THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW. STREAMING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3:00-6:00 EASTERN TIME ON AIRAMERICA.COM. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU CHECK OUT HER SHOW. The first hour is a forum of other politicos, but from 4:00-6:00 it's all Rachel.
While crude oil surpassed $140 per barrel for the first time ever, Exxon/Mobil raked in the highest quarterly profits ever in the US. The figures made worldwide headlines. Rachel pointed out another interesting figure. Exxon/Mobil also announced it spent 1% of those profits on developing new sources of energy. So by Rachel's calculations, the gas giant spends more on TV commercials which claim that they are developing new fuel sources. This shit is bananas!
Also, a major flaw was discovered during the rescue efforts of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center--the FDNY's radios did not work properly, and didn't communicate with the NYPD's radios. In 2001, Giuliani gave a no-bid contract for new radios to Motorola. With no competiton, the faulty radio's price ten-tupled from $1.4 billion to S14 billion. The new, 10 times-more-expensive-radios failed again during 9/11 rescue efforts.
Rachel announced that the broken-since-1993 equipment has finally been fixed! And Giuliani had the nerve to run as a national security expert!
Giuliani is currently under investigation for wrongdoing in this no-bid contract for faulty equipment. Here's a video of how betrayed firefighters feel about the lives lost due to a problem Giuliani "fixed" with corruption.
I love how they couldn't even find a gay enough voice to replace Chris's! But we may have to leave Chris alone--HE'S LEAVING YOUTUBE! YOU MIGHT WANNA SIT DOWN FOR THIS. EMPIRES ARE ABOUT TO CRUMBLE!
As gas prices hover around $4 a gallon, the nation's far-flung suburbs — which have boomed because they could provide larger homes at cheaper prices to those willing to drive farther — are losing their appeal.
MTV just started accepting political ads. And the first political ad that millions of young people will see is a negative attack on Barack Obama—saying he's "worse than a flip-flopper" and accusing him of no longer being against the war.1 It's outrageous.
The Republicans' strategy is clear: kill the hope that's brought millions of new young voters out of the woodwork.
We can't let that happen. And as it turns out, we've got a funny, positive, hopeful way to fight back.
The "funniest ad" award winner in our Obama in 30 Seconds contest is a perfect counterpoint to the cynicism-mongering ad on MTV. Plus, it was made by actor (and MoveOn member) Rider Strong.
We just found out that we can run this ad on MTV and Comedy Central (as their first political ad ever) for $150,000. If 6000 of us contribute $25, we can do it. Can you check out the ad below—and if you like it, will you chip in to get it on the air?
I realize that few of us are exactly flush with cash during a recession, but we have two choices, Obama and McCain. By his own admission, McCain knows little about economics. So maybe you can see it as a $25 investment in a healthier economic future? Things can't turn around by themselves, can they?
Some good ones! I had heard about McCain's interview in front of a cheese section in a grocery store, but seeing it really drives home his cheese factor. Insane!
CATCH ME SPINNING AT PONYSTEP SUNDAY NIGHT! AND BRING YOUR DANCIN' SHOES!
And speaking of disco, Andy Reynolds of PenetrationInc.com has sent me this insane Paul Jabara video for OCHO RIOS, featuring Pat Ast. I have no idea why I worship Pat Ast, I just do. Paul is in drag for most of the 10 minute video, and he makes a very fun and cute queen. I'd only seen him in drag on the cover of his album DISCO WEDDING, below. He is marrying himself in drag! GAY!
For those of you who don't recognize the name, Paul was the Acadamy Award-winning songwriter who wrote the gay anthems LAST DANCE, IT'S RAINING MEN and NO MORE TEARS--the Donna and Barbra disco duet.
At least one gay man and lovely transsexual Laverne (a New Yorker who I knew when she was a boy!) compete for the job of Diddy's assistant. Read more and watch the trailer HERE.
For such a catastrophic topic, click on the link below for a surprisingly fun, fact-filled expose which is illustrated with photos for dummies like who who like to look at purdy pitchers. It's even got big letters for old dummies with poor eyesight.
Set your podcast for next week's guest, NYC artist, model (both genders), make-up artist, and DJ, Billy Beyond. He's skidding in to drop a stack of twisted disco love and talk up his new project Beads On Nude Illusion. This trio has been performing "re-imagined songs with original flair" often appearing in shocking costumes that include Native American make-ups and historic references to early America. Their first video will channel the legendary fashion illustrator, Antonio whose work is pictured below, making it definitely something to anticipate! Also belo, BONI members Billy Beyond, Gina Tay (on the Juno 106) and Meniscus Tock (on incidental percussion and bass).
See scary/fab pix of Beads On Nude Illusion + Tune in (better yet, pop by!), get the podcast:
BUN-BUN WITH THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK'S COUNTESS DE LESSEPS
Ran into The Countess from that HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK "show" on Bravo. (My mom and sister are housewives and I love them both. But why, oh, why are we making or watching shows about housewives? I'd rather watch a reality show about homeless people.) It was last weekend at a book signing for Simon Donan's new book ECCENTRIC GLAMOUR at the East Hampton's Elie Tahari boutique. Elie is drop dead gorgeous, and her adorable kids warmed up to me once they realized that I wasn't an eccentrically glamorous real woman. The little boy kept shoving a playing card in my face--I assumed from some game--but apparently it was his way of letting me know that he's realized that I was a man! The notion excited him considerably. Hey pal, call me in 15 years! OK, make it 10. Hee hee!
