Three-time Grammy Award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Bublé made an appearance at New York City’s W. 67th Street subway stop today for an “impromptu” a capella performance of “Who’s Lovin’ You,” off his new album “To Be Loved.” Surrounded by the singers of Naturally 7, Bublé surprised commuters, Bublé said, “That is when you know you’ve made it.” He added, “Singing in the New York subway…is the most authentic, organic way to make music.”Continue Reading… … Read More
My gay green card marriage
We met up on a recent rainy weeknight at an unremarkable legal office in the outer boroughs. Inside, a warm but appropriately solemn woman sat me down, explained the basics, and told me to sign here, here and here. On the way out the attorney warned Flavia and me that it’d take at least a few months yet for the paperwork to weave itself through the courts. We exchanged resigned glances, sighed semi-dramatically, thanked her for her time, then ducked into a boisterous Greek restaurant a few blocks away for dinner.When the waiter brought us our bottle of wine we filled our glasses to the brim, mused about the end of an era, and raised a toast: “To divorce!”After a Mediterranean feast we headed over to her apartment nearby so I could finish up some work emails, and over some more wine flipped through our old wedding album, giggling at some of the cheesy photos from the reception. Conspicuously absent from our little album, which a federal bureaucrat had paged through some years back while scrutinizing us closely, were pictures from our honeymoon, a wild Saturday night spent at the Cubbyhole, a popular lesbian bar in the West Village where, incidentally, we also first decided to get married.Continue Reading… … Read More
Brad Paisley on controversial record: “I wouldn’t change a thing”
Brad Paisley, a.k.a. Mr. White man, has stepped out in defense of his controversial song “Accidental Racist” and his new album, “Wheelhouse,” saying on Twitter this morning:[embedtweet id="321493003510349825"][embedtweet id="321493546765004800"][embedtweet id="321493911799472128"]Paisley told USA Today that the entire album, including “Accidental Racist,” is meant to “to promote discussion.” “I still think there will be people who misunderstand what I’m saying, but welcome to the Internet,” he said.Continue Reading… … Read More
Snoop Lion releases anti-gun video featuring his daughter and Drake
Snoop Lion, a rapper reborn with a mission for peace and positivity, has released an anti-gun music video today featuring Drake and Cori B, Snoop’s daughter.”No Guns Allowed” is a track off of his new album, “Reincarnated.” In a clip from his upcoming documentary of the same title, the rapper explains that the track and his daughter’s involvement in it is meant to set things right with his family after his darker, more volatile past.Continue Reading… … Read More
Music fans eagerly await first new Jimi Hendrix album in 43 years
Some 43 years after his tragic death, rock-n-roll legend Jimi Hendrix will return to relevance on Tuesday with the release of his new album People, Hell & Angels. The album consists of 12 previously unreleased tracks Hendrix completed in the studio before his death in 1970, brought about by an…
