B-52s, Cyndi Lauper To Play For Gay and Lesbian Pride Month

by Paul Cashmere - March 6 2008

B-52s, Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O'Donnell have been named as the entertainers to kick off Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in Boston in May.

Lauper and the B-52s will then lap America on the True Colors tour and along the way bring in special guests Indigo Girls, Joan Armatrading, Regina Spekor, Tegan and Sara, Wanda Sykes, Nona Hendryx, Deborah Cox and The Cliks for select dates.

The tour is Cyndi Lauper's idea. "I'm so excited and honored that we're taking True Colors out on the road again this year," said Lauper in a statement. "We had a blast last year and we are proud that the tour also brought about visibility and discussions of issues that LGBT citizens face in our country today. This year I am once again joined on the tour by an array of incredibly talented artists. The tour is a non stop 5 hour music party with a message. This year the party only gets bigger and our message to the fans is to get out and vote in November. The True Colors Tour asks for equality for all, not just for some, that is the principal upon which this country was founded. So let's celebrate and have fun this summer while we spread the word to get out the vote and all become a part of the changes in this country."

"True Colors is a good way to get out the vote," said The B-52s' Fred Schneider, "and get out of the house and party!"

The tour is designed to generate financial support for the Stonewall Community Foundation, a non-profit organization. Lauper's True Colors Fund will receive $1 from every ticket sold for the charity.

Stonewall was founded in 1990 for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

The tour will end in Morrison, Colorado on July

Well I hope they come to NOLA because I certainly would love my dollars to go to such a great cause!

Hey Bear and anyone interested in the beats.
THIS IS A FIND!!!!

Jack be nimble

This is my first English luv's painting of him and others..I've posted it before but what the heck....I think he's grand.... He was a ruggedly handsome guy he was.... Reminds me of James Dean who was actually prettier.
So was England

Psh ........can we see some of your art please??



Dazzleart

Ok - I'm bored! I thought it would be fun to do a "getting to know you" list of favorites:

Here's my faves:.

Food: Watermelon
TV show on the air: Lost or The Office
TV show off the air: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Song: Touched by VAST
Album: Abby Road
Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Actor/dead: Laurence Olivier
Actor/alive: Christian Bale
Actress/dead: Katherine Hepburn
Actress/alive: Kate Winslet
Movie: Alien or Philadelphia Story
Candy: Mallow Cup
Color: Cerulean
Holiday: Halloween
Age: 26
Cheese: Camembert
Time of day: 12:00 a.m.
First sweetheart: Michael Bottaro
Top Chef Contestant: Sam - Season 2
Sport: Football
Cocktail: Vodka (dirty) martini or champagne
Dessert: Godiva chocolate cheesecake
Song to sing in the shower: Paper Moon
Season: Fall
Project Runway Contestant: Andre or Austin Scarlett
Pizza Place: Pepe's in New Haven, CT

There ~ I can't think of anymore right now.

What are your faves?

Ow I likey.....I like your likes .....May I steal them???
I'll get back to ya!.....This could take awhile.

I'll have to answer with 5 things for each!!!

Steal away... and make up some new ones too!

I haven't painted in years...And my last line drawings can hardly be displayed here... ...

Yes. I do.

I never thought of Rock and Roll as being about conventional talent. It's about ideas and passion. That's why The Sex Pistols rule, and Yes suck.

I saw the 52's at CBGB's about six months before the album came out and the joint was full of that"New York, jaded, f*ck you" attitude. By the end of their set people were dancing on the tables. It was awesome.

Food: New York Strip ( black and blue)
TV show on the air: Lost or Heroes
TV show off the air: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Song: Like a Rolling Stone
Album: Blonde on Blonde
Book: A Boy's Own Story - Edmund White
Actor/dead: Marlon Brando
Actor/alive: Robert Downey Jr.
Actress/dead: Bette Davis
Actress/alive: Mary Louise Parker
Movie: Citizen Kane or Nashville
Candy: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Color: Pink
Holiday: July 4th
Age: 51
Cheese: Bleu Cheese
Time of day: 4:00 a.m.
First sweetheart: Either Darlene Costa or Patrick Minietta
Top Chef Contestant: Frank - season 2
Sport: Baseball
Cocktail: Dry Martini
Dessert: New York Cheesecake
Song to sing in the shower: These Foolish Things
Season: Spring
Project Runway Contestant: Jay McCarroll
Pizza Place: Pizzaria Paradiso

Ooooo, another Buffy fan!
4:00 a.m.???

