BUSH: BLOODY SUNDAY

SARAH HORSE-ICA PARKER

A whole website dedicated to Sarah's mug: SARAHJESSICAPAEKERLOOKSLIKEAHORSE

HEE HEE!

MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN

LA PEQUENA IS AT IT AGAIN! She also does REHAB!

ACTUAL BUSH QUOTES

"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.
, May 12, 2008

"I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's what's on my mind.' And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I decide, you know, I say, 'This is what we're going to do.'" --George W. Bush, Lancaster, Pa., Oct.
3, 2007

The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country, obviously." --George W. Bush, New Albany, Ind., Nov.
13, 2007

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Feb.
28, 2008



"You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." —Bush to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb.
4, 2005

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THE COCKETTES IN NYC!

I hope the screening will include the film in which Sylvester, an original Cockette, plays Coretta Scott King. Quite convincingly!

The Cockettes are Coming!! JUNE 2ND!

An Extravaganza to Benefit Faerie Camp Destiny presented by the Northeast Radical Faeries and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Bazaar, Refreshments and Films from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Performances at 8 p.m.

At Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue at 10th Street, New York City.

Admission, $30. Bake Sale and Bar, Faerie Wares and Services

This info was swiped directly from Darlinda Just Darlinda's newsletter. For some reason, Theater for the City didn't see fit to include this on their calendar. But I couldn't help but notice this play about..Tiny TIm?!!?



MORE INFO: THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT!

NEW RAINBLO VIDEO

Downtownscenester Rainblo has a new song out, called EAST VILLAGE COCKSUCKER. The catchy song's vibe is a cross between electro and hard rock, with Rainblo rapping out dirty lyrics. There's a cameo by Lady Fag, but I think the main appeal of this fun video will be the actual cock-sucking and jerk-off scenes featuring some cute young East VIllage-y studs. In fact, it's so explicit that it can only be seen on xtube. Now I know why it calls itself RainBLOW!

CHECK IT OUT!

CANNES OF WORMS

Here's a different take on the the star-studded Cannes Film Festival from The Daily Mail:

Cannes of worms: The ugly truth about the world's most famous film festival

Models on the make, seedy millionaires and porn between the premieres - the Mail's LIZ JONES reveals the putrid reality that lies beneath the glamour at Cannes

AN EXCERPT: 'Why on earth,' I say, 'would you want to go to one of those yacht parties?' 'It's nice,' she says. ( Conversation is not always a model's strong point.)

I ask how old she is and she says (bearing in mind she looks all of 18): 'I don't want to say my age. People will start to judge me... I might not get a new ad campaign. You know how it is.'

A director in earshot yawns and adds: 'They all want to act. Failing that, all they want to do is marry a rich man.'

It is the sheer number of very young women being paraded around town by men who make Clint Eastwood look sprightly that turns my stomach.

WHOLE ARTICLE: DAILYMAIL

And speaking of seedy sluts, my glamorous sister Elaine Lancaster from Miami made the jet-set scene promoting a documentary she's in called THE FUNDRAISER. Elaine looked so glamorous that when she asked Faye Dunaway for a photo, Faye was delighted, and glady posed for a couple of pix. She asked Elaine where she was from and they had a mutual admiration chat amidst the popping flashbulbs. Elaine also mentioned that Sean Penn refused a pic with her, but that he was camera-shy with everyone.



A day or so later, Elaine was out of drag at a cafe and in walks Faye, a bit disheveled and rummaging through her purse. Elaine said "Miss Dunaway?" and Faye snapped back "Can't you see I'm busy?" In one of her wittier moments, Elaine replied "Sorry, Mommie Dearest"--while fleeing for her life. Hee hee!

MONKEY ON A GOA ON A CUP ON A ROPE

POULTRYGEIST

The latest insanity from Troma, this looks hilarious and it's playing in NYC now! Here are a few review quotes:

It's "a veritable Cluckwork Orange! It takes up where the punctured glutton in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life left off!!!"

LISA NESSELSON, VARIETY

"Within the context of its genre - the satirical sexploitation zombie chicken gross-out musical extravaganza - it is just about as perfect as a film predicated on the joys of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea can be... Poultrygeist plays like a grindhouse analogue to the sloppy, psychosexual provocations of the performance artist Paul McCarthy and is, in its lowbrow way, every bit as liberating."

NATHAN LEE, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Only a few more screenings in NYC so you'd better check it out--UNLESS YOU'RE CHICKEN!

SCHEDULE INFO

A MORONIC TRAILER:

ELLEN GRILLS MCCAIN ON GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE

She's not usually political, but when she is, girlfriend gets it right!

GRACE JONES TURNS 60!

An excerpt from the UK TELEGRAPH PIECE:



"Long before Annie Lennox shocked America by looking like a man, or Boy George by looking like a woman, Jones was doing so by looking like both."

WHOLE ARTICLE: UKTELEGRAPH

GENITAL ART!

EITEL THOUGHTS

Scenester Reavis Eitel, pictured, has sent me many hilarious links over the past few years. The bad news is that they will now stop. The good news is that they'll stop because he now has his very own blog! Current posts include The Ghost of (infamous new wave tranny goddess) Page, some fun video clips and an ancient pic of Billy Beyond in drag.

CHECK IT OUT: REAVISEITEL.BLOGSPOT.COM

RICHARD GERE'S GERBIL HAS A MYSPACE PAGE!

RICHARD GERE-BIL

FLORENT'S CLOSING IN NY TIMES

NYTIMES

Yet another NYC institution forced to close by ridiculous rents. Restaurant Florent will have 5 days of closing parties, THE 5 STAGES OF LOSS, curated by Theater Tweed's Kevin Maloney with performances which should rival their old Bastille Day celebrations. You remember--those elegant affairs in July when the boiling heat and humidity fused with the rotting meat juices--when the meat-packing district still packed meat? Here's the line-up of performers:



And this just in! Beloved NYC drag veteran Ebony Jett will be wigging up for the closing festivities. Not sure which day, so check Florent's website for more the full, updated schedule.

THE LOVELY EBONY "EBONEEZER" JET WITH LADY KIER IN LONDON 1992!

BREASTFEEDING AN 8 YEAR OLD

Or here's LITTLE BRITAIN'S take on it?

10 TOYS THAT MADE YOU GAY

I am not gonna pretend that these toys were around during my childhood, and I'm not sure that this site means "gay" as in homosexual. Maybe just "gay" as in the general negative sense that kids use it in today, almost equivalent to spastic. But these are some sick-ass toys!

LIQUIDGENERATION

And here's an Operation commercial from the '80's.

HE LITERALLY TIED ONE ON!

Anderson Cooper has a "sister" on the CNN staff. I knew that the extremely annoying but not exactly effeminate London correspondent Richard Quest had been arrested in Central Parkin April with meth, but only yesterday did I find out the truly wacky details. Police initially stopped Miss Thing for loitering since she was in the Rambles after hours. Only to find Mr. Quest with a companion engaged in some rather kinky action. I mean, girl, get as freaky as you want, but outdoors in an illegal area when you're famous?

His lawyers statement: "Mr. Quest didn't realize that the park had a curfew," Abramson said. He was simply "returning to his hotel with friends."

Possibly true, but he was caught with a rope tied around his nuts which then extended up and around his neck. There was a dildo in his boot to boot! The poor thing was so geeked that it informed the officers that it had a bag of meth on it. Just keepin' 'em honest!


READ THE NY POST's account: NYPOST

RAQUEL WELCH ON THE MUPPET SHOW!

Wearing a disco-Vegas look while dancing with a giant spider!

ARIANNA GIVES HILLARY HER PROPS...

WHILE SHOOING HER OUT OF THE CAMPAIGN. THE GIST: Hillary's campaign may be history, but she's made history in getting this far.

