The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from October 2007

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from October 2007

A new look, a new adventure: you're holding the first complete issue of the new Advocate--an unveiling we've been working toward for many months now.(FROM THE EDITORS)
October 9, 2007... This issue premieres our new graphic look and streamlined new architecture by Luke Hayman, the multi-award-winning former design director of New York magazine. Luke came to us directly after he led the redesign of Time magazine. His partnership...

Bursting the bubble.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 9, 2007... As a gay Palestinian, I was intrigued with your "Jew and Arab in love" cover but appalled by what you chose to publish ["The Boys in the Bubble," September 11]. In this film, everyone, including the Arab costar, is actually an Israeli citizen....

Love boat.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 9, 2007... Thanks for giving Amy Armstong a page in your latest issue [First Person, September 11]. My partner and I have been on two RSVP cruises with her and she is truly one of the "family." A great woman with a big heart, wonderful voice, and wicked...

Oh, Ryan.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 9, 2007... For years I have had a celebrity crush on actor Ryan Reynolds. I mean, can you blame me? So I must take this time to thank The Advocate for your cover story on this charming, sweet, adorable Canadian actor who is obviously a friend to the gay...

The Advocate poll: do you consider yourself a faith-based voter?(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... "I don't believe faith or religion should have any place in politics or government in a nation that is supposed to be based on the separation of church and state." "I would rather have a president who makes choices based on common sense...

Family matters.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 9, 2007... Great issue on adoption and surrogacy ["50 Ways to Adopt a Baby," August 28]. Two clarifications: Same-sex couples can legally adopt in Washington, D.C. (not portrayed on your map) and are guaranteed to be able to adopt in the city of...

Out on the street: we asked a sampling of LGBT people in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, N.C.: "What's your coming-out story?".(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Brad Oaks, 31 programmer "I was 16 and reading a gay magazine article about k.d. lang and how she came out at 17. There was a school-wide assembly on diversity, so I decided to come out in front of my school...

Burn, baby, burn.(CULTURE)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What would possess anyone to live for eight days among 50,000 unwashed strangers in the excessive heat and blinding sandstorms of Nevada's Black Rock Desert? Just one thing: Burning Man. No question, the Burning...

Whole Foods gets fresh: from setting up shop in gayborhoods across the country to donating profits to queer causes, Whole Foods has gone out of its way to make nice with the gays. But for some LGBT customers, the organic grocer's recent takeover of rival Wild Oats has put a black spot on Whole Foods' leafy-green image.(Forward)(lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender)
October 9, 2007... "Given the choice between Whole Foods and the regular supermarket, I would walk the extra two blocks to the regular supermarket," says Zachary Violette, a 24-year-old gay man in Boston. Violette's distaste for Whole Foods may have...

Diversions.(Forward)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There's a new way to waste time at work, and it has nothing to do with Britney Spears. Race for the White House, one of the distractions on DailyFreeGames.com, has you running for office as either Hillary or Barack....

Savage jazz hands.(Forward)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... "We were working on a musical about Jeff Gannon as a whore with a heart of gold, but realized that had a short shelf life," quips composer Andy Monroe, who, along with librettist Michael Zam and lyricist Jack Lechner, is putting the finishing...

Father knows best: in 1978, Jim Ward opened what is considered to have been the nation's first contemporary body-piercing business--the Gauntlet in Los Angeles. His best customer was the late Louis Rove, the gay adoptive father of former Bush "architect" Karl Rove.(SHORT ANSWERS)(Interview)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... When did you first make the connection that Louis Rove was Karl Rove's father? Quite recently, just a couple of weeks ago, when I got an e-mail from a woman at Boingboing[.net]. Considering the obvious disparity there, did it come as a...

The Boom Boom Room.(CLOSED)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... The Boom Boom Room in Laguna Beach, Calif., said to be the oldest gay bar in the western United States, due to its landlord's plans to sell or redevelop the site, September 3. It opened in the Coast Inn hotel in the 1920s, attracting servicemen...

Robert Garlock.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... Robert Garlock, 41, longtime celebrity publicist whose clients included Urea Thurman, Penelope Cruz, and Kate Winslet, of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, September 2, in New York City. He had worked for the powerhouse publicity...

Yolanda Retter.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... Yolanda Retter, 59, activist and self-described lesbian separatist, after a brief illness, August 18, in Los Angeles. She advocated for lesbian inclusion in the early years of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center and helped write or edit...

