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PRIDE IN THE PARK

June 26th and 27th, 2021

Pride in the Park is set to become one of Adding to up the lineup is Australian
the first live concert events returning to singer-songwriter Betty Who, who
Chicago this summer and will return for a performed at Pride In The Park’s
second year with a fun-filled musical lineup. inaugural edition. Other noteworthy
“It’s been more than a year, but this summer, artists include DJ Tracy Young, the first
live music and meaningful, safe ways to woman ever to receive a Grammy in
connect with our chosen friends and family the remix category, Alyssa Edwards
is coming back. We are very pleased to meet of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and legendary
state guidelines and working with the City of Chicago DJ and deep house producer
Chicago and Chicago Park District to make Derrick Carter.
this event happen” said Dusty Carpenter, “To say we are excited is an
President and lead organizer of Pride in the understatement,” said Dusty Carpenter,
Park Chicago. President and lead organizer of Pride in
the Park. “We have legendary artists, with

12 Grammys, diverse Allies
and Queer icons that are
going to simply bring the
house down.”

In addition to the main
stage, full entertainment
schedule is forthcoming,
CircuitMOM Productions
will command their own
on-site performances,
including drag kings and
queens and the world-
famous DJs and that
signature electric house
music that only
CircuitMOM can deliver. 

Pride In The Park first debuted as a one-day As in 2019, Pride in the Park has once
event in 2019. It will now return as a limited again named the Center on Halsted as
capacity, two-day ticketed fest on Saturday, its official charity partner and will donate
June 26th and Sunday, June 27th at the a portion of ticket sales and providing
historic Grant Park, home to Lollapalooza.  in-kind tickets to ensure LGBTQ and
The event will feature a wide array of underprivileged youth may participate
musical artists, with The Queen of Funk and celebrate their pride openly.
and ten-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan Tickets go on sale Friday, April 30 at noon
headlining. Electronic music lovers should and will range from $70 - $200. Updates
be drawn in by the other headliners, DJ and ticket sales are available on their
producer superstars Gryffin and Tiësto. website at www.PrideParkChi.com.

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ASK CHAD
Business Marketing Q&A
Dear Chad,

What are the three main components for a
new business owner to have setup?

From, Johnny

Hello Johnny, You are in control of you daily spend and can
Specifically from a branding and marketing quickly see if your efforts are converting to sales.
standpoint you must first know your customer/ This is a quick way to gain traction at a fairly low
client. It is imperative to your success to know spend. Just be careful to set a realistic budget and
their every need, want and expectation when give it some time.
shopping to either buy product or hire a company
for a service. Many companies do not have a Dear Chad,
clear picture as to who their primary targeted What are the do’s and don’ts for a new
demographic is or what they want. Second you company.
must also look at your business as someone that From, Laurie
has no clue as to who you are, what you provide or Hello Laurie,
what you can do. You can’t assume your client has No matter the industry it is important to plan for
done their homework so you have to do whatever the worst while being cognizant of what being
you can in order to paint a clear picture. Often successful looks like. Have realistic goals in place
times as business owners we make the assumption to ensure you have long-term success. Don’t put
that our customers/clients knows as much as we yourself in a position that is unrealistic to succeed.
do about the services or products we provide. Don’t More times than not start-up companies do not do
make this assumption it can be detrimental to your their research and overspend in ways that are in no
businesses continued success. The third step is to way beneficial for their company to expand. There
ensure you have strong branding in place starting will always be ups and downs but you can control
with a logo and marketing to back it up. No how much of this happens within a respectable
different than you would be when selecting a new amount of time. Plan ahead and if you can afford
service or product. If you feel there isn’t legitimacy it, hire a marketing company to help you come
to the company or brand you are looking at, you up with a realistic budget that us sustainable for
have to assume your business is being viewed in you. A lot of agency will provide complimentary
the same way. Just because you know you offer consultations and incentives for new clients. The
a good product or service does't mean this will worst thing is starting out by spending too much
translate to your potential client/customer. money then having to pull back or stop all together
because you didn’t plan accordingly. This can be a
Dear Chad, huge waste of money and quite detrimental to your
I’m starting a new fashion line. How do I get companies ongoing success.
new brand exposure in an effective way to the
people that I need to target? Chad Brittian is an experienced industry professional and
From, Marcellus CEO of NVS Design, Inc. To consult Chad for any of your
business needs, call 877-578-2045 (Ext. 700) or email him at
Hello Marcellus, [email protected].
I would utilize recommend e-commerce so that www.2nvs.com
you can effectively be seen by a much larger To submit your question to Ask Chad, email him at:
audience right off of the bat. This can be much [email protected]
more cost-effective rather than trying to get into
a physical location to start. A lot of brands are boiMAG.com 13
actually switching their full sales model to online.
Ensure you do your research on your primary
demographic so you know who you are market to.
Once you have your online store setup start with
PPC and Social media advertising to gain traction.