HUFFPO


And for more rarely heard around here female perspective, I enjoyed this article even though I think that Hillary was behaving like a political whore when Randi Rhodes, a woman, called her one.

Election 08: Misogyny I Will Not Miss by Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group

As the Democratic nomination contest slouches toward a close, it's time to
take stock of what I will not miss.

I will not miss seeing advertisements for T-shirts that bear the slogan
"Bros before Hos." The shirts depict Barack Obama (the Bro) and Hillary
Clinton (the Ho) and are widely sold on the Internet.

I will not miss walking past airport concessions selling the Hillary
Nutcracker, a device in which a pantsuit-clad Clinton doll opens her legs to
reveal stainless-steel thighs that, well, bust nuts. I won't miss television
and newspaper stories that make light of the novelty item.



I won't miss episodes like the one in which liberal radio personality Randi
Rhodes called Clinton a "big [expletive] whore" and said the same about
former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro. Rhodes was appearing at
an event sponsored by a San Francisco radio station, before an audience of
appreciative Obama supporters -- one of whom had promoted the evening on the
presumptive Democratic nominee's official campaign Web site.

I won't miss Citizens United Not Timid (no acronym, please), an anti-Clinton
group founded by Republican guru Roger Stone.

Political discourse will at last be free of jokes like this one, told last
week by magician Penn Jillette on MSNBC: "Obama did great in February, and
that's because that was Black History Month. And now Hillary's doing much
better 'cause it's White Bitch Month, right?" Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and
Mika Brzezinski rebuked Jillette.

READ THE REST: ALTERNET.ORG

MITZI AT THE CASTRO!

ANOTHER MARK HUESTIS EXTRAVAGANZA WITH BRUCE VILANCH INERVIEWING HER. AND SHE MIGHT PERFORM! SELLING OUT FAST!

BURLESQUE IS BACK!

Fun slide show from the NY Times including Dirty Martini and other downtown denizens. Here's a teeeeeaase...

WOMAN SWALLOWED WHOLE BY LEOPARD!

SUPPORT THE TROOPS!

By misdiagnosing them to save money! Only the best for US soldiers! Randi Rhodes mentioned this on her new NovaM show on Friday. It's really grim. Send them on the longest tours of duty with poor equipment and training and then poo-poo their psychological ailments when they return home as suicidal zombies.



FROM WASHINGTON POST BY CHRISTOPHER LEE:

"A psychologist who helps lead the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seeking government disability payments for the condition.

"Given that we are having more and more compensation seeking veterans, I'd like to suggest that you refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out," Norma Perez wrote in a March 20 e-mail to mental-health specialists and social workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center in Temple, Tex. Instead, she recommended that they "consider a diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder."

ANOTHER EXCERPT:

"A Rand Corp. report released in April found that repeated exposure to combat stress in Iraq and Afghanistan is causing a disproportionately high psychological toll compared with physical injuries. About 300,000 U.S. military personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan are suffering from PTSD or major depression, the study found. The economic cost to the United States -- including medical care, forgone productivity and lost lives through suicide -- is expected to reach $4 billion to $6 billion over two years."

WHOLE ARTICLE: WASHPO

CASSIE WRIGHT IN CHITTY CHITTY GANG BANG

DAMN! 75,000 AT OBAMA PORTLAND RALLY

BUN-BUN IN NEW MOBY VIDEO

I'm lightly featured in this party scene from Moby's I LIKE TO MOVE IN HERE. We had a blast filming it at the Slipper Room in the Lower East SIde. The extras were from Craigs List and were absolutely a riot. I did not recognize the featured rapper's name (Grandmaster Caz), but he's the dude whose legendary rhymes were stolen by Sugar Hill Records head Sylvia (PILLOW TALK) Robinson to create rap's first mega-smash, RAPPER'S DELIGHT. You know: "Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn" and such.

I hope the song catches on, not just because I'm in it, but because with it's slower house tempo and hypnotic piano-heavy groove, it could spawn a return to early '90's-inspired dance music. Maybe? Pretty please?

DRAG QUEEN ROBS BURGER KING

"Most of the time when somebody puts on a wig they're just trying to hide their identity by putting on something like a Halloween mask, but he's pretty."

AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MARY

Loook ar Dirty Martini's (far right) expression! What a kook!



FROM SCENEDOWNTOWN.COM:

I Love You and Darlinda Just Darlinda have put together an uproarious line-up of stars for America's Next Top Mary, their burlesque tribute to the Virgin Mary, on Mon May 19th. In Cathlic lore May is the month of Mary and to celebrate the occasion Legs Malone, Dirty Martini, Tigger!, Julie Atlas Muz, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Jo Boobs and La JohnJoseph will all be paying homage to the Queen of Heaven in various reverentially irrevent ways. Scene faces Glenn Marla and Erin Markey will also be onhand as celestial talent scouts, scouring the crowd for participants willing to compete onstage for the title of America's Next Top Mary.

P.S. I Love You and Darlinda Just Darlinda have put together an uproarious line-up of stars for America's Next Top Mary, their burlesque tribute to the Virgin Mary. In Cathlic lore May is the month of Mary and to celebrate the occasion Legs Malone, Dirty Martini, Tigger!, Julie Atlas Muz, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Jo Boobs and La JohnJoseph will all be paying homage to the Queen of Heaven in various reverentially irrevent ways. Scene faces Glenn Marla and Erin Markey will also be onhand as celestial talent scouts, scouring the crowd for participants willing to compete onstage for the title of America's Next Top Mary.

Mon, May 19, 10P

Galapagos Art Space (70 N. 6th St, Williamsburg)

$5

MIKE HUCKABEE'S CHEAP SHOT AT OBAMA

If I'm up at 10:00 AM on Sunday, I try to tune in to Howard Kurtz's RELIABLE SOURCES, an hour on CNN which examines the media's take on the week's big news stories. This week's line-up included Bush calling Obama an "appeaser" and Obama on the hot seat for addressing a female reporter as "sweetie".

I find it totally shocking that with so much airtime given to Obama, no one on Kurtz's show mentioned former republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's "joke" about Obama at a Louisville, Kentucky gathering of the NRA on Friday. Mike's remarks were aired on the Friday news, but Sweetiegate and Obama's subsequent apology to the reporter continued to receive regular coverage through Sunday.



Here are Huckabee's words. You tell if you think they are less offensive or less deserving of news coverage than calling someone "sweetie", an affectionate if slightly sexist term.

Addressing the NRA convention--which did not allow guns on the premises due to John McCain's presence--Huckabee heard a loud noise like a chair dropping, looked toward the direction of the sound and explained the crash with "That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair." Huckleberry's a gifted speaker with a great sense of humor and he got a good laugh. Huck went on: "He (Obama) was getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him, and he dove for the floor." There was an immediate lull with murmurs which turned into a nervous, muted laugh.

Watch it for yourselves here:



I love tasteless jokes. Filthy sexual jokes, Helen Keller jokes, dead baby jokes, AIDS jokes, racist jokes against any race including my own. I may not tell them in public, but the sicker they are, the more I generally enjoy them. Humor can sometimes defuse sensitive issues. But I grew up in Tennessee, the southern state directly underneath Kentucky, and I know good and well what the sentiment behind Huckabee's public punchline was: "Shoot that uppity nigger."

I don't think that it's too new age-y to to say that just by putting the notion out there that "somebody aimed a gun at him" to an assembly of gun owners is extremely offensive and even dangerous. I also think it's fair to assume that people advocating gun ownership want the right to own fire arms not just for hunting, but also so that they can take the law into their own hands if necessary and shoot someone, whether it's an intruder into their homes, a cheating spouse or a prominent black leader like Martin Luther King. Or "Martin Lucifer Coon", as he was known where I grew up.

