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Adam Lambert – Time For Miracles

Here’s Adam Lambert’s first post-Idol single, the theme song from the coming apocalypse film 2012. Meh. Who wrote this, Diane Warren? Andy Towle warns that this clip may not be around on YouTube very long, so watch it now while you can. Maybe the inevitable dance remix will be better.

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National Equality March Song Contest

Just in via press release: The National Equality March is just two weeks away, and we need your help choosing a speaker and a song for our rally on October 11! After reviewing a lot of incredible submissions for our Equality Idol speaker contest and our Equality Song performer contest, our judges have narrowed it down to four songs and …

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Ellie Greenwich, 68

Classic girl group songwriter Ellie Greenwich died of a heart attack in Manhattan today at the age of 68. Greenwich and her husband Jeff Barry worked in Time Square’s Brill Building, home to an astounding number of hit songwriters of the era. You’ll know every one of Greenwich’s songs below.

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80’s Flashback

Lene Lovitch’s New Toy, 1981. Written by her keyboardist, Thomas Dolby. Best line: “I’m sick of the Hoover!” I think I’ll make this a daily post for a while, just so we can feel all old and shit.

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Scrumdiddlyumptious

Last month many of you enjoyed YouTube member Fagottron’s Mary Poppins electro mashup Expialidocious. Here’s his latest, from Willy Wonka. Visit his site.

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Gay Hip-Hoppers Pick Up The Mic

Pick Up The Mic, the documentary about LGBT rappers, comes out on DVD on June 23th. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and played at over 50 festivals around the world including SXSW, IFF Boston, Miami International Film Festival, Frameline and Outfest. The audio is the clip below is NSFW.

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The Big Fat Gay Anti-Hate Collaboration

Two dozen YouTubers collaborated to create this take on Lily Allen’s Fuck You. Love it, love it, love it. Big props to Bil Browning at the Bilerico Project for the tip. I’m putting this on repeat for the rest of the day.

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Amanda Lepore – Cotton Candy

(Via – Andy Reynolds @ Penetration Inc)

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Do You Remember Rock-N-Roll Radio?

I do, partly thanks to Phil Spector, who yesterday was found extra guilty in the murder of his girlfriend. Here’s one of my favorite Spector productions. Hey, where’s the sax player?

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Jay Brannan – Can’t Have It All

Here’s the latest from gay singer/songwriter Jay Brannan. Really, really sweet. You might also want to check out Housewife, Brannan’s fantastic single from last summer. (Via – Towleroad)

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Bob Mould – Life And Times

Life And Times, the new album by openly gay godfather of punk grunge Bob Mould is now available for pre-ordering. The CD drops on April 7th and the first single I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand In My Light Any More is now available at iTunes and Amazon. Mould is working on an autobiography for release in 2010 and …

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Matt Alber – End Of The World

Here’s the gorgeous new video from openly gay singer Matt Alber, who was once a member of the critically raved and Grammy-winning male vocal ensemble Chanticleer. I played this several times for friends over the weekend and we couldn’t decide if Alber sounds more like Ben Folds or Rufus Wainwright, but we all agreed we’d kinda fallen in love with …

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The New Golden Girls

The group is called Pistol Youth. (Tipped by JMG reader Carlos)

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But Still No Donna Summer

The latest round of inductees to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has been announced. Run-DMC, the rap group consisting of Jason Mizell, Jason Simmons and Darryl McDaniels, will be among the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The rappers (Mr. Mizell died in 2002), along with the group Metallica, will be inducted at a …

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#1 This Week In 1969

In 1969, Marvin Gaye took his version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine to the top of the pop charts for seven weeks, far eclipsing the #2 position achieved by Gladys Knight & The Pips two years earlier. It was Gaye’s first #1 single and the biggest hit of his career, not to mention the biggest hit for Motown …

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#1 This Week In 1971

In 1971 George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord became the first single by an ex-Beatle to go to #1, staying there for three weeks. It’s the only #1 song in chart history with Hindi lyrics, as the background singers sing the traditional Hare Krishna prayer. Harrison provided lead vocals and engineered the recording, with frequent Beatles sideman Billy Preston playing all …

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#1 This Week In 1967

The biggest hit of the made-for-TV Monkees’ career, their cover of Neil Diamond’s I’m A Believer spent seven week at #1, making it the #1 song of 1967. Produced here by Don Kirshner, the Monkees were actor/musicians assembled by TV producers who were inspired by the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, earning them the scornful nickname “The Pre-Fab Four.” Initially …

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#1 This Week In 1972

Melanie’s 1972 novelty smash Brand New Key was banned by some radio stations for its sexual innuendo and coded reference to masturbation: I do OK alone, but you got something I need. I know most of you are too young to know was a skate key was, but you can still grok the whole key-into-lock Freudian shebang, not to mention …

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#1 This Week In 1976

Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers got their name by throwing a dart at a map of the United States. The first shot landed on Arkansas, but they didn’t care for “Arkansas Rollers”. Their second shot landed on Bay City, Michigan. During the height of “Rollermania”, the band played arenas worldwide which were filled with screaming teenage girls waving the …

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#1 This Week In 1970

Someday We’ll Be Together was the last #1 single for Diana Ross & The Supremes. TRIVIA: This song was co-written by Harvey Fuqua, who went on to discover Sylvester and to produce/co-produce Sylvester’s first hit albums. Someday We’ll Be Together was originally a minor hit for Bristol and The Beavers. Lead singer Johnny Bristol went on to record 1974’s proto-disco …

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