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Billy Winn Falls For Mr. Wrong in “Crash” By Shane Gallagher
“Crash” is the first single from out artist Billy Winn since he split with his record label two years ago. Written and produced by Billy and Mark A. Barrie of the production team Madscience, the song is a super intense, emotional, and dynamic electro pop record, similar to Winn’s previous hit records, “Cruel Intentions” and “He Won’t Do,” but with less of a dance focus. “Parting ways with Kaleidosphere was tough and I had to take some time away from music to figure out what was next for me,” Winn admits. “When I first heard Mark’s instrumental for what would become ‘Crash,’ it sounded like a brand new start for me. It was heart-wrenching, intensely erotic, atmospheric and a bit grown up from the sound of my previous tracks. I was ready to evolve musically and explore deeper topics of love that I had been experiencing as I’ve grown older and, supposedly, wiser. So lyrically, I went to a place about a relationship built on lust, that was starting to spill over into territories that are emotionally off-limits, for one reason or another. ” “Crash” is loosely based on Billy’s own life. It ponders the
question: What is one supposed to do when feelings develop for a guy that you know in your heart is the wrong person for you? “I recently found myself in a situation where I thought that by giving into someone else’s sexual desires, my emotional desires would be satisfied,” Billy continues. “Needless to say, that was not the case, and the end result was heartbreaking, to say the least.” Love is complicated, especially in today’s digital age where casual hook-ups are as easy as picking up your phone. According to Billy, “The apps make it way too easy to get into the kind of situation I’m singing about in ‘Crash’ and that’s why I don’t use them.” “I know people will find that hard to believe, but I don’t. I think the apps speak to exactly where we are in society: what is considered dating is too casual. It’s hard to understand how anyone falls in love these days. And even worse, why they fall so quickly. Just because you had sex with a guy you met on an app doesn’t make him your boyfriend, and it certainly doesn’t mean love. It’s why most of us stay single to avoid
the headache.” Billy is an out artist based in Washington DC. As a boy, he says he was often bullied because of his high girly voice. They called him gay. At the time, he had no real idea what they meant but he associated ‘gay’ with something wrong. He tried to speak in a lower register and he was careful not to use effeminate words that might trigger ridicule. The teasing didn’t stop, but Billy was able to lean on a large family who appreciated him as an imaginatively artsy kid and did not try to stifle his creativity. He started writing songs when he was twelve, composing catchy pop and R&B melodies with big choruses. When he recorded them, he knew something was missing. A producer he was working with at the time suggested he step outside his box and experiment with other sounds, particularly electronic and dance music. It clicked right away.
“I realized there were so many artists out there who looked alike, sounded alike, and made the same kind of music,” he says. “I never wanted to look or sound like anybody else. I never wanted to be the next anyone. I wanted to be the first Billy Winn.” He’s also more than his music. He’s a self professed science and history geek. “I can spend all day watching the History channel,” he laughs. “I love learning about outer space, dinosaurs, and ancient cultures like the Greeks and the Egyptians. If I’m not watching a science documentary, then I’m watching cartoons.” Music is #1, however, and he uses it to showcase all the things that make him unique. “That was probably the toughest thing about splitting with my label,” he reflects. “I had songs I really believed in that I knew weren’t receiving the recognition they deserved because of the lack of support I was receiving from the label. It was really damaging
to my heart, you know? It wasn’t until just a few months ago, really, that I finally felt back to normal and able to get back on track with performing, and making music—really getting back to myself.” “‘Crash’ is the beginning of a really awesome project,” he continues. “I am working with a new production team, and we’ve been writing and recording since midsummer, and so ‘Crash’ is actually the first single from my next EP. It’s going to be my first real collection of songs, and in support of it, I plan to tour, so I want to thank everyone for sticking around. I know I’ve been gone awhile. I’ve been through some things, but I am back; and with a vengeance!” For more information, visit BillyWinn.com. Follow on Facebook @ BillyWinnMusic.
