Chris Azzopardi
Drunken chatter opens doors for QueerFest
QueerFest Aug. 17-19 NorthStar Community Center, 106 Lathrop Street, Lansing http://www.myspace.com/queerfest07 Funny how a night of drunken chatter can lead to momentous ideas. Like QueerFest, a three-day radical festival in East Lansing that is [...]
Super Mommy!
'Bam Bam & Celeste' B- Now available on DVD Here comes super Mommy. She's here to help save the day – and Margaret Cho's vehicle "Bam Bam & Celeste" from suffering an unfunny demise. Too bad she couldn't use her magic to fortify the campy [...]
Watch Me! Or Not!
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple In All The World (Paramount Home Video) Sure, this Logo-produced TV show will hit DVD (on Aug. 28) faster than "Glitter," but don't let that — especially with the vocal talents of Margaret Cho and Alan [...]
Wheelin' for our rights
An Inspiring Journey: Rachel Loskill 7 p.m. Aug. 23 Affirmations Lesbian & Gay Community Center, 290 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale Rachel Loskill had never been arrested. Until the spring, when she was put in the slammer once. And then twice. And [...]
YouTube video blames ways of the gays
'It's All Because (The Gays Are Getting Married)' Oded Gross http://www.myspace.com/odedgross Lindsay Lohan: It's. Not. Your. Fault. Blame us. Non-queers everywhere can now sleep sound knowing life's earthquakes – coke addictions, stubbing a toe, [...]
Florist honors Sept. 11 victims with bouquet giveaway
Daryl DePottey remembers wandering the streets of Ferndale after the Sept. 11 attacks. He saw strangers making eye contact with strangers. Nodding their heads. Even waving. "For the first time in my lifetime there was no color, no gender, or [...]
She? He? Who cares
D'Lo Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Acoustic Stage, Aug. 10 http://www.michfest.com Eighties girls were infatuated with putting Rainbow Brite's hair in pigtails, brushing My Little Ponies' locks and hoping one day their chest would beat out [...]
Windsor murder suspect found, questions unanswered
WINDSOR, Ont. – Even after Jesse Imeson, the suspect in three Windsor murders, was found last week, questions still linger. Before his arrest on July 31, Imeson, 22, was last scene conversing with the staff at The Tap, including bartender and D.J. [...]
Pub Crawl proceeds up 30 percent
The 11th annual Ferndale Pub Crawl drew 1,600 people and raised over $21,000, a 30 percent increase over last year's event. "The event went off without a hitch," said Craig Covey, a city councilman and co-founder of the event. "No problems, no [...]
Windsor murder suspect still loose
WINSDOR, Ont. – The search continues for suspected killer Jesse Imeson, who is wanted in the murders of a gay Windsor bartender and an elderly couple. On Monday, police found the 2006 silver GMC Sierra that Imeson, who is now listed as one of [...]
He works {ITAL hard} for the money
Onyx's hypnotic eye-to-eye link seems to say something he wouldn't: "I want you to suck this." He's gliding over The Tap's stage – playing the lit-up platform like a pick to a guitar – and though most of his body is tucked under a robe, his penis [...]