P.S. Age: is suppose to be your favorite age, so far.

Nope, haven't seen "Beyond the Sea" Is it rentable? I like the old stuff. And yes I love Kevin Spacey. Love him in "The Ref", but absolutely adored him in "The Midnight Garden of Good and Evil" Was mesmorrized by the whole movie, but especially him.

Forgive my spelling, tried to run Spellcheck, but it didn't work

It was released in 2004 and it is a must see if you are a Spacey fan. He directed and co-wrote the screen play as well as performing his own vocals and dance. You can (and should ) rent it.

Thanks,, KK, was gone all day yesterday for my mom's 81stBD party, didn't get home till late and didn't see your post till this am. Again! you all are such great help. I knew I could count on ya!! Wow, just visited site. Can't believe the stats. Hope Iraq doesn't end up another Nam.

Food: Ahi Tuna
TV show on the air: 24 (but really only the first 2 seasons)
TV show off the air: X Files
Song: Galileo
Album: Ballads, Blues and Big Bands (Nancy Wilson)
Book: A Prayer For Owen Meany – John Irving
Actor/dead: Gregory Peck/Laurence Olivier
Actor/alive: Kevin Spacey/Edward Norton/Alan Rickman/Stanley Tucci
Actress/dead: Marlene Dietrich
Actress/alive: Judi Dench/Maggie Smith/Charlize Theron
Movie: Amadeus/Beautiful Thing
Candy: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Color: Purple
Holiday: Halloween
Age: 39
Cheese: Extra Sharp Cheddar
Time of day: sunrise
First sweetheart: Donna Hazen/David Dempsey
Top Chef Contestant: Sam Talbot - season 2
Sport: women’s basketball
Cocktail: White Russian
Dessert: Sweet Potato Pie
Song to sing in the shower: Hope Alone
Season: Spring
Project Runway Contestant: don’t watch
Pizza Place: ???

Wasn't going to do this (too hard to narrow down), but—
Food: Pasta
TV show on the air: Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (UK original)
TV show off the air: The Adventures of Robin Hood (with Richard Greene)
Song: "Here Comes the Sun"
Album: Tommy (the original), The Who
Book: Vanity Fair, Thackeray
Actor/dead: Basil Rathbone/Richard Greene
Actor/alive: Alan Rickman/Tom Conti/David McCallum
Actress/dead: Katharine Hepburn
Actress/alive: Judi Dench/Helen Mirren/Glenn Close
Movie: Bedazzled (the original)/A Night to Remember
Candy: Mercken's Dark Chocolate Buttons
Color: Green
Holiday: Purim
Age: Mine: 56/Favorite: 31
Cheese: Parrano
Time of day: Late afternoon
First sweetheart: Lee N
Top Chef Contestant: Dave Martin
Sport: Tennis
Cocktail: Brandy Alexander
Dessert: Boston Cream Pie
Song to sing in the shower: "Czardas" from Die Fledermaus
Season: Autumn
Project Runway Contestant: Nick Verreos/Chris March
Pizza Place: Frankie and Johnny's in the Bronx (no longer in existence, but my childhood favorite)

Food: Lasagna
TV show current: House
TV show Off air: Startrek - original
Song: Thank you, Led Zeppelin
Album: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Book: Anything by Mary Higgins Clark
Actor Dead: Clark Gable/Humphrey Bogart
Actor Alive: Sean Connery
Actress Dead: She played Melanie in Gone with Wind: Having brain fart can't remember her name.
Actress Alive:Rene Zellweiger (sp)
Movie: Gone with the Wind/Dr. Zivago(sp)
Candy: Snickers
Color: Purple
Holiday: My birthday
Age: 53
Cheese: Anything melted, don't like cold cheese
Time of Day: Dawn
First Sweetheart: Jim Brown
TC Contestant: Sam S2
Sport: Trap & Skeet Shooting
Cocktail: Between the Sheets
Dessert: Pumpkin Pike/Turtle Cheesecake
Song in Shower: Landside -Fleetwood Mac
Season: Fall
PR Contestant : Laura Bennet
Pizza Place: Chester's Hamilton, OH
Favorite Soda: Pepsi when it was in a bottle
Favorite Place in the whole world: Hurricane Pass - Grand Teton NP

Olivia de Havilland - love her, too!

