JIM FOURATT ON COLBERT REPORT

VANITY FAIR ON SARAH PALIN

FASCINATING, IN-DEPTH ARTICLE BY TODD S. PURDUM. HERE'S AN EXCERPT OF IT CAME FROM WASILLA:



Another aspect of the Palin phenomenon bears examination, even if the mere act of raising it invites intimations of sexism: she is by far the best-looking woman ever to rise to such heights in national politics, the first indisputably fertile female to dare to dance with the big dogs. This pheromonal reality has been a blessing and a curse. It has captivated people who would never have given someone with Palin’s record a second glance if Palin had looked like Susan Boyle. And it has made others reluctant to give her a second chance because she looks like a beauty queen.

ANOTHER EXCERPT:

"When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig’s condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God’s, and signed it “Trig’s Creator,
Your Heavenly Father.”

PUKE!

DERRICK BARRY AS BRITNEY

HE ACTUALLY LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE HER! I'M NOT A FAN OF BRITNEY, BUT HE'S DAMN GOOD!



AND HERE HE IS ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT:

ANOTHER THEATER TWEED FRACTURED CLASSICK

IN CASE YOU DON'T GET THE REFERENCE, THE TITLE REFERS TO THE KIM NOVAK'S PICNIC. IT WILL BE FUN TO SEE SWEETIE PLAY AN 18 YEAR OLD!

The TWEED Fractured Classicks Series presents original interpretations of great American plays and movies. Call it parody. Call it satire. But don't call it camp! These productions are deceptively reverent, yet hilarious spins on classic American dramatic literature.



This particular dinosaur emerged in the early fifties and ran away with most of the season awards - including the Pulitzer! The performance features drag legend Sweetie in the lead role, Broadway's comic diva the peerless Julie Halston, and TWEED faviorites, Jay Rogers, Bradford Scobie, Steve Hayes, David Ilku and Greg Wallach, with a special turn by Bree Benton in her TWEED debut. Stephen Pell, of Ridiculous Theater fame, adapted the script, and Kevin Malony directs.

This one night only performance will be held at The Abrons Arts Center, the New York theater scene's best kept secret - but not for long.

Get your tickets now. Click here to purchase Tickets. Tickets are $20.

ANDERSON COOPER AT STUDIO 54 AGE 10

WATCHING MICHAEL JACKSON DANCING! MORE ON TOWLEROAD.

GOD HATES THE WORLD

SUNG TO THE TUNE OF WE ARE THE WORLD. THESE ARE THE FREAKS WHO SHOW UP AT SOLDIER'S FUNERALS TO DAMN THE US BECAUSE OF OUR SINS--ESPECIALLY HOMOSEXUALITY.


Westboro God Hates The World Music Video - Watch more Funny Videos

R.I.P. MICHAEL JACKSON AND FARRAH FAWCETT

A RETROSPECTIVE OF FARRAH'S FAMOUS FROSTED LOCKS:

A CONVERSATION W/ LADY BUNNY AND LARRY KRAMER

THIS SEGMENT APPEARED ON PBS'S LONG RUNNING GAY NEWS MAGAZINE IN THE LIFE. I STUPIDLY FORGOT THE AIRDATE! BUT HERE IT IS ON YOUTUBE. IN THE LIF ASKED ME WHO I WANTED TO INTERVIEW AND I IMMEDIATELY SAID LARRY! I STILL HAVEN'T HAD THE NERVE TO WATCH IT BECAUSE I AM NOT NEARLY AS SMART AS LARRY! PLUS, MY WIG IS WEURD. IF YOU WATCH IT, LET ME KNOW HOW IT IS! I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL OR THE BRAVO A-LIST AWARDS YET. BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT I WILL BE APPEARING AS MYSELF ON TORI AND DEAN: HOME SWEET HOLLYWOOD ON THE OXYGEN CHANNEL ON TUESDAY JULY 21ST.

JACKO'S AUTOPSY

REALLY SAD! BUT AT LEAST SHE KEPT HER WIG ON. I WONDER WHAT CAUSED HIS HAIR TO GO?

THESUN

A CRAZY DANCE FORM BRAZIL

EXORCIZiNG THE HOMO DEMON

THIS WOULDN'T BE SO SHOCKING IF IT WAS IN TEXAS, BUT IT'S IN BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUTT, WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL! I HATE TO BREAK IT TO THIS "MINISTRY", BUT IF YOU CAN WRITHE ON THE FLOOR FOR THAT LONG AND KEEP YOUR SWEATER TUCKED IN, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A GAY. AT THE VERY END, A GUY SAYS "NO MORE FREDERICKA", SO I WONDER IF THIS POOR GAY IS A DRAG.

MEXCAN HIGH HEEL RACE

Mexican High-Heel Race
Uploaded by DiagonalView. - See more comedy videos.

ECUADORIAN DRAG FIGHT--I WISH THIS ONE HAD SUBTITLES!

HURTS SO GOOD

MY FAV CATTY QUEEN REPORTER MIKE DIAMOND DECIPHERS FOLSOM STREET EAST LEATHER FEST. THE MOST SHOCKING? AN UNRECOGNIZABLY THIN CHI CHI LARUE!

NIGHT PATROL: RAPE SCENE!

THE SINGING DOMINATRIX

NICK CANNON'S IDIOTIC COMMENTS ALMOST RUIN THUS ADORABLE PERFORMANCE. AND IS SHARON OSBOURNE HAD THE FERGIE SURGERY? SHE'S LOOKING MORE AMPHIBIAN IN HIS CLIP.

"THE PITIFUL-EST"

TELEVANGELIST JAN CROUCH GOES OFF ON A TRIP TO ISRAEL! JIMMY JAMES WAS WATCHING THIS ON TV IN SAN ANTONIO WHILE WE HOWLED OER THE AUDIO. APPARENTLY SHE WAS WEARING WHITE BOOTS, AS ONE WOULD IN A FIELD. JAN IS OFTEN KNOWN TO BREAK DOWN IN HYSTERICS WHILE "MINISTERING".

HOT NEW WIG LOOKS!

THESE WERE FORWARDED TO ME SO I DON'T KNOW WHO STYLED THEM. BUT THEY DESERVE AN AWARD. THESE THRILL ME MORE THAN ALMOST ANYTHING I'VE SEEN IN A MUSEUM!






















AND SPEAKING OF HOT WIG LOOKS....

MEET SUBMISSIVE TV ROBERTA RAE ON HER MYSPACE PAGE!

