September 30, 2009
AL PARADISE
I don't know what is sicker--the breakdancing to synth pop, the classical background, or the extremely limber lead's sick facial expressions and YELLOW MESH FINGERLESS GLOVES! But her legs are exquisite and it's hard to take your eyes off of her you-know what! And this seems to be the end of the show!
"AND FIRST AND LAST, I HATE THE PAST." How's that for a lyric!
"AND FIRST AND LAST, I HATE THE PAST." How's that for a lyric!
September 29, 2009
WAH WAH!
Son asked his mother the following question:
"Mom, why are wedding dresses white?"
The mother looks at her son and replies,
"Son, this shows your friends and relatives that your bride is pure."
The son thanks his Mom and goes off to double-check this with his father.
"Dad why are wedding dresses white?"
The father looks at his son in surprise and says,
"Son, all household appliances come in white."
"Mom, why are wedding dresses white?"
The mother looks at her son and replies,
"Son, this shows your friends and relatives that your bride is pure."
The son thanks his Mom and goes off to double-check this with his father.
"Dad why are wedding dresses white?"
The father looks at his son in surprise and says,
"Son, all household appliances come in white."
GAG!
EAT IT, BEYONCE! ROSS IS STILL THE BOSS! H.R.H. PRINCESS DIANDRA SENT ME THIS. DIANDRA DOESN'T SEND ME MANY VIDEOS--SO LOOK OUT! THE HELICOPTER! THE GOLD LAME TRAIN! TOO MUCH!
WHAT?!? A GOOD IDEA FOR HEALTH CARE?
THANKS, SENATOR DORGAN! AT THIS POINT WE'LL TAKE ANYTHING! IT'S LIKE MAKING YOU WAIT AN HOUR AND A HALF FOR A DRAG SHOW. BY THE TIME THE LIGHTS COME ON, YOU'LL APPLAUD ANY BUSTED OL' BOOGER. (I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE!)
FROM HUFFPO:
Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma
"Prescription drug importation is an immediate way to put downward pressure on health care costs. It has bipartisan support, and has been endorsed by groups such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses and AARP."
U.S. patients pay far more than the rest of the world for prescription drugs. The Canadian government keeps prices down by using its purchasing power to negotiate for lower rates. Dorgan wants American consumers in on the deal.
MORE: HUFFPO
The really pitiful thing is that brainwashed teabaggers are out in the streets protesting for their precious capitalism. But a capitalist system is all about making money, even if it means sending American dollars to Canadian pharmacies or outsourcing American jobs to foreign countries whre it's cheaper. As our unemployment rates soar! The teabaggers may as well be protesting FOR unemployment! That's the system they love so dearly. Idiots! Just carry a sign that says WE WANT LESS JOBS to your next pathetic rally.
FROM HUFFPO:
Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma
"Prescription drug importation is an immediate way to put downward pressure on health care costs. It has bipartisan support, and has been endorsed by groups such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses and AARP."
U.S. patients pay far more than the rest of the world for prescription drugs. The Canadian government keeps prices down by using its purchasing power to negotiate for lower rates. Dorgan wants American consumers in on the deal.
MORE: HUFFPO
The really pitiful thing is that brainwashed teabaggers are out in the streets protesting for their precious capitalism. But a capitalist system is all about making money, even if it means sending American dollars to Canadian pharmacies or outsourcing American jobs to foreign countries whre it's cheaper. As our unemployment rates soar! The teabaggers may as well be protesting FOR unemployment! That's the system they love so dearly. Idiots! Just carry a sign that says WE WANT LESS JOBS to your next pathetic rally.
September 28, 2009
MIKE DIAMOND'S SO CALLED GAY LIFE
ONE OF HIS BEST EPISODES YET! COULD THAT BE BECAUSE IT'S THE RAUNCHIEST?
BILL MAHER'S NEWEST RULE
New Rule: If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute. I don't care about the president's birth certificate, I do want to know what happened to "Yes we can." Can we get out of Iraq? No. Afghanistan? No. Fix health care? No. Close Gitmo? No. Cap-and-trade carbon emissions? No. The Obamas have been in Washington for ten months and it seems like the only thing they've gotten is a dog.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html
MORE: HUFFPO
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html
MORE: HUFFPO
ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE SCREENING
I'M A BERYL REID FANATIC! AND SHE STARS IN THIS TWISTED TALE WHICH JOHN CAMERON MItCHELL IS PRESENTING ON 10/1. PLEASE SCREEN THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE, HER REAL SMASH! FROM JOHN'S WEBSITE:
Entertaining Mr. Sloane is the unsung black comedy gem of Swinging Sixties-era British film. Closely adapted from Joe Orton's 1964 hit play, it concerns a certain young libidinous lodger fought over by a wacky middle-aged brother and sister. It's Pinter crossed with Dame Edna. It combined the broad, skeptical music hall humor I learned from my youth in a Scottish Catholic boarding school with the giddy homo outrage I felt coming out in the AIDS-benighted 80's. Orton, the openly queer, rudely promiscuous bomb-thrower of the British stage, was all the rage in the mid 60's to the point of being commissioned to write a screenplay for the Beatles (sadly unrealized). Some folks aspire to play Hamlet and Lear. The old men in Orton are the only roles I still feel the need to essay. And maybe Kath in Sloane (see pic), though it's impossible to top Beryl Reid's tour de force in this film.
When: 7:30PM, Thursday, Oct. 1
Where: 92Y Tribeca -- 200 Hudson St at Canal St., NYC (more info at link below)
Seats are extremely limited, so for tickets for John and SLOANE best to buy in advance at no extra fee at: QUEERARTFILM
Entertaining Mr. Sloane is the unsung black comedy gem of Swinging Sixties-era British film. Closely adapted from Joe Orton's 1964 hit play, it concerns a certain young libidinous lodger fought over by a wacky middle-aged brother and sister. It's Pinter crossed with Dame Edna. It combined the broad, skeptical music hall humor I learned from my youth in a Scottish Catholic boarding school with the giddy homo outrage I felt coming out in the AIDS-benighted 80's. Orton, the openly queer, rudely promiscuous bomb-thrower of the British stage, was all the rage in the mid 60's to the point of being commissioned to write a screenplay for the Beatles (sadly unrealized). Some folks aspire to play Hamlet and Lear. The old men in Orton are the only roles I still feel the need to essay. And maybe Kath in Sloane (see pic), though it's impossible to top Beryl Reid's tour de force in this film.
When: 7:30PM, Thursday, Oct. 1
Where: 92Y Tribeca -- 200 Hudson St at Canal St., NYC (more info at link below)
Seats are extremely limited, so for tickets for John and SLOANE best to buy in advance at no extra fee at: QUEERARTFILM
ACCIDENTAL DONG
A WHOLE SITE DEDICATED TO PHALLIC IMAGERY WHICH POPS UP (PUN INTENDED) WITHOUT MEANING TO.
"LOADS" MORE PICS ATACCIDENTALDONG.COM.
"LOADS" MORE PICS ATACCIDENTALDONG.COM.
I'M AN INTERNATIONAL SLUT!
FROM DOUG IN SOUTH AFRICA:
Just had to send you the attached picture - a store here in South Africa, called the Big Blue (which sells all sorts of gag and naughty gifts - I suppose both those words apply to you LOL), has used your face to advertise the selling of gift vouchers for the store! Since you're not well-known (as far as I am aware, but I may be wrong) here in South Africa yet (I hope that changes when you decide to visit us ), I thought it was quite random yet awesome seeing your picture in the store.
BUNNY NOTE: AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T PUT AN ARROW TOWARDS MY MOUTH SAYING "CUM ON IN."
Just had to send you the attached picture - a store here in South Africa, called the Big Blue (which sells all sorts of gag and naughty gifts - I suppose both those words apply to you LOL), has used your face to advertise the selling of gift vouchers for the store! Since you're not well-known (as far as I am aware, but I may be wrong) here in South Africa yet (I hope that changes when you decide to visit us ), I thought it was quite random yet awesome seeing your picture in the store.
BUNNY NOTE: AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T PUT AN ARROW TOWARDS MY MOUTH SAYING "CUM ON IN."
GOD SAVED HIM FROM MATURBATING!
Did he really say that he maturbated about trucks when he was a kid?
BOBBY MIILLER'S NEW BOOK ON DEAD PEOPLE!
BY FORMER NEW YORKER BOBBY MILLER, WHO SNAPPED DECADES OF CLUB CULTURE FROM STUDIO 54 TO PYRAMID TO LIMELIGHT TO JACKIE 60. Included are A-list celebs like Andy Gibb (pictured) along with cult figures like Kohn Waters dva Cookie Mueller and Madame Ekatrina Sobechanskaya, the eccentric queen who founded the campy drag troupe The Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo--according to her, that is! Truly an eclectic mix seen through the eyes of a talented photographer and poet who had his finger on the pulse of NYC's inner circle when that circle was still worth joining.
"Forget Them Not" is a celebration of people who have left this world for the next. Along with photographs of artists, actors, family members, writers, dancers, celebrities, artisans, teachers and Smitty The Dog, there are short stories or bios about each person and when possible a sample of each person's art/writing or medium. This book of photographs captures each person in black & white and reminds us of our common connection, that each of us will leave this world when our time has come.
