I had to kind of come out of the closet as a musician.
After years as an art director for a number of Broadway cast albums, the 43-year-old "Technicolor pop" singer-songwriter says he had to "come out of the closet as a musician" before recording the album, which hits Amazon and iTunes on April 7 and is the follow-up to his 2011 debut, "Resistance is Beautiful".
Among the offerings: clothing from Bless, Bodkin and Electric Feathers; jewelry by Pamela Love and Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons; artist editions by David Armstrong; art books from small-run presses; assorted curios like handmade stationery and Victorian corkscrews; and a selection of high-end vintage pulled from the closets of stylists, musicians and models.
As a result, existing descriptions include glorious nuggets such as "closet rapper" and "unpublished author, unsigned musician, destroyer of software, dreamer".
A space smaller than some walk-in closets held the five musicians along with assorted guitars, drum kits, drum machines, computers, percussion and keyboards, including a red one with a dozen keys chipped off or sprung upward; Mr. Keating had battered it with drumsticks during one overly enthusiastic gig.
Wandering the streets, so many bands look suspiciously to me like closet Evangelical Christians disguised as a indie-folk musicians.
The result was Joan's Closet, a project that matches the conservatory's young musicians with recital-worthy clothes, free of charge.
According to a press release, he will produce and direct a series of videos that "will feature Hollywood celebrities, athletes, musicians and politicians 'coming out of the closet' as supporters of equality".
The new series, which the "Rush Hour" trilogy veteran will direct and produce, will feature "a diverse group of Hollywood celebrities, athletes, musicians and politicians 'coming out of the closet' as supporters of equality," according to GLAAD.
