One night: People break up, political protests happen, someone gets HIV, someone dies, an effigy is burnt and in the end we all go home.

14 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Progressive Rock, POP: with Electronic Production



Details:
This album is the duration of a single night. People break up, protests against the heterosexist majority happen, there's sex, someone gets HIV, someone dies, there's a burning of an effigy and at the end we all go home. I wanted to tackle the inter-relationships that happen between individuals in the queer community with this one, while at the same time never forgetting that our sexuality is not the only thing that determines our worth. We are more than people who sleep with people of the same sex, or different sexes (some at the same time). We are more than our genders; we are more than our emotions; we are more than our relationships; we are more than our breakups; we are more than what society in large makes us out to be; we are more than government statistics; we are more than individuals; we are more than collecives. I don't know exactly what we are, but I know we are more than this.

Oz is the 2nd in a trilogy of albums. The first "Yellowbrick" was the journey into coming of age found here: www.cdbaby.com/ennio3 ; the second is "Oz", which is being of age; and the last is Kansas (still a work in progress).

This album is dedicated to the numerous queer activists who have struggled to abolish the subordination of the queer community so that individuals within this community can live without fear of persecution of mind, emotion, spirit and physical self. Equity is key. Although I sing from a predominantly queer male perspective, I encourage and invite all to infer their own personal experiences.

I hope you like it.