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August 9th is a day that burns in our hearts here at Homopop. It's the day that one of our favorite people in the whole wide world was born! So everyone please wish a very gay Happy Birthday to the stud-muffin Aiden James!! (You can of course follow him on Twitter @aidenjamestour or find him on Facebook to send him a personal message.)

We met him a little over a year ago when we did this interview and have been in love with this brilliant and talented musician ever since! So what's new with this crooner? Well the official video for "On the Run" has been all over Logo's New Now Next, VH1 and MTV, which you can check out by going to either site. And it seems that AfterElton.com writes about him every other week! He is recording a new album appropriately titled "how you doAH?" that is AMAZING! How do I know this? Because I am one of the very, very, very few people who got messaged a snippet of his new work and I didn't even have to do any special sexual favors either! But you all can help Aiden out by contributing just a little bit to help make his album right HERE through Feed the Muse. What a great birthday present!

Speaking of presents... we have one for you! Check out the studio session he did back in January at 88.5 WXPN during The Folk Show with folk legend Gene Shay. (It's the video in this article.) Catch Aiden live in various venues around the country! I'm tell you folks, the bitch is blowin' up and you don't want to miss him preform live!

*Philly: 8/26
World Cafe Live 7pm

*Newtown, Sq PA: 9/24
Burlap & Bean 7:30

*Tucson: 10/9
Tucson Pride 1pm

Seriously though, I have been bitten by the lyricist bug so here's a little number I wrote. Aiden, you are allowed to use this if you want.

They say it's your birthday, bitch.
Well happy happy to you!
With your beefy, hairy chest and your soft brown eyes
you make all men go wild.
We follow your prophetic tweets
like it's our job
because all we do is live vicariously through you.
With your trucker hat, lazer-kitty t-shirts and trendy shades
We know you will never fade.
They say it's your birthday, bitch!
We sincerely hope you don't get the itch.

Love you, mean it!

For more info about this superstar: aidenjamesmusic.com

It's no lie that one of our favorite celebs is Lady Gaga. Say what you will about her crazy antics and outlandish costumes, the little Italian girl from NY has talent. She recently met the Queen of jolly ol' England (where our illustrious Cam Buckingham resides), has been nominated for a few Grammys® and MTV named her Woman of the Year. Hell, I am bestowing her Queen of Homopop for 2009 right now!

Ss you know, our new Queen (Madge will forever be the Queen of the Universe for us) is currently hitting the road on her Monster Ball Tour... As a side note, if you can get me a couple of tickets, I will hook you up with something from Homopop. But I digress. If you are lucky to to see her wild show; you might possible get to see the fantabulous emerging band Semi Precious Weapons. We got a sneak peak of with a free download and let me tell you, this gender-bending quartet kicks ass. It's like listening to the Scissor Sisters fused glam rock of Ziggy Stardust and toss in a little edge-rock like The Kills. All of this pretty much equal awesome in our book. Front man Justin Tranter is ruggedly glam, which doesn't seem possible to be rugged AND glam at the same time, but trust me he is. So why should you care about Semi Precious Weapons?

A.) They are fabulous homos.
B.) They are the first band under the Haus of Gaga label where Madame Gaga and Vince Herbert (who produced some amazing R&B artists including Lady Gaga, New Kids on the Block, Toni Braxton, Debra Cox and Babyface) are Executive Producers.
C.) Opening act on Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour worldwide through 2010
D.) Um, hello... we said so.

Lastly, because you have all being such wonderful followers, here's a little gift for you... FREE DOWNLOAD from SWP!!

Who the heck is Aiden James you ask? Well, we discovered (and I don't mean "discovered" like we are his manager) this talented cutie-pie during Philadelphia Qfest this year when his music video "On the Run" got it's World Premiere. We pretty much fell in love with him the moment we met him and he has been a huge supporter of Homopop, not to mention the BFF of our very own Nick Starr. But that's not why we adore Aiden. He is one of the nicest, funniest, genuinely good-natured people you will ever met! On top of that, he is wickedly talented (Yes, I used talented again. Just read the dictionary and you will know why.) Anyway, check him out on myspace for his touring schedule—the dude is all over the country folks! And his facebook page (you can find him through our page) or twitter which is the most fun of all! Or just go to his site: aidenjamesmusic.com.

To see the full video on Youtube click HERE!

Thank you for sending this to us, Chi Chi! xoxoxo

Here you go faggots and faggotettes - your first look at RuPaul's new video for "Jealous of My Boogie," the second single off his new album Champion (which you can get from Ru's website). And we got the version starring Chi Chi LaRue! Are you gagging yet? Hello!

My favorite parts?
Chi Chi with the TV remote, Chi Chi having his Paris Hilton moment on the floor, and Chi Chi biting Ru's head off. What're yours?

Click here for the original version of the vid, featuring a very well known str8 porn face. (Hi, Tommy Gunn!)