Senator Obama requested secret service protection in May 2007, which is the earliest any presidential candidate has requested it. Why? Because this is a racist nation in which it is now, thanks to the efforts of the extremely influential NRA, easier to own a fire arm than ever. The notion that Obama may be assassinated is real--I cringe a little every time Barack's inspirational speaking abilities are compared to MLK's and pray that the similarities end there. Sadly, a black man can run for office in this nation but he might die trying.

It's telling that even a NRA republican crowd in Kentucky practically gasped at Huckabee's remarks. And for christ sakes, Huckabee is a former minister! A minister who seems to have forgotten THOU SHALT NOT KILL as he campaigned for president thumping a bible with one hand and preaching gun rights with the other. Huckabee apologized for his remarks, but again, I don't underrate the power of suggestion. Um, especially at a gun rights convention? There are backward people who would never support a black man for office because of their prejudice towards his race--regardless of his policies. And there are probably racist gun-owners who would, if possible, gladly take to law into their own hands and use their guns to ensure that a black man never represents their country.



I'm no fan of the NRA, which is solidly entrenched with the furthest right of the republican party. But I'll be that if Charlton Heston were still alive, that staunch NRA supporter who was also spoke out fervently against racism, would be damning Huckabee's comments all over the media. Too bad our news media doesn't share Heston's outrage. They prefer to cover Obama calling a reporter "sweetie" to Huckabee's assassination joke.

David Binder, who was hosting the Rachel Maddow Show on Air America in her absence on Friday, asked (I'm paraphrasing) whether Huckabee's comments were the indicative of the racist rumblings of the last batch of dinosaur good ol' boys or whether the presidential election was going to be an outright republican onslaught against Obama simply because he's black.

(On a side note, do you call Mariah Carey "black"? No. But like Obama, she's half black and half white. To me, simplifying his backround is indicative of this country's widespread bigotry. I recently watched the film RAINTREE COUNTY, and as a New Orleans belle, Liz Taylor frets to Montgomery Cliff that if you have a single drop of "negra" blood, you're tainted no matter how white you appear. BUT RAINTREE COUNTY WAS SET DURING THE CIVIL WAR! Are our racial prejudices that unchanged since then? Or is it just easier to say "black" or "white" than "mixed race"?)

David Binder went on to ask callers if the republican strategy against Obama was as simple as "Don't vote for a black man", what should democrats be doing to counter it? Binder pointed out how effective the Bush camp's smear campaign in 2000 which suggested that McCain had a secret black baby. McCain had just beaten Bush in the New Hampshire primary, so his competitors came up with this effective plan:

From The Nation by Ann Banks

"Rove invented a uniquely injurious fiction for his operatives to circulate via a phony poll. Voters were asked, "Would you be more or less likely to vote for John McCain...if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?" This was no random slur. McCain was at the time campaigning with his dark-skinned daughter, Bridget, adopted from Bangladesh.

It worked. Owing largely to the Rove-orchestrated whispering campaign, Bush prevailed in South Carolina and secured the Republican nomination. The rest is history--specifically the tragic and blighted history of our young century. It worked in another way as well. Too shaken to defend himself, McCain emerged from the bruising episode less maverick reformer and more Manchurian candidate."

I WONDER IF MCCAIN WILL BE CAMPAIGNING WITH HIS 'BLACK" BABY THIS TIME?



Ann Banks continues:

"I don't want to say that McCain sold his soul to the devil, since I believe that religious metaphors have no place in politics. But consider this: shortly after losing the 2000 election, McCain told an interviewer that there must be "a special place in hell" reserved for the rumormongers."

Yeah, there is. Right next to the section in hell where those who go to make up with those who spread rumors about them. They are forced to lick the fetid asses of their rumormongers in perpetuity!

So just look how damning South Carolina voters considered the notion of John or Cindy fornicating and reproducing with a person of color. So I'd say that many people, certainly the republicans of South Carolina and similar states, feel equally negative about a candidate who is a person of color.

I think one way of combatting this possible republican strategy is through religious leaders. It's a no-brainer. If god is love and he created all men and created them equal, you logically can't be a racist and a christian if you hate a different race than yours. Of course, also a no-brainer is the fact that huge numbers of christians don't practice their faith with any brains or logic attached to it. Growing up in a white neighborhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee, I constantly marveled at the hypocrisy of southern baptists who loved god but hated blacks. Since so many people can't even comprehend the religion they swear to live their lives by, the clergy, who must interpret god's word for them, must be urged to take a strong public stand against racism. From their pulpits, they can bash Obama's liberal policies whether on abortion, gay civic unions and even (inexplicably) gun control, but if they are bashing an entire race which god created, they are denouncing their own Lord. Why would almighty god create an inferior race to be reviled? According to christian beliefs, god doesn't make mistakes.

With Obama all but clinching the democratic nomination, a lot of people in this country are going to be forced to confront their racism, and to reconcile it with their erroneous religious beliefs. I'm sure that many will find a way to justify their racism and christianity the way my childhood neighbors did. It's been decades since I ran the streets of Chattanooga with redneck brats. I hope that after years of social evolution, more positive images of blacks in entertainment and today's youth entranced with black musical influences, that blacks are seen as less scary and more familiar. And capable of running for president without thoughts of aiming a shotgun at them. But then an ordained minister makes an assassination joke at a convention of gun-toting rednecks and you start to wonder how far, if at all, we've come.

WACKY END NOTE #1: I can't find the link to the article, but not only were guns not allowed at the NRA convention at which Huckabee misfired, knives, nail clippers and other possible weapons were confiscted from attendees prior to their admission. Who should come to their aid but a "german nuts" vendor, who was kind enough check the confiscated items in the paper bags reserved for her nuts and write down the names of who they belonged to so that they could collect them upon exiting. What the hell are german nuts and why are they popular in Kentucky of all places???

WACKY END NOTE #2: Huckabee is among those rumored to be McCain's pick for VP.

AOL "NEWS" DELIBERATELY MISLEADING?

This lead item caught my eye on the AOL NEWS homepage. The heading reads:

Hurricane Study Surprises Experts
Offers New View of Global Warming

AOL is owned by Time Warner. And of course big business is going to benefit from a conservative agenda, which includes breaks to big corporations, including those who would feel the pinch if their greenhouse emissions were limited to slow global warming.

The gist of this article is that a respected scientist has changed his views on global warming. His new findings lead him to think that global warming does not contribute to a larger number of hurricanes in the Gulf. Hurricanes in that one area may even decrease in severity.




I hope he's right. But doesn't one scientist's research discovering one benefit to global warming pale in comparison to the multitude of climate change's horrors? If you read the entire article and watch the slide show, AOL does show images of land erosion, species which are becoming extinct and temperatures rising and mention that 20,000 died of overheating in Europe, 15,000 in India of in 2003. But one of the slides shows huge pieces of ice broken off and mentions another "benefit" to global warming--the Northwest Passage is now, because of record-sized ice chunks breaking of of Greenland, more navigable! Well yeah, and if there's an earthquake, I can go hiking in the hole. If another Katrina-sized hurricane hits, news photographers will cash in snapping the destruction. And if a tornado decimates a family car, imagine how much exercise the family will get walking. If it's not too hot, that is.

SEE WHAT YOU THINK: AOLNEWS

THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS FINALLY ON YOUTUBE

FIRST LADIES IN VOGUE

Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama both appear in upcoming issues of Vogue. This interesting article analzes their looks and gives a little background info on the shoots.

Letting Her Hair Down, but Still Keeping Up Appearances
By ROBIN GIVHAN

WASHINGTONPOST

DONNA SUMMER'S BACK!

The ultimate disco diva will be appearing at Mansion in NYC on June 3rd to promote her new album. I really like her second single STAMP YOUR FEET. Not the greatest lyrics, and it's odd to hear her on a singing to a slower hip-pop beat. But the hook has a nice melody and of course Donna's voice is still magnificent.

