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Bright Light Bright Light – In Your Care

It was six years ago that I first posted about scruffy Welsh cutie Rod Thomas, who now records as Bright Light Bright Light, a name he took from Gizmo in Gremlins. I love his understated nu-disco style and this tribute to his mom is lovely. (Via Towleroad)

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BRITAIN: ABBA’s Agnetha Sings In Public For The First Time In 25 Years

Contact Music reports: ABBA star Agnetha Faltskog stunned fans by hitting the stage for a surprise performance at a London charity concert, marking her first high-profile gig in 25 years. The Swedish singer, who has reportedly not performed in front of an audience for more than two decades, was the surprise guest at Gary Barlow’s Children In Need Rocks concert, …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Snow Globe, the new holiday album from Erasure which is on sale today online and at physical retailers nationwide. Enter to win Snow Globe from Erasure! Snow Globe – the stunning holiday album from the beloved English duo, Erasure. Produced by Erasure, Gareth Jones and Richard X, Snow Globe is …

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Erasure Posts New Album Snow Globe
To YouTube In Its Entirety

Erasure’s coming holiday album, Snow Globe, was today posted to YouTube in its entirety. While the album primarily contains standards such as Silver Bells and White Christmas, the opening track below is an Erasure original and includes the lyric, “I don’t believe in your religion.”

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Busker Meets Jimmy Somerville

Gawker’s Neetzan Zimmerman writes: “While performing the classic ’80s synth pop anthem “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat, a Berlin street musician is joined by the song’s original singer, Jimmy Somerville, who just happened to be walking by with his dog.” If you’ve somehow never heard the still-stunning Smalltown Boy, go here. It truly was a landmark musical moment for the …

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Morning View – Liberace’s Star

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Matt Alber – Tightrope

As a JMG exclusive, here’s the latest from gay crooner Matt Alber, who this time takes it to the dance floor as four different characters. Two mixes are available today on iTunes and proceeds go the San Francisco’s Larkin Street Youth Services. Definitely take a listen, I’ve been playing this all week.

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Virgin America’s New In-Flight Safety Video Is A Pop/Dance Extravaganza

Openly gay American Idol finalist Todrick Hall, who released his latest music video yesterday, stars in the new in-flight safety video for Virgin America, which is quite the pop/dance production.

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Todrick Hall – Spell Block Tango

Openly gay American Idol finalist Todrick Hall, who last year gained viral video fame with his “hood-inspired” Beauty & The Beat, is back with another take on Disney. This time Hall mashes up six Disney villainesses with Cell Block Tango from Chicago.  He writes: The real Divas of Disney have collaborated with yours truly to give you a very special …

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Erasure – Gaudete

ET Online has a review: Created in collaboration between Erasure’s Andy Bell and Vince Clarke with Martin Meunier — whose work includes Tim Burton’s James and the Giant Peach and 2009’s Coraline — the stop animation video has a very Nightmare Before Christmas feel fitting for the season, which fans of Burton’s dark and quirky style are sure to love. …

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The Greatest Album Of All Time?

According to Britain’s New Music Express, The Smith’s 1986 album, The Queen Is Dead, is the greatest of all time. In his number one best-selling book Autobiography, Morrissey attacks the NME and accuses the influential magazine of conspiring to “get” him. But it seems that any grudge once held by the alternative music publication’s staff has long since passed, as …

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Boy George – This Is What I Do

Boy George today posted his coming album, This Is What I Do, in full on YouTube.  The album opens with the truly lovely first single, King Of Everything.

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Jim Parsons & Partner Todd Spiewak Accept GLSEN’s Inspiration Award

“I’ve never considered myself an activist. I have never considered my relationship with Todd to be an act of activism. Rather it is simply an act of love. Coffee in the morning. Going to work. Washing the clothes. Taking the dogs…regular life, boring love.” – Jim Parsons.

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Michael Serrato – Rambo, But Gay

The Nerdist has a review: From one of the brilliantly twisted minds that brought you Neil’s Puppet Dreams comes the retelling of Rambo you never knew you needed, complete with three musical numbers and more homoerotic subtext than a Whitesnake music video: Michael Serrato’s Rambo…But Gay. Okay, maybe subtext is a generous term, but as Serrato explains in the video, …

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Will Dollinger – Vodka

Clip description: “The bullying footage used in this video was all filmed and posted by the perpetrators. Under Putin’s leadership, Russia has enacted a series of anti-gay laws. A boycott of Russian vodka was called by human rights activists. This video is in support of that boycott.”

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Hidden Cameras – Gay Goth Scene

Chilling. (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)

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KOD – Photographing Rain

From the new album by Kitchens Of Distinction (their first in 19 years), here’s a dark song about homophobia. They recap the song on their YouTube page: The weather is choking, rain everywhere, waves coming over the esplanade. Two men hide between the houses, breathless, on the run. There are lights flashing, there are men shouting. The pursuit is on. …

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Father Tiger – Right Now

From the band’s publicist: Andrew, a super-fan of Los Angeles-based indie revival pop group Father Tiger, traveled from Orlando to L.A. with his boyfriend, Chad, for a vacation where he also planned to propose. Before they made the trip, Andrew wrote to the band telling them of his plans. Band members Greg Delson and John Russell agreed to meet the …

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Pet Shop Boys – Thursday

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Milan Fashion Week Clip: Music By Jake Shears, Narration By Jane Fonda

From the New York Times: Consider “The Future of Flesh,” a short film by the director Luke Gilford that has its premiere here, which features models in surreal latex body suits outfitted entirely in Prada’s current fall 2013 collection. The eerie, evocative video features an original score by Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters and is narrated by Jane Fonda — …

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