All posts by Doug Rule
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Marketing Faith
If marketed properly, a new recording from George Michael could become another gay anthem. ''I told myself I was straight, but I shouldn't have worried,...
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Soundwaves
DONNA SUMMER'S NEW HOT STUFF... A gay household name for more than 30 years, Donna Summer has had a couple club hits during the past...
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Jazzy Fare
''I tell you, 'Charlie Brown' is a big tipper!'' Yvonne Johnson knows just what the crowds like at M Street Bar & Grill. Johnson serves...
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The X Spot
She'll be 40 in just two months, but Kylie Minogue still can't stop reliving her first time. ''The DJ's got me feeling like I did...
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Good Stuff
Can an aging band find new relevance -- or at least renewed appeal -- after a 16-year absence from the recording studio? Unlikely, no matter...
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Spring Awakening
Stephen Pevner still vividly remembers the two-day closing party of The Saint, the storied gay New York nightclub. ''I would say unequivocally it was the...
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Sweet Licks
Kaki King says celebrated producer Malcolm Burn gave her the following instruction as they began work on Dreaming of Revenge (): ''If someone can't be...
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Junior's Junior
No one is more surprised by how quickly DJ Jerome Farley's solo career is rising than, well, Jerome Farley. ''I have to tell you, I...
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Malfunctioning
To study Janet Jackson's new album, Discipline, is an exercise in bafflement. The album features the best music Jackson has released in nearly a decade,...
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Soundwaves
GRAMMY'S ''LOVESTONED'' DANCE MOVES... This year's Grammy Awards may have been dominated by Amy Winehouse singing from rehab (no, no, no: just via satellite from...
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Striking Gold
Try as you might, you can't taste or smell Goldfrapp just listening to the British duo's music. You can't literally touch it, either. But even...
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Champagne Taste
You might not believe it, but Amanda Lepore has only recently started to really put herself out there. She's always been out there, of course....
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Shadowland
k.d. lang is getting old. Does that sound like a bad thing? The 46-year-old doesn't think so. In press notes to her new album Watershed,...
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Bittersweet Valentine
''I would someday love to write a great love ballad,'' says jazz singer-songwriter Felicia Carter, appearing this weekend at Twins Jazz on U Street. ''Somehow...
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Soundwaves
ANNIE'S PAVEMENT CRACKS... Once dubbed the ''Greatest White Soul Singer Alive'' by VH1, Annie Lennox has now been dumped on like so many soul singers...