OLBERMANN'S LATEST ANTI-BUSH RANT

Bush recently claimed that he's given up golf out of respect for the troops--it's didn't seem right to him that the commander-in-chief be playing leisurely sports during war-time. What an incredible sacrifice! He gave up golf and thousands gave up their lives for nothing, many more giving up limbs and their sanity.

his special comment is 12 minutes long, but is very informative and really heats to a boiling point halfway through.

RU WANTS YOU!

DRAG ALERT! Rupaul is launching a new drag competion in LOGO. Think you have what it takes? Check out Ru's shout-out on youtube. Sign-up links for audition tapes are at the end of the clip.



You can also visit LOGO's site and vote for queens who have submitted their pix and interviews. I reconized Danyel Vazquez from Akron and San Fran's scandalous Putanesca" on the list. May the best whore win!

ANTHONY LAMONT'S B'DAY

One of Manhattan's most insane club kids is celebrating his b'day at the lon-running and popular Asseteria on Sunday. I'm no ass-"man", so I've always thought that was the worst name for a party--it really stinks!. But since the copy reads that the night features a Who's Through" of NYC nightlife creatures, I may have to fall through and make a night of it later at Hiro!





Also this Sunday, there is a memorial service for gay activist Bob Kohler. I met Bob through Flotilla Debarge and truly miss catching up with my feisty old neighbor who was always good for a devilishly interesting chat. He truly will be missed.

There has already been one farewelll gathering soon after he died, but now that the word has gotten out more widely mong his huge circle of friends and admirers, another is scheduled for tomorrow from 2:30-5:00 at The Center.



HIS VILLAGE VOICE OBIT:

Bob Kohler, gay activist, former owner of The Loft on Christopher Street, Stonewall veteran, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Front, ACT UP member, and longtime fixture of Charles Street, died on Wednesday at the age of 81. The cause of death was cancer, according to friends.

A Queens native who lost a kidney in World War II, Kohler was remembered as a tireless fighter for gay rights, transsexual rights, queer youth, and people with HIV/AIDS who never gave up the struggle even as he battled illness and advancing years.

"At at an age when most people were doing nothing much more than using a remote control Bob was out on the street fighting for what he believed in and often committing civil disobedience," said Bill Dobbs, a friend. "He inspired many younger activists and helped shape the modern gay rights movement."

When the Giuliani administration's Division of AIDS Services and Income Support (DASIS) regularly failed to provide housing for HIV-positive homeless people, Kohler was an active member of DASIS Watch, a group of volunteers who kept a vigil outside of the city's DASIS offices to ensure that everyone who needed it got an assignment. For 18 months, Kohler stood guard outside the DASIS office on Eighth Avenue.

“I had not done anything like that before, but I was the only one who kept showing up,” Kohler told The Villager newspaper, describing how many of the homeless did not trust him at first. “It took a lot of cajoling and begging…they told me to get my white ass out of there.... It was the coldest winter I can remember. I was out there every day for 18 months."

In 1999, after his arrest in front of One Police Plaza , where protesters set up vigil after the police shooting of Amadou Diallo, Kohler told the Voice:

"I do not equate my oppression with the oppression of blacks and Latinos. You can't. It is not the same struggle, but it is one struggle. And, if my being here as a longtime gay activist can influence other people in the gay community, it's worth getting arrested. I'm an old man now. I don't look forward to spending 24 hours in a cell. But these arrests are giving some kind of message. I don't know what else you can do."

This biography written by friends of Kohler in celebration of his 80th birthday last year gives a good picture of the sweep and arc of the man's life:

"Born in Queens, New York, in 1926, Bob joined the Navy and served in the South Pacific where he “left a kidney behind.” After WWII, he worked in television before launching a talent agency in Hell’s Kitchen. Bob was among the first agents to represent non-famous Black artists and hold classes for Black performers who, “since agents would not represent them,” lacked audition experience. Although Bob tells stories of theater circles, A-list parties, and witnessing celebrities’ darker pre-fame moments, he says “don’t make me out to be some big-shot. I was an independent agent who worked my ass off.”

To his younger friends, Bob recounts stories of a queer world in another era: how he and his boyfriend Ed bought a fixer-upper in Amagansett in what became a gay enclave; of the show-biz lesbians who settled nearby Bridge-hampton; about the eventual move to Cherry Grove and the Pines in Fire Island and the class wars that defined relations between the two gay settlements. Of the Hamptons days, Bob says, “We were gay when it wasn’t cool to be gay, and I like to think that we did make a few openings here and there. We never closeted ourselves.”

On the second night of the Stonewall riots in 1969, Bob and other West Village community members called the first meeting of the Gay Liberation Front, which Bob (and historians) credit with “establishing radicalism in the New York gay community.” He went on to work with direct action and advocacy groups including ACT UP, Sex Panic!, The Neutral Zone, Fed Up Queers, the NYC AIDS Housing Network, Irish Queers, animal rights groups, and others. Throughout his work, Bob was a father figure to activists and street kids, including Sylvia Rivera, who herself grew up to be a parent and mentor to queer youth.

In the late 1970s, Bob became manager of the Club Baths. He fought the closure of bathhouses as a response to AIDS in the 1980s, arguing that they were controlled environments with condoms, soap and water, and information “and that many bathhouses were willing to take on a community organizing role to stop the spread of HIV.”

But homophobia and panic prevailed against the bathhouses, so Bob opened The Loft, a retail store with shops on Christopher Street and on Fire Island. He used the wild popularity of the shop to support independent designers like Patricia Field as they started out -- and to leverage recognition of the queer community by marketers like Calvin Klein who pulled in enormous amounts of money from queers but failed, at times, to stand up for them.



In 1999, Bob helped form Fed Up Queers, a direct action cell that challenged the rise of right-wing gay groups, discriminatory AIDS policies, and Mayor Giuliani’s targeting of queers, people with HIV/AIDS, people on welfare, low-income people, and people of color, among other issues. In 2001, when the City of New York began illegally denying emergency housing to homeless people with AIDS, Bob became the core volunteer in an activist operation to pressure the city. Bob, who was 75 at the time, stood outside the housing agency for hours each day for a year, supporting PWAs and calling on politicians and news media. His work formed the basis of a lawsuit that forced the City into compliance with housing assistance laws hard-won by AIDS activists in the 1990s.

BILL O'REILLY FLIP-OUT REMIX

FROM LADY ESTHER GYN

I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, "13...13....13...13."
The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks and looked through to see what was going on.
Some bastard poked me in the eye with a stick.
Then they all started shouting. "14...14...14...14...."

WTF?

BARBARELLA'S PYGAR DEAD AT 70

John Phillip Law as the blid angel Pygar in the uber-campy BARBARELLA. *The only other guy in this scene is Marcel Marceau!

FORGET SUE SIMMONS F-BOMB!

DOLLY PARTON'S SHOCKING POTTY-MOUTH!

TAMMY AND PETER'S RED & WHITE BOOGIE BALL

SAN FRANCISCO 1975 PAGEANT. NO SOUND. NONE NEEDED. FASHIONS TO DIE FOR! OR IN!

PATTI: ISN'T IT A SHAME

In this 1985 clip from The Rainbow Room, Patti sings the hell out of her Labelle classic power ballad ISN'T IT A SHAME. This song has all of the power of her bombastic cover of OVER THE RAINBOW. Plus she's in her high mid-80's drag and gives you all of the Patti madness--rolling on the floor, wiping away fake tears and kicking off her pumps--that has made her a favorite target for female impersonators. Great song, incredible performance. And thanks to Miss Tobie for sending me this!

I MISS ATLANTA!

SYLVESTER SINGS CABARET!

DAVID BYRNE I'VIEWS HIMSELF

WACKY!

