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Normally, I would just link to the new Scissor Sisters song, "Night Work," and rave at length about how deliciously slutty it is (and how juicy this Robert Mapplethorpe print is, which graces the...
View ArticleIdina Menzel: Revisiting Her Best
On her new EP (coinciding with her run on Glee and the apparent dead-end rock career), Tony winner Idina Menzel has included new acoustic versions of some of her biggest Broadway hits: "No Day But...
View ArticleRequired Post-Tax-Day Reading
Most Americans have been fooled into the idea that taxes are inherently bad. In fact, however, taxes help the overwhelming majority of us far more than we pay in. This article from Truthdig spells it...
View ArticleModMusic: The Gossip "Pop Goes The World"
Because she is everything the world needs, and ModFab is her devoted and helpless slave, I give you: La Ditto. 'Bout time this got released as a single.Pop Goes The WorldGOSSIP | MySpace Music Videos
View ArticleGeorgia Destroys Its Cultural Heritage
The state of my birth, Georgia, is responsible for some of the greatest artists of the 20th century: Flannery O'Connor, Gladys Knight, Alice Walker, Steven Soderbergh, Kanye West, Julia Roberts, Otis...
View ArticleNot A Day Goes By, Not A Single Day
Among musical theatre queens, there is a rare but hardy breed, the few, the proud: the Stephen Sondheim Geeks. You can identify us by our love for intricate lyrics and melodies, our inability to...
View ArticleStage Addiction: UPDATE, 2010 Tony Nomination Predictions
UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE APRIL 30 TONY ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ELIGIBILITY CHANGES:The Tony Award nominations are next week, so it's time for ModFab to play a little inside Broadway baseball. In this...
View ArticleStage Addiction: UPDATE, 2010 Tony Predix, Part II
UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE APRIL 30 TONY ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ELIGIBILITY CHANGES:Continuing with the Tony Award Nomination predictions from yesterday, here are my best guesses for the musical...
View ArticleStage Addiction: UPDATE, 2010 Tony Predix, Part III (Plays)
UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE APRIL 30 TONY ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ELIGIBILITY CHANGES:Time for the big guns, continuing in our series preceding -- and handicapping -- the 2010 Tony Award nominations next...
View ArticleStage Addiction: UPDATE, 2010 Tony Predix, Part IV (Musicals)
UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE APRIL 30 TONY ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ELIGIBILITY CHANGES:The final installment in our prognostications for the 2010 Tony Award nominations next week:BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICALLa...
View ArticleWordplay
My favorite new game...well, actually, it's kind of always been my favorite game...[via XO's Middle Eight]
View ArticleThe ModFab Goddess Emerges
Over at Chart Rigger, they've got twelve -- TWELVE! -- photos of Her Royal Deliciousness Kylie Minogue in downtown L.A., shooting her new video for "All The Lovers." I'm traveling in Europe for the...
View ArticleModMusic: Kylie's "All The Lovers"
First thoughts: it's very, very Stuart Price, falling somewhere in between his work with Madonna and Seal in terms of woolly synths and energy. Price is not my favorite producer, but he's solid and...
View ArticleKylie: Official "All The Lovers" Video
Here it is, gang, finally. Isn't it beautiful? Don't be frightened...
View ArticleBackstage at The Drama League Awards
In case you wonder what I do when I'm not blogging, here's a behind-the-scenes video we made. Congratulations again to all the nominees...only 342 days until the next one!
View ArticleKylie Encounters American Insanity, Does Not Shoot Herself In The Head
If you're tired of ModFab being all-Kylie, all-the-time these days...tough. Here's our love goddess being interviewed this week by the batshit crazy Kathie Lee and Hoda, as they spray themselves with...
View ArticleKylie: Megamix Preview of "Aphrodite"
The first samples from Kylie Minogue's upcoming album Aphrodite have surfaced, thanks to a serious megamix of six songs. The few online previews that have surfaced in the last month have mentioned the...
View ArticleFabstuff: Memphis Blues (And New Orleans Too)
The 80" plasma screen mounted in the ModFab HQ newsroom has been running a near-continuous feed of Treme, HBO's inconsistent-but-lovely new drama series about the rebuilding of New Orleans. The finale...
View ArticlePride, Any Which Way...
Today is Pride Day in NYC; in mere moments, I'm off to be with the beautiful people, as we stand, shoulder to shoulder, in the stifling heat, watching lesbian motorcyclists, go-go boys, minor...
View ArticleSwan Dive...Into The Best Night of Your Life
This really is the best commercial series in ages...and yes, I do wish my man smelled like him.
View ArticleTellin' It Like It T-I-S...
Count me among those who find the actions of our national LGBT organizations, especially the Human Rights Campaign, to be woefully out of touch with the needs of everyday people. This video by Dan Choi...
View ArticleFabStuff: The LXD Rocks Us Hard And Deep
I'm really digging the original Hulu series The LXD, about the visionary dance-superhero troupe known as The Legion Of Extraordinary Dancers. Set in a fantastical, Matrix-meets-Cuckoo's Nest alternate...
View ArticleJanelle Monae's "Many Moons"
Is there any better way to start your morning than with Janelle Monae rocking it out? While we wait for the new single and video off of The ArchAndroid, here's her 2008 short film "Many Moons." Awesome.
View ArticleAnnouncing The Forge
Sorry for the personal plug, but today is an exciting day, and I wanted to share my good news! Today I and several of my longtime creative collaborators are launching The Forge, a new arts production...
View ArticleModMusic: Cazwell's "Ice Cream Truck" Makes Our Mouth Water
The song is kind of crap, frankly...the kind of silly, forgettable summer fizz the radio is filled with this time of year. But the video has, well...charms of its own. Six or seven of them, actually....
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