FOF #1032 – Kristine W and the Power of Music
Kristine W, one of the top five dance artists in the country plays some of her hit songs acoustically and takes a look at her career in music, surviving cancer and beauty pageant contestants.
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We’re very excited to have in the home studio the award winning, chart topping dance diva- Kristine W.
With thirteen No. 1 Billboard Dance hits, Kristine is one of the top 5 dance artists in the country alongside with Madonna, Janet Jackson, Donna Summer, and Mariah Carey. After listening to her latest single “Be Alright” I’m convinced this song might be a chart topping hit for this fierce musician.
Kristine began her career representing the state of Washington in the Miss America pageant. The scholarship she earned as Miss Washington gave her the opportunity to study music.
After college she launched her music career in Las Vegas and has performed more times in the Las Vegas Hilton than anyone– including the King of Rock-n-Roll, Elvis Presley.
She survived leukemia and is making a fierce return with her new album on her new label- The Power of Music.
Listen to today’s live music session with Kristine with never before heard acoustic versions of her chart topping hits. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed taping it! Judging from her amazing vocals and musical prowess, could an all-acoustic album of her greatest hits be in the works?
Plus we have questions from you the listeners through Facebook and a surprise text messages from DJ Ralphie Rosario who remixed some of Krisitne’s music.
You can catch Kristine W in Milwaukee on Sept. 5 for the closing of the gay softball world series, Sept 11 in Atlanta for Pearl Day and in Chicago on Sept 12th for the TPAN (Test Positive Aware Network) “Aware Affair: Ultra Lounge.”
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FOF #813 – Market Days Preview
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It just might be the gayest event in the whole midwest.
On today’s show Jason Heidemann, the Gay & Lesbian editor for Time Out Chicago talks about Northalsted Market Days, the largest and gayest street festival in the Midwest.
Jason describes the month of June and all the Pride events surrounding it as Thanksgiving with your family which is fun but a time of reflection and thanks for all we’ve achieved.
But Northalsted Market Days is simply one giant gay party with no agenda except to have a good time. In many ways, Market Days is the party we all want to have after the Pride Parade is over but have nowhere to go and often have to work the next day.
Listen as we give you the inside scoop on what to see, what to do and who to do this weekend as over 200,000 people gather to hang out in the gorgeous Lakeview area and feast on street food, drink in public and enjoy the tinny sound of 80s has-been bands like Expose!
One perennial favorite of the street fair is the Steamworks booth which is more like a mini-mall featuring an eclectic mix of staff, porn stars and local residents playing twister for kitchsy prizes. I’m definitively not as limber as some of these famous adult actors, but it sure is fun to “lose” in this game, if you consider losing as lying under a pile of handsome men.
Some men like a challenge, I don’t.
Be sure to keep an eye out on our flickr photo gallery for pics of guys (and gals) kissing each other with joyful bliss. It’s always a hit with the online photo bloggers.
One thing thing that everyone loves to talk about to this day is the phallic, awkward pylons that anchor the Halsted Street area between Addison and Belmont as the official “gay” area of Chicago. When they were first erected, many people thought they were odd, ugly and way too gay, but over the years I’ve grown to like them a lot and embrace their quirky, rocket like presence looming over us like trees in Lord of the Rings.
If these pylons could talk!
By the way, kudos for Time Out Chicago for making their whole issue go gay. It looks fabulous, especially the cover of the handsome young blond man spraying us with his hose and cooling us from the summer heat.
We’re hoping to do interviews from the Mark Twain Hotel in San Francisco and plan on getting as many of the folks from Trannyshack on the show in person, talking about the queer legacy of San Francisco, Harvey Milk, the Coquettes and what it means to the rest of the world. But, we need your support to help make it happen. It’s just around the corner so please give a helping hand.
We’re trying to raise approximately $2820.00 in the next two weeks to cover the costs of the trip and repair our recording equipment to make it happen. Will you help?
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