ONE FLEW OVER THE COUTURE'S NEST

SIMON'S LATEST COLUMN FROM THE OBSERVER:

The Grey Gardens revival and the rise of Amy Winehouse have got me thinkin' about the intimate relationship between crazy people and fashion

by Simon Doonan
May 14, 2008

********************************************
Does one's level of stylishness increase as one goes off one's trolley?

John Waters, film director and my own personal Erma Bombeck, has always philosophized that breaking the law can make people more beautiful. The more crimes a person commits, so goes the Waters hypothesis, the more beautiful that person becomes. I'm starting to wonder if there might not be a similar relationship between madness and fashion. Don't recoil in horror: We've all had the experience of spotting a disheveled homeless person staggering toward us on West Broadway only to realize, on closer inspection, that the individual in question is our old artist/gallery owner pal who is attired, as per usual, in Comme Des Garçons.

READ THE REST: OBSERVER

And don't forget Simon's brand new book!

LIKE ANY OF YOU MIGHT NEED THIS!

(CLICK TO ENLARGE)

LOOKING FOR PUSSY

BY THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY! How appealing is that Shirley Jones? And I'm so glad she wore that swinging baroque ruffled shirt and jacket look. But no Susan Dey!

TRUE DEDICATION TO ONE'S CRAFT

OH, DEER! HOW BAD DID THAT HURT?

TRAIN-Y CHASER

And you thought your fantasies were weird! Check out this guy who likes trains and a has a fridge full of crabmeat!

SF DRAG LEGEND MATTHEW MARTIN AS BETTE DAVIS

A BELATED MOTHER'S DAY CARD FROM MOM

OK, so I have sappy moments!

DISCO TEA THIS PAST SUNDAY!

Sunday was crowded and fun at Splash, and I was delighted to see a bunch of trans-sisters out. Since it was Traila Trash's going away party, Bianca Leigh and several other Lips girl's showed up to perform. Apparently, Traila is moving to a town so small that it only has 2 telephones! She's been hosting Bingo on Sundays for years. I know that she has a day job in construction--seriously--so perhaps her move is tied to that. I don't see how she'll plop a construction hat over her trademark towering bouffants!

KITTY LITTER DAZZLED IN A MYLAR FRINGE AFFIAR WITH LIGHT-UP BOOBS!



THIS QUEEN I RECOGNIZED AS A BARTENDER FROM THE BLUE MOON IN REHOBOTH, DELAWARE. HER PLATINUM WIG CAME WITH A DETACHABLE PONYTAIL!



SOME TRENDY NEW GALS ABOUT TOWN



I don't know the future of DISCO TEA, but after a 2 month break, it may now continue as a monthly event. I'll keep you posted!

THERE'S A NEW MAN IN TIPPER'S LIFE!

IT'S ME, WHO LIKE HER HUSBAND AL, THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AND OSCAR WINNER, ALSO HAILS FROM TENNESSEE. I even remember his old Tennessee election slogan, GO FOR GORE, which as a child, I assumed was GOPHER GORE. Politics have msytified me since.



Tipper is such a preppy name, so what better place to catch up with her than that bastion of preppiedom, Greenwich, Connecticutt. I dj'ed at the opening of the Mitchell Gold/Bob Williams furniture store opening last Thursday. Tipper's a shutterbug and she sells her prints at several of the MG/BE locations. She's as sweet as pecan pie as cute as a button with a doll-face like Kate Pierson's.



I did think it was a hoot to have my backside/butt pads featured in the window of Greenwich's main drag, East Putnam Avenue, behind glass with the words "Comfort has arrived" painted on it. It opened a few eyes of locals driving by or even one man who literally had on the green corduroy with red whales emdroidered on them effect out walking his pooch. The publicist had asked if I had any Lilly Pulitzer to wear, so I obliged with a Lilly-ish print gown.If you aren't familiar with Lilly, she was responsible for some of the wackiest prints ever, but always in a demure A-lie or shirt-dress conservative cut. There's always been a connection between loud colors and old money--it's kind of like the notion that we're so rich that we can pull off something this outlandish. Lilly even made acid-colored prints for men. Here are a few of her signature, summery looks. The prints are a little like Pucci, but more American and less old world, and more likely to be in cotton than Pucci's rich silk jersey.

LILLY LOOKS











I don't know if this trippy print was a Lilly, but this party gal definitely had the Greenwich look down.



Some other party people, including the gal on the right with a coat she told me was from Jay Crew! Looks more like Courreges to me! PS: Spot the very convincing sex-change in this pic! There goes the neighborhood!



This lady's look was extraordinary. Anyone recognize this frock's unusual cut? She put her bag down to pose for the pic and I wasn't sure why. I'm color-blind, but it seemed to me that the bag didn't match. However, the current fashion is very throw-on-a-yellow-shoe when-there's-nothing-else-yellow-in-your-ensemble--ie: fucked-up on purpose. Of course, it could also reflect a this-bag-is-so-pricey-that-it-goes-with-anything effect for your nerves.



I did like this gal's mod buckle detail on her jacket.



And this zippy blend of loud prints:



Preppies do like a cocktail, ad I was a little shocked at this two-fisted drinker/expectant mom. (KIDDING: She worked with the catering company.)



Of course, the kids always steal the show. Look at this precious, rosy-cheeked angel! This could be MG/BW's new ad campaign!





And these two youngsters are the kids of the publicist, Eloise Goldman, who is Mitchell Gold's sister. Can you believe how sweet this mugs are? Check out her demure left foot position and and that handsome young man modelling with his hand in his pocket (a la a Jay Crew catalogue model) and leaning his head into Auntie Bunny's crotch. Ahem! He was a natural-born entertainer who eagerly grabbed the mic from my hand during the raffle. Of course, with a little white wine freeing my tongue, I commented that the brats were sooo cue that I was tempted to do my Michael Jackson impersonation. You can take the girl out of Chattanooga......

GLAD TO BE MAD

VIA HUFFPO:



MENTALLY ILL START "MAD PRIDE" MOVEMENT

Yesterday the New York Times explored the burgeoning "mad pride" movement, which aims to fight the stigma of serious mental illness like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and even, in some cases, celebrate it.

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BABA WAWA THE SLUT

World of Wonder has unearthed a private phone message to the senator she had an affair with in '72. Click here to listen.

WOMAN COOKING CRABS FOR THE 1ST TIME

CHER IN VEGAS!

Billy Beyond has posted several pix taken from Cher's sell-out mash Vegas revue. NUDE CHARACTER SHOE WITH WHITE BUGLE BEADS=HOT! Here's one shot:



Click here for more looks: BILLYBEYOND.BLOG-CITY-COM

HITLER PUSSY

HEIL KITLER!



A sit dedicated to cats who resemble Hitler!


AND WATCH THE REAL HITLER SING THE THEME FROM THE JEFFERSONS!

GET THIS ONTO LOGO AND BET YESTERDAY!

"Shake ya poak chops, work ya ham-hocks!" I think gay hip-hop has finally arrived! This sissy is hip-hop's Jermaine Stewart. And the song is better than a lot of what I hear on BET. At least it's a little more uptempo than those dirge-like Mims-style "jams".

MITZI: "SO HAPPY, HAPPY TO BE HERE!"

Mitzi Gaynor, the princess of perkiness, is interviewed in Cannes, presumably for her appearance in the film SOUTH PACIFIC. Of course, it certainly adds considerable interest to the interview that she whirls around picturesque staircases FOR SEVERAL MINUTES before perching for her interview. I feel that twirling up and down staircases should henceforth be mandatory for all interviews!



A few decades later, here's Shirley Jones, Mitzi, and Rita Moreno being interviewed about their movie musical careeers.

THIS WILL SELL OUT!

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE ONION

The Onion brings tears to my eyes with their "news" coverage.

Age-Progression Technology Indicates Missing Child A Prostitute By Now



THEONION


Pope Returns To Vatican With Comprehensive Plan To Blow Up United States



WASHINGTON—In an unprecedented breach of national security, Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the international organization known as "the Roman Catholic Church," has infiltrated the highest levels of the U.S. government and devised a wide-ranging plan to destroy the entire country.