The purpose of this book is to not only celebrate those who've gone before but to remember to Forget Them Not.
MORE INFO/ORDER BOOK ONLINE: BLURB.COM/BOOKSTORE
"Forget Them Not" is a celebration of people who have left this world for the next. Along with photographs of artists, actors, family members, writers, dancers, celebrities, artisans, teachers and Smitty The Dog, there are short stories or bios about each person and when possible a sample of each person's art/writing or medium. This book of photographs captures each person in black & white and reminds us of our common connection, that each of us will leave this world when our time has come.
The purpose of this book is to not only celebrate those who've gone before but to remember to Forget Them Not.
MORE INFO/ORDER BOOK ONLINE: BLURB.COM/BOOKSTORE
September 27, 2009
September 26, 2009
CHIC: I WANT YOUR LOVE
OK, SO IT ISN'T THE WORLD'S MOST SIZZLING VIDEO, BUT THE GUITAR AND STRINGS, THAT BASS LINE, THOSE VOICES, THE LAME!
MAYORESS ERIC BREWER?
THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY THE MAYOR OF EAST CLEVELAND, ERIC BREWER! FLOTILLA DEBARGE IS ALLEGEDLY FURIOUS AT THE UNAUTHORIZED IMPERSONATION.
VIDEO: FOX
VIDEO: FOX
MICHAEL MOORE ON CNN'S KARRY KING SAT NIGHT
HE'S PROMOTING HIS NEW FLICK CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY.
FROM MICHAEL'S NEWSLETTER:
The time has arrived for, as Time magazine called it, my "magnum opus." I only had a year of Latin when I was in high school, so I'm not quite sure what that means, but I think it's good.
I've spent nearly two years on this new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story," and have poured my heart and soul into this project. Many early critics and viewers have called it my "best film yet." That's a hard call for me to make as I'm proud of all of my films -- but I will tell you this: What you are about to see in "Capitalism" is going to stun you. It's going to make some of you angry and I believe it's going to give most of you a new sense of hope that we are going to turn the sick and twisted mess made by the last president around. Oh, and you're going to have a good laugh at the expense of all the banking and corporate criminals who've made out like bandits in the past year.
I'm gonna show you the stuff the nightly news will rarely show you. Ever meet a pilot for American Airlines on food stamps because his pay's been cut so low? Ever meet a judge who gets kickbacks for sending innocent kids to a private prison? Ever meet someone from the Wall Street Journal who bluntly states on camera that he doesn't much care for democracy and that capitalism should be our only ruling concern?
You'll meet all these guys in "Capitalism." You'll also meet a whistleblower who, with documents in hand, tells us about the million-dollar-plus sweetheart loans he approved for the head of Senate Banking Committee -- the very committee that was supposed to be regulating his lending institution! You'll hear from a bank regulator why Timothy Geithner has no business being our Treasury Secretary. And you'll learn, from the woman who heads up the congressional commission charged with keeping an eye on the bailout money, how Alan Greenspan & Co. schemed and connived the public into putting up their inflated valued homes as collateral -- thus causing the biggest foreclosure epidemic in our history.
There is now a foreclosure filed in the U.S. once every seven-and-half SECONDS.
None of this is an accident, and I name the names others seem to be afraid to name, the men who have ransacked the pensions of working people and plundered the future of our kids and grandkids. Somehow they thought they were going to get away with this, that we'd believe their Big Lie that this crash was caused by a bunch of low-income people who took out loans they couldn't afford. Much of the mainstream media bought this storyline. No wonder Wall Street thought they could pull this off.
Jeez, I guess they forgot about me and my crew. You'd think we would've made a better impression on these wealthy thieves by now. Guess not.
So here we come! It's all there, up on the silver screen, two hours of a tragicomedy crime story starring a bunch of vampires who just weren't satisfied with simply destroying Flint, Michigan -- they had to try and see if they could take down the whole damn country. So come see this cops and robbers movie! The robbers this time wear suits and ties, and the cops -- well, if you're willing to accept a guy in a ballcap with a high school education as a stand-in until the real deal shows up to haul 'em away, then I humbly request your presence at your local cinema this weekend in New York and Los Angeles (and next Friday, October 2nd, all across America).
In the meantime, you can catch us on some of the TV shows that have been brave enough to let me on in the past week or so:
- Nightline (as we take a stroll down Wall Street to Goldman Sachs)
- Good Morning America (where they let me talk about Disney employees who don't get medical benefits)
- The View (where the Republican co-host told everyone to go see it! Whoa!)
- The Colbert Report (this guy is a genius, seriously)
- Larry King (where a spokesperson for the Senator who got the sweetheart loans responds for the first time)
- Keith Olberman (where we both wonder just how long these media corps are going to let us get away with what we do)
- Wolf Blitzer (yes, he's back for more abuse - and lovin' it)
... And the amazing Jay Leno. This man called me after seeing the movie and asked me to be his only in-studio guest on the second night of his new prime-time show. I said, "Jay, shouldn't you be thinking of your ratings in the first week of the show? Are you sure you didn't misdial Tom Hanks' number (the area code where I live is 231; 213 is LA)?" He told me he was profoundly moved by this film. So I was the guest on his second show, and he told all of America it was my "best film" and to please go see "Capitalism: A Love Story." That was Jay Leno saying that, not Noam Chomsky or Jane Fonda (both of whom I love dearly). The audience responded enthusiastically and, after 20 years of filmmaking, it was a moment where I crossed over deep into the mainstream of middle America. Jay's bosses at General Electric musta been... well, let's just say I hope they didn't place a reprimand in his permanent record. He's one helluva guy (and following the example he set with his free concerts for the unemployed in Michigan and Ohio last spring, I've gotten permission from the studio to do the same with my film in ten of the hardest-hit cities in the U.S. next week).
HERE'S TRAILER:
FROM MICHAEL'S NEWSLETTER:
The time has arrived for, as Time magazine called it, my "magnum opus." I only had a year of Latin when I was in high school, so I'm not quite sure what that means, but I think it's good.
I've spent nearly two years on this new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story," and have poured my heart and soul into this project. Many early critics and viewers have called it my "best film yet." That's a hard call for me to make as I'm proud of all of my films -- but I will tell you this: What you are about to see in "Capitalism" is going to stun you. It's going to make some of you angry and I believe it's going to give most of you a new sense of hope that we are going to turn the sick and twisted mess made by the last president around. Oh, and you're going to have a good laugh at the expense of all the banking and corporate criminals who've made out like bandits in the past year.
I'm gonna show you the stuff the nightly news will rarely show you. Ever meet a pilot for American Airlines on food stamps because his pay's been cut so low? Ever meet a judge who gets kickbacks for sending innocent kids to a private prison? Ever meet someone from the Wall Street Journal who bluntly states on camera that he doesn't much care for democracy and that capitalism should be our only ruling concern?
You'll meet all these guys in "Capitalism." You'll also meet a whistleblower who, with documents in hand, tells us about the million-dollar-plus sweetheart loans he approved for the head of Senate Banking Committee -- the very committee that was supposed to be regulating his lending institution! You'll hear from a bank regulator why Timothy Geithner has no business being our Treasury Secretary. And you'll learn, from the woman who heads up the congressional commission charged with keeping an eye on the bailout money, how Alan Greenspan & Co. schemed and connived the public into putting up their inflated valued homes as collateral -- thus causing the biggest foreclosure epidemic in our history.
There is now a foreclosure filed in the U.S. once every seven-and-half SECONDS.
None of this is an accident, and I name the names others seem to be afraid to name, the men who have ransacked the pensions of working people and plundered the future of our kids and grandkids. Somehow they thought they were going to get away with this, that we'd believe their Big Lie that this crash was caused by a bunch of low-income people who took out loans they couldn't afford. Much of the mainstream media bought this storyline. No wonder Wall Street thought they could pull this off.
Jeez, I guess they forgot about me and my crew. You'd think we would've made a better impression on these wealthy thieves by now. Guess not.
So here we come! It's all there, up on the silver screen, two hours of a tragicomedy crime story starring a bunch of vampires who just weren't satisfied with simply destroying Flint, Michigan -- they had to try and see if they could take down the whole damn country. So come see this cops and robbers movie! The robbers this time wear suits and ties, and the cops -- well, if you're willing to accept a guy in a ballcap with a high school education as a stand-in until the real deal shows up to haul 'em away, then I humbly request your presence at your local cinema this weekend in New York and Los Angeles (and next Friday, October 2nd, all across America).
In the meantime, you can catch us on some of the TV shows that have been brave enough to let me on in the past week or so:
- Nightline (as we take a stroll down Wall Street to Goldman Sachs)
- Good Morning America (where they let me talk about Disney employees who don't get medical benefits)
- The View (where the Republican co-host told everyone to go see it! Whoa!)