Cheryl Ann Spector.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... Cheryl Ann Spector, 49, gay activist, of leukemia, September 4, in Washington, D.C. For more than 20 years she was involved with numerous LGBT organizations, including Queer Nation, the Lesbian Avengers, and the Mautner Project, which will...

Everybody out!(Forward)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... In a January 1990 Time magazine article titled "Forcing Gays Out of the Closet," Pulitzer Prize--winning writer William A. Henry III introduced the phenomenon of "outing" to the general public. William Satire responded in The New York Times...

Rants & raves.(Forward)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... "Does the Minneapolis police force look around its members for officers they think might be attractive to gay men? Or do they specifically search out recruits who would make good undercover 'twinks,' 'bears,' and 'silver foxes'?" ...

Paper trail: in this mini excerpt of Nina Garcia's new book, we learn about the Project Runway star's hot daddy.(Forward)(Excerpt)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nina Garcia, the Elle fashion director and Project Runway judge, doesn't conjure up a soft, cuddly image. In her new fashion tome she keeps the feisty voice, but a slightly warmer and more wistful side pokes through:...

Datebook 09.25-10.09.(Forward)(Brief article)(Calendar)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SEPTEMBER 27-29 Out & Equal, advocating for LGBT equality in the workplace, conducts strategy and outreach programs, workshops, and events at its annual Workplace Summit, this year in Washington, D.C....

A tale of two cities: antigay family values defend the girls of the Big Easy and attack the boys of Boise.(COLUMN: ROD & REAL)
October 9, 2007... IF SCHADENFREUDE COULD be compared to a gourmet meal, let's just say the unraveling. of Sen. Larry Craig's political career certainly qualifies as a veritable four-star feast at Le Cirque. Decades of rumors of a closeted lifestyle. A viciously...

Family trauma: when her partner was rushed to the hospital with massive bleeding in the brain from an aneurysm, Janice Langbehn and their three kids weren't allowed to see her until she died.(FIRST PERSON)
October 9, 2007... "YOU ARE IN AN ANTIGAY CITY AND STATE." Those were the words of the social worker at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital as my partner, Lisa, lay dying just steps away in the trauma center, behind locked doors. He punched his code on the keyboard...

Matthew Broderick.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
October 9, 2007... Some 25 years after his breakthrough role as a gay teen in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, Matthew Broderick still has queer appeal. Maybe it's because he and Nathan Lane were Broadway's oddest couple in the musical juggernaut The...

Shooting the messenger: Larry Craig and Merv Griffin couldn't be more different, but the response to media coverage of their sexuality was the same: how dare you? Christopher Lisotta talks to the journalists who became the controversy.(MEDIA)(Dan Popkey, Ray Richmond)(Interview)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A "WITCH HUNT." That's what Idaho senator Larry Craig called the months-long investigation by his hometown paper into rumors of his sexual encounters with men, published August 28 when news broke that the Republican...

You can take it with you: make the most of your overhead bin with these perfect carry-ons.(FAST LANE)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... (1) If you want the ultimate in get-up-and-go, try the LeSportsac Medium Weekender ($88). It's a pared-down, lightweight bag featuring the company's signature wild print. A large open center with four outside pockets makes it easy to spot,...

G-force.(FAST LANE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... It was almost like the 2008 Infiniti G37 was asking me to get in the driver's seat. As our ferry landed on Bainbridge Island, just across Puget Sound from Seattle, our test cars, parked on the deck below, roared to life all at once. Once we hit...

The object of our affection: her husband let us down, she won't support marriage equality, but still we can't stop dreaming about Hillary. Sean Kennedy sits down with the front-runner for the White House and finds out what's keeping the romance alive.(Interview)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I COME FROM a very middleclass background," Hillary Clinton is telling me. "I consider myself to be pretty much a typical American, and I think a lot of people my age and older are really having to think hard....

Lesbian after marriage: Jennifer Baumgardner takes a look at the newest acronym in female sexuality and discovers that what a woman wants changes as she does.(20.)(Essay)
October 9, 2007... DEBORAH ABBOTT WAS SOMEWHAT HAPPILY MARRIED to a nice man with whom she'd created two adorable sons before she realized that the intense rapport with her best friend, Rachel, was the first step toward love and "unbelievably thrilling" sex with...

Coming out ... every October, National Coming Out Day reminds us that the closet is too small a place to live for long. But coming out gay is just one way we announce ourselves to the world. Living openly in the post-gay world means showing off a new gender, a reclaimed religion, your storied past, or true identity.
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ... transgender When transgender performer CANDIS CAYNE first came out as a gay man to her parents, they accepted it, even if Cayne still hadn't. "I wasn't necessarily gay, but that was the community I fell into...