MJ MEMORIAL? WHOOPS!

FROM POPBITCH.COM:

"On the corner of Hollywood and Vine sits a star
along the "Hollywood Walk of Fame," with loads
of flowers, candles and pictures, surrounded by
fans of Michael Jackson. (Pictured in almost
every newspaper this morning). The star they have
been surrounding all day is marked with the
name, Michael Jackson. But the star does not
belong to The King of Pop, it belongs to British
born radio host Michael Jackson, who has been
an L.A. radio personality for over 30 years.
Seems the other Michael Jackson’s star has
been covered since early Thursday morning.
Covered by a red carpet. A red carpet
leading to The Chinese Theatre Hollywood
premiere of Bruno."

SHEE HEE!

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband.. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded, " Rome ? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome . How are you getting there?"

"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"

"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late. Where are you staying in Rome ?"

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome 's Tiber River called Teste."

"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks it’s gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump"

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."

"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a million other people are trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."

A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome .

"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "Not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28 year old steward who waited on me hand and foot.
The hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"

"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."

"Actually, we were quite lucky. As we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."

"Oh, really! What'd he say?"
=0 A
He said, "Who fucked up your hair?"

WORK IT OUT GIRL!

Police: Man dons bustier, can't skirt drug charges

June 25, 2009

TUSTIN, Calif. - Police say a California man donning a bustier and watching porn on a computer in an apartment complex gym was arrested after officers found drugs in his backpack.

Sgt. Todd Bullock says 45-year-old Stephen Murdoch of Tustin was arrested early Tuesday after a security guard spotted him in a workout room that was supposed to be closed and locked.

When police peered inside, they saw Murdoch - also in a miniskirt, fishnet stockings and heels - hiding behind exercise equipment and watching an adult film on a laptop.

Officers noticed Murdoch was sweating profusely and talking quickly. They arrested him on suspicion of drug possession after allegedly finding marijuana, methamphetamine and pipes in his bag.

Murdoch did not return a call seeking comment Wednesday.

GRACE JONES HULA HOOPS WHILE SINGING!

VIA POPBITCH.COM:

BOYS BEWARE!

1950's ANTI-HOMO PROPAGANDA--HAPPY PRIDE! AS USUAL, IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO CONFUSE HOMOSEXUALS WITH PEDOPHILES--AN THAT'S AN INSULT TO US PEDOPHILES!

CHELSEA HANDLER SPOOF REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NJ

NOT THAT IT EVEN NEEDS A PARODY!

TWIST CELEBRATES IT'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY

JAN CROUCH



MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S LOCATED IN THE HEART OF SOUTH BEACH WHERE GORGEOUS LATINO AND NON-LATINO STUDS ABOUND, OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF 15 YEARS OF NO COVER IN AN INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE SOUTH BEACH. BUT TWIST IS CELEBRATING THEIR 15TH ANNIVERSARY AND FOR SOME REASON, THE LOCAL NBC WEBSITE USED THIS PIC TAKEN OF ME IN LA TO MARK THE DATE. I LOOK LIKE A RELATIVE OF EVENGELIST JAN CROUCH. WE BOTH HAVE A TOUCH OF THE PEKINESE IN US!

MITZI GAYNOR: LET GO!

CAN SHE WORK A BOB MACKIE GOWN OR WHAT??? THE ENTRANCE!

3 NYC PRIDE SHOWS TO CATCH!

MORE INFO/TIX

Thursday, June 25 at The Gramercy Theatre
Legendary comedian JOAN RIVERS kicks off Gay Pride Week as she presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous riffs on Hollywood, pop culture, celebrities, and award show fashions at The Gramercy Theatre (127 East 23 Street at Lexington Avenue). 2 Shows: 7:30 and 9:30pm. Tickets are $25-40 with net proceeds going to Joan Rivers' favorite charities: God's Love We Deliver and Guide Dogs for the Blind. Special Golden Circle packages are available with backstage meet & greet and photo op. Doors open one hour before showtime, with a full bar available.

Friday, June 26 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, June 27 at 10pm:
JACKIE BEAT: WITHOUT ME YOU'RE NOTHING! (The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street)
Big and ballsy drag icon Jackie Beat is bullying her way back to New York for her first Gay Pride show in a decade. Look forward to a spectacular night of self-involved entertainment, scathing song parodies, and blistering comedy.

Saturday, June 27 at 7:30pm:
DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY (The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street)
2008 Drama Desk Award nominee DIXIE LONGATE returns to NYC for 1 night only! The evening is presented just like a traditional Tupperware party, but fast-talking Dixie just can’t stop telling anecdotal stories from her colorful life -- from her failed marriages, to tips on child rearing, to stints at various women’s correctional facilities. Dixie details how she became the number one Tupperware seller in the world as she educates her guests on some alternative uses for her plastic products.

DIXIE LONGATE IS OUT HER MIND!

MALE LACTATION

I'VE HEARD THAT FEMALE HORMONES WILL MAKE TRANNIES LACTACTE, BUT I GUESS SOME MEN ARE JUST NATURAL MILKERS. THIS VIDEO IS REALLY STRANGE WITH THE VOCAL EFFECT, BUT THERE ISN'T EVEN A SCANT HALF TEASPOON!



THIS GUY USES A PUMP TO SQUIRT OUT HIS MAN MILK. FOR SOME REASON, EMBEDDING THIS VIDEO IS FORBIDDEN. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY!

YOUTUBE

THE FIRST BLOND GUY JOKE

An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work high up on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building..

They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, "Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I'm going to jump off this building."

The Mexican opened his lunch box and exclaimed, "Burritos again! If I get burritos one more time I'm going to jump off, too."

The blonde opened his lunch and said, " Bologna again! If I get a bologna sandwich one more time, I'm jumping too."

The next day, the Irishman opened his lunch box, saw corned beef and cabbage, and jumped to his death.

The Mexican opened his lunch, saw a burrito, and jumped, too.

The blonde guy opened his lunch, saw the bologna and jumped to his death as well..

At the funeral, the Irishman's wife was weeping. She said, "If I'd known how really tired he was of corned beef and cabbage, I never would have given it to him again!"

The Mexican's wife also wept and said, "I could have given him tacos or enchiladas! I didn't realize he hated burritos so much."

Everyone turned and stared at the blonde's wife. The blonde's wife said, "Don't look at me. The idiot makes his own lunch."

SING IT, GLADYS!

