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Pride Weekend
After-thoughts
Why the police
were so quick to shut down all music being played out onto Halsted
Street immediately after the parade concluded is a mystery.
With the bars filled to capacity and the street kept closed to
traffic for no less than three hours after the parade, it would
seemingly make sense to keep the street festival atmosphere going
for at least a little while. Just my opinion. Another pretty young woman's face that you saw during the weekend not in person but on posters and hand fans was a very familiar one: Christina Aguilera. She's got a new album coming out in August and the first single, "Ain't No Other Man," is getting mucho buzz and radio airplay. While fellow mouseketeer Britney is busy getting knocked up and backing her hubby's rap career, Christina is full steam ahead with a career that seemingly knows no bounds. Not Really
"Out", But Very In! We call
it "being slutty" DJ Plez is the
Music Editor of ChicagoPride.com and BOI. He's a resident DJ
at Cesar's as well as at PUMP! in Milwaukee, WI. |
The
pretty young woman you saw performing at Pride Fest and riding in a float during the parade
was the talented Jenna
Drey, who
just released a new album called One Step Further (Audio One Records).
Her dance
single "Why
Should I Believe You" is making its way up the chart with the Love To
Infinity Remix clicking on all cylinders. 
Ultra Records has
released a new mixed compilation CD called Out Anthems mixed by DJ Ricardo. I guess they chose
this name and used the sexy shirtless cover model to appeal to
the gay market. In my estimation they missed the mark somewhat
in that the tracks on this mix really aren't your typical gay
anthems. However, this CD is spot-on in terms of being a first-rate
dance music compilation: actually the best one I've heard in
quite a long time with tracks by David Morales, Roger Sanchez,
Freemasons, and Jonathan Peters. They may have had the boyz
in mind when developing the marketing strategy for this mix but
in fact it is for - and should be owned by all serious
dance music fans.
Surprising to many, the voice behind that rap
track called "Promiscuous"
is Nelly Furtado and the song is actually
a duet with Timbaland, best known for his work Missy Elliott.
"Promiscuous"
is the first
single from Furtado's
new album
Loose (Geffen),
a 13-track
offering that has multi-platinum written all over it. The new
CD has sounds from the R&B, Latino pop, and reggaeton genres
and as well contains 1980s-influenced electronica. Furtado describes
the collective of songs on Loose as body music: an apt description
as there will be plenty of dancing and swerving of hips upon
listening to it. This effort from Furtado has it all and is
sure to propel her into superstardom. .