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May 7, 2012
100 & Single: Buy An Adam Lambert Album, Strike A Tiny Blow For Gay Rights
About a year ago, the movie Bridesmaids opened in the U.S. and was the subject of a rather unusual awareness campaign. Female movie fans, largely independently of the film's producers, compelled women to go see the film in its opening weekend and defy common Hollywood wisdom that non-rom-com movies ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Six Songs That I Might Be OK With Waking Up To Every Morning If I Was Trapped In A Groundhog Day-Like Purgatorial Existence
Today is Groundhog Day, and while rodents on the East Coast are split on whether or not 2012 will actually see something resembling winter around these parts, one thing's for sure: People will probably watch the 1993 Harold Ramis-directed Bill Murray vehicle Groundhog Day, in which the comedian play ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
New Music Resolutions for 2012
Time to change up this rut we're in, music lovers
Voice Choices
December 21, 2011
HOT FOR HALEN
The greatest band of all  time reunites, sort of
Blogs
November 26, 2011
George Michael's Flack: "It's Not AIDS!"
I wish George Michael the best as he battles his terrible health problem. The 48-year-old "I Want Your Sex" singer suffered agonizing chest pains and breathing difficulties in Vienna and was rushed to the hospital, where a doctor said George has "community-acquired pneumonia." And then George's pu ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
My 13 Favorite Duets Of All Time
"It takes two, baby," as Marvin & Tammi once sang. So here are my all-time favorite twosomes -- musically, that is. (13) "Cruisin'," Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis, 2000 This cover version of the Smokey Robinson hit came from a rotten movie about karaoke, but it grabbed me, with Gwynnie's creamy ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Bette Midler and Helen Mirren: Separated At Birth
Whenever I think of sassy camp queen Bette Midler, I always think of magisterial Oscar winner Helen Mirren. Well, maybe not. But someone obviously does. You see, Bette just hurt her back and had to drop out of playing Phil Spector's lawyer in the HBO movie about the convicted kille ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Five Novelty Songs That Were In Heavy Rotation During The Z Morning Zoo's Golden Era
Today the AV Club has a feature up on enjoyable novelty songs that namechecks (among others) the sitcom-created boyband 2ge her, the musical works of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Barnes & Barnes' seminal "Fish Heads," not to mention good old "Weird Al" Yankovic. Any discussion of novelty s ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
American Idol: It's Finally Over!
Michael Becker/FOXA deeply frustrating season of American Idol is over now, having discovered exactly zero future stars, and last night we got the massive glitzathon finale, an annual event that reliably has little or nothing to do with the rest of the season. Scotty McCreery barely even look ... More >>
Columns
February 9, 2011
How To Throw a Party in 2011: Get Naked!
I dance, I chat with Brooke Shields, I learn about female private parts
Blogs
February 4, 2011
"Faith" Contest Winners: Here's What Faith Means To You
A couple of days ago, I asked you to define faith, while promising a copy of the reissued Faith album by George Michael to the five strongest entries. The results restored my faith in humanity. Here are the winners:
Blogs
February 1, 2011
George Michael CD Giveaway!
In 1987, George Michael won the Grammy for Album of the Year for Faith, his shimmery record bursting with hit songs like the title track, "I Want Your Sex," "Father Figure," and more. Well, Faith has been gussied up and reissued by Epic/Legacy, and I have five glorious copies of it to hand o ... More >>
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August 9, 2010
What's With Gay Sex in Bathrooms?
I'm not complaining, mind you. I'm just wondering about the aesthetic roots of it all. Surely it's a residual effect of the shame and the forced hiding that hovered over previous eras' gay living. A bathroom stall was probably a relatively safe place to carry on (unless you're George Micha ... More >>
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December 14, 2009
The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 12: Disturbed, "Land of Confusion"
F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. OK, we all agree that Phil Collins is for wussies--but there's got to be some middle ground, right?
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Gay Clip of the Week: Keo Nozari's "Like Lightning"
Club 57 downstairs DJ Keo Nozari has assembled all your favorite club freaks and gogo boys to surround him for his new video, "Like Lightning," which has him sporting facial hair and writhing around like a nouveaux George Michael while mixing in a lick of an old Duran Duran melody and canoodling w ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 21: Crazy Frog, "Last Christmas"
F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. Ah, ringtones: The 21st-century equivalent of particularly withered lumps of coal.
Blogs
November 30, 2009
Are The New Moon Stars Gay?
