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And lastly, gorgeous, gorgeous, a bi-coastal phenomenon is happening in two consecutive weeks in June on both coasts of this great country.

This, of course, is my queer pop party.

The L.A. Pride edition is going down June 9th at Resident in downtown Los Angeles. And for Pride, we are doing Lady Marmalade Night. I'll be playing all of your favorite hits by Christina, Maya, Missy, Little Kim, Pink, and everybody else. Come dressed up. We want to see your looks.

It's going to be pride.

It's going to be lit as hell. So come to Gorgeous, Gorgeous, L.A., June 9th at Resident in downtown Los Angeles. And the following Friday, June 16th, is the debut of Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous New York at the Sultan room in Bushwick. I am so excited for that. I'm excited to literally die of exhaustion for the best cause ever to provide a sheer avalanche of pop tunes for all of my bicostal baddies, queers, allies,

everybody else. So tickets for both of those will be available in the show notes of this

episode. I will also post them on social media. All right. So that's enough from me.

We're getting into an episode today that has been oft requested by the pop pantheon

listenership.

This is an episode about an artist who has had a fascinating 30-year career, dominated numerous

markets across the world, broken down so many doors about what pop music in this country could sound like

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