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Gay Songwriter Bob Crewe Dies At 82

Legendary pop music songwriter Bob Crewe died yesterday at the age of 82. Crewe’s list of hit records is enormous. Here’s a taste from Frontiers: Bob Crewe did it all—an actor, fine arts painter, singer, dancer, producer—but he was perhaps best known for producing and co-writing hit songs, including a long list of Top 10 singles for Frankie Valli and …

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Perfume Genius – Grid

His previous track Queen is already on my best of 2014 list. Stereogum reviews the latest: Perfume Genius is, among many other things, one of our great working music-video artists. His video for “Queen,” the first single from forthcoming album Too Bright, was a surreal masterpiece, and his new “Grid” video isn’t far behind. The clip, from director Charlotte Rutherford, …

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Neil Patrick Harris Marries In Italy

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Holly Johnson – In And Out Of Love

Via Digital Spy: Holly Johnson has unveiled the music video for new song In and Out of Love. The track is the lead single from Europa, Johnson’s first album in 14 years. The video has been directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Alex Bedford. The follow-up to 1999’s Soulstream coincides with the 30th anniversary of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s …

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NPH Has A New Book

From the Amazon description of Neil Patrick Harris’ new book: Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person? Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the “u” back in “aUtobiography”? Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography! In this revolutionary, Joycean experiment in light celebrity narrative, actor/personality/carbon-based-life-form Neil Patrick Harris lets you, the …

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Bob Mould – The War

From his latest album Beauty & Ruin.

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Lily Tomlin To Get Kennedy Center Honor

Out comedienne Lily Tomlin is among the 2014 recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced the selection of the five individuals who will receive the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors. Recipients to be honored at the 37th annual national celebration of the arts are: singer Al Green, actor and filmmaker Tom …

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Bob Mould On Jimmy Kimmel Live

Stereogum raves: The former Hüsker Dü/Sugar frontman Bob Mould is a punk rock legend, and it turns out that he’s also really, really great at performing on late-night TV talk shows. Remember when he ripped through “I Don’t Know You Anymore” on Conan? Jesus. Ridiculous. Last night, Mould was on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and he once again rocked hard enough …

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Kazaky – Pulse

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Jim Parsons Wins Fourth Emmy

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Erasure – Elevation (BT Remix)

This is the first single from their coming album, The Violet Flame, due next month. (Tipped by JMG reader Warren)

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Matthew Conner: How Is July Already Over

Clip description: Focusing on the rise and fall of a promising relationship, the video follows Matthew Connor’s character as he tears himself apart by remembering all the places where he and his ex-lover (portrayed by actor Hunter Canning) fell in love. Shot in black and white stop-motion and directed by photographer Marc McAndrews, 4,000 frames (out of a total 21,000 …

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Kemar Jewel – Voguing Train

I can’t get over how clean Philly’s subway is. (Tipped by JMG reader Ed)

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Pentatonix – Problem

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Matt Alber – House On Fire

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Kevin Spacey For Entertainment Weekly

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Disclosure & Sam Smith – Latch

Latch was released two years ago in the UK where it reached #11 on the pop chart. This week it rises to #7 on Billboard‘s US Hot 100 pop singles chart and remains at #1 on the US dance/electronic chart. Disclosure, who say they take their influences from legendary gay nightclubs like the Paradise Garage, play San Francisco’s Outside Lands …

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Pentatonix – We Are Ninjas

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Andy Bell: Torsten, The Bareback Saint

This week Erasure frontman Andy Bell released his fourth solo album, which carries the provocative title Torsten, The Bareback Saint. Reviewers are raving about the album’s unusual premise. This album, to be performed live at the Edinburgh Festival from 5-16 August, is possibly Bell’s finest vocal outing. Strong and well-tuned, his voice is nothing short of superb and the songs, …

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Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One

Rolling Stone has the review: Sam Smith’s gospel-tinged “I’m Not the Only One” finds the breakout soul singer exploring the fallout of an extramarital affair. In his new video for the track, Smith shows exactly how painful and destructive that fallout can be, with Dianna Agron (Glee) cast as a heartbroken wife and Chris Messina (Argo, The Mindy Project) as …

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