Sigür Ros is a band that people either love or hate, I can pretty much take them or leave them but they do some very cool music videos. This video of theirs was banned and you can see why. There is full frontal nudity everywhere through it with a bunch of young people, male and female frolicking through the forest nude. It’s quite a cool song but in their usual style, it’s not in English or any other real language, but it’s fun.
Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.
A mate of mine has a great singing voice. He’s currently trying to break into the industry again after several years off. I’ve only heard him sing a couple of times live and I envy anyone that has that gift. To be able to sing well has the power to really move people and can be very personal.
Apparently Graham got bored the other night and did a piano cover version of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance. It’s not as bonkers as the Lady’s but it’s a great version and is quite haunting. Check it out!
Visibility amongs gay people is something that can really only do good. Some people argue that events like Sydney’s Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras only harm our cause by playing to flamboyant stereotypes. I don’t really agree. I think the more exposure that the GLBTQ community has in all forms and mediums will educate the wider community that we are everywhere and we aren’t a dangerous threat to marriage and morality.
QBoy is a singer from the U.K. who isn’t afraid to be out and proud and visible in his lyrics and videos. He’s also helping combat bullying and homophobia by working with the LGBT Excellence Centre in Wales. It’s nice to see young artists supporting a cause that is close to their heart. Check out his work and show him a bit of love!
No, that isn’t a statement about my relationship status, just a Kylie quote. Two days ago I downloaded the newly released “Kylie Live in New York” recording from her recent triumphant debut tour of North America.
For someone that has never cracked the notoriously tough U.S. market, the crowd seemed to know all the words and adore her every move. While I know and own all the songs on the album it’s always nice to hear the reinterpretations of them for the stage. This tour seems like a mix of arrangements she’s done on other tours as well as a few new versions. Love it. It’s been on in my car for the entire weekend.
Joe McElderry has just won the UK’s X-Factor competition and performed his winning version of Miley’s “The Climb”. He’s also come out in the press denying rumours that he’s gay that he’s been dogged by for a long time. The self-confessed virgin says that he just isn’t even thinking about girls right now but focussing on his singing career which looks to be promising. A gorgeous young guy who can also actually sing. Who would have thought.
You can understand why he’s been dogged by gay rumours when you look at the guy. He’s a fresh faced twink almost custom made for a starring (bottom) role in a Bel Ami orgy scene being pounded by nine incher after nine incher before smiling sweetly with cum dripping off his chin. Personally, I’d give him a few years, or better yet, give me his older, bit-of-rough-trade brother that I’m imagining lurking somewhere nearby.
Last night at silks class was stinking hot with Sydney having one of it’s typically erratic weather days of 30+ degrees, which has plummeted to 23 or so today. I would never have dreamt that the weather could play a significant role in circus arts before starting these classes nearly two and a half years ago but the hot weather last night was greatt because it meant we didn’t slide on the fabric much at all.
We were at the midway point of term last night and it’s time to start working on our routines. Most of the time we aim for a new routine or if you are working on something to go to the public with, refine that. I’ve been wanting to do a routine to Gotye’s “Heart’s a mess” for a while now and am finally having a go at it. The video above is only four and a half minutes but the version on the album is six minutes which is a fairly long routine but I’m looking forward to seeing if I can do it.
At the end of the class last night I did have a bit of a minor fall. Nothing was hurt or broken and it was more of an unplanned slip, drop and unwrap kinda trick gone wrong situation but I was only a couple of metres up rather than the 7 or so that I may have been for some other tricks.
Yesterday I picked up a parcel from the post office. It was my Bruce Weber DVD Box Set. A few weeks ago I found out that Bruce was finally releasing his movies on DVD so a few days later I jumped online and ordered the box set. I’ve watched one of the documentaries and a few of the music videos. He collaborated with the Pet Shop Boys a few times and one of my earliest gay memories was of this music video “Se a vida e”.
It was a perfect product of its time. Yes it’s dated a little but the boys Bruce chooses for his work are timeless beauties, even if they aren’t “classic” beauties. Sigh. To anyone that has been photographed or filmed by Mr Weber, savour the memories and the experience.
This year’s Australian Idol is down to three teenagers, and quite frankly Stan Walker had better win or something has gone horrendously wrong.
I’m watching Australian Idol with my flatmate and a friend. Hayley is butchering the Killers song “somebody told me”. I’m just waiting for Stan to come out and rock something brilliantly. A couple of weeks ago it was “Big Band” night and he did Beyonce’s Single Ladies. Sounds so wrong in theory, but worked so well. Camp as a row of tents but I loved it.
For many many years, Kylie has been dogged by talk that she can’t sing. I think Kylie would be one of the first to admit she doesn’t have the best voice in the world but she’s worked damned hard to improve and every time I’ve seen her live, it’s gotten stronger and stronger. This video from backstage before her last U.S. show shows how comfortable she is singing live. Love it.
Danyl Johnson is a contestant currently wowing judges and audiences alike in the UK on X-factor. On the most recent show, Danyl did a version of “I’m telling you” from Dreamgirls, changing the lyric to sing about “her” instead of “him”. Dannii Minogue commented that maybe from what she’d heard in the press that he didn’t need to change the gender reference. The audience booed her, the contestant was fine, Simon Cowell wasn’t impressed.
The story has emerged that Danyl is openly bisexual and Dannii and he had an ongoing joke and in-joke about it, but she stepped over the line in bringing that to the judging table. Dannii has since apologised in a statement to the press and also to Danyl. Above is the performance and comments in question. I have to say, he’s very talented, seems very likeable and damn if he isn’t hot to boot.
Over her 20+ years in the industry, Kylie has given us many incarnations, Sex Kylie, Pop Kylie, Cute Kylie, Indie Kylie, Showgirl Kylie and now she gives us Bollywood Kylie. This is from a Bollywood project Kylie did a while back. It’s not a long song and I’m not sure this is the whole thing, but it’s a fun slice of Bollywood Pop.
Someone has spent a LOT of time and has an amazing talent. They’ve mashed up Annie Lennox’s entire solo career into one song and video. It’s so well done. Love it.
Every year in Sweden they have a competition to find the “Water Fairy of the Year” and every year it has been won by a violinist, up until this year. 2009 saw Martin Norberg win the title playing a saxophone. Apparently the legend goes that a water fairy takes the form of a naked man playing the violin on the shores of lakes and streams. Interestingly the legend actually predates the first violin in Sweden.
I love the fact that the crowd includes families and all sorts of people watching as if it’s the most normal thing in the world for a naked man to be standing in a stream playing a musical instrument. I know it’s summer up there, but that water cannot possibly be warm.
There’s no other reason behind this post other than I love the song and Matt Alber’s music. He’s also kinda cute. So… done.