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SNL'S HILARY SPOOF

Funny how merely the truth gets the biggest laughs.

A PEEK INTO BEIJING'S CLOSET

ABCNEWS.GO.COM

DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD

SOME INTERESTING TRIVIA FROM WIKIPEDIA:

Mr. "Misunderstood"

Leroy Gómes was born in Wareham, Massachusetts of Cape Verdean descent. Learning how to sing and play the saxophone, Gómes started his own band at 14, and later joined Tavares, a local group of brothers who shared his Cape Verdean heritage, and with whom he would go on to tour North America and Europe. In Paris, Elton John invited him to play sax on his classic album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. [1] Amidst this success, Gómes decided to leave Tavares and remain in Europe, getting work as a session player in Paris. There he met Nicolas Skorsky and Jean Manuel de Scarano, songwriters who had launched their own label with the aim of producing artists who would record their compositions. Santa Esmeralda was born of their collaboration, and the album Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, with Gómes on lead vocals, debuted on the independent French label, Fauves Puma. A sudden huge success in Europe, the record was picked up for worldwide distribution by Casablanca Records of Los Angeles, the preeminent label of the Disco era.[2]
Essentially a studio act, Gómes was eager to perform, and a touring group was put together, including a troupe of dancers, one of whom, by the name of Tequila, would appear on several album and single cover photos and ultimately become his wife.

AND WHAT A GREAT PERFORMER!

RICK DEES: DISCO DUCK

A moment in disco history so cheesy that it should come with quackers--I mean crackers! Get it? Feel free to use that one. As rotted as this mess is, that horn section is awfully snazzy.

EATING YOUR VEGGIES NEVER SEEMED SO APPETIZING!

CHECK OUT THE OTHER IMAGES HERE ON GEOCITIES.

CHRIST, PEACHES! THAT'S BRILLIANT

THE VERY PATRIOTIC AND THOUGHTFUL SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINER PEACHES CHRIST



AN EMAIL FORWARD:

Bay area drag persona Peaches Christ was on my fave podcast again yesterday and noted at the end that she's involved with a ballot initiative to try and get the local sewage plant renamed after George W. Bush in honor of his legacy. Unfortunately you have to live in San Francisco to participate in this movement and sign the petition but I thought it was definitely noteworthy and would encourage others to take similar measures in their own towns.

SIGN PETITION

An Enduring Legacy



As we near the end of George W Bush’s presidency, we think it is important to select a fitting monument to this president’s work. On matters ranging from foreign relations to fiscal and environmental stewardship, no other president in American history has accomplished so much in such a short time.

To honor George W Bush for his eight years of honorable public service, the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is sponsoring a ballot initiative this November.

It reads…

Should The City And County of San Francisco Rename The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W Bush Sewage Plant?

We believe this is an appropriate honor for a truly unique president. If you think so too, join this grassroots movement to rename this important and iconic landmark in his honor.

CUTE TIDBITS FROM POPBITCH.COM

How to keep up with pensioner sex-talk

The retired wrinkly set in Florida, armed with
prescription drugs, time and freedom, are
enjoying shagging well into their twilight
years. The men have a new term for it:

"I'm gettin' me some Prune-tang tonight".


Readers - please don't call Dublin Zoo

Dublin Zoo's phone system has gone into meltdown.
Some wag has been sending multiple texts asking
people to call their phone number and “ask for
Mr G Raffe or Mr C Lyon or Anna Conda”.

Marketing Manager Veronica Crisp said, "It might
be kind of funny the first few times but we
have lost our sense of humour with the calls
coming in at the rate of 13 a minute.”




AND CHECK OUT THESE VILE-SOUNDING MEAT DRINKS!

DENIECE WILLIAMS LIVE!

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IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE:

PHILLIP BAILEY: I KNOW

Remember this minor hit from Earth, Wind and Fire's sweet-voiced superstar vocalist?

IN ENGLAND?

MEET PANTI!

NEW JOHN KELLY SHOW

Two-time Obie Award winning performance artist JOHN KELLY will workshop new material for his latest solo piece DARGELOS beginning May 4. This rare opportunity to see Kelly in an intimate setting will take place for 3 consecutive Sundays at Bar 13.

Best known for his portrayals of historic and mythic characters including Joni Mitchell, Egon Schiele, Orpheus, and transvestite trapeze artist Barbette, JOHN KELLY introduces his latest creation: DARGELOS. This unique informal workshop presentation will feature and array of songs, stories and poetry. Kelly fans will be thrilled to learn that DARGELOS is the brother of chanteuse Dagmar, an East Village icon who made a splash in the 1980s performance scene -- including a legendary concert series at Carnegie Hall.

MORE INFO/TIX: SPINCYCLE

WARNING!

THIS EVEN CURBED MY RAVENOUS APPETITE FOR EATING COCK--FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS, ANYWAY!



The Guolizhuang menu is a broad introduction to the medicinal benefits of eating animal penises and testicles.



"Henry's whip" is the house speciality at Beijing's Guolizhuang restaurant. It's a sheep's penis on a stick covered in mayonnaise, sweet cheese, served on a bed of lettuce.



The yak penis is served with a dragon. In the Guolizhuang restaurant there are more than 30 different animal penises on the menu. And for very special guests there's a list of others.



Ox penises help manliness. They're cut along the side and shaped into little stars.



Donkey penis served on a bed of lettuce: For Chinese guests, eating the sexual organs is not a test of courage, but rather a treatment for the libido.

HUNGRY YET?

FISH OUT OF WATER

Joey Arias's wacky scene in the film MONDO NEW YORK.

A COCKROACH IN MY ASS

Youtube continues to unearth the comedy giants of tomorrow:

THIS IS WHY I'M FAT

OK, so this isn't a comedic masterpiece, but if you know Mims' horrible hit THIS IS WHY I'M HOT, you may appreciate this parody.

FELLOW PROCRASTINATORS TAKE NOTE!

My lazy Leo lioness self found Gretchen Wilson's 6 TIPS FOR GETTING YOURSELF TO DO SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO very helpful. Here's a teaser:

How many times each day do you try to work yourself up to tackle some undesirable task? If you're like me - several.

For example, right now I'm trying to figure out how to send a monthly newsletter. I felt overwhelmed by the various sub-tasks involved, but by using the techniques below, I'm inching toward the finish line of hitting "send" for that first newsletter. Here are some strategies that I've used:

1. Put yourself in jail. If you're working on something that's going to take a long time, and you have the urge to try to rush, or to feel impatient, pretend you're in jail. If you're in jail, you have all the time in the world. You have no reason to hurry, no reason to cut corners or to try to do too many things at once. You can slow down, concentrate. You can take the time to get every single detail right.

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Now I'm off to the gym bright and early! My gym has such good food that I'll sometmes just skip the workout!

GRAVEL TRIES TO WIN OVER "OBAMA GIRL"

SWEETIE PRESENTS:

TABBOO! AND "Human Sperm Bank" Wendy Ho, who sings that hilarious BITCH, I STOLE YOUR PURSE, below invite.



BITCH, I STOLE YOUR PURSE. That first note is a killer!

ONE NIGHT ONLY: DISCO TEA AT SPLASH ON 4/11

Join Christina Visca and I for a night of disco classics from Donna SUmmer to Chaka Khan to Dan Hartman as we return to Splash for one night--THIS SUNDAY! And check out the $0 cover charge and disco-era priced $1 draft beer! So come on out and get as twisted a I look in this photo.

METHINX THE LAYDI DUTH PROTESS TOU MUNCH

This reminds me of a sign I saw outside of Greensboro, NC, which read "VOTE NAZI, VOTE CLITON (sic).

PASSOVER DINNER

A woman goes to her boyfriend's parents' house for Passover dinner.

This is to be her first time meeting the family and she is very nervous.