THE ART OF BANKSY

An Exposition Coming To Chicago

“This is a one-of-a-kind exhibition. You will never
again have the opportunity to see this many of
Banksy’s works in one place. Once the exhibition is
over, the artwork will be returned to art collectors
around the world, and the chances that they will
be displayed together again in the future are
extremely slim,” said Corey Ross, President &
CEO, Starvox Exhibits, which is presenting the
exhibit alongside Collectiv Presents events.

The Art of Banksy, one of the largest touring Seen by 750,000 people worldwide, The Art of
exhibition of authentic Banksy artworks in Banksy has already generated excitement in
the world, has announced that it will open Melbourne, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Auckland
this summer in Chicago. Hosted in a yet-to- and Toronto and rave reviews from critics all
be- disclosed location in the city’s West Loop around the world. Harper’s Bazaar advised “This
neighborhood, The Art of Banksy will feature isn’t one to miss,” Marie Claire proclaimed it “A
80 original works from private collectors across must see!” while TimeOut Toronto described
the globe, offering a rare opportunity to view The Art of Banksy as “a welcome reminder of the
authenticated and certified Banksy artworks explosive impact of the artist’s works, and of the
rarely seen by the general public. Scheduled to powerful potential of street art.”
open Thursday, July 1, tickets will go on sale to
the public Thursday, May 6 at 9am CDT.

In true Banksy style, The Art of Banksy is not Tickets for the exhibition will go on sale to the
authorized or curated in collaboration with public at 9am. CDT on Thursday, May 6 at www.
the artist, but rather sourced from private banksyexhibit.com. Ticket prices start at $39.99
collections allowing the public to see works that ($29.99 for children 16 or younger), with timed,
would otherwise stay hidden in private homes flexible and VIP ticket options available. Tickets
or warehouses. The exhibition features many of will be on sale for viewings between July 1 and
Banksy’s most recognizable images, including Nov. 28, 2021. The Art of Banksy Box Office can
“Flower Thrower,” “Rude Copper” and “Girl with be reached via phone at 844.871.1358.
Balloon,” famously shredded at auction in The hour-long walk-through experience has
2018. The canvasses, screen prints, sculptures, been designed with health and safety as a
one-off and limited-edition pieces on display priority. Admissions will be limited in line with
date between 1997 and 2008, a period which the City of Chicago’s capacity guidelines with
resulted in Banksy’s most distinguishable works. touchless ticket-taking, temperature checks
Banksy, whose identity is the art world’s upon arrival, hand sanitizer stations and social
biggest secret, is an enigmatic artist and distancing markers prominent throughout the
world-recognized political activist. His graffiti venue, and digitally projected social distancing
influenced stencil technique, often combined circles on the gallery floors.
with anti-establishment slogans, is immediately
recognizable and never fails to generate
immediate attention. Banksy’s works are seen
on city walls, bridges and streets throughout
the world, but The Art of Banksy offers a rare
chance to see a multitude of works in one
location.

