Gay Krant was a Dutch magazine written for the gay community , published every month since 1980. It was published by the Best Publishing Group under leadership of Henk Krol . The magazine has its headquarters in Amsterdam .
27-409: After a bankruptcy in 2013, the magazine was taken over by the companies behind the other gay media Winq , Gay.nl and OUTTV . The Gay Krant then first appeared as a combined edition with homoglossy Winq under the name Winq | Gaykrant, but eventually the indication Gaykrant disappeared and nowadays the magazine is simply called Winq. Since August 2017, Gaykrant has been re-launched (online only) and
54-441: A former lounge musician himself. Later, when Jake and Elwood are in an elevator, Jobim's " The Girl from Ipanema " is heard on Muzak . The 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys starred Jeff Bridges , Beau Bridges , and Michelle Pfeiffer as a successful lounge act. Andy Kaufman created a character called Tony Clifton . A parody of show biz entitlement and excess, Clifton is untalented, lazy (often not bothering to remember
81-435: A goofy married duo of lounge-style musicians , but in unlikely venues such as high school dances. Part of the humor derived from the incongruous application of their "nerdy" and outdated style to performances of current pop-music hits. British comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones appeared as a cheesy keyboard and bass duo during the end credits of one series of their long-running sketch show. Richard Cheese and
108-495: A hotel on the Moon ( Tranquility Base is the site of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing) and also reflects on modern society and technology, and its effect on the human mind, with frontman Alex Turner taking inspiration from both old school Science Fiction films, and Neil Postman's 1985 book, Amusing Ourselves To Death . Their seventh studio album, The Car also has a laid-back lounge pop sound, continuing their shift in sound to
135-468: A hotel or cocktail bar, are usually accompanied by one or two other musicians, and they favor cover songs composed by others, especially pop standards , many deriving from the days of Tin Pan Alley . Many well-known performers got their start as lounge singers and musicians. Billy Joel worked in a piano bar for six months and penned the song " Piano Man " about his experience. Lounge emerged in
162-523: A lounge pop, and baroque pop style. In the 1980 film The Blues Brothers , five members of the defunct Blues Brothers have formed a lounge act, "Murph and the Magictones," and are found performing latin-esque music at a Holiday Inn . When the band takes a break to speak with Jake and his brother Elwood, Murph switches on a Muzak version of " Just the Way You Are ," performed by Billy Joel ,
189-495: A relaxed, palatable sound. Such music could have some instruments exaggerated (e.g., a Polynesian song might have an exotic percussion arrangement using bongos, and vocalists imitating wild animals). Many of these recordings were portrayed as originating in exotic foreign lands, but in truth were recorded in Hollywood recording studios by veteran session musicians. Another genre, space age pop, mimicked space age sound effects of
216-404: Is a documentary about three older punk rockers who created a lounge-punk band. In 2018, British rock band Arctic Monkeys released their sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino . The album, which was a shift in style for the band after 2013's AM , the album has a more lounge pop sound rather than their previous, alternative rock sound. The album is a concept album about
243-512: Is a type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It may be meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place, usually with a tranquil theme, such as a jungle , an island paradise or outer space . The range of lounge music encompasses beautiful music –influenced instrumentals, modern electronica (with chillout , and downtempo influences), while remaining thematically focused on its retro– space age cultural elements. The earliest type of lounge music appeared during
270-671: Is held. OUTtv was also able to bring a few small scoops during the Eurovision Song Contest. For example, in May 2014 the Belgian singer Axel Hirsoux came out publicly for the first time and winner Måns Zelmerlöw repeatedly apologized in 2015 for his homophobic statement in the past. In April 2016, the Dutch candidate Douwe Bob told OUTtv to be bisexual. On March 1, 2010 OUTtv started its own internet radio station under
297-489: Is mainly known for its own production: "Eurovision Calling". The show, hosted by Jens Geerts , includes reports of behind the scenes of the Eurovision Song Contest . The first season started in 2012 with Timo Descamps and was named Baku Calling "Baku Calling". The seasons that followed were presented by Jens Geerts. Every year the show's name adapts the name of the host city where the Eurovision Song Contest
SECTION 10
#1732772505032324-553: Is part of the Gaykrant Foundation. The aim is to make all old editions available online. This article about mass media in the Netherlands is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender related magazine is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on
351-539: The Hammond organ or electric guitar . "Swinging" music of the era is also considered "lounge" and consisted of a continuation of the swing jazz era of the 1930s and 1940s, but with more of an emphasis on the vocalist. Soft and gentle vocalists such as Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Dooley Wilson , Pat Boone , Bobby Darin , Jackie Gleason , Wayne Newton , Louis Prima , Sam Butera and Bobby Vinton are notable examples of lounge music. The music of Burt Bacharach
378-612: The OUTmusic Award , an award given annually honoring the favorite Eurovision Song Contest entry by OUTtv viewers. The winner of the award is determined through a large-scale online poll conducted every year in March and April and is announced before the start of the contest in order to avoid influencing the voting behavior of the contest's LGBT audience. The prize is personally awarded to the winner during OUTtv's annual Eurovision Calling programme. Lounge music Lounge music
