Shears Spills Gay Beans

Hankering for some Scissor Sisters news? Then, check out this report from NME (via Trent) that's got Jake Shears dishing all about the band's upcoming release (to be called "Ta-dah!"). Also, Brooklyn Vegan clues you in that the band's going to play the Siren Festival in Coney Island, NYC on July 15th.

The flyer for a "Love-In" event in NYC this Thursday, featuring Jake Shears.

And if you're in NYC this Thursday night (June 8th), there's a big, gorgeous hippie-flavored hoedown on the Chelsea Piers that's a book party for the legendary queer novelist Tom Spanbauer (he wrote the gay/mystical classis The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon, and In the City of Shy Hunters, a seminal chronicle of punky/queer East Village life in the 1980s). At that party, all of NYC nightlife is going to be in evidence, including luminaries like Rufus Wainwright, John Cameron Mitchell, author Michael Cunningham, Justin Bond of Kiki & Herb, Patricia Field, and more! Word also has it that the Scissor Sisters will be having a photo shoot at the event, too. Maybe your day as a model has arrived! The fun begins around 9pm with readings and performances, and it's all produced by NYC nightlife legends Johnny Dynell and Chi Chi Valenti. For more info click here.

And that's your dose of Scissor Sisters news today. Cheers!