August 29, 2012
UNFAIR? YES!
But it makes a great story! And I'm particularly interested since I use dildos in my act and travel constantly with 2 different ones!
A dream vacation turned into a nightmare for a Virginia-based gay couple after airport staff allegedly removed a dildo from their luggage, smeared foul-smelling lubricant on it and taped it to their top of one of their checked bags before placing it back on the baggage carousel.
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HILARIOUS!
The Colbert Report
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August 28, 2012
EDDIE MURPHY IN WHITEFACE!
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August 23, 2012
9 YEAR OLD RAPE VICTIM EXCOMMUNICATED AFTER ABORTION
Isn't religion beautiful? In Brazil, a man knocks up his step-daughter--even though the pregnancy threatened her life--and gets excommunicated for it.
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BUN-BUN PROFILED BY NEXT MAG
Inducted into Next's Nightlife Hall Of Fame, here's a little article about yours truly and a few other old-timers of the NYC club scene. Lots of stuff I didn't know about their other inductees, too!
What do you need to know about Lady Bunny? Her resume reaches back into New York’s fabled club-kid era: drag queen, emcee, DJ, organizer of Wigstock, arbiter of drag dos and don’ts, blogger, cultural and political commentator. You name it, Bunny’s done it.
“Without a doubt, she is the funniest, wackiest, zaniest, madcap, anything-goes drag performer ever!” says New York drag doyenne Sherry Vine.
That anything-goes style may have been molded in East Village clubs like Pyramid, but it has its roots down south in Atlanta. Bunny was a student at Georgia State University in the ’80s when she first joined forces with a young RuPaul, go-go dancing in gay clubs for Larry Tee’s band, The Now Explosion. The queens she saw in those clubs were her first exposure to true glamour. “As soon as I saw any drag, I was fascinated by it. And they could tell that I was gonna be one of them.”
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NEITHER PARTY ADDRESSES THE HOUSING CRISIS
It's very sad, but true. The American Dream is dead and the middle class are dying. Meanwhile, we watch "real" housewives drinking their lunches in chic eateries. Sick. Please watch and sign the petition if you agree.
HOMEISWHERETHEVOTEIS
HOMEISWHERETHEVOTEIS
August 22, 2012
BOY GEORGE PRESENTS....
BLEACH--FEATURING LADY LLOYD! This isn't Lady's first brush with pop royalty. She once dated Dead Or Alive's singer and during a spat, was told by Pete to wear her prettiest frock--since she would die in it! Just a fascinating tidbit from my lady friend across the pond. Seriously, Lady is a doll and the song's cute so check it out! She djs with Tasty Tim at London's long-running Trannyshack.
NEVER HEARD THIS ONE!
Aside from the scandals which rage on with this kooky family, never forget their great music!
HILARIOUS FAITH HEALER!
How this inspires anything but laughter I'll never know. Yet the congregation breaks into a jig at this bogus bonanza. ABSURD! And this is what they worship.
1 DAY TO STOP FRACKING
It's coming to NY because Governor Cuomo cares more about fueling his campaign coffers than his state's safety. I guess he doesn't live near any proposed fracking sites. They usually start in poor areas where people know nothing of the many dangers of this process--which doesn't even yield that much gas! Stop the addiction to oil that even Texas oilman Bush spelled out and do something constructive! THAT'S WHAT A LEADER DOES!
I BEG YOU TO SIGN THIS!
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August 21, 2012
KINSEY SICKS: SELL THE POOR
Clearly a very different kind of drag from mine if they have to bleep the word SHIT! But I give points to political queens and their message is right on. (via JOEMYGOD)
R.I.P. PHYLLIS DILLER!
One of the very few Republicans I can stomach. She sounds a little like Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies when she sings here.
August 20, 2012
SYLVESTER: UNSUNG
I had no idea the Pointer Sisters were Sylvester's back-up girls before the Two Tons of Fun!
August 19, 2012
IF YOU LIKE SOUL/DANCE...