They all sit down and begin eating a fine meal.

The woman is beginning to feel a little discomfort, thanks to her nervousness and the broccoli casserole. The gas pains are almost making her eyes water. Left with no other choice , she decides to relieve herself a bit and lets out a dainty fart.

It wasn't loud, but everyone at the table heard the poof.

Before she even had a chance to be embarrassed, her boyfriend's father looked over at the dog that had been snoozing under the woman's chair, and said in a rather stern voice, 'Skippy!'.

The woman thought, 'This is great!' and a big smile came across her face.

A couple of minutes later, she was beginning to feel the pain again.

This time, she didn't even hesitate. She let a much louder and longer rrrrrip.

The father again looked at the dog and yelled, 'Skippy!'

Once again the woman smiled and thought 'Yes!' A few minutes later the woman had to let another rip. This time she didn't even think about it.

She let a fart rip that rivaled a train whistle blowing.

Once again, the father looked at the dog with disgust and yelled, 'Skippy, get away from her, before she shits on you!'


(My favorite part of this joke is that Passover is mentioned once in the first line and then no mention of jewish anything thereafter. To trick ya! Tragic Magic!)

NEW SCAM ALERT

SCAM ALERT!

Watch out for this scam. Police say that the gang usually is comprised of four members, one adult and three younger ones.


While the three younger ones, all appearing sweet and innocent, divert their 'mark' (or intended target) with a show of

friendliness, the fourth -- the eldest -- sneaks in from behind the person's back to expertly rifle through his or her pockets

and purses or bags for any valuables being carried.


The attached picture shows the gang in operation.

XXY

DO NOT SEE THIS FILM! I hadn't seen a movie since Sweeney Todd, and thought this story of a teenage hermaphrodite was worth a try. With the genius Turner Classic Movie channel playing commercial-free classics 24/7, why pay $10 to see some new, unproven crap? I guess this bomb won some awards at Cannes, but I was tearing my hair out at the angst-ridden, unlikeable characters and had to split after 40 minutes. Truly awful.

I CHALLENGE DAVID BLAINE!

To his longest endurance test yet. DISAPPEAR FROM THE PUBLIC EYE FOREVER! I'd actually like to suck him but these dull-ass tricks have got to stop. Here's a spoo of "David" performing street magic.

BETTY PAGE BUBBLE BATH

Go to youtube and search Something Weird--they have tons of great clips like this one:

SATAN IN HIGH HEELS

FROM YOUTUBE VIA LYPSINKA:

As this tough, terrific, and well-made exploitation gem once again proves, there's nothing as sexy as a really wicked woman. Shrewd, conniving slut goddess Stacey Kane (MEG MYLES) is a second-rate stripper in a third-rate carnival. Startled when she finds her junkie ex-husband lurking in her dressing room, Stacey promptly steals every cent he has and hops on a plane for New York. Possessing a surprisingly strong singing voice, Miss Kane auditions for a job at a nightclub run by a terse, wide-eyed lesbian named Pepe (Dark Shadows' GRAYSON HALL) who is soon trying to turn the tramp into a lady -- at least for the paying customers. Things get quickly complicated, however, when Stacey shacks up with of the club's owner, Arnold Kenyon (MIKE KEENE), while having an affair with his son (ROBERT YURO). But when her junkie ex-hubby once again pops up in her dressing room -- this time with a knife -- Stacey beats the crap out of him and sends him off to kill Arnold... Great, gritty exploitation which packed a hell of a wallop in the more innocent days of 1962. - Something Weird



And if you enjoyed that, check out the other SOMETHING WEIRD videos, like SINDERELLA AND THE GOLDEN BRA, below.

HIDEOUS NEWS

VIA HUFFPO:

Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths, U.S. Says By Avram Goldstein

May 5 (Bloomberg) -- The number of suicides among veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may exceed the combat death toll because of inadequate mental health care, the U.S. government's top psychiatric researcher said.

Community mental health centers, hobbled by financial limits, haven't provided enough scientifically sound care, especially in rural areas, said Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He briefed reporters today at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in Washington.

Insel echoed a Rand Corporation study published last month that found about 20 percent of returning U.S. soldiers have post- traumatic stress disorder or depression, and only half of them receive treatment. About 1.6 million U.S. troops have fought in the two wars since October 2001, the report said. About 4,560 soldiers had died in the conflicts as of today, the Defense Department reported on its Web site.

BLOOMBERG

EARTHA: WHERE IS MY MAN

Funnyman Bruce Vilanch wrote the lyrics to this drag lip-synch classic!

STILL SPINNING AT 60

The fairy godmother of Studio 54 and beyond chats to the NY Blade.

‘Queen of Studio 54’ Rollerena celebrates a milestone.

By Dustin Fitzharris Friday, April 11, 2008



In a dimly lit café in Chelsea I waited for my guest to arrive. Not just any guest, but a true New York City icon. I kept looking at my watch, as it wasn’t her style to be late.

Then she walked in, found me sitting in the back and lectured me for giving her the wrong directions. Once the embarrassment melted from my face, she said, “I’m going to give you the interview I wouldn’t give Barbara Walters!”

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JACKIE BEAT PARODIES MARIAH

RETOUCH MY BODY can be heard on PEREZHILTON.COM

THIS IS ADORABLE!

YOU'RE A GAY MAN WHEN...

This is a forward. Most are dead-on, but some are a litle mystifying. Like the one that claims gays have a carefully selected Yiddish vocabulary.



1. You truly don't care who Julia Roberts is sleeping with.

2. You understand the difference between 43 brands of imported vodka.

3. You can call anyone "honey" including pets.

4. You know someone who definitely was in the emergency room with Richard Gere and the gerbil.

5. You understand the immense importance of good lighting.

6. You can be at a crowded disco the size of two football fields and still spot a toupee.

7. You can tell a woman you love her bathing suit, and mean her bathing suit.

8. You can explain the nuances between steady date, boyfriend and lover.

9. You really have "been there, done that."

10. Your women friends will tell you everything you want to know about their boyfriends. And that means everything.

11. You're the only type of male who gets to say "fabulous."

12. You can have naked pictures of men you don't know in your home.

13. You can have naked men you don't know in your home.

14. You know how to handle the telephone like a Stradivarius.

15. You understand why the good Lord invented spandex.

16. You understand why the good Lord didn't intend everyone to wear it.

17. You know how to get back at just about everyone.

19. You only wear polyester when you mean to.

20. You can smile to let someone know you can't stand them.

21. You can freeze a troll from 20 feet away.

22. You're good pals with women other people can't stand.



23. You've always got an opinion.

24. You've read the book, seen the movie, done the musical.

25. You know how to dress strategically.

26. Your car has an amusing female name.

27. You're the only one at your high school reunion who looks a lot better than you did in high school.

28. You've got at least one framed picture of a pet.

29. If your mattress could talk, it would be Joan Rivers.

30. You know that sex complicates things. So?

31. You know that being called a "cheap slut" isn't actually an insult.

32. There's a married guy somewhere who is terrified of you.

33. Nobody tells you what to do in bed...unless you tell them what to tell you.

34. You have a medicine chest stocked for any occasion.

35. You have at least one movie musical on video.

36. You're not embarrassed to sing in a piano bar.

37. You're embarrassed by people who sing in piano bars.

38. You never hold a grudge for longer than a decade or two.

39. You know how to make an entrance.

40. You know when to make an exit.

41. You worry about people you don't even know - like Liza Minnelli.

42. You choose the most fabulous greeting cards.

43. You know how to program your VCR.

44. You've got sunscreen at every conceivable SPF level.

45. You have a cologne display worthy of Bloomingdales

46. You understand, viscerally, Joan Crawford.

47. Some of your best friends are your ex lovers.

48. You know when to play dumb.

49. You know what to do for a hangover.

50. Yes, you do have a condom.

51. You've called someone "girlfriend" who is neither a girl nor a friend.

52. One or more of the following apply to you:

a) You adore Judy Garland
b) You hate Judy Garland
c) You hate people who adore Judy Garland.
d) You hate people who hate Judy Garland.
e) You don't give a damn about Judy Garland.
f) Who is Judy Garland?

