Doritos Goes Bold with Leslie Jordan, Billboard Divas Rule the Roost, Betty White Still Hot at 92

In an obvious attempt to appeal to the gay market, Lay's decided to pitch Doritos to gay men. Well, you don't know how many times I'm at a party or scoffing up snacks at happy hour in a gay bar and desperately search for that salty, nacho-flavored junk food, hoping to raise my blood pressure to new heights as I sip my salt-rimmed margaritas! And, of course, there's always cool raunch ~ err, I meant ranch. And hot wings or chipotle bbq flavor.

Lay's went over the top with the delightful, impish Leslie Jordan (best known for his recurring guest role on Will & Grace, perhaps, but also for Sordid Lives and the movie, The Help). That said, this is a pretty "out" there ad and we applaud Lay's Doritos for it. See for yourselves!



By the way, in the latest Billboard club/dance music news, Deborah Cox's "Higher" reached the #1 spot on that chart! Big woo for the diva, who I so enjoyed seeing at the pier dance last Pride in NYC, opening for Cher, whose "Take It Like a Man" has skyrocketed to third place in just 6 weeks. http://djbuddybeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/07/on-pier-with-cher-and-hot-cox.html

Celine Dion's "Loved Me Back to Life" peaked at numero tres but holds onto the top ten at #10. Lady Gaga's "Do What You Want" is upwardly mobile at #11. Kristine W's "So Close to Me," which once held the #2 spot, down but strong at #19.

Spice Girl Mel B's "For Once In My Life" breaks into the top 25 (#22)! Congrats Mel, and congrats Sobel Promotions and Dj Pornstar on your brilliant remix of this great club tune!
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/dj-pornstar-mel-beautiful-music

Finally, we wish golden girl Betty White a belated Happy 92nd birthday!

Divas Take Back the Dancefloors

This week, it was evident on the Billboard chart end-dated January 18, and on some promos that came across my desk and Internet, that there are some major, power-house divas ready to reclaim the discos! 2014 is starting off with a divalicious bang.

Deborah Cox's "Higher" (featuring Paige) is now #2. Ms Cox, who performed last summer at NYC's awesome Gay Pride pier dance, opening for Cher,  http://djbuddybeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/07/on-pier-with-cher-and-hot-cox.html is always a welcome figure on the charts. Hopefully, she'll be taken even Higher next week to the heavenly #1 spot.

As for Cher, "Take It Like a Man," from her fab new album, is currently on the rise at #7, thanks to a bevy of robust remixes. The best of them is no doubt Tony Moran's Destination mix, a big-room rouser. I also particularly recommend UK's 7th Heaven EuroNRG revamp.

At #3, we have none less than Celine Dion, buoyed by the remixes of  "Loved Me Back to Life." She is seriously loved back to life by club-goers with this one. Although I prefer an unreleased LFB mix I heard months ago, it seems the only official remix is Dave Aude's club version. Good, mainstream remix for sure; it's a guaranteed floor-filler.

Kristine W, a diva's diva, peaked at #2 with "So Close to Me." Nine weeks on the charts, it currently hangs onto the top ten in the 9th nook.

And Donna Summer is back for the dancefloors via new dj-promo remixes of "MacArthur Park" by Rosabel, Laidback Luke and Frank Lamboy. Rosabel's mix gallops along nicely for contempo clubgoers; one of the more successful efforts to come off the recent remix tribute album. Laidback Luke's re-do, however, is a tinny calliope-like mess while I found Frank Lamboy's version a busy and belabored one. "MacArthur Park" is currently #14 on Billboard's club chart. Joel Dickinson recently informed us he has a remix forthcoming in a second wave. Seriously looking forward to that!

Lady Gaga's "Do What U Want" is on the rise at #19. And Jody Watley seems to have peaked at #18 with "Nightlife," dropping now to 22nd place when it really deserves to go higher. But major diva power is the trend right now on US Billboard's dance/club chart for certain.

Meanwhile, not on the chart but hopefully headed there, the upbeat and quite winning club number from Spice Girl Mel B ("Scary Spice"), "For Once in My Life," given new life by Dj Pornstar from Sobel Promotions.

And I received 7th Heaven's club mix of Dario G featuring Dame Shirley Bassey's "We Got Music" ~  and it is as fabulous as you might hope! Always a pleasure when Bassey returns to the dancefloors. Lisa Stansfield is also back! Moto Blanco (who can virtually do no wrong) has a club mix of her "Can't Dance" that will transport you to the floor in soulfully divine disco style. "We're gonna crucify the dancefloor!" And Ms Stansfield is back in full vocal range and all her glory!

Lastly, Sanna & Petron do a nice job of remixing Australia's Tina Arena, whom we've missed, with "Reset All." The diva returns in fine voice, though the song, as written, may not be catchy enough to catch on, at least in the USA where she is not a household name.

But the divas are distinctly back in force at the top of the year. Let's hope this is the trend for 2014!