Donna Summer: She could sing anything, anywhere, with anyone, at any time.

[JAN 18] Happy Sunday all! Welcome to your weekly escape from the real world.  Just a reminder that Summer Time: The Singles Collection is out on the 30th.  In honor of that, Donna's Facebook page posted a short reel about the release.

[JAN 18] The bigger news this week is the appearance of the Offer Nissim remix of Sometimes Like Butterflies.  You can listen here on YouTube,  but you can also get is in all the other places you get music.  It is a track on an Offer Nissim album called Let Me Tell You Something, so if you have trouble finding the Sometimes Like Butterflies mix, try searching for Offer Nissim instead of Donna Summer.  (Both are actually credited on the track, but you know sometimes search engines can be fussy.)

[JAN 18] Johnnyswim fans - as you know they are working on a musical called One Day in Edinburgh. Well, the demand for tickets has been so great that the run has been extended by 2 weeks.  So now it will be running  from February 26 all the way until April 19 at the Royal Lyceum Theater.  Broadwayworld.com has posted a number of photos from the rehearsals, and you should keep a close eye on Johnnyswim's Instagram - especially around opening night.  They have been excited about this project for as long as they have been talking about it, and I imaging opening night will be LIT.  :-)

[JAN 18] That brings us to YouTube.  And I'll look at Donna as a songwriter again - just because there is so much to look at! This time let's look at songs that Donna specifically wrote for musicals (although she did perform some of them in concert over the years.)  So first up are songs from Ordinary Girl - the musical that Donna was working on for years and years. (It was revamped into Summer: The Donna Summer Musical after Donna passed.)  So first up is My Life, and No Ordinary Love Song which were both performed in concert in the late 90s. Then there is Begin Again  that I believe leaked from a demo CD someone got a hold of.  Then from a different musical we have Dream-A Lot's Theme.  I shared the ballad version recently, but the first time we heard it was a dance version on The Journey.  (Oh heck, you know I can't resist the ballad, so here it is again.  LOL) And finally from Ordinary Girl, If There Is Music There.  Donna performed it for us for the first time in her VH1 Live & More Encore concert, and Brooklyn used it to really great effect in the Love To Love You Donna documentary.  I've loved that one since the first time I heard it.

[JAN 10] Happy Saturday all!  It's a quiet week - well in Donna-land. I don't want to think about what's going on in the real world these days.

[JAN 10] Just a reminder, the Summer Time: The Singles Collection comes out officially at the end of this month. It is available for pre-order in many places - including Amazon. [paid affiliate link]

[JAN 10] Over on Bruce's website, you can catch a deal on Super Bruce merch at the moment.  And don't forget his single Better Angels is out in all the places you can get music.

[JAN 10] That brings us to YouTube. This week we celebrate  both Mistaken Identity AND Donna as a songwriter with tracks from the album that Donna co-wrote.  So first up are 3 audio only clips:  Mistaken Identity,  Fred Astaire, and When Love Cries.  Then there is the official video for Work That Magic,  a liveandmore video for Let There Be Peace, and of course a live version (from the Walk of Fame ceremony) of Friends Unknown.

[JAN 4] Happy New Year everyone! Here's hoping for all good things for 2026!  It's a new month, so of course we have a new Summer Fever Pick. This month put on your blonde wigs as we celebrate Mistaken Identity.

[JAN 4]  First up this week - Bruce has a new single out.  It's called Better Angels and you can catch it at all the usual places.  The song has a great message to start the year off on the right foot - but sadly, I fear that the people who most need to hear it wouldn't take the message to heart.  Bruce has also updated his website with new sections about his life and his point of view. (Although I think if you are listening to his music, you already know his point of view.)

[JAN 4] In Donna land this week, apparently Weight Watchers is using I Feel Love in their TV commercials.  I haven't caught the ad yet myself on TV (I stream more than I watch regular TV), but here's something WW posted on YouTube using the song.