- The Colbert Report (this guy is a genius, seriously)
- Larry King (where a spokesperson for the Senator who got the sweetheart loans responds for the first time)
- Keith Olberman (where we both wonder just how long these media corps are going to let us get away with what we do)
- Wolf Blitzer (yes, he's back for more abuse - and lovin' it)
... And the amazing Jay Leno. This man called me after seeing the movie and asked me to be his only in-studio guest on the second night of his new prime-time show. I said, "Jay, shouldn't you be thinking of your ratings in the first week of the show? Are you sure you didn't misdial Tom Hanks' number (the area code where I live is 231; 213 is LA)?" He told me he was profoundly moved by this film. So I was the guest on his second show, and he told all of America it was my "best film" and to please go see "Capitalism: A Love Story." That was Jay Leno saying that, not Noam Chomsky or Jane Fonda (both of whom I love dearly). The audience responded enthusiastically and, after 20 years of filmmaking, it was a moment where I crossed over deep into the mainstream of middle America. Jay's bosses at General Electric musta been... well, let's just say I hope they didn't place a reprimand in his permanent record. He's one helluva guy (and following the example he set with his free concerts for the unemployed in Michigan and Ohio last spring, I've gotten permission from the studio to do the same with my film in ten of the hardest-hit cities in the U.S. next week).
HERE'S TRAILER:
LAUREN HARRIES ON THIS MORNING SHOW
THE FAMED UK CHILD PRODIGY WHO HAD A SEX CHAANGE YEARS AGO IS INTERVIEWED ON A MORNING CHAT SHOW. GETS QUITE KOOKY AT THE VERY END.
September 25, 2009
STEPHEN KING RANT FROM EW.COM
THERE IS A QUAINT CUSTOM OF LEAVING UNWANTED MAGAZINES ON A LEDGE NEAR THE MAIN HALLWAY IN MY BUILDING. SO I PICKED UP A COPY OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND POPPED IT IN MY BAG ON A TRIP. A NEWS FREAK, I CARE ABOUT SO FEW TV SHOWS THAT I COME ACROSS. NOWADAYS, THE NETWORKS CAN'T EVEN SEEM TO COBBLE TOGETHER ENOUGH CUTE OR DRAMATIC BITS TO MAKE THE TRAILER FOR A SERIES LAUNCH SEEM SLIGHTLY ENTERTAINING. SO IT WAS REFRESHING TO HEAR SOMEONE ELSE, WHO CERTAINLY KNOWS THE ENTERTAINMENT BIZ INSIDE AND OUT, RAIL AGAINST THE STATE OF THINGS WITH EVEN MORE VITRIOL THAN I DO.
HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM HIS POP OF KING COLUMN:
Why should we care?
Simple: Because right now there are no adequate replacements for the quality that looks to be on the way out — for entertainment that really moves us. When crap drives out class, our tastes grow coarser and the life of the imagination grows smaller.
And when the good stuff's gone?
It ain't comin' back, son. That's what I'm really afraid of.
WHOLE ARTICLE: EW.COM
HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM HIS POP OF KING COLUMN:
Why should we care?
Simple: Because right now there are no adequate replacements for the quality that looks to be on the way out — for entertainment that really moves us. When crap drives out class, our tastes grow coarser and the life of the imagination grows smaller.
And when the good stuff's gone?
It ain't comin' back, son. That's what I'm really afraid of.
WHOLE ARTICLE: EW.COM
FASCINATING ARTICLE ON DIET AS PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
VIA HUFFPO:
One thing is for sure: we are getting sicker and more obese than our health care system can handle, and the conventional methods of dealing with disease often have harmful side effects and are ineffective for some patients.
As it is now, one out of every two of us will get cancer or heart disease and die from it - an ugly and painful death as anyone who has witnessed it can attest. And starting in the year 2000, one out of every three children who are born after that year will develop diabetes--a disease that for most sufferers (those with Type 2 diabetes) is largely preventable with lifestyle changes. This is a rapidly emerging crisis, the seriousness of which I'm not sure we have yet recognized. The good news is, the means to prevent and heal disease seems to be right in front of us; it's in our food
Read more at: HUFFPO
One thing is for sure: we are getting sicker and more obese than our health care system can handle, and the conventional methods of dealing with disease often have harmful side effects and are ineffective for some patients.
As it is now, one out of every two of us will get cancer or heart disease and die from it - an ugly and painful death as anyone who has witnessed it can attest. And starting in the year 2000, one out of every three children who are born after that year will develop diabetes--a disease that for most sufferers (those with Type 2 diabetes) is largely preventable with lifestyle changes. This is a rapidly emerging crisis, the seriousness of which I'm not sure we have yet recognized. The good news is, the means to prevent and heal disease seems to be right in front of us; it's in our food
Read more at: HUFFPO
LARRY KRAMER AS DALLAS'S GRAND MARSHAL FOR PRIDE
LARRY KRAMER'S REMARKS AT DALLAS GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION, SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 2009 BEFORE A CROWD OF SOME 10,000. KRAMER WAS THE HONORARY GRAND MARSHALL OF THIS YEAR'S PARADE.
We must never forget that everything we have won can very quickly be taken away from us. We have seen this time and again. Presidents come and go ignoring us. This president is no different. Once again he is not doing it for us and once again we are letting him get away with it. This President is another loser for us and I predict he will remain this way.
We must remember that we do not have the freedom to marry, to inherit, to adopt, to share our health insurance, to learn about our history in our schools. To learn that our two greatest presidents, Washington and Lincoln were gay. We do not have the freedom to live as straight people have the freedom to live. We do not have the freedom to have our bars not raided by police and officers beating us up with such fury that we land in hospitals.
We have not learned to fight back with the same fury with which they fight us. You do not get more with honey than with vinegar. There are over one thousand benefits from our government that straight couples get that we are denied. This is not freedom. This is not equality. America's Bill of Rights says we are meant to be equal.
You must know, we must never forget, that every single treatment for hiv/aids is out there because of gay aids activists, led by ACT UP chapters across the country and Project Inform in San Francisco. They did not come from the government. They came because gay people fought like tigers and screaming banshees to get the system that hates us deliver them to us. If you want to read how we did it get my book The Tragedy of Today's Gays. This achievement, the obtaining of these drugs, I believe to be the single greatest achievement gay people have accomplished in all of history and we must be remembered for it.
The lesson should be clear. The lesson should be obvious. It should show us what we are capable of achieving when we put our minds and hearts and brains and bodies together and work together all together as brothers and sisters and one big family. There is not one person here today who is not capable of being such an activist.
We get what we fight for. And we are not fighting. Every single one of us is not fighting. They fight better than we do. There is a concerted and never ending vein of hate in this country and in this world dedicated to keeping us in our place. It is evil to force people to be what we are not -- free. We are not free.
I love being gay
I love gay people.
How can I say this without offending everyone else, I think we're better than other people.
I think we are smarter.
I think we are more talented.
I think we are more aware.
I think we make better friends.
I think we make better lovers.
I think we're more tuned in to what's happening, tuned into the moment, tuned into our emotions, and other people's emotions.
Yes, I think that gay people are better than other people.
I think the only thing we are not so good at is fighting back.
I hear talk of the new generation of gays and the old generation of gays, and how different we are. That is not true. We are all one generation. We are all related. We are all each other's brothers and sisters. We are all one family, the gay family.
And I passionately and desperately want all my brothers and sisters to stay alive and well and on this earth, with total equality with every straight person.
Being gay is the most important thing in my life.
I love being gay. I hope you do, too.
We must never forget that everything we have won can very quickly be taken away from us. We have seen this time and again. Presidents come and go ignoring us. This president is no different. Once again he is not doing it for us and once again we are letting him get away with it. This President is another loser for us and I predict he will remain this way.
We must remember that we do not have the freedom to marry, to inherit, to adopt, to share our health insurance, to learn about our history in our schools. To learn that our two greatest presidents, Washington and Lincoln were gay. We do not have the freedom to live as straight people have the freedom to live. We do not have the freedom to have our bars not raided by police and officers beating us up with such fury that we land in hospitals.
We have not learned to fight back with the same fury with which they fight us. You do not get more with honey than with vinegar. There are over one thousand benefits from our government that straight couples get that we are denied. This is not freedom. This is not equality. America's Bill of Rights says we are meant to be equal.
You must know, we must never forget, that every single treatment for hiv/aids is out there because of gay aids activists, led by ACT UP chapters across the country and Project Inform in San Francisco. They did not come from the government. They came because gay people fought like tigers and screaming banshees to get the system that hates us deliver them to us. If you want to read how we did it get my book The Tragedy of Today's Gays. This achievement, the obtaining of these drugs, I believe to be the single greatest achievement gay people have accomplished in all of history and we must be remembered for it.
The lesson should be clear. The lesson should be obvious. It should show us what we are capable of achieving when we put our minds and hearts and brains and bodies together and work together all together as brothers and sisters and one big family. There is not one person here today who is not capable of being such an activist.
We get what we fight for. And we are not fighting. Every single one of us is not fighting. They fight better than we do. There is a concerted and never ending vein of hate in this country and in this world dedicated to keeping us in our place. It is evil to force people to be what we are not -- free. We are not free.
I love being gay
I love gay people.
How can I say this without offending everyone else, I think we're better than other people.
I think we are smarter.
I think we are more talented.
I think we are more aware.
I think we make better friends.
I think we make better lovers.
I think we're more tuned in to what's happening, tuned into the moment, tuned into our emotions, and other people's emotions.