...then check out this fantastic UK internet radio station STARPOINTRADIO.COM. Where else would you find out about a new album from Alicia Meyers--the first since 1984! Those brits know their soul music!
CLOWN HAD STEVE JOBS' STOLEN IPAD!
To make this story even more insane, I got this from Bianca Jagger's tweet! And the clown performs to MJ's smooth criminal!
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August 18, 2012
THE HARD APPROACH TO EASY
Whitney's mama Cissy tears up this classic. I've always been a fan, but never knew much of her slow stuff. Just the disco stuff like Think It Over.
And speaking of strange and tragic showbiz families, here's an in-depth look at the battle over Michael Jackson's disturbing estate which paints a very ugly picture.
"Michael made a point of excluding his siblings and his abusive father-manager, Joseph, from his will. This did not sit well with some of those on the other side of the dispute – Jermaine, Rebbie, Randy, Tito and, latterly, Janet, but not LaToya, Marlon or Jackie. Many of them had been receiving allowances from their superstar brother for years – all of which stopped at his death."
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And speaking of strange and tragic showbiz families, here's an in-depth look at the battle over Michael Jackson's disturbing estate which paints a very ugly picture.
Michael Jackson's family: where did it all go wrong?
The three years since Michael Jackson's death have been marked by an increasingly acrimonious feud that is tearing his family apart. But how did it come to this?
"Michael made a point of excluding his siblings and his abusive father-manager, Joseph, from his will. This did not sit well with some of those on the other side of the dispute – Jermaine, Rebbie, Randy, Tito and, latterly, Janet, but not LaToya, Marlon or Jackie. Many of them had been receiving allowances from their superstar brother for years – all of which stopped at his death."
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August 17, 2012
THIS IS COURAGE!
This gentleman is braver than 99 percent of us will ever be. He's marching in a gay pride parade of about 100 people last weekend in Uganda—the first ever in the country's murderously homophobic history. There is currently a bill in the Ugandan parliament that prescribes the death penalty for simply being lgbt.
"Already some Ugandan newspapers have taken to publishing lists of alleged gays and le
"Already some Ugandan newspapers have taken to publishing lists of alleged gays and le
sbians with blaring headlines like “Hang Them!” and “Homo Terror!” The bill is the culmination of an anti-gay campaign that’s been waged in Uganda for more than a decade. Because some AMERICAN EVANGELICALS have played a major role in that campaign, they’re at least partly responsible for what is happening now." --Steve Lafreniere
May I add that these evangelicals have a group called The Family which is a conservative think tank. I would not put it past their evil mindset--the same mindset which would force a woman raped by a relative to bear that child--to try out the KILL THE GAYS strategy out abroad before trying it here at home in the US. You know--kinda like how they try out Broadway shows out of town first? And may I say how completely crappy it was of Obama, after the ties to Uganda were known, spoke at The Family's annual Prayer Breakfast? So glad that his constant reaching across the aisle to conservatives includes breaking bread with religious nuts who are crafting ways to kill us abroad.
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"FASHION" NOTES!
My friend from Paris, Gabriel Moginot, learned the art of corsetry from the esteemed Mr. Pearl. And he makes an incredible model pairing banji boy fashions with this staple of historical women's undergarments.
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My former Atlantan Larry Tee has done a song featuring Charlie and a genius disco sample from Voyage.
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Billy Beyond was on hand as Ellen Von Unwerth shot me for Candy Magazine--can't wait to see her pics. She was a dream to work with and I'm told that another "lady", The Lady Chablis from "Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil" will also be featured. For more of Billy's snaps, click below. (I'm so glad that she snapped me prior to my birthday eating binges!)
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London designer Sir Charlie Le Mindu is profiled on Vice.com. He's seen here holding a dress made from 30, 000 fake nails--and a really good color of fake nails, too, might I add! Sir Charlie is perhaps best known for his work for pop stars, about which he says:
It's funny, even though I work with a lot of popstars, I don't like pop music at all – I'm just doing it for the money. I mean, it can be fun sometimes, like doing stuff for Gaga is OK. She'll call me up and say, "Oh, I need something black and hairy," then I'll send a few drawings to Nicola [Formichetti, Gaga's stylist] and we go from there. That kind of thing is a lot of fun."
