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  • Soundwaves

    Jackson WHAT ABOUT THAT, WHAT ABOUT THAT... Janet Jackson's new album, due Sept. 26, will be reflective of the music she's created over the past...

  • What Comes Around

    For those of us who fell in love with our best friends growing up, Michael Thomas Ford's Full Circle appears to be a dream come...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Aren't startling revelations and unexpected solutions grand? Haven't you been longing for more of them, more often? This may be your lucky week....

  • The New York Effect

    In the past few weeks, gay-marriage advocates pursuing their goal by filing lawsuits have suffered several defeats. The most surprising and most significant of these...

  • SMYAL's Weiss announces resignation

    A major staff change is in the works at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), where executive director Bruce Weiss announced his resignation on...

  • Balking at the Deal

    As the Rehoboth Beach high season began Memorial Day Weekend, it coincided with the trigger of an ongoing story with enough twists and turns to...

  • Holiday Road

    Lady sings the blues: Ross Now that Beyoncé Knowles is done with Destiny's Child, and especially since the group ended on mostly good terms, comparisons...

  • Innocence Lost

    Poor Snoopy. America's favorite beagle has turned rabid and mangled his chirping little friend. What's a teenage blockhead to do? Why, question the Universe, of...

  • Independent Spirit

    It's always gratifying to watch independent filmmakers -- at least those with talent -- reach a point where they're working within the Hollywood system (meaning...

  • One Act Wonders

    It's summertime in D.C., which means humidity reminding us that we are a city built on swampland and the Metro bulging with tourists trying to...

  • Soundwaves

    VIRGIN'S KILLERS, SISTERS AND DJS... The headliners are the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who, and tickets are a steep $97.50. But chances are...

  • Dog Days

    I live in a child-free zone. Our 105-year-old former tenement building holds 20 apartments, all of them a tight fit even for just a couple...

  • Anderson vs. Iran

    On July 19, 2005, two teenage boys were hanged by Iranian authorities, convicted, according to some reports, of raping a 13 year-old-boy. Doug Ireland, a...

  • Swishbuckling

    When Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl drifted into theaters three summers ago, few -- least of all myself -- expected it...

  • Spiritless Pop

    Even on LOGO, the nascent gay-focused digital cable channel, the sight of Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio cuddling, canoodling and cavorting is a bit shocking....

  • Soundwaves

    TRIBAL'S TRIBULATIONS... Nearly a year ago Billboard's dance music columnist proclaimed the reign of tribal house over clubland to be mainly in Spain... er, sorry,...

  • Moving Forward

    The third in an occasional series of interviews and stories on the 2006 D.C. mayoral race. As the D.C. summer begins its annual shift into...

  • Good Sports

    The sporting arena in its various forms is the place where athletes come to test themselves against one another, and their own personal bests. Sometimes...

  • Environs

    NO SOUR GRAPES with this newly built 3 BR, 3-1/2 BA stately home settled atop the mountains near Front Royal. Custom lighting, tons of entertaining...

  • Victorious Defeat

    The defeat of the federal marriage amendment in the Senate in early June was welcome, if entirely expected. It was a nice surprise to see...