Aug
2008
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Kate
Reid - Starving Artist (2006)
Kate Reid is a fresh new artist, from Canada, and I just love how out her lyrics are...it's always fun when an artist's sense of humor comes out in their music. And, back to 1985 for the Very Out song "I Love a Woman," from Catherine D'Amato's LP "First Loves." |
In
Memorium -- Janell Rock and Katie Reider
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In
the last couple months we lost two of our artists to cancer, Janell Rock
and Katie Reider.
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That's Miriam Cutler on the front right, lead singer of The New Miss Alice Stone Ladies Society Orchestra. They had only two releases, the EP above, in 1976, and two of the songs were later re-released on a 45. Miriam has confirmed to me that some of the members were lesbian, and googling tells me the band was named after a suffragist. These days Miriam has a successful career doing scores for movies, including the new release "Chris & Don: A Love Story."
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These three artists bring us a nice array of cabaret and pop, all three with debut releases. Dwayne Britton's self-titled CD is from 2008, and Jeffrey Wilgus' "Signature" is from 2007. Barry Goold (pronounced 'Gould') this year released the pop CD "Knockin' On Another Door," and gave me some nice interview comments on the album.
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Chris Vontanner has had a long career in queer music. As Chris Tanner he was one of the main contributors to the landmark album "Walls to Roses," in 1979, but his music is very different now, with his sense of humor in full view. I mean, who else would call their website domain "Scream Like A Girl"...:) [ Chris is one of the feature interviews of my September QMH show ] Below, more Girl Group songs of the 60s (or, in the case of David Roter, a parody of one)...but they keep the pronouns male-to-male. At right is the popular act Grizzly Bear, with out lead singer Ed Droste, singing the Goffin-King song "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)," from their 2007 EP "Friend." That's Droste upper left in the pic. Above, early 80's L.A. area punk act Red Wedding's compilation of their work. Members Michael Ely and Spider Taylor are a long-time couple. The pic behind their CD is from 1971. Click to view a 1982 article on them. Here's the blurb from their myspace site: Controversial. Openly gay. Post-punk. Alternative rock. Art Rock. Avant Garde. L.A. Underground. Over-the-top theatrics. Red Wedding was all of these, like riding on a musical roller coaster. Mixing elements of vintage 1960's psychedelic rock, 1970's glam rock with hints of punk rock and hardcore dance music, this hard-to-pigeonhole band featured the sensual and mesmerizing guitar work of Spider Taylor and the dark and romantic lyrics of Michael Ely (known for his intense stage presence and singing). There never has been a band quite like them before or since. And
it's about time someone did a film about my favorite pop punk act, Pansy
Division. It's on the Below, a pic I took of them in 2005 at Houston Gay Pride |
And,
finally, after over four hours, I'm getting to my mini-interview with
Irwin
Click for Much More on the Kinseys And, I did a whole show on Cover Versions of 60's Girl Group Songs, Here
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