*Photo by Karen Kirchof
Thanks to DJ Reaganomix for sending me the heads up on Sgt. Sass, a Philadelphia based rap group that is so queerly in your face, it makes me think I am masculine. With songs like “Faggot Snappin” and “Fags in Space Feat. Mirror Boiyz” this shit is fucking out there and unstoppable, Think Pink Radio couldn’t exist without such bold displays of pride and HELLO, the songs are fucking hot! Fried My Little Brain has a remix by Jappattack! Head over and get yourself some.
I know art is a matter of taste and everything, but if you live in Chicago right now, particularly if you are big ol’ queer, Peter Carpenter should be on your radar. His recent work has been layered with commentary on literature, the culture surrounding identity and HIV/AIDS, as well as specific surveys of political theory and activism–all done through edgy choreography and performance art. He is a 2008 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab artist and will be expanding his project My Fellow Americans, “an evening-length dance theatre work that explores the shifting identity of Ronald Reagan from the perspective of ” the special interest groups” that his rhetoric and policies consistently admonished.” That piece will be seen in Summer 2009-ish, for now we get his less-academic but just as geeky “The Sky Hangs Down Too Close,” which runs June 20th -22nd, 27th-29th @ 7:30pm at The Galaxie, 2603 W. Barry, Chicago. This premiere is Carpenter’s response to the themes of conflict and desire in Bertolt Brecht’s stark drama, Jungle of Cities (1924). It will be a combination of dance, text and singing and uses actual cash as a prop. luckyplush.com for more information, this is not to be missed.
Can Europe just stop already? They have all the coolest bands, blogs, politics, and now they have to take Chicago’s beloved Frankie Knuckles? I can’t read Italian, but it looks like Pig Mag/Pig Radio is not gay. Just sayin’. The pioneer of house music put together a mix for the mag and it is free and downloadable. No tracklist, but starting off with Mary J Blige is a good sign. This and a recent Hercules remix is putting Frankie back on the map.
Just got word that The Organ got together to finish recording their final songs, the EP, titled “Thieves,” is to be released on October 14th on Mint Records. The track list below, despite the songs having been floating around in live versions, I haven’t heard them. SO FUCKING EXCITED! But yeah, the Organ is still broken up. Katie Sketch had a new band called Mermaids and has members of the Gay involved. A youtubed song of theirs, “Say You’re Alive” is above. And don’t forget former Organ guitarist Deborah Cohen is still promising us some tunes via her solo project Lovers Love Haters.
Thieves track list:
1. Even In The Night
2. Oh What A Feeling
3. Let The Bells Ring
4. Fire In The Ocean
5. Can You Tell Me One Thing
6. Don’t Be Angry
As much as I am into their record, they are 0 for 2 in the videos department. This one for “You Belong” at least has the band in it.
The B52′s–Summer Of Love
Gnarls Barkely–Going On
Bound Stems–Happens To Us All Otherwise
Kyle Fisher–Sweet Suspense(Feat. The Blow)
Bjork–Wanderlust
The Ting Tings–That’s Not My Name
Matmos–Mister Mouth
Peech Boys–Don’t Make Me Wait
The Breeders–Bang On
Atlas Sound–Winter Vacation
Violent Femmes–Crazy(Gnarls Barkely Cover)
Le Sorelle Marinetti–I Know Why (And So Do You)
Kaki King–Life Being What It Is
Lightspeed Champion–Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk
The Notwist–Gloomy Planets
Hercules And Love Affair–Raise Me Up
Muscles–One Inch Badge Pin
An Horse–Company
Wolf Parade–California Dreamer
Erase Errata–Rider
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“Boy George will help celebrate New York City’s Department of Sanitation Family Day this summer! George will be playing a free concert as a big thank you for the kindness shown to him by the DSNY. On August 17th he will play all his Culture Club hits and more for a crowd of over 5,000 NYC Sanitation workers and their families at DSNY Family Day.”
Tour dates for 2008 after the jump
“Really Queer Dance with Harps and Quartet with Three Gay Men” is the title of a new dance piece by Neil Greenburg, a New York Based choreographer. This project has been getting good reviews and is set to a musical score that includes live accompaniment by harpist Zeena Parkins. The show runs through June 21st at 219 West 19th Street in Chelsea and tickets are available through dancetheatreworkshop.org.
Years ago, when BUTT magazine first came out, there was supposed to be a lesbian equivalent called KUTT, but I never saw one and it might have just turned out be a rumor. However, the audience is there for a smart, real, alternative magazine by and about queer female artists. Enter Girls Like Us, a mag based in the Netherlands that is anti-vanilla, pro-edge and basically as cool as it gets. I was window shopping over at Chicago Comics on Clark on Monday, and somehow, they got a shipment of back issues, including issue #1!! Head over right now for the out of print editions featuring Peaches, Katie Sketch, and other fine female artists. The current issue has a brief interview with Faye Driscoll, a choreogapher whose work can be seen with Chicago’s Same Planet Different World Dance, a fresh modern dance company.
*Plaintiff Michael Carmichael gives the judges his whole life story, for crying out loud.
Flanked by his lawyers, Carmichael thanked his mother, quoted from Gloria Gaynor’s anthem “I Will Survive,” insulted several reporters’ shoes, and called the members of the Connecticut Supreme Court his “bitches.”
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