THE TAHARI FAMILY
SIMON'S HUBBY JONATHON ADLER, LIBERACHI, AND SIMON DOONAN
Simon sold 200 books, booze flowed and everyone was happy! These images were yanked from NEWYORKSOCIALDIARY where there are tons more pics. In a towering bouffant and a mini-cowftan from London's Camden Market, I think I summed up eccentric glamour. One salty old Hamptons broad asked me, "How's the show going, Harvey?"--a little HAIRSPRAY joke.
My dj booth was in the window smack dab in the middle of the front window, so I naturally hammed it up for the well-heeled passers-by. Honey, this 'ho know how to work a corner! (Thanks, mom! You taught me well!) I'm sure the Hamptonites were all thinking "This is the kind of NYC trash we pay a fortune to get away from! I guess that makes me a bit like the hijras, those transvestite eunuchs of India, who show up at weddings and other family occasions and sing until they are paid to leave!
HIJRAS--DON'T THEY LOOK FUN?
Well, since I was working a double, I was not yet ready to leave, and a car swirled by to whisk me to the home of The Corcoran Group's CEO Robbie Browne, where I was to dj his 60th anniversary bash. I hope I'm that much fun when I'm 50, much less 60. The crowd included neighbor Elaine Bracco of THE SOPRANO's fame and every single fag in the Hamptons. Robbie has not yet switched to digital cameras so I don't have any pics, but the energy was magic and I held court high above the madras short-wearing set twirling to tunes (Robbie loves disco) from COME TO ME to BORN TO BE ALIVE. Then I got to ride back to Manhattan with the hunky cater waiters. I passed out, and was very dismayed that none of them even tried to rape me! The noive!
I did take hormones when I was with Raven O and I got a little fleshy, but I stopped just before the tits started to pop and that's why my hips grew -- never had 'em before. I was gonna get the tits and be topless for the last Cirque show and Mugler was like, 'That would be incredible!' But after a month, he said, 'You know what? Don't put the tits in. Keep the fantasy and androgyny.' But I'm the last of the chromosomes: there's X and Y and me -- Z!"
Joey and Basil Twist's delicious show ARIAS WITH A TWIST has been extended until 8/31 at Here performance space. I got to catch it with Ebony Jett, who was in town for Florent's closing party, only to find that it was Basil's birthday and a special party followed.
Here has a new entrance around a corner from it's previous one, and I bumped into Suzanne Bartsch where we kvetchd "Here is no longer here! Here is now over there!" But we finally found it and what a find. I was at the premiere of Zumanity in Las Vegas 6 years ago, and I totally thought that his talents were mis-used. So it must be a thrill for him to leave Zumanity and all of the dullness that living--not vacationing--in Vegas has to offer after that lengthy 6-year run of playing femcee to jugglers. To come home and do the show that you knew you had in you and get a great NY TImes review must be awfully satisfying for Miss Thing.
JOEY SURROUNDED BY FAUX-GIRL SHOWGIRL PUPPETS--SORRY ABOUT MY BLURRY PHOTOGRAPHY!
To create a one-woman show is not easy. Joey's character isn't easily defined. Or you need to be a little more sophisticated to get it. When Vegas theater-goers were treated to a man in Betty Page fetish gear who sang like Billie Holiday, I think many scratched their heads in confusion. Not so in New York, where Joey really accomplishes what Zumanity set out to do--transport you into a mysterious world of illusion, sexuality (Joey is a whore to the core both onstage and off, as I am), music and thanks to Basil's on-a-budget ingenuity, beauty. The sets and the puppetry are to die for and I was dying with jealousy as golden fans magically appeared and formed bell sleeves when Joey raised his arms, a chorus of puppet showgirls did high kicks behind their featured star (first pic), and for the finale, the stage exploded into a full-on Busby Berkeley extravaganza (below) with the aid of mirrors and projections.
With original music by Alex Gifford of the Propellerheads, Joey's vocal homage to Lady Day is as strong as ever. Some of those through the stratosphere notes seem to soar even an octave above Mariah Carey! But the song selection isn't a rehash of Joey's classic Bar D'O hits. In fact, I was disappointed that he only sang a snatch of Peggy Lee's IS THAT ALL THERE IS. The songs are woven together into a soundscape with really pulsates but which isn't always delineated into actual songs with a beginning, end, and "thank you." My one complaint is that it's difficult to comprehend the lyrics of songs you've never heard before, especially when they're filtered through the odd, emotive voice of Billie Holiday. So I did not catch a lot of the lyrics, particularly in the opening #, which featured a loud rock accompaniment. Of course, when one is mounted on a revolving circle of neon blue light, you enjoy the sheer spectacle can tap your toe and miss a few words. At the end of the show I couldn't really tell you what the narrative was or if one was intended. But what a thrilling ride!
A BASHFUL BASIL TAKES A BOW ON HIS BIRTHDAY!
EBONEEZER JETT AND SUZANNE BARTSCH AT THE AFTER BASH
SEXY THEATER FAGS WHICH NEED TO BE SUCKED IMMEDIATELY!
BASIL ENJOYING HIS LAVISHLY CATERED B'DAY SOIREE--EBONY AND I ACTUALLY SNUCK TO GO PLATES!
JOEY IN AN APRES-SHOW KIMONO--MUGLER, PERHAPS?
