Tag Archives: music

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 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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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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‘I’m A Nick Jonas Jonas’

Posted on February 3, 2010 by queerlefty

It’s was not that long ago that I criticized music critics for comparing Jonas Brothers to Hanson almost by default. Since I probably like them both much, much better than the next guy, I don’t think either of them should … Continue reading →

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And I Love Them

Posted on February 1, 2010 by queerlefty

In the Washington Post’s recent America’s Next Online Columnist contest, one piece of advise for the contestants was that they should avoid anniversary columns at all cost. The may be an easy five hundred words for the writer, but they’re … Continue reading →

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How Savage Garden Helped Me Come Out

Posted on January 27, 2010 by queerlefty

I just loved this  New Year’s resolution, attributed to New York magazine’s film critic David Edelstein via Slate’s Dana Stevens: “To have no shame: no guilty pleasures, only pleasures; no wish for do-overs, only excitement [for] the next opportunity”. It’s … Continue reading →

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All The Right Reasons Why I Love The Jayhawks

Posted on August 4, 2009 by queerlefty

There’s always something challenging when your favorite band decides to put together a best-of compilation. You are guaranteed to disagree with some of the song choices, and there is also the little detail that best-of albums by default point to … Continue reading →

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This Time ‘In Living Cover’, It’s Jay Brannan

Posted on July 12, 2009 by queerlefty

Correction, July 26: This post originally misquoted a lyric from the song Drowning. The error has now been revised. I would like to thank reader James for pointing it out. Despite that I first heard his 2008 release, Goddamned, only … Continue reading →

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Early Gay Crushes: Jesse McCartney

Posted on July 7, 2009 by queerlefty

Technically, I suppose that including Jesse McCartney in the Early Gay Crushes series would have to mean that anyone I might have had a celebrity crush on before I admitted to myself that I was gay would now be eligible. … Continue reading →

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