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Soundwaves
GRAMMY'S ''LOVESTONED'' DANCE MOVES... This year's Grammy Awards may have been dominated by Amy Winehouse singing from rehab (no, no, no: just via satellite from...
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Carrying On
Humanity has always been on the move, trekking out of Africa to populate the rest of the planet. And rather than showing signs of slowing,...
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Saving Face
When HIV attacks a person, it sets its sights on the body. The collateral damage is done to the psyche, as HIV indirectly causes stress,...
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Can't Stop the Music
You know you want to be a rock star, whether you're the type who sings in the shower, plays some surreptitious air guitar or taps...
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President’s Day for Night
Get out your sunblock! Today, February 17, between 5 and 9 p.m., you can do more than just dream of summer. You can actually plan...
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Mystery Flight 1639
Hearsay is intrigued. What is Flight 1639? Is it part of the Oceanic airlines family? No, don’t think so. Hearsay thinks it has something to...
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Smokin’ in the Boysroom
Remember glory days passed, when you could go to a club and see men in all stages of (un)dress, wearing frocks or socks or their...
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The Party Line
A visit to the Best of Washington's Web site isn't exactly a celebration. It's something more like a remembrance. The ''news'' section, for example, offers...
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Scarlet Contribution
The Scarlet Foundation raised approximately $12,000 during its 37th Annual Bake Sale and Auction, on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the DC Eagle. ''There was great...
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Gone, Never Forgotten
Members of the GLBT community and allies are invited to attend ''Before the Ballpark: Remembering What We Had in SE,'' at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday,...
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Survival Tactics
When a woman is sexually assaulted by another woman, it's obviously not rape: no penis, no rape. And when a man is sexually assaulted, there's...
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Countdown for Chaos?
Despite rumors to the contrary, Club Chaos, a 10-year-old GLBT restaurant and bar located at 1603 17th St. NW, has not shuttered its doors. It...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: It's a long, long trail a-windin', and sometimes it seems to be twisting back on itself, so that you're going forward by...
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What IS Is
When it comes to the Lexus line-up of sedans, the best things tend to arrive in the largest -- and smallest -- packages. And while...
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Syringes and Spine
This week on Capitol Hill, supporters of syringe-exchange programs (SEP) for HIV prevention celebrated a victory. Last year, Rep. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) led successful efforts...
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Love Nesting
Plenty of couples may claim their homes are ''love nests,'' but Warren Ellis and Joe -- ''Joe-Angel'' -- Babb stake their claim with a little...
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Bittersweet Valentine
''I would someday love to write a great love ballad,'' says jazz singer-songwriter Felicia Carter, appearing this weekend at Twins Jazz on U Street. ''Somehow...
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Shadowland
k.d. lang is getting old. Does that sound like a bad thing? The 46-year-old doesn't think so. In press notes to her new album Watershed,...
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Masterpiece Theater
One might not think of ''cowboy music'' when thinking of great American composers. But that's what the Rock Creek Singers, 24 vocalists composing an ensemble...
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Champagne Taste
You might not believe it, but Amanda Lepore has only recently started to really put herself out there. She's always been out there, of course....
