Chris Azzopardi
Born This Way
Imagine all the gay jokes told in the last 15 years of Michigan's Lesbian and Gay ComedyFest, Equality Michigan's annual laugh-out-loud event. Get ready for more at 6 and 9:30 p.m. March 5 at Dearborn's Ford Community & Performing Arts Center [...]
Hear Me Out: Adele avoids sophomore slump
Adele, '21' So much has been said about the big British music boom, but Duffy's drab sophomore album was D.O.A. and Amy Winehouse drank herself into oblivion. But Adele Adkins, with the wowing voice and girl-everyone-likes appeal, sings like she's [...]
My Queer Critter
They say gays are everywhere. In our schools. In our churches. In our very own backyards. And when they're back there, they're usually taking a whiz on a dead bush or flirting with the next-door neighbor. These gays, however, have four legs – and [...]
Hear Me Out: Ricky Martin brings the boom-booms for the bon-bon
Ricky Martin, 'Musica + Alma + Sexo' Ricky Martin's totally shocking, world-rocking confession – that he's (omigawd!) gay – hasn't affected his shameless penchant for cheesy pop. Listen to the tracks on his first album since coming out, and you [...]
Marsha Ambrosius: 'Hate is hate'
Marsha Ambrosius isn't going to tell you that it gets better. Her video, "Far Away," is an all-too-real take on gay bullying and suicide that's inspired by her friend's attempt at taking his own life. The song is also the lead single from the [...]
Hear Me Out: The Decemberists ditch theatrics
The Decemberists, 'The King is Dead' The Decemberists sure know how to turn their sound on its head. And spin it around a few times. They land in the rustic South with their sixth album, choking back their indie-rock canon to simply Americana [...]
It's a New Book!
Wade Rouse is pregnant again – this time, with twins. He's working on birthing two new books in the midst of releasing the fourth addition to his literary family. "I'll spend anywhere from probably a year to a year and a half on a book and obsess [...]
Why I heart Robyn
If you know me, you know Robyn. My Facebook page has basically become the pop sensation's unofficial social-networking site; I've had listening sessions with friends (sometimes we just take it in, sometimes we sing like schoolgirls in total glee), [...]
Hook up with 'No Strings Attached'
Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman star in the new raunchy romantic-comedy 'No Strings Attached.' Photo: Paramount Pictures Sex comedies always have the advantage over other movies: They're about sex. You know even if they're tragically inept in [...]
Macy Gray Chats
Maybe you forgot about Macy Gray. Not that anyone could: She's a loopy, 6-foot-tall standout with a distinctive, soulful rasp. But Gray's success since the monster hit "I Try" has been just that – try after try. Ready to make a big impression [...]
No Strings
Greg Storms' friends still tease him about the time he drank too much and landed in some guy's lair. The morning after was weird, especially when Storms realized how much his one-night stand looked like Skeletor. The 27-year-old, who lives in Ann [...]
Ann Arbor Folk Festival: 'Woodstock with a Roof'
"As a human being there are moments when we're angry, when we're funny, and when we want change. And folk music embraces all of those impulses. Somebody's got to put something at risk and say something that makes the audience slightly [...]