A WORD TO THE WISE! Even though another month and a half have been added o the show's run, the theater is so small that reservations are essential, particularly on weekends.
I caught the truly amazing Richard Avedon retrospective at Jeu De Paum in Paris recently. If this exhibition comes your way, definitely check it out. I am not a gallery type, and normally think, if you like an artist so much, why not just buy the book instead of physically going to an exhibit. Of course there were famous images like the Dovima with Elephants, below. (Dovima was a big Lypsinka influence.)
But much of RIchard's work I hadn't seen, including a whole series of sooty-faced coal miners, a photo of young, slimmer Zsa Zsa looking exactly like Barbara Eden (same nose surgeon?) and a nude of of Candy Darling in a gorgeous 'do with her nasty, nelly nuts swinging free. I know that photos inside museums are against the rules, but not everyone can make it over to Paris to see the exhibit!
The whole city is a gallery. Just take a gander at these creative and well-executed if hideous animal hairdo's. The pic's not that great, but I think you can detect the elephant and dog shaped wigs. The tendrils really stank them up, right? Make a perfect shape, then add messy tendrils to spoil it? Very french. Very fashion-y. Totally rotten!
Thankfully, my friend Martin Kala had his camera with him, as we ran into this confection as fashion window. A candied dress! Sweet!!
The same window also featured a golden pan of beautifully arranged marron glaces (candied chestnuts) and a chocolate stiletto that makes you want to put your foot in your mouth!
I was in Paris for a dj gig for the 75th anniversary of Lacoste and the launch of V 54 Sport. Each V issue costs $250 and contains 3 gorgeous polo shirts with photographic prints on them. I know 3 shirts for $250 may seem a little pricey, but some of these images are stunning. Like this one by Richard Phillips which is covered with model Coco's lovely visage.
I am happy to report that unlike the trim-fitting shirts which were in style for the past few years, the large is actually more like an extra large, so pigs like me who may be wary of plunking down $250 for cotton shirts which don't fit and will shrink if machine-dried, needn't worry. Other designers include Pedro Almodovar, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Michael Stipe, David Byrne and Karl Lagerfeld.
What a bash! Bureau Betak really knows how to throw one, and models in sailor suits greeted each of the tony guests.
But roll down the gangway, gals! There's a new poisson in town. Meet Bun-Bun, the catch of the day!
Regardez-vouz cette poulet francais adorable! That golden skin color is so appetizing!
I'll be the first to admit that while I admire eccentricity, I don't always cotton to french style.
This photo of Karl Lagerfeld and I (with YSL designer Stefano Pilati in between and an incredulous James Kaliardos of V on the right) from the launch party has been circulatiing on fashion blogs. Elle.com referred to the image of us two nuts as "Couture has been gorgeous and all, but my pick for the most satisfying image of the week comes from off the runway." (I also enjoyed a commenter on Ele.com who simply wrote "Too much lash, not enough eye." I've met Karl a few times and I'm not sure he gets my sense of humor. I immediately and enthusiastically thanked him for designing my dress, which in my mind was kind of a good-natured "read", since I'm fairly sure that my nautical-themed micro-mini with rhinestone-encrusted nude illusion was not exactly his idea of chic. The dress was actually fashioned by former Boybar beauty Miss Glamamore about 7 years ago--and it till fits! (Thank god for stretch fabrics!)
The party was a blast, especially once the notorious Christine Mingo Steinitz Kennedy arrived in a haute wig and designer jewelry of some sort. Also seen, DJ producer Mark Ronson, Martin Kala, studly puerto rican designer Angel Figueroa, my Wigstock partner Scott Lifshutz, and the always bubbly shutterbug Ellen von Unwerth. There were also several trendy young dancers doing a new dance called the techtronic or technotronic? It's kind of like a hip-hop meets vogue meets those fluid glow-stick raver movements.
Here's the real gagger. The boat was docked with the Eiffel Tower shimmering blue in the background. I think this had something to do with Sarkosy's acceptance as head of the EU? (I heard a different explanation each time I asked.) And then the tower magically began to twinkle! Christine and I were so overcome with delight that we simultaneously vomited into each other's assholes! Ooh la la! Mais oui! Paree! Sometimes I have to admit, I LOVE MY JOB!
During America's Mayor's ill-fated presidential campaign, he complained that lawsuit-happy people were crippling businesses. Of course, we've all heard about the woman who successfully sued McDonald's when she herself spilled hot coffee in her fool lap. Some people are looking for an excuse to sue for profit--no doubt about it. But isn't the trend really big business being protected against citizens' valid claims, like the mortgage fiasco, trying to squeeze $ out of your insurance company, and new laws which make it tougher to declare bankruptcy?
HE'S A SENIOR IN COLLEGE? HE LOOKS 50!
Well, according to Thom Hartman (the Air America Radio host who now fills Randi Rhodes' slot), Giuliani's son doesn't share his dad's dim view of lawsuits. Today, he filed a 198 page suit against the Duke University golf team. The team had kicked him off after he flung his golf club and zoomed out of the golf course's parking lot. Andrew Giuliani ranked 12th on a team of 13. But the poor thing dreamed of being a professional golfer. Awww. Like father, like son. Dreams don't always come true.
Dennis Kucinich was my first choice for the democratic nominee, but his messages were so radical (ie: we can't handle the truth), that he wasn't even allowed to speak at the MSNBC debate. While Clinton and Obama were setting a time table of 2009 for withdrawal of troops, Kucinich was advocating immediate, phased withdrawal of our troops to be replaced by international peace-keeping troops.