[JAN 4] Dutch radio NPO2 had a poll in December where people could vote for their favorite songs. They took the top 2000 songs and played them in the period of time between Christmas until New Year's Eve.  It's a really eclectic list with new artists, old artists, pop, rock, dance... you name it.  Donna made the list 4 times with I Feel Love (481), State Of Independence (755), MacArthur Park (859) and Last Dance (1947).

[JAN 4] That brings us to YouTube. This week we continue celebrating Donna as a songwriter.  Last week we did songs selected by a Billboard poll, but this time we'll look at some deeper cuts.  So let's start with Worth The Wait live in concert, an audio only clip of Dreamcatcher,  an audio only clip of Sometimes Like Butterflies,  a Stor Dubine video for I Got Your Love, an audio clip of If You're Walkin' Alone (credited as Donna Gaines), and finally I Will Live For Love (the dance version) and the ballad version. There are still plenty of songs to look at next time I decide to revisit Donna as a songwriter.  :-)

[DEC 27] Greetings all! And happy (early) New Year/ Donna's birthday!  Being the holidays, there isn't a lot going on this week, but we do have a new single from Bruce coming on December 31.  It's called Better Angels and Bruce says:

 "Better Angels is a song written in reaction to the hateful rhetoric, overt boasting and vulgar displays of power and control that have become prevalent in our society.

Intentionally released on New Year’s Eve with the aspirational hope that we can all begin 2026 with the seemingly simple resolution, which is…to be kind.

It’s a simple song but one that carries the heavy weight of inspiring a cultural change of attitude…where kindness is not perceived as weakness but a core humanity and a Godly virtue ."

[DEC 27] Bruce also posted a holiday message on his Facebook page.

[DEC 27] In the land of Johnnyswim, they have posted a number of videos from their Christmas tour on their  Instagram.  One of those videos is Amanda's version of Breath Of Heaven.  Also, if you are still interested in Christmas merch, Johnnyswim has some on their site.

[DEC 27]  Moving on to Donna - some sad news for American fans. The book Donna Summer: The Rainbow Voice has been pushed back to August 31, 2026 according to Amazon.  No one can say that Donna fans haven't learned to have patience.  LOL

[DEC 27] That brings us to YouTube. This week we will celebrate Donna's induction in the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame by looking at a few of the songs she wrote/cowrote.  I thought the best thing to do it start with the top 5 from Billboard's poll. (Well, the top 5 as I write this. Voting is still open so things could change.)  So in the top spot is I Feel Love.  (That clip is from Merv Griffin and has a bonus of I Love You as well - another Donna-penned song.) Next up is On The Radio - her performance on Johnny Carson and a reel about the writing of the song.  AT #3 is Dim All The Lights.  (This clip is actually the whole VH1 concert but the link will bring you right to where Donna introduces the song.) at #4 is Bad Girls - Donna's performance on Johnny Carson, and a reel of Bruce talking about writing the song.  And in the #5 spot is She Works Hard For The Money - the official video and a clip of Donna and Onetta talking about the inspiration for the song.  As a bonus we have a Suecase Hall video of  Mimi's Song (which is the song that started me on this Donna journey), and a clip from Platinum Hit of Donna talking about songwriting.  There are a billion other songs we could use to showcase Donna as a writer and some of those will be coming in future updates.

[DEC 20] Happy Saturday all, and an early Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!  We have big news this week. Donna has FINALLY been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame.  :-) I only wish she was still with us to enjoy this well-deserved and long overdue accolade. There are a bunch of articles about it - Far Out Magazine has one, Variety has one, Pitchfork has one,  and the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame site has one with photos. And there are plenty more out there you can find with just a quick Google search.   It was a quiet event with Bruce, Brooklyn, and Amanda (and their spouses) in attendance.  What an awesome Christmas present!

[DEC 20] In honor of Donna's recognition as a songwriter, Billboard has a poll where you can vote for your favorite Donna-penned song.  As I write this, I Feel Love is in the top spot, followed by Dim All The Lights and On The Radio a close third.

[DEC 20]  Also related to the Songwriters Hall of Fame announcement,  long time fan Jim Joseph wrote an article for his blog about  how he learned to tell a story from analyzing Donna's songs.