Thanx for your input. It would have driven me crazy until I came up with it.

Also a gorgeous Maid Marian in the Errol Flynn Adventures of Robin Hood.

He was soooooo good wasn't he???
Amazing...... I never knew he could sing and dance......You can youtube a lot of scenes till you can rent it.

Here's some from it and the real Bobby..sigh


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9P8pnVyIOs



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABRFrxTDENM




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Vwk2AaYd8



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh4lkcjGHDk



Bobby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6TSslhd9pk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBTITHA8twI&NR=1



I had SUCH a crush on him when I was little.
I wasn't even born when he first started out.
I knew him later on the color TV lol
But even then.......... I loved the music.
Swoooon.......those lips

He was such a cool dude.
So suave and hip... His life is a sad story too.

I have a serious obsession with this movie lol

Well, I've been wrapped up in the kidlet's taiko drum group, they performed Saturday and did really well! Now, I'm recovered from all the activity, so here goes:

Food: homemade bread with homemade soup...especially if it's been made by my friend Mikee, she rocks as a soup-bread chef!!
TV show current: NCIS
TV show Off air: varies, always a sci-fi though
Song: How ‘bout you by Kelly Sweet
Album: Pirates of the Caribean, At World’s End/followed by Lorenna McKennit Live in Paris and Toronto
Book: Memory and Dream by Charles DeLint (and almost anything else he writes!)
Actor Dead: Humphrey Bogart
Actor Alive: Harrison Ford
Actress Dead: Madeline Kahn
Actress Alive: not sure I have a favorite right now
Movie: The Maltese Falcon
Candy: Hershey milk chocolate bar
Color: Lavenders and blues
Holiday: Halloween (Followed by Talk Like A Pirate Day!)
Age: 54
Cheese: love em all!
Time of Day: Sunset
First Sweetheart: James whats-is-name who played bass clarinet with me in band my freshman year!
TC Contestant: Lee Ann
Sport: swimming
Cocktail: rose' spritzer
Dessert: Macaroni grill’s chocolate birthday cake!
Song in Shower: Raincoat by Kelly Sweett
Season: Fall
PR Contestant : Andre
Pizza Place: Pernicano’s in La Jolla…..my Uncle Johnny’s place, we don’t get there often enough though.
Favorite Soda: chocolate cherry diet Dr. Pepper
Favorite Place in the whole world: the Meditation Gardens at the Encinitas Self realization center, especially the ocean overlook and the coy ponds.

Food: Tie-King Crab/Scallops
TV show on the air: Lost or Heroes
TV show off the air: Soap
Song: Helter Skelter
Album: Achtung Baby
Book: Swan's Song-Robert McGammon
Actor/dead: Marlon Brando
Actor/alive: Tie-Johnny Depp/John Cusack
Actress/dead: Katherine Hepburn
Actress/alive: Joan Allen
Movie: Citizen Kane or Cabaret
Candy: Hershey's w/almonds
Color: Green
Holiday: Any one they actually give us the day off on, and that ain't many
Age: 46
Cheese: Smoked Provolone
Time of day: 7:30pm, dinner and homework done and have the boys bathed and hanging w/me
First sweetheart: Ernesto Rodriguez
Top Chef Contestant: Dale -S3
Sport: Baseball (agreed if I had to choose one)
Cocktail: Really spicy bloody mary
Dessert: Turtle brownie
Song to sing in the shower: Grade Nine, Barenaked Ladies
Season: Spring
Project Runway Contestant: Don't have one
Pizza Place: Vic's
Favorite Soda: I am a pepper
Place Place in the Whole World: Not that well traveled. Favorite place I've been to, Montego Bay. Beautiful.

ITA re: The Ref. I peed my pants watching that movie. It was an unexpected delight.