He was forced to drop out of the presidential race, not only because of low poll numbers, but also because the national republican party swung their support behind the opponent for his seat in Ohio. If Kucinich lost, then he couldn't be in the House to bring up pesky things like articles of impeachment.
Unfortunately, it wasn't only the diabolical republicans who are trying to silence him. IT'S OUR OWN DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS. We all know that Nancy Pelosi dashed all of our hopes of an effective democratic House by pushing for few of the causes she was elected for. She also said the impeachment was "off the table."
Check this out from Wikipedia:
"A report suggested that representatives of Nancy Pelosi and American Israel Public Affairs Committee would "guarantee" Kucinich's re-election if he dropped his bid to impeach Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, though Kucinich denies the meeting happened."
REPUBLICANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES PLAYING DIRTY TRICKS.
More from WIkipedia:
"Democratic leaders Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi opposed it and she announced that “she would not support a resolution calling for Bush's impeachment, saying such a move was unlikely to succeed and would be divisive."
Universal health care is also unlikely to succeed, but does that mean we shouldn't try for what is right? And as far as being divisive, don't we want to divide ourselves from the crooks who are running (and ruining) this nation and from democrats who don't have the courage to stand up to them because they're more concerned with their own political futures to raise a ruckus?
Luckily, Kucinich won his back his seat in the House of Representatives. And while Obama is on a photo-op tour of the war-torn Middle East in an attempt to look presidential, Kucinich is busting Bush and Cheney's withered balls. With your help, maybe we can even demonstrate to "democrats" like Pelosi that WE WANT JUSTICE SERVED. AND WE WON'T STOP UNTIL BUSH AND CHENEY ARE BEHIND BARS. OR AT LEAST IMPEACHED.
For christ's sake! Clinton was impeached for a blow job. This administration has sent thousands to their deaths unnecessarily and stripped US citizens of their civil liberties. Or if politics don't interest you until the price of gas goes up, well, BUSH AND CHENEY ARE OIL MEN! Two terms of them and no wonder gas prices are sky high.
In this video, Kucinich is thanking us for the support that we've given him through signing petitions, phoning representatives, making donations, etc. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? Please take the time to watch this video and if you agree with him PLEASE sign the petition. (It asks for your phone # but I did not include mine, so it's not required. You can also uncheck "I want to receive more buletins" if you like. But please watch and please sign. ASAP. Kucinich's impeachment claims will be set in motion this Friday. IE TOMORROW! And check this out. Your support may even be softening up Pelosi!
From Wikipedia:
"On July 14th, 2008 Kucinich introduced a new resolution of impeachment against George W. Bush with only one count. Kucinich charged Bush of manufacturing evidence to sway public opinion in favor of the war in Iraq. Speaker Pelosi said in a CBS interview on July 14th that this resolution of impeachment should be looked at more closely."
NOW IT'S TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT KUCINICH IS RIGHT ON TRACK! PLEASE SIGN AND FORWARD TO ANYONE WHO HAS A BRAIN. KUCINICH MAY LOOK LIKE AN ELF, BUT HE'S THE ONE WHO IS ROARING LIKE A LION RIGHT NOW AND NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.
And just for a goof, have a look at Kucinich's platforms for his '08 presidential bid. Setting up a new department for peace? Legalizing same-sex marriage? De-criminalizing marijuana? How radical! How revolutinary. How FUCKING BRILLIANT! Maybe this is the candidate we should have been paying attention to all this time.
Creating a single-payer not-for-profit system of universal health care that provides full coverage for all Americans by passage of the United States National Health Insurance Act.
The immediate, phased withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq; replacing them with an international security force.
Guaranteed quality education for all; including free pre-kindergarten and college for all who want it. Immediate withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Immediate repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Fostering a world of international cooperation.
Abolishing the death penalty.
Environmental renewal and clean energy.
Preventing the privatization of social security.
Providing full social security benefits at age 65.
Creating a cabinet-level "Department of Peace"
Ratifying the ABM Treaty and the Kyoto Protocol. I ntroducing reforms to bring about instant-runoff voting.
Protecting a woman's right to choose while decreasing the number of abortions performed in the U.S.
Ending the War on Drugs.
Legalizing same-sex marriage.
Strongly promoting workers' rights.
Ending the H-1B and L-1 visa Programs
Restoring rural communities and family farms.
Strengthening gun control.
Legalizing medicinal marijuana and decriminalizing non-medical possession
Residents claim using the term to refer to gay women insults their identity
Three residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have lost an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women. The residents argued that using the term in reference to gay women insulted their identity.
But an Athens court ruled there was no justification for their contention that they felt slighted, saying the word did not define the islanders' identity.
Greeks often refer to the island as Mytilene, after its capital.
"This is a good decision for lesbians everywhere," Vassilis Chirdaris, lawyer for the Gay and Lesbian Union of Greece, told Reuters news agency.
The island's name was applied to gay women in acknowledgement of the female poet Sappho, who wrote love poems about both women and men in about 600 BC.
Actually, Hillary just posted a great blog on Huffpo about a really dirty trick from the Bush camp, where he's trying to sneak contraception into the definition of abortion. I read about this a few days ago, but admit that I didn't fully understand all of it's implications until I read Hill's informative post. Clinton fans will also be happy to know that she is, along with others, being vetted for VP.
