I spotted that title in an ad for an LP, and its lack of commas made it a bit more enticing…:) David Kelsey was a very popular entertainer in San Francisco for many years, beginning around the mid-1960’s, billed normally as “David Kelsey at the organ.” I noticed his name in a number of ads…

And that’s the title of the new CD by Veronica Klaus, her first in seven years, and to me any CD by her is something cool and very special. I first met Veronica in April of 1999 in NYC, at the GLAMA Awards, where my host Patrick Arena finagled that we be seated at the…

This is sort of a gallery showing of Tab Hunter album and 45 covers. But for details, the bio from Amazon covers nicely his career:   Born July 11, 1931 in New York City, Arthur Geilen was raised in California by his mother. While working as a stable boy, he was discovered by James Dean’s…

Kiya Heartwood has a solo CD now, called “Bold Swimmer,” and I love it. Now, I’m more used to hearing (and seeing) her as part of the duo Wishing Chair, who has been one of my favorite acts for years. I have interviewed them many times, and when I was co-producer of the show Audiofile,…

When I was a kid, it was in the years when the 45 rpm record was king, and they often got extra promotion by having a “picture sleeve.” Records with those sleeves can be quite collectible, in the cases of Elvis, the Beatles, and on and on. But I’m nominating this German pic sleeve as…

James Baldwin, was one of our literary heroes, not just for his writing dealing with racism and black issues, but for also his early work addressing male homosexuality. The album I am showcasing in this blog entry, recorded in 1967, includes Baldwin reading from two of his novels addressing homosexuality, “Giovanni’s Room,” (1956), and “Another…

One of our beloved writers was Christopher Isherwood (1904 – 1986), and his many books and writings have spawned several well-known movies. “Goodbye to Berlin” became “Cabaret,” “A Single Man” became a movie in 2009, and there have been movies about him: “Chris & Don: A Love Story” (2008), and “Christopher and His Kind,” a…

Francis Renault was one of the most celebrated female impersonators of the 1920’s and 1930’s, and stood at the top of his profession, along Julian Eltinge and Karyl Norman. And his career lasted the longest, with him performing until just a few years before his death in 1955. One of his famous impressions was that…

Yes, I’m featuring a straight band on the QMH Blog…:) I just found out about the video by the Washington DC band Bye June, and it’s creative and wonderful. The band consists of lead singer/songwriter Gil Kline, drummer Gunner Sledgeski and Daniel McGreal on bass, and they bill themselves as a “socially conscious band.”  The…

In the early 1970’s Madeline Davis was beginning her long history of gay & lesbian activism and music. She is credited with writing and recording the first explicitly Gay Liberation song. The song is called “Stonewall Nation.” It was written after she participated in her first gay march in Albany, NY, in June of 1971.…