Chris Azzopardi
A heeled man: Drag performer, Kevin Aviance, looks back on beating, but keeps on walking
Kevin Aviance 15-style summer '07 collection http://www.kevinavianceworld.com "I'm done with that," says a sunny Kevin Aviance, as he recalls being brutally beaten a year ago this month. "I'm done with thinking about those guys. I have to deal [...]
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Rufus Wainwright Release The Stars B- If it wasn't evident before, it is now: Rufus Wainwright is a size queen. And he likes it B-I-G – walloping string-laden riffs, orchestral frills, and the popera's pipes. "Release The Stars," inspired by [...]
Not so 'Idol'
No matter who took the torch last night on "American Idol," Jim Verraros knows one thing: There will never be another Kelly Clarkson. He wasn't put out when local powerhouse warbler, LaKisha Jones, stumbled her way out of the competition. He could [...]
Smokin' Gunn
Some days, Tim Gunn just wants to say, "Screw it." "I have days when I get fully dressed, I look at myself in the mirror and I think, 'I can't wear this,'" the fashion shrink tells Between The Lines from his New York City home, where he just braved [...]
Gay, Christian performer returns to Divine Peace
Shawn Thomas Divine Peace Metropolitan Community Church 7 p.m. May 31 Tickets: Free, donations encouraged PONTIAC – Shawn Thomas will be performing songs off of his well-known recording "Everything I am" as well as his recently released CD [...]
Fabulous 'Freak'
Thirty seconds. They meant everything for James St. James. They also changed everything. As he sashayed into class on the first day of high school, the former Michigander – much like international phenomenon Borat – graciously kissed his classmates' [...]
More bang for Buck
What The Buck? Host: Michael Buckley, Hollywood hit man myspace.com/buckthehustler http://www.youtube.com/peron75 If "American Idol" were cocaine, Michael Buckley would be dead. But, after the barf-bag inducing Bee Gees week, the wicked-Web speed [...]
What the duck?
Remember "Queer Duck"? Well, neither did a group of attendees when Mike Reiss mentioned the quack-quack character at a speaking gig at the University of Rhode Island. One person clapped. "I told him, 'Gee, you just outed yourself,'" laughs Reiss, [...]
Blizzard boys
If there's one motto that defines Tony Moran's music-mixing philosophy it's: At your service. "If I was a waiter, I'd be the best fucking waiter in the restaurant," he insists. It's clear – in just under 15 minutes – that Moran, an often sought [...]
Local film shot for under $1,000 premieres locally
"Broken," a feature film shot in Michigan, was not without its share of production nightmares. The crew faced difficult schedules from cast and crew who, at times, drove more than two hours to get to a location on the other side of the state. And, [...]
Musical chairs
Wishing Chair 8 p.m. May 16 The Ark, Ann Arbor http://www.theark.org Don't count on Lover's Lane selling accordions anytime soon. But there's something about that instrument that Miriam Davidson can't refuse. "It kind of vibrates against you," she [...]
Keeping it real on Logo
'Be Real' 10 p.m. May 14 A- Odds are the mainstream press won't have much to say about Logo's "Be Real." That's a shame, considering the soul-stirring stories are told through eyes similar to our own. The seesawing scenes in the May 14 premiere – a [...]