There is more of a jazz/folk feel to this album, and it quickly shows Ani’s comfort and strength in mixing up the genres. Ani doesn’t steer away from her political views in the clever “Alla This” and the wonderfully brilliant acoustic song “The Atom”, while dealing with her self image while embracing her new daughter in “Present/Infant.” “Landing Gear” focuses more on Ani’s motherhood, and the song could easily be called “look at how much the world loves you” which is the centerpiece of the lyrics. Ani is appreciating her happiness and the simple things in life in “Smiling Underneath.”

Enrique Iglesias success as one of the decades’ biggest stars with worldwide sales of over 40 million copies, 9 platinum or multi-platinum CDs, 19 #1 Billboard Latin hits, more than any other artist in the chart’s history, and over a half dozen top 10 singles on the Billboard Top 100 makes him overdue for a Greatest Hits album, don’t you think? In this 17-song collection, Enrique has two new songs among a catalogue of successful hits such as former #1s “Be With You” and “Hero”, as well as my favorite, “Escape,” the danceable Latin hipshaking, “Bailamos,” and “Rhythm Devine.”

We’ve been all about Lady Gaga since the beginning of the year when we covered her (Soundfematic: Lady Gaga). Like the rest of the world, we are still all about Lady Gaga. “Just Dance” (featuring Colby O’Donis) has been remixed and sitting nice and pretty as a successful dance hit for this gorgeous, theatre-driven, exhibitionist, multi-talented singer/songwriter DIYer.

Ariel Aparicio, openly gay singer/songwriter, is unapologetic rock and roll, fun, gorgeous and brilliant. All These Brilliant Things is an epic autobiography of a life spent in the spirit of true rock and roll, and a requiem mass for a lifetime of confusion and chaos now being pulled into focus and set adrift.

I consider myself a casual Sarah Brightman fan. I could identify her talented soprano voice if I heard it, and I associated it with Broadway music. It seemed only natural that Brightman would release a majestic new Christmas album, A Winter Symphony.

Thank you to all our readers, friends, supporters, activists and fellow LGBTQ media from around the world. We are grateful for you as we continue to grow and our upcoming first event of 2009 on January 23, 2009 in Wilmington, NC at The Soapbox!

A special thank you to my dedicated staff:

-Sean Oakley

-Shannon Smith

-Lynn Casper

-Chardon Moore

-Michael Weaver, Jr.

-Missy Rhodes

Our regular contributing writers:

- Kimberly Wilson

- Arthur D. Wright

- Dr. Patrick Mahaney

- Darlene Arden

- Christi Preddy

- Karl Hampe

- Raven Usher

- Jarko De Witte van Leeuwen

With special thanks to our extended family at SoulGarden.TV, The V Radio, Tristan Renteria, Kim Dicso, and Sirius OutQ’s OutQ In The Morning. We love you, we support you and are grateful for all the encouragement you’ve given us in our year and counting.

Sincerely,
Bambi Weavil

CEO/Publisher of Out Impact, Inc.

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Wake UP!: Progressive Punditry and Action Alerts for the Apathetic Advocate

Dear Obama Supporters, Obama Fanatics, Obama Devotees, and Obama Girl:

Thank you. Your hard work payed off. Obama won, and we don’t have to worry about Alaska’s favorite hockey mom making moose chili of our Constitution. Give yourselves a big, hearty pat on the back.

Now, get over it.

If you thought your work was done, all those long hours volunteering in the heat and cold and rain and snow for the past two years…well, you were wrong. That was only the beginning… that was the fun part. When you were marching through the snow, arguing with your friends and families, persuading people to vote for your guy, you had the momentum of excitement behind you. You had the spirit of conviction, the hot passion of hope running through your veins like whiskey. It was intoxicating.

To Read More: Wake Up!: An Open Letter to Obama Fanatics

Anjulie’s debut album for Hear Music doesn’t arrive until Spring 2009, however her 3-song digital only EP, “The Boom EP” is a great taste of creatively fearless and beautiful singer/songwriter, Anjulie. Anjulie was born to immigrant parents from Guyana and raised in Toronto, with a music a steady passion in her life. Anjulie has been honing her craft and writing songs since she was a teen.

William Control is the side project of Wil Francis of the Seattle based post-hardcore band, Aiden. The album, Hate Culture, is a collection of Francis’ techno-industrial, new wave, Depeche Mode-influenced songs. The album serves as Francis’ form of self medication as it’s packed with dark songs full of suicide references, desperation and depression, are just a few of the reoccurring themes to be found on Hate Culture.

Queers for Economic Justice & The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
present the
THINK! QUEER Series:

PRICE TAGGED:
The LGBTQ Community, Economic Crisis & the Obama Administration

Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 6:30PM-9PM

Worried About the Future of Housing, Healthcare, & The Wealth Divide?
What does the Wall Street crisis mean for queers?
How will a new president in the White House affect these issues?
Leading Queer Organizers & Advocates Discuss
the “Bread & Butter” Issues Impacting Our Community

Confirmed panelists include:
Richard Kim, The Nation
Rebecca Fox, National Coalition on LGBT Health
Lionel Ouellette & Andra Horgan, CHANGER: Justice for Homeowners
Laura Redman, National Center on Law and Economic Justice
Amaad Rivera, United for a Fair Economy

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
6:30 – 9:00PM
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street (Between 7th & 8th Avenues), New York, NY
Free and Open to the Public | Refreshments will be served

For more information, contact Kenyon Farrow at 212.564.3608 ext.15 or kenyon@q4ej.org
www.q4ej.org || www.gaycenter.org