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December
2006
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Special
This Month..THREE Christmas Shows!! Click to Listen1, 2 or 3 Above.
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#1
Playlist (airdate
12/18/06, 85:55) * = internet version
only
Some
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#3
Playlist (Internet Only
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#2
Playlist (airdate 12/25/06,
83:17)
Artist Links given below
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Show #1
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Above, RuPaul's wonderfully queer xmas CD "Ho, Ho, Ho," from 1997, and Betty's "Snowfolk." And, in 2003 Steve Schalchlin & Jim Brochu performed at Houston's Stages, and stopped by our Queer Voices studio for a live performance. Below, Roger Kuhn's new Xmas demo EP and a canded shot of Matthew Duffy and Roger, in 2004, and a couple of his press shots. Below them is cabaret artist Shawn Ryan and composer and sometimes performer Fred Barton, shown accompanying his Miss Gulch character.
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Above, Namoli Brennet's xmas single "Sugarplum Dreams," from 2004, and newcomer Joshua Klipp, with his 2006 EP. Below them, Jeff Mansk's band is called Flipping the Pig, and Evil Beaver is Evie Evil and Laura Ann Beaver, and their 2001 CD smelled like Christmas Spirit. Below, Cleveland's North Coast Men's Chorus and their two xmas CDs, but alas, the songs I played are not on them. To their right and farther below is Ann Reed, her 2001 holiday CD, a pic of her (and me) at a Houston concert, and Corinne Curcio. I'm showing Corinne's latest CD, as the xmas song was only an mp3 file.
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Above, Danny Riddle's 1986 album,
BD Wong, and the "Cabaret Noel" CD Wong appears on.
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Okay, at left is not a holiday song, but it's such a rare and historic recording that I could not wait to share it. Christine Jorgensen, as I'm sure you know, was the first person to attract major media attention when she had a sex change operation, in 1952. Such attention thrust her into the limelight for the rest of her life, and she spent many years in show business. In 1958 an interview album was released, but nothing every surfaced from her nightclub act, until now. The recording at left was captured in 1982, and her act includes her telling stories, doing a few impressions and a bit of singing. Of course the obvious theme song is "I Enjoy Being a Girl." This will not be available on disc, only on iTunes, at This Link. Oh, note the newspaper headline in the background of the pic..it's from the 12/1/52 New York Daily News, which splashed across the front page, "EX-GI BECOMES BLONDE BEAUTY!" See Lots more on Christine on my site by clicking here |
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Above, Sandra Bernhard, and behind her, the various artists CD "Breaking for the Holidays," from which her song "Miracle of Lights" was taken. Center, uber-background vocalist David Lasley was upfront with his xmas song, which has not been released, but hey, sometimes when you ask artists for their work they actually send it. And, wrapping up the first show is RuPaul and "I Just Can't Wait for Christmas," only found on the CD single "People Are People," which was released right at the end of 2005. |
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Artist
Links [ * = straight, as far as I know ]
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60 different artists on these three very queer shows, I'm going to spread them over three main pages, click for page 2 |
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Wow, am I pleased! One of my internet friends, Robert Martinez, wrote a very detailed review of my queer xmas shows, and posted it on his blog...you could say he liked it...:) Click to read his review. |
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