Yes, I think that gay people are better than other people.
I think the only thing we are not so good at is fighting back.
I hear talk of the new generation of gays and the old generation of gays, and how different we are. That is not true. We are all one generation. We are all related. We are all each other's brothers and sisters. We are all one family, the gay family.
And I passionately and desperately want all my brothers and sisters to stay alive and well and on this earth, with total equality with every straight person.
Being gay is the most important thing in my life.
I love being gay. I hope you do, too.
September 24, 2009
THIS SINGING WILL DRIVE ANYONE TO DRINK!
In the latest of wine pairing City Winery continues the tradition of pairing wine with music with a very special night of Joni Mitchell songs performed live by John Kelly, each accompanied by a wine that we feel best suits the flavor and character of the music.
20 Songs, 20 Wines, $55.
About John Kelly:
Two-time Obie Award and recent Rome Prize winner John Kelly will perform a concert of 20 Joni Mitchell’s songs. Utilizing his countertenor voice to evoke Mitchell’s smoky soprano, this concert includes songs from the various periods of her career--and also calls on music from Kelly’s past four concerts of Joni’s work: “Shiny Hot Nights”, “Get Up And Jive”, “Paved Paradise Redux”, and “Songs For A Shiny Hot Night: Court And Spark”. But unlike those works, this is a “DRAG FREE” concert, and the first installment of “She Is Queen Undisputedly Of Mind Beauty (SIQUOMB): The Joni Mitchell Songbook”, an event with a more specific focus on the drama he finds--and brings to life--in her “simultaneously accessible and illusive contemporary art songs”. Kelly plays dulcimer and replicates Mitchell’s guitar style by way of her signature open tunings; Zecca Esquibel will be joining on Keyboard for this very special night of music and wine.
“As a kid growing up in New Jersey, I would put on my headphones and be swept into Joni’s world,” explains Kelly on his love for Mitchell’s music. “Hers is a world rich with wanderlust, emotion and innuendo. Her songs have the power to transport a lonely individual into another world. I suppose it was the words as much as the music. The combination of the two was, and remains powerful, beautiful and compelling.” The Boston Globe recently wrote, "No less a critic than Joni Mitchell herself has been surprised by the impact of Kelly's cabaret tribute. ‘I was braced for a lampooning,’ she told The New York Times after seeing "Paved Paradise" in Manhattan in 1997. ‘I didn't expect to be so touched. I cried in two places.’ Mitchell is now one of Kelly's biggest fans."
20 Songs, 20 Wines, $55.
About John Kelly:
Two-time Obie Award and recent Rome Prize winner John Kelly will perform a concert of 20 Joni Mitchell’s songs. Utilizing his countertenor voice to evoke Mitchell’s smoky soprano, this concert includes songs from the various periods of her career--and also calls on music from Kelly’s past four concerts of Joni’s work: “Shiny Hot Nights”, “Get Up And Jive”, “Paved Paradise Redux”, and “Songs For A Shiny Hot Night: Court And Spark”. But unlike those works, this is a “DRAG FREE” concert, and the first installment of “She Is Queen Undisputedly Of Mind Beauty (SIQUOMB): The Joni Mitchell Songbook”, an event with a more specific focus on the drama he finds--and brings to life--in her “simultaneously accessible and illusive contemporary art songs”. Kelly plays dulcimer and replicates Mitchell’s guitar style by way of her signature open tunings; Zecca Esquibel will be joining on Keyboard for this very special night of music and wine.
“As a kid growing up in New Jersey, I would put on my headphones and be swept into Joni’s world,” explains Kelly on his love for Mitchell’s music. “Hers is a world rich with wanderlust, emotion and innuendo. Her songs have the power to transport a lonely individual into another world. I suppose it was the words as much as the music. The combination of the two was, and remains powerful, beautiful and compelling.” The Boston Globe recently wrote, "No less a critic than Joni Mitchell herself has been surprised by the impact of Kelly's cabaret tribute. ‘I was braced for a lampooning,’ she told The New York Times after seeing "Paved Paradise" in Manhattan in 1997. ‘I didn't expect to be so touched. I cried in two places.’ Mitchell is now one of Kelly's biggest fans."
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! BUN-BUN IS COMING TO CITY NEAR YOU!
NYC: THURSDAY 9/24 DJ'ING AT THE GRIFFIN FOR BASIL HAYDEN PRESENTS THE OUT STYLE SET FROM 7-10. MORE: OUT.COM
NYC: FRIDAY 9/25 SPINNING FROM 10-4 FOR ROCKIT AT AMALIA IN HELL'S KITCHEN. FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN BAR FROM 10-11 WITH GORGEOUS MEN!
DURHAM NC: PERFORMING AT THE CAROLINA THEATER SATURDAY NIGHT FOR GAY PRIDE! MORE: NC PRIDE
NYC: SUNDAY 9/27: SPINNING DISCO CLASSICS FROM 8-10 AT SPLASH FREE WITH 5$ FOR 10 DRAFT BEERS! OINK!
NYC: MONDAY 9/28: RUBBING BUNIONS AND PICKING BUT ALONE AT HOME.
NYC: FRIDAY 10/1: SPINNING AT ROCKIT!
BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA: 10/2 PERFORMING AT THE ZAMORA TEMPLE--NO NOT A CHURCH!
10/3: BACK AT SPLASH SPINNING DISCO 8-10 W/ CHEAP DRINKS AND EVEN CHEAPER BARTENDERS!
10/7: PARIS FASHION WEEK--SPINNING FOR THE PACO RABANNE PARTY AT VIP ROOM. THIS WILL BE INSANE! THE DESIGNER WHO DID THE COSTUMES FOR BARBARELLA! GAG!
10/9: SEATTLE; PERFORMING MY ONE-"WOMAN" SHOW AT NEIGHBORS!
10/11: DJING AT SPLASH FROM 8-10 FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
HOPE TO SEE YOU A ONE OF THESE VENUES!
NYC: THURSDAY 9/24 DJ'ING AT THE GRIFFIN FOR BASIL HAYDEN PRESENTS THE OUT STYLE SET FROM 7-10. MORE: OUT.COM
NYC: FRIDAY 9/25 SPINNING FROM 10-4 FOR ROCKIT AT AMALIA IN HELL'S KITCHEN. FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN BAR FROM 10-11 WITH GORGEOUS MEN!
DURHAM NC: PERFORMING AT THE CAROLINA THEATER SATURDAY NIGHT FOR GAY PRIDE! MORE: NC PRIDE
NYC: SUNDAY 9/27: SPINNING DISCO CLASSICS FROM 8-10 AT SPLASH FREE WITH 5$ FOR 10 DRAFT BEERS! OINK!
NYC: MONDAY 9/28: RUBBING BUNIONS AND PICKING BUT ALONE AT HOME.
NYC: FRIDAY 10/1: SPINNING AT ROCKIT!
BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA: 10/2 PERFORMING AT THE ZAMORA TEMPLE--NO NOT A CHURCH!
10/3: BACK AT SPLASH SPINNING DISCO 8-10 W/ CHEAP DRINKS AND EVEN CHEAPER BARTENDERS!
10/7: PARIS FASHION WEEK--SPINNING FOR THE PACO RABANNE PARTY AT VIP ROOM. THIS WILL BE INSANE! THE DESIGNER WHO DID THE COSTUMES FOR BARBARELLA! GAG!
10/9: SEATTLE; PERFORMING MY ONE-"WOMAN" SHOW AT NEIGHBORS!
10/11: DJING AT SPLASH FROM 8-10 FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
HOPE TO SEE YOU A ONE OF THESE VENUES!
September 23, 2009
I GOOGLE SPACEK AND "NOSE JOB"
THIS PIC CAME UP ON AWFULPLASTICSURGERY.COM.
AWFULPLASTICSURGERY.COM.
ON ANOTHER SITE, SOMEONE POSTED THE HILARIOUS COMMENT "DO FISH HAVE BOOGERS?"!!!
AWFULPLASTICSURGERY.COM.
ON ANOTHER SITE, SOMEONE POSTED THE HILARIOUS COMMENT "DO FISH HAVE BOOGERS?"!!!
DRED'S WHEN SHE WAS KING: THE REMIX
FEW DRAG KINGS LIT UP A STAGE LIKE DRED (AKA MILDRED), A POPULAR DOWNTAL GAL/GUY WHO IS BACK ON THE SCENE AFTER A FEW YEARS IN CALIFORNIA.
Lower East Side, NY
Saturday September 26, 2009
NEW ONE woMAN SHOW - "When She was King - THE REMIX!"
FROM DRED:
Please mark your caledars for Sept 26, 2009 for a new versIon of my show "When She Was King- THE REMIX" - new music (saxophonist King TUT, and DJ IKO/Riff Raff), new choreography, new direction, new exploration of characters!!!!
