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Thirty Years of Peace Bisquit!

By John Stein Bill Coleman photos by Eric McNatt clear that the cool dance project was going to take off bigger than we imagined. Long story short, once the “Groove Is In The Heart” 12” and video came out, I had to make a decision pretty quickly as to whether I was going to stay with Billboard or accompany the band on this new, exciting journey we’d all worked so hard on.”

“I took a leap of faith, left my high-profile gig, signed Deee-lite and Ultra Naté at the same time, and opened Peace Bisquit, truly believing (sometimes naively) that I could make a difference in our dance, queer, black, underground and NYC culture,” Coleman continues. “Peace Bisquit has allowed me to combine my love of multiple music genres, DJ-ing, critical expertise, and inspirations into an independent adventure that helps artists, and myself, express creatively with no limits.”

Peace Bisquit’s triumphs over the past three decades have been legion.

Among Coleman’s favorites are serving as an A&R consultant for Bette Midler and her 2000 album, “Bette”; traveling the world with Jody Watley as her tour DJ; co-producing and DJ-ing Lady Gaga’s first ‘Fame Ball’ and the many plaques the company has received. Bill Coleman and Peace Bisquit For thirty years, Peace Bisquit has been a music- have received honors for their works with De la industry force to be reckoned with. Founded in Soul, Sinead O’Connor, David Guetta, The B-52s, 1990 as a management, production, and A&R Technotronic, Madonna, and Beyoncé. agency, the company’s very first clients were Deee-lite (“Groove Is In The Heart”) and Ultra Coleman also counts his collaborations with Naté (“Free,” “If You Could Read My Mind”). Since some of the most influential DJ/remixers of our then, Peace Bisquit and its ubiquitous founder, Bill day, including Clivilles & Cole, The Basement Coleman, has worked with the likes of Jody Watley, Boys, NERVO, Tiesto, Morgan Page, David Crystal Waters, Neneh Cherry, and a dizzying array Morales, Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez, Tony Moran, of pop artists, including Beyoncé, Lizzo, Lenny Frankie Knuckles, and WAWA, among his biggest Kravitz, Sia, Lady Gaga, and Christina Aguilera. accomplishments.

Peace Bisquit has also made its mark in Hollywood, His collaboration with David Guetta on “Love Is providing music supervision and soundtracks Gone,” “Just A Little More Love,” and “Getting’ Over for films, including 1995’s cult favorite Party You” continue to play on dance floors across the Girl starring Parker Posey, Party Monster, and globe and introduced vocal powerhouse Chris the Another Gay Movie films. The company also Willis to the world. collaborated with Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer on the documentary, Inside Bill Coleman is not done yet. He continues to DJ Deep Throat. and can be heard LIVE every Friday night, from 7-10 pm PT on Andy Cohen’s Kiki Lounge on Bill Coleman was always attracted to music. Sirius XM (Channel 312). He also spins an eclectic, During college, he interned at Island Records genre-fluid one-hour set every month on Sirius XM during the imprint’s most influential era, promoting “The Morning Chill.” new rock star Melissa Etheridge, Tom Waits, U2, Propaganda, and Grace Jones’ hit album Slave to the Rhythm. He then landed a position as Singles Visit peacebisquit.com for more.

Reviewer and Dance Music Editor for Billboard Magazine, where he quickly became one of the industry’s most respected voices. Columbia Records, Arista Records, Epic Records, Maxi Records, and EightBall Records commissioned him to write the liner notes for a number of their dance compilation albums as well as pop artists Thompson Twins and 80’s girl group, Exposé.

“I was in my dream job at Billboard when I discovered Deee-lite,” says Bill Coleman. “After releasing our first single, “What Is Love?”, it was

Kevin at Camp Again

By Chris Azzopardi Photos: Peacock

Kevin Bacon is back at camp. Not Camp Crystal Lake, where the 64-year-old actor met his gruesome demise in the original 1980 horror classic “Friday the 13th.” But at the kind of camp that is a horrific reality for queer youth — conversion therapy camp. In “They/Them,” Bacon, partly famous for being stalked by Jack on “Will & Grace,” runs the Whistler Camp, a place sold to LGBTQ+ teens as welcoming and inclusive when just the opposite is true.