[DEC 20] It's the end of the year so the annual streaming totals are out.  On Spotify Donna had 17.5 million listeners, 12.7 million hours of streaming (I swear that wasn't all me!  LOL)  174 million streams all from 184 countries.  Looking at YouTube Music, Donna had 5.1 million hours of streaming and 178.8 million views.  :-)

[DEC 20] Here's a fun Johnnyswim reel for  you. It's a clip of Abner singing a bit of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer as a soulful ballad - as only Abner can.  This is my new favorite version of that song.  LOL

[DEC 20] That brings us to YouTube.  As is my annual habit, I will give you  my playlist of Christmas clips of Donna (and family.) I want to say that the Solid Gold performances are getting yanked due to copyright reasons, so while my playlist still has one of the remaining videos of O Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful with Marilyn McCoo is nowhere to be found at the moment.

[DEC 14] Greetings all and Happy Hanukkah  to those who celebrate!  Let's start off with news from Sweden. Apparently the 1987 Japan concert is now on the Swedish version of Spotify under the title Donna Summer Find The Love (Live).  I couldn't find it in the US Spotify, but I'm thinking it might be on other European versions of Spotify.  If you get a chance, look for that.

[DEC 14] TheSecondDisc.com has caught up to the fact that the Singles Collection isn't coming out until January 30.

[DEC 14] Bruce fans - check out Bruce's Facebook video from one of his recent shows.  It's a short clip of him singing Silent Night with the audience.  This is why you should always see live music when you can - you never know when a moment like that will happen.  :-)

[DEC 14]  That brings us to YouTube.  Let's start with a stampyourfeet video for Christmas Spirit.  Then we have a Patrice video for the Christmas Medley,  a fan video for Christmas Is Here,  a live performance of The Christmas Song from Good Morning America, and the Carlybabes mashup of Donna and Friends  Come Home To A Rosie Christmas.  And finally we have the famous clip of Donna performing O Holy Night on Solid Gold.

[DEC 7] Happy Sunday all! Let's start off this week with Love To Love You Baby.  Attitude.co.uk wrote a review of the album in honor of its 50th anniversary.

[DEC 7] In one of the more unusual Donna is everywhere stories, there is an article on HomesAndGarden.com about the wreath on Donna's door that you see in the Winter Melody video.  I've seen articles about hair, clothes, but this is the first about a wreath.  LOL

[DEC 7] If you are watching the new Netflix series on Sean Combs, The Reckoning, , you get a glimpse of Donna in the first episode where they talk about some of the music that was played in his childhood home.

[DEC 7] In other news, both Bruce and Johnnyswim are performing this week (separately). And both have merch on sale for the holidays - in case you need some gift ideas for the people on your list.  :-)

[DEC 7] That brings us to YouTube where we have a bunch of recently added clips. First up is Q's new Dream Duet Mix of I'll Be Home For Christmas featuring Donna and Barbra.  Then we have Donna's Grammy performance of She Works Hard For The Money posted on the Recording Academy's channel, a stampyourfeet video of Donna's performance of Let It Be reposted by PlayTV, and finally, a 50 minute compilation of Donna on The Midnight Special.

[DEC 7] If next weekend's update is a little late, don't panic. That weekend (actually this whole week) is pretty packed with stuff to do. Tis the season to be busy!  LOL)

[NOV 30] Happy Sunday all!  Tomorrow starts a new month so it's time for the new Summer Fever Pick.  Of course you know for December we will be listening to Christmas Spirit.  :-)

[NOV 30] Let's start off with Summer Time: The Singles Collection.  The release date has been pushed back until January 30 due to the quality of the print on production samples not meeting Demon Music's QA criteria.  Some fans got emails about their pre-orders saying to expect the set to arrive in early February.

[NOV 30] For those into the whole AI animated album covers thing, there is a fairly decent Bad Girls one posted on Facebook.

