The Lap Dance
Lil Nas X, the 22-year-old gay rapper and songwriter is suddenly ubiquitous. He has a new song out called “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” a gay cri de…More
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A Turandot That Strips Away the Excess
By Jeffrey Round
THE TALE of Puccini’s final opera is well known: the icy princess Turandot refuses to give up her body or her heart to any man, conferring a death sentence on all who attempt to win her hand in marriage by answering three riddles, until …
A Podcast: Merrily He Strolled Along
David LaFontaine – a trained singer and pianist – decided to record a few of Stephen Sondheim’s songs for our readers. So, we rented time in a sound studio in North Cambridge, MA and produced this podcast.
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Cher Was There
Police were stumped when house after house was getting robbed in a Portland, Oregon, neighborhood, and the burglar kept eluding capture. He would take the usual items of value—cash,…More
Prince of Paradox
PERUSING the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart from the back issues of 1978, one has to be struck by the diversity that chart offers in contrast to today. The…More
Keep the Well in Greenwell
There was once a country singer named Josey Greenwell who had a following and was openly gay (as reported by queerty.com). But then he sort of dropped out of sight…More