No video on this one, but a great audio clip. Crying Those Cocksucking Tears. Deep twang from Lavender Country from back in the heady post-Stonewall days of early gay lib. Based in Seattle, Lavender Country was founded by Patrick Haggerty and also included Michael Carr on keyboards, Eve Morris on fiddle and vocals, and token heterosexual guitarist Robert Hammerstrom. Their self-titled album was released in 1973. For more on gay country music, read Chris Dickinson’s article “Country Undetectable: Gay Artists in Country Music” For more on queer music in general, the Queer Musical Heritage website is a great resource.
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Vitas Bumac shatters Glass, sprouts Gills. Sexy Russian Pop Opera!
Sexy Russian Pop Opera singer Vitas Bumac composes, orchestrates, designs the costuming and art-directs his videos and stage productions. The live version of this piece, complete with a hooded orchestra, can be found here.
Posted in Music, Russia, Video
Tagged Breaking Glass, Male Soprano, Opera, Russia, Transformation, Vitas, Vitas Bumac
Nutritious and Delicious! “Ice Cream Truck” by Cazwell
Ice Cream Truck written and produced by Cazwell and Chris Bracco, directed by Marco Ovando. Available from Peace Bisquit. Dancers: Avi Vichner, Alex Maravilla, Jimmy Gonzales. Cesar Abreu. Joe Buffa, Johnny Sanford, Eddie Barrena, John Byrne, Geronimo Frias. Make up by Yadim Caranza and icki.
Posted in Music, New York, Video
Tagged Cazwell, Gay Dance Music, Ice Cream Truck, New York
Don’t Ask: Camping Soldiers are all a Gaga in Afghanistan
Taking a break from the horrors of war, these US soldiers camp it up to Lady Gaga’s hit Telephone. They don’t ask and don’t tell. But they do keep camping and dancing the swiveling hips. Thanks to Joe Jervis of Joe My God for this bit of strange fabulosity.
Posted in Afghanistan, Music, Video
Bacha Bazi – The “dancing boys” of Afghanistan
Private dancer: The practice of bacha bazi ('boy for play') is growing in Afghanistan. Photograph: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
The PBS documentary series Frontline has produced an investigative piece on the ancient Afghan practice of Bacha Bazi, translated as “boy play.” Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi reports in The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan. Watch the full 53 minute program on-line at PBS. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad also reported on the apparently growing phenomena in September of last year in the UK’s Guardian.
The Gay Highwaymen 