Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Lube Job

    ''Grease has something to say about the family we choose,'' says Jeff Buhrman. ''GLBT people understand that concept about choosing our family, defending each other....

  • Full Exposure

    ''There's an air of mystery and danger to the Black Party,'' says Jamin Ruhren. ''I think that maybe that got to me, not realizing that...

  • A Perfect 10

    In 1996, Kendra Kuliga won a drag king contest she entered on a dare from a friend. ''A panel of femme judges gave me 10s...

  • Jewish Soupçon

    ''I think if one were to ask Andy Warhol about the impact he's had on Josh Kornbluth in finding his Jewish identity, he would be...

  • Soap Opera Expressionism

    ''Sometimes the resentment still comes up,'' says Thom Bierdz. ''But I believe in life after death, so I believe that mom's okay, just somewhere else.''...

  • Phase Shift

    Nancy Eddy flubbed her debut performance as a singer-songwriter. ''I was so nervous,'' says Eddy. ''I remember I stopped in the middle of a song...

  • Tattooed Troubadour

    Egos were checked at the January ''Hope for Haiti'' concert telethon, with none of the performers identified by name. It was a small gesture of...

  • San Francisco Beat

    Jamie J. Sanchez remembers when he first wanted to become a club DJ. He was all of 17 -- a minor with major dreams. ''I...

  • Hippo in Wonderland

    Last fall for Halloween, Bella Stassi's brother Roy dressed as the Mad Hatter. ''He designed his entire costume by himself, made it all by hand,''...

  • The Joy of Sax

    Joshua Redman had no intention of becoming a world-renowned, award-winning jazz musician. ''I didn't go to undergraduate for music – I was going to go...

  • Winter Escape

    Tired of snow and freezing temperatures? You could wait a month for spring. Better yet, head south in a few weeks for winter's best fun-in-the-sun...

  • Tegan & Sara

    Tegan and Sara Quin actually look like twins on the cover of Sainthood. ''For years we rejected this twin image, people always trying to twin...

  • Download These

    ''Superstar'' (2000) From the album: This Business of ArtThis was one of the Quin twin's first songs, and to this day the club banger isn't...

  • Pigskin Fever

    This Sunday, you can wear your football finest to your favorite video watering hole, be it Colts blue and white or Saints black and gold....

  • Dark Disco

    ''I don't want to be ignored, oh god!'' Tom Smith cries at one point on Editors' new In This Light And On This Evening. With...