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

Space Travel

The Perseverance rover is hunting for signs of Perseverance also used the same entry, descent
ancient life and is collecting samples for future and landing (EDL) strategy as Curiosity. Both
return to Earth. rovers hit the Mars atmosphere at tremendous
NASA’s Perseverance rover isn’t just exploring the speeds, deployed a supersonic parachute after
Red Planet. The life-hunting robot will also help friction slowed them down enough, and were
a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so finally lowered gently to the red dirt on cables
from now, if all goes according to plan. by a rocket-powered “sky crane.”
Perseverance, the centerpiece of NASA’s $2.7
billion Mars 2020 mission, touched down inside But Perseverance had some EDL upgrades that
the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. Curiosity did not have. For example, NASA’s
Once it’s fully up and running, the car-sized robot Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the
will search for evidence of past microbial life and Mars 2020 mission, developed new landing
collect  several dozen samples for future return technology called terrain-relative navigation.
to Earth, among other ambitious tasks. As the rover descended through the Martian
“I don’t think we’ve had a mission that is going skies, it used a computer to compare the
to contribute so much to both science and landscape with pre-loaded terrain maps,
technology,” NASA Acting Administrator guiding itself to a safe landing site and making
Steve Jurczyk told Space.com shortly before corrections on the way down.
Perseverance touched down. “It’s going to be truly Another new feature, known as range trigger,
amazing.” used location and velocity information to
If Perseverance looks and sounds familiar, that’s determine when to open the supersonic
because the robotic explorer is largely based off parachute, narrowing the landing ellipse by
its predecessor, the Mars Science Laboratory more than half.
(MSL) Curiosity rover, which landed in August “Terrain-relative navigation enables us to go
2012 and is still going strong today.  to sites that were ruled too risky for Curiosity
Like Curiosity, the Perseverance rover was to explore,” said JPL’s Al Chen, Perseverance’s
built by engineers and scientists at NASA’s EDL lead. “The ranger trigger lets us land closer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, to areas of scientific interest, shaving miles,
California. Roughly 85% of Perseverance’s potentially as much as a year off a rover’s
mass is based on Curiosity “heritage hardware,” journey.”
saving NASA time and money and reducing risk
considerably, agency officials have said.
Perseverance is about 10 feet long (not including
its robotic arm), 9 feet wide, and 7 feet tall (about
3 meters long, 2.7 meters wide and 2.2 meters tall).
At 2,260 lbs. (1,025 kilograms), Perseverance
weighs less than a compact car. 
Like Curiosity, Perseverance has a rectangular
body, six wheels, a robotic arm, a drill for
sampling rocks, cameras and scientific
instruments. But those instruments are quite
different than the gear aboard Curiosity, because
the two rovers have divergent goals. Curiosity’s
main task involves assessing the habitability of
ancient Mars, whereas Perseverance will hunt for
evidence of ancient Martians.
Perseverance’s seven instruments “build on the
success of MSL, which was a proving ground for
new technology,” said George Tahu, NASA’s
Perseverance program executive. “These will
gather science data in ways that weren’t possible
before.”

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TUNING IN

When Sleeping Giants Wake

by: Nicky Roland

Back in the early 80s, a new style of heartbreak of coming out to your parents
music was being gestated in Chicago’s and trying to find acceptance. Meechie
underground clubs and house parties. begs her mother to accept her as the
Clubs like the Warehouse and The daughter she raised and loved, to accept
Foundry would be packed night after her for who she is. The tenderness and
night with hot sweaty bodies heaving in emotion are palpable. In the hands of a
unison to the steady thump of an electronic lesser singer, the message could easily get
four-on-the-floor beat. In 1985, realizing lost, but Meechie’s incredible vocals tare
the potential of this movement, a local through the music, piercing straight to your
DJ collective/record pool took a leap of heart. House DJs will be available on all
faith and launched a new record label, DJ major streaming and distribution channels
International Records. DJ International on June 17th.
would soon become synonymous with  
House Music and the global phenomenon Also coming out in June, my new single “I
is spawned. Lose Myself” is a pumping Samba-infused
  Latin House banger guaranteed to get
For over a decade DJ International even the stiffest formaldehydes on the
minted stars like a galactic nursery until floor. Written in response to 45s anti-
the founders started moving in different Latin American sentiment and policies,
directions to pursue other interests. Over I Lose Myself celebrates the beauty of
the coming decades, the label went semi- Latin America’s music and people with an
dormant, releasing occasional compilations unstoppable jazzy Carnival groove. As a kid
and albums, but never on the tick-tock growing up in the UK I saw the power the
schedule of their early days. Ska movement had in uniting people and
Like any sleeping giant, a reawakening was stamping out racism, I Lose Myself is my
inevitable. Armed with a catalog of un- attempt to do the same thing for America.
released material, a stable of established I Lose Myself comes out at the end of the
and new artists (including myself, Nicky month.
Roland), and a new global distribution
partner the giant is awake, and relaunching Nicky Roland is a house music producer originally from
bigger and better than ever. the UK, now based in Denver, CO.
 