The accidental homo: Project Greenlight star Pete Jones never envisioned his second film as a gay movie, but he managed to make one anyway. Is this progress?(DVD)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PETE JONES HAS A WIFE AND KIDS, and at this moment, he's fidgeting with his wedding band. "Did I have a gay experience or am I gay? Trust me, everyone asks me now," says the director, referring to his...

Art nouveau: one gay writer managed to score a gig traveling the globe to bring the best of the art world to your living room--with both style and a little humor.(TV/ART)(David Keeps )(Interview)
October 9, 2007... David Keeps has your dream job. The out journalist ("way out," he says) and former executive editor of Details magazine is now charismatic host of Art & the City, a new travel-arts program on Ovation TV (premiering October 7, then airing...

Dyke flick: are lesbian love affairs replacing the gay best friend in romantic comedies?(Movie review)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN THE FLASHBACK THAT STARTS Nina's Heavenly Delights, Nina's father is teaching her how to make a perfect dish of chicken shakuti: "No matter what the recipe says," he counsels her, "always follow your heart." If...

DVD picks.(Video recording review)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VALENTINO Rediscovering an Icon of Silent Film FLICKER ALLEY An unprecedented compilation of the silent-film star's unpublished photos as well as audio and film rarities. The "gay icon" like you have...

Don't call it a comeback: Reba McEntire may be down a TV show, but with a little help from her friends, she's back on top of her country game.(Sound recording review)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NO WONDER FAITH HILL PULLED A FACE when Carrie Underwood trumped her for Best Female Vocalist at the 2006 Country Music Association Awards ceremony. In Music City any hint of being past one's prime spells trouble....

Music picks.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
October 9, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANNIE LENNOX Songs of Mass Destruction ARISTA Damn! Someone has been taking her iron supplements. Lennox's latest is robust, red-blooded, and fired up with gospel fervor. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Stop being gross: the closeted man's guide to being outed.(COLUMN: THE WHITE PARTY)
October 9, 2007... ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES of having a book out on store shelves is being contacted by readers. And some of them want advice. Like advice for their life. This makes me think they haven't actually read the book, but whatever. I have opinions for...

Work in progress: business is definitely looking up as more companies line up to give LGBT workers their due.(FROM THE EDITOR)
October 23, 2007... "ARE YOU OUT AT WORK?" Our answers vary wildly depending on where we live and what we do. A majority of us work in offices where we're at least comfortable enough to say, "My partner took the dog to the vet this morning." Of course, much as...

Hero worship.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 23, 2007... Amazing issue and wonderful cover [40th Anniversary Issue, September 25]! I read it from cover to cover immediately. Brought back many memories--both good and bad. The best was Ellen's ovation at the Equality Rocks concert in 2000. It went on...

Who could forget.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 23, 2007... You must have known people were going to write in with comments about how you left somebody off the list. Inevitable. Here's my two cents. I'd have added Perry Watkins and Langston Hughes to the list, as well as Beat poets Allen Ginsberg and...

The advocate poll.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... Are gay bosses more vulnerable to sexual harassment charges than straight bosses? No 41% Yes 48% Unsure 11% How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the September 11 issue of The...

Agreeing to disagree.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 23, 2007... I read with dismay that Advocate readers had voted to honor Elton John as one of the magazine's 40 heroes ["40 Heroes," September 25]. How disappointing that people's memories are so short. I was at least gratified to read the reason for my...

Cartoon character.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
October 23, 2007... Thank you for a great 40th anniversary issue! I was up most of Saturday night enjoying it. Two things really caught my attention. First, the conspicuous absence of our adversaries, about whom far too much ink has been spilled in recent years....

Out on the street.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Montreal: "Who are you rooting for in the U.S. presidential election?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Benjamin Brochu, 24 Waiter "Hillary, definitely. When men are blinded by power, they get more...

Hell no, kitty.(CULTURE)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE PHOTO ABOVE is not from a Karl Lagerfeld fashion show in Asia. Rather, it's a Thai cop demonstrating Bangkok's new punishment for errant officers: girly armbands emblazoned with the Japanese cartoon character...

Reading, writing, cross-dressing.(Forward)
October 23, 2007... As a preschooler, Kyle * would tighten a belt around a long T-shirt and show off his "dress." Other times he'd reimagine a tank top as a snug one-piece. Finally, his mother asked if he wanted a real frock. "He nearly hyperventilated on the...