GLADYS IS A TRUE TREASURE. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAS CANCELLED HER SHOW EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN IN VEGAS! BUT THAT VOICE! IT'S LIKE AN OLD FRIEND.



HERE SHE'S STILL RULING IN '05 DOING A MEDLEY OF HER OWN HITS.



GLADYS PERFORMS HER SLOW COVER OF I WILL SURVIVE--A DRAG CLASSIC!



HERE, A DRAG LIPS YNCHS TO THE ALBUM VERSION, WITH THAT BRILLIANT SPOKEN INTRO:

AMERICA'S NEXT TOP FATTY

LILY ALLEN'S FUCK YOU REDONE BY GAYCLIC.COM

THESE FRENCH BRATS ARE TOO ADORABLE!



HERE'S THEIR SITE (IN FRENCH): GAYCLIC.COM

LADY GAGA NOT A LADY?

THIS IS PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS IF IT'S TRUE, BUT I CHECKED LADY GAGA'S BLOG AND DIDN'T FIND ANY SUCH QUOTE SO IT'S IFFY. ADN THE PIC PROVES NOTHING--I'M NO EXPERT ON PUSSY, BUT SOME GIRLS JUST HAVE LARGER, JUICER ONES, I GUESS.


She's got a pretty solid Poker Face, but she's finally been caught bluffing...about her gender. That's right folks, Lady Gaga is a hermaphrodite. Rumours abounded after photos got released of her with what resembled a tiny penis in her pants, and these rumours were apparently confirmed by the sexually confused superstar on her blog:

Its not something that I'm ashamed of, just isn't something that i goaround telling everyone. Yes. I have both male and female genitalia, but i consider myself a female. Its just a little bit of a penis and really doesnt interfere much with my life. the reason I haven't talked about it is that its not a big deal to me. like come on. its not like we all go around talking about our vags. I think this is a great opportunity to make other multiple gendered people feel more comfortable with their bodies. I'm sexy, I'm hot. i have both a poon and a peener. big fucking deal. - L8d Gaga <3>


I WAS WAITING FOR A LADY GAGA CLONE TO APPEAR ET VOILA! MEET LITTLE BOOTS, A THIN BLONDE WITH OUTRAGEOUS OUTFITS AND SYNTH POP/DANCE GROOVES WHICH ACTUALLY SOUND PRETTY GOOD. HERE'S HER "SIZZLE REEL":

A NOLA QUEEN STOLE FLOTILLA'S ACT!

Beating with gold lame boot brings five-year term by Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune

The weapon was one gold lame boot.

The victim: An early-morning patron at a French Quarter bar known for welcoming drag queens and their paramours.

The perpetrator: Walter Black, 41, of Belle Chasse, who had already racked up convictions for robbery and extorting some $10,000 from a priest he was having sex with and blackmailing in 2001.

Black's latest escapade has him headed back to prison. On Friday, an Orleans Parish judge sentenced him to five years for using his gold boot to beat a man outside the Double Play bar, 439 Dauphine St., at 3:37 a.m. Oct. 25, 2008.

MORE: NOLA.COM

CATHOLIC PRIEST IN DRAG HITS BILLBOARD CHARTS!

Ohio Catholic Priest Comes OUT as a Drag Queen with a Billboard Dance Hit

Father Anthony is "Big Mama Capretta" - Gigantic vibrations are growing even larger with Big Mama Capretta's new hit single 'Big Mama's House' currently #25 on the U.S. Billboard Club Play dance chart.



In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Big Mama Capretta reveals the surprise truth about her identity. By day, Capretta is none other than Father Anthony (aka Vincent Capretta), a proud practicing Catholic priest from Columbus, Ohio. By night, Big Mama Capretta is one heck of a fun drag queen performing for her minions!
Big Mama Capretta

"It's Big Mama y'all! And, I am no longer afraid to come out of the closet as a gay Catholic Priest!" shouts the 'out-and-proud' Big Mama Capretta aka Father Anthony Capretta.

"Thank you everyone for buying, playing and charting 'Big Mama's House.' I am living proof that a person can do anything they set their mind to. We have to love and enjoy ourselves in this world. And, I am enjoying my life being who I am and who God intended me to be! Now, let's DANCE y'all!"

MORE: POSTCHRONICLE


HERE'S THE VIDEO AND MISS THING HAS SOME OF THE TOP REMIXERS FROM EDDIE AMADOR TO DAVE AUDE RETOOLING HER TRACK!



I'm sure the church is furious, and here's article which points out that Father Anthony is NOT a member of the Roman Catholic church. Their priests like to commit their homosexual acts in private, not out in the open with videos and such!

NANCY SINATRA'S SUGARTOWN REMIXED

SHE'S QUITE CRAZY, BUT COMPELLING.

MAHER ON OBAMA: THIS ISN'T WHAT I VOTED FOR

VIA HUFFPO:

A GLIMPSE INTO MY FUTURE....

Truck driver spooked by 'pervert' at rest stop (with 911 calls)

A South Daytona man was arrested Monday at an Interstate 4 rest stop near Daytona Beach after a trucker called the sheriff's office saying a man was soliciting him for sex.



"A pervert tried to get in my truck and do something with me," a trucker said in a recorded 911 call.

Deputies arrested Jordan Lewis, 59, for trespassing because Lewis had already been warned twice previously for hanging out in the rest area.

"He's kind of cruising the truck line," a woman told a 911 dispatcher in another recorded call. "He's heading over to another truck right now."

MORE: ORLANDOSENTINEL

HEAR THE 911 CALL

THE WRONGEST!

FAREWELL CARRIE JEAN

MAMA CASS'S DIFFERENT--THE REMIX!

FROM H. R. PUFNSTUF THE MOVIE! ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAV'S!

HONEY DIJON'S B'DAY THIS SUNDAY

Ms Honey Dijon Birthday Bash at Hiro Sundays w/ Honey Dijon, Quentin Harris, Amanda Lepore, Erich Conrad, Drew, Mack
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 10:00pm
Hiro Ballroom, The Maritime Hotel NYC 363 West 16th street

Join us this sunday to celebrate one of the Best Djs in NYC history,, Miss Honey Dijon, in a night like any others, we will have Amazing Dj Legends, one from here ( the one and only Quentin Harris) and a huge surprise from Chicago, performing house Classics, an event not to miss!



AND STOP BY SPLASH FROM 7-11 FIRST. BOTH NIGHTS ARE FREE!

DRAG'S IN THE HEADLINES

THE COVER STORY OF TODAY'S DAILY NEWS!

