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For Your Waterboarding Mix Tape

According to a British law group, here’s a few of the songs used by the U.S. military to torture detainees in Guantanamo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. “Enter Sandman,” Metallica.”Bodies,” Drowning Pool. “Shoot to Thrill,” AC/DC. “Hell’s Bells,” AC/DC. “I Love You,” from the “Barney and Friends” children’s TV show. “Born in the USA,” Bruce Springsteen. “Babylon,” David Gray. “White America,” Eminem. …

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Ssion – Warm Glove

My pal A.J. Fox has begun music blogging for the NY Press, and this is his first entry. Kansas City’s dance punk collective Ssion, hitting Webster Hall Dec. 17 & 18—has released an unusual new video in support of the single “Warm Glove” off of the album Fool’s Gold. Before the song even starts, the group makes you—or, depending on …

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Boy George Found Guilty

Boy George was found guilty in his false imprisonment trial in the UK and may go to jail. Boy George faces jail next month for falsely imprisoning a rent boy at his flat. The openly gay 80s singer was told in court today that custody was ‘the most likely option’ after a jury convicted him of handcuffing Norwegian male escort …

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Grammy Nom For Sam Sparro

Openly gay Australian singer Sam Sparro received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording last night for his single Black And Gold (above), which was released at the start of the year. Even though the single has had 8 million views on YouTube, somehow I’d never heard of Sparro until the Out 100 Awards last month where he was a …

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New Yorker Stands By Prince Story

I never mentioned it here (because..hello…the source was Perez Hilton), but moments after it made the news, a flack for Prince was denying his anti-gay quotes in the New Yorker, saying that the Artist Formerly Known As Interesting had been “grossly misquoted and misinterpreted.” Misinterpreted? “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, …

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Let’s Talk About Pep, Baby

Last night Aaron and I attended the book launch party for Sandy “Pepa” Denton’s memoir of her life in Salt-N-Pepa, the five-time Grammy winning rap trio that rocked the airwaves and dancefloors of the world beginning in 1985, selling over 13 million albums along the way. As you can see, both Sandy (Pepa ) and Cheryl James (Salt) look fantastic …

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On Melissa Etheridge And The Boy Scouts

JMG reader Andy in Fort Lauderdale writes: Last night at the democratic national convention, Melissa Etheridge sang a medley which included Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”. All royalties from performances of “God Bless America” are assigned to the Boys and Girls Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts are an avowedly anti-gay discriminatory organization. Etheridge could have easily chosen “America the …

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Laurie Anderson At Lincoln Center

Last night Aaron and I attended the first night of legendary multi-media performance artist Laurie Anderson’s five night stand at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater at the Time-Warner Center, where she presented a remarkably low-tech version of her latest show, Homeland. Four acoustic musicians, two backup singers, and Anderson’s keyboard with its loops and beats. No video, no lasers, nothing. And …

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Boy George Denied U.S. Visa

Boy George has been denied a U.S. visa and will not be able to conduct his planned tour or his free concert for the NYC Department of Sanitation. His managers said in a statement Monday that the visa denial was not because of his past brush with the law in the U.S. but was because he is awaiting trial in …

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New Morel EP – Flawed

In advance of his August full-length release, The Death Of The Paperboy, house music kingpin Rich Morel has issued a 5-track EP titled Flawed, which is now available on iTunes. Stream Morel’s Pink Noise Mix of Flawed below. Morel’s last full-length, Lucky Strike, remains one of my favorite albums ever and I’m besides myself waiting for Paperboy.

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I Met Duffy Last Night

Late last night I met Welsh pop star Duffy after her in-store performance at the Union Square Virgin Megastore. In the last 24 hours she’d done a sold out show at the Apollo, a couple of the morning talk shows, and then Conan – yet she still chatted sweetly and amiably with every one of the hundreds of fans lined …

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Donna Summer – Stamp Your Feet

More Videos Here’s Stamp Your Feet, the new single from Donna Summer’s Crayons, due out May 20th. Embedding is disabled on the YouTube version of the clip, so let me know if this player gives you any problem.

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Girls Just Wanna Be Remixed

Rich Morel’s fantastic remixes of his production of Cyndi Lauper’s new single Same Ol’ Story are now available on iTunes. Below you can stream Morel’s extended mix of the single, one of several versions available. Lauper’s full-length, Bring Ya To The Brink, goes on sale on May 27th.

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Ten Seconds Of Love From The B-52s

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And All The Girls Dreamed That They’d Be Her Partner, They’d Be Her Partner

Carly Simon outs herself, sort of, to the Bay Area Reporter: Bay Area Reporter: After speaking with you this morning, I’m going to be interviewing Cyndi Lauper regarding her True Colors tour, which features gay and straight artists performing to raise money for the Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT organizations. I’m wondering if Cyndi called you and asked you …

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Duffy – Warwick Avenue

I cannot get enough of Welsh pop sensation Duffy. And not just because when I first posted about her last year she sent me a sweetly autographed photo. (Which I promptly lost somehow.) This is the third single from the full-length Rockferry, due out here May 13rd. The previous single, Mercy, topped every chart in Europe, stayed at #1 in …

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Bearapalooza 2008

Via Queerty, here’s the promo vid for Bearapalozza 2008 which features “the talents of over 25 bear and bear-identified performers.” The NYC date for the tour is May 6th at the Eagle. Here’s their Flickr page of past events.

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Serbia’s Eurovision: Too Dangerous For Gays To Attend?

The president of Serbia has issued “a guarantee for the safety of delegations, press and fans” attending this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. Concerns have been raised about possible violence from Serbia’s active fascist element, particularly against the many gay men that follow Eurovision so avidly. Last week a local fascist organization vowed in their newspaper to attack gays …

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Back In The New York Groove

Debbie Harry and former Toilet Böys lead singer Miss Guy performed Kiss member Ace Frehley’s solo 1978 hit New York Groove at Monday’s NGLTF New York Leadership Awards. New York Groove will appear on Miss Guy’s upcoming album and you can stream the single on his MySpace page. And here’s Debbie Harry’s lovely latest single, If I Had You, from …

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If You Don’t Love Me, I Will Know

I’ve been on an early ’90s kick for the last few days, so here’s a great track from England’s Prefab Sprout, If You Don’t Love Me, which hit #3 on the Billboard dance chart in 1992. I have a beautiful (if slightly foggy) memory of hearing this song at some giant circuit party around then (maybe in Atlanta), where the …

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