Think before you speak.(Forward)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... Fielding questions about marriage for gay couples has become part of the job for presidential hopefuls, which makes recent remarks by Republican candidate Fred Thompson all the more puzzling. During an early-September stop in Iowa, Thompson...

Gray gays go green.(Forward)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Quick--name a "green" city. Portland, Ore.? Austin? How about Palm Springs, Calif.? Sure, Palm Springs is "green"--in that golf-courses-coated-with-sprinklers way. But it's about to get an Al Gore--esque stamp...

Mike Rogers, blog activist.(DOSSIER)(Interview)
October 23, 2007... How did a veteran activist who once worked for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force become, according to The Washington Post, "the most feared man" on Capitol Hill? Just ask Larry Craig. Mike Rogers outed the Idaho senator on his Web site,...

By the numbers: presidential cabinet members.(Forward)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... It may seem like members of George W. Bush's cabinet are feverishly jumping ship, but as past presidents prove, there's always been a revolving door to the West Wing. GEORGE W. BUSH Years in office: 6 Cabinet seats: 15 ...

Service-members Legal Defense Network.(APPOINTED)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Aubrey Sarvis, as executive director of Service-members Legal Defense Network, it was announced September 12, in Washington, D.C. A former senior Senate aide and executive vice president of Verizon...

National Stonewall Democrats.(APPOINTED)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... Jon Hoadley, as executive director of National Stonewall Democrats, it was announced September 17, in Washington, D.C. Hoadley previously worked at Gill Action, focusing on state and local legislative and political programs; he is also the...

Brett Somers.(DIED)(Obituary)
October 23, 2007... Brett Somers, 83, of stomach and colon cancer, September 15, at her Connecticut home. In a 25-year career dating back to the 1950s, Somers acted in numerous television shows, including The Odd Couple, starring her husband, Jack Klugman, but she...

Ralph J. Hexter.(MARRIED)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... Ralph J. Hexter, the president of Hampshire College, and his partner, Manfred Kollmeier, it was announced September 18, in Amherst, Mass. The two wed over Labor Day weekend--after more than 27 years as a couple--but waited to reveal the news at...

Rants & raves.(Forward)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... "Oh, my God, I have, like... AIDS."--Paris Hilton, after stepping in a puddle outside a nightclub in Los Angeles, September 16 "They're losers." --HBO's out head of programming, Carolyn Strauss, blasting Hollywood's closeted lesbians...

Paper trail: Jonathan Plummer tries to get the last word with his new novel, Balancing Act--whose plot quite resembles the story of his relationship with ex-wife Terry McMillan.(Forward)(Excerpt)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... Jonathan Plummet became infamous when he married writer Terry McMillan--and when she filed for divorce 6 1/2 years later. The best-selling author, whose novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back was based on their courtship, claimed Plummer hid his...

Datebook 10.09-10.23.(Forward)(Calendar)
October 23, 2007... OCTOBER 9-NOVEMBER 16 According to the press release for Harvey Finklestein's Sock Puppet Showgirls, now at L.A.'s Theatre Asylum, "if you haven't seen sock puppets pole dance, you haven't experienced the true power of the theater." Wiser...

Footwork: the stylish and comfortable way to walk to the water cooler.(FAST LANE)(Buyers guide)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (1) GEOX shoes are all sole. Designed and manufactured in Italy, the entire line of men's and women's leather footwear, including the horseshoe-buckled New Alexa ($140), sports micropores in the rubber outsole. Line...

Big Benz: Mercedes-Benz GL550.(FAST LANE)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With your life full of text messages like GWM (gay white male) and VGL (very good-looking), you might wonder if MBGL stands for My Big Gay Lover. Well, no. It refers to the latest and greatest SUV from Mercedes-Benz:...

My so-called space: one writer dissects the lure of MySpace and develops a deep love of voyeurism.(COLUMN: MINORITY RETORT)
October 23, 2007... AT FIRST I WAS FLATTERED that someone was impersonating me on MySpace with a fake Alec Mapa page. Then it just got creepy. Particularly when the ersatz Gaysian began posting comments on other people's pages like "You're hot!" or "Let's get...

Breaking up, the Gmail way: when her ex's Google searches became intertwined with hers, Jenny Jedeikin finally had had enough.(FIRST PERSON)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT ALL BEGAN WITH ONE E-MAIL. After I stopped speaking to my ex, I wanted to send her an anonymous note. So I opened a Gmail account using what I thought was a cleverly disguised pseudonym: a portion of my last...