Cops: Brooklyn man impersonates dead mother to collect $115,000 in Social Security, rent subsidies



READ THE REST: DAILY NEWS

SOME GRACE IN YOUR FACE

FROM THE UK'S MIRROR:

It wasn’t the most Graceful behaviour at the James Bond afterparty.

But watching ex-Bond girl Grace Jones go nuts when a fan stepped on her fur coat had us cackling into our vodka martinis.
The eccentric singer caused ructions in the VIP area of the Battersea Power Station bash when a poor guest accidentally trod on her fluffy number.

Grace kicked off big time, becoming incandescent with rage. Leaping away in fright, the 007 fan got both barrels as Grace started shrieking and shouting. At one point it looked like she was going to knock The Living Daylights out of him.

MORE: MIRROR

GRACE WILL APPEAR JULY 27TH AT LA'S HOLLYWOOD BOWL AND AT NYC'S HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM ON JULY 30TH!

TICKETS

TATTOO OF THE YEAR!

BRUNO GIVES STYLE TIPS

AN EXCERPT:



Dear Brüno, can men wear heels? When and why?

Of course. Some guys look great in heels—ze singer Pink, for example. Alzo, mein last boyfreund, Diesel, vas a genuine Pygmy only three eight, so ich made him vear heels so he could give me plow jops mitout me having to bend mein knees.

MORE: MEN.STYLE.COM

HOME VISIT WITH SIMON DOONAN

FROM THE NEW YORKER BY ARIEL LEVY:

JONATHON ADLER AND SIMON DOONAN



"Palatial gay fantasia" is how Simon Doonan described his apartment in Greenwich Village the other night, as he swept past two garden gnomes crouching under a bright-orange lacquered console in the foyer. "Glamorous romper room," he continued, heading toward a paisley-patterned Ping-Pong table in the living room.

"Because Johnny and I are very infantile." Nesting on bookshelves and tabletops were scores of ceramic animals designed by Doonan's spouse, the homeware baron Jonathan Adler. ("I'm just a simple potter!" Adler insisted.) A burlap bust of Napoleon was tucked into the fireplace, and about a fifth of the room was taken up by a huge black statue of a foot. "This is the antithesis of the two-room flat where I grew up," Doonan said.

Doonan's picaresque journey from ration books in Reading, England, to palatial gay fantasia is the subject of the British television show "Beautiful People," which was about to make its American début, on the Logo network. The show is adapted from Doonan's memoir "Nasty: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints." "When the book was optioned, everyone thought I'd start flying to work in a mink-lined helicopter," Doonan said. In reality, his compensation was a bit more modest; he wouldn't say how much he was paid, but allowed that it was "better than a poke in the eye with a dirty stick."

Fortunately for Doonan, he has never depended on the material rewards of writing. Since 1985, he has had a day job as the creative director of Barneys, an arrangement that he defends passionately. "If Virginia Woolf had had two days a week at the ham counter at Harrods, she mightn't have offed herself," he said. Doonan offered his visitor a drink from a recessed bar in the wall, lined with glasses bearing skull-and-crossbones decals and labelled "Arsenic," "Strychnine," "Cyanide," and "Wood Alcohol." "We don't drink at all," Doonan said, "but we have this faux masculine-"

"It's mantique-y," Adler said, indicating the bar and a large leather hippopotamus nearby. "You are the ultimate mantique," Adler told Doonan, who, at fifty-six, is fourteen years his senior.

"Cinquante-six," Doonan said. "Ever since I passed fifty, I'm aging in French. It's more glamorous."

MORE: NEWYORKER.COM

MUSTO REVIEWS THE AMFAR BASH

FROM LA DOLCE MUSTO:

Fashion, showbiz, and charity collided at amfAR's Honoring With Pride benefit, where they toasted activist Cleve Jones, stylist Patricia Field, and drag DJ Lady Bunny for being cultural characters with cojones. "But what have you done for AIDS aside from spreading it?" I cracked to Bunny at the event. "Isn't that enough?" she replied, chortling. "These organizations wouldn't be able to exist without all I've done! By the way, I used to be a flight attendant, and I went to Africa under the name Patient Zero."

READ MORE: VILLAGEVOICE.COM

HERE'S MY OUTFIT FOR THE NIGHT FROM STYLE.COM: STYLE.COM



When I catch a breath from my travels I will post my own pics.

ALSO OF NOTE IN THIS ISSUE OF THE VOICE:

Dear Savage Love: so I sucked this guy's cock and later I find he's shit my couch. What should I do? Dan Savage has answers to this and many other household problems. Dan Savage has the answer.

STONEWALL 40TH ANNIVERSARY TRANS HEROS

I AM HONORED TO BE INCLUDED IN A LONG LIST OF TRANS HEROS BY THE MPERIAL COURT. THERE WILL BE A PARTY TO CELEBRATE ALL THE OTHER HONOREES FROM STONEWALL VETERAN SYLVIA RIVIERA TO RUPAUL TO LADY CHABLIS TO CHI CHI LARUE TO MELISSA SKLARZ TO JAMISON GREEN TO WAAAAAAAY TOO MANY TO NAME HERE. A PARTY'S SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH AT THE STONEWALL BAR ON CHRISTOPHER STREET.

VIEW ALL AND MORE INFO: IMPCOURT.ORG

TIMMY THE NARCOLEPTIC BOWLER

SILLI SALLI!

A NEW STOOL WHICH CRADLES YOUR GENITALS-TO BAD IT HAS NO BACK!

IOWA TEXT MESSAGING CHAMP WINS 50 GRAND!

REAVISEITEL.BLOGSPOT.COM

JANET AND MARIAH READ THEM ALL!

PRECIOUS MOMENTS 2009 COLLECTION

RANDY JONES' NEW BOOK!

THE FORMER COWBOY FROM THE VILLAGE PEOPLE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK AND IF IT'S ANYWHERE NEAR AS FUN AS HE IS, IT'LL BE A MUST-READ!



Hayne Suthon & Randy Jones invite you to celebratele Macho Man: The Disco Era and the Coming Out of Gay America, the book by Randy Jones (available at AMAZON.COM)

and Hayne Suthon's super birthday party

at MARFA NYC Restaurant

There will be a WILD WEST SHOWDOWN between Macho Man and The Lovely Ladettes of Lucky Cheng's

A special performance of Y.M.C.A.
by Randy Jones and the Ladies of Lucky Chengs as the Village People

Libations and Food

I HONESTLY CAN'T TELL WHAT SEX "SHE" IS!

