When I saw Jaclyn Smith was releasing an autobiography this month, a quick Google search discovered none of my usual haunts were having signings but Bookends (211 E Ridgewood Ave) was and I bought a ticket before knowing where Ridgewood, New Jersey was (luckily just over the New York border). Not knowing about traffic or…
In my gay opinion, music can be like a time machine. Olivia Newton-John’s “Hopelessly Devoted To You” flashes me back to creating musical productions of Grease in my basement with neighborhood friends (you already know who Sandy was), “Holiday” by Madonna was playing both when I got my first kiss and got into my first…
I have always been a fan of music but when I was growing up there weren’t any out gay singers telling my story, there were only closeted LGBTQ performers. Hell, Barry Manilow didn’t come out until just recently to an underwhelmed gasp…or was it a collective yawn? As a young gay I turned to the…
I never had much interest in visiting Nashville because it’s the country music capital of the world and I’m not much of a country music fan. However, after getting hooked on the TV show Nashville, I decided it was somewhere I’d like to visit. My sister came home a few years back raving about it…
In my gay opinion, moving sucks. I’ve moved a couple times in the past few years and with each move I downsize and get rid of stuff I no longer use. However there have been a few items that I just haven’t been able to bare to part with until now. Back in the day,…
Olivia Newton-John and Beth Nielsen Chapman have had long and prolific careers but I was late to the party to become a fan and this is my first introduction to Amy Sky. This trio has the perfect melding of harmony with positivity, whoever brought them together deserves a big thanks. In my gay opinion, they…