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WHAT IS GENVOYA®? GENVOYA is a 1-pill, once-a-day prescription medicine used to treat HIV-1 in people 12 years and older who weigh at least 77 pounds. It can either be used in people who are starting HIV-1 treatment and have never taken HIV-1 medicines before, or people who are replacing their current HIV-1 medicines and whose healthcare provider determines they meet certain requirements. These include having an undetectable viral load (less than 50 copies/mL) for 6 months or more on their current HIV-1 treatment. GENVOYA combines 4 medicines into 1 pill taken once a day with food. GENVOYA is a complete HIV-1 treatment and should not be used with other HIV-1 medicines. GENVOYA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. To control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses, you must keep taking GENVOYA. Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to reduce the risk of passing HIV-1 to others. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.
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Do not take GENVOYA if you take: • Certain prescription medicines for other conditions. It is important to ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with GENVOYA. Do not start a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. • The herbal supplement St. John’s wort. • Any other medicines to treat HIV-1 infection. What are the other possible side effects of GENVOYA?
Serious side effects of GENVOYA may also include: • Changes in your immune system. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new symptoms after you start taking GENVOYA.
• Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys. If you develop new or worse kidney problems, they may tell you to stop taking GENVOYA. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. • Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. The most common side effect of GENVOYA is nausea. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or don’t go away. What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking GENVOYA?
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GENVOYA can cause serious side effects, including:
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Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. GENVOYA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have both HIV-1 and HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking GENVOYA. Do not stop taking GENVOYA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.
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GENVOYA is a prescription medicine used to treat HIV-1 in people 12 years of age and older who weigh at least 77 pounds and have never taken HIV-1 medicines before. GENVOYA can also be used to replace current HIV-1 medicines for some people who have an undetectable viral load (less than 50 copies/mL of virus in their blood), and have been on the same HIV-1 medicines for at least 6 months and have never failed HIV-1 treatment, and whose healthcare provider determines that they meet certain other requirements. GENVOYA does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. Ask your healthcare provider about how to prevent passing HIV-1 to others.
Do NOT take GENVOYA if you: • Take a medicine that contains: alfuzosin (Uroxatral®), carbamazepine (Carbatrol®, Epitol®, Equetro®, Tegretol®, Tegretol-XR®, Teril®), cisapride (Propulsid®, Propulsid Quicksolv®), dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. 45®, Migranal®), ergotamine (Cafergot®, Migergot®, Ergostat®, Medihaler Ergotamine®, Wigraine®, Wigrettes®), lovastatin (Advicor®, Altoprev®, Mevacor®), lurasidone (Latuda®), methylergonovine (Ergotrate®, Methergine®), midazolam (when taken by mouth), phenobarbital (Luminal®), phenytoin (Dilantin®, Phenytek®), pimozide (Orap®), rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®, Rimactane®), sildenafil when used for lung problems (Revatio®), simvastatin (Simcor®, Vytorin®, Zocor®), or triazolam (Halcion®). •
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Those in the “Most Important Information About GENVOYA” section. Changes in your immune system. New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.
Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. The most common side effect of GENVOYA is nausea. These are not all the possible side effects of GENVOYA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking GENVOYA. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with GENVOYA. •
BEFORE TAKING GENVOYA Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis infection. • Have any other medical condition. • Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. • Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-thecounter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with GENVOYA.