An Outrageous Attempt by the Bush Administration to Undermine Women's Rights by Hillary Clinton
The Bush administration is up to its old tricks again, quietly putting ideology before science and women's health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is poised to put in place new barriers to accessing common forms of contraception like birth control pills, emergency contraception and IUDs by labeling them "abortion." These proposed regulations set to be released next week will allow healthcare providers to refuse to provide contraception to women who need it. We can't let them get away with this underhanded move to undermine women's health and that's why I am sounding the alarm.
These rules pose a serious threat to providers and uninsured and low-income Americans seeking care. They could prevent providers of federally-funded family planning services, like Medicaid and Title X, from guaranteeing their patients access to the full range of comprehensive family planning services. They'll also build significant barriers to counseling, education, contraception and preventive health services for those who need it most: low-income and uninsured women and men.
A little boy about 12 years old is walking down the street dragging a flattened frog on a string behind him. He came up to the doorstep of 'a house of ill repute' and knocked on the door.
When the Madam answered it, she saw the little boy and asked what he wanted.
He said, 'I want to have sex with one of the women inside. I have the money to buy it, and I'm not leaving until I get it.
The Madam figured, why not, so she told him to come in. Once in, she told him to pick any of the girls he liked. He asked, 'Do any of the girls have any diseases?'
Of course the Madam said 'No'.
The boy said, 'I heard all the men talking about having to get shots after making love with Amber - THAT'S the girl I want.'
Since the little boy was so adamant and had the money to pay for it, the Madam told him to go to the first room on the right.
He headed down the hall dragging the squashed frog behind him. Ten minutes later he came back, still dragging the frog, paid the Madam, and headed out the door.
The Madam stopped him and asked, 'Why did you pick the only girl in the place with a disease, instead of one of the others?'
He said, 'Well, if you must know, tonight when I get home, my parents are going out to a restaurant to eat, leaving me at home with a baby-sitter. After they leave, my baby-sitter will have sex with me because she just happens to be very fond of cute little boys. She will then get the disease that I just caught. When Mum and Dad get back, Dad will take the baby-sitter home. On the way, he'll give her one in the car and he'll catch the disease.
Then when Dad gets home from the baby-sitter's, he and Mum will go to bed and have sex, and Mum will catch it.
In the morning when Dad goes to work, the Milkman will deliver the milk, have a quickie with Mum and catch the disease, and HE'S the prick who ran over my FROG!'
ALSO FROM ESTHER: YOU ELECT THE NEXT MR. SAO PAOLO! The winner will represent his city in the Mr. Gay Brazil contest.
Ms. Williams is a tough cookie, but she met her match on Monday, when Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, the bad girl of “The Apprentice,” went on the show to promote her new book, “The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It On and Off.”
Omarosa, who goes by one name, like Cher or Stalin, had her switch turned on high. Ms. Williams took her to task. “But, Omarosa, while you and I both have demanding ways, I’ve found that you show the honey, and it works a little better.”
Omarosa retorted, “You didn’t get here by being sweet,” noting that Ms. Williams’s radio career was built on, as she put it, “talking smack” about people.
Ms. Williams, visibly irked, said, “I feel like in many ways you are the stereotype of the angry black woman.”
Omarosa replied, “I’d rather be an A.B.W. than a buffoon.”
The last straw, however, was about bouffants. Ms. Williams slyly worked in a mention of her guest’s recent breast augmentation surgery; Omarosa retaliated by asking Ms. Williams if she had had her nose fixed. Ms. Williams, who said she has only used Botox, suggested that Omarosa plump up her lines with Restylane.
“And I would suggest a wig that doesn’t stuff my head three inches,” Omarosa snapped back.
At long last a breakthrough in daytime programming: the backtalk show.
TODAY'S HONORARY DRAG QUEEN AWARD GOES TO THIS NUT. SHE'S LIKE SHIRLEY BASSEY IN WHITE FACE. LIKE SHIRL, DOT HAILS FROM WALES. MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER THERE!
The fool is trying to run with his foreign policy as a centerpiece of his campaign. But this video shows him referring to something that has been bothering him recently-that Russia is sending oil supplies to Czechoslovakia.
Well, my friend, that country has not existed since 1993 when it split in two!
Did you know this? Maybe not.
Did I know this. Nope. I had to do a spell-check on it.
But we ain't running for president on the basis of our foreign policy expertise. And even if Czechoslovakia DID still exist, should Russia's oil supplies to the non-existent fairy-land factor in much to a foreign policy which matters to his audience in Albuquerque, New Mexico or anywhere else in the country?
The whole country wants out of this war! Focus on that, grandpa! TIme to put this dithering old fool out to pasture. This isn't the first time he's made the exact same mistake. And if you need more reason to despise him, by all accounts, the #1 issue in the country is the pathetic economy. He has plainly said "I don't know much about the economy." Well then how the hell do you think he's gonna fix it--with the same policies which Bush used to sink us into a recession? Jesus, even if you could care less about the thousands dying needlessly i Iraq and don't wish to vote for Obama because you hate black people, surely you care enough about your financial well-being to see that Obama isn't senile. After two terms of Bush, do we need another idiot running things?
At least he's just senile. His (Stepford) wife's a complete liar, although possibly fun to party with. After a history of stealing prescription drugs from a charity she worked for, the McCain campaign is now trying to make the filthy rich heiress, who has never touched a kitchen utensil in her cotton-picking life, seem more like a humble homemaker. How? By releasing two of her favorite cookie recipes. Isn't that sweet? Unfortunately, she'd stolen (or had McCain aides steal) existing recipes from well-known cooking sites and changed a few ingredients slightly.
