Wednesday Eve Plumb came to the First Congregational Church in Madison, Connecticut thanks to my favorite indie bookstore, RJ Julia Booksellers, to sign and discuss her autobiography “Happiness Included.” How could I not want to go see “The Brady Bunch’s” Jan Brady speak in person. You know Eve must be a big deal to get…
Last month my partner and I went to the Reggatabar Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts to see Lenka in concert. I’ve seen her a bunch and her shows are always perfection. Her set-list spanned her career with a few new songs in the mix. After the show, she met fans at the merch table. When…
A while back I was strolling through the stacks at my local library looking for the latest Ryan La Sala novel when I was stopped in my tracks by “Big Gay Wedding” by Byron Lane. I didn’t need to look any further, I’d get Ryan’s book another time, “Big Gay Wedding” was coming home with…
A few months back I bid in the Lit For Queer Liberation online auction, benefitting the important work of the Queer Liberation Network who “provide essential financial support, resources, and advocacy to queer and trans individuals facing economic hardship and lacking support systems.” I discovered the auction because one of my favorite authors, Chip Pons, donated…
My sister and I try to vacation together at least once a year and last week was another Barb & Dave’s Excellent Adventure. Dude, load up the senior bus for a four days / three nights trip to Ocean City, Maryland with Friendship Tours. After a nine-hours, four pick-up locations, a few “comfort stops” and…
I’ve been a Wild Fire fan for a while. I love this duo because of how indie they are. Doing crowdfunding to get their music out there, allowing fans to pre-purchase albums and get some cool perks like signed CD’s, stage worn clothing or a producer title. For fans like me, who like to support…
The thing with being a Tori Amos fan is you know with each album comes a new concept. Instead of pretending like I can gaysplain the story behind Tori’s newest album, In Times Of Dragons, best to let Tori explain it, in only the way Tori can. Tori’s concepts and explanations are uniquely her own,…
The best part of being a Natalie Shay fan is every few years she drops a new EP along with music videos. Her newest eight-track EP, Atmosphere, is on brand for her. It’s pure pop, full of feel-good beats and extremely relatable lyrics. In my gay opinion, Natalie’s Atmosphere will leave you emotionally better than…
Nxdia’s new EP, Lovemesick, is short but these four songs pack a punch. This is a fist pumping angry anthem to the darker side of love. This EP runs the gamut from being someone’s “favorite color lipstick shade / that discontinued back in May” (“Lovemesick”), to a “casual birthday date / with your parents there…
If you’ve been a fan of Vanessa Carlton since the early 2000’s, her new songs “The Mountain” and “Agony Of The Flower” will bring you right back to the first time you heard her. The remainder of her new album, Veils, has the experimental electronic sound she’s been toying with on her past few albums…
