I had the amazing opportunity to see Ferras this weekend at North Halsted Market Days. While his performance was stellar, I have to admit I was a little disappointed in the crowd. I really thought he’d draw in more people, especially the gays. So in honor of meeting him and being completely blown away by [...]
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This weekend I’ll be attending the annual street fair in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood, known as North Halsted Market Days. The incomparable Miss Jennifer Holliday will be performing and I’m so excited! So in honor of Jenny setting her feet down in Chicago for the weekend, I’m featuring her in today’s wake up. If this doesn’t get you [...]
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I’ve been very into Jason Mraz lately, not that I’m never not really into him though. However, the last few weeks this little tune called I’m Yours has been on regular rotation. It’s just a super cute song. Here’s a live version of it that definitely makes me feel good. The ending is way cute. [...]
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I wanted to post a video of Patti Labelle singing Forver Young on Oprah’s Birthday, but i couldn’t find a video of it that would embed. So instead, here’s another classic performance of Forever Young. The video is obviously the perfect Wednesday Wakeup choice, as it’s my birthday and I’m feeling a bit old! So [...]
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I had to post this video of my new boyfriend Marty Thomas. Marty is an up and coming broadway actor who, most recently, was in the cast of Xanadu. I kind of think he’s amazing. Here’s him singing Pat Benetar’s We Belong live at Joe’s Pub in NYC. Happy Hump Day!
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I’ve been sort of obsessed with this song since last season’s So You Think You Can Dance. The song, Dancing was featured on the showand danced by Kameron and Lacy. The video above is a live performance of Elisa singing Dancinglive in Faenza, Italy. She kind of tears it up, and is quickly becoming one [...]
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Here’s the first installment in something I thought of doing this morning. I was going to write a series of political rants (don’t worry they’re coming), and thought i might overwhelm my readers with too much political discourse (but is there ever too much discourse?). While keeping this blog authentic and providing you with plenty of [...]
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