{"id":619,"date":"2014-07-30T22:03:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T06:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/?p=619"},"modified":"2014-07-30T22:07:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T06:07:59","slug":"its-time-to-par-tay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"IT’S TIME TO PAR-TAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>T<\/span>‘S<\/span> T<\/span>IM<\/span>E<\/span> T<\/span>O<\/span> P<\/span>A<\/span>R<\/span>–T<\/span>A<\/span>Y<\/span>!<\/span><\/h1>\n

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31 Days of Brannan – Day 30 \u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

(The EVE of Jay’s San Francisco Concert @ Bottom of the Hill!!!)<\/span><\/h1>\n

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TODAY’S PLAYLIST: \u00a0Jay’s VERY BEST MOVES!<\/span><\/h2>\n

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So I was going to find something deep and moving from Jay’s catalog. That was the plan. That’s what I had envisioned when I started this back on July 1st. I would credit Jay with his deeply evocative lyrics, his lovely, dark prose, his haunting melodies and incredibly layered musical compositions.<\/p>\n

That’s what I thought I’d do…<\/p>\n

BUT I CAN’T! I am fucking over the damned moon that at the time I am writing this tomorrow, I’ll be watching Jay himself spin the magic that his fans have come to expect, that frequently comment on his youtube channel about how much they love what he does. Fans just as dedicated and just as fervent as I am. Hell, even my granddaughter competes with me on that score. Some days I think she wins. Some days… certainly not every day.<\/p>\n

Jay’s a fixture in this house. In my car, on my iPod – he keeps company with other out gay artists and classical geniuses that are part of my repertoire. Brannan is next to Borodin and Bach. Housewife<\/em> is right along side \u00c9 Lucevan Le Stelle<\/em> by Jose Cura. \u00a0In my world he has the same place as Amadeus, as that other gay artist that his held in very high regard in my mind – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. To my way of thinking, when you consider the times of these two geniuses (yes, I consider Jay’s prose to be deep and emotive enough that I give it that status – he speaks to the same fears and the same hopes and dashed dreams that I went through many years before he was even born – somehow his existence in many respects mirrored my own – so yeah, he gets a FUCKING genius status in my book – period.)<\/p>\n

So Jay and Pyotr are equivalent – very different in their approach and scope of their work, but given Pyotr’s love of pretty boys – Jay would certainly have garnered his interest if he was around these days. So yeah, I think even Tchaikovsky might’ve been a Daddy admirer of Jay were he in the here and now.<\/p>\n

But that’s beside the point right now. For me, I want to celebrate the musical joy and brilliance that is Brannan’s work. So for that, no deep evocative and emotive piece. No, instead, I’m just letting Jay dance his hot gayboy body all over the damned place.<\/p>\n

Seriously, some boy better grab that soon – were I only 25 years younger… and unattached and not have a family of my own and… yeah. Okay. That was a lost cause even before I began that sentence. But that doesn’t mean someone else can’t snag that – I mean c’mon boys – what’s not to love there?<\/p>\n

Anyway, enjoy Jay doing what he ALSO does best – shake his money makin’ body all over the damned place.<\/p>\n

I can’t wait for tomorrow night. It simply can’t come soon enough – though when it does, I am sure it will all seem like a dream, one that I won’t want to end. It’s about as fan girl as I can get at my age. I’m good with that. Jay’s work is certainly worthy of this kind of adoration and fandom. Your work touches my past, even though we’ve never met, it gives me a journey of my own. My foray into writing my own works, of creating my own worlds – and for that I am grateful for that creative nudge.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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The Always, Then & Now Tour…<\/span><\/h2>\n

Please check out his site<\/a> with links for his upcoming shows. I am definitely a late comer to the Brannan bandwagon whenever he pulls through my city. But now that I am going this year, I am making it a goal never to miss when he swings through town. I hope you take advantage of the opportunity as well. Also be sure to check out his web store at the following link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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