COPEN HAGEN FLEA CIRCUS 1956

YOU KNOW HOW I LIKE TO BRING YOU THE HOTTEST ISSUES OF THE DAY!

QUEENS OF NEW YORK BY LINDA SIMPSON

FROM THE NEW BOOK TIME OUT'S GUIDE TO NYC:

(CLICK PIC TO ENLARGE)

LT. UHURU GOES GHETTO ON TRUCK TURNER

FROM YOUTUBE:

Nichelle Nichols plays in "Truck Turner" as the QueenB and is putting a hit on Truck Turner (Issac Hayes) after he killed her man/pimp. Now is left in charge of looking after the stable of hoes and finding a new pimp for protection.

MICHAEL MOORE'S TEASER FOR HIS NEXT DOC

PRIDE 2009

THE VIDEO FOR THIS NEW SONG WAS REJECTED BY LOGO, BUT I QUITE LIKE THE HISTORICAL FOOTAGE--THEY CERTAINLY COVER A LOT OF GROUND. INTERESTING COMMENTS ON YOUTUBE ALSO.

REMEMBERING HOWELL HEFLIN

FROM POLITICALWIRE.COM:



Swampland has this blast from the past: "My favorite press release of all time. It is dated July 19, 1994, and was issued by then-Senator Howell Heflin's office. That morning, the Senator had been dining in the Capitol with some Alabama reporters, and suddenly felt a sniffle coming on. The reporters were aghast when the Senator reached into his pocket, pulled out a bit of fabric and began to wipe his nose with ... a pair of ladies underwear."

Here's the press release:


STATEMENT OF SEN. HOWELL HEFLIN
HANDKERCHIEF
JULY 19, 1994

I mistakenly picked up a pair of my wife's white panties and put them in my pocket while I was rushing out the door to go to work.

Rather than take a chance on being embarrassed again, I'm going to start buying colored handkerchiefs.

DANNY LA RUE OBIT

AN EXCERPT FROM THE ECONOMIST.COM:



Looking fabulous was all her money was for. A cool £10,000 was budgeted for her frocks at the Palace, and £30,000 when she played Widow Twankey in “Aladdin”. One mirrored train cost £7,000; one wrap involved £8,500-worth of fox-fur. He spent his earnings on houses, a stately home with 76 bedrooms, a Rolls Royce and fine porcelain. Fire, and a fraud into which he innocently stumbled in 1983, destroyed almost all he had saved for. He started again, doggedly doing the rounds of clubs, pier-ends and provincial theatres, the outposts of a disappearing world.

MORE: ECONOMIST.COM

COMFORT WIPES!

MEET CHAZ-TITY BONO!

CHASTITY'S GETTING A SEX CHANGE! CLICK PIC TO ENLARGE!

DAYTONA'S BILLIE BOOTS!

FROM YOUTUBE:

A brief clip from my documentary QUEENS FOR A NIGHT. This excerpt features the late Billie Boots, a drag performer headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. To purchase this film, go to http://www.upstairsmedia.com/umistore

TIMES SQUARE IN 1950

THIS PRE-DISNEYFICATION PIC IS A MUST-SEE. THE MOST PROMINENT SIGN IS FOR SCHAEFER BEER! AND IT HAS NO LIGHTS ON IT!

VIEW: 1.bp.blogspot.com

OBAMA SCALES BACK EXPECTATIONS FOR US: ONION NEWS

ARTSY EMAIL FORWARD "JOKE"

A thief in Paris planned to steal some Paintings from the Louvre.



After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van.

However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas.

When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, "Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings---

I had no Monet



To buy Degas



To make the Van Gogh."



See if you have De Gaulle to send this on to someone else.



I sent it to you because I figured I had nothingToulouse ....

DOLLY ON 60 MINUTES

Watch CBS Videos Online

I BLAME OBAMA FOR THESE

GHETTO LOVIN' (GREASE'S SUMMER LOVIN' PARODY)



LILSHOWSTOPPA DEAREST

Lilshowstoppa Dearest - watch more funny videos

TIME OUT QUIZ

DO YOU BELONG IN NEW YORK?




TAKE THE TEST YOURSELF: TIMEOUT.COM

WARNING: IT'S LONG!

AND ALTHOUGH IT INCLUDES A QUESTION FROM ME:

Asks Lady Bunny (drag queen):

"Can you stomach having mice and roaches as pets? You don't have to feed them or clean up after them or have a friend babysit them while you're out of town."

Yes
No

I GOT A 10, WHICH MEANS GET OUT, YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. SORRY, BUT I'M A LIFER!

DRAG SHOW VERITE 3

DRAG VIDEO HODGE PODGE AT LICOLN CENTER--AND IT'S FREE!

Drag Show Video Verite

Thursday, June 18, 2009

6pm

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center

Bruno Walter Auditorium

111 Amsterdam Avenue (between 64th and 65th Streets)

New York, NY

Admission: FREE!

Dress: Optional

MOE INFO: NYPL.ORG

(212) 642-0142

It’s the ultimate New York City drag show… on video tape.

Drag Show Video Verite screens rare film and video footage that captures the faces and places, past and present, of New York City’s vibrant drag scene.

See a trailer for the 2009 edition:



Now in its third year, Drag Show Video Verite premieres a new edition of all new footage each June during Gay Pride at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium. The 2009 edition premieres June 18, 2009 at 6 pm. Admission is free. Dress optional. Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for seating.

Drag Show Video Verite’s video mash up offers a who’s who of NYC drag over the past 50 years. A full list of the male and female impersonators featured in the 2009 edition is provided below.

Of special note in this year’s line up are recently discovered and never before screened out takes from the landmark pre-Stonewall drag documentary The Queen (1968) with commentary by the film’s star Flawless Sabrina and the world premiere of Tie Biz with Murray Hill, directed by Mary C. Matthews and produced by Murray Hill. Also of note is rare footage of Divine (backstage and onstage in The Neon Woman at Hurrah’s) and Jewel Box Revue lead performer Mr. Lynn Carter. This material is part of The Emerald City, a 1970s NYC public access cable television program that covered the gay community.

As has become a tradition at each edition’s premiere, concert pianist and drag diva Jacqueline Jonee will open the screening with a performance on the Bruno Walter Auditorium’s grand piano accompanying a slide show of NYC drag photographs. This year’s featured photographer is Ves Pitts. Previous featured photographers have included Ande Whyland and Derrick Little.


