I've written before about my love of Jay Brannan's first album, goddamned, so you'll probably understand how excited I was when Jay let us know via Twitter that he's got a new album coming out this July!
The latest is called In Living Cover and will have two original songs by Jay and seven covers. Here's the track list:
1. Beautifully (Jay Brannan original)
2. Say It's Possible (Terra Naomi)
3. All I Want (Joni Mitchell)
4. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob Dylan)
5. The Freshmen (The Verve Pipe)
6. Good Mother (Jann Arden)
7. Both Hands (Ani DiFranco)
8. Zombie (The Cranberries)
9. Drowning (Jay Brannan original)
I can't wait to hear this! Actually, if you click the album title above, the page it takes you to has his version of Zombie for you to listen to. It sounds fantastic.
Jay will also be touring starting in July and I'm hoping that I'll get to see him this time around. When he was on tour last summer I wasn't able to make the show because of work.
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Soap Stuff
Okay, you know I avoid spoilers about the soaps as much as I can. I do, however, follow casting news, which can often be a spoiler to some degree. I mean, if you know an actor is leaving the show and there hasn't been a recast, then clearly you know the character is exiting as well.
Anyway, there is an interesting rumor going around that As the World Turns has cast the parts of twins, a brother and a sister, and that the male twin is gay. Could this mean a possible gay love triangle for Luke & Noah?! Now that would be groundbreaking, considering that the love triangle is a daytime staple but there has never been one consisting of three people of the same gender.
There haven't been any actors names announced yet for the roles, though, so I'm still thinking of it as a rumor.
Meanwhile, I read over on We Love the Soaps that actor/musician Jay Brannan, whom you know I love, has auditioned for a role on As the World Turns! I don't know if it's for the rumored gay twin or someone else, but it would be amazing to see him on the show.
It would also be great if Jay Brannan became the second openly gay actor on daytime at the moment! As I noted the other day, One Life to Live's Scott Evans is the only openly gay actor currently working in daytime TV that I'm aware of.
Speaking of Scott, his recurring part of Officer Oliver Fish got a little larger this past week when he hooked up with the new woman in town and even had some shirtless scenes. I'm hoping he'll stick around, maybe even be put on contract, because he's seriously adorable and sexy! See for yourself:
Meanwhile, the happiness for groundbreaking newlyweds Reese & Bianca has been short lived over on All My Children, since Reese (who has been written as a lesbian, not as bisexual) made out with her new brother-in-law before the wedding and Bianca just found out.
If they wanted to go there with the story, they could have written the character as bisexual from the beginning. It would have made a hell of a lot more sense that way. Bianca rightly pointed out that lesbians don't go around kissing men, but Reese apparently is attracted to people's souls, not their genders (again, make her bisexual from the beginning and I'd have no problem with that; doing it this way is a cop out and just confuses people).
Anyway, Bianca had annulment papers drawn up but Reese refused to sign because they didn't grant her any parental rights, meaning that daytime's first LGBT wedding between two major characters might quickly lead to daytime's first LGBT custody battle.
Anyway, there is an interesting rumor going around that As the World Turns has cast the parts of twins, a brother and a sister, and that the male twin is gay. Could this mean a possible gay love triangle for Luke & Noah?! Now that would be groundbreaking, considering that the love triangle is a daytime staple but there has never been one consisting of three people of the same gender.
There haven't been any actors names announced yet for the roles, though, so I'm still thinking of it as a rumor.
Meanwhile, I read over on We Love the Soaps that actor/musician Jay Brannan, whom you know I love, has auditioned for a role on As the World Turns! I don't know if it's for the rumored gay twin or someone else, but it would be amazing to see him on the show.
It would also be great if Jay Brannan became the second openly gay actor on daytime at the moment! As I noted the other day, One Life to Live's Scott Evans is the only openly gay actor currently working in daytime TV that I'm aware of.
Speaking of Scott, his recurring part of Officer Oliver Fish got a little larger this past week when he hooked up with the new woman in town and even had some shirtless scenes. I'm hoping he'll stick around, maybe even be put on contract, because he's seriously adorable and sexy! See for yourself:
Meanwhile, the happiness for groundbreaking newlyweds Reese & Bianca has been short lived over on All My Children, since Reese (who has been written as a lesbian, not as bisexual) made out with her new brother-in-law before the wedding and Bianca just found out.