In her new one woMan show "When She Was King - The REMIX'" milDRED takes us through a character-filled, gender-bending,musical, poetic, dancing, comedic, and Theatrical ride through her many SELVES. From a Jamaican gender alchemist, to a gender bending diva! milDRED is renowned for her character appearances, as the queen of disguise that mimes men's and women's roles. Using theatre, dance, poetry, cultural history, and humor, milDRED breaks down racial and gender stereotypes, and conventional gender roles created in society, hoping to create a better understanding and acceptance of the beauty of the expression of one's individual truth. Gerestant has been developing her gender-bending, misogyny attacking character since 1995. "I am very much into breaking down these ‘rules/stories’ that still affect how people, especially women, feel about how we see ourselves, what we think about ourselves, and how people see us," milDRED Gerestant says. With music, body language and a scant number of costume changes right before the audience’s eyes, magic is worked.
8pm and 10pm shows with Q and A after each show!!!!
At Dixon Place ( www.dixonplace.org )
161 A Chrystie Street
NY, NY
AFFORDABLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT OVATIONTIX.COM
Lower East Side, NY
Saturday September 26, 2009
NEW ONE woMAN SHOW - "When She was King - THE REMIX!"
FROM DRED:
Please mark your caledars for Sept 26, 2009 for a new versIon of my show "When She Was King- THE REMIX" - new music (saxophonist King TUT, and DJ IKO/Riff Raff), new choreography, new direction, new exploration of characters!!!!
In her new one woMan show "When She Was King - The REMIX'" milDRED takes us through a character-filled, gender-bending,musical, poetic, dancing, comedic, and Theatrical ride through her many SELVES. From a Jamaican gender alchemist, to a gender bending diva! milDRED is renowned for her character appearances, as the queen of disguise that mimes men's and women's roles. Using theatre, dance, poetry, cultural history, and humor, milDRED breaks down racial and gender stereotypes, and conventional gender roles created in society, hoping to create a better understanding and acceptance of the beauty of the expression of one's individual truth. Gerestant has been developing her gender-bending, misogyny attacking character since 1995. "I am very much into breaking down these ‘rules/stories’ that still affect how people, especially women, feel about how we see ourselves, what we think about ourselves, and how people see us," milDRED Gerestant says. With music, body language and a scant number of costume changes right before the audience’s eyes, magic is worked.
8pm and 10pm shows with Q and A after each show!!!!
At Dixon Place ( www.dixonplace.org )
161 A Chrystie Street
NY, NY
AFFORDABLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT OVATIONTIX.COM
ONE DAD AT A TIME
OUCH! TEEN STAR FROM THE TV SHOW ONE DAY AT A TIME, MACKENZIE PHILLIPS ADMITS TO LONG-TERM CONSENSUAL INCEST WITH HER DAD. WHO ALSO TURNED HER ON TO DRUGS AT 11. AND I THOUGHT RYAN O'NEAL WAS A TURD FOR FLIRTING WITH TATUM AT FARRAH'S FUNERAL! REALLY SAD.
MORE: YAHOO.COM
GO PATRICIA FIELD!
MISS RAT FIELD TOOK A BREAK FROM STYLING THE NEW SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE TO CREATE A NEW COKE BOTTLE FOR UGLY BETTY.
INSTYLE
INSTYLE
SHAKIRA: SHE WOLF
Shakira's music is not always my cup of tea, although I do like OBJECTION TANGO. For her new single, SHE WOLF, she's updated her sound to electro disco and while I hate the song, especially the chorus, it is undeniably catchy. And I'm really wowed by her choreography. Hardly the girl next door, Shakira dances like she knows she can fuck your brains out and is asking you "Can you handle it?".
I can't help but compare her to Madonna, since Madonna had one video with a jerky style choreography but Shakira is doing it with the skill of a break dancer popping and locking. Madonna also appeared in a leotard in her video for HUNG UP, but honey, Shakira knows how to work work-out gear! And that black jumpsuit with one whole ass cheek cut out! She's actually wearing less make-up than ever but looks quite pretty.
YOUTUBE
I can't help but compare her to Madonna, since Madonna had one video with a jerky style choreography but Shakira is doing it with the skill of a break dancer popping and locking. Madonna also appeared in a leotard in her video for HUNG UP, but honey, Shakira knows how to work work-out gear! And that black jumpsuit with one whole ass cheek cut out! She's actually wearing less make-up than ever but looks quite pretty.
YOUTUBE
ANY DRAG ACTS LOOKING FOR A JOB?
WELL, SOMEONE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR YOU! SO GIRLS, SIGN UP AND UPLOAD PICS AT THE NEW QUEEN-TRACKER WEBSITE: DRAGQUEENREGISTRY. IT'S A FREE SERVICE.
10/5 A PLACE A THE TABLE
It's called A Place at the Table, and it's a big fundraiser for NYC's Ali Forney Center with Rufus Wainwright performing! Charles Busch (Psycho Beach Party, Die Mommie Die!) will be hosting, and folks like NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn will be honored, too. It's at the Chelsea Art Museum (556 West 22nd St) from 7pm - 9:30pm.
This big, fabulous, important cocktail party (with chefs preparing uber-gourmet food) will be raising direly needed funds for the Ali Forney Center (ALIFORNEYCENTER.ORG), which provides housing and life-saving services (job training, education, counseling, health/medical care) for homeless LGBT youth. It's an amazing organization (I'm on the Board of Directors) and this is their big premiere, awesome gala event. It's gonna be fantastic and fun.
Folks like Tim Gunn, BD Wong, Keith Olbermann & Sandra Bernhard are all on the Honorary Board for this event, too. Here are all the further details (and see the attachment!):
Tickets are $150 each for all the booze and gourmet hors d'oeuvres you can imbibe, plus there's the big Rufus Wainwright performance (and a live and silent auction with killer trips and cool gift packages). It's not exactly cheap, but the money raised really goes directly to the kids aided by the Ali Forney Center. It pays rent on the apartments where they're housed, it buys them food, pays for educational and vocational programs. Really --- it's saving lives of queer kids kicked to the curb by families who can't accept them.
Head here to purchase tickets and get more info: TICKETS
This big, fabulous, important cocktail party (with chefs preparing uber-gourmet food) will be raising direly needed funds for the Ali Forney Center (ALIFORNEYCENTER.ORG), which provides housing and life-saving services (job training, education, counseling, health/medical care) for homeless LGBT youth. It's an amazing organization (I'm on the Board of Directors) and this is their big premiere, awesome gala event. It's gonna be fantastic and fun.
Folks like Tim Gunn, BD Wong, Keith Olbermann & Sandra Bernhard are all on the Honorary Board for this event, too. Here are all the further details (and see the attachment!):
Tickets are $150 each for all the booze and gourmet hors d'oeuvres you can imbibe, plus there's the big Rufus Wainwright performance (and a live and silent auction with killer trips and cool gift packages). It's not exactly cheap, but the money raised really goes directly to the kids aided by the Ali Forney Center. It pays rent on the apartments where they're housed, it buys them food, pays for educational and vocational programs. Really --- it's saving lives of queer kids kicked to the curb by families who can't accept them.
Head here to purchase tickets and get more info: TICKETS
September 22, 2009
LINDA SIMPSON'S BITCHES IN THE SKY NOVELLA
SCANDAL, SEX AND DRAG KNOW NO BOUNDS IN THE NEW CYBERSPACE PHOTO NOVELLA BITCHES IN THE SKY!
From the highest floors of Manhattan’s glittering skyscrapers comes Bitches in the Sky, a gender-bending and ultra-campy photo novella about the filthy rich. The cyberspace series, which officially launched on September 7th, stars a dazzling array of New York nightlife personalities and is written by drag performer Linda Simpson. New episodes are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The address is BITCHESINTHESKY.COM.
Set in a world of zillion-dollar penthouses and 50th-floor boardrooms, Bitches in the Sky is precisely the type of escapist entertainment that we could all use right about now. Each episode follows the adventures of New York’s recession-proof elite as they ruthlessly pursue power, fame and erotic thrills. In a never-ending battle to be queen of the hill, it’s every bitch out for herself!
Bitches in the Sky is the latest in a long list of creative projects from Linda Simpson, who is a performer, writer, party producer and nightlife personality. She blogs at MyComrade.com (http://www.mycomrade.com); her biography is at lindasimpson.org (http://www.lindasimpson.org).
The site's debut advertiser is the cutting edge NYC clothing and accessories boutique Patricia Field and its online store (http://www.patriciafield.com). The store is named after its owner, whose award-winning design and styling credits include her much heralded work for Sex in the City.
Bitches in the Sky's principal photographer is Michael Wakefield. Captions are by graphic artist Michael Magnan.
For more information, please contact Linda Simpson at info@bitchesinthesky.com.
From the highest floors of Manhattan’s glittering skyscrapers comes Bitches in the Sky, a gender-bending and ultra-campy photo novella about the filthy rich. The cyberspace series, which officially launched on September 7th, stars a dazzling array of New York nightlife personalities and is written by drag performer Linda Simpson. New episodes are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The address is BITCHESINTHESKY.COM.
Set in a world of zillion-dollar penthouses and 50th-floor boardrooms, Bitches in the Sky is precisely the type of escapist entertainment that we could all use right about now. Each episode follows the adventures of New York’s recession-proof elite as they ruthlessly pursue power, fame and erotic thrills. In a never-ending battle to be queen of the hill, it’s every bitch out for herself!