“Ranging across New York’s unique drag heritage...much to stimulate and provoke.” The Guardian

GUARDIAN

“Brings back those halcyon , hairsprayed days and nights.” Time Out New York

TIMEOUT.COM

Drag Show Video Verite 2009 features rare and never before seen footage of:

Adrian, All The Kings Men, Joey Arias, Bebe Sahara Benet, Lady Bunny, Mr. Lynn Carter, Circus Amok, International Chrysis, Lavinia-Co-op, Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, Flotilla DeBarge, Agnes de Garron, Storme DeLaviere, Divine, Dred, Ethyl Eichelberger, Epiphany, Flloyd, Zondra Foxx, Oswaldo Gomez,Murray Hill, Harlow, Britney Houston, Mimi Imfurst, The Imperial Court, Ivan the Terrible, Marsha P. Johnson, Needles Jones, Jelly Joplin, Robert LaFosse as Isadora Duncan, Charles Ludlam, Lypsinka, Dina Martina, Brini Maxwell, Rumi Missabu, Raven O, Rollerena, Peppermint, Everett Quinton, Radical Faeries, Rollerena, RuPaul, Flawless Sabrina, Linda Simpson, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Eve Starr, Sweetie, Sydicious, Sylvia Sydney, Tabboo!, Tigger, Tish, Ann Tique, Lahoma VanZandt, Miss Vera’s Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, Sherry Vine, Gusty Winds, Rose Wood, Holly Woodlawn and many, many more.

Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for seating.

ROCKIT! FRIDAYS!

I'M BACK AR ROCKIT! THIS WEEK--THE HOT FRIDAY NIGHT PARTY AT AMALIA IN HELLS KITCHEN. IT'S FREE AND THERE IS AN OPEN BAR FROM 10:00-11:00. I HAVE A BLAST EVERY TIME I SPIN HERE AND THAT IS NOT JUST EMPTY PROMO TALK. THE UPSTAIRS DJ, KEO NOZARI TAKES CARE OF THE POP TARTS AND I GET TO SPIN ANYTHING FROM NEW HOUSE TO PEACE IN THE VALLEY AND DEEE-LITE. LOTSA FUN I A BEAUTIFUL CLUB CALLED AMALIA.

THIS IS CALLED BONE STRUCTURE



A HANDSOME FRIEND FROM PARIS WHO SHOWED UP OUT OF NOWHERE



TIANA (RIGHT) AND FRIEND



MY BOSS BRANDON VOSS (RIGHT)



SOME OF THE CUTEST ARE ALREADY TAKEN!



PUKE! ANOTHER COUPLE!



ANOTHER STUNNER!




ORDINARILY, I DON'T GO FOR BLONDS, BUT...



MORE MY TYPE!



THE BEST LOOKING GUY THERE (LEFT) WOULDN'T LOOK AT THE CAMERA



CAN WE DISCUSS THE GUY ON THE LEFT'S EYE AND LIP SIZE? AND HE'S 7 FEET TALL! THINK HE MIGHT BE HORSE-HUNG?



EVEN THE BAR STAFF ARE INTOXICATING!

LEZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE!

Her first post-custody pleasure? "Seafood," she said with a laugh.

MORE: THEGLOBEANDMAIL

BEST BUDWEISER COMMERCIAL EVER!

COLBERT ON DON'T ASK DON'T TELL

THIS IS HILARIOUS! IN ADDITION TO LOVING HIS HUMOR, I WORSHIP HOW COLBERT IS SUCH A PHENOMENA THAT EVEN GEORGE BUSH, SR. IS FORCED TO DO CAMEOS ON HIS SHOW, WHICH WAS CATAPULTED TO THE TOP OF THE RATINGS BY REGULARLY MOCKING THE LUNACY OF THE CONSERVATIVE VIEWPOINT!

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Formidable Opponent - Don't Ask, Don't Tell
colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Stephen Colbert in Iraq

BUNNY ON DEREK AND ROMAINE YESTERDAY!

IF YOU MISSED IT, CHECK OUT MY INTERVIEW ON SIRIUS OUTQ WITH DEREK AND ROMAINE, THAT DEMENTED DUO, AS WE COVER EVERYTHING FROM BLOWING DOGS WITH NO TEETH WHILE HAVING YOUR NOSE BITTEN OFF TO SOME CHANGES WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE NYC PRIDE MARCH. AND THANKS TO JORDY JOHNSON FOR UPLOADING THIS!

AUDIO: Lady Bunny Interview - Derek & Romaine 06.09.09 from Jordy on Vimeo.

CANDY DARLING'S MYSPACE PAGES

THE DEAD WARHOL BEAUTY QUEEN HAS 2 TRIBUTE PAGES! SOME PICS I'VE NEVER SEEN AND EVEN SOME VIDEO OF THE GODDESS!

candy darling


MYSPACE/CANDYDARLINGSITE

UNFORTUNATELY, THE OTHER SITE DOESN'T LIST HER URL, SO I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL HER GHOST BEFRIENDS YOU. JEFFREE STAR AND ANTONY OF THE JOHNSONS ARE AMONG HER TOP FRIENDS! ANTONY'S TAG LINE FOR HIS OWN PAGE IS "TRUST FEMININE GHOSTS"! AND THERE'S A FREE DOWNLOAD OF HIS NEW SONG EPILEPSY IS DANCING! WHAT A FREAK! I WISH YOU COULD HEAR THE SONG HE WROTE JUST FOR ME AND LEFT ON MY MACHINE LAST NIGHT ABOUT HOLDING ONTO HAM. (HE'S VEGETARIAN.) I GUESS IT'S BACK FROM IT'S TOUR!

MEET JACKIE SHANE!

TOBELL VON CARTIER'S LONG LOST FATHER FOUND! ACTUALLY, JACKIE WAS A SOUL SENSATION FROM TORONTO WHO HAD A HIT IN 1963. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE FROM THE FAB SITE QUURMUSICHERITAGE.US.



CHECK OUT THESE LINER NOTES! DOES IT LIKE CHICKEN OR WHAT?

HEY LADIES! NEED A DATE IN TUCSON?

CRAIGSLIST.ORG

A HANDSOME WOMAN RETREATS

I REVIEWED KIM WAYANS' ONE WOMAN SHOW AFTER SEEING IT LAST YEAR. I'D HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE. WE ALL KNEW THAT SHE'S FUNNY AS HELL FROM IN LIVING COLOR, BUT THIS MOVING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PIECE MIXES HER HUMOR WITH WARMTH AND WISDOM. HERE'S MY HERE.