If they wanted to go there with the story, they could have written the character as bisexual from the beginning. It would have made a hell of a lot more sense that way. Bianca rightly pointed out that lesbians don't go around kissing men, but Reese apparently is attracted to people's souls, not their genders (again, make her bisexual from the beginning and I'd have no problem with that; doing it this way is a cop out and just confuses people).
Anyway, Bianca had annulment papers drawn up but Reese refused to sign because they didn't grant her any parental rights, meaning that daytime's first LGBT wedding between two major characters might quickly lead to daytime's first LGBT custody battle.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Music Talk
Can I just say how much I love Kristin Chenoweth? I know that I've said it before. I know that I'll say it again. But I just completely adore her.
I watched last Wednesday's episode of Pushing Daisies last night and it had this fantastic scene where her character, Olive Snook, sings Eternal Flame. One of my favorite moments in season one was a similar scene in which the lovesick Olive sang Hopelessly Devoted to You and I'd been hoping that they'd have Kristin sing again before the show ended. I totally wasn't expecting it when it happened, though, so it was a great surprise.
I bought Kristin's holiday CD, A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas, today and- no shock here- I really like it. I have her two earlier CDs already and I listen to them all the time, especially Let Yourself Go, which has some really fun songs on it. I'm kind of sad that I'm only going to be able to listen to this new CD for one month every year!
I'm going to have to buy the Wicked and You're A Good Man Charlie Brown Broadway cast recordings next, I guess. I really hope some smart TV Exec snaps Chenoweth up for a new show soon now that Pushing Daisies is going off the air.
All right, so to sum up, I basically worship Kristin Chenoweth. I'm probably even going to see Four Christmases just because she's in the cast. I haven't had a non-sexual crush like this since I loved Sarah Michelle Gellar back during her Buffy heyday, but that ended after I saw one too many interviews with her and discovered that it was actually Buffy I liked, not Sarah!
Speaking of music, I've been meaning to mention that I think one of the best CDs that was released this year was Jay Brannan's album Goddamed. I first discovered Jay's music on YouTube (although I'd seen him before that in the movie Shortbus, I didn't actually realize that he was the same guy at first) and was really impressed, especially with the song Housewife. If you aren't familiar with his music, you should check out his videos on YouTube where you can find him singing most of the songs from the CD.
I had a chance to go see him in concert a few months back, but of course I had to work and couldn't find anyone to cover my shift, so I missed out, which is the way things usually go with me! I'm hoping he'll come back this way someday.
I watched last Wednesday's episode of Pushing Daisies last night and it had this fantastic scene where her character, Olive Snook, sings Eternal Flame. One of my favorite moments in season one was a similar scene in which the lovesick Olive sang Hopelessly Devoted to You and I'd been hoping that they'd have Kristin sing again before the show ended. I totally wasn't expecting it when it happened, though, so it was a great surprise.
I bought Kristin's holiday CD, A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas, today and- no shock here- I really like it. I have her two earlier CDs already and I listen to them all the time, especially Let Yourself Go, which has some really fun songs on it. I'm kind of sad that I'm only going to be able to listen to this new CD for one month every year!
I'm going to have to buy the Wicked and You're A Good Man Charlie Brown Broadway cast recordings next, I guess. I really hope some smart TV Exec snaps Chenoweth up for a new show soon now that Pushing Daisies is going off the air.
All right, so to sum up, I basically worship Kristin Chenoweth. I'm probably even going to see Four Christmases just because she's in the cast. I haven't had a non-sexual crush like this since I loved Sarah Michelle Gellar back during her Buffy heyday, but that ended after I saw one too many interviews with her and discovered that it was actually Buffy I liked, not Sarah!
Speaking of music, I've been meaning to mention that I think one of the best CDs that was released this year was Jay Brannan's album Goddamed. I first discovered Jay's music on YouTube (although I'd seen him before that in the movie Shortbus, I didn't actually realize that he was the same guy at first) and was really impressed, especially with the song Housewife. If you aren't familiar with his music, you should check out his videos on YouTube where you can find him singing most of the songs from the CD.
I had a chance to go see him in concert a few months back, but of course I had to work and couldn't find anyone to cover my shift, so I missed out, which is the way things usually go with me! I'm hoping he'll come back this way someday.
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