In the early-1970s, my parents split up and my mom quickly reinvented herself as an Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore-style feminist. No longer satisfied with the limitations of 1950s-era definitions of women’s sex roles, my mother…
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Music for Dusting: A Gay Man’s Guide
I would have liked to call this piece “A Gay Man’s Guide to the 10 Best Songs to Listen to While Doing Housework,” but since it is very hard to hear music over a vacuum cleaner, I have created this list to accompany the most quiet of household tasks, the dreary, dreaded, dolorous and thoroughly disagreeable removal of dust.
Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time! #2: Shirley Bassey’s Version of the Police’s Every Breath You Take
2. Shirley Bassey, Every Breath You Take Naturally I’m a huge Bassey fan and understand that being gloriously dramatic is as vital a quality of the Bassey gestalt as beaded dresses and money notes, but…
Dorothy Squires’ “My Way”—From the Toast of London to “Vexatious Litigant”
Welsh songbird Dorothy Squires was once a big star in the U.K. whose sad story reads more like a romance novel by compatriot Jackie Collins. When I learned that she was born into her parent’s…
“The Men That Got Away”— How The Loss of a Generation Affected Our Ears and Our Hearts
“For the rest of us, here is Judy Garland singing “The Man That Got Away”, the Oscar-nominated mother-of-all-torch-songs, written by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin. If you’ve seen it before, watch it again with fresh eyes and if you’ve never seen it, here is the genius of Judy Garland, a performer without peer.”
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