Many of you homos may associate Gina Gershon solely with her roles in Showgirls and Bound, by far the most lesbianic of the stunning actress' big screen appearances. Don't be fooled, however, the California-born beauty has more than a few tricks up her sleeve. For example, did you know that Gershon recently recorded a full-length album? Don't worry, we didn't either, but now we do - and you should, too!

Our editor recently sat down with Gershon - whom we last saw at the Out 100 - to talk about said album, In Search of Cleo, playing with Slash and keeping a level head in Hollywood…

Andrew Belonsky: You know, I had no idea that sang - period. And when I heard that you had this album, I expected, for some reason, rock. I expected metal from you, but I was very pleasantly surprised.

Gina Gershon: That seems to be the biggest comment I get. Everyone's like, "Oh, I'm so surprised!" Luckily, they're pleasantly surprised. But I'm sure there are some hard rockers going, "What are you doing?!"

AB: Can you tell me what influenced the album?

GG: Oh, gosh. You know, it's funny. I think people expect rock from me because I did that rock n' roll movie and I did tour - a rock tour and I was playing with the Guns N' Roses guys and I was playing with Camp Freddy, I was playing with Slash before they found Scott [Weiland] - but it was really around a movie that I was doing. Obviously I love playing rock, I love singing it, but when I write, when I just naturally write, I write more countryish songs. I sing that way a little bit more naturally, so I just wanted - this was going to be my first album and I just wanted to be honest. You know, acting I act. With music, the nice thing about it is that I don't have to act. It's a little scary, it's a little refreshing and scary at the same time, but I don't want to act when I'm doing singing or music. I just think it's dishonest.

AB: It's great. It really is. How long did the album take you to complete?

GG: The actual music?

AB: How long have you been conceiving it?

GG: I'd say the actual music - I'd been writing it for a while. Certain songs - one song I'd written ten years ago and I pulled it up because I liked it. Other songs I wrote really quickly. But the actually recording of it, the main thrust of recording it was like a week. I just had the band playing live and I'd sing. Other songs I worked on because I had to go to Nashville or New Orleans to get people to play on it.

AB: How did you and Linda Perry [of 4 Non Blondes] end up getting mixed up together?

GG: I met Linda Perry - we were both singing at a Camp Freddy show and I heard - I didn't know who was singing, but I remember thinking, "Oh my God, listen to that voice!" We met afterwards and I didn't quite know who she was at the moment. I just thought, "She's amazing". And she was like, "Oh, so I guess you want to do an album now". She was pretty droll about it. And I realized who she was and I said, "Oh, yeah, actually I'm trying to write. In fact, I'd like to write with you". She laughed. I mean, who wouldn't want to work with her - she worked with Pink and Christina Aguilera? And I really hounded her! She says I stalked her, but I just called her like three times, or something. I said, "Listen, let's work together on one song and if it's not going well, we'll just have a laugh". And so we got together and we wrote a song immediately, really quickly and I guess she liked it: we ended up doing like five other songs together. And I had to do a soundtrack for Prey for Rock N' Roll - I mean, I didn't write any of the music on that, but there really wasn't single on it, so I got together with her and we wrote "Stupid Star," which is on the Prey for Rock N' Roll soundtrack.

Here's an aurally-inclined biography from Ms. G and friends.
AB: Do you encounter a lot of resistance? Do you find that people are dismissive of you because they're are so familiar with your screen work?

GG: I think before the music. You know, it's a natural tendency. I mean, I'm the worst - "Oh, great, another actress!" But when they hear it, they're pleasantly surprised - I hope. You know, I made it because I wanted - I have mainly musician friends and I just wanted to make sure it's good, the music, so they wouldn't be mad at me. The music was important to me - it had to be good. Whether you like my singing or not, my songs, the music is undeniably good. I have great players playing on it.

AB: Is there a particular track on the album that you - that is you favorite or is the most personal?

GG: You know, everyday, I swear to God, it's a different track. Like today, if I'm feeling strange, "Lost at Sea" is my favorite. "Lost at Sea" I love just because there's that Slash solo in the middle of it - it's just undeniably a Slash solo. I just love that solo - it makes me crazy. And Ivan Neville's playing on it and Leroy Powell. It's just a great group of musicians. Um, other days I love "Marie" - you know the jewsharp's just so much fun for me and Christian McBride is playing on it with me. He's just incredible. He's my favorite bass guy in the world.

Give a hand for Pink.

