Gay Place: Liberace Was Gay???

Adelina Anthony comes back to town, and Liberace on the radio

"...KOOP SALUTES LIBERACE "Adventures in Sound" host Dennis Campa and special guest..."

May 10, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Letters at 3AM

October 1, 1955, a half-hour show called The Honeymooners slipped in some uneasy truths under cover of laughter.

"...sink, and these four walls. I wanna look at Liberace!"..."

March 31, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Low Lighting

Soderbergh flickers into retirement with 'Behind the Candelabra'

"...The flashy Liberace biopic, directed by Steven Soderbergh (his last big project..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature by Patrick Courtney

Girl Singer: An Autobiography
Liberace: An American Boy
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Reader

Sheet Music

"...Broadway Books, 368 pp., $14.95Liberace: An American Boyby Darden Asbury Pyron..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Glorious High

"...to record the scene when he was working on Liberace's TV program and showed up for work in blue..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Screens Feature by Pauline Kael

This Is Not a Gay Column

AIDS awareness, Liberace, Scruff, and crafty prep for Queerbomb make a week in gay

"...Liberace & Doodles Weaver B-DAY Celebration Dennis Campa and Taylor..."

May 15, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Haywire

A technically exemplary but otherwise unremarkable piece of fisticuffs filmmaking.

"...some fetishistic mano a mano mayhem into his upcoming Liberace biopic, like, for instance, a Bondian flamethrower/candelabra or a..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Stephen finds the natural 'Segway' between Critical Mass and SaladShooters

"...costumes, furs, accessories, and glittery whatnot. It's as if Liberace himself lived in there. The kitchen cabinets were another..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

300

Both Frank Miller's comic about the legendary battle of Thermopylae and Zack Snyder's cinematic adaptation are bloodthirsty affairs, awash in spectacle.

"...god-king Xerxes (Santoro, channeling Arnold Vosloo by way of Liberace) and very nearly won the day, thanks to some..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Night, and Good Luck

Director and co-screenwriter George Clooney strikes just the right tone of gripping entertainment and understated cautionary tale in this thoughtful portrait of newsman Edward R. Murrow's confrontation with Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

"...particularly telling scene occurs during a live interview with Liberace, who shows off his home to the audience and..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Entry

An exotic dancer tests the strength of two couples in this entertaining Bollywood romantic comedy.

"...melodrama cab and then art-designed by a giddy, pre-palimony Liberace while Bob Fosse whipped dancing girls with a mirror-ball-tipped..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Whole Ten Yards

This Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, and Amanda Peet sequel falls several yards short of its mark.

"...a crime boss who looks like a cross between Liberace and Menachem Begin, spewing malapropisms (some of which are..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Qmmunity: Y’alloween Fun

Keep up the tradition of great gay Halloween fun with these queer Austin events

"...Cassandro, a film about the "Liberace of Lucha Libre." Wed., Oct. 18, 6:30pm. Museum of..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Luv Doc: A Thin Mustache

True iconoclasty in America is in woefully short supply

"...have to admire the chutzpah. That is some serious Liberace gangster type shit. It's a mustache that says, "I..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Lil Ugly Mane’s (Very Good) Bad Hair Day at Oblivion Access

Reclusive legend of internet rap brings along a furry frenemy

"...were settling in for an evening with this Labrador Liberace, a familiar face came out of the wings screaming..."

May 13, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Flamboyant Musician Dorian Electra Gives Masculinity a "Groovy" Makeover

In their debut tour, genderfluid artist celebrates camp

"...dandyism sprouted other diva figures, like Oscar Wilde and Liberace, who similarly inspired Electra’s love for “anything that’s masculine..."

Sept. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

"Exquisite Corpse" at Recspec Gallery

Dying is an art; at this gallery, they do it well

"...creations comprising the most exquisite corpse since, uh, since Liberace's funeral, we're guessing...."

March 15, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

$1,000 Worth of Gold Rolling Papers Hidden in Austin

Find the golden briefcase and reap the 24k rewards

"...hosts in the marijuana industry of weed-legal states. If Liberace were alive today, these are the skins he’d roll..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Events Post by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: Andy Griffith Museum, Mount Airy, N.C.

Museum in actor’s hometown highlights native son’s accomplishments

"...was designed by Nudie, the same designer who did Liberace’s costumes. The museum also has Barney Fife's black and..."

Jan. 6, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Telling The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke

Louis Black reflects on working decades ago with Walter Reuben

"...(I still have a couple of 16mm prints of Liberace TV shows that once belonged to Walter.) The range..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

Gay Place

How could we not get behind a fun run that features thong, thong, thong, thong, thongs?

"...LIBERACE & DOODLES BIRTHDAY SALUTE Dennis Campa and Taylor Cage..."

May 9, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

May Day! May Day! May Day! It's May, gays!

"...Lit Crawl send-up of your fave music-related authors (i.e., Liberace, Sammy Hagar, Justin Bieber, et al.). Thu., April 24,..."

April 25, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

This week it's all about the Tops and the Bottoms, loves. How do you like your 2013?

"...and he has the cancer to prove it. Soderbergh! Liberace! Squeee!..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

The Best of Chris Isaak

Stylish, Orbison-esque crooner hits the Moody

"...time! I have suits with rhinestones and colors that Liberace might have turned down for being too flamboyant...."

Sept. 4, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...nightclub acts with Abbott and Costello, Betty Grable, and Liberace. Hall was invited to town to take over artistic..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: January 7

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Director Steven Soderbergh claims that his Liberace biopic was rejected by major studio heads as being..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Puro Mojo

Friday the 13th: Bubble Puppy electrify, the Krayolas Mexify

"...San Antonio – and not just something out of Liberace's mariachi phase,” jokes Saldana. “I wear Buddy Holly and..."

July 9, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

20 Questions With David Kilgour

The Clean guitarist comes, well, clean for Chaos in Tejas

"...listening to Hank Williams 78s, Harry Belafonte's Calypso LP, Liberace 45s, “Tom Dooley” by the Kingston Trio, etc. etc...."

May 30, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

Luv Doc Recommends: 5X5Y: 25 Years of SXSW Music

Austin History Center, Saturday, March 5, 2011

"...each and every one of those kids out like Liberace … or at the very least Jay-Z. Instead, they..."

March 4, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: SIMS Benefit Bash

Austin Music Hall, Saturday, December 11, 2010

"...the kind of thing it takes to get noticed. Liberace was probably at one time a fairly unremarkable Polish..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

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