I cannot help but to get into a dancey-prancey mood when I hear the B-52's. My 7 year old thinks they're a great "new" band We're working on that... Thankfully she has Mom's appreciation for music. I love so many forms that I can't make a cohesive list. It's a lot of fun to see my daughter "rock out" to Violent Femmes OR Doc Watson

How much do I suck. I didn't know that she had died. - Give me a moment. I am going to cry and cry.

Madeline Kahn died in 1999 of ovarian cancer. She had been diagnosed while working of The Cosby Show and worked until she passed away in December of 1999.

Me Brooks said she was one of the funniest people he had ever worked with. She was so good, in fact. that she triumphed, even, in bad films like Bogdanovich's "At Long Last Love". When I feel blue all I have to do is put on "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", "History of the World Part I" or, especially, "Paper Moon", and I feel better.

She was a treasure.

Awww honey I hate when I get shocked like that.
It happens to me and I go .........WHAT???
She was a treasure Bear...I only watched that last Cosby show because of her...Here's one I had never seen..She was gloriously..... seriously talented.
And a wonderful person I have read.

She sings Sondheim....Sigh!~


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bujg9erFH48

Food: Party Chicken
TV Show on the Air: Pushing Daisies
TV Show Off the Air: Homicide
Song: I gotta pick one?? Shite... uhhhh... "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good" -- Don Williams (don't knock it 'til ya try it)
Album: Audioslave -- Self titled from 2002
Book: Pebble in The Sky -- Isaac Asimov
Actor dead: John Candy
Actor alive: Actor59
Actress dead: Jessica Tandy (and ditto on Hepburn, she's penultimate)
Actress alive: Judi Dench
Movie: Fried Green Tomatoes frustrated at choosing one, tho
Candy: Godiva dark chocolate key lime truffles omg
Color: uh... yes, with Crayolas (mocha brown)
Holiday: Christmas at Dad's
Age: Very well I think
Cheese: CHEESE!!!!!!!! bleu? cheddar? havarti? swiss? gouda? sigh... heaven
Time of Day: not close enough to quittin' time
First sweetheart: Marc Desaulnier
TC contestant: Dale S3
Sport: sex (you asked)
Cocktail: no. Maker's Mark double shot. yes.
Dessert: Dark Side of the Moon chocolate cake
Song to sing in the shower: Byow chicka wow-wow
Season: definitely Fall
PR contestant: Chris March
Pizza place: Joe Bologna's in Lexington, KY

OK. I answered yours... will you answer mine? Gonna post 2 questions later... not a lot of thought involved

"Flames! Burning, heaving, breathless - from the sides of my face."

I am sooo sad right now!

I'm getting to the faves things as I am going to steal all of your best work.

I'm watching Bull Durham..it was on TV before but I just put the DVD in.... and I thought how much I love this quote..... And then I thought of how many quotes I cherish from movies...I'm a notorious stealer of words ...I get my best material that way

Here's 4 that come to mind right now that
I LOVE.... There are millions more. Share please.
Hey we can multi task.


Kevin Costner to Susan Sarandon.....swooon....."Bull Durham"
Crash Davis: Well, I believe in the soul, the c&ck, the p%ssy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.





Nicholas Cage to Cher...."Moonstruck" Ronny Cammareri: Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die. The storybooks are [expletive deleted]. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and get in my bed!




Susan Sarandon to Richard Gere in "Shall We Dance" We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness'."






Jack Nicholson to Helen Hunt in......."As Good As It Gets"
Melvin Udall: I might be the only person on the face of the earth that knows you're the greatest woman on earth. I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and how you are with Spencer, "Spence," and in every single thought that you have, and how you say what you mean, and how you almost always mean something that's all about being straight and good. I think most people miss that about you, and I watch them, wondering how they can watch you bring their food, and clear their tables and never get that they just met the greatest woman alive. And the fact that I get it makes me feel good, about me.

You are gonna' make me cry
HUGS sweets.

The problem with making lists is you look back and think..."wait, what I really like is..."

For instance, I put Reese's PB cups down as my favorite candy, but right now it's Jones Carbonated Cream Soda Candy.

I noted Jay McCarroll as my fave PR designer, cause that's what I do, but I like Chris March just as well.

I put down a dry Martini as my favorite cocktail, but Wild Turkey, on the rocks, is what I drank, when I did drink.