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My former Atlantan Larry Tee has done a song featuring Charlie and a genius disco sample from Voyage.
HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING THOSE FRIENDLY GAS COMMERCIALS?
They don't mention the word fracking, but there's gas underneath our land and they want to get it. Regardless of the health risks of those near the fracking, which are emotionally explained in this video. Of course, our short-sighted politicians give right in to any drilling company with a check and ignore the health risks for a quick buck. And it's a particularly quick buck to feed our addiction to fossil fuels--since there isn't that much gas to be had from fracking. A wiser choice would be to actually begin the switch to greener fuels which would also create jobs--a win/win situation. Even W admitted our addiction to oil and every politician with a brain claims we need to investigate greener fuel sources. But no one is offering Obama or any other politician a check for that. You'd think they wouldn't need a check to do what is clearly right, but our check is our voice--please use it today. Or prepare for the horrors detailed in this video.
Fracking is coming to NY and the decision is coming soon. Please watch this video and see if might want to contact NY Governor Cuomo about stopping fracking in this state or in your own. I got right through to an assistant.
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HUFFPO:
Will Gov. Cuomo Listen to the Lobbyists and Gas Industry Consultants? Or the Citizens of New York?
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THE NATION:
Josh Fox Skewers Governor Cuomo's Fracking Proposal
I know this video is 18 minutes long, but it contains extremely important information about health risks which politicians' greed is ushering your way. Weigh that 18 minutes against a lifetime of health risks--unless you die from cancer early! NYC is known for it's good drinking water--don't let them poison it! Cancer rates recently went down in Texas--except in one area where breast cancer went way up. So the gas companies painted a rig pink and donated $ to breast cancer. As this mini-doc points out--what's going on is unbelievable! Join the hundreds of doctors who have written to denounce fracking.
August 16, 2012
August 15, 2012
A PRECURSOR TO SYLVESTER?
They don't give the queeny lead singer of The Dynamic Superiors many closeups in this clip, but her face is in complete drag. And that falsetto is gorgeous!
August 14, 2012
August 10, 2012
FAST-FOOD FUNERALS?
A drive-through funeral home in Compton, CA complete with bullet-proof glass. Who you gonna kill? They dead!
YMA SUMAC'S WEBSITE!
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August 09, 2012
HOW TO INSTALL A SOUTHERN HOME SECURITY SYSTEM
1.Go to Goodwill and buy a pair of size 14-16 men's work boots.
2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo Magazine.
3. Put four giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.
4. Leave a note on your door that reads ......
Bubba,
Me and Marcel, Donnie Ray and Jimmy Earl went for more ammo and beer. Be back in an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls. They got themailman this morning and messed him up bad. I don't think Killer took part, but it was hard to tell from all the blood . Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the house. Better wait outside. Be right back.
Cooter
3. Put four giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.
4. Leave a note on your door that reads ......
Bubba,
Me and Marcel, Donnie Ray and Jimmy Earl went for more ammo and beer. Be back in an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls. They got themailman this morning and messed him up bad. I don't think Killer took part, but it was hard to tell from all the blood . Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the house. Better wait outside. Be right back.
Cooter
OBAMA IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED
Obama praised and even assisted the uprisings of the Arab Spring--yet he compromises our own rights to protest in the US by helping local governments squash the Occupy protesters. And refuses to answer questions about the protesters' abuse, because he wouldn't want to aggravate the banks who OWS protesters targeted. His hand is out to the banks for campaign donations and big financiers formally employed by the very institutions which helped crash our economy are his top advisors. SO YOU MIGHT GET GAY MARRIAGE, BUT EXPECT NO CHANGE FROM OBAMA WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY. FRANKLY, I'D RATHER HAVE A JOB THAN A HUSBAND. Call it what you want, there is one party running and it's the 1%. Why the rest of the 99% haven't realized that is beyond me.