And if you want more info on the 'scrip-stealing, here's an exceprt from and a link to an excellent article from Salon.com:
Among the questions asked: Did Cindy McCain get preferential treatment by the feds? True, Cindy was a first-time offender, which partially explains the fact that she did no prison time; instead, she entered a diversion program. But at the time, defense lawyers told New Times that if Cindy McCain had been a poor minority and not married to a U.S. senator, she likely would have been locked up.
Yes, it's a cheesy slogan: "all you have to do is dance to save the world." But Club4Climate's silly-sounding premise--that partygoers can groove their way to a greener planet--is based on real science. The environmental group, founded by British real estate mogul Andrew Charalambous, is set to open what is being touted as the world's first eco-club on July 10 in London. And as the dancers get pumped up, Club Surya will get powered up. Literally. The dance floor is designed to harness the energy of the people stomping on it based on a principle called piezoelectricity.
HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM MISS LEPORE'S GUIDE TO NYC FROM HER GAY.COM INTERVIEW ON THE NY SCENE:
Why, in your opinion, is fashion so much more toned-down than back in the late 80's, early 90's?
There were more jobs that kids could get in the clubs because there were so many huge clubs. I think more people were interested in going out. Now they have to get real jobs, so it got toned down. So if you had polka dots on your face, people would not take you seriously. All those kids were working in clubs more, so clubs would welcome that, and those kids were stars. Now you could buy a table and be a star. That's really changed nightlife.
An excerpt from Simon's latest column in the NY OBSERVER:
As I said, all over Manhattan, style professionals are fighting over this issue of Italian Vogue. There sits '80s supermodel Linda Evangelista-womanly, more beautiful and fascinating than ever, the very essence of snooty elegance: looking like a cross between socialites CZ Guest and Barbara Hutton. The dignified Steven Meisel photographs of Ms. Evangelista flip the bird at skank style and pay tribute to that long-lost era when women were pampered because they were mysterious and special, and not because they could pole-dance. "Thank God!" hissed a female colleague, who had stopped by my cubicle to try and steal my copy.
Living in Bahrain really agrees with Michael. Miss Thing went shopping (to a toy store, natch!) in a wheelchair, pajamas, the obligatory and (dead giveaway) surgical mask, and a rasta wig! And it had talks to develop a reality show New Kids On The Block--I guess she's tired of her old kids! The show's working title? New Kids On My Cock!
We are Openmind, and Indie Record label located in Madrid, Spain. We have just released an international Gay Hymn that is available for sale at the most important international online stores.
The website consists on a single page where you can listen to a sample of the tune. It also has a direct link to iTunes music Store so you can get the Full Radio version easily. A videoclip is now in production, so it will be available soon.
I've always wanted to see my mug on a billboard--at least my fat country ass ain't selling KFC!
I've joined the PETA gang to send the message that while PETA isn't insisting that KFC stop serving chicken, it is strongly denouncing grisly procedures like de-beaking the birds while they are alive. EVERYONE I've mentioned this de-beaking to was repulsed--and this campaign seeks to spread the word. More info below in the videos by real celebrities. I didn't quite understand the slogan "Sometimes Big Bright Packages Contain Dirty Secrets", but I guess it's either a reference to the fact that I have cooties under my wig or that a have a dirty little penis which I'm concealing. (Both are true.) That said, you may begin jacking off now. Oh, but not before I mention that the billboard, which went up two days ago for a several week run, is appropriately located right near the Holland Tunnel, which I think is a fitting juxtaposition of two of the largest, dirtiest holes in the tri-state area! Guys, now I know you're rock-soft!
Epiphany is a crazy southern import who is quite gorgeous when (and if) she decides not to do club-kid drag! This looks likes an unusual exhibit. For more on Epiphany, check out HER MYSPACE PAGE, where from some reason she calls herself Miss Get Paid To SIng.
Drag Show Video Verite screens again in NYC Monday, July 14, 2008 8pm at Lincoln Center.
It’s the ultimate New York City drag show…on video tape. And what a LINE-UP!
After a SRO premiere at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium earlier this summer, the all new edition of Drag Show Video Verite will screen again in NYC, Monday, July 14 at 8pm. The screening is part of the Fresh Fruit Festival (http://www.freshfruitfestival.com) and will take place at the LGBT Center (208 West 13th Street). Tickets are $10 general admission and can be purchased at the door or at http://www.theatermania.com.
A short trailer for Drag Show Video Vérité is posted on YouTube and may be found at the following link or searching Drag Show Video Verite on the site. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69jWvI4kuZ4
Drag Show Video Vérité gathers and screens rare film and video that documents the faces and places, past and present, of New York City’s vibrant drag scene. This year’s all new edition offers more colorful and never before publicly screened footage from the 1950s to the present and offers a who’s who of NYC’s male and female impersonators.
Performers from back in the day to yesterday and tomorrow are featured in a barrage of clips. From Jewel Box Revue performer Dorian and Warhol Superstars Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis to Flawless Sabrina, Rollerena, Lady Bunny, Murray Hill, La JohnJoseph, Justin Bond, Jesse Volt, Joan Jett Blakk, Glenda Orgasm, Agnes de Garron, Clover Honey, Jayne County, Lypsinka, Glenn Marla, Linda Simpson, Flotilla de Barge, Sister Tui, Tabboo!, Sweetie, Sherry Vine, and Rose Wood (plus many more), Drag Show Video Vérité serves a long list of marquee drag names. (See more complete list below.)