HUNG FU

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DAVID CARRADINE COMMEMORATIVE T-SHIRT!

A REAL REAR VIEW MIRROR!

WELL SAID!

THIS IS A RE-PRINT OF SOMETHING I GOT IN A NEWSLETTER CALLED BROKEN CHAINS--WITH NO SITE LINK.



Can you imagine...a world where the financial crash has thrown the planet into chaos with millions of hardworking citizens and taxpayers having to pick up the tab? Yet, while people are thrown out of work and have their homes repossessed those responsible for the cash crisis are rewarded with generous million pound/dollar cash bonuses and multi-million pound/dollar pension deals.

Can you imagine...a democracy where some of the elected members live in uber-opulence at the expense of their hardworking constituents and look to cash in on their positions of power by translating their positions into huge profits. A political system where the elected members expect hardworking taxpayers to pay for their non-existent mortgages, moats around their luxurious and oversized houses, duck houses, interior designers and extensions to already large houses.

Can you imagine...a hastily organised and overtly extravagant summit for the world's richest nations to jaw-jaw about what can be done to alleviate and resolve the global financial crisis, when nothing any of these most 'powerful' nations say or do ever changes the fact that 15 million children will starve to death again this year unnecessarily. Sure there was plenty of rhetoric and hot air and backslapping and laughing photo opportunities for Silvio Berlusconi, Barak Obama and the perpetually ill-at ease Gordon Brown, but blind faith in an already discredited financial and greed-laden system ensures nothing will change.


THIS IS A RE-PRINT OF SOMETHING I GOT IN A NEWSLETTER CALLED BROKEN CHAINS. NO WEBSITE IS LISTED.

Can you imagine...a world where the richest 1% consumes the same as 44% of the worlds poorest. Where a massive two thirds of the world's people survive on less than $2 per day. Where over 30,000 pre-school children die every day because of starvation and preventable diseases, while our politicians, corporate leaders, academics and policy makers consistently fail to resolve this unacceptable situation.


Can you imagine... a world where at a summit to discuss climate change, transnational corporations, who are responsible for some of the worst pollution problems in the world, are invited to contribute.


Can you imagine...a world where the colour of someone's skin, their religion, sexuality, class or caste attracts physical and verbal abuse. Where a supposedly Christian church declares civil war on itself and spends hours in debate and wringing its collective hands in anguish because of the appointment of an openly gay minister. Laughable if it were not true.


Can you imagine...a better way to organise and operate the world? A more equitable, just, meritocratic and fair alternative to the chaotic mismanaged financial and political mess we now find ourselves in. A better way to share the planet where people are treated with dignity and respect regardless of phoney differences such as class, colour, religion or sexuality. Can you?........................ We can...

OBAMA BREAKS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GAYS

To summarize, the Supreme court has refused to hear the case of a Captain James Pietrangelo, who's been fired from the military for being gay. Obama promised to revoke Don't Ask, Don't Tell and this is a slap in the face to a community who vigorously supported him. And it's plainly a broken campaign promise. Frankly, I wish that the wars would end and it's more distressing that the generals projected a longer than anticipated stay in Iraq. I didn't hear any objections from the Obama camp. This is a war which a few months ago almost 80% of the country no longer supported and now we're extending it? I just saw the film W, and at one point, while debating whether or not to attack Iraq in a boardroom, the major players in the Bush inner circle realize that they can't resist safeguarding our addiction to oil by occupying the oil-rich Iraq. Perhaps Obama, now in office and privy to the real ways of the world, has now been forced to realize by the powers that be, that leaving oil-rich Iraq is impossible.

I wish this war would end. Obama also campaigned on ending it. I also wish gays didn't want to fight in this illegal war, but if they do, it's clearly their right to do so and to ask that Obama honor his campaign promises. Rachel is right, he's been no "fierce advocate" on gay causes. I can't get inside the head of someone who wants to willingly join a war of which the perpetrators may be prosecuted for, but I would imagine that it's especially irritating that in order to meet their recruitment quotas, the military has relaxed recruitment standards to include criminals and the mentally slow. Recruitment officers have also been caught helping applicants cheat on SAT and drug tests. That puts gays at the bottom of a pretty low heap. Actually, it doesn't even allow them into that heap, even at the bottom. And some of the gays who've been bounced are linguists who are fluent in arabic, of which we've always had a dire shortage. Way to go! We're America! We're #1 communicate with guns, not words!

SIRIUSLY, FOLKS!

I am scheduled for a live in-studio interview with Derek and Romaine of Sirius XM Satellite Radio Tuesday June 9th at 7:05PM EST. The interview will last about 20 – 30 minutes. This will broadcast live on Sirius XM Satellite Radio channel OutQ Sirius 109 / XM 98. Listeners are welcome to participate by calling 866-305-6887. CALL AND HARASS ME! For those who don't subscribe to Sirius, a free online trial is available at www.Sirius.com.

OOH, DADDY-KINS!

CHECK OUT JOHN BARTLETT'S NEW LINE, JUST IN TIME FOR FATHER'S DAY. YUM!

BRENDA DICKSON PART 2

APPARENTLY, BRENDA'S CHEESY WELCOME TO MY HOME VIDEOS ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN FROM YOUTUBE, SO YOU MUST WATCH THIS COMEDY CLASSIC NOW! THE ILL VOICEOVER IS BY COMIC DEVEN GREEN, PICTURED.



BRENDA'S INSANITY JUST KEEPS ON GIVING! HERE'S A MASH-UP USING BRENDA'S REAL VOICE.

LOOK OUT, VARLA AND SHEQUIDA!

CHECK OUT THIS FALSETTO WONDER FROM BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT!

WATCH: YOUTUBE

WHITNEY'S ALBUM DROPS ON 9/1

IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME YET, BUT THERE'S A CUTE NEW PATRICK DEMARCHELIER PHOTO OF THE GORGEOUS, IF TROUBLED DIVA. HERE'S A PROMO USING ONLY OLD SONGS--AND ALL I CAN THINK OF ARE HOW CHEAP SOME OF HER WIGS ARE! I ONCE WAS SITTING WITH SUPERSTAR HAIRDRESSER DANILO AND MENTIONED THAT I'D BEEN IN LONDON AND SEEN WHITNEY ON TOP OF THE POPS IN LONDON AND IT LOOKED LIKE SHE'D HAD ON A $15.99 BOB WIG WITH THE BANGS CHOPPED A LITTLE. DANILO SAID "I DID THAT HAIR AND YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT IT WAS ONLY $14.99!". BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THE HAIR WITH THAT VOICE?

