Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 2002 Page: 28 of 68
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AUGUST 2, 2002
DALLAS VOICE
he last time Melissa Etheridge played DeGeneres & Anne Heche affair went
Dallas, it was a make-up gig for a per- kaput. While Cypher has pretty much
formance that was originally booked escaped the harsh glare of the public
| for Sept. 11, 2001. Last autumn, spotlight, Heche — with her too-
Etheridge was performing solo and much-information memoir and her
still nursing wounds from the much-publi- idiotic "Celestia" stories — was prac-
cized, painful demise of her 12-year rela- tically bitch-slapped and banished
tionship with filmmaker Julie Cypher. As by the gay community when she was
they parted ways, the lesbian power-couple once a warmly embraced guest,
also had to divvy up mothering responsibil- "That's hard to discuss because I
ities concerning their daughter, Bailey, 5, was personally involved in that—
and son, Beckett, 3. having Ellen as a friend, and hav-
It's been over a year since the simultane- ing known both of them,"
ous releases of her soul-bearing memoir The Etheridge says. "[Anne]
Truth Is. . . and her last album Skin, an represents — I think, to ML
unflinchingly emotional collection of songs, the gay community jfl
But it's now August, and Dallasites are in — how maybe j|
the most dreadful stretch of a gruesomely somebody
hot summer. So who has patience to sit and might have
listen to acoustic-laced whines about failed MM
"I'm very happy to say that I'm way over WMM/MM
that. The solo tour was very introspective —
it was about learning and healing, whereas
the summer tour is a celebration. [I'm play- flu j
ing] with a whole band. I'm in love, I'm MM /
healed, I've moved on. I'm in a great place, MM *
having a real good time, and this show real- MJM
ly reflects that," says rock music's most Mg * fl
influential lesbian. M* fll
Fine, but what in the hell does she have Mf JM a
to be so damn happy about? .
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about? I've been through a big emotional y
journey. I went through some really hard /
tervie
Nothing
Melissa Etheridge
celebrates overcoming
romantic hardships
and landing back
on her feet.
By Daniel A. Kusner
Lifestyles Editor
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Vercher, Dennis. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 2002, newspaper, August 2, 2002; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth616279/m1/28/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.