Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Puppy Love

    What does it take to win at the Pride of Pets dog show? Last Saturday, June 21, obedience was the key for Gordon Ng's Simba,...

  • Katy's Shame

    Here we are, knee deep in Pride season, and there's a song speaking to us all the way at the top of the pop charts....

  • Soundwaves

    TUMBLE FOR YA... Boy George's stop at the 9:30 Club next month is now in jeopardy because the 47-year-old allegedly assaulted and imprisoned a 28-year-old...

  • Falsettoland

    ''I tried to sing, but I couldn't think of anything. That was the hardest part,'' Chris Martin sang on his band Coldplay's last album, 2005's...

  • Latin Infused

    Before Dan Guerrero even wrote a one-man show detailing his experiences as a gay Latino in show business, he promptly trademarked the show's title. ''My...

  • Night Light

    ''Got this endless itch to ride into the night.'' It might as well be Cyndi Lauper's unofficial motto. Lauper sings the line on her new...

  • Straight Up and Out

    Up-and-coming dance-pop crooner Brendan Velasquez sounds a lot like Justin Timberlake, and Velasquez says he was a huge fan of Timberlake's former group 'N Sync...

  • Melange Lavonne offers positive, gay-affirming messages in hip hop

    Time is of the essence to Melange Lavonne. ''I'm a cancer survivor. I realize life is short,'' says the lesbian rapper from Southern California. ''I'm...

  • Pretty Powerful

    The Maryland-based band Odd Girl Out was named after a lesbian pulp novel, but it shares a name with a popular book that was turned...

  • Spirited Connection

    Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio know they've sown some confusion out there. ''I think where people get confused is, are we gay? Yes. Are we...

  • True Calling

    Thirty-one years ago, Cyndi Lauper damaged her vocal cords. Doctors told her she would never sing again. As if they could keep the feisty, irrepressible...

  • True Colors Tour 2008

    This year's concert should be cooler and more intimate than was last year's inaugural edition. But at Constitution Hall Saturday night, expect the same level...

  • Piano Gal

    By the time she was only 11, Rachael Sage decided she wanted to be a singer-songwriter. Namely, a female Billy Joel. ''Why not? He was...

  • Pretty In Punk

    The Dresden Dolls emerged like a lightning bolt in 2003, fulfilling demand for a rock band merging the gay-popular counter-culture musical genres of cabaret and...

  • Fantasia's Fire

    Perhaps you've heard: Fantasia Barrino is a fire-starter. Did you catch the American Idol's recent performance on the show? She was on fire from her...