Over the coming months, DJ International
will be releasing a plethora of singles,
EPs, and... arguably, the most important
compilation album in over a decade, The
Jackmaster 7. This month sees two new
phenomenal releases, one from me, and
one from House Legend, Meechie.
 
Meechie’s new single “House DJs” features
a song called “Dear Mother” that sends
shivers down my spine every time I listen to
it. Set to the sound of a pumping, upbeat
house groove, the happy party vibes belie
the heart-wrenching lyrics decrying the

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HEALTH & WELLBEING

Finding Therapy is Different Than Finding LGBTQ-Friendly Therapy

by: Dr. Charla Waxman will want insurance information and
capabilities, so know what your insurance
BS, MBA, EdD will allow.
Community Liaison
Ask for a pre-therapy interview
Therapists often find Prepare your list of questions and look
a niche. Sometimes for someone who feels right to you. Ask
this is a method of about specialty and why they chose
therapy or a therapy that specialty. Ask how long they have
specialty that sparks specialized in LGBTQ therapy.Ask where
their passion and fuels they studied and any modes of therapy
their practice and skill development. That they utilize and how those modes of
being said, not all therapists find their treatment have created successes in other
passion in the provision of service for the clients. Ask for a general time frame for
LGBTQ client. Not all therapists have the engagement. Ask for the expectations
base of skills necessary to enhance the skill that they have of their clients. Ask them
development of their LGBTQ patient. what makes them unique in their area of
specialty.
Regardless, of needs and concerns for
mental health, anyone requiring services Research individual and group therapies
should become a knowledgeable How do you work best? Do you need peer
consumer. If there is a specialty need, support and feedback or does a one to one
a therapist with that therapeutic need experience sound more like you? Speak to
should be sought. In any purchase or your potential therapist about what they
business choice, a match in service, think is good match for you.
customer care, and product is what creates
a successful business exchange. With the Know that there may be issues central to
purchase of any product or engagement in being LGBTQ and being a person of color
any business is a choice based on research; With some research, you will find some
so should someone needing mental health understanding, accepting, and affirming
assistance make an informed selection of organizations who support LGBTQ
program or service provider. communities of color. They are out there!
Don’t give up! Use the information above
How can someone seeking empathic to navigate and explore the selection
LGBTQ mental health support become of the therapist that will be the best
informed of LGBTQ-safe programs and connection for you. Don’t settle. Therapy is
therapists? important and you want the best for you.

Gather the information you need to If you cannot find an in-person connection
make an informed choice that seems to support your needs and
When you call a practice or therapist interests, know that many more therapists
provide information about gender identity than ever are offering phone and virtual
and sexual orientation; include any therapies and so you may even be able to
information about things like transgender find an interstate therapist connection.
support needs and any trauma that If you do, make sure that your insurance
has occurred oriented to identity and is allowed; you do not need a financial
orientation. Have some awareness of burden to create stress when you are
the mental health conditions that are already seeking help.
prominent. Identify who may be attending
therapy with you if you involving other continued >>> boiMAG.com 21
family/friend supports. All programs

HEALTH & WELLBEING

(continued)

Connect locally and utilize your LGBTQ LGBT National Senior Hotline
community supports and groups to help 888-234-7243
you seek assistance.
Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Programs
There are many facilities in the 212-714-1141 (English and Spanish)
Chicagoland area who are accepting and
supportive of LGBTQ populations. Lake GLBT National Youth Talkline
Behavioral Hospital is one of them. For 800-246-7743
a free assessment for level of care, please
call, walk-in, or make an appointment for a DeHQ: LGBTQ Helpline for South
mental health interview, 24/7/365 at Asians
855-990-1900. Other supports are below: 908-367-3374

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Need Help? A free assessment at Lake
1-800-273-8255 Behavioral Hospital will help you
Text HOME to 741741 understand the best level of care for
Trans Lifeline what you are experiencing. Walk-ins or
877-565-8860 NAMI.ORG appointments 24/7/365 assure you of
GLBT National Hotline support and assistance right when you
888-843-4564 need it. One call to 855 990 1900 or a walk-
in to our hospital may be just the start you
need toward feeling better and doing better.

