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  • Heather Strange  on getting Ruthless

    Heather Strange on getting Ruthless

      Heather Strange reaches back to the British new wave of the 1980s’ for this new video RUTHLESS.   It’s the new solo project of Los Angeles based singer, songwriter, and artist Chris Kittrell of the band Baby Alpaca. Produced by Dave Sitek & Christopher Hines, the video is released on YouTube today..

  • Jonathan Kemp’s ☆☆☆☆ review of an arresting production of Oscar Wilde’s once banned Salome

    Jonathan Kemp’s ☆☆☆☆ review of an arresting production of Oscar Wilde’s once banned Salome

    SALOME ☆☆☆☆ Lazarus Theatre Company Greenwich Theatre, London From the opening scene of the prophet, Jokanaan, walking through a sandstorm to the final image of a semi-naked Salomé straddling Jokanaan while slick with his blood, this is an arresting production of Wilde’s notorious banned play. The bold move to cast a boy to play the…

  • Ezra Miller’s band puts a very queer spin on The Pussycat Doll’s ‘Don’t Cha’

    Ezra Miller’s band puts a very queer spin on The Pussycat Doll’s ‘Don’t Cha’

      Queer actor EZRA MILLER’s breakout role was in The Perks of Being a Wallflower but  has now long forgotten about sitting quietly in the shade.. Miller does not identify as a man or woman; “Queer just means no, I don’t do that. I don’t identify as a man. I don’t identify as a woman.…

  • Dusty Springfield : You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

    Dusty Springfield : You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

      The sublime Dusty Springfield was so much more than the flamboyant figure she cut with her  peroxide blonde bouffant hairstyle, evening gowns, and her signature  heavy  eye make-up.  At her peak in the 1960’s she was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100…