Here are some examples of the great artwork you find when you google "lesbo art". 
Artist Unknown, Lesbo Boat Show 2, Date Unknown
Demona Vageena, 2_washiewashie, 2006
jenneth, Toyota Yaris Gay Wheels, 2007
Steve Brandon, Erin Esurance from the Esurance insurance commercials tongue-kissing Nikki Wong from the Canadian cartoon 6teen, 2007
Lesbo Art
Gossip about Gossip
My upstairs neighbors are jamming to "Rock You Like a Hurricane", I'd kind of like to hear the Gossip cover that.
Although that's probably not going to happen, but Beth Ditto did talk about some details of the upcoming Gossip record during an interview she did for the latest issue of Out Magazine.
In the interview Beth let it be known that "Music for Men", the band's 4th full-length record, will be coming out June 22 and was produced by Rick Rubin. Rubin, as you probably know, has produced a song or an album for pretty much everyone you've ever heard of so who knows what to expect from the new Gossip album!
Actually, I do. Out Magazine described it only as Out Magazine could by saying: (the album is) "Reportedly sprinkled with more of that Europop-disco sound that has served Kylie Minogue so well...". I kind of think that's the dumbest description of anything I've ever heard, but if that means they are making a more dance oriented record, I'm all for it! I played the remixes from their last album to death, so I can only imagine good stuff to come from this.
The first single off Music for Men, "Heavy Cross" is slated for release June 15 and the Gossip will be touring later this Summer. Can you wait? Me neither!
If you'd like to read more of what Beth Ditto said in Out Magazine, you can do that here.
If you'd like to dance and sing and imagine Beth Ditto singing Rock You Like a Hurricane, you can click the links below!
Listen Up! (Punx Jump Up Remix)
If you'd like to read more of what Beth Ditto said in Out Magazine, you can do that here.
If you'd like to dance and sing and imagine Beth Ditto singing Rock You Like a Hurricane, you can click the links below!
Listen Up! (Punx Jump Up Remix)
We're Not All Divas
I found myself post college without any gay men to look up to in music that weren't crafting dance jams (not that it was a bad thing) and feeling a bit desolate. Here are some bands with gay musicians that don't specialize in club music to balance out the spectrum:
Grizzly Bear has an insane singer named Ed Droste. It literally sounds like an angel whispering into my ear. A big, gay angel.
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (Live On Letterman)
Owen Pallett is another cool dude who primarily plays the violin. He has done strings and arrangements for The Arcade Fire, The Hidden Cameras, and Beirut. He also fronts his own project called Final Fantasy. Here he is playing around with loop pedals doing a cover of "Fantasy" by Mariah Scarey.
And just for shits and giggles:
Brand new song from MEN!
So, you all know MEN right? Of course you do!
Well...get excited because they just sent us their BRAND NEW song Credit Card Babie$!!
I was already a big fan of MEN's brand of dance music, but this song (and their other new song Off Our Backs) takes it to the next level! These songs have more of a post-punk/disco thing going on and might just be even more infectious than their previously released songs. Also-- as awesome as Credit Card Babie$ is already, I'm excited to hear the remixes that are probably being started right now! These songs are absolutely made for the dancefloor!
Besides making the songs you can't wait to dance to at your local sweaty dance party, MEN always have something to actually SAY with their music...so be sure to check out the lyrics on their Myspace page!
Call for Artwork-Fresh Meat
Hey!
Are you an artist? Are you also trans, transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, gender-variant, or gender-fabulous? If so, Fresh Meat could be for you!
Fresh Meat in the Gallery is an annual 2D art show (unfortunately they cannot show sculpture, video, or installation art at this time) in San Francisco that aims to build community and bring visibility to the trans artist community, among other things. This is the fourth installment of the themed exhibition, with the theme this year being Defying Gravities.
Fresh Meat in the Gallery runs in conjunction with the Fresh Meat Festival that expands the scope of work presented to include music, theater, dance, and other performance art. The gallery show is up June 6-July 15 while the festival runs June 18-21.
If you want to show your work in Fresh Meat in the Gallery IV, you don't have much time...submissions are due April 15, so get on it! Details about the theme Defying Gravities and submission info are available at the Fresh Meat website.
Lost Missing
Lost Missing is the latest project from author, activist, and artist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, who you may know as the editor of the Queer anthology "That's Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation" (or from her novels, or work with Gay Shame SF, or a ton of other awesome totally queer projects).
Beginning around the end of January, Sycamore began posting images and writings around San Francisco that are meant to publicly express the personal grief of losing friends. Mattilda explains the project best: "This project is a public expression of grief in order to feel hopeful again -- it’s about that random poster you see and you don’t know what it means but your eyes get bright all the sudden."
Most of us have probably dealt with the feelings associated with losing a friendship and Lost Missing offers us a creative way of dealing with that. All 24 images created thus far are available for download on Mattilda's blog and you are invited to post them anywhere and everywhere. So far, Lost Missing images have been seen in Portland (OR), Berlin, Houston, DC, and a bunch of other places. If you post or see a Lost Missing poster in your town take a photo and send it to Mattilda for a potential future project using the Lost Missing documentation. 
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
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