If you’re anything like me, (and if you read my blog you probably are), you’ve found yourself inexplicably singing a Helen Reddy song. You might be walking the dog and suddenly start singing “Delta…
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How to Wrap a Gift For a Legend: For Natalie Cole’s 60th Birthday, the Box is the Gift!
“Natalie Cole.” The name is as synonymous with class, sophistication and good taste, which only made it harder to think of what I could possibly get the legendary entertainer and a close friend, on…
PSA For Cyndi Lauper’s WeGiveADamn.org
November, 2010: This weekend Elisa and I did a PSA for WeGiveADamn.org, Cyndi Lauper’s campaign to keep people informed and involved about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. Not only were we honored to…
The Beat Goes On: The Story of a Boy and His (Sonny) and Cher: Part Two
On Sunday the 17th of October, with some measure of disbelief and my customary elan, I celebrated the 35th anniversary of my Cher show, the full-scale cellar drag extravaganza that I produced, directed and starred…
“Now That I’m Here, Now That You’re Near!” In Praise of Olivia Newton-John’s Wretched/Wonderful Xanadu
Last night I attended a Xanadu screening in Chelsea hosted by my favorite drag queen, Hedda Lettuce. Xanadu is a glitter-dusted turd that manages to be completely captivating in spite of the fact that…
Spring Snow: Warm Thoughts For Phoebe, A Singer’s Singer
“….talk to me some more, you don’t have to go, you’re the poetry man, you make things all rhyme….” Phoebe Snow is a true original and, for me, one of the very best female…
The Beat Goes On: The Story of a Boy and His Cher, Part One
“After a nuclear holocaust, all that will be left are cockroaches and Cher.” Unattributed quote, late 1990s What is so fucking hard about writing a few paragraphs about Cher? I am embarrassed to…
Laurel Canyon Vintage To Close June,15th
“…there’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty, before the last revolving year is through…” Joni Mitchell’s The Circle Game from Ladies of the Canyon, 1970 It is with great disappointment that…
“Tonight’s The Night We’ll Make History”: The Night They Laughed and I Kept Dancing”
Senior Variety Show, Spring, 1981: Dawn and I anxiously waited in the wings, stretching our legs and whispering encouraging things to each other. We’d practiced our number so many times with the boom box…
Two For The Road: Jack Jones and Al Lewis; or, My Two Most Memorable Tower Records Moments,1987
When I moved back to New York City from Los Angeles in 1988 to focus on songwriting, I got a day job at Tower Records, which was de-rigueur at the time for any young person…
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