There is sometimes music that stops you dead in your tracks on first listening and you already know that you will be listening to the beats of it, the story of it – the meter and time and rhyme of it will stay with you for as long as you can still hear, and possibly […]
I have been a fan of George Michael since Wham was a four person outfit – since when it was George, Andy, Pepsi and Shirley. I liked their leather jackets and short and spiky hair, their voices held together by now primitive sounding hip hop beats and brass. They wore short boots and long pants […]
There are nights that define your life and I imagine that when you die, when the film of your life passes before your eyes, there will be skillfully edited highlights from these times and you may be leaving your body and going into the light but you’ll be pleasantly entertained during your journey, like an […]
Few people have the supernatural powers of persuasion of Margaret Cho. After collaborating on music for Cho Dependent, she got me to strum the very exotic and scatological “Shit-Tar” in her music video Eat Shit & Die while three dancing turds did high kicks about the stage. This summer I found myself in a small […]
This gem of a video was directed by Tani Ikeda and stars me and Grant Lee Phillips and some amazing dancers! We shot this in downtown LA in July on a single soundstage – really like an old school MTV music video and it was very exciting to be styled in all these incredible looks […]
There are few artists who have moved me or been a constant in my life as much as Bob Mould. His music, beginning with Hüsker Dü, which the gay punk glitterati who worked in my father’s Polk Street bookstore would play loud at night to discourage shoplifting, because when Hüsker Dü is on, everyone is […]
My good friend and frequent collaborator Garrison Starr is working on a new album. We were in the studio last week and she played me some of it and it’s amazing!!! Please check out this video – it’s really awesome and I think everyone should help her out! There’s a lot of great things that […]
I am sad to hear about Amy Winehouse. It’s really awful. I didn’t know her, but I loved her music, and her incredible voice, and although she was very young, her eyes looked out from an ancient soul. That deep, rich well of sadness where she drew her startling contralto from, the dark depths of […]
Here’s my latest collaboration with the amazing Sherry Vine! We recorded this song separately in New York and Atlanta with the awesome DJ Gomi. It still sounds very intimate though, as if we were right next to each other in bed! I love it and the beat is a real Barry White/70’s funky slow jam. This […]
Margaret is having a 3-day sale of her Grammy-nominated album, “Cho Dependent” and you can name your own price! The “Sexting Bundle” includes the entire Grammy nominated album, plus 2 bonus tracks (“No Offense” and “Mazel Tov” – both featuring Garrison Starr). If you like what you hear, tell your friends: if 500 people participate […]
I love Ani DiFranco and it was such a dream to collaborate on this song with her. We wanted to write a light and happy love song, and I really think Captain Cameltoe is just that. She played everything, and sang backup, encouraging the captain onward. I sang/spoke the lead, and we did it all […]
Garrison Starr is one of my absolute favorite singer/songwriters and I have been lucky enough to have worked with her numerous times. I love her new album so much! She’s never sounded better! Her talent is an inspiration. Songs on eternal repeat for me are “Beautiful in LA” and “40 Days.” You can stream her […]
