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Courtesy of the publisher, today's Swag Tuesday prize is the new autobiography from punk pioneer turned openly gay nightlife kingpin, Bob Mould. See A Little Light: The Trail Of Rage And Melody is available nationwide now on multiple formats.
From the start, Mould wanted to make Hüsker Dü the greatest band in the world - faster and louder than the hardcore standard, but with melody and emotional depth. In SEE A LITTLE LIGHT, Mould finally tells the story of how the anger and passion of the early hardcore scene blended with his own formidable musicianship and irrepressible drive to produce some of the most important and influential music of the late 20th century. For the first time, Mould tells his dramatic story, opening up to describe life inside that furnace and beyond. Revealing the struggles with his own homosexuality, the complexities of his intimate relationships, as well as his own drug and alcohol addiction, Mould takes us on a whirlwind ride through achieving sobriety, his acclaimed solo career, creating the hit band Sugar, a surprising detour into the world of pro wrestling, and most of all, finally finding his place in the world. A classic story of individualism and persistence, Mould's autobiography is an open account of the rich history of one of the most revered figures of punk, whose driving force altered the shape of American music.Enter to win a copy of See A Little Light by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave your email address in the text of your entry. Entries close at midnight on Thursday, west coast time. Publicists: If you'd like to take part in Swag Tuesday on JMG, please email me.
RELATED: This Thursday, Bob Mould will appear at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan for special combined evening of readings from his book and performances from his lengthy catalog.
Erasure will launch a U.S. tour this fall in support of their coming 14th full-length studio album, Tomorrow's World. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
August 31st Tampa, FL The Ritz YborAbove is the first half of the tour, hit the top link for the full list of concert dates.
September 2nd Orlando, FL House of Blues
September 3rd Atlanta, GA Center Stage
September 4th Asheville, NC Orange Peel
September 6th Washington, DC 9:30 Club
September 7th Washington, DC 9:30 Club
September 8th Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
September 10th Boston, MA House of Blues
September 11th Toronto, ON Sound Academy
September 13th New York, NY Terminal 5
September 14th New York, NY Terminal 5
September 16th Chicago, IL Congress Theatre
September 17th Chicago, IL Congress Theatre
September 18th Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
September 20th Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
September 21st St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Stonewall veteran and noted playwright Doric Wilson died this weekend at the age of 72. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Playbill notes his passing:
Doric Wilson was present on June 28, 1969, when riots broke out at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village. The rebellion of the bar's gay denizens against harassing police is generally recognized as having signaled the beginning of the gay rights movement. Mr. Wilson had already been an active participant in the anti-war and civil rights fights of the 1960s. Following the riot, he became active in Gay Activist Alliance and, as a "star" bartender, helped open post-Stonewall gay bars like The Spike, TY's and Brothers & Sisters Cabaret. In 1974, Doric Wilson, along with Billy Blackwell, Peter del Valle and John McSpadden, formed TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence), the first professional theatre company to deal openly and honestly with the gay experience. "I was involved with Circle Rep at the time," he later recalled, "when it suddenly occurred to me that I could use the Cino experience to combine my talents with my politics. I could focus my life and abilities to promote a theatre dedicated 'to an honest and open exploration of the GLBT life experience and cultural sensibility.'”Here's an interview with Wilson from earlier this year.
NOTE: Doric Wilson was an occasional news tipper to JMG. We'll miss his emails.
Via press release:
Pet Shop Boys will release their latest single “Together” on April 12th through Astralwerks. This track will be accompanied by new versions of “Glad All Over” and “I Cried For Us” plus exclusive remixes. “Glad All Over” is a version of the early 60s hit by The Dave Clark Five which Pet Shop Boys performed in Chris Lowe’s home town of Blackpool, UK last summer. The song has become a victory anthem for Blackpool FC UK football club, which rose to the Premier League this year. This new studio version was arranged and produced by Pet Shop Boys and Tim Powell. “I Cried For Us” features Neil Tennant singing a song by the late Kate McGarrigle, mother of Rufus Wainwright, at her memorial concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London last June in an arrangement by Pet Shop Boys. Chris and Neil produced this studio version which was mixed by Pete Gleadall.Still loving them, 27 years after that first Bobby O record.
Big Freedia is the most popular artist in the New Orleans-based dance craze called Sissy Bounce, which was explored last summer in a lengthy New York Times Magazine profile. "Bouncing" typically involves turning your back on your partner and shaking your ass as violently as possible. My back hurts just watching all the clips on YouTube.
Manhattan-based gay rapper Cazwell is back with another video filled with half-naked muscle boys. Possibly NSFW. Last week our own Father Tony profiled Cazwell for South Florida Gay News.
I posted the audio of this last week, here's the trippy production video. It's been pointed out that this isn't actually auto-tuned, he uses a vocoder, which is not to be confused with the Talk Box.
Six-time Grammy winning Pet Shop Boys have scored a film, written a musical, and sold over 100 million records. Now they've written the music to a new ballet.
I like George Michael. I like New Order. I do not like this.
(Via - Pop In Stereo)
How many visual references to Madonna can you spot?
UPDATE: This video has been blocked by the Sony Music Sales Prevention team. You can still view it here.
In an phone interview on Larry Flick's SiriusOutQ show today, Boy George announced a Culture Club reunion tour for later this year.
"Oh absolutely, it is happening, we have planned it. We are having our big launch to announce it in October. We’re going to do a big thing in London and then we are going to come on tour next year, and hopefully at that point I will get my visa back for America. I am really hoping on that. We have people working on that right now and when I come to America I guarantee you...[at]...the first gig I’ll probably burst into tears. It is going to be a very emotional experience.In 2008 Boy George was denied a U.S. visa due to his legal problems either here or in London, that wasn't made clear, but apparently the ban remains. I noticed that fabulous Culture Club backup singer Helen Terry tweeted hints of the reunion over the weekend, but so far she hasn't said if she'll be part of the tour. Let's hope.
"We’re going to do a huge worldwide tour and we are going to do a record. I am not sure what kind of record it is going to be right now, but we are talking to Phil Ramone about recording a record with him. And also maybe Mark Ronson writing with us—whatever, there are lots of things...being discussed at the moment. Yeah, that is definitely happening. It is our 30-year anniversary and it would be a kind of shame not to mark that occasion.
RELATED: The one time I saw Culture Club in concert was for their 1983 appearance at the Lakeland Civic Center near Orlando, where the opening act was local heavy metal band Four In Legion. Get it? Foreign! Legion! The 10,000 painted queens in the arena were not shaking their dreadlocks when the band launched into their big hit, Party In My Pants. That was the second-worst concert bill I've ever seen, topped only by the 1982 Orlando stadium concert in which the B-52s fled the stage under a hail of beer bottles and boos as the opening act for The Who. Poor Joan Jett preceded the B-52s and departed after two or three numbers and a hearty "Fuck YOU, Orlando!" aimed at 60,000 Who fans.
"I could not believe when I was asked to play. I thought it was a joke. I had dialogue with him before and he said, 'I'm not anti-gay, I want you to come, bring David'. My goal is for Rush to say, 'I support civil partnerships'. If I rang him right now, I think he might agree. He was one of the first people to congratulate us on the baby." -Elton John, saying he wants Rush Limbaugh to endorse gay marriage.
