Below, some seasonal news about Tegan and Sara (who roll into town Jan 18) but before i get to that a very important cautionary tale. On a recent Dan Savage podcast (Dec 24) he encouraged his audience to get out of the house. It's not gonna get any better if you stay inside the house he said, with his usual adorable gusto. And his advice holds true for this time of year too—on NYE, there are tons of single gays just waiting to take you home or at least have a drink and a chat with you. But that can't happen if you're at home feeling shitty about yourself. So leave! And listen to Savage's podcast, it's brill: click here to download it from iTunes.

Meanwhile, Tegan and Sara are in the studio with Margaret Cho doing God knows what.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz! (Favrit track: “Soft Shock”)

Fever Ray, Fever Ray (Favrit track: “When I Grow Up”) 

War Child Heroes, compilation of cover songs (Favrit track: “Heroes,” (David Bowie) covered by TV on the Radio) 

 

 

⬆ Gossip, Music for Men (Favrit track: “Love Long Distance”)

The xx (Favrit track: YGTL (The xx remix) by Florence + The Machine)

Beirut, March of the Zapotec/Holland (Favrit track: TIE—“Concubine” and “Venice”)

Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster (Favrit track: “Bad Romance”)

Chad Van Gaalen, Soft Airplane (Favrit track: “Willow Tree”)

Dinah Thorpe, Truths and Other Stories (Favrit track: “We Brought the Thunder”

Kid Sister, Ultraviolet (Favrit: all)

 

 

bonus favrits:

“Aqui Para Voces (Brodinski Remix),” Buraka Som Sistema + Deize Tigrona

“Girlfriend,” Phoenix

“Skinny Love,” Bon Iver

“Simultaneously,” MEN

“Party in the USA,” Miley Cyrus

“Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

 

 

•   I LOVE NEON NYE 2010

• Danny Torrence: Unity
  

• Decadance: Bain Mathieu

• Oddyssey: Circus

• Pop Mutant: Sapphir

• Qualité Motel: l'Abreuvoir

• New Year's Eve @ Café Veritas

• 31 DÉCEMBRE AU PARKING NIGHT CLUB

• PARTY DU NOUVEL AN AU MISS VILLERAY

• bye bye 2009: MADO
  

• CARNAVALESQUE: Cirque De Boudoir New Year's Eve

• Saving Grace: Jupiter Room
  

• NYE STAR STRUCK AFTERPARTY: at 2142 Mackay/Sherbrooke

DEC. 26—STEPHAN GRONDIN @ NEW PARKING

DEC 27—Hang your head in shame (Il Motore)

DEC 27—MEC PLUS ULTRA: DIRTY RICH (meh)

DEC 27—DRAMA-KING @ PAR-KING: DJ PETER RAUHOFER

DEC 30—A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Cabaret Mado)

End of year is a the only logical time to support artists. KIDDINGKIDDINGKKIDDING. ANYTIME is the best time. But I wanted to mention a few of my favrits seeing as this is a SLOW NEWS DAY. Unless a celebrity dies again. Please tho—NO MORE, Universe.

coco riot 

Young genderqueer immigrant artist Coco Riot believes that art is not a tool for social change but social change itself.

Coral Short

Filmmaker and performance artist, Coral is a sweet, generous, handsome gal and I'm lucky to call her a friend. Earlier this year, for the Edgy Women festival, she did a piece (Uniporn) with faux horseheads and people-bodies and stroking on a giant glittery pillow.  

Joelle Laramee

Erotic art, medium: paint (oil i think). She's such a nice woman, and talented too. Very flexible, always looking for new models, can do custom pieces.