Chris Azzopardi
Who's William Control?
Forget Prozac. Try the wiL Francis way – be someone else. The hot singer of punk-rock band Aiden, who released his solo LP "Hate Culture" last year, will open for Escape the Fate as his omnisexual other self at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at The Crofoot in [...]
Reg: Not so regular
Gentleman Reg, 'Jet Black' This queer Canadian's fourth LP isn't as dark as a title like "Jet Black" lends itself to. The charmer, which is only a tad ho-hummy at the tail end, is Gentleman Reg's sashay into the States. And it's good stuff. After [...]
Winging it
An in-person interview with Marco Del Zotto would likely result in a maneuver a la Tom Cruise, jumping up and down in uncontrollable peppiness. "This is my first interview!" the Italy-native says immediately when he phones from Chicago. The [...]
Hear Me Out
Mariah releases 'Ballads' in time for V-Day Mariah Carey, 'The Ballads' Before Mariah shed her girl-next-door image – and just about every article of clothing – she was the quintessential queen of ballads, from the pick-me-ups to the heart-torn [...]
Beautiful disaster
'Wendy and Lucy' Starts Feb. 13 Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak Nothing's blatantly queer about a broke woman's financial struggles in this hit economy, but therein lies the strength of "Wendy and Lucy." Wendy's as vague as a night of drinking, and by [...]
Scared stiff
If Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" got a rise out of you, his nude-male photographs could very well do the same – in the most literal sense. The horror-fantasy virtuoso, popularized by creepy films (he produced "Candyman") and mind-trippy novels (his [...]
Mamma Mia!' force-feeds fun
Thank goodness for Meryl Streep. Pierce Brosnan, not so much. Dude might've killed with his James Bond beater-upper image, but when it comes to holding a note – or, heck, sounding better than a dying cat – someone needs to rescue him. And parts of [...]
Holiday Hear Me Out
No matter how many times you've heard the line "make the yuletide gay," it takes on a different – definitely more literal – meaning when Melissa Etheridge sings it. Yeah, I did go there, and if Kristin Chenoweth can turn a "Sesame Street" standard [...]
Wicked' ride
"You grow up pretty fast when you have naked people around you," says Robert Spaniolo, recalling – at just 8 years old – starring in his first show, "Pippin." Before that he pursued community theater stints, like his very first in "Oliver!," and [...]
Sew long, Michigan
After Daniel Vosovic crawls out of his beau's bed in the morning, he's onto his next love affair: A much-adored coffeehouse across the street. It's not so much a problem (though he calls it "sick") as it is a solid, and legal, substitution for speed [...]
Swift-ly sailing
Taylor Swift, 'Fearless' Instead of juvenile gay jabs, we get fairytale name-drops. So, yeah, Taylor Swift hasn't grown up much after releasing her claim-to-fame debut at just 16. But on her No. 1-charting sophomore shiner, the quasi-country cutie [...]
Holy man-trimony
All the beefcake at Bally couldn't appease the unevenness of "Kiss the Bride," a cobwebby love triangle comedy-drama that has more identity issues than its confused characters. Topping them is Ryan (James O' Shea), whose ex-flame, Matt (Philipp [...]