405-453: The 1920s and 1930s, and was known as light music . Exotica , space age pop , and some forms of easy listening music popular during the 1950s and 1960s are now broadly termed "lounge". The term "lounge" does not appear in textual documentation of the period, such as Billboard magazine or long playing album covers , but has been retroactively applied. While rock and roll was generally influenced by blues and country , lounge music
432-626: The Parisian band Nouvelle Vague released a self-titled album in which they covered songs from the '80s post-punk and new wave genres in the style of Bossa Nova. Other artists have taken lounge music to new heights by recombining rock with pop, such as Jon Brion , The Bird and the Bee , Triangle Sun , Pink Martini , the Buddha-Lounge series, and the surrounding regulars of Café Largo . The movie The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag (2003)
459-407: The article's talk page . OutTV (Europe) OutTV (stylized as OUTtv ) is a Netherlands -based television channel which can be viewed via cable television / digital television as a premium channel in the Netherlands, Belgium , Sweden , Germany , Israel and Spain . OutTV was launched on 2 April 2008 by OUTtv Media B.V. and has been available on cable since 11 April 2008. OutTV
486-589: The early 1990s the lounge revival was in full swing and included such groups as Combustible Edison , Love Jones , The Coctails , Pink Martini , the High Llamas , Don Tiki, and Nightcaps . The multinational group the Gentle People , signed to the UK label Rephlex Records , attracted an international following and appeared on various lounge and exotica compilations. Alternative band Stereolab demonstrated
513-535: The influence of lounge with releases like their 1993 EP Space Age Bachelor Pad Music and their 1997 album Dots and Loops , and in 1996 Capitol Records began issuing the Ultra-Lounge series of lounge music albums. The lounge style was starkly in contrast to the grunge music that dominated the period. These groups wore suits and played music inspired by earlier works of Antônio Carlos Jobim , Juan García Esquivel , Louis Prima and many others. In 2004,
540-509: The late 1980s as a label of endearment by younger fans whose parents had listened to such music in the 1960s. It has enjoyed resurgences in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, led initially by figures such as Buster Poindexter and Jaymz Bee . In Japan, producer Yasuharu Konishi became popular for his work with Pizzicato Five , and is often considered "the Godfather of Shibuya-kei ," a genre mostly derived from 1960s lounge music. In
567-458: The name OUTmusic . This channel mostly targets gay men and “like-minded” listeners and primarily brings new and well-known hits of the 1990s and 2000s. In the evening lounge music can be heard and in the weekend well-known Gay Classics. Next to the standard programme blocks, OUTmusic also offers room for pop divas, well-known DJs of famous gay clubs, new artists and the Eurovision Song Contest . Since OUTmusic's launch in 2010, OUTtv has presented
SECTION 20
#1732772505032594-488: The program. OutTV differentiates itself with a varied programming of quality shows and qualitative art-house films. OutTV also broadcasts their own productions, such as the current affairs programmes OutTV News and OutTV Reports ; and the travel show Travel Experience , hosted by Ian van der Putten. It has shown specials covering several gay pride celebrations and the Eurovision Song Contest . Several well-known shows which are or were broadcast on OUTtv are: OUTtv
621-686: The time and reflected the public interest in space exploration . With the advent of stereophonic technology, artists such as Esquivel used spatial audio techniques to full effect, creating whooshing sounds with his orchestra. A good deal of lounge music was pure instrumental (i.e., no main vocal part, although there could be minor vocal parts). Sometimes, this music would be theme music from movies or TV shows, although such music could be produced independently from other entertainment productions. These instrumentals could be produced with an orchestral arrangement, or from an arrangement of instruments very similar to that found in jazz, or even rock and roll such as
648-527: The words to the songs), and abusive to his audiences. Bill Murray also portrayed a particularly bad lounge singer on Saturday Night Live , Nick The Lounge Singer , best known for providing his own lyrics to the John Williams theme from Star Wars and performing an over-the-top version of the Morris Albert hit " Feelings ". Later on SNL , Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer portrayed
675-620: Was derived from jazz and other musical elements borrowed from traditions around the world. Exotica from such artists as Les Baxter , Martin Denny , Arthur Lyman , and The Three Suns sold millions of records during its heyday. It combined music that was popular outside the United States, such as various Latin genres (e.g., bossa nova , cha-cha-cha , mambo as in Cal Tjader 's fine Latin jazz efforts), Polynesian , French, etc. into
702-710: Was founded as a collaboration with the Canadian channel of the same name , whereby the brand and many of the programmes were licensed. Nowadays, most of the programs of the Canadian channel are no longer shown on the Dutch channel. An HD-simulcast started through Ziggo in the Netherlands on 30 November 2017. OutTV is a lifestyle - and entertainment – channel which offers a broad range of programs, such as drama, comedy, talk shows, documentaries and films, which are mostly targeted towards gay people . Advertisements are shown before and after programs, so as to not interrupt
729-590: Was soon featured as part of many lounge singers' repertoires. Such artists performed mainly at featured lounges in Las Vegas casinos. Documented pioneers of the Las Vegas lounge scene, the Mary Kaye Trio were first on the scene in the early 1950s. Lounge singers have a lengthy history stretching back to the decades of the early twentieth century. In any event, these lounge singers, perhaps performing in
#31968