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Compiled By Jack Nichols k.d. lang reaches an interior nirvana
''I'm really in a great space right now,'' lang said. ''It's a result of
taking some time off and really paying attention to putting my soul back into
place. After 15 years of solid touring and recording I just got a little
discombobulated and my priorities got diffused. After taking the time off
and appreciating my past, I fell in love with my music. I was reinspired.''
''An invincible summer'' That joy is clear on Invincible Summer. The title of the album is inspired by a quote from French philosopher Albert Camus. Lang says the line -- ''In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer'' -- is how she feels about rediscovering her music. Christopher Muther—“After some time down, k.d. lang gets happy”— Boston Globe, August 27 Search for the Lesbian Vagina Women described the vagina in a variety of different ways: the vagina as unimportant in life or identity; the vagina as a crucial element of womanhood; the vagina as sexually insignificant; and the vagina as central to sexual practices. The paper's conclusion is that "the 'lesbian vagina' as a unitary construct with fixed meanings clearly does not exist". Graham Leech—“Existential dilemma”—The Australian, August 25 Survivor's Rudy Got to Know Richard Hatch
Mark Segal—pioneering activist and publisher of Philadelphia Gay News—quoted in the Philadelphia Daily News, August 25 Richard is an Evil Queen: Watch Out World! That is why viewers are drawn to him. His homosexuality has been rendered nearly irrelevant on that tropical microcosm of CBS's Survivor, but in his twisted way Richard has done more for gays than a thousand Wills, with their attendant Graces, could ever do. He has proven what the military and Boy Scouts must on some level have always dreaded, and it is this: The power of one determined gay guy--the archetypal Evil Queen--could collapse a nation. Hank Stueve—“Hard to Beat, Impossible to Avoid”—Washington Post, August 23 Anne's Break Up: The 'After-Story' that Got Around
The occupants of a house in rural California did not recognize the
confused woman on their doorstep, even though they must have seen her in
countless magazines and on television shows.
Perhaps they had even seen her in the movies, but now all they were sure of was that the stumbling stranger had appeared out of nowhere on a hot afternoon in Cantua Creek, 40 miles west of Fresno. So they called the police, who summoned an ambulance, and Anne Heche, until hours earlier half of Hollywood's only publicly acknowledged lesbian couple, was taken to a hospital. Michael Elison, The Guardian—“Anne Heche's Long, Strange Road” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 24 3 Year Old Hates Jesus, Wishes Everyone Was Dead "We locked him in the closet," Mrs. Ruxpin said. "We said, 'Teddy! you are not coming out of this closet until you tell us YOU LOVE JESUS!'" Landover Baptist Church—headlined news story— www.landoverbaptist.org Joni Mitchell & Renaissance Art
Eva Lake—“In Praise of the Renaissance Artist”—Greenwich Village Gazette— www.nycny.com Police Chief: 'We'll Recruit Homosexuals!' Chief Robert Luman agreed that he would begin recruiting homosexuals, said Chani Beeman, co-chairwoman of the Riverside Coalition for Police Accountability. Even if police efforts to recruit gays yield little or no interested applicants, the attempt will encourage gays to trust police more, Beeman said at the meeting, which she helped bring about. "Something has to change," she said. "In the same way they are committed to recruiting people of color, they need to do the same with the gay and lesbian community, because we live here." Tanya Sierra—“Police recruit gays, lesbians”--The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California, August 25 The Human Rights Campaign's TV Ad
Malick told TV Guide, "Any time you can shed light on something that people don't understand, it's a good thing to do." Sanford said, "If I can help draw attention to [gay equality] by my appearance in the spot, then I've done something that I can feel good about." Gould said "the world at large is very closed-minded and extremely prejudiced. ... More and more of us should get involved." Rex Wockner—"The Wockner Wire"--#107--/www.planetout.com/news/wockner/ Hate Crimes in Los Angeles County A sharp upswing in reports of crime targeting gay men and Jews helped push Los Angeles County to an overall increase in reported hate crime last year, the county Human Relations Commission said Wednesday. Mitchell Landsberg—“Attacks on Gays, Jews Mark Rise in Hate Crimes”— The Los Angeles Times, August 24 |
The homophobe got to know Rich and appreciate him…
Coming out gives people the opportunity to know who you
really are. Some of us are good and some of us are bad. We
have the same abilities as everyone else. In this case, Rich, was
the best.
“This is not a renaissance culture," says the great songwriter and artist Joni Mitchell. "This is a culture of specialists." She should know. For decades now Joni Mitchell has written some of the most memorable songs of her generation and inspired many of us to lead an adventurous life. But the reason Ms. Mitchell should know about a renaissance culture is that she is a woman of many accomplishments. Her record covers of her own painting only hinted at her various talents. She has always seen herself as painter who also writes songs.
Wendy Malick 
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