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SOCIAL MEDIA DATING

Meeting Behind The Screen

by: Dr. Charla Waxman form of social media was known as the sexting
“Let me introduce you to my friend”, was usually app and many young people thought they were
followed by a friend and hopeful relationship safe, but screen shots of sexual photos gave
date. Then, if you liked the friend’s friend, way to bullying, stress and anxiety. Others say
numbers were exchanged and you called or that Snapchat is safe overall, but the downside
waited for call to continue talking and getting is that people spend too much time on the app
to know one another. For the most part, this is and less time getting to know the person “in
now seen as an unnecessary step to dating. In person”.
the age of social media, there are many other Twitter, the last to be discussed here has been
options that seem easier, more time efficient made famous as the place to say whatever you
and people feel more in control of the process. think about anything. This will give you some
Let’s start with Instagram. Instagram is an insight into how someone thinks and feels, and
“app” that is all about photo and video sharing. may show you what their unfiltered self is like.
Currently in the US, most Instagram users This is a place where people can connect and
are between the ages of 25-34. More than share their thoughts with a large audience.
50% of Instagram users are female. (HuffPost, Some say this is a great place to meet and date,
2017). You can learn about a person and their but again personal interaction would go a long
interests by watching what is being posted. way.
Anyone can view a post, but the person posting Dating via social media is a personal choice
has no way of knowing who is viewing their and for those who don’t get discouraged easily.
Instagram. Kind of creepy, right? Know as you In some cases, there is nothing remotely real
consider finding the right person on Instagram about the pictures posted, the things told, and
that photos can be altered and “shopped” the opinions offered. In other cases, it’s an easy
or “filtered” and that can lead to surprises and efficient way to get relationships started
later and a dishonest start to a relationship. and easy to stop if things aren’t going well.
Starting a relationship with half-truths about In general, the biggest concern with social
appearances is not good and shows a certain media and dating is that too much time online
concern for self-esteem. It could also be just means that offline there may be friends and
the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is real family who are losing out. Social media may
and what is not. As it relates to self-esteem, also point out that we are more gullible than we
according to the HuffPost article, Instagram think and not everyone is in it for all the right
scored the distinction of the most harmful reasons. Safety and physical and mental health
app for mental health. Users often have poor should be looked after and no one should
body image, body confidence and will change venture into social media without taking the
photos to seem and look perfect and perfectly time to learn about who we’re talking to on
happy. Instagram, it seems, is not reality-based. social media. Another issue with social media
Snapchat is bit less intrusive than Instagram. is that conversing in written form can easily
You are given access to view and “chat” about be misconstrued and patience and clarifying
what you have seen. First, Snapchat has is often required if you want a relationship to
changed so much and so often that a guide deepen.
was published to explain access and current The deeper the relationship evolves, the more
adjustments to how it works. Overall it is a privacy is important. Putting information
photo and video-chatting forum that can on social media may not be the best way to
be shared but is only made available for a develop a connection.
short time and then it becomes inaccessible, Know that meeting in person still creates the
it is gone in a “snap”. Snapchat has its own best “read” on someone. Social media is a good
language using phrases like snapcode, score start if you are safety conscience, use common
and snapback to describe everything from sense, and have positive self-care.
talking to each other to ranking the number of
contacts and connections made. Early on this

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by Jack Santo

Future Technology Cancer-detecting ‘smart needles’
The AI scientist A “smart needle” has been developed by
scientists in the UK which could speed up
Cut off a flatworm’s head, and it’ll grow a cancer detection and diagnosis times.
new one. Cut it in half, and you’ll have two Researchers believe the technology could
new worms. Fire some radiation at it, and it’ll be particularly helpful in diagnosing
repair itself. Scientists have wanted to work lymphoma, reducing patient anxiety as
out the mechanisms involved for some time, they await their results. At present, people
but the secret has eluded them. Enter an AI with suspected lymphoma often have to
coded at Tufts University, Massachusetts. provide a sample of cells, followed by a
By analysing and simulating countless biopsy of the node to be carried out for a
scenarios, the computer was able to solve full diagnosis, a process which can be time
the mystery of the flatworm’s regeneration consuming.
in just 42 hours. In the end it produced a The new device uses a technique known
comprehensive model of how the flatworm’s as Raman spectroscopy to shine a low-
genes allow it to regenerate. power laser into the part of the body
Although humans still need to feed the being inspected, with the potential to spot
AI with information, the machine in this concerns within seconds, scientists from
experiment was able to create a new, the University of Exeter say.
abstract theory independently, a huge step “The Raman smart needle can measure the
towards the development of a conscious molecular changes associated with disease
computer, and potentially a landmark step in in tissues and cells at the end of the needle,”
the way we carry out research. said professor Nick Stone, project lead, from
Space balloon the University of Exeter. “Provided we can
If you want to take a trip into space, your reach a lump or bump of interest with the
quickest bet might be to take a balloon. The needle tip, we should be able to assess if it
company World View Enterprises wants to is healthy or not.”
send tourists into the stratosphere, 32km Crowd-sourced antibiotics
above Earth, on hot air balloons. Swallowing seawater is part of surfing.
Technically ‘space’ is defined as 100km But now the scientists behind a new
above sea level, but 32km is high enough initiative called Beach Bums want to
to witness the curvature of the Earth, just as swab the rectums of surfers, to see if this
Felix Baumgartner did on his space jump. water contains the key to developing new
The balloon flew its first successful test flight antibiotics. They’re searching for antibiotic
in June, and the company will start selling resistant bacteria known as superbugs, by
tickets in 2016 – at the bargain price of just studying the samples from the surfers, they
£75,000 per person! hope to learn more about these potentially
dangerous organisms in the hope of
producing new drugs to combat them.

