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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

“That’s great, it starts with an earthquake,” or so the famous REM song begins. Lately, it has started with an earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, nuclear leak, winter storm, summer flood, gridlocked government, and was recently punctuated by the death of Steve Jobs. And yet life goes on, exploring goes on, celebrating goes on. Not because we don’t appreciate the hardships of life, but because we know better than most people that wallowing in them never really helps.

It’s a well–known fact that in a depression/recession, movies are more popular. People look for an escape from everyday life more so than when life is actually good. The same can be said for the great escapes we call Circuit parties. Fortunately, the cold days of winter offer at least as many fantastic events as the balmy ones of summer: from Halloween in New Orleans (the best value there is), and White Party Miami (with super-promoter Mark Baker in charge of the main event) to all the New Year’s Eve parties from Los Angeles (Masterbeat) to New York (Alegria) and south to Miami (Genesis). Now more than ever we need the sense of community that these celebrations provide.

Despite two predictions of pre-2012 raptures taking place in 2011, somehow we’re still here. Then again, every generation believes that things haven’t gotten as bad as they can — so bad that the End Times must have arrived. So if you survive the latest apocalypse, courtesy of (mis)readings of Mayan predictions, then you look forward to half a dozen gay ski weeks (including two Elevation events in Park City and Mammoth), Mardi Gras in Sydney, and the Winter Party in Miami, among others. Armageddon never looked so good!

It was rumored that 2010 would be the last Black & Blue Festival, as it was the 20th anniversary, and a nice number to end on. Or so some thought. But in 2011, the largest annual dance event in North America did it again with BlackJack-21. The predicted end of this legendary Canadian mega-event came and went, and still the hot boys (and girls!) kept dancing, with more room than in previous years, thanks to a move back to the Olympic Stadium.

There’s a lot to still feel fine about, even through the tough times that life throws our way.

In This Issue:

The Incredible Shrinking Circuit Body: In this issue, we tackle a hot-button story that no one else is covering — about the way both the standard and idealized “Circuit body” has shaped and been shaped by party attendees. Journalist Shaun Knittel, who is also taking over assembling and writing our essential Event Calendar that appears in every issue, spoke to medical professionals as well as men of varying ages. The conclusion: ‘Roids are out, thinner is in-er.

Dance Floor Don’ts: Taking a 180-degree turn from Shaun’s serious analysis of body-image issues, our resident cartoon genius Chris DeCarlo’s graphic feature is nevertheless just as wide-ranging and important in its exposure of the behavior that turns our fun night into fright night, freak night or even fight night. If you behave like any of the characters on these pages, Chris has a word of advice for you: Don’t.

The Look of Mormon: The popular image of Salt Lake City as homogenized, white-bread Mormons where a Stepford mom (or moms) submits to her super-square husband, and the kids are preparing for missionary work? Wrong. This beautiful desert capital has bloomed into one of the most gay-friendly cities in the country. True, the bars and clubs work under restrictions by the Church of Latter-day Saints. But that doesn’t keep these Nordic cuties from imbibing with missionary zeal.

DJ Spotlight: Alyson Calagna feels the beat. I mean, really feels it. This well-known DJ might have found an audience at the mega-Circuit parties she headlines, but her real home is in the spirituality of House music. Her personal and professional journey led her from Louisiana to the Mideast, Scotland, and Ft. Lauderdale, only to find initial success back in her home state. Today, she works with the biggest names — in the studio and in the DJ booth — all around the world.

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