"Singin' in the Rain" is a movie that I treasure as much as "Citizen Kane" and "Nashville".

And, finally, I put Edmund White's "A Boy's Own Story" down as my favorite book, but that's neck and neck with "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon.

One last thing, why does it have to be actors, dead or living? That's the great thing about movies. These people can live forever in your mind.

OK. I need some help. I won't be so stupidly brash as our jerk of a couple days ago that posted its statement and then sat back to observe the responses for its Sociology report. I need answers to 2 questions for my Statistics project. Don't answer if you don't want to. No names will be included in the paper... just responses. For those who have already responded I truly appreciate it. If I get an "A" I will share it with the board. Drinks all around!

1) How many times per month do you shop for groceries?

2) At checkout... do you prefer the conventional lanes, express lanes, or the self check out lanes?

My other alternative was to do this in a mall and I hate being accosted by them when I shop. Please, forgive the intrusion but thanks so much for the help!

1) I shop for big items about 6 times a month, as I have a 12 year old, and he Hoovers food. I also have a large group of friends who will invite themselves to dinner at my house, cause they know I love to entertain. Having food at my ready is essential.

2) For big orders I want someone to check me out. If I have 5 or 6 items I use self check out.

Thanks very much, Bear.
I understand the Hoovering... my daughter will never allow a fruit or veg to spoil. We once picked 18 pounds of strawberries for jelly and she ate 12... in 3 hours.
I love the "do it your own dang self" check out lines. I like the new ones with the conveyor belt and daughter loves to bag them herself. Mommys little helper.
I like having a convo with the checkers, too though. I like making them smile when they are obviously having a horrible Saturday. It's my lot in life.

When we lived In New York, and Drew was in law school, I worked two jobs, and one of them was as a cashier at a Grocery store.

I was one of those chatty cashiers, and, once, the floor person told me I was talking too much. I told the customers that day that I wasn't allowed to talk to them, they went to the GM, and I was called in to be told that I could talk as much as I wanted, as long as the customers continued giving me praise.

I'm sure it's a shock to youse folks that I talked that much, eh?

LOL! Only if you work at the registrar's office! They got my money.

LMFAO! Yes... uhhh... a complete shock... totally blind sided!
I got in trouble for that at Parts America... but I got more sales because I listened. My favorite parting gift.. 2 O's tickets for a Yanks double header, a good bottle of wine, and the customer telling my manager he was a dumb j/a for letting me resign. life is good

My answers are in red. Good Luck!

Thank you very much, Hyacinth!
15 times, huh? Guess you must keep foods fresh for your candle light soireés!

O.K. Parts Jen usually dose the shopping but we atleast go 4 times a month for the big stuff..... if you mean small things like cigs and beer or soda etc? Everyday of the month lucky for us there is a corner store right across the street...

We don't have self check out lanes here in NOLA but we did use them for our short stay in texas after Katrina. So we use the regular check out lanes unless it is under 10 items....lol

Oh and Parts thank you for saying I was your Fav Actor still alive....

I film this Friday for my part in 12 Rounds hopefully y'all will like the charecture...

Thanks so much for answering! Didn't think about the every days... I do that too.


You are most welcome, sweets. Thought you'd get a kick outta that. I'm really excited to see what you do with your part. Never knew any actors and I'm honored to know you! Break a leg! (not really.. you know...)

Here's one to add for "Your Faves"
What is your favorite one hit wonder?

Mine is, "Don't Pull Your Love", by Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds

Thank you very much, Chucole! You guys are great.
I really hate doing surveys.
My self-comfort is that I'm not questioning people in a mall that are trying to get to the bathrooms!

My Sherona -- The Knack

Well you can see some of my recent work on YouTube I have 2 at the moment Reciprocity I'm the the guy with the Gun...lol and Jack and The Dead Girl I play the senator I'm the guy with the beard and have the John Travolta Hair cut from Pulp Fiction... lol There are 6 scenes from that movie I think I'm in 4... check it out if ya want.

For the role of Phil in 12 Rounds I play a plumber and look like an old Hippie.... Have to go too a costume fitting in the morning getting nervous as usual....

But still after all of these years it is still fun to get payed to play...