Category Archives: music

My 25 Favorite Bruce Springsteen Songs

Posted on July 21, 2011 by queerlefty

The death last month of Clarence Clemons, the iconic sax player of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, has affected me even more than I appreciated at the time. To sit down and listen intensely to Springsteen records wasn’t that much … Continue reading →

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Gaga, Eurovisionary

Posted on July 3, 2011 by queerlefty

Writing about it six weeks after its release, I feel way late to the party on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. Not just because six weeks is like an eternity in a world where news cycles are measured in minutes, … Continue reading →

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Clarence Clemons (1942-2011), An Appreciation

Posted on June 19, 2011 by queerlefty

Big Man is no more. Clarence Clemons, a towering presence both in E Street Band mythology and in the distinct sound of Bruce Springsteen’s best and biggest records, has died, at 69. It’s an incredibly sad day for all lovers … Continue reading →

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The Hanson of the ‘Best of 5’ DVD

Posted on June 11, 2011 by queerlefty

This week, I received my second copy of Hanson’s Shout It Out. Sure, It wasn’t because I’d worn out my first copy (although, if I still played CDs, I’m sure that could’ve been a distinct possibility.) No, the occasion was … Continue reading →

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“I’ve got my Justin Bieber mask on”

Posted on November 21, 2010 by queerlefty

I feel like I have to state my position on Justin Bieber in general terms before I say anything about his new book, First Step 2 Forever. The Canadian pop singer is a child of the social media revolution, discovered … Continue reading →

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On Boybands, Jay Brannan and Escaping Gay-By-Association

Posted on September 20, 2010 by queerlefty

NOTE: This essay first appeared in Ganymede Unfinished, available now from Sibling Rivalry Press. An earlier version appeared on this blog in May 2009. *** When I sat down to try to write about the music of singer/songwriter Jay Brannan, … Continue reading →

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The 25 Best Hanson Songs

Posted on June 11, 2010 by queerlefty

One of the multiple upsides of watching Hanson’s re-broadcast of their 5 of 5 concert series (during which they played their way, chronologically, through their five studio albums, from 1997’s Middle of Nowhere to Shout It Out, released this week), … Continue reading →

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‘Shout It Out’ Is More Hanson Than Ever

Posted on June 2, 2010 by queerlefty

Not long ago, I was still hoping that the new Hanson album Shout It Out (out June 8, full preview here) would sound more like the Taylor Hanson-helmed supergroup Tinted Windows (whose 2009 debut album has accompanied me throughout the … Continue reading →

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Me Against The Music?

Posted on April 13, 2010 by queerlefty

About a month ago, Pink Floyd won a lawsuit against the record company EMI, deciding that the group’s songs could no longer be sold as individual tracks; from now on, they shall not be sold separate from the albums they … Continue reading →

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Hanson’s Really ‘Somethin’

Posted on April 5, 2010 by queerlefty

I had just sat down to think about what I wanted to say in my upcoming second essay on the Hanson discography (the first, on Middle of Nowhere, is here), when Hanson decided to steal all my points by previewing … Continue reading →

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