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The U.S. District Court of Northern California just announced that the Proposition 8 decision in Perry v. Schwarzeneggerwill be coming tomorrow.
"On August 4, 2010, the court will issue its written order containing findings of fact and conclusions of law following the court trial held in January and June of this year. The order will be e-filed in the court's Electronic Case Filing system, and will be immediately available thereafter through ECF and PACER. There will be no court proceeding associated with the publication of the order."
The decision will be posted between 1pm and 3pm PDT.
Whatever the decision, it is expected to be appealed.
Text “EQUAL” to 69866 to get a text message with the official decision on your mobile phone the moment the court releases its decision, or sign-up for an email alert at equalrightsfoundation.org.
Join American Foundation for Equal Rights on its Web site to watch a live press conference with the plaintiffs, American Foundation for Equal Rights Board President Chad Griffin, and co-counsels Ted Olson and David Boies following the release of the decision.
A Los Angeles public event will be held in West Hollywood Park - 4:30pm time tentative.
A small number of hard copies of the announcement will also be made available for public review shortly after the order is e-filed in the following locations:
After examining GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index which singled out CBS with a failing grade in LGBT representation, Stephen Colbert was stunned to find out that his show was not singled out, concluding that someone who works for him must be gay.
Modern Tonic — a free daily email of gay-approved pop culture gems (before they've been co-opted by everyone else) — presents a weekly music update here on Towleroad. TODAY’S FEATURED NEW RELEASES:
"I’d love to kill you with a kiss." Those are the first words of Katie Melua’s fourth studio album The House. And damned if that’s not exactly what the singer does — kill us with a mesmerizing, dark-hued collection of songs that’s 180° from her normally bucolic, multi-platinum songwriting. Produced by William Orbit (Madonna’s Ray of Light) and written with help from Guy Chambers (Alanis Morissette), Melua takes a leap into the pop unknown with her most exhilaratingly strange set of songs yet. Think of Kate Bush transforming from the ethereal songwriter of Never for Ever to the trailblazing eccentric of The Dreaming and you’ll have a sense of Melua’s accomplishment on The House. She tackles love’s primal obsessions in her strong, clear mezzo-soprano, the better to lure us into her comfortable, if haunting, new abode. Stream the Danny Kirsch remix of lead single "The Flood" in player below.
With the release of Arcade Fire’s latest, The Suburbs, it seems not much separates the Canadian collective from U2 (except maybe international superstardom). Both love big, meaty themes — spirituality, social dystopia, war — that they humanize with an intense passion. The Suburbs was inspired by the Butler brothers’ memories of growing up in Houston, Texas, and they transform these experiences into universal truths. "City with No Children" — which revolves around a very Edge-like guitar drone — turns isolation into communal reminiscence. The ornate "Rococo" meshes Neil Young’s plaintive folk melodies with the knotty post-modernism of Talking Heads. And "Modern Man," with its loping Tom Petty riff and Cure-ious countermelody, is a worrying lament for contemporary life. Not unlike U2, the trick that Arcade Fire pulls off is that no matter how bleak and unsettling the outlook, there’s comfort in our common problems.
August must be National Mix-and-Match Month, because we have a trio of remix collections from three favorite pop Divas. Our Lady of the Gaga releases The Remix, 10 club-crazy re-imaginings from some famous electro-lights such as Stuart Price ("Paparazzi"), Frankmusik ("Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)") and Starsmith’s manic take on "Bad Romance." Sidetracked (import only) is an hour-long DJ mix from La Roux that’s like a dance history lesson, with seamless flows from Doris Troy’s 1963 "Just One Look" to Heaven 17’s 80’s nugget "Come Live with Me" to 2009’s "When I Grow Up" by Fever Ray. Special item: La Roux’s own version of The Rolling Stones’ "Under My Thumb." Last but never least, Canada’s Dragonette offers Mixin to Thrill, seven stellar remixes from 2009’s fantastic Fixin to Thrill album, plus three perfect new tunes: "Volcano," "Our Summer" and "My Things."
Hot Chip will release We Have Remixes, an EP featuring four alternate versions of tracks from One Life Stand, on September 7. The band will be supporting LCD Soundsystem on tour in the U.S. in October.
Revisit the movie of the summer — no, not Inception — with The Kids Are All Right’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Hot tracks include MGMT’s "The Youth", Uh Huh Her’s "Same High" and David Bowie’s "Black Country Rock" which made Mark Ruffalo on a motorcycle even sexier.
Multi-octave New Wave kook Nina Hagen releases her 16th album, Personal Jesus, 13 country-blues tunes of religious content, including her cover of the Depeche Mode title track.
The gorgeously chill Swedish electro duo jj finally gets a U.S. physical release for their second album, jj n°2. The sweetly Caribbean "Things Will Never Be the Same Again" is a perfect end-of-summer jam.
Old Wavers Squeeze revisit classic tracks on Spot the Difference, with new (or are they?) takes on "Black Coffee in Bed," "Up the Junction" and more.
Pag Films — "The Lady Is Dead" Less a video than an elegantly homoerotic short film. Director Roy Raz transforms U.K. chamber orchestra the Irrepressibles mournful "In This Shirt" into images of hunky men washing a convertible, ladies with a mouthful of sensual pearls, and an ink-stained threesome. "I am lost in a rainbow," sings Jamie McDermott, and here is the proof.
Karen Elson — "Pretty Babies" Jack White’s English model wife Karen Elson approaches her video the way her husband makes music — simple, homey, without distraction. The song’s the thing, and this one’s a bluesy jaunt perfect for the twisted seduction scene in a David Lynch film.
Hurts — "Wonderful Life" The deafening buzz around this theatrical Manchester synth-duo grows with this stylish clip. Imagine Antonioni directing a Euro-noir with scantily clad and choreographed femme fatales and you’ll have an idea. From their forthcoming debut Happiness.
Grum — "Through the Night" U.K.’s electro man Grum (Graeme Shepherd) makes the gay underpinnings of 80s buddy cop films explicit in this cheesy, funny and long overdue parody.
"I'm so honored for all the little monsters and self-professed freaks of the universe, to have more VMA nominations in a single year than any artist in MTV history. Ironically, I'm even more proud it's an unlucky number; 13. A long time ago the world told me and my little monsters we would never be heard, together we changed the rules. God put me on Earth for 3 reasons: To make loud music, gay videos, and cause a damn raucous. Thank You MTV!"
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