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By: Terri Schlichenmeyer
BOOK REVIEW:
“MASK OF SHADOWS.” Your someday-dream job is not for wimps. That’s truth: it’ll be real work, and you’re prepared. You know it’ll take training, which will take time. You’ll have to learn to think differently, and that’s okay. You might get discouraged, and you’ll handle it. But – as in the new novel “Mask of Shadows” by Linsey Miller – are you ready to die for it? At first, Sallot Leon thought the scrap of paper might be money. Erland nobles had been doing that – making money – ever since the war, when Nacea was obliterated. But no, this bit of paper was worth more than money: it was an open call for a replacement member of the Queen’s Left Hand, an elite group of assassin-guards. Come by invitation or by skill, the poster said. Sal had the skill, for sure. Since Sal was eight years old, they worked as a street fighter and could climb anything. There was nothing they couldn’t steal, no lock they couldn’t pick. Those were skills the Queen needed, just as much as Sal needed to be Opal for the Left Hand and so, to get into the audition, they committed their first murder. That, as it turned out, was the easy part: after passing the first interview, Sal was accepted and given a mask to wear at all times, the last mask awarded. Twenty-Three people were in the competition, for which the rules were simple: kill your competitors without being seen or getting caught, but don’t hurt anyone not competing. Nine competitors were killed the first night.
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As other Opal Wanna-Be’s fell almost hourly, Sal had to rely on past experience and new skills to stay alive. Core-strength training helped them dodge spears and arrows from other competitors. Tutoring eliminated illiteracy. Medical training kept Sal from death by poisoning. But there was no way to avoid falling in love with someone forbidden, nor the aftermath that was sure to come…
Though it starts out a little on the clunky side and it may take a minute to get your bearings, “Mask of Shadows” quickly becomes a pretty good novel. And a unique one, too: it’s rare to find a gender-fluid character in a main position, but that’s where author Linsey Miller places hers – and yet, though unusual, fluidity isn’t the driving force behind this story. We don’t know, in fact, that Sal doesn’t gender-identify until later in the novel. That’s uncommon, too. As for character development, there’s where Miller shines. Sal starts out a bit feral, a streetwise petty thief, uncivilized but with hungry focus. There’s a lot of selfishness in that early Sal, but as they mature into a trained assassin, egotism is replaced by allegiance and a much finer character. Add in a cast that could, one-by-one, die at any minute and, well, you’ll be hooked. For fans of The Hunger Gamestype fiction, that’s gonna be too appealing to pass up. It’s gonna be too delicious to deny yourself. “Mask of Shadows,” for readers age 15 and up, is gonna be a dream book.
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W e n i t s i Kr ” s r a t S s e c n Da
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By William Cooke
Billboard Magazine’s “Dance Music Artist of the Decade” releases remixes of “Stars” the second track from her upcoming album Dance diva Kristine W returns to clubs this month with “Stars,” the
Kristine decided to test the waters by releasing the Freejak mix to
second single from her soon-to-be released album. With it’s soaring
the UK first. “That’s what happens when yout release a track on your
vocals, infectious beat and heavy bass line, “Stars” is the definition of
own,” she laughs. “It’s always a gamble and DJ's across the pond, in
party track. However, listeners who peel back the high energy layers
particular, can be brutal. I figured since Freejak is one of the hottest
will hear a deep and important message beneath its surface. The
remix/producers in the UK, who has attracted support from the the
song is about coping with life’s difficult transitions: a good friend
global DJ elite including Avicii, Tiesto, and Diplo — if they didn't like
moving away, children leaving to chase their dreams, or a loved
the mix, I would know to take a bow right away before spending
one dying. Change is inevitable and in “Stars,” Kristine reveals the
money on worldwide promo.”
emotional rollercoaster she has been on these past eighteen months. Luckily for fans, the overseas response has been spectacular. The “I’ve been dealing with a divorce,” she explains. “On top of that, I’ve
Freejak mix is now available to American fans, and Kristine says she’ll
had to confront illness in my family and my two precious children
unleash the other remixes soon. “We are still fine tuning a few
leaving home for college.”
tracks but it will be out in a few months,” she promises.
The song is a reminder that like the stars that fall from the sky, the
She’s also putting the finishing touches on her next album. It’s been
people who disappear from our lives will always remain in our hearts.
five years since the release of New & Number Ones, her last album
We should celebrate the light they brought — and always will bring —
that included the hit singles "Everything That I Got”, "So Close To
to our lives.
Me” and “Love Come Home”.