Of special note in this year’s screening is the premiere of Taylor Mac’s music video “If You See Something Say Something” and a rare 1965 8mm film by Avery Willard documenting the 82 Club’s Adrian performing his scandalous Salome dance.
Drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys serves as the documentary’s producer and director and again teams with independent filmmaker Seth S. Hauer as editor.
Read an interview with Jeffreys about the project at: NAKEDCITY
Join the drag happy crowd this July 14 at the Fresh Fruit Festival screening of Drag Show Video Verite.
“Brings back those halcyon, hairsprayed days and nights” Time Out New York, Lawrence Ferber, June 2007.
Drag Show Video Verite features rare footage of: Adrian, Joey Arias, Joan Jett Blakk, Justin Bond, Bette Bourne, Lady Bunny, Frankie Cocktail, Lavinia Co-op, Jayne County, Lance Cruce, Jackie Curtis, Flotilla DeBarge, Agnes de Garron, Mo B. Dick, Sister Dimension, Dorian, Dred, Edie, Ethyl Eichelberger, Misstress Formika, Zondra Foxx, Mitzi Gaymor, Ginger, Oswaldo Gomez, Murray Hill, Clover Honey, Buster Hymen, Mimi Imfurst, Java, La JohnJoseph, Jacqueline Jonée, Labio, Yvonne Lame, David Leslie, Lypsinka, Dean Johnson, Ron Jones, John Kelly as Dagmar Onassis, Taylor Mac, Agosto Machado, Legs Malone, Glenn Marla, Shelly Mars, Glenda Orgasm, Sir Pat, All-Beef Patty, Hapi Phace, Rajene, Devlin Rains, Tanya Ransom, Rollerena, Wilhelmina Ross, Flawless Sabrina, Paul Shaw, Ariel Sinclair, Linda Simpson, Chico Soda, Sultana, Sweetie, Switch n’ Play, Tabboo!, Chris Tanner, Diane Torr, Sister Tui, Miss Understood, Lahoma Van Zandt, Sherry Vine, Jesse Volt, Julie Wheeler, Rose Wood, Holly Woodlawn and many, many more.
I'm cringing over Obama's inevitable slide toward the center needed to win the general election, but watch this video (from Huffpo) where Reverend Jackson, a failed presidential candidate, is caught whispering about Obama on Fox News that he'd "like to cut his nuts off" for "talking down to black people."
Well if a black's revered moral leaders are this gruesome and crude, maybe they do need a new morality message--even it is construed as "talking down". Thanks, Jesse, for delivering a perfect weapon to diminish support among black voters for the first African-American presidential candidate who's managed to secure his party's nomination. A little jealousy here, perhaps? And sorry, Rev, you kinda blew your moral authority in 2001 with that child you had with a staffer who wasn't your fucking wife. wife! Maybe that's why you characterize Obama's remarks that black men need to be better fathers as talking down to blacks--it hits a little too close to home? Ask any black woman if that's talking down to blacks or if it's the fucking truth! Just like Obama's famous bitter comment about the voters in Pennsylvania's small towns, the truth sometimes hurts. So should Barack just tell the black community what they want to hear and ignore the widespread cultural problem of black men abandoning the children they sire?
It's easy for me to interpret this as jealousy from former black presidential candidates and I hope that they are both bigger than that, but I was suspicious when Jesse and Al Sharpton didn't throw their support behind Obama, a clear winner, from the beginning, claiming he wasn't black enough. I guess you have to be an adulterer with a bastard child making junkyard dog statements like the one you made about cutting someone's nuts off to be "black enough." And this is after Jackson had criticized Obama earlier in the primary for "acting like he's white" due to the senator's perceived tepid response to the Jena 6 high school noose-hanging case. Jackson later claimed to not recall making that "acting white" remark.
I don't mean to suggest that Jesse Jackson hasn't done great things for his community for a very long time-I was just disgusted by this comment-on or off the air. After the birth of Jesse's bastard hit the news, Jesse retired briefly from activism. Maybe it's time to take another little break and let a winner do his thing if this is his take on Obama's message. I think it can best be summed up in the song title of another legendary activist James Brown whose nine kids in and out of wedlock are still battling for his estate: It's A New Day (So Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn.) I don't know what the fuck that means, but I think it's applicable advice for Jesse Jackson after his hideous statements.
MAN-TURNED-WOMAN to star in a film IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, July 09, 2008]
The name of the film is 'Paal' and is directed by D. Sivakumar. The movie's mission is to show facts of life keeping in mind that every single individual has a right to peaceful life immaterial of gender – male, female or transsexual.
Most of Indian Cinema has always depicted transsexuals in a rather shabby vein in order to tickle the funny bone of 'insensitive' people. Barring a few short films and documentaries, the lives and emotions of transsexuals have always been underplayed and even exploited. This is where director D. Sivakumar steps in. His film 'Paal', meaning 'gender' in Tamil would explore the hitherto unexplored terrain of the lives of transsexuals in mainstream commercial Tamil cinema for the very first time.
I mean he is shit. And that's exactly how the turd is being honored in San Francisco, where thanks to the efforts of dragoon Peaches Christ and other patriots, a sewage treatment plant may be named after our dear departing president!