"This report follows a review of thousands of news reports and hundreds of hours of video, extensive firsthand observation, and detailed witness interviews. In New York City, some of the worst practices docum
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"This report follows a review of thousands of news reports and hundreds of hours of video, extensive firsthand observation, and detailed witness interviews. In New York City, some of the worst practices docum
ented include:
• Aggressive, unnecessary and excessive police force against peaceful protesters,
bystanders, legal observers, and journalists
• Obstruction of press freedoms and independent legal monitoring
• Pervasive surveillance of peaceful political activity
• Violent late-night raids on peaceful encampments
• Unjustified closure of public space, dispersal of peaceful assemblies, and kettling
(corralling and trapping) of protesters
• Arbitrary and selective rule enforcement and baseless arrests
• Failures to ensure transparency about applicable government policies
• Failures to ensure accountability for those allegedly responsible for abuses
These practices violate assembly and expression rights and breach the U.S. government’s international legal obligations to respect those rights. In New York City, protest policing concerns are extensive and exist against a backdrop of disproportionate and well-documented abusive policing practices in poor and minority communities outside of the protest context.
Governments—including U.S. federal, state, and local authorities—are obliged by international law to uphold the rights of individuals to peacefully assemble and to seek to reform their governments."
• Aggressive, unnecessary and excessive police force against peaceful protesters,
bystanders, legal observers, and journalists
• Obstruction of press freedoms and independent legal monitoring
• Pervasive surveillance of peaceful political activity
• Violent late-night raids on peaceful encampments
• Unjustified closure of public space, dispersal of peaceful assemblies, and kettling
(corralling and trapping) of protesters
• Arbitrary and selective rule enforcement and baseless arrests
• Failures to ensure transparency about applicable government policies
• Failures to ensure accountability for those allegedly responsible for abuses
These practices violate assembly and expression rights and breach the U.S. government’s international legal obligations to respect those rights. In New York City, protest policing concerns are extensive and exist against a backdrop of disproportionate and well-documented abusive policing practices in poor and minority communities outside of the protest context.
Governments—including U.S. federal, state, and local authorities—are obliged by international law to uphold the rights of individuals to peacefully assemble and to seek to reform their governments."
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HAVING SEX W/ SOME SLEEPING IS A TOP-RATED FANTASY
Dajuan Porter Accused Of Blowing On 3 Sleeping Men In Pennsylvania
Rock-a-bye baby, I want your cock
While at the club I hatched my plot
Your window will break, your curtains will fall
And down I will gobble your cock and balls --Xavier Smith
Your window will break, your curtains will fall
And down I will gobble your cock and balls --Xavier Smith
HUFFPO
HALF-DRAG PORTRAITS BY LELAND BOBBE
Very interesting half-drag portraits of many NYC drag queens. It's amazing what make-up can do!
HUFFPO
HUFFPO
August 08, 2012
DON'T MISS THIS MOVIE!
Wednesday, August 8 - Tuesday, August 21
MEET THE FOKKENS
- 1:00
- 2:45
- 4:30
- 6:15
- 8:10
- 10:10
Louise and Martine Fokkens are 69-year-old identical twins, working residents of Amsterdam’s notorious red light district for the past 50 years. Today Louise is retired (citing arthritis: “I couldn’t get one leg over the other”), but Martine still works in the window. Dressed in the world’s most endearing dominatrix outfit, she solicits men, young and old, and seems to have no dearth of customers. Brash, funny, racy stories punctuate their conversations: one laughs at the naivety of young prostitutes who are ignorant of the secrets of the trade; the other recalls a client who was a chaplain: “Don’t you remember, we even had a little confessional!” The sisters also have scary stories to tell, but in the main they recall their clients with compassion and affection. The Fokkens are a wonderfully amusing cultural mix: one part beloved grandma, one part Xaviera Hollander, times two.
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WHY?