Working out: for professional development expert Keith Ferrazzi, career success begins with personal authenticity.(CAREERS)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PAT LOCONTO, THE CEO OF DELOITTE when I worked there early in my career, was my close mentor in those fledgling years. He became my friend too--he even helped me pay for my father's funeral. I was as vulnerable and...

Stormy weather: this fall the CDC reported the greatest spike in the number of teen suicides in 15 years. What does this mean for gay youths?(GEN Q)(Centers for Disease Control)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AT 20, JACOB BRESLOW, a junior at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is thriving. Right now he's part of a field-study program in London, where he's taking part in the United Kingdom's LGBT History Month. "I...

Bobby Cannavale.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
October 23, 2007... He might be best known to gay audiences for his Emmy-winning role as Will's first serious boyfriend, cop Vince D'Angelo, on Will & Grace, but Bobby Cannavale's resume is bedazzled with butch yet queer credits, from Robin Williams's HIV-positive...

Best companies 2007: the good, the bad, and the gay--The Advocate's annual look at the companies that support us.(Table)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CLEARLY CORPORATE AMERICA IS CATCHING ON. This year a record 195 companies earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's annual Corporate Equality Index--a 41% increase over last year's tally. "More companies...

Oh, brother! As a take-charge gay lawyer on Brothers & Sisters, Matthew Rhys wins the verdicts, dates the hunks, and ushers us into network TV's next great era.
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HERE'S A TWIST ON GAY DRAMA: At a burger stand in the heart of West Hollywood, Calif., Matthew Rhys was straight-bashed. Sort of, anyway. "This huge, muscley guy came up to me and went 'gay power!' and sort of...

To lesbians everywhere: XOXO, Michelle Paradise.(TV)(Exes and Ohs)(Television program review)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "IF YOU'VE SEEN ALIAS, YOU BASICALLY KNOW what's going to happen in [our show]," jokes Michelle Paradise, the writer, executive producer, and star of the new lesbian "dramedy" Exes 8: Ohs, premiering on Logo in...

Wicked games: for movie men of a certain age, relationships can be a tricky thing.(Movie review)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SLEUTH DIRECTED BY Kenneth Branagh STARRING Michael Caine and Jude Law STUDIO Sony Pictures classics LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL DIRECTED BY Rodolphe Marconi STARRING Karl Lagerfeld STUDIO Koch Lorber Films THE...

DVD picks.(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STANLEY KUBRICK WARNER HOME VIDEO DIRECTORS SERIES Finally, all of Kubrick's films in one place. This long-awaited boxed set features a newly remastered 2001: A Space Odyssey and special editions of the master's...

Revamp: two '80s musicians return.(Sound recording review)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JOSIE COTTON Invasion of the B-Girls SCRUFFY RECORDS PYLON Gyrate Plus DFA DON'T LET QUENTIN TARANTINO'S ubercool Death Proof soundtrack fool you. Traditionally, the songs in vintage exploitation flicks and...

Koop: Koop Island.(MUSIC PICKS)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] KOOP Koop Island ATLANTIC Mesmerizing sophomore set of jazzy woodwinds, bubbling beats, and cool vocals from this Stockholm duo. Who knew accordion could sound so groovy?

Angle Stone: The Art of Love & War.(MUSIC PICKS)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANGLE STONE The Art of Love & War STAX Sultry. The neosoul songstress digs deeper into her roots, recording at Marvin Gaye's studio and collaborating with R&B vets Betty Wright and James Ingram.

Band of Horses: Cease to Begin.(MUSIC PICKS)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BAND OF HORSES Cease to Begin SUB POP Critically lauded alt-rockers, now pared down to a trio, regroup with a second set of expansive guitar epics and a slightly more accessible vibe.

Vanessa Carlton: Heroes & Thieves.(MUSIC PICKS)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VANESSA CARLTON Heroes & Thieves THE INC. "A Thousand Miles" chanteuse infuses striking vocal performances and virtuoso piano turns with Latin and urban rhythms for her third full-length. [ILLUSTRATION...

Beirut: The Flying Club Cup.(MUSIC PICKS)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... BEIRUT The Flying Club Cup BA DA BING Twenty-one-year-old Zach Condon--assisted by Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy--swaps the Balkan grooves of his debut for these lovely vignettes inspired by sojourns in France.

Happy birthday to us.(BACK PAGE)(Brief article)
October 23, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] All the stars turn out as The Advocate turns 40 01: James Marsden, Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, and Elijah Kelley 02: Ian Roberts 03: Jonathan Plummet, guest, Maurice Jamal, Mauricio Sanchez, and Brandon...