[NOV 30] Speaking of AI, there seem to be a few reels on YouTube claiming to be Donna singing with David Bowie on Soul Train.  These are not real videos! They are AI creations.

[NOV 30] Bruce Sudano fans - don't forget he has a couple of shows coming up in not even 2 weeks.  Also if you are in need of Bruce stuff (either for yourself or for a friend) he's got a bunch of stuff on sale on his website including  a few bundles.  So check that out!

[NOV 30] I don't remember posting this before, but Bruce was on the Where Are They Now podcast last month. It's is another opportunity to explore Bruce's creative journey from Alive N Kickin' to now.

[NOV 30] Moving on to Johnnyswim,  catch their interview on TribLive.com. In it they talk about the Christmas tour (starting on Thursday!) , the expanded When The War Is Over, and the musical they are currently working on. They also have special merchandise available on their website - including mystery boxes and handwritten lyrics.

[NOV 30] I think that brings us to YouTube.  First up, a fan posted a video of Donna's 1994 Billboard Magazine Spotlight. He goes through it page by page in closeup, so you can pause it to read the articles if you want to. (If you are old like me, you might prefer to watch it on a tablet or computer - it might be a bit small on a phone screen.) Then we have the 1980 TV special in full, and of course the bloopers  to go with it.  LOL  (I love those bloopers!) And finally, I know many of you are familiar with the Shout It Out Collection.  For those who aren't - it's a series of songs Donna recorded with Veit Marvos back in the days before she was famous.  For a long time those songs - usually in a remixed form to bring Donna's voice out more in the tracks where she was a backing vocalist only - were released by many different fly-by-night labels to cash in on Donna's name. It was like the Whack-A-Mole game. They'd get one release killed, and another would come out.  Anyway, many of us have only ever heard the remixed versions of those tracks. But now on YouTube there is the original version of Nice To See You posted as a video slideshow. You will note that Donna is credited as Gayn Pierre on the album.

[NOV 22] Happy Saturday all! And Happy almost-Thanksgiving to my American friends. Let's start off this week with Bruce. Celebrity Access just posted a new interview with him. It's a long one, but well worth the time. It covers Bruce's career from the early days  of Alive N  Kickin' until now, but it's more in depth than a lot of those interviews are.  One thing he mentioned in the interview is that the upcoming album, Sketchbook,  will be sketches of songs (ie: not the finished versions of the songs)  - some will be songs that he has already released, and some will be ones that are new.  That should be fun to listen to - at least to me. I love hearing how a song starts out its life as that compares to the final released version.

[NOV 22] Don't forget, Bruce has concert dates coming up soon - December 11,12, and 13. Be there if you can!

[NOV 22] Speaking of concert dates - yes, the Johnnyswim Christmas tour starts soon. They run from December 4th to the 13th. And of course keep an eye on their Insta for info on merch, low ticket alerts,  or any other things that might come up.

[NOV 22] Also in Johnnyswim news, as you may remember the duo are working on a musical called One Day. They have been over in the UK during this break between tours working on it, and Abner posted that they did a cast recording of a couple of songs from the show. He seems pretty stoked about it, so I can't wait until all that is available to the public.  :-)

[NOV 22] In the everyone loves Donna category, Renée Elise Goldsberry (probably best known for playing Angelica in Hamilton on Broadway) was asked in a podcast to name her top 5 favorite vocalists. Yup, she listed Donna.  :-)

[NOV 22] I think that brings us to YouTube. First up this week is a new mix by Q called Virgin Mary Victim Of Talk Mix. That is the final mix in his  series, Love To Mix You Donna, celebrating 50 years of Love To Love You Baby.  The other mixes in the series are the Ocean Sighs Mix of Whispering Waves,  the Summer Breeze Mix of Whispering Waves, the From The Bottom To The Top Mix of Full Of Emptiness, the Evening People Mix of Need-A-Man Blues, the Dressing Up To Get Undressed Mix of Need-A-Man-Blues, the Made To Be Broken Mix of Pandora's Box, and the Awful Spin mix of Love To Love You  (parts 1 and 2).

