Tag Archives: gay artists

From a British campaign to battle loneliness among seniors.

JMG reader Hector writes from Sitges to tip us to the latest release from Barcelona bear dance duo Barb@zul. Lots of beefcake within, possibly NSFW. Bonus points for a short tour of Barcelona’s bar scene. More performance clips from Barb@zul at their YouTube channel.

Below is a stream of a remix of Will You Be There? from Andy Bell’s upcoming album, Non-Stop. Non-Stop, co-produced and co-written by Andy Bell and Pascal Gabriel (S’Express, Ladyhawke, Debbie Harry, Kylie, Little Boots) is a lavish 10 track collection of exquisite dancefloor confessionals from one of the most acclaimed and beloved singers in British pop. Non-Stop features forthcoming …

Rich Morel tips us to a new mix of Shoegazer Disco, my favorite track from his The Death Of The Paperboy album. Video by Rich’s husband, Nick Lopata.

“Lauren, Katherine, Lana too. Will Schuster, I hate you.”

Here’s a track from the upcoming third Scissor Sisters album, Night Work. I really like this, especially the spoken word bit by Sir Ian McKellen. The first official single, Fire With Fire, will be released on June 20th. The album drops a week later.

“I have been with Jorn for five years and he’s the light of my life. He’s my inspiration, support and he’s good in the sack, too! But I am very aware of living in the U.S., of the conundrum that you can’t marry your gay partner and give him citizenship. He has to apply for a green card and he …

“If someone asked me today, ‘Ricky, what are you afraid of?’ I would answer ‘the blood that runs through the streets of countries at war, child slavery, terrorism, the cynicism of some people in positions of power, the misinterpretation of faith.’ But fear of my truth? Not at all! On the contrary, it fills me with strength and courage. This …

From a review on Zeitgeistworld: What would happen if Divine had been captured by disco aliens and later beamed back to modern day Italy? The answer is closer than you think, and maybe you need look no further than Hard Ton, the biggest disco queen of the XXI Century. With a body that can only remind us of John Waters’ …

The Hollywood Reporter notes that Rosie O’Donnell has signed a deal for a daytime television show that launches upon Oprah Winfrey’s retirement in 2011. O’Donnell, who hosted the syndicated “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and did a stint on ABC’s “The View,” has teamed with syndication veterans Dick Robertson and Scott Carlin for another syndicated talk show. The show, hosted by …

Scissor Sisters performed two nights at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom this week where they debuted their (rumored to be) new single Fire. I gotta say: Jake Shears is looking foine. Photos and set list are here.

Yesterday JMG reader Jim Brochu rang the closing bell at NASDAQ in recognition of his critically raved performance in his Off Broadway one man show tribute to Zero Mostel, Zero Hour, which is now running at the DR2 Theater. Jim’s partner, Steve Schalchlin, recently had his show New World Waking! performed by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Get tickets …

Gay singer/songwriters Matt Alber and Tom Goss team up on This Is Who We Are, which they are offering for download in return for a donation to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. Last month I posted a early version of the song. Singer-songwriter buddies Matt Alber and Tom Goss teamed up recently with videographer Zack Rosen of Washinton DC’s TheNewGay.net …

Seventies disco legend D.C. LaRue writes to let us know that he’ll be interviewing dance pioneer Tom Moulton tomorrow night on his internet show on Newtown Radio. March 13th my special guest will be the legendary record producer/re-mix genius TOM MOULTON. Tom’s work ruled the dance floors around the world for many, many years and even now he continues to …

At #1 on today’s MTV video chart (ahead of Justin Bieber, Kesha, and Taylor Swift) is openly gay Guyana-born/Trinidad-raised crooner Nhojj, with his same-sex ballad Love. That’s pretty damn cool!

Here’s a frothy little lift for your Monday morning from San Francisco-based gay artist Myles Cooper.

– Neil Patrick Harris will star in a mixed live action/animated version of The Smurfs. NPH will be live, Alan Cumming and Jonathan Winters will be animated. NPH is also slated to guest star in an upcoming episode of Glee. – Ugly Betty stars Vanessa Williams and Michael Urie will co-host this year’s 76th Annual Drama League Awards on May …

I’ll admit I’m quite skeptical about the coming Runaways biopic. But holy crap, this cast cover of their 1976 proto-punk classic Cherry Bomb totally does NOT suck. Just true enough to the original and different enough too. Dakota Fanning, who knew? (Yes, I was rocking the original on 8-track in my ’73 Lemans. Suck it, kiddies.)

There’s a great interview with B-52s member Fred Schneider over at the A.V. Club in which he reveals that the band is working on a live album to be culled from four live shows in Australia. A lot of the interview is about Fred’s new Orlando-based band, The Superions, but there’s also a lot of stuff about the early years …

New music video from gay singer/songwriter Christopher Dallman. His EP Never Was is available on iTunes.