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I am probably not Billy Joel’s primary demographic. After all, I’m in my mid-20s, an age more suited to Global Gathering than a Billy Joel concert. And while Global Gathering had a stellar lineup (though not necessarily stellar fashion), I just could not turn down the chance to see the Piano Man last Sunday. This was the music I grew up listening to, yes, I’m going to say it – this was my parent’s music, and I can’t help but love it. (more…)

In her first ever blog for OUTinPerth, News and Online Editor Megan Smith reflects on her recent trip to America and the change that she believes is surely coming…

For anyone who has left home for a long period of time, you can understand the complicated feelings that come from a return. It’s that sense, not so unlike déjà vu, that everything is the same, but different, that so much has changed and nothing at all. You pass places and catch up with people full of memories, and if you are a big sentimental softie like I am, you try not to get too nostalgic about it all. (more…)

This month, Mormons have been (metaphorically) caught with their pants down and are feeling the wrath of civil and gay rights activists over their support for Proposition 8 in California – a voter initiative to define marriage between a man and a woman – as well as the church-sponsored Brigham Young University’s denial of a degree to Chad Hardy (pictured) over his role in publishing the topless male calendar Mormons Exposed. (more…)

‘Beth is a skinny white girl with the voice of a big black mama,’ raves one fan on Youtube.

And that pretty well sums it up, Beth Rowley, born in Peru, raised in Bristol, is a skinny white girl with a mess of blonde curls who belts it out like the great divas of old school gospel. However, if you think that a blonde with a Bristolian accent singing with a whole lotta soul is ironic, think again. According to Beth Rowley gospel is for everyone. (more…)

British songstress Alison Goldfrapp made her name as a disco dominatrix, strutting her stuff on stage to her band’s unique brand of British glam rock and electronica. However, when Goldfrapp touches down in Australia this October to play at Parklife, don’t expect a high-heeled diva to adorn the stage, but rather a barefooted songstress more reminiscent of Woodstock, freelovin’ and dreamlike, down tempo ‘70s folk. (more…)