[NOV 16] Greetings all!  Let's start off this week with Summer Time The Singles Collection - you know that huge 40 CD set that's coming out soon. We have an updated release date - December 12.  I think there are still one or 2 places still listing November 28, but the majority of sites now say December 12. So think of it as a nice Christmas/Hanukkah  gift for yourself.  :-)

[NOV 16]  The official video for the Disco Mix of Run has hit 1 million views! (I promise it wasn't ALL due to me...  LOL)

[NOV 16] IN the Donna is everywhere category, she was a Jeopardy answer... I mean question this week. (Well sort of.)  In the category of Jukebox Musicals, the answer was " Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, the one that features Love To Love You Baby and Bad Girls." Obviously (to us at least), the question they were looking for is  "What is Summer: The Donna Summer Musical."  Unfortunately for the contestant, they thought the musical was Jersey Boys.  Oops!

[NOV 16] In Bruce news, he's got a new album coming in January called Sketchbook.  He shared a clip on Facebook of one of the new songs - Better Angels.  On a side note, he has a snazzy new hat.

[NOV 16] And don't forget Bruce has a couple of dates coming up next month. If you are near any of the venues, then add Bruce's show to your  fun things to do list.  :-)

[NOV 16] That brings us to YouTube.  I thought it would be fun to look at a few b-side songs this week.  So first up is Sometimes Like Butterflies - the other side of Love Is In Control.  (Note to the kids out there - in the olden days of my youth, singles came as black vinyl disks with a song on each side. The a-side was the song they were pushing to radio, and the b-side was usually another track from the album, or like in this case, a song that didn't even make it to the album.) Next up is Face The Music - the b-side to Supernatural Love, and Tearin' Down The Walls which went with Dinner with Gershwin.  Next is  the Hex Hector  mix of Love On And On. It's a bonus track on the single release of I Will Go With You.  And finally we have I Feel Love. Yes that was a b-side! The a-side was Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over) but, unsurprisingly (even to this ballad fan), it was I Feel Love that caught everyone's attention and became the iconic dance song that people still sample to this day.

[NOV 9] Happy Sunday all!  There isn't much going on this week in the land of Donna. But Johnnyswim is gearing up for their Christmas tour that kicks off on December 4. (Why does that seem alarmingly close?  LOL) Keep an eye on their Instagram   for low ticket alerts, merch announcements, etc.

[NOV 9] Bruce is also hitting the road for a few dates in December - the 11th, 12th, and 13th.  Catch him if you can!

[NOV 9] That brings us to YouTube.  We'll start with a new Q mix. This one is Full Of Emptiness Q's Bottom To Top Mix.  Then we have a remastered clip from Top Of The Pops of State Of Independence.  Also in the category of recently posted - this 1984 interview clip.  I remember this interview from the radio. It must have been one of those syndicated interview shows, and probably if I go digging through my cassettes, I could find it and tell you which show it was, but it's a treat to see the video form of the interview.  As long as we're hanging around the mid 80s, here is a Spotlight interview from 1985 and an ad for a NLT version of The Bible simply called The Book.  (Clearly that was printed before the internet.  Can you imagine trying to Google "The Book" and then having to sort through the zillions of hits to find the specific title "The Book"?  Actually don't try to imagine it - I did that and it wasn't pretty.  LOL) And finally, I have a 1990 interview about Donna's paintings that she did for NBC.

[NOV 2] Greetings all and Happy November.  To my American friends - Tuesday is Election Day, so if you haven't already voted early or by mail, then make a plan to get your butts to the polls. Yes, it's an "off year" with mostly local races instead of the big national ones,  but if you don't put good people in the local offices then you are going to be unhappy with the way your local government works.

[NOV 2]  I guess we can start off with BBC2 this week. They created a Spotify playlist  of the top 500 songs as voted on by listeners. It's very heavy on the 70s and 80s songs, and the countdown seems to be heavier on male artists than female artists - particularly when you get to the higher end of the countdown. But you will find I Feel Love at #97 and Hot Stuff at 207.