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QUEEN
Another One Bites The Dust

Queen bass player John Deacon wrote the Let’s go
song. All four members of Queen wrote songs, Steve walks warily down the street
and each wrote at least one hit. Deacon also With his brim pulled way down low
wrote “You’re My Best Friend.” Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet
Deacon was influenced by the Chic song
"Good Times." In an interview with the New Machine guns ready to go
Musical Express, Chic bass player Bernard Are you ready hey are you ready for this?
Edwards said “Well, that Queen record came Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
about because that bass player spent some time
hanging out with us at our studio.” Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Deacon played most of the instruments on the To the sound of the beat yeah
track, lead and rhythm guitars, bass, reversed
piano and additional percussion. Brian May Another one bites the dust, Another one bites the dust
did some guitar effects with harmoniser (in the And another one gone and another one gone
interlude), and Roger Taylor played the drum Another one bites the dust
loop. Surprisingly, there are no synthesizers.
The drum track and the hand claps were Hey I’m gonna get you too, Another one bites the dust
looped and they repeat throughout the song. How do you think I’m going to get along
Freddie Mercury loved this track. Brian May Without you when you’re gone
recalled to Mojo, “Freddie sung until his throat You took me for everything that I had
bled on Another One Bites The Dust. He was so And kicked me out on my own
into it. He wanted to make that song something Are you happy are you satisfied?
special.” How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat look out

Queen band members were originally
reluctant to release this as a single, but
backstage after a Queen gig at the Los Angeles
forum, a visiting Michael Jackson convinced
them it would be a hit. “Michael and all his
brothers were all going, ‘That’s a fantastic track.
You must release it,’” recalled Queen drummer
Roger Taylor to Q magazine December 2009.

This meeting lead to several recordings and Oh take it - Bite the dust bite the dust
collaborations between Freddie Mercury and Hey Another one bites the dust
Michael Jackson, all of which remain unreleased. Another one bites the dust ow
This was the single that really broke the band Another one bites the dust he he
in America, and it garnered a huge following Another one bites the dust haaaa
amongst American disco audiences, with many Ooh shoot out
fans and journalists convinced it was a black
man singing lead vocals, people obviously There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a man
hadn’t heard of Queen before so didn’t know And bring him to the ground
what Freddie looked like..
There was a rumor that Freddie Mercury was You can beat him, You can cheat him
writing and singing about his personal war You can treat him bad and leave him, When he’s down
with AIDS. He knew he would be “biting the
dust” very soon, and many of his friends were But I’m ready yes I’m ready for you
too. But, the rumor that the song was about I’m standing on my own two feet
AIDS isn’t to plausible. The song was written by Out of the doorway the bullets rip
John Deacon, a member of the band and was Repeating to the sound of the beat
released on “The Game” album in 1980 when Another one bites the dust, Another one bites the dust
AIDS was still very rare and wasn’t really known And another one gone and another one gone
in the UK till 1981, and Freddy Mercury didn’t Another one bites the dust yeah
become infected until 1987, as he claimed. Hey I’m gonna get you too, Another one bites the dust
Freddy died in 1991 at the age of 45.
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