In the days after a tragedy like Orlando where it seems that the world (and certainly the world of Stargayzing readers) are grieving, the usual topics of the blog would seem rather tone deaf. I have struggled to find a way back to Stargayzing in this heightened atmosphere of anger, confusion, and pain. After ruminating for several days, I knew the answer must be musical, hence a list of 16 musical messages of hope, empathy, and peace.
Year: 2016
Blog posts
Greta Garbo and Grace Kelly: Penpals
Though Grace Kelly and Greta Garbo never made a film together and were at least a generation apart in terms of their respective ages, they appear to have enjoyed a friendship. I’m certain that…
Color Me Hip Hop? An Exclusive Guide to Barbra Streisand’s Secret Place in Rap Music
Am I the only person who noted a feeling of change in the air and, perhaps, even slight cognitive dissonance when Barbra Streisand presented the 2002 Oscar for Best Song to Eminem for “Lose…
13 Over-the-Top Vocal Performances of The 1960s
In the 1960s record production and popular singer’s vocal style were as over-the-top as women’s hair pieces. I was listening to a Jackie Wilson record a few weeks ago and it really hit me…
Lady Bunny Spikes Beyonce’s Lemonade
Thank God for Lady Bunny—the thinking man’s drag queen. Bunny is glad to zig when others zag and refuses to confine her subject matter to the usual drag tropes. Instead, she continues to be…
On Cher’s 70th Birthday: A Stargayzing Tribute to The Patron Saint of Gay Men
“Cher, c’mere a sec, you’re gonna love this.” It was 1999 and we were in the recording studio working. I was assisting the producer of her first post-Believe album, not.commercial. “What is it, Mrs.…
Olivia Newton-John De-Constructed: April 23, 2016
Olivia Newton-John is one of those celebrities who without expending any effort whatsoever, can induce an entire generation of people to revert to their adolescent selves. On April 23, 2016, she did just that…
Cher is Turning 70: How You Can Help
Illustration of Cher by Corinna Tomrley.…
Joan Collins’ Face, by Dr. Corinna Tomrley
Joan Collins’ . The porcelain doll-like pin up. Black-linered lips around a cocktail cigarette and sucked in high-boned cheeks. The many-surgeried, heavily caked face that is the mask of the fabulous older woman. Joan…
My Dream About Demi Moore
When I was a kid, I was exposed to two diametrically opposed perspectives regarding dreams. Grandma Frances, my father’s mother, was practical and notably un-analytic: she worked for the I.R.S. When I was ten or…
Prince, 1958 – 2016
“I have written a song that says: If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words, ‘They’re gone,’ and they’ll come back.”…
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