[NOV 2] Also from BBC2 - there is an interview with Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Allen White promoting the new Springsteen bio pic.  In the interview, Bruce talks about writing Cover Me and then Protection for Donna and mentions that he still loves disco music.  This link will bring you to that part of the interview, but you can always rewind and listen to the whole thing if you are a Springsteen fan.

[NOV 2] American Songwriter posted 4 songs that they feel define 1979.  They are Heart Of Glass, Hot Stuff, The Devil Went Down To Georgia, and My Sharona.  They write a couple of lines about each song to show why the song was selected.

[NOV 2] There is a YouTube channel called MBL Remixes Again that has a number of interesting Donna remixes posted.  You can check out the play list here.  He's got a bunch of ABBA mixes posted too for any ABBA fans out there.

[NOV 2] I forgot to say it up top, but since it's a new month it's time for a new Summer Fever Pick. This month we celebrate Another Place And Time, and what better way to do that then to listen to some of the songs from that album.  So this week's YouTube list starts with This Time I Know It's For Real from David Letterman's show.  Then we have I Don't Wanna Get Hurt from Top Of The Pops,  Love's About To Change My Heart from Arsenio Hall's show, and Breakaway live in Brazil.  As a bonus, we have the promo video for the 30th Anniversary release.

[OCT 26] Greetings all and Happy almost-Halloween! Let's start with Donna. Now this actually happened a couple of months ago, but now other media is reporting on it. Billboard declared I Feel Love to be number 1 on their list of the 100 best dance songs.  If you go back to the original Billboard article, you will find the MacArthur Park Suite at #73 as well.

[OCT 26] Famixer Q has been busy again. He's posted 2 mixes of Whispering Waves, his Ocean Sighs Mix and his Summer Breeze Mix.

[OCT 26] In Johnnyswim news, they just wrapped up the When The War Is Over tour and after a short break, they will be back in December for their Christmas tour. They have also posted that they will be doing the Moon River At Sea cruise in November  2026 with a bunch of other artists. (That's not a typo - it is next year, 2026.)

{OCT 26] Bruce has announced that the Brooklyn Dreams album Won't Let Go is now available on all streaming platforms.  He's also been posting things from his back catalog, so who not take this time to head over to your favorite streaming service and look up the older stuff? He's got a lot of great stuff out there.

[OCT 26] I think that brings us to YouTube.  First up is an old TV performance of Masquerade. That should give you the hint to my theme this week - Donna dressed up as somebody/something else.  So for that we have the obvious one - Donna the waitress in She Works Hard For The Money.  Then there is Donna in several guises in Sunset People from the TV special, and again in several different looks in Work That Magic.  After that we have a brief clip behind the scenes of the Another Place And Time photo shoot - with the kabuki makeup there near the end. And of course we have to have Donna the space alien.   As a special bonus clip, we also have Fairy Tale High from the TV special where it's Mimi who gets to play dress up - as her mother.  :-)

[OCT 19] Happy Sunday all!  Not must is going on this week. Johnnyswim is still on tour and still doing Merch To Go for the shows. One special bit of merch that they are doing is a tape of that night's show (with a cassette player)  available only at that venue. So if you go to say the Orlando show, then you will be able to buy a tape of the Orlando show, but not a tape of any of the other shows.  (Obviously you can't pick up the tape until after the show ends... unless Johnnyswim invented a time machine?  LOL)

[OCT 19] Don't forget that Bruce has a couple of dates coming up in December too.  (Why does it seem that December is shockingly close all of a sudden?) And on his social media feeds, he's been sharing some of his older videos.  If you haven't done it lately, head over to his YouTube channel and nose around. You will find a bunch of great videos you may not have played in awhile. (Besides, it's always fun to see Super Bruce in action.  LOL)

[OCT 19]  Summer: The Donna Summer Musical is  coming to Fredericksburg, VA in January. Playbill.com has  a job listing for the principal characters posted and guidelines for how to audition for the roles.

