All posts by Doug Rule
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Soundwaves
New Order with Bernard Sumner (center left) and Peter Hook (center right) NEW (OUT OF) ORDER... ''My lawyers told me to shut up till we...
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Out of Date
Thelma Houston had one big hit, ''Don't Leave Me This Way.'' The song is not only one of the disco era's biggest and best, it's...
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Soundwaves
LADY DAY AIN'T MOMMA NIGHT... Billie Holiday has never been part of the diva dynasty that still holds court on gay dance floors. Even at...
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Saving Grace
Mandy Moore intuitively understands why you probably don't think of her as much of a pop musician. She doesn't think of herself as much of...
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Transcendental Rock
''I remember being as a dyke or a bitch for liking loud, aggressive music,'' says Lucas Silveira, about his days as a teenage metal...
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Cute Sister Act
''Remember when I was so strange and likeable?'' ''Remember when I was sweet and unexplainable?'' Actually, identical twins Tegan and Sara Quinn are still so...
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Soundwaves
SECOND CHANCE TO D-D-D-DANCE... Junior Senior is coming back-back jack-jack! Yes, we're talking those same silly, stuttering Scandinavians who four years ago made ''everybody feel...
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Gay Guitar Slingers
When folk-rock singer-songwriter Eric Himan first started performing at gay clubs six years ago, people thought it was an act. ''You know how strippers dress...
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Chemical Reaction
The Chemical Brothers hit it big a decade ago, with the duo's monster balls-to-the-wall hit ''Block Rockin' Beats.'' Since then, the Brothers have released a...
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Soundwaves
WHEN 'NO, NO, NO' MEANS YES...America had to wait several years, but we've quickly become addicted to Amy Winehouse. The British R&B sensation's single, ''Rehab,''...
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Bad Girl
Here it is, another summer already. Time to fire up the barbeque -- and then cue up another summer anthem from Rihanna. Is the third...
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Soft Sell
Musical theater aficionados will find much to love on Stardom Road, Marc Almond's new solo album. But those who know and love him primarily as...
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35's a Charm
A jukebox instead of a DJ -- at a dance club? ''I'm serious as a heart attack,'' says Chuck Bowers about Baltimore's Hippo when it...
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Soundwaves
TRUE COLORS, SHINING THROUGH... The weather was perfect, the crowd about as queer as they come, and then there was the lineup. Last Sunday's True...
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Rainbow Rock
Cyndi Lauper's 21-year-old classic pop hit ''True Colors'' is already something of a gay anthem. Now it's set to become even more -- a signature...