Bitches in the Sky is the latest in a long list of creative projects from Linda Simpson, who is a performer, writer, party producer and nightlife personality. She blogs at MyComrade.com (http://www.mycomrade.com); her biography is at lindasimpson.org (http://www.lindasimpson.org).
The site's debut advertiser is the cutting edge NYC clothing and accessories boutique Patricia Field and its online store (http://www.patriciafield.com). The store is named after its owner, whose award-winning design and styling credits include her much heralded work for Sex in the City.
Bitches in the Sky's principal photographer is Michael Wakefield. Captions are by graphic artist Michael Magnan.
For more information, please contact Linda Simpson at info@bitchesinthesky.com.
WAYNE COUNTY: CREAM IN MY JEANS
JAYNE BEFORE HER TRANSFORMATION! The sound is a little off but this gal is still rockin'!
FROM YOUTUBE:
Here is the Amazing Wayne County, before he became the Amazing Jayne County. In an excerpt from the rarely seen "Punk Rock Movie" also known as the "Punk Rock Movie From England" directed by Don Letts. Performing "Cream In My Jeans" with the Electric Chairs.
FROM YOUTUBE:
Here is the Amazing Wayne County, before he became the Amazing Jayne County. In an excerpt from the rarely seen "Punk Rock Movie" also known as the "Punk Rock Movie From England" directed by Don Letts. Performing "Cream In My Jeans" with the Electric Chairs.
EQUALITY MARCH BENEFIT AT ELMO
FEATURING HARVEY MILK ASSOCIATE CLEVE JONES!
National Equality March is excited to announce its NYC fundraiser to be held @ Elmo on Sept 24th, 2009 at 9 pm!
What: Benefit Party for The National Equality March on Washington
When: Thursday, September 24, 9:00 PM until midnight
Who: Two Floors/Two DJs .....DJ Scott Jones DJ David Serrano
With: Special Guest - Cleve Jones! Guest Hosts - Sherry Vine and Mistress Formika
Wow: Complimentary Grey Goose Cocktails
Tickets are $30 in advance, and $40 at the door
Purchase at NATIONALEQUALITYMARCH
This event is sponsored by Elmo and Barracuda. As a result of their generosity, your entire ticket price will go towards the funding of the National Equality March.
Space is limited, please buy your tickets early.
Host Committee:
Bob Pontarelli, Michael Holtz, Lt. Dan Choi, Andy Towle, Randy Jones, Gilbert Baker, Alan Cumming, Itay Hod, Corey Johnson, Chip Arndt, Peter Yacobellis, Michelle Clunie, Gary Maffei, Dave Valk, Derek Hartley, Romaine Patterson, Will Wikle, Bill Kapfer, Alex Kelston, Daniel Korn, Peter Stamberg, Jen Roesch, Jevin Dornic, Von Lopez-Jacobs, Tanner Efinger, Kevin Oswoski, Kyle Knight, Josh Tjaden, Gavin Vallance, Ronnie Gensler, Ben Rosen, Brian Lynch, Michael Conti, Jason Haas, Bruce Hermann, Stephen Heighton, Akash Abraham, and Wayne Ting
National Equality March is excited to announce its NYC fundraiser to be held @ Elmo on Sept 24th, 2009 at 9 pm!
What: Benefit Party for The National Equality March on Washington
When: Thursday, September 24, 9:00 PM until midnight
Who: Two Floors/Two DJs .....DJ Scott Jones DJ David Serrano
With: Special Guest - Cleve Jones! Guest Hosts - Sherry Vine and Mistress Formika
Wow: Complimentary Grey Goose Cocktails
Tickets are $30 in advance, and $40 at the door
Purchase at NATIONALEQUALITYMARCH
This event is sponsored by Elmo and Barracuda. As a result of their generosity, your entire ticket price will go towards the funding of the National Equality March.
Space is limited, please buy your tickets early.
Host Committee:
Bob Pontarelli, Michael Holtz, Lt. Dan Choi, Andy Towle, Randy Jones, Gilbert Baker, Alan Cumming, Itay Hod, Corey Johnson, Chip Arndt, Peter Yacobellis, Michelle Clunie, Gary Maffei, Dave Valk, Derek Hartley, Romaine Patterson, Will Wikle, Bill Kapfer, Alex Kelston, Daniel Korn, Peter Stamberg, Jen Roesch, Jevin Dornic, Von Lopez-Jacobs, Tanner Efinger, Kevin Oswoski, Kyle Knight, Josh Tjaden, Gavin Vallance, Ronnie Gensler, Ben Rosen, Brian Lynch, Michael Conti, Jason Haas, Bruce Hermann, Stephen Heighton, Akash Abraham, and Wayne Ting
LISA STANSFIELD: ALL WOMAN
I FORGOT HOW STUNNING HER VOICE IS. I got to meet her once at The Roxy and she could not have been nicer or more down to earth.
INSANELY PRUDISH PEORIA
A Walmart phot developer calls the police on a couple whose only offense was taking pictures of their infant children in the tub! The kids were yanked away for a month, wife lost her job as a school for a year and both parents were branded as sex offenders!
Innocent Bath-Time Photos Get Kids Taken Away From Parents - ParentDish
Meanwhile, in California:
FROM THE EXAMINER:
Jessica Banks, 65 was the pastor of a small church in Riverside County, California and adopted five girls about five years ago. She was convicted in July of 16 felonies for child abuse, and this week was sentenced to 36 years and 8 months in prison, along with two consecutive terms of 15 years to live.
Jessica Banks kept the girls locked in an unheated garage, and kicked and beat them daily with cords and sticks, high heeled shoes, extension cords and belts. The five girls were between 4-11 of age at the time, and were forced to wear two layers of diapers and long black dresses, according to authorities. Jessica Banks also fed the girls spoiled food and made them take sleeping pills, and sexually abused them with paint sticks.
MORE: EXAMINER
Innocent Bath-Time Photos Get Kids Taken Away From Parents - ParentDish
Meanwhile, in California:
FROM THE EXAMINER:
Jessica Banks, 65 was the pastor of a small church in Riverside County, California and adopted five girls about five years ago. She was convicted in July of 16 felonies for child abuse, and this week was sentenced to 36 years and 8 months in prison, along with two consecutive terms of 15 years to live.
Jessica Banks kept the girls locked in an unheated garage, and kicked and beat them daily with cords and sticks, high heeled shoes, extension cords and belts. The five girls were between 4-11 of age at the time, and were forced to wear two layers of diapers and long black dresses, according to authorities. Jessica Banks also fed the girls spoiled food and made them take sleeping pills, and sexually abused them with paint sticks.
MORE: EXAMINER
September 21, 2009
CAPITALISM: A LOVE AFFAIR
REVIEW BY THE NEW YORK TIMES INCLUDES A CLIP OF MICHAEL MOORE'S NEW FLICK. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!
SAY YES TO REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM RALLY
Health and insurance interests are spending nearly $5 million per week to oppose health care reform,1 fighting to keep a broken system because it benefits their bottom line.
But what we've got right now—skyrocketing premiums, denial of treatment, canceling coverage when you get sick—is a disaster for regular people.
It's time to call Big Insurance out—because if they win, we lose. And next week, we're going to do it right in their own back yards.
We're organizing "Big Insurance: Sick of It" rallies at local insurance company offices across the country on September 22nd. Thousands of us rallying together will send a strong message to them, Congress, and the media that we are sick of Big Insurance and want real health care reform now.
Next Tuesday, there's a rally in New York City. Can you make it?
Penn Plaza, SE Corner of 32nd St and 7th Ave, in front of Fuse (Map)
New York, NY 10001
Tuesday, September 22nd, 12:00 PM
Let's keep the momentum going! Please sign up for this gathering right away!
Message from your host, Bernadette W.: We are rallying at Penn Plaza, on the SE corner of 32nd St and 7th Ave in front of the Fuse building. We chose this location so we can target United Health, because We Can't Afford to Wait for real health care reform anymore. It's time for our leaders to stop putting the interests of Big Insurance f...(more)irst, and to do what is right for their constituents. We plan on this being a large event, drawing people from all five boroughs and the media. Come help us tell Big Insurance and Congress that America demands health care reform NOW.
SIGN UP: MOVEON.ORG
But what we've got right now—skyrocketing premiums, denial of treatment, canceling coverage when you get sick—is a disaster for regular people.
It's time to call Big Insurance out—because if they win, we lose. And next week, we're going to do it right in their own back yards.
We're organizing "Big Insurance: Sick of It" rallies at local insurance company offices across the country on September 22nd. Thousands of us rallying together will send a strong message to them, Congress, and the media that we are sick of Big Insurance and want real health care reform now.
Next Tuesday, there's a rally in New York City. Can you make it?
Penn Plaza, SE Corner of 32nd St and 7th Ave, in front of Fuse (Map)
New York, NY 10001
Tuesday, September 22nd, 12:00 PM
Let's keep the momentum going! Please sign up for this gathering right away!
Message from your host, Bernadette W.: We are rallying at Penn Plaza, on the SE corner of 32nd St and 7th Ave in front of the Fuse building. We chose this location so we can target United Health, because We Can't Afford to Wait for real health care reform anymore. It's time for our leaders to stop putting the interests of Big Insurance f...(more)irst, and to do what is right for their constituents. We plan on this being a large event, drawing people from all five boroughs and the media. Come help us tell Big Insurance and Congress that America demands health care reform NOW.
