TUNES
Phil Villeneuve
Sex exyy gle gleeful eful pu punx Since this issue is stuffed with all things sex, I wondered about what was sexy in music today. Whips and chains don’t excite me like they do Rihanna; I’m not sure how deep I want to roll, unlike Adele; and I most definitely am not doing it on the floor like my favourite chola, JLo. For me, sexy music doesn’t try too hard: it’s confident, different and, of course, has a slow throbbing beat to bump and grind to.
EXHIBIT #1: An incredible group of students
at Scarborough’s Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts. The Wexford Glee (Yes, glee clubs exist in real life as well as on TV) recently won the Show Choir Canadian Nationals. Their 15-minute performance started with an explosive mashup of “Lady Marmalade” mixed with “There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame” from the musical South Pacific. “True Colours” and a medley of Rent songs sealed the deal, and now these theatrical superstars are champions. “We try to stay original and avoid songs previously performed on Glee ,” Kabir Mahjoori explains. “We love to do our musical theatre ballads. “
The 70 members of the group are less like TV’s Glee club cast and more like their onscreen rivals, the Warblers. They exist in a very positive environment (Wexford is basically a musical theatre school), where glee club members are cool and celebrated. Ann Merriam, the artistic director, boasts: “[We have] every kind of kid you can imagine. Black, white, poor, rich, gay, straight, tall, short. That’s what makes the Wexford gleeks so special. What they all have in common is a sense of community, heart and talent. There are no divas; it’s about the team.” These are kids who at any other school wouldn’t have a chance to shine as bright. “We are in a completely safe environment
Wexford Glee is gleeful after t heir triumph.
where we are free to do what we love to do,” Mahjoori says proudly. “We have a great gay-straight alliance and a no-tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind. No slushies in the face here.”
EXHIBIT #2: Hunx and His Punx comprises
group pop and loose, noisy garage rock. Bogart’s careless attitude and effortlessly greasy style is very sexy. We We talked on the phone from his touring van; in the middle of our conversation he needed a snack, so our call continued in a Quickie Mart. Though the overtly queer Hunx show is something most crowds drool over, Seth Bogart is a hunk. Bogart says some US crowds don’t get it. And that turns him on. “I kind of prefer They quickly decided the deliciously sleazy it when the crowd doesn’t like us because Bogart himself should front the band. it turns me into a raging alcoholic and They’ve been touring non-stop ever since, comedian,” he says. delivering their crunchy mix of ’60s girlWhat kinds of men do Hunx and His Punx love to see in the audience? Their ideal is a beefy boy with a “hairy chest, I asked beyond-sexy host/DJ Miss Margot to share her big hands and shitty jail tattoos.”
an extremely gay Californian garage rocker and his all-girl band, the Punkettes. String-bean lead singer Seth Bogart is the ridiculously raunchy Hunx. His selfconfidence allows him to wear mesh underwear onstage, showcasing what he refers to as a less-than-glamorous package. “Shannon, one of the Punkettes, looked over at me onstage the other night and said my dick looked disgusting,” Bogart laughs. “She said it was all curved up and white. And they started playing a song without me.” Bogart and his ex-boyfriend had been writing songs tailored for a “teen “tee n girl group.”
favourite songs to bump uglies to at her various parties: Goth Drag: “Sex Dwarf” by Soft Cell Big Primpin’: “Ignition” by R Kelly Eurovision: “Just a Little” by Liberty X and “Paris (Vocal Edit)” by Friendly Fires Moose Knuckle Disco – “You” by Steed Lord
To get sexy, check the Gay Agenda at fabmagazine.com for info on Miss Margot’s events.
Hunx and His Punx play Wed, April 27 at the Horseshoe Tavern, 370 Queen St W. Look for a review and photos on fabmagazine.com.
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