[OCT 19] That brings us to YouTube.  Let's start off by saying that I looked at clips uploaded n the last month, and the AI slop is totally out of hand! Videos with "photos" of Donna that look nothing like her, clickbait videos making outrageous claims on the video thumbnail and/or description that have nothing to do with the content of the video itself! (Like the one that claims Donna was murdered.  Or the one that said she invented disco to escape from a cult.  Crazy stuff! I don't recommend clicking on any of that because it just encourages more slop.)  But moving to the world of real clips, let's look at a song whose title I was screaming when I saw the list of AI garbage that came up in my search - Enough Is Enough! So let's start with a clip from the recording session with some alternate lyrics.  Then we have some acapella vocals from the recording sessions. Of course we have to have a live version with one of the variations of the famous red Ferrari  story. (Sadly this is a short version of the story, so Donna doesn't fully get to ham it up.  LOL) Then we have to have a live version with Mary doing the duet with Donna, and then a version with Westlife that you ladies and some of you men too, might prefer. (Oh, who am I kidding? I know my audience. Many of you men out there might like watching the Westlife version.  ;-) ) And finally, we have to have the classic version with Barbra.  This one is a fan video put together with footage of both divas.

[OCT 12] Greetings all! I hope everyone is doing well this rainy (for my area anyway) weekend.  First up this week is an article in American Songwriter showcasing 7 of the great songs from 1979. Donna is on that list with Hot Stuff.

[OCT 12] In remix news, fanmixer Q has posted his extended version of Run for all those people who wanted it to be a bit longer.  :-)

[OCT 12] Johnnyswim fans - catch them in Goldmine talking about the expanded When The War Is Over.  And don't forget that they are on tour currently and that you can order your Merch To Go any time on the day of your show and then pick it up at the merch table with no waiting and no fuss. (You can actually preview the merch any time, but you have to wait until show day to actually order. )

[OCT 12] That brings us to YouTube.  We start off with Giorgio Moroder talking about I Feel Love and synthesizers in general, and an Elliot Minz interview with Donna from about 1978. Both of those were recommended by other fans.  :-)  Then as long as we are hanging out in the 70s, let's look at the 1978 Rona Barrett interview, and the 20/20 piece from 1979.  Then we have a Mike Douglas interview about Love To Love You, and finally a PM Magazine piece from 1978 that has a bunch of little live clips (including If You Got It Flaunt It), quotes from Donna's mom, and her sisters, footage of Bruce/Brooklyn Dreams, and lots of cute shots of little Mimi.  :-)

[OCT 5] Happy Sunday all and Happy October!  It's a new month so you know it's time for the new Summer Fever Pick. This month we are listening to All Systems Go - and having a great time doing it.  :-)

[OCT 5] This week in Donna news, it's mixes.  We start with a fan mix by Q - his Evening People Mix of Need-A-Man Blues.  And then someone made a mashup of Van Halen and Donna called I'll Wait For Bad Girls. Now I know it sounds a bit strange at first, but give it a try.  It's surprisingly cool!

[OCT 5] Moving on to Johnnyswim, they released the final new track from the  Deluxe version of When The World Is Over (whish is also available now.) This song is called Stranger and features a guest appearance by Anthony Ramos.  Both the song and the album are available in all the usual places.  And BroadwayWorld.com even posted an article about the new song.

[OCT 5] Don't forget that Johnnyswim is currently on tour with part 2 of the When The War Is Over Tour, and they will follow that up with a Christmas tour later this year.  And, as they have done in the past, Johnnyswim is doing Merch To Go where you can order your swag before you get to the venue, and then pick it up at your convenience on concert night.

[OCT 5] In Bruce news, don't forget he has a couple of dates coming up in December.  The Taunton Gazette has a short article to promote the December 12 show.

[OCT 5] That brings us to YouTube. This week we will celebrate the new Summer Fever Pick.  So we start off with the official video for the title track.  Then we have a TopPop performance of Jeremy, and a live performance from Italy of Love Shock.  And finally there is a TV performance of Dinner With Gershwin, and an interview that includes clips from the set of the original unused video for that song.

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