SIGN UP: MOVEON.ORG
FUTURE CARRIE PREJEANS
It's so bizarre to see these children airbrushed with plucked eyebrows. Why do they all look like troll dolls? Or Little Kiddles? Remember those? The dolls were inside clear lockets so that you could wear them around their necks.
MAY MORE SIC PICS: APOSTROPHER
Also, how nutty is the new Pillow Pet? Wonder about childhood obesity? Why not create a toy that never leaves the bed!
BY LAURA CLAWSON
The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge by Laura Clawson
I, ________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:
I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.
I will complain about the destruction of my 2nd Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.
I will foreswear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls. Also.
I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:
* Social Security
* Medicare/Medicaid
* State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
* Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
* US Postal Service
* Roads and Highways
* Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
* The US Railway System
* Public Subways and Metro Systems
* Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
* Rest Areas on Highways
* Sidewalks
* All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations)
* Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
* Public and State Universities and Colleges
* Public Primary and Secondary Schools
* Sesame Street
* Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
* Public Museums
* Libraries
* Public Parks and Beaches
* State and National Parks
* Public Zoos
* Unemployment Insurance
* Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
* Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
* Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
* Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
* Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
* Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
* Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
* Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
* The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
* The government-operated Statue of Liberty
* The Grand Canyon
* The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
* The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
* All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC
I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.
I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.
I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.
I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.
Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.
Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.
SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR ___.
_____________ _________________________
Signed Printed Name/Town and State
I, ________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:
I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.
I will complain about the destruction of my 2nd Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.
I will foreswear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls. Also.
I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:
* Social Security
* Medicare/Medicaid
* State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
* Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
* US Postal Service
* Roads and Highways
* Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
* The US Railway System
* Public Subways and Metro Systems
* Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
* Rest Areas on Highways
* Sidewalks
* All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations)
* Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
* Public and State Universities and Colleges
* Public Primary and Secondary Schools
* Sesame Street
* Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
* Public Museums
* Libraries
* Public Parks and Beaches
* State and National Parks
* Public Zoos
* Unemployment Insurance
* Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
* Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
* Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
* Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
* Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
* Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
* Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
* Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
* The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
* The government-operated Statue of Liberty
* The Grand Canyon
* The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
* The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
* All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC
I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.
I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.
I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.
I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.
Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.
Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.
SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR ___.
_____________ _________________________
Signed Printed Name/Town and State
September 18, 2009
DIMITRI AND OLGA
HONEY, I'VE MADE SOME FEROCIOUSLY WRONG DRUNK DIALS FOR DICK, BUT THIS GUY DOESN'T EVEN SOUND DRUNK!
LISTEN AND HOWL!
OH GOD, THERE'S A VIDEO OF HIM!
LISTEN AND HOWL!
OH GOD, THERE'S A VIDEO OF HIM!
YUMMY!
LADY ESTHER GIN IS TRYING TO LURE ME TO RIO FOR CARNAVAL. THIS DANCE IS MAKING ME SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IT!
JOBRIATH:THE SEQUEL
(LURLEEN WALLACE--THE DRAG qUEEN--NOT GEORGE WALLACE'S SPAWN--IS SENDING ME THESE CLIPS.)
AFTER DOING HIS GLAM-ROCK THANG, JOBRIATH BECAME COLE BERLIN AND CRANKS OUT SHOW TUNES WITH A TWIST FROM INSIDE A PYRAMID IN CHELSEA. (I ASSUME IT'S GONE.) ! I'M NOT REALLY A SHOW-TUNE QUEEN BUT DAMMIT--HE HAS IT!
There's an interesting bio by Johnny Southern on a grave site website!?!! Mime in a lucite cube? I'm like, so there! An excerpt:
Singer, Songwriter, Entertainer. A veteran of the musical "Hair," Jobriath was discovered by a savvy manager who landed him a recording contract for $300,000, an amount unheard of at the time (particularly for an unknown). Jobriath shook the foundations of the Pop world by boldly declaring his homosexuality, referring to himself as "a true fairy." An elaborate debut was staged at a Parisian opera house, with enormous props, stages, and of course Jobriath in outrageous costumes, singing and dancing wildly then performing mime in a lucite cube.
MORE: FINDAGRAVE
AFTER DOING HIS GLAM-ROCK THANG, JOBRIATH BECAME COLE BERLIN AND CRANKS OUT SHOW TUNES WITH A TWIST FROM INSIDE A PYRAMID IN CHELSEA. (I ASSUME IT'S GONE.) ! I'M NOT REALLY A SHOW-TUNE QUEEN BUT DAMMIT--HE HAS IT!
There's an interesting bio by Johnny Southern on a grave site website!?!! Mime in a lucite cube? I'm like, so there! An excerpt:
Singer, Songwriter, Entertainer. A veteran of the musical "Hair," Jobriath was discovered by a savvy manager who landed him a recording contract for $300,000, an amount unheard of at the time (particularly for an unknown). Jobriath shook the foundations of the Pop world by boldly declaring his homosexuality, referring to himself as "a true fairy." An elaborate debut was staged at a Parisian opera house, with enormous props, stages, and of course Jobriath in outrageous costumes, singing and dancing wildly then performing mime in a lucite cube.
MORE: FINDAGRAVE
WATCH A CLIP OF MICHAEL MOORE'S LATEST
JUST AS MORONS NATIONWIDE ARE RANTING ABOUT SOCIALISM, MICHAEL RELEASES A DOC TO SHOW US HOW GREAT CAPITALISM IS. IT'S A SHORT BUT CHILLING CLIP FROM CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY.
WATCH
AND HERE'S ANOTHER TEASER:
WATCH
AND HERE'S ANOTHER TEASER:
September 17, 2009
JOBRIATH
A GORGEOUS GLADYS KNIGHT INTRO'S THE OPENLY GAY GLAM ROCKER JOBRIATH. I'M NOT MUCH OF A ROCKER, BUT THIS GUY IS AMAZING!
MUST-SEE TV
35% OF NEW JERSEY SELF-IDENTIFIED CONSERVATIVES EITHER THINK OBAMA IS OR ARE UNSURE IF HE IS THE ANTI-CHRIST. NEW JERSEY? THIS ISN'T THE BIBLE BELT. I CAN'T FATHOM HOW THAT MANY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ANTI-CHRIST! IF YOU ALSO FIND THIS TOUGH TO IMAGINE, PLEASE WATCH THIS SHOCKING CLIP IN WHICH MADDOW I'VIEWS A FORMER BORN-AGAIN WHO NOW DENOUNCES THESE CRAZIES WITH BIBLES IN ONE HAND AND A GUN IN THE OTHER.
HE'S GOT A POINT!
THE GOP IS TOO CRAZY TO BE RACIST
FROM HUFFPO BY JOHN R. BOHRER
(AN EXCERPT)
The point is that there is no method to their madness. The hardcore whatever-they-are's at these rallies would be there no matter what. How did anyone ever get the idea that these protests are actually about something? And I don't just mean policies or race, I mean anything.
It just goes to show that if you say something loud enough and long enough, you will drown out the truth. Remember how these rallies started organizing during President Obama's first month in office? It was so very clear that they were about nothing -- that they were parties for sore losers and extremists. Yay! Bring some crazy signs! Wrap yourself in the flag and call everyone else a traitor! Woo-hoo! The media, politicians, people in general saw all that for what it was: a bunch of loonies who were bummed that the guy they hate won.
MORE: HUFFPO
FROM HUFFPO BY JOHN R. BOHRER
(AN EXCERPT)
The point is that there is no method to their madness. The hardcore whatever-they-are's at these rallies would be there no matter what. How did anyone ever get the idea that these protests are actually about something? And I don't just mean policies or race, I mean anything.
It just goes to show that if you say something loud enough and long enough, you will drown out the truth. Remember how these rallies started organizing during President Obama's first month in office? It was so very clear that they were about nothing -- that they were parties for sore losers and extremists. Yay! Bring some crazy signs! Wrap yourself in the flag and call everyone else a traitor! Woo-hoo! The media, politicians, people in general saw all that for what it was: a bunch of loonies who were bummed that the guy they hate won.
MORE: HUFFPO
September 16, 2009
MISS PEANUT VISITS NEW YORK
STARRING LEIGH BOWERY. THAT BEIGE CLUB FOOT WITH ONE BELL-BOTTOM WAS ALWAYS MY FAV "FOOTWEAR" OF HERS. AND IT'S SUCH A TREAT TO SEE THE MEAT MARKET BEFORE IT WAS TRENDY--AS IF ANY OF THE SEX AND THE CITY WANNABE DUNCES WHO NOW FREQUENT THE AREA CAN COMPETE WITH LEIGH'S OWN DESIGNS WITH THEIR TIRED PRADA!
COCKETTES NYC SCREENING
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THE TRULY OUTRAGEOUS SAN FRANCISCO DRAG TROUPE FROM THE LATE '60'S ON (WHICH INCLUDED SYLVESTER).
