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Conchita Wurst At London Pride

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TRAILER: To Be Takei

Movie recap: A hilarious and moving look at legendary actor, activist and pop culture icon George Takei, who has conquered new frontiers from outer space to Capitol Hill with his trademark grin. Oh, my! Director: Jennifer M. Kroot. Actors: George Takei, Brad Takei, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Howard Stern, Dan Savage, Walter Koenig. The film opens on August …

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TRAILER: Yves Saint Laurent

NPR interviewed the filmmakers yesterday: In 2009, Forbes designer Yves Saint Laurent the “Top-Earning Dead Celebrity” of the year. (Surely a bittersweet distinction.) Now, Saint Laurent’s success — and how it was shaped and fed by his lover and manager Pierre Berge — is the subject of the new film Yves Saint Laurent. In it, their relationship is both interactive …

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Kinsey Sicks – The Dragapella Shuffle

“It threatens to become the most popular dance craze to sweep kindergartens and retirement communities since twerking!”

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Sam Smith – How Will I Know

Recently out British crooner Sam Smith covered Whitney Houston during his performance at SiriusXM yesterday.

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Holly Johnson – Follow Your Heart

Former Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson releases his first solo album in 14 years in September. From the press materials about the first single: The digital EP, featuring one of the final remixes by Frankie Knuckles (and Eric Kupper), is out July 27 alongside a limited-edition coloured vinyl the week before. Surrounding the launch of ‘Europa’, the Frankie …

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Madelin Zero + Rich Morel – Love The Love

This hot new dance single from Blowoff DJ Rich Morel and vocalist Madelin Zero will be available on iTunes on June 24th. Morel has hit #1 on Billboard’s dance chart 33 times and his Hot Sauce party makes its Provincetown debut next month during Bear Week.

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Jimmy Somerville Reprises Landmark Hit On 30th Anniversary Of Smalltown Boy

In the summer of 1984 my roommate and I returned from one of our twice-weekly record hunts bearing the 12″ of Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy – which we’d initially fished out of the import bin purely because we were intrigued by the cover’s pink triangle. The mournful lyrics on the flip side of that 12″ sleeve only hinted at the …

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NPH As Hedwig At The 2014 Tony Awards

Via Mediaite: Neil Patrick Harris effectively stole the 2014 Tony Awards with his performance of “Sugar Daddy” from Hedwig and the Angry Inch. During the song, Harris ventured into the audience at Radio City Music Hall where he proceeded to take off Samuel L. Jackson’s glasses and lick them before grinding on the laps of Sting and Kevin Bacon. Harris …

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BRITAIN: Pet Shop Boys To Call For Mass Pardons For Thousands Of Men Convicted Of Homosexual Acts

Via the Sunday Times: Pet Shop Boys are to use a new orchestral work about the computer pioneer Alan Turing to call for the “tens of thousands of men” imprisoned or fined for committing homosexual acts to be pardoned. A Man From the Future, created by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, will premiere at the Proms on July 23 . …

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Bob Mould Plays Conan O’Brien

Punk legend Bob Mould appeared on the Conan O’Brien show last night to rip though I Don’t Know You Anymore, the hit track from his 11th solo album, Beauty & Ruin, which came out this week.

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Coco Peru – Show Me Your Pride

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The Superions – Konnichiwa

Via press release: Fred Schneider, frontman of the iconic party band The B-52s (Love Shack, Roam, Rock Lobster) along with his brethren Noah Brodie and Dan Marshall have just released their newest hit single Konnichiwa. Konnichiwa is the first in a series of singles by The Superions from their forthcoming album Superionicus. Konnichiwa is a lesson in linguistics that will …

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Bob Mould – I Don’t Know You Anymore

Bob Mould has done a Funny Or Die clip for a track from his 11th solo album, Beauty & Ruin, which comes out tomorrow. Stereogum reviews: Bob Mould is a punk rock legend still bashing out remarkably vigorous and effective anthems. (My co-worker Michael says he’s making the best music of his career right now, which is lunacy, but the …

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Superfruit – Evolution Of Miley Cyrus

These are the gay guys from Pentatonix.

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BRITAIN: Former Frankie Frontman Holly Johnson Announces First Solo Tour

Former Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman (and JMG reader!) Holly Johnson will launch his first-ever solo tour in October. The October tour will mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s 3x platinum debut album ‘Welcome To The Pleasuredome’ which reached number 1 in October 1984. The album release followed the group’s controversial debut single ‘Relax’, …

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Erasure Previews New Album

Erasure has released the below teaser for their coming album, The Violet Flame, which will be released in September. There are no NYC dates on the supporting tour, but the duo will play DC, Boston, and Atlantic City. The Violet Flame will be their 16th studio album, not counting compilations, EPs, and greatest hits packages. To date Erasure has charted …

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Quote Of The Day – Elton John

“While The Normal Heart is a product of a specific time, it is not an artifact. There is still an AIDS crisis — not only in sub-Saharan Africa, but right here in the America, in your state, in your community. And, just as in 1985, it is silence, fear and stigma that continue to drive the epidemic. Today, African-Americans represent …

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Avicii & Adam Lambert – Lay Me Down

Lambert doesn’t appear in the clip. Co-written and guitar by Nile Rodgers. 1.1 million views in its first day.

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RuPaul Drives John Waters (Part 2)

Waters drops an interesting tidbit about Allen Ginsberg.

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