A breathless call came in from a friend the other day. "I saw Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson on TV," she said, panting, "and I realized something: They're gay! They're bearding for each other! They come off completely 'that way'!" Yikes! Could it be true? Two actors in a movie actually ... More >>
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June 26, 2009
From the Voice Archives: Chuck Eddy Reviews Michael Jackson's Dangerous in '91
In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Chuck Eddy on Michael Jackson's 1991 hated-on-mostly-but-still-plenty-epic Dangerous. Sound of Breaking Glass By Chuck Eddy December 17, 1981 Hey, so how come nobody's compared the fucker to There's a Riot Goin' On? Well, maybe Rio ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 19, 2008
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Take a stroll with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney
Columns
August 5, 2008
Advice to Madonna, Lindsay, Katie, and Meth Addicts
Stay away from clowns! Just continue to be ones yourselves. (And other Dear ABBA suggestions.)
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May 22, 2008
The American Idol Season Finale Running Diary: David Archuleta Totally Loses
Stay away from clowns! Just continue to be ones yourselves. (And other Dear ABBA suggestions.)
NYC Life
May 13, 2008
Al Green Samples Some New Producers
Stay away from clowns! Just continue to be ones yourselves. (And other Dear ABBA suggestions.)
Music
April 8, 2008
Tapes n' Tapes' Walk It Off
Slovenly young Turks fight backlash with pulverizing volume
Voice Choices
March 18, 2008
LADIES & GERMS
Private acts in public restrooms
Blogs
March 13, 2008
American Idol Week Four: The Beatles? Really?
Private acts in public restrooms
Music
October 16, 2007
Track 18 Wins Again
Major-label hip-hop records in burying-best-tracks shocker!
Blogs
October 5, 2006
The Killers: Not Enough Like Def Leppard
Major-label hip-hop records in burying-best-tracks shocker!
NYC Life
May 23, 2006
The Sober Bunch
Life's a Party for New York Nightlife's Sober Hipsters
NYC Life
January 31, 2006
Are You In Love?
Rock stars, dating experts, and cartoon characters talk about Valentine's Day
NYC Life
December 27, 2005
The Mane Attraction
Rapunzels fight back
Screens
November 15, 2005
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Rapunzels fight back
NYC Life
July 19, 2005
Mega Huge
'Mommie Dearest' and sultan of Brunei run with Scissors
Columns
May 4, 2004
Horoscope
'Mommie Dearest' and sultan of Brunei run with Scissors
Columns
April 13, 2004
NY Mirror
'Mommie Dearest' and sultan of Brunei run with Scissors
Music
November 25, 2003
Comps Illustrate Both Halves of Reggae's Dancehall Coin
'Mommie Dearest' and sultan of Brunei run with Scissors
People
August 19, 2003
Latinas!
'Mommie Dearest' and sultan of Brunei run with Scissors
Music
November 19, 2002
Faith Yes More
'Mommie Dearest' and sultan of Brunei run with Scissors
News
May 8, 2001
Cruise Control
Why Is It Libelous to Call an Action Actor Gay?
Music
April 17, 2001
Father Figures
Why Is It Libelous to Call an Action Actor Gay?
Music
December 26, 2000
Everything for Everyone
Why Is It Libelous to Call an Action Actor Gay?
News
June 20, 2000
I Hate Older Men
Lay Off Me! I'm a Boy, Not Your Toy, and I Want To Be With Another Boy
News
March 28, 2000
Powerful Gay Media
Is 'The Advocate' Getting Savvy or Selling Out?
NYC Life
November 30, 1999
Quentin Crisp, 1908–1999
Is 'The Advocate' Getting Savvy or Selling Out?
Columns
July 13, 1999
NY Mirror
Mr. Mayor, you are so cute, the way you continually fuck with my schedule!
Music
May 18, 1999
Uno Step Beyond
Mr. Mayor, you are so cute, the way you continually fuck with my schedule!
Music
May 11, 1999
Take This
Mr. Mayor, you are so cute, the way you continually fuck with my schedule!
Columns
February 2, 1999
NY Mirror
Why the resistance to Cher's single? One insider told me, 'American radio doesn't go for older artists.' Perhaps they'd like some of her boyfriends.
Columns
December 15, 1998
NY Mirror
When I asked Jane Horrocks if she's a gay man trapped in a woman's body, she said, 'No! If so, I haven't discovered it!'
Columns
November 24, 1998
NY Mirror
''In the new George Michael video, two very arresting male cops are locked in a passionate kiss, bringing new meaning to the word entrapment.''
Columns
September 22, 1998
NY Mirror
''When the press release for Stupid Kids likened the play to Dawson's Creek, there I was in the front row, ready to applaud the acne.''
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