Host: The Cockettes
Type: Music/Arts - Exhibit
FREE
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Leslie Lohman Gallery
Street: 26 Wooster Street (Between Grand & Canal)
City/Town: New York, NY
THE COCKETTES will be screened at the Leslie Lohman Gallery on Sept 29, at 6:00 PM. Producer/ co-director David Weissman will be in attendance. The screening is in conjunction with the exhibition SAN FRANCISCO: THE MAKING OF A QUEER MECCA—Early Photos by Rink Foto and Harvey Milk...
HRE'S A FEW CLIPS FROM THE DOC:
AND JUST BECAUSE I'M IN A PSYCHEDLIC MOOD...
TOM DELAY'S DANCING WITH THE STARS?
THE DRAG ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS LURLEEN WALLACE SENT ME THIS. CORRUPT POLITICIANS WHO WERE BOUNCED OUT OF OFFICE ARE NOW "STARS"? I MEAN, TOM IS AFFABLE IN A GOOD OL' BOY WAY, BUT THIS MUST JUST BE THE RIGHT-RUN NETWORK'S ATTEMPT TO RESUSCITATE THEIR CRUMBLING PARTY. LURLEEN ALSO REMINDED ME THAT TOM WAS AN EXTERMINATOR BEFORE HE WENT INTO POLITICS--HE MADE THE JUMP TO PUBLIC SERVICE AFTER BEING INFURIATED THAT HIS FAV INSECTICIDES WERE BANNED FOR SAFETY REASONS.
AN UPDATE FROM A FACEBOOK FRIEND:
I heard he broke his ankle in rehearsals and is already going to be replaced....Bummer! he would have been fun to wtach!
Update: Had to check....It is a stress fracture and Doctors are going to determine if he can continue with the show
BUNNY: PLEASE MAKE HIM DANCE INJURED! I WOULD WATCH THE SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SEE HIM WINCING!
AN UPDATE FROM A FACEBOOK FRIEND:
I heard he broke his ankle in rehearsals and is already going to be replaced....Bummer! he would have been fun to wtach!
Update: Had to check....It is a stress fracture and Doctors are going to determine if he can continue with the show
BUNNY: PLEASE MAKE HIM DANCE INJURED! I WOULD WATCH THE SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SEE HIM WINCING!
S-S-S_ SIERRAH FOXX
I LOVE HER GOWN AND SHE HAS THOSE JERKY FREESTYLE MOVEMENTS DOWN OR SUFFERS FROM PALSY. AND I LOVE THAT DRESS!
KILLING GAYS IS NOT MURDER
MICHAELANGELO SIGNORILE INTERVIEWS A HATEFUL PREACHER WHO DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT MICHAEL'S GAY!
Steven L. Anderson is one of two evangelical Christian pastors who have received a lot of attention lately for their vocal calls -- prayers and hopes -- for President Obama to die. Anderson also believes that "homosexuals," among others, should be executed.
WATCH INTERVIEW: SIGNORILE.COM
Steven L. Anderson is one of two evangelical Christian pastors who have received a lot of attention lately for their vocal calls -- prayers and hopes -- for President Obama to die. Anderson also believes that "homosexuals," among others, should be executed.
WATCH INTERVIEW: SIGNORILE.COM
SWEETIE STARS IN PICNIC PARODY
The HOWL! Festival & TWEED Fractured Classicks Seriespresent
Pic-up: A Summer Romance
A Benefit for the Actor's Fund HOWL! HELP Fund
The TWEED Fractured Classicks Series presents original interpretations of great American plays and movies. Call it parody. Call it satire. But don't call it camp! These productions are deceptively reverent, yet hilarious spins on classic American dramatic literature.
This particular dinosaur emerged in the early fifties and ran away with most of the season awards - including the Pulitzer!
September 18 & 19th at 9:30pm
September 20th at 8:00pm
Starring: Sweetie * Clark Beasley * Bree Benton
Peter Frechette * Steve Hayes * Jay Rogers
Bradford Scobie * Gayton Scott * Greg Walloch
MORE INFO/TIX: BROWNPAPERTICKETS
Pic-up: A Summer Romance
A Benefit for the Actor's Fund HOWL! HELP Fund
The TWEED Fractured Classicks Series presents original interpretations of great American plays and movies. Call it parody. Call it satire. But don't call it camp! These productions are deceptively reverent, yet hilarious spins on classic American dramatic literature.
This particular dinosaur emerged in the early fifties and ran away with most of the season awards - including the Pulitzer!
September 18 & 19th at 9:30pm
September 20th at 8:00pm
Starring: Sweetie * Clark Beasley * Bree Benton
Peter Frechette * Steve Hayes * Jay Rogers
Bradford Scobie * Gayton Scott * Greg Walloch
MORE INFO/TIX: BROWNPAPERTICKETS
DAVID DALE RETROSPECTIVE
ON 9/24 IN LONDON. FOR MORE INFO: SOUTHBANKCENTRE
DAVID IN THE DISAPPOINTER SISTERS:
AND SINCE 'M UP LATE GOOGLING DRAG, HERE'S VEGAS IN SPACE. GREAT STYLING!
September 15, 2009
LYPSINKA ON JOAN RIVERS
AND ONE NIGHT LYP AND I WENT OUT TO DAVID COPPERFIELD'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY. WHO FOUND THIS AND POSTED IT?
ATLANTA'S EAGLE RAIDED
AN EXCERPT FROM SOVO.COM:
One man said officers grabbed patrons who didn't immediately lie down by the neck and forced them to the ground. The man said he was kicked in the ribs while lying down. "Then I heard laughing and giggling and saying this is more fun than raiding niggers with crack. They also told us to shut the fuck up unless we were spoken too [sic]." The man said he heard one person told that if he spoke again he would be hit by a chair. He also reported that one officer "said to everyone in general that all you all do is flash your asses and show your cocks."
MORE: SOVO.COM
One man said officers grabbed patrons who didn't immediately lie down by the neck and forced them to the ground. The man said he was kicked in the ribs while lying down. "Then I heard laughing and giggling and saying this is more fun than raiding niggers with crack. They also told us to shut the fuck up unless we were spoken too [sic]." The man said he heard one person told that if he spoke again he would be hit by a chair. He also reported that one officer "said to everyone in general that all you all do is flash your asses and show your cocks."
MORE: SOVO.COM
SYLVESTER DITCHES THE FALSETTO
ON THIS HERBIE HANCOCK TRACK, MAGIC NUMBER FROM 1981.
AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF JAZZ FUNK, I JUST REMEMBERED THIS CLASSIC TRACK, THE GROOVE. WITH IT'S UPTOWN SOPHISTICATED SOUND AND ALL THOSE STOPS FOR POSING, IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A FASHION SHOW!
AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF JAZZ FUNK, I JUST REMEMBERED THIS CLASSIC TRACK, THE GROOVE. WITH IT'S UPTOWN SOPHISTICATED SOUND AND ALL THOSE STOPS FOR POSING, IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A FASHION SHOW!
FOOTAGE FROM THE TEA BAG RALLY 9/12
THESE FINE CITIZENS ARE DEDICATED TO STANDING UP AGAINST...COMPLE GIBBERISH! HOW AND WHEN DID "CZARS" BECOME A CAUSE OF CONCERN? THIS IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION.
PLEASE GIVE THIS THING IT'S OWN SHOW!
AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, HERE'S THE FIRST DAY OF WHITNEY'S OPRAH INTERVIEW. I HAD TO WATCH EVERY CLIP.
WEAREPOPSLAGS
September 13, 2009
BILL MAHER FROM HUFFPO
I THINK OBAMA HAS A FANTASY THAT HE'S GONNA BRING THE TWO PARTIES TOGETHER. BUT IT'S JUST THAT, A FANTASY. WITH THIS HEALTH CARE THING, THE REPUBLICANS JUST WANT TO KILL THE BILL, SOME PROUDLY SAYING THAT THEY WON'T EVEN READ IT!
AS SOON AS KENNEDY DIED, REPUBS STARTED BRAYING THAT DEMS WOULD USE HIS DEATH TO DRIVE HEALTH CARE, ONE OF KENNEDY'S CORE ISSUES, THROUGH. IS THIS THE DIRTIEST TRICK WE'VE GOT? I SAY FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.
New Rule: Democrats must get in touch with their inner asshole
MORE: HUFFPO
AS SOON AS KENNEDY DIED, REPUBS STARTED BRAYING THAT DEMS WOULD USE HIS DEATH TO DRIVE HEALTH CARE, ONE OF KENNEDY'S CORE ISSUES, THROUGH. IS THIS THE DIRTIEST TRICK WE'VE GOT? I SAY FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.
New Rule: Democrats must get in touch with their inner asshole
MORE: HUFFPO
DIANA ROSS: AFRO VOGUE
SOMEONE SENT ME THIS AND I'D ALREADY POSTED IT YEARS BACK. BUT T NEEDS TO BE STUDIED! DIANA IS 24 AND CUTTING LOOSE. I WONDER WHAT DIANA WOULD THINK IF SHE SAW THIS TODAY--WOULD ITR YEARS? SHE WAS THE BEYONCE OF MY GENERATION AND I CAN'T HELP THINKING THAT THIS GENRATION HAS BEEN CHEATED!