Blowoff at NYC’s Highline Ballroom was the usual swirling vortex of sweaty nonsensery. Met lots of new JMG readers from out of town, most of whom introduced themselves with a beer. Ow, my head. But also, yay for free beer and new readers! Clicky click below for photos of muskely hair monsters. If you’d like your photo removed …

I forgot to put up some photos after last week’s debut of Bruiser, the new Sunday afternoon bear party at Jersey City’s Star Bar, but this can serve as a reminder in case anybody’s thinking of attending this weekend. Star Bar owner Wolf put on a great event and the little joint overflowed, with as many people outside on the …

Head over to Bearotic where they are giving away tickets to the next three Blowoff parties, including tomorrow night’s beer-soaked bacchanal at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, and followed by Saturday’s party in DC and next week’s in SF. Here’s the schedule for the rest of the month: New York — Friday, September 18th, 200911:30PM – 4AM @ Highline Ballroom …

My pal Wolf, owner of Jersey City’s Star Bar, tips us to his new Sunday afternoon party for bears and friends which begins this weekend. As many New Yorkers know, the bear-centric Dugout in the West Village has become the leather-lite Ramrod, ending at least a decade of beer-soaked late afternoon carousing around a brilliantly curated jukebox in favor of …