Woke up with Mickey Avalon's "So rich, So pretty" in my head ("best piece of ass in the whole damn city...").

Ru's new album "Remember Me" is peeeerfect for sitting outside in the sun.

Also: I'm the only American and they are playing video Gaga on repeat.

Thoroughly enjoyed "Champion," an opera in Jazz based on the real life experiences of a 50's champion welterweight fighter who just so happened to be queer... And killed a man in the ring. http://m.kennedy-center.org/home/event/orosd

It's a perfect day for Lady Gaga's first album.

JUST IN
TIME!!

https://www.popjustice.com/thenews/scissor-sisters-the-bloody-scissor-sisters-are-back-with-a-new-song/

Rent is still a treat to sing along to, 20 years later. Why no, I'm not crying and belting on south broad street -- keep. it. moving.

Chills. Riveting. Whitney. Wow.

Jimmy Eat World's Album "Bleed American" stands up as excellent. Wow.

New Killers, Jhene Aiko, and Cut Copy? Come through, Autumn!!

Double Duchess is very good. The visual album, Seeing Double, is too. Wow.

I rely on mantra in so many different ways in my daily life, my yoga practice, and my teaching practice.

Regularly, the good Sis Britney is bringing me that patience and resolve to hold space in trying times:

Break it down, break it down, break it down
Break it down, break it down, break it down

This ain't no foolishness or fuckery
I'm handling my business (Business)
Holler if you hear me
Hey, can I get a witness
Preacher, preacher
I'm the teacher, you can learn
Watch your fingers, boy
You might get burned

If you've ever been to heaven, this is twice as nice. Break it down.

Anyone got an extra kesha ticket they wanna sell me? 🙂

PSA: Chaka Khan's Granddaughter? Raven Symonè.

Britney's Blackout is 10. I was 24! Rollerskates, short shorts, eyeliner, and friendship. PUJA

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14404-night-work/

‘Night Work’ is one of my favorite albums of all time by my favorite band of all time. This review is basically saying that music by gay people for gay people is not palatable to a straight audience and therefor not inclusive enough.

This is why I’ve been so fucking pissed for 2017 and will carry that fire into 2018. This is why Living Single isn’t on Hulu. Because I have participated in fucking straight people culture without complaint and have had to pull teeth to get straight people to even consider coming to a queer event (other than the pride parade-- but who doesn't love a parade? I digress ). This is to me self evident of the fact that straight folk (especially, but not limited to, white ones) think their activities are normal, and gay folks activities are not. No wonder gay folk dont want y'all in their safe spaces-- folks act like theyre on safari or doing something lurid. No gurl, it's a fucking Thursday and the drinks are cheap.

You know who does come to queer events when I ask? My non-white female friends. They also know how to treat the space (ie, putting away any urge to behave in an entitled manner). You know who came with me to see the Scissor Sisters tour Night Work? Wanna know who watches Living Single?

This article, and this situation, is garbage. If this made your asshole pucler, then maybe now you know why your gay friends low key think you’re the worst and if you’re white, your non-white friends low key think you’re even worse than that. But Facebook is an echo chamber, so if you made it this far, you’re probably not the problem.

Back to the pitchfork review:

“If the cover of Night Work did not clue you in, let's just state the obvious right now: This is a very, very gay album. Whereas the first two Scissor Sisters records found a way to translate specifically gay subject matter into big-tent camp that opened up their appeal to anyone with a taste for colorful dance music and 1970s radio pop, their third album isn't quite as inclusive. They are no less tuneful, but their aesthetic and lyrical themes are more firmly rooted in gay culture, to the point that many straight listeners may find themselves feeling like outsiders looking in. Instead of presenting a queer pop sensibility for the masses, they've gone deeper into their subcultural niche."