I don't understand why Obama signed this "quietly." Why does he want the right to detain Americans without trials? A judge ruled against it and 9 states have taken issue with it. Yet he's challenging the ban on detaining US citizens for no reason. Why do you think this is? It's one of the most disturbing parts of his agenda.
RT.COM
RT.COM
August 06, 2012
SIKH SHOOTING UPDATES
I watched a little on CNN this morning in my hotel room--I'd never watch their crap excuse for news at home. To discuss the Wisconsin shooting of sikhs in their temple Sunday morning, they had this republican former Bush appointee on. From the second she was introduced, she was animated and smiling--even playfully hitting the democratic strategist next to her with a pen at the end of the segment because massacres/hate crimes are just so fun! And I suppose many dunces in this land don't honestly care what any talking head is saying as long as it's "nice" and they are attractive with bleached blonde hair (if female) and teeth.
The democrat spoke first and called for gun law reform. This blonde dismissed that with a laugh, claiming that today shouldn't be a day to discuss that. No! Of course not, bitch! Why would you dream of discussing the reason (our lax gun laws) for the shocking tragedy? She claimed that we should postpone the gun law debate so that the families could have a chance to grieve. Oh, so she isn't representing the NRA--as most democrats and all republicans do? She wants to respect the victims now. I wonder what the victims would want? Respect or the enhanced safety of tighter gun laws to help prevent future attacks like this? Hmmmm.
Even crazier, she smiled real purdy as she made her first comment: that this was a wonderful opportunity to educate everyone about Sikhism. What does that translate to for her idiotic, bigoted, gun-filled GOP fan base? KNOW WHICH TERRORISTS TO GUN DOWN CUZ THE SIKHS AREN'T EVEN MUSLIM OR ARAB? Of course the shooting isn't a "wonderful opportunity" in any way, but the CNN anchor agreed with her. So scale back the tragedy as a "wonderful opportunity" the first day afterward? Is that absurd spin responsible journalism in any way? I know that morning shows tend to keep things on the lighter side, but agreeing with that drivel is disrespectful to the victims.
And let's look at why it should shock no one that a fool with a 9/11 tattoo gunned down a foreign people not associated with 9/11 in any way. THAT'S WHAT WE DID FOR ALMOST A DECADE IN IRAQ! Yep! We attacked the wrong people, the wrong race, the wrong country because we are so easily beguiled by pretty blondes talking shit on the news. CNN, along with the "liberal" NY Times, BOTH apologized for not asking harder questions of the Bush administration in the lead up to the Iraq war. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis lay dead with many more displaced--and you paid for it with your tax dollars as your schools/fire depts and police forces' budget were scaled back to meet the whopping cost of two wars. In Wisconsin or in Iraq: ATTACKING THE WRONG PEOPLE IS THE AMERICAN WAY. Think about that as you hear these "news" channels discussing our next war in Iran. And a lame president like Barack Obama who voted against going to war with Iraq yet inexplicably claimed that impeaching Bush and Cheney for war crimes was "off the table" as soon as he got into office is the reason why this will never change. He'd somehow lost his own principles even before taking office!
MOTHER JONES:
Have there been any changes in Wisconsin gun laws recently?
Yes. Almost exactly a year ago, Walker signed the Personal Protection Act (PDF), a law that for the first time allowed Wisconsinites to carry a concealed gun with a license. If, as reported by NBC, the suspect was an Army veteran with an honorable discharge and no felony convictions, he could have gotten a permit summarily.
But he wouldn't have needed one, because Wisconsin has long permitted anyone to carry guns openly on their person without a license.
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PLEASE SIGN THIS!
This petition was created before a gunman shot down at least 3 sikhs in their Wisconsin temple this morning. No idea what kind of gun was used, but please join me in urging Obama to get a spine and ban assault weapons which aren't for hunti
ng or self-defense--only for massacres and wars. They have no place in the hands of citizens, much less mentally ill citizens like the guy in Aurora, Colorado. Otherwise, imagine going to church or a movie, getting gunned down, and having NO right to complain about it.
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