“Everyone should party together all the time,” The Culture Whore told us, “but Pride week especially.” Much has been written about the well-known nightlife duo, responsible for producing and disseminating information about the covert happenings of the city’s queer underground.

Now, with NYC Pride officially upon us—and along with it, the “dusty desert” of commercialized events that inevitably dominate Manhattan—co-founders Mark Dommu and Paul Leopold have teamed up with Philly-based collective Factory Girls to present a multi-faceted pride party of our own: a refreshing two-floor carnival of souls called OASIS, with multiple DJs, hypnotizing visuals and a bevy of live performances this Friday night in Bushwick.

Mark and Paul kindly took us aside last weekend during their DADDY party (so-themed for Father’s Day) and filled us in on what to expect at OASIS. Standing outside an East Village bar, we talked—or tried to talk—as all manner of friend and partygoer approached with hugs and hazy memories of the last night’s escapades. Still, we managed to talk Pride, Factory Girls, whether Bushwick needs a gay bar and what’s next for The Culture Whore (TCW).