The Gay Media Boom 5/31/07

We are experiencing a gay-dia boom. It’s been a few years now since LOGO networks and Here! TV started cranking out LGBT programming on cable telly. Not to mention the gay programming that had been occurring on BRAVO and Showtime for years and with no signs of slowing down.
Need I mention the brand new lesbian [...]

Velvetpark interview with Rachel Perkoff

Rachel Perkoff is a filmmaker whose tailer Another Lost Angel is garnering critical attention in LGBT and indipendant film festivals this summer.
Interview was recorded on 5/25/07 during the NewFest, in New York City.

Velvetpark interview with Sarah Feightner & Brooke Sopelsa

Feightner & Brooke Sopelsa are emerging filmmakers whose docu short Queer Streets debutes at LGBT film festivals across the country this summer.
Interview was recorded on 5/25/07 during the NewFest, in New York City.

Velvetpark interview with Leah Meyerhoff

Leah Meyerhoff is a filmmaker currently in the graduate program at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Interview was recorded on 5/25/07 during the NewFest, in New York City.

The Videos 5/25/07

Well it seems like you’re enjoying the new video clips…at least according to our stats, but who can really make heads or tails of all those pings.
I do want to give you a little background on where the video came from and where we are going with it.
Our first batch of media comes from the [...]

Velvetpark interview with Michelle Paradise

Michelle Paradise is the writer/producer/star of the up-coming LOGO television series, Exes & Ohs. interview recorded in Palm Springs, CA @ the Dinah on 3/29/07

Martina Navratilova, Hitting Her Stride.

by Jackie Schneider
Photos by Cass Bird
A young man draped his hand on Martina Navratilova’s shoulder and firmly kissed her cheek. The brims of their black caps touched. Her narrow eyes softened, her mouth open in a smile. She and Bob Bryan clutched a giant silver trophy. They’d just won the mixed doubles finals match at [...]

Velvetpark Interview with Ilene Chaiken

Interview recorded on 3/31/07 in Palm Springs, CA @ The Dinah

Velvetpark Interview with Filmmakers Cherine Dabis & Rose Troche

Interview recorded on 3/31/07 in Palm Springs, CA @ The Dinah

Velvetpark Interview with Elizabeth Ziff

Interview recorded on 3/31/07 in Palm Springs, CA @ The Dinah

Velvetpark Interview with Julie Goldman

Interview recorded on 3/31/07 in Palm Springs, CA @ The Dinah

Spring Break for Lesbos with commentary by Diana Cage

Produced and photographed by Angela Jimenez in Palm Springs, CA @ The Dinah March 2007

Velvetpark Interview with Jenny Shimizu

Interview recorded on 3/31/07 in Palm Springs, CA @ The Dinah

Leslie & the LY’s, keeper of the Gems 6/16/06

Leslie Hall burst upon the entertainment scene via MySpace just a couple short years ago. She now dominates the troposphere like a bad case of green house gas. If you are lucky or divinely blessed you will have seen Leslie Hall in person and know what we’re talking about. And if you don’t then this [...]

Behind the Scenes, side musicians speak up

Drummer Allison Miller interviews four of the most significant female side musicians in the music industry.
photos by Desdemona Burgin
At this year’s 30th annual Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, I had the opportunity to gather four unique and talented musicians for a casual chat over brown rice and curried veggies. These particular performers will rarely be seen [...]