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award under his belt he says, “T he biggest
change for me is that a lot of booking agents
had really hesitated to send me to the most
rural rooms, like Medford and Coos Bay....
I’ve been getting more work— lots more
work.”
Portland-area audiences will be able to
catch Bradley performing his one-man
show Fixed and Confused: Social Work in
Animal Shelters, or Dairy Farming in a Lac -
tose Intolerant World during its second run
on Fridays and Saturdays, Jan. 23
through Feb. 20, at the Back Door T h e­
ater, 4321 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. Tick­
ets are available on a sliding scale from
$6-$15. For more information about
the performance or to purchase tick­
ets, call 236-6948.
are in a traditionally redneck field like coun­
try music. It’s easy to feel alone and ostra­
cized. This organization is being formed to let
artists know that they’re not alone and that
there are people out there that appreciate
and enjoy their talents.”
For more information about the LGCM A,
call (415) 922-7936, or write to P.O. Box
14151, San Francisco, C A 94114.
Pow! Crash! Boom!
Portland Lesbian
Choir is IVifigr-ing it
Sonia
[he sound of Sonia
esbian Über-musician Sonia Rutstein, for­
merly of disappear fear, will grace Portland’s
»Snake & Weasel on Thursday, Jan. 14.
Rutstein’s current tour coincides with the
lease of her new solo album, Almost
hocolate. Adding to that feather in her cap,
utstein won the Gay/Lesbian American
usic Awards honors as 1998’s Best Out Song-
riter.
Admission for the Jan. 14 show is $10 in
dvance (Fastixx) or $12 at the door. Snake &
easel is located at 1720 S.E. 12th Ave. For
ore information, call 232-8338.
udos widens horizons
or queer comic
ill Bradley, who bills himself as “an ordi­
nary, working-class, postmodern, perma-
cultural, Oregonian eco-queer revolu-
t onary feminist witch com ic of not very dark
color,” is the proud winner of the 1998 Port-
| ind Stand-Up Comedy Competition. To the
st of his knowledge, Bradley is the first out
eer person to win the monthlong competí­
an that— under a series of official
onikers— has been waged in Portland com-
y clubs for more than a decade.
Bradley recalls that his bisexual orienta-
on paired with his leftist sensibilities once
ft lots of venues out of reach. W ith this new
he Portland Lesbian Choir is set
to fly through its 12th season
with its kickoff concert Taking
Wing. As well as presenting a series of songs
chosen to “lift the spirit and celebrate life’s tri­
umphs,” PLC will present Teri Beemer, who’ll
be moving into the role of PLC director.
The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. at Port­
land’s Trinity United Methodist Church,
3915 S.E. Steele St. Admission is $12. The site
is wheelchair accessible, and free child care is
available. The PLC will end the concert with a
party and dance. For more information, call
241 -8994 or visit the choir’s Web site,
geocities.com/WestHollywood/5912.
Doug Stevens of Doug Stevens & The Out-
band.
"Country music is the most popular music
in the U.S. It only makes sense that it is also
the most popular music among gays and les­
bians,” says Stevens.
Jeff Miller adds: “It takes a lot of guts to
be open and honest about who and what you
| l, tep aside, Batman. Make way for Outlaw,
. . . Lucifyr and the Fabulons. These new
. ? super heroes— the last lesbian on Earth, a
radical gay avenger, and shape-shifting “she-
males,” respectively— made their official debut
Jan. 1 with the launch of Queer Nation: The
Online Gay Comic.
The action starts after Earth’s near miss
with a comet and the mysterious vanishing of
all the planet’s lesbians, except for Outlaw. She
teams up with the other super heroes to battle
the forces of right-wing U.S. President Pat.
The new comic is the product of former
Marvel Comics editor Chris Cooper and John
Dennis, a professional comic book artist. For
mature themes, profanity, sex and violence—
but no pornography, Q ueer Nation's creators
insist— visit www.queemation.com. The story
is scheduled to be updated weekly.
■ Com piled by W ill O ’B ryan
Can’t hold a candle
to Elton John’s money
ueer crooner Elton John brought home
the bacon in 1998, the Associated Press
reports.
John was the top U.S. concert draw
for 1998, racking up $46.2 million in ticket
sales. It was the first year John earned the dis­
tinction, which was attributed to his
reworked version of “Candle in the Wind,”
which he sang at Princess Diana’s funeral.
Swing your partner
ontinuing efforts to illustrate that “we are
everywhere,” queer country music artists
have banded together to form the Lesbian
&. Gay Country Music Association. Founding
members include Jeff Miller, a k a the John
Deere Diva; newcomer David Alan Mors; and
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Portland Lesbian Choir in Concert
Saturday, January 30, 8 pm
Trinity United Methodist Church,
39th and S.E. Steele
Tickets $12 Available at It's M y Pleasure,
and from Choir Members
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