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Friday Blingee: NOLA Realness
Andy Campbell
Fri Nov 12, 8:55am
Tags: New Orleans
Listen, last night two of your GPers (Kate and myself) were in Galveston watching the B-52's (didja see Kate X Messer's two-parter with shout-singer Fred Schneider?! OMGZ FOR DAYZ!!) and today we're taking our freakshow to New Orleans. Where it belongs.
'Intelligent???'
Julie Gillis
Thu Nov 11, 9:21am
Tags: Homophobia
I really honestly don't know what to say about this video except: WTF? This kind of shit pisses me the hell right off. Yoinked from my internet surfing, most recently The Stranger from a site called "OnKneesForJesus" featuring this clip, "Intelligent Christians."
DJ BJ's List for Tuesday, Nov. 9
DJ BJ
Thu Nov 11, 7:47am
Tags: Music
One of everyone's favorite eras was the Eighties. From the punk hairdos to wild colored hightops, headbands, bangle bracelets, parachute pants. We all love the Eighties' style, the fashion, but especially the music. So here are some faves from back in the day.
Checking All the Connections
Julie Gillis
Wed Nov 10, 12:17pm
Tags: Political
If you hold a baby goat just right, they make this sound like a purr. It's amazing, mind changing even. I did not know this in all my mumblemumble years, but I know it now. And it's stirring up the pondering pot of my mind about queerness, of being outside, or at times, inside while being outside. Of not being in the "norm" and what that means on a day-to-day basis.
Gay Place Interviews Stephin Merritt
Andy Campbell
Tue Nov 9, 4:59pm
Tags: Music
In honor of the return of ex-Austinite Kerthy Fix's new documentary Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields we thought it would be a good idea to talk to Mr. Merritt himself. What we discussed ran the gamut, and it was just too good to leave to transcription.
theGlitoris' top 10 traXXX for the week of November 9
The Glitoris
Tue Nov 9, 4:26pm
Tags: Music
Girls, is an indie-rock band from San Francisco, California. The band consists of Christopher Owens, Chet "JR" White, Ryan William Lynch, Garett Godard, and Matthew Kallman.
'Mo Music: New Music Tuesday
Rob Cohen
Tue Nov 9, 9:22am
Tags: Music
A lot of artists we haven't heard from in ages are popping up with new tracks. Lets start with the biggest of them all shall we?
Michael Jackson fans rejoice! Sony has just released the song "Breaking News," for just one week on his official website as a teaser for his upcoming posthumous album Michael.
Big Beards, Big Booties, Big Fun
Nakia
Tue Nov 9, 4:40am
Austin fun purveyors, Transmission Entertainment, seem to have hit their stride with this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest. I was convinced that my paper-thin, media wristband, was going to melt off or tear, but it made it through the weekend just fine. Here are a few other notes in random order in case anyone is listening/cares:
News AggreGAYte for the Week of Nov. 8
Rob Cohen
Mon Nov 8, 9:24pm
Tags: Gay News Round Up
Ding dong, the douche is gone. In news from the Michigan Attorney General's Office, Andrew Shirvell, e-bully extraordinaire and now ex-assistant attorney general, has been fired.
Strange Powers Q & A
Julie Gillis
Mon Nov 8, 1:39pm
Tags: Art
Hey y'all! The film Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & the Magnetic Fields is screening at the Alamo Ritz tonight and Wednesday. Tonight, Mon., Nov. 8, 7pm features a Q&A; between our own Andy Campbell and director Kerthy Fix after the screening.
More Treat, Less Trick
Jimmie D
Sun Nov 7, 11:51pm
Tags: Halloween
Halloween is a lovely mess of fantasy and macabre pageantry at its finest, and also my favorite people-watching event of the year. Yet, it remains the one night a year when cross dressing is okay, and even encouraged, for all the wrong reasons.
What's That on Your Blog? Fred Schneider, Part 2
Kate X Messer
Fri Nov 5, 12:59pm
Tags: Music
The 1894 Grand Opera House in Galveston still has tickets for this one Texas stop on the B-52's tour, next Thursday, November 11. Here's Fred Schneider in Part 2 of a sit-down where we talk about teh ghey, and his place in the pantheon of LGBT-I-Is and Q cultural icons.
(How did you miss Part 1?)
Magnetic Fields Party & Ticket Giveaway
Rob Cohen, Kate X Messer
Fri Nov 5, 11:26am
Strange Powers, the new documentary about the Magnetic Fields and frontman Stephen Merrit will screen in Austin for a three-day stint at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, Nov. 7, 8, and 10.
Tweet This Mess Around: Fred Schneider Tells It Like It T-I-Is! Part 1
Kate X Messer
Fri Nov 5, 9:27am
Fred Schneider, the iconic yelp-yap-yowl of the B-52's and all-'round great fella cum bon vivant paused for a Q & A on the brink of a special B's show next week in Galveston, Texas (to where we are headed, hell yeah) and on the occasion of the release of a Christmas album, Destination… Christmas! by his other band, the Superions.
Friday Blingee: Sh*t Sparkles
Andy Campbell
Fri Nov 5, 9:02am
Tags: Republicans
Only if you switched out the "l" for an "r" would the word "election" hold any interest for us. Lesbihonest, it's hard to make shit sparkle. And yet that's exactly what we've done for you this week. Enjoy.
Kindof.
XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Nov. 2
Nakia
Tue Nov 2, 4:16pm
Tags: Music
Sure, the Halloween decorations were still up at Chain Drive as November reared its turkey-feathered head last night, but the fake cobwebs and glowing bats actually fit the scene there pretty well.
DJ BJ's List for Tues. Nov. 2
DJ BJ
Tue Nov 2, 3:55pm
Tags: Music
Happy November! It's a new month with a new number one song
in the clubs and on the charts! Four weeks ago, "Like a G6," jumped onto our charts…
TheGlitoris' Top TraXXX for the Week of November 2
The Glitoris
Tue Nov 2, 3:45pm
Mmmmm grrrrrrllll, we got some good sh*t for you to ass clap to. U figna' be blown away.
'Mo Music: New Music Tuesday
Rob Cohen
Tue Nov 2, 3:20pm
Tags: Music
Indie pixie Lykke Li came out of the forest this week with two new tunes. The rollicking and tough "Get Some" is a refreshing return. Download the track for free in exchange for your email at her official site.
News AggreGAYte for the Week of Nov. 1
Rob Cohen
Mon Nov 1, 11:00pm
Tags: Gay News Round Up
Dandy slipped me some strange candy this weekend, and I'm still hungover [Don't look at me, beeyotch, I ate all my candy – el Mascot]. That and we've had a heavy flow of bad news lately. Plus, there's an election. Go make your own news. In the meanwhile, let's keep this one short and light, huh?
