Jules Paymer’s Trouble EP

Jules Paymer’s new four-track EP, Trouble, is an evolution in Jules’ songwriting and sound. This EP still has a hard edge and emotional trauma-dump vibe but they’ve matured and it has a feeling of coming out on the brighter side of things. The music is lighter, softer and more pop sounding than anything in Jules’…

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Yehra’s Inner Feelings EP

Smooth, sexy, and steamy is the vibe of Yehra’s new EP, Inner Feelings. This four-track EP’s going to make your inner feelings want to turn into touchy feelings. The vocals are breathy and the sound is classic romance. Think old school Sophia Loren on the prowl around Rome. There’s no fast tracks here, it’s all…

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Fedge’s Through It All EP

Any regulars here know it’s not often a male diva hits my radar. However, Fedge’s new EP, Through It All, is exactly what I needed this Pride Month. Fedge’s five-song EP is the perfect mix of purpose and addictive pop beats. “Can’t You See” is the universal story of the need of love, “Wish You…

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Laverne Cox’s Transcendent

“Orange Is The New Black” was my introduction to Laverne Cox. Sure, I love a good sleepover plot line, but not when it’s in a women’s prison, after a few seasons I lost interest. However, my interest in Laverne grew as I saw her doing press and speaking out about trans rights. The trans community…

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Light Bird’s See Her

Light Bird first hit my radar thanks to a Kickstarter campaign to get her new album, See Her, made. That’s my favorite site to discover indie artists and help get their music out into the world…unfortunately, right now it’s a transphobic world. In my gay opinion, the best way to fight this hatred is by…

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Eve Plumb’s Happiness Included

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…

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Lenka’s Good Days

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…

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Byron Lane

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…

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And The Winner Is…

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…

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