Consider it a Pride weekend bonus: Two days after the Pride Parade had thousands celebrating downtown, Cyndi Lauper and her True Colors Tour brought one more hurrah. Politics and equality were on the agenda for Tuesday's music/comedy show, but the night's performers kept things mostly light and — dare I say it? — gay. Of course, what do you expect from a party whose guest list includes the B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell and Carson Kressley (of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" fame)? And the lady of the evening, Lauper? Don't you know girls just wanna ... ? With seemingly ...

Athens' finest are playing the True Colors tour this weekend in LA, so in their honor (and the tour's pro-queer activism), here's my fave vid of theirs. Yes, Funplex is a great album but I'm feeling nostalgic for Ricky these days, and this song has been in heavy iPod rotation as I'm scootering through the Cahuenga pass, shouting out "And Heavy! EQUIPMENT!" at stupid Hollywood folks in their convertibles. ...