NOTE: An expanded version of this coverage is on my website. Ah, it’s Prom Time, and I am reminded of that as there are two proms in the Houston area held especially for our LGBTQIA teens. I was even a chaperone two weeks ago at the one in Montgomery County, the county north of Houston…

I posted on Facebook about the song “Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl” and got so much response that I decided to do a full blog entry on it. The Barbarians reached #55 in October of 1965 with it, and of course this was during the full attack of Beatlemania, so why…

I love that Vancouver Pride has chosen an official Pride Song, and it’s called “Pot of Gold,” and half of the proceeds go to the Pride Society. It’s by the band Mandrake, featuring Buzy B. It will appear on the album “Feet Lost Time” in July. Click to Listen Pot of Gold (Rainbow) Lost, in…

And, they’re back…..I first reviewed the UK group The Supreme Fabulettes in early December, when I went nuts over their song and video for “You Ruined My Christmas.” See that blog entry Here. This is a sort of side project of Boy George, as he’s written some of their songs and produced the videos. This…

Canadian director Xavier Dolan released a brutal video this week, amidst calls for censorship in France, the country of the rock band whose song “College Boy,” is used in the video. Indochine’s song is behind the dramatic imagery of a boy whose school bullying escalates to crucifixion. Montreal actor Antoine Pilon portrays the victim undergoing…

The death of Margaret Thatcher (April 2003) was celebrated by some, enough so that it spawned a campaign to push onto the UK music download charts the 1939 song “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead.” It narrowly missed, during the week of April 14, the #1 slot by only 5000 downloads. That’s quite a feat…

Jimmy Callaway was perhaps the most famous female impersonator at the Club My-O-My, near New Orleans, and ruled there from when it opened in 1946 until it burned down in 1972. And while it was not unusual in those days for female impersonators to really sing during their acts (instead of lip syncing for their…

    Summer Osborne ReverbNation Summer YouTube Channel   I recently got to see Summer Osborne perform at a house concert in Houston, and, yup, her sheer talent captured me. It appears she can sing about any style she chooses, and sing it well. She is quite prolific, releasing seven CDs since 2005 (and one on…

Today, April 11, is the anniversary of the birth of Michael Callen (April 11, 1955 – December 27, 1993) and I am usually shouting from the rooftops about his exquisite voice and the profound talent he shared with us in the songs he wrote and recorded. I will leave that for about three weeks from…

Queer Easter Songs? Well, this is as close as I can get…ones by Clifton Webb and Gladys Bentley. Webb was in the 1933 hit revue “As Thousands Cheer,” and therefore brought into the world the classic Irving Berlin song “Easter Parade“…the vocals start at the 1:17 mark. The show made sketches ripped from the newspaper…