In openly gay writer-director John Logan’s film, vulnerable queer recruits, led by non-binary actor Theo Germaine’s Jordan, arrive both optimistic and skeptical to Whistler, under the impression they’re seeking ultimate happiness.

But when the pressure to conform is dialed up, that future prospect comes at the expense of their personhood.

Known for his roles in “Footloose,” “A Few Good Men” and “Tremors” (some might say his best work was in “Wild Things”), Bacon took a few minutes to chat about the role and how the film challenges LGBTQ+ horror tropes.

When you look back at your career, who is scarier: Owen, Jason or the underground creepy-crawlies of “Tremors”?

[Laughs.] This is how I would compare those: The Graboids [in “Tremors”] are actual monsters. Jason is technically a human being, but he seems to have evolved into having almost kind of supernatural power. But the scariest part about Owen is that he’s a real man. He could be in your family.

As the camp leader, you really tap into this sort of warmness that’s very unsettling.

That’s something that John Logan and I talked about a lot. We didn’t want to come right out of the gate and have the guy be a drill sergeant or kind of Bible-thumping or terrorizing people

right away. We wanted to bring everybody in in a gentle and warm sort of embrace, you know?

And that left us a place to go so that when the anger and the fear and the manipulation and the darkness of Owen’s character come through, it comes as a little bit more of a surprise and becomes more chilling in that way.

You really embody that. For someone who’s long been an LGBTQ+ ally, what was the appeal of doing a movie set at a conversion therapy camp, given the actual horror of that process?

You know, it’s one thing to make a movie about very important issues. But sometimes you can make small dramas about these things and you’re gonna be preaching to the converted because they’re not gonna have any kind of widespread appeal. Whereas if you can take, as John so brilliantly did, this horrible notion and package it in a film that has the possibility of widespread viewing, then there’s something beautifully Trojan horse subversive in the messaging.

I think what John really wanted was for young people on the fringes who are feeling bullied or are closeted or living in some part of the country where who they are is completely unaccepted, to be able to see themselves up on that screen and feel a sense of identity.

But the best outcome would be someone who thinks in the same way that Owen thinks or that Carrie Preston’s character thinks and sees this and questions this very notion of conversion.

They’ll think, “Oh, well, wait a second. This is just not right.”

Have you known people like Carrie Preston’s character or an Owen and had to have a conversation about why conversion therapy is not the right route for a queer child?

I can’t say that I have. I also have a feeling that

if they did feel that way that they probably wouldn’t bring it up with me. But also, maybe that just speaks to kind of [this] rarefied bubble of an existence that I live in.

How do you think the film represents the trans community in a different light, as opposed to the typical way they’re portrayed in horror films — as victims or villains?

Horror can be different genres, as you know.

There’s psychological horror and there’s slasher movies. There’s monster movies, zombie movies, ones with vampires. You know, there’s different kinds of worlds. In the slasher world, the tradition was to take things that society had deemed morally wrong such as drug use, premarital sexuality, homosexuality, goofiness, race, obesity, anything, and kill those people.

People seemed to agree that that was a good idea. And so this movie is definitely flipping that notion.

I think that horror in general — “Get Out” being one of the great examples of this — is having a little bit more of a pointed view. As far as I’m concerned, it can just be… somebody in a closet with a knife, if it’s done well. But I do think that [“They/Them”] has more of a pointed view.

And I can tell you that [during] the first scene that we shot in the movie, me walking out on that porch and looking at those people, I was really trying to stay in the headspace of the character. I have to say that I felt a tremendous amount of pride with the fact that these young people were standing there in front of me, and brought together in this film by John

Logan and Blumhouse in order to be genuine representations of all different kinds of people that make up this society.

When in your career do you first remember being aware that you had an LGBTQ+ fanbase?

I honestly… I’m so happy to hear that. That never even crosses my mind. Great. That’s cool. Maybe I became aware just now, in this moment. [Laughs.]