An independent artist, Kristine commissioned five distinct remixes
“It’s been a lot of work finishing the album while also processing so
for “Stars,” each with its own unique style. The Freejak mix is UK
much pain from the split,” she acknowledges. “But I know in my
house. The Hans Mallon and Kespa Dutch version is EDM/Pop. Frank
heart that I am extremely blessed and that like the night sky, my
Lords (P.K.A. Loop Soop), a prominent Cuban producer based out
tribe is vast. My family, my friends, and all my fans have supported
of Miami, presents a Latin Flavored Tropical House track while Alex
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Gay News At A Glance RUPAULS SEASON 7 WINNER VIOLET CHACHKI ‘PHYSICALLY DRAGGED’ OUT OF PARIS SEX CLUB FOR BEING TOO FEMME. Chachki was in Paris for Fashion Week and attending a party at Le Dépôt, which operates both as a club venue and a sex club. She recalls “It was a fashion week party. At a club that has dark rooms downstairs for sex. I was there seeing 3 friends that were performing/dj. I wasn’t in drag but I had makeup on. I met someone there who also had makeup on but was obviously male bodied but
very feminine. We tried to go downstairs to the sexy part when like 4 guys picked us up and dragged us out of the club.” A local drag Mirage took time to respond with the following: “Throwing Violet Chachki out, one the most know queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race, BECAUSE SHE LOOKED TOO FEM, and while there was an inclusive fashion show inside, is totally UNTHINKABLE and OUTRAGEOUS for a socalled gay clun. No parisian queen will come again to your place. Your Masc4Macs culture and you are OVER.” Since the news broke people from all over have flooded the clubs Facbeook page with distain and pictures and gif of Violet. Looks like they messed with the wrong diva!
Being able to legally wed will offer a variety new benefits to same-sex couples, like tax advantages and now the ability to adopt.
GAY MARRIAGE KICKS OFF IN GERMANY BBC Albeit since 2001 German same-sex couples have been 38: October 06, 2017
allowed to be joined together in a domestic partnership, but marriage has been an entirely different story. Registry offices in Germany opened broke the norm and opened Sunday, the first day allowing gay marriage under the new law. Karl Kreile and Bodo Menda
gained the honor of being the first gay couple to exorcise their new found freedom. After 38 years of partnership the two were allowed exchange their vows and tie the knot in matrimony. The two were married in the town hall of Schöneberg, Berlin.
RuPauls William speaks about her recent comments on the trans community Another RuPaul girl makes different headlines this week as William talks about her recent comments that offended fans and upset the trans community.
COP WHO KILLED GA TECH STUDENT SCHULTZ ‘STILL LEARNING THE LAWS’
Gay rights activist Scout Schultz who shot in and killed in a bizarre line of events on Georgia Tech’s campus in September is still an ongoing investigation. Officer Tyler Beck’s performance in the incident review report claims that “His weakness are that he is young and is still learning the laws, policies, and criminal procedurals” according to a classified performance appraisal record obtained by Buzzfeed. Even so, Beck was given a “meets expectations” in a
performance review in April earlier this year.
the former Democratic nominee’s new book about the 2016 presidential election.
Schultz was killed September 18th after coming into contact with Beck who was investigating call about a ‘suspicious person on campus’. Schultz was holding a utility tool and continued to approach Beck after several requests for him to stop proceeding forward. Schultz was shot in the heart fatally wounding him.
As McKinnon took to the stage to accept her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, ABC News’ Chris Donovan tweeted a page from Clinton’s recently released memoir, What Happened, that mentioned McKinnon’s award-winning portrayal.
Kate McKinnon’s portrayal of Hillary Clinton on “Saturday Night Live” won her an Emmy Award Sunday night and a shoutout in
“She sat at a grand piano and played ‘Hallelujah,’ the hauntingly beautiful song by Leonard Cohen, who had died a few days before,” Clinton wrote of McKinnon’s cold open on “Saturday Night Live’s” first show after the Nov. 8 election.
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