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...fact, these series represent a wide range of voices (as do more overtly gay-themed shows, from NBC's Will & Grace to Showtime's The L Word and Queer as Folk). Housewives is cartoony and parodic, Nip/Tuck slick and urbane, Six Feet Under moody and cerebral. "I don't think you could say they were all told from a specific perspective that comes from being gay," says ABC prime-time-entertainment president Stephen McPherson. "But if being gay makes you that talented, I'm going gay." In art, one could argue, sexual orientation shouldn't matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Queer Eye for Straight TV | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

Career turn The folk rocker disappeared from the music scene but resurfaced on a "no-fly" list while on a flight from London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music vs. Rock of Ages | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

...www.resonancefm.com Log onto this London station, run by the experimental London Musicians' Collective, and you might well hear four hours of German machine music and industrial soundscapes, long-forgotten Appalachian folk songs or the soothing sounds of birdsong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not The Same Old Songs | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

...Folk singer James Taylor and Poussaint’s brother-in-law Owen Young, a cellist from the Boston symphony, served as the evening’s opening act, playing two songs before handing the stage over to Cosby...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bill Cosby Performs to Honor HMS Profs | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...though, it's not quite freaky enough for “freak-folk.” For all his weirdness, Droste's instincts as a songwriter are a little too pop for the self-consciously offbeat genre/catchphrase every critic seemed to swoon over this past year. Just when Grizzly Bear’s aural molasses threatens to overwhelm, an endearingly lively instrumental break or jaunty Britpop bassline interrupts their hibernation dreams. “Fix It,” in particular, flirts with major keys at a non-somnolent pace, suggesting what these guys could do with a real studio...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grizzly Bear Feeds on Psych-Folk | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

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