Happy Rezzday Brandi

By Bixyl Shuftan

On Sunday November 22, the Sunweavers and Angels held a surprise Rezzday party for Brandi Streusel Tungsten. Brandi is the partner of Nydia Tungsten, as well as the owner of "Brandi's Intimates," a clothing store sometimes called "Brandi's Panties." Cute and friendly, she's quite popular among the others in the community. So when Nydia announced there was a party for her, many dropped by.

The event was originally planned to take place at Nydia and Brandi's home, Mouse Hole Manor in Sunlight Bay. But the sim can handle only a certain amount of people. So it was decided to hold the party at the Happy Vixen Beach Club in Purfection.

The guest of honor arrived not on a white horse, but a dark one, a little present she had gotten herself. Jasmine Dawn, who sports an equine avatar, pretended to be sad, "she's seeing other horses!"

And of course we had a cake for her. Instead of candles though, there was a sign, "Happy 7th Rezzday."

And with Brandi and Nydia in-step, the party was in full swing.

Among those arriving was Lomgren Smalls, who did so on his new pedal-powered blimp, courtesy of Jasmine Dawn.

 Brandi's a country music fan, so most of the tunes were country ones, such as "Romeo." She passed out a few cowboy hats, which were modifiable to fit different-sized heads. Someone stretched hers out to giant size and placed it on the club music board.

It was a fun time had by all.

Bixyl Shuftan

"Last Call" - Club Zero Gravity Closes

It was on May 31st 2010 that it was announced Club Zero Gravity had reopened in the Purrfection Estates sim. More then four years later on August 14, 2014, the club held it's final party there.

After over four years of being in orbit over Purrfection, Club Zero Gravity is closing it's doors. But rather than mourn, we chose to hold one last bash, the "Last Call." The contest theme is "come as you are." We at the "Party among the stars" wish to thank you for being with us for the long journey, and it is now time to say goodbye.

"That's all, folks."

Nydia Tungsten, the owner of Club Zero Gravity and the Purrfection sim, took to the DJ booth herself for this final part. She had gotten her start as DJ "Naughty Nydia," and her selection of tunes went from popular classics to comical to cheeky and riskee.

 Miyuki Naidoo, the hostess of the club, changed to her popular but seldom-seen Felicia avatar.

Many people attended this last party, a few whom came back to Second Life after a hiatus for this occasion. Two showed up for the first time, saying they were sorry they were not here for earlier events. A couple would later tell me they would have come if it wasn't for events in real life.

Club Zero Gravity was created in 2007 in the Pockwock sim in the early days of the Sunweaver community, built by Shockwave Yarreach. Shockwave would say that night there was only a limited amount of space available for the club, so he put dance balls on the wall and ceiling, which quickly led to the name.

The club would later move with the community to the Sunweaver Estates, going through two more reconstructions, a "borg cube" look, and later the blue and steel space station look by Ranchan Weidman that many feel was it's best look.  It was closed in 2009, to be reopened in Purrfection several months later.

The crowd was sad to see the club go, but was determined to have a good time. People reacted to Nydia's friskier tunes by cracking dirty jokes. And talked about various happenings in Second Life.

There was a 2000 Linden prize up for grabs that night. But as Nydia invited the staff to enter for it as well, she was talked into putting her name on the board as well. When the voting was closed and the results announced, she ended up with the most votes. She reacted with surprise, then a humble bow.

After the official end up the party, some hung around for a little while, posing for a few pictures. One lady, whom lives at Purrfection, asked friends not to stop coming to the sim.

 But this may not be the end for the space station club. There's already talk by Sunweaver Estates onwner Rita Mariner of finding a place for Zero-G somewhere. But where to put all those prims so nobody's land gets lagged? Rather than risk dashing raised hopes, not even a guestimate date has been announced. But the general feeling is it will be back, someday.

In the meantime, two clubs are reopening in the Sunweaver Estates to fill the time slots once held by the "Party among the stars." The Vinyl Museum, built in 2009 as "Perri's Xanadu" over what is now HV Community, will he holding events Tuesdays from 6 to 8 PM. Little Dove, the Zeppelin club first built to hold Relay events for the old Passionate Redheads Relay for Life team, will be holding events Thursday nights from 6 to 8 PM. The Happy Vixen, Zero-G's sister beach club, is closing and the group and possibly the name, to be used by the new surfing hangout and beach club at the Sunny Beach sim, Mondays from 6-8.

"Goodbye, for now."

Bixyl Shuftan

The Galaxy Laser Club Closes It's Doors

On Sunday Sept 29, The Galaxy Laser Club, also known as the GLC, held it's last event. The club was about five years old, and had been moved to the Purfection sim a few years ago when it was called The Cocktail Lounge. Since then, it underwent a few changes from a boat to a nightclub, in addition to it's name which was changed to Poison Ivy Club, and then to Galaxy Laser Club.


The club was owned by Rich Mordly, who ran it with the help of Emma Mordly (Fehrenufski Resident), and Firefox Doghouse. Although Rich did not normally wear a furred avatar, he signed the club up in the Furry Club Alliance led by Nydia Tungsten. The club coordinated its events with the other two in Purfection, Club Zero Gravity and Raised Tail Resort, to avoid schedule conflicts.

While attendance was good, the amount of tips received by the staff was small. Rich and Emma came to the conclusion they couldn't keep up the expenses of running the club with our tips. So last week, they announced they would have to close the club.


Therefore, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday will be our final events.    This is a passionate plea (as I'm sure you can tell) from someone who really cares about the club.  Please, please come this week.  Please TP your friends in.


Wednesdays event was "Latex," for Thursday it was "Uniform, and for Friday the event was "Lookalike Musicians." For Sunday September 29, the final show, the event was scheduled to be "Best in SIlly" for 300 Lindens. Before long though, the amount was raised to 1300L, and the theme became "Sexy and Silly."

The audience had a mix of looks. The biggest avatar there was a huge dragon, Geerkil Ziskey, that had somehow squeezed through the door. On the "silly" side were some pony avatars, which pranced away on the dance floor. And on the sexy side, there were a number of scantily-clad human and near-human avatars. One girl had on tacos for shoes and sported a long beehive hairdo with a car sticking through it, making her both "sexy" and "silly."

There were a few balloons and signs placed around for the event. Most of the signs read "farewell." One was a thank you by one of the staff.


Thank you for attenuating our final event at the club. Emily, Rich, Jon, and I have worked tirelessly to keep the club open for you. It is with a tinge of sadness that we are left with no alternative but to close.

We'd like to thank Rich for his masterful ownership of the club for the past ice years. If it wasn't for the club, friendships that will last a lifetime would never have been formed. We'd also like to thank the staff that have worked here in the past and present. We wish you all well.


First prize for the contest went to Firefly Dash (MelodyHighnote Resident), one of the ponies. Tying for second were Geerkil and Kitacelia Resident.

Emma told the crowd that she didn't plan on being inactive, "This is not the end, just the beginning of a different chapter. And we all know about chapters and volumes." Rich added, "I am very thankful  for you all coming here, and I will be back (in Second Life) soon. It is sad to have closed my club after I have been running it five years, with Firefox who has been with me the whole time. We will be back soon, somehow, somewhere. Thank you Emma, Emily, and John." Firefox spoke, "I want to give a warm thank you to all those who have worked with us and have gone out of their ways to help keep this club running as long as it did."

And so, the people began going their separate ways, and the club shut down for the final time.

With the close of the Galaxy Club, the Furry Club Alliance is down to four clubs, CLub Zero Gravity, Raised Tail Resort, Club LIttle Dove, and Club Cutlass.

Bixyl Shuftan