No way. Not the guy who did “Wild Things.”

There’s no way that there weren’t gay men coming up to you on the streets and acknowledging that role.

[Laughs.] Well, you know, “Wild Things” was crazy because I didn’t even really think about the fact that male nudity would get so much attention. It was something that I... I don’t know. I mean, it’s just naïve of me, but it didn’t even cross my mind that it was gonna become what it became. But it was great, and I like to be acknowledged in any kind of way, so thank you for that.

Chris Azzopardi is the Editorial Director of Pride Source Media Group and Q Syndicate, the national LGBTQ+ wire service. He has interviewed a multitude of superstars, including Cher, Meryl Streep, Mariah Carey and Beyoncé. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, GQ and Billboard.

Reach him via Twitter @chrisazzopardi.

The New Gen (Z) of Queer Icons

By Mikkel Hyldebrandt

Photos: Instagram, PR, A24 Films, David-Simon Dayan They are not only making waves in their industries – music, film, TV, and social media – but they are also bringing much-needed representation to the world.

Here are the queer individuals who have reached new icon status right now.

Amandla Stenberg The girl who played Rue in The Hunger Games has come a long way as a star in various comingof-age films. She came out as gay in 2018 and has been open about her journey to self-realization.

Currently, she plays a queer character Sophie, in the dark comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies.

Bretman Rock His hilarious TikTok videos that explore gender roles and gender-bending have awarded him millions of followers and a platform to discuss issues affecting the queer communities. He made history in 2021 as the first openly gay person to appear on the cover of Playboy.

Emma Corrin Corrin broke out as Princess Diana in the Netflix series The Crown (season four), and earlier this summer, changed their pronouns to she/they while wearing a chest binder. She has since talked openly about gender fluidity and the experience of coming out as queer and nonbinary.

Lil Nas X Lil Nas X’s coming out was a personal protest to how the music industry perceived an openly gay Black man. He has since used his platform to make changes to the music industry, hopefully paving the way for other LGBTQ+ artists to come out without repercussions. His image as an unabashedly sexual gay man has propelled him to wide acclaim and platinum album sales.

Tove Lo The openly bi, Swedish-born singer-songwriter has always written about her sexuality – just listen to songs like Talking Body and Disco Tits. Apart from creating LGBTQ+ anthems, she continues to talk openly about sexuality and gender.

Willow Pill Willow Pill was one of five trans contestants on season 14 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and she made ‘herstory’ as the first trans winner of a regular season. Willow came out as trans in an emotional statement on social media following her win on the popular drag competition show.

Willow Smith Actress and singer Willow Smith came out as bisexual in 2019 and has since spoken openly about being polyamorous. She has also touched on topics like gender fluidity with her brother Jaden and uses her platform to discuss sex and sexuality.

Yasmin Finney Yasmin first gained recognition on TikTok, where she shared her experience of being a Black, British trans woman. She is best known for her role as the charming Elle in the Netflix series Heartstopper. She continues to use her platform to speak up about issues concerning the trans community and beyond.

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How do I measure my happiness? I know that folks tell you that money doesn’t buy happiness but in todays climate where there’s so much inflation it seems as though money truly is the only way to buy happiness. Not necessarily the material objects that bring many people happiness, but necessities to live. I feel cheated by life! Any advice?

I personally have always said that money makes the world go round. And unfortunately, it’s true. There’s no alternative to having money this day in age. Because it’s so difficult to try and make a living nowadays it becomes a burden to even spend money on the necessary things in life; let alone if you wanna spend money on things, vacations or days off that are a stress relief for you.

I guess what you have to look at is if you are truly HAPPY. But, what does happiness look like to you? Are you someone who values the roof over their head and that’s about it? Are you someone who needs a new car every few years to feel better and more secure? Whatever the case may be, you need to find what YOUR happiness is and measure it by that. If you can take the good and realize that it may be enough, then your happiness may grow exponentially. If you only need material wealth to make it, then you might be in a pickle in todays age.