true colors

Oooooooooh! Aren't I fancy? Along with the esteemed Joe.My.God. and Dorothy Surrenders, among others, Ham, Cheese and Wry [sic] has also been selected by the fabulous Cyndi Lauper for a blog shout out to help promote the upcoming True Colors tour.

Sure, Cyndi flubs the title of my blog slightly but whatever, it's Cyndi Lauper and for a brief moment, she was aware of my dopey blog. So, I'll deal.

Check this out:

Here's a bit more information about the True Colors tour:

For the first time ever, music legends and today's hottest artists take the stage for a historical musical event -- Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, Debbie Harry, The Dresden Dolls, The Gossip and The Misshapes with host Margaret Cho join in celebration of the inaugural True Colors concert tour in support of the Human Rights Campaign. This 15 city nationwide tour, presented by Logo, kicks off Gay & Lesbian Pride Month on June 8th at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena. The concerts will feature five hours of nonstop music with other exciting special guests appearing on select dates throughout the tour including Rufus Wainwright, Rosie O'Donnell, Indigo Girls, THE CLIKS and Jeffree Star with additional guests to be announced.

For official tour & ticket information, please visit: truecolorstour.com.

Thanks!

busted!

I was riding a very crowded F train to work this morning. At one point, four people, including myself, were surrounding a pole and clinging for dear life as a new train driver was being broken in... either that or the driver was drunk. The commute this morning was on par with one of the attractions at Six Flags. I felt like raising my arms at times and going, "Wooooooooooooooo!"

But I digress, the gender makeup of this circle was three women and one obviously straight man listening to his iPod. His mp3s are like mine in that the volume fluctuates from song to song. I didn't hear any of the songs he was listening to until late in the ride when the familiar strains of "Do do do do do do do doot do!" hit my ears. As if on cue, the three women surrounding him all looked at each other with the same look, "Dude, he's listening to Duran Duran!" He totally realized that we were on to him at which point he feverishly poked around in his bag to find the iPod and rid himself of "Rio."

I don't judge the man. I just found it surprising is all. I've had many a sing-along to DD, Erasure and the Pet Shop Boys... just never with straight boys. I have my fair share of guilty pleasures. I even labeled them as "Uncharacteristic Cheese" so that I can easily sort them and banish them from my playlist if company is coming over. No one needs to know that I adore Linda Eder's gender-bending rendition of "I, Don Quixote." Damn, I just busted myself.