(Originally Published on The Huffington Post – 1/17/2012)

In keeping with the theme of love, family, and relationship from my last post, I reached out to some famous friends to see what their thoughts were on the subject.

Singer/songwriter Matt Alber, filmmaker and photographer Bruce LaBruce, actor and musician Daniela Sea (from Showtime‘s The L Word), TV personality and activist Danny Roberts (from MTV‘s Real World: New Orleans), drag superstar and electrosleeze pioneer Jackie Beat, composer and singer Holcombe Waller, and “Charlie” Swimwear designer Matthew Zink all weighed in on the same five questions:

1. If you could sum up your concept of “relationships” in one word, what would it be?

2. What is your favorite love song of all time?

3. If you could choose any actor to play you in the movie version of your life, who would it be? What about them is you?

4. How has the relationship between your mother and father influenced your ideas about love and relationships?

5. What three qualities do you look for in a partner?

Here come their answers! (Drum roll please…) Read the rest of this entry »

That Stephen Cassell (publicist extraordinaire, owner of “Cassell Communications“, and personal friend of mine) sure does know how to throw a party. Man, that was a good time. It was a private event so I kept pretty tight-lipped about the night beforehand (which is very unlike me), but it was an amazing event.

For those of you who missed it, Holcombe Waller & Tahoe Jackson performed first and were each incredible, then I took the stage with “The Gentry” & scared the bejeezus out of the room with our loud wildness. It was so fun…and all for a good cause: To raise money for “The Right Brain Initiative” (and to wish Stephen a happy birthday)!!!

You can check out pix from the evening & get scooped HERE and HERE. Video and audio from the night coming soon. The lesson here for all of you is this: If Stephen Cassell is throwing a party, GO. If Stephen Cassell asks you to perform at said party, DO IT. Saturday night at The Fez Ballroom was the best time I’ve had in this funny town in quite some time…

See you again soon, Portland!!! I love you.