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Choose Your Own Book Title Ending

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The other day on my bus ride home from work, my eyes spied a book peeking up from another rider’s bag. I tried to take a better picture but I didn’t want to be too obvious about being a creeper and taking pictures of strangers’ belongings.

I had to take the picture though, because I am really curious to know what the rest of the title is:

A Gay Man's GuideI know what it’s not: A Gay Man’s Guide to Being Discreet

When you think about it though, the possibilities are endless and glorious.

A Gay Man’s Guide to:

Grocery Shopping

Choosing the Right Glitter

Baking

Hunting

Watching Football

Insults That Sting

Picking Up Fag Hags (or Choosing The Right Fag Hag)

Capri Pants

Shopping at Old Navy

See? Isn’t that fun? I could do this all day. What do you hope the title ending is?

My Favorite Release This Week: Katie Herzig

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Every week, I write a New Music Tuesday column for AfterElen.com. As you can imagine, not all releases are like the others – so I’ve decided to post my favorite release from each week’s post right here.

These are the albums  that make me want to kiss random strangers on the streets because we live in a world where music can be THIS DAMN GOOD! Take Katie Herzig’s album, The Waking Sleep, for example:

Today’s top spot is taken by this gal from Nashville whose music has appeared on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars and Drop Dead Diva but has only appeared on my playlist for the first time today. What is it with this week being the one in which I find out about incredible musicians who have been around for a while but never appeared on my radar? The Waking Sleep is so refreshing, I guess maybe like the title suggests? I’m not one to read too much into things but it truly gives a feeling of waking up right after one of the best night’s sleep and being ready to tackle the world. I am, dare I say it, smitten with this album.

via New Music Tuesday: 9-20-2011 | | AfterEllen.com.

From the opening song, “Free My Mind”, she had me at hello. The electronic elements are so minimal and the orchestral arrangements are so beautiful, her music sounds like nothing I’ve heard in a really long time (if ever).

Katie will be playing at the Park West Theater this Friday, September 23rd and tickets are a bargain at $17.

Tony Bennett ft. Lady Gaga: “The Lady Is A Tramp”

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Lady GagaLady Gaga is at the top of my list of celebrities I cannot stand – but she is there for much different reasons than most. It is not her lack of talent, her unconventional use of meat products for clothing, her lack of underwear or her face that bother me. What bothers me most is how she defends her “work” as being so cutting edge and innovative when, for the most part, she has recycled songs and/or schtick from artists before her and calls it her own.

I saw her perform at Lollapalooza two years ago and walked away completely bored. I thought I was going to see a spectacle but came away with nothing to write home about. Even more interesting: I left Gaga to watch The Strokes and was absolutely blown away by their performance even though they pretty much looked like hipster statues with moving mouths (side-note: this might be a great concept for a Logan Square Chuck E Cheese). Eventually everyone else will grow tired of the foie gras tampons and she’ll have to figure out who she really is.

What makes this so maddening to me is knowing somewhere under all of that flashy uncomfortable wardrobe is someone with an incredible amount of talent. While you may not be able to catch it on her own albums, you can definitely hear it in this rendition of, “The Lady Is A Tramp”, from Tony Bennett‘s album, Duets II, which comes out tomorrow.

via Tony Bennett ft. Lady Gaga – The Lady Is A Tramp (Full Song) – YouTube.

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My night…

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So far tonight I’ve seen a nicely dressed woman blow snot rockets while walking down the street with a friend, a group of guys outside a bar talking about how they need to get rid of a girl’s boyfriend, two rollerbladers with fannypacks and a man in his ice cream uniform, eating ice cream angrily.

A large woman in a skin-tight onesie waiting for the train. Some people talking about needing more beer and vodka and then also talking about the Preditor (from the movie) as though it were a real thing. That they were fighting. And had a chance to defeat.