Hymn to her.Even the mother of "happy lesbian" singer Catie Curtis Catie Curtis (born 1965) is an American singer-songwriter. She was raised in the small city of Saco, Maine, and played her first performances there. She was originally a drummer, but later changed instruments to acoustic guitar. loves the gender-specific tune on Curtis's delightful new album Catie Curtis remembers the first time she performed "Elizabeth"--a tale of romantic yearning that is a highlight of her sterling fourth collection, My Shirt Looks Good on You (Rykodisc)--in front of an audience earlier this year. "I was playing a club in Newport, Ky. My hands were shaking as I started to strum the melody on my guitar. Right before I sang the first line, I remember muttering mut·ter v. mut·tered, mut·ter·ing, mut·ters v.intr. 1. To speak indistinctly in low tones. 2. To complain or grumble morosely. v.tr. that this would probably be the only time I'd ever play this song live. I was pretty nervous." Within that song's scant three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. , the pop-folk artist took the final step in her coming-out process. For the first time in public, she shared a composition that had female-gender references. Although Curtis has been matter-of-fact about her lesbian status throughout the 12-year span of her performing career, she's previously opted for first-person lyrics wherein sexuality was often suggested but rarely confirmed. "It's not like I wasn't trying to write songs with the word `she,'" she says, adding with a laugh that her prior attempts "totally sucked. They felt forced. Maybe I just wasn't ready to go there. Then one day I was quietly sitting and staring out the window, and `Elizabeth' just came to me. It's like she magically walked into the room and tapped me on the shoulder. The song literally spilled out of me in 30 minutes." Bolstered by an emotional outpouring of support from that Kentucky club crowd, Curtis added "Elizabeth" to her touring set, drawing kudos from fans and--much to her surprise--her parents. "These are sweet but conventional people who initially struggled with having a gay daughter. Now it's Mom's favorite song of mine." Swathed in delicate acoustic guitar lines, subtle rock nuances, and Curtis's gentle storytelling Storytelling Aesop semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10] Münchäusen Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit. style, "Elizabeth" is exemplary of My Shirt Looks Good on You, an array of empathetic em·pa·thet·ic adj. Empathic. em  pa·thet i·cal·ly adv. , slice-of-life tunes that are not likely to change the minds of some critics who have sarcastically dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. her as pop music's "happy lesbian"--a tag that occasionally frustrates the artist. "I guess I haven't accessed my well of rage," she says. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. that I ever will. Rage doesn't interest me. Humanity does. I prefer that people come to my music looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. emotional connection and honesty and pleasure, not to vent or feed their anger. If that makes me the `happy lesbian,' then so be it--at least until I write my heavy metal epic." Find more about Catie Curtis and My Shirt Looks Good on You, and links to related Internet sites, at www.advocate.com Flick is talent editor at Billboard. |
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