TUESDAY: SIMON DOONAN'S NEW LOGO SHOW

How I Got My Beads This week's episode of Beautiful People Tuesday, June 9th @ 10:30pm on LOGO

NOT THE COSBY'S XXX SITCUM!

THEY FOUND A DEAD RINGER FOR BILL COSBY DOING THAT IDIOTIC DANCE AT THE SHOW'S BEGINNING.

WATCH: NOTTHECROSBYS.COM

I HATE LA

FROM YOUTUBE:

I moved to L.A. from Amsterdam after working at Boom Chicago. It's Boom tradition that every departing actor is given a roast... this is the roast video I mailed in last week for my friend OT. Enjoy! -- suzi barrett.

LET'S GO BACK IN THE CLOSET FOR PRIDE

FOR VINTAGE CLIPS FROM MANHATTAN CABLE ACCESS SHOW CLOSET CASE BY RICK X. HIS LATEST OFFERING IS AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL ALIG AND KEOKI AND A SLIDE SHOW FROM THE BURGER KING OUTLAW PARTY.

WATCH: RICKX.COM

POISON'S BRETT MICHAELS ALMOST BEHEADED

BY A SET PIECE WHICH DESCENDED AFTER HIS POORFORMANCE ON THE TONY'S. I DON'T WATCH THE TONY'S BUT WHAT ON EARTH IS BRETT'S CONNECTION TO BROADWAY? IS IT SO DUMBED DOWN THAT WE THEY ARE NOW DOING HARD ROCK LITE-BASED BROADWAY SHOWS? SOUNDS LIKE BOX OFFICE POISON TO ME! AND WHY DID THEY MOVE THE TONY'S TO A SUMMER SLOT? SO THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE OUTSIDE ENJOYING THE WEATHER AND LESS LIKELY TO BE INDOORS WATCHING A SHOW WITH SERIOUSLY DWINDLING RATINGS AND STANDARDS? ADD SERIOUSLY OVER-PRICED TICKETS TO THE EQUATION AND YOU'VE GOT A REAL SHOW-STOPPER! LITERALLY!



FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'S REPORTAGE:


When the opening number of your awards show features Bret Michaels, Liza Minnelli and what looked like a dancing gnome, you may be grabbing for one too many target audiences. But the 63rd annual Tony Awards, desperate to snare viewers and make Broadway seem cool, isn’t about to turn people away.

First, of course, there was the assault on Mr. Michaels by a descending piece of scenery. The “Rock of Love’s” spokesman Jo Mignano said the performer, who suffered a sore back and a cut lip, planned to go to the hospital. “He was a trouper,” she said. “When he exited the stage, he didn’t throw any hissy fits.”

It wasn’t much safer in the press room after the show as Elton John, who wrote the music for “Billy Elliot,” talked about the show’s win for best musical. While straining to hear a question, the bejeweled singer in spiky hair and blue-tinted glasses stumbled off the dais. The room gasped. “It’s the first time I’ve fallen off the stage in years,” he said, trying for a joke.

MORE: WSJ

HUNG FU

GETTING HIS LAST KICKS.



FROM HUFFPO:

BANGKOK — Police are speculating that accidental suffocation, not suicide, may have caused the death of American cult actor David Carradine, whose body was found in a hotel closet in the Thai capital with a rope tied to his neck, wrist and genitals.

Celebrity blogs and social networking Web sites were abuzz with news of the death of Carradine _ best known for the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu." The circumstances under which he died have led to speculation that the 72-year-old actor may have been engaged in a dangerous form of sex play known as auto-erotic asphyxiation.

The practice involves temporarily cutting off the supply of oxygen to the brain to heighten the effects of a sexual climax.

MORE: HUFFPO

BUUNY NOTE: Isn't a traditional orgasm fun enough without risking death? Maybe he had successfully performed this trick before and it really was worth it. Bizarre.

CRAWFORD'S STRAIGHT JACKET DRESS ON AUCTION

THIS HAIR AND MAKEUP TEST IS ALMOST INSANE AS INCREDIBLE FILM! IT'S IN THIS DRESS THAT A MENTALLY ILL JOAN DOLLS HERSELF UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL HER DAUGHTER'S MAN.



HERE'S A TRAILER:




BUY THE DRESS: BONHAMS

DOLLY GIVES COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT UT

THOUGH SHE CLAIMS TO BE A NOVICE AT PUBLIC SPEAKING, SHE NEVER FAILS TO WOW IN THIS 18 MINUTE SPEECH. BUT THERE IS ONE FUCKING BEAD HANGING OFF OF HER RIGHT TATER WHICH I CAN'T HELP BUT WATCH DANGLE. I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW BUGLE BEEDS AND SEQUIN OUTFITS (LIKE DIANA ROSS'S SEQUIN JUMPSUITS FROM THE CENTRAL PARK CONCERT ERA) DON'T CHAFE UNDER THE ARM AND EAT THE SEQUINS. I GUESS AT THAT LEVEL, YOUR SEAMSTRESS GOES WITH YOU ON TOUR!

WATCH: PANTIBAR.COM

OH, AND SHE SNGS A SONG, TOO! I LOVE THIS WOMAN!

BUN-BUN'S NYC PRIDE GUIDE

AN EXCERPT:

JJK: How does Lady Bunny like to spend her NYC Pride? Where, in your opinion, are the best places to hit during Pride Week?



LB: I say run wild in the streets and pop into every bar along Christopher Street. Stonewall, the site of the original Stonewall Riots is still in business, so that’s worth a gander. It still draws a–shall we say?–colorful crowd. Unfortunately, for the last several years the police have blocked Christopher Street with police barricades so that you can’t actually walk on the street. Everyone is barricaded onto the sidewalks and it’s so crowded that it’s actually dangerous. Ideal for pickpockets, it could take you 5 minutes to walk 10 feet. It’s a real shame. If you’re hungry after marching, Cowgirl Hall of Fame on Hudson Street has divine Tex-Mex food but you’ll need a reservation for most nights.

JJK: What’s your favorite store?

LB: My fav shop is Earrings Plaza on 32nd and Broadway. Dirt cheap accessories! This is where those earring vendors you see on street corners go to buy their wares and just mark them up 300%. I say go to the source!

READ THE REST: GAYCITIES.COM

1969: A VERY GOOD YEAR FOR