FOF #1364 – Circuit Mom Knows How to Throw a Party

Matthew Harvat as Circuit Mom - photos by Bret Grafton - photografton.com

If you were in Chicago in the 90s, you probably know Circuit Mom, the queen of the circuit party scene.

Circuit parties were fun-filled extravagant affairs that leveraged the existing gay rave scene into fundraisers for healthcare organizations. Guys who liked to go to circuit parties were sometimes called circuit boys and Matthew Harvart was their Momma!

About six years ago, Circuit Mom stepped out of the limelight to focus on other aspects of her entertainment career. At the same time the Hearts Foundation, the non-profit that hosted Chicago’s biggest circuit party called “Fireball” went down in flames after financial mismanagement and drug abuse.

Since then, the circuit scene has never been quite the same in Chi-town but that hasn’t stopped Circuit Mom from performing and throwing fantastic parties- just like Cher, it’s hard to keep a good queen down.

Today, Matthew Harvat, the man behind Circuit Mom talks about the fabulous circuit party scene that once was and may still be again.

Plus all the hot news:

A snarky gay voice goes silent on the internet as Queerty the LGBT sass blog, suddenly calls it quits- no love lost from their former editor Japhy Grant, who says the company still owes him 20k for back pay.

Haters gonna hate- YouTube temporarily lets haters flag down Apple Employee’s “It Gets Better” video in support of LGBT youth.

Speaker of the House John Boehner wants to waste your tax money defending laws the President has deemed unconstitutional.

and a hot letter surfaces from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCarney in which John Lennon calls his former band-mate the c-word.

Featured Music:
Hunx & His Punx: iTunes

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 at 3:37 am and is filed under Drag Queens & Kings, Interviews, Podcast. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.