53. You can supply the last names to the following list:
a) Bernadette
b) Chita
c) Barbra

54. You made Donna Summer a star.

55. You made Donna Summer a has-been.




56. Tanning salons were invented for you.

57. You've made sunbathing a performance art.

58. You know when the party's over.

59. You know where to go after the party's over.

60. You're fearless about fighting the elements, especially gravity.

61. When you hear "a stitch in time saves nine" you think of

a) Your grandma
b) Your face lift
c) John Wayne Bobbit

62. You know that pigs and bears are not necessarily rural wildlife.

63. Your roommate can be your roommate and not your "roommate."

64. You know that referring to someone as "a real lady" isn't necessarily a compliment.

65. Your favorite dinner accessory may also be your dinner companion.

66. You know that the most important part of a party's decor is the catering staff.

67. If your cat is a female, you swear it's a lesbian.

67. If your cat is a male, you swear it's a lesbian.

68. You sing along heartily with songs that make most females cringe, like "Stand By Your Man."

69. You've been to a bris, a bar mitzvah, a christening, a first communion, and too many weddings. You have a carefully considered evaluation of the food after each.

70. You'll never have to hear your mother complain about your wife.

71. A two-seater convertible seems perfectly practical to you.

72. You have a favorite Disney character and it's usually a nasty one.

73. You've left someone totally speechless.

74. You've shaved something other than your face.

75. All your friends do not have to "get along".

76. You have large collection of anniversary pictures. They may be with different guys, however.

77. Your love handles are actually used as such.

78. When someone turns his back on you, you actually consider it an opportunity.



79. You've got a large assortment of movie-star biographies.

80. You've got the most interesting coffee table books.

81. You know where to find a meat rack and it ain't in your kitchen drawer.

82. You have a sexual persuasion with its own flag.

83. At some moment in your life you've envisioned having back-up girls.

84. You know your enemies.

85. After a workout at the gym, you feel like a new man. And he's right there in the shower.

86. You're Barbra Streisand's biggest fan.

87. You know that Barbra Streisand's biggest fan is Barbra Streisand.

88. Not only have you added spice to your life - sometimes you've added side dishes.

89. You know that "small talk" can be about spirituality or politics, and 'important issues" can be about hair.

90. You've actually lived out some of your fantasies.

91. Unlike most straight women, you have no problem being treated solely as a sex object.

92. You have no doubts about the accuracy of the Kinsey Report.

93. You know, by heart, every line in:

a) All about Eve
b) Steel Magnolias
c) Your face

94. You are ALWAYS ready for your close-up.

95. You have 9412 ways to tell someone to get lost. 8136 are non-verbal.

96. You can lip-sync to at least one Supremes song.

97. You have a carefully selected Yiddish vocabulary.

98. Even if you're in Kansas , you're not in Kansas anymore.

99. You know exactly how many martinis it takes.

100. When throwing a party, you know how to put out quite a spread. Sometimes after the party too.

CINDY ADAMS GOES DOWNTOWN

And mingles with some well-known scenesters.

From her recent NY POST column:

April 28, 2008 -- THE musical "Cry-Baby" brought out musical types rarely seen at Broad way openings. Like Blondie's Debo rah Harry with Miss Guy. Miss Harry I know. Miss Guy I don't know. Even after we talked I still don't know. While I stared at Miss Guy, Debbie Harry tore up a paper she was carrying and, no place to dump it since she had a teeny evening purse and I was schlepping a giant tote, threw the million pieces into my Valentino handbag. After that I turned to Miss Guy. He's a he. Said This Person:
"I used to do drag, and instead of going by a girl's name, I just added the word 'Miss' in front of mine. I like special names. My band was Goon Squad. My band before that was called Toilet Boys. Even though we opened for Blondie, my mother didn't like the group. She didn't appreciate our name."

(Cindy actually mixed it up--Goon Squad is Guy's new band. Toilet Boys was the old one.)

Moving right along, I then met something called Chris March. Wearing a leopard-print evening shirt. He made the final four on "Project Runway" but "they eliminated me because my dress was of human hair." Oy, God, why me? After being Debbie Harry's wastebasket, it's Miss Guy and the Toilet Boys followed by the human hair dressmaker. "It wasn't off someone's head, it was hair extensions," he explained. Oh, much better. I'll take three.

Chris now has his own studio, is writing a book and has done a pilot for his own fashion reality show.

THE BOY WHO WOULD BE (PROM) QUEEN

It was sometime his freshman year, probably the worst year for Gomez, as far as accepting who he was and getting his friends to understand. He lost a lot of friends that year.

“After that I was like, ‘You know what, no, OK, if you’re going to call me a queen I might as well have a good title with it … prom queen,’ ” Gomez said. “Since the beginning of freshman year I’ve been trying to take things in stride and trying not to be so negative about it.”

Gomez has learned to navigate the complicated minefield that high school can be, especially for an openly gay student. He’s been called worse. Queen never seemed that bad, he said.

MORE: JOURNALTIMES

I AM CHANGING

I wanted to dislike this, but he totally won me over by the end. I wonder whose version of the song this is Anyone know?

HE REALLY "ROSE" TO THE OCCASION

THIS IS THE CORNIEST!

THE ONES' NEW STAR-STUDDED VIDEO

Nashom is singing and sounds "absolutely flawless". His falsetto reminds me of the guy form Londonbeat who sang I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU in '91.

WHEN WE GET TOGETHER (Josh Peace Mix) directed by KARL GIANT featuring: Debbie Harry, Jody Watley, Pat Cleveland, Scissor Sisters, Cazwell, Ari Gold, Ultra Nate', Colton Ford, Cazwell, Miss Guy, Johnny McGovern, Peppermint, Casey Spooner, Billy Beyond, Corey Tut, Jason Walker, Adam Joseph, Mark Nelson, Mike Ruiz, Keo Nozari and more!!!!

Lifted from the new album, "NYC Jungle" - available NOW on ATOC/Peace Bisquit

WATCH VIDEO

THIS HEIFER CAN READ!

I'm not a fan of SEX AND THE CITY, but I did like the commercial where the girls, enjoying a round of cosmo's, ask each other "Why did we stop drinking these?" and the catty reply was "Because everyone else started." Cosmopolitan sales in gay bars stopped instantly.

FROM NY TIMES: Very is a weekly free-association by Elizabeth Spiridakis, in which she calls it like she sees it.

The closer we get to the May 30th release of the “Sex and the City” movie, the more these promo pics keep popping up. They are presumably meant to spark our interest in what promises to be two hours of relentless shopping, dating and complaining. But we’re much more interested in the behind the scenes goss because this picture suggests it was no slumber party happy times on that set.



This forced group hug is:

Very very uncomfortable. They look so disconnected and like they hate each other as much as the tabloids suggest. Would anyone be surprised if this picture turned out to be four separate images photoshopped together?
Very ladies who lunch…on the blood of virgins and sacrificed lambs. They all have crazy eye!

IT GETS DISHIER AS SHE TAKES THE GIRLS ON ONE BY ONE.

MISS GUY'S NEW BAND

UNEAS​Y LISTE​NING WITH GOONS​QUAD!​​​​



THURS​DAY MAY 1st at 8:00 PM

The Gersh​win Hotel​
7 East 27 (​​​​btwn 5th & Madis​on)​​​​

$10

LOVE GOONS​QUAD OR DIE! BEEP!​​​​ BEEP!​​​​

THE BOONDOCKS: BANNED EPISODE

This is so sick! Also very long: 22 minutes. I've never seen this show--were all the episodes this grim?