The popster bad-ass disappeared from the scene for a few years, but came back strong with last year's I'm Not Dead. The album didn't fair too well on the charts, but definitely got a boost with the release of her single, "U + Ur Hand". Needless to say, we're total fans. We hope you are, too.

Even at 70-year old, Shirley Bassey continues to astound. The legendary singer covers Pink's "Get The Party Started" for her forthcoming album of the same name.

And, may we say, the eternally beautiful Bassey's version's far superior to Pink's original. The British Dame has got as much style as sass. Hearing her sing "I'll be burnin' rubber, you'll be kissin' my ass " may be the highlight of our week.

We've just received a press release from our sort-of friends over at Human Rights Campaign announcing that P!nk will be the celebrity face of this years National Coming Out day, October 11th.

As previously reported, this years theme is "Talk About It," hence P!nk and the sign above. (Notice the PA in the background. Obviously HRC put loads of time into this campaign.)

As part of their campaign, HRC invites everyone to download the same sign and take a picture of themselves. A bit funny: taking a silent picture to "talk about it," but whatever, anything to be like P!nk.

We find it appropriate that HRC picked P!nk to be their spokesperson this year. She's just so lesbianic that it makes more sense than anything in the world. Plus, she has an exclamation point in her name, and nothing makes someone want to talk about being gay more than emphatically monikered celebs. Right?

Experience the magic of the entire release, after the jump.

Related: HRC Chops It Up

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• Pink's newest piercing, we must say, could have been in a pinker place. [Drunken Stepfather]

• The history of the blowjob is high-brow enough for Vanity Fair. [Jossip]

• Some senators take great pride in not having any gays in their family. [Think Progress]

• There's no debate more important than gay marriage? Really, is that so? [AmericaBlog]

• Sunday's The Sopranos finale scored just 8.9 million viewers — it's lowest rated finale since 1999. Deal or No Deal, meanwhile, scored a series high of 18m viewers. [Channel Island]

• There is some crack you should just say yes to. [Queer Beacon]

• We know you don't do the low-carb/no-dairy thing anymore. So over. And good thing: Benn & Jerry's is FREE tomorrow. [Jossip]

• Under the files of "why didn't we get that for ourselves when we had the chance?"–You can own www.lesbian.com. For two million dollars. Notice how you hear Dr. Evil's voice when you read that? TWO MILLLLLION DOLLARS. [HotHouse]

• The love for 8th and Ocean continues. You must start watching this show. What is it about Ajax that we love so much? [AjaxInTheCity]

• Honorary lesbian Pink sings her "Dear Mr. President" live in NYC, and takes one more step to becoming the best friend the gays ever had. Yeah, we've heard the rumors too, maybe they're true and maybe they're not, it doesn't matter. Just let her sing. [VirtualMatter]

• If you're going to rip on President George, make sure Jenna and Barbara aren't in the room. [Wonkette]

• Rufus Wainwright's new video. [The Malcontent]

• Also on The Malcontent: Chicken Little on Jimmy Kimmel. We saw that episode of Jimmy Kimmel, and the interview was pretty boring; but Kimmel later apologized to Matt Damon for getting bumped off the evening's lineup, to make room for the Idol reject. Poor Matt Damon. It's almost as embarrassing as the fact that we were watching Jimmy Kimmel at all. [The Malcontent]

• Sex And The City: The Reality Show? Dunno about this. None of those women will be able to afford Prada AND Manolo Blahnik. We'd rather see a reality show of Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall living together, clawing each others' eyes out. Our bets would be on SJP, she seems scrappy. [Jossip]

• George Michael's self-narrated documentary. So that would be an "autodocumentary." Or "autobiodocumentary?" Whatever, he narrates a movie about himself and his troubles. We love "being famous is hard" tragedies and we LOVE George Michael. Buy your tickets in advance. [Mr. Nightlife]

• Pink rips George Bush a new one. She's delicious. [VivaLaGraham]

• Top Model on FourFour. Poor Gina and her roach phobia. We would have screamed too. [FourFour]

Maybe it is the fact that he has broken every bone in his body? Perhaps it is because those tattoos are so freaking hot? It could be that we find it sexy that he dates a woman as butch as Pink? Or maybe we are just smitten with his shy smile and carefree demeanor when dealing with the freaks that make up the Surreal World? Whatever the reason we know one thing: Professional BMX biker Carey Hart is a hottie. That is why he is the first man we feature in Morning Goods, the first post each day at Queerty. These pics will give you a little boost your Starbucks won't. More pics are after the break.

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