Lady Gaga's afterparty: The normal came out, but the freaks ruled

All photos by Kate Levy

To be honest, it could have gone either way. I don't exactly spend a ton of time at Tracks, I'll admit, and the venue might -- and probably did -- have had something to do with it. One thing's certain, though: There were a lot of freaks at Lady Gaga's afterparty (see photos from the Lady Gaga concert), and they came out to honor their queen.

From the drag-queens to the myriad shirtless guys to the fishnetted to the just plain absurd -- one girl I saw was sporting a blood-stained outfit that appeared to be made out of medical gauze -- all it was missing to be a scene from a John Waters movie was a guy performing feats of anal flexing. Which, really, I wouldn't have been that surprised to see.

See the full slideshow from the Lady Gaga after-party at Tracks.

The question of the evening, of course, was "Will She Show," and the expectations were varied. "Wouldn't that be awesome?" speculated a guy who would only identify himself as Dave. "I don't think so, though. It'll probably just be some drag queen."

Not Dylan Deyer, but... wow.

Lord knows there were plenty of drag-queens. Dylan Deyer didn't count himself among those ranks, but he looked the part. "Let me just correct that," he said. "I am not, and never will be, a drag-queen. I'm a gay man, but I'm not a drag-queen."

He was, however, probably the most convincing Gaga I saw all evening, wearing a one-piece yellow lycra jumpsuit, heels and a face that mirrored the Lady's features so uncannily, it was almost disconcerting. "Well, maybe tonight I am," he conceded. "But not any other night. This is the only pair of heels I own."

Tommy Collier, Chantell Freed, Kevin Tydlaska and Mario Avent ham it up. See the full slideshow from the Lady Gaga after-party at Tracks.

Others were more convinced the Lady would show. "Oh, she's coming," said Tommy Collier, who had just come from the concert. "I have a very reliable source." He wouldn't say who the source was.