An excerpt from BBC NEWS:
Mr McConnell's group has submitted more than 12,000 signatures on a petition to the San Francisco Department of Elections. If at least 7,168 of those signatures are found to be valid, the question of whether to rename Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant after the outgoing president will be added to the ballot papers in November.
"In President Bush's case, we think that we will be cleaning up a substantial mess for the next 10 or 20 years," said Mr McConnell.
"The sewage treatment facility's job is to clean up a mess, so we think it's a fitting tribute."
Really moving reggae song about a girl who was molested by her dad. According to of the comments on youtube--which is admittedly not solid research--this is not uncommon in Jamaica.
The two divas had a little bit of a rocky history since when Patti was in the Patti Labelle and the Bluebells, Diana poached Bluebell Cindy Birdsong to become the replacement Supreme for Flo Ballard. But I think this tribute was recorded before the infamous 80's Motown awards where Patti snatched the mic out of Diana's hands to bring it on home.
And just because this is the unofficial Patti fan site, I also dug up a great version of YOU ARE MY FRIEND with losts of classic Patti-isms. Can't get enough of her!
I rejoice at any backlash against the dull-ass no talent Posh Spice, but this is political correctness at it's most retarded. Transsexuals are threatening Posh because a designer she likes uses the term "hot tranny mess"? Give me a break! The more I read the comments of the protesting transsexuals, the more this sounds made up. The trannies insult Posh even more viciously than Christian's hot tranny mess comment. I also doubt that Posh is "living in constant terror"--is The India TImes a reputable paper?
And here's a goof. I recently dj'ed in D.C. at an early event. When a D.C. pride organizer heard that I'd be i town, he got me to fill in for Frenchie Davis, who'd had to cancel her performance at a Mr and Mis D.C. Pride Awards show. Part of my payment? A dress by Christian! So look out for this hot tranny mess in a hot tranny dress!
By ANI on Monday, June 30, 2008
Victoria Beckham is living in constant terror after being dragged into a war of words between her favourite fashion designer and a group of furious transsexuals.
The whole drama started when Posh Spice’s fashion designer pal Christian Siriano offended LA’s gender-bending community.
The 21-year-old Christian, who himself has admitted that he’s gay, was forced to apologise to “he-she” groups for using the term “hot tranny mess” on TV to describe frocks he doesn’t like.
He further made the “snip-tuck” brigade angry by saying in a magazine interview: “If you think of heterosexuals, they have white trash women and trailer parks and we have drag queens and trannies.”
Following the spat, Victoria has also become a target as the transsexuals believe that she’s championing Christian’s career.
“How dare she support this freak. She might not have to worry about physical attack but boy is she going to be embarrassed when 50 of us turn up at her next public function and tell the world what we think,” The Daily Star quoted LA transsexual Dawn, as saying.
“No one’s designs are going to do anything for an emaciated stick insect with sparrow legs like her. She might as well stick to the kind of ho-bag outfits we usually see her in. Come to think of it, she’d probably fit in quite nicely in a trailer park,” Dawn added.
Another source in the transsexual community in LA said: “Siriano has made himself a target because of his hateful comments.
“And now Posh is a target too, by default, for giving him her support.” (ANI)
A new artwork from Star Queen inspired by my mother's cunt. I'm no art critic, but I think she's onto something here. Star lives in Nashville and my mom lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but the two cities are far enough apart to where I hope that my mom's labial smells aren't detectable hundreds of miles away. Of course, Star did misspell palsy by adding an e--or is this a knowing hint at an anagram (if you add an r) for parsley, widely known for it's breath-freshening powers? Or is Star referring to her own mom, and the illustration has unearthed long-buried fears of my own mother's vagina? I just love ol' art!
PS: Star Queen now has her own entertaining blog which can be found at ISTARQUEEN.BLOGSPOT.COM. She is currently featuring that dynamite clip of Serena (Sabrina's of BEWITCHED's mischievous dark-haired, swinging sister) singing the divoon BLOW YOU A KISS IN THE WIND. Check it out. And here's a pic of Star Queen as Claudia Schiffer.
Really odd disco video from 1980. Love the low-heeled white ankle boots, but Kelly seems almost resentful (or nervous?) at first but gets into it by the time she does her kick. I think she's singing live. I met her the Black Cap pub in London 10 years ago and she still sang the hell out of that song. That one high note is insane!
Our country's news channels are hesitant to refer to thecurrent economic downturn as a recession, hinting at it by calling it "the R word." Funny how we have to get our news from abroad.
U.S. Is in No Shape to Give Advice, Medvedev Says
MOSCOW — Russia’s new president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, less swaggering than his predecessor but as touchy about criticism from abroad, said in an interview that an America in “essentially a depression” was in no position to lecture other countries on how to conduct their affairs.
I mean, you know that Fox perverts the news with some nasty tricks. But are we really so shallow we'd more readily disagree with a talking head on the news if they're less attractive? I've read articles about how attractive people succeed more easily in life. Since I was in tears throughout the article, I can't remember much of it. But look at how Fox has altered the faces of the NY Times reporters they call Attack Dogs. The guy on the right has had his nose enlarged. Both men's teeth are yellowed. The guy on the right side has dark circles added--perhaps for a little touch of the evil middle eastern man's eye look?--and his hairline has been thinned out. Oddly, he's also had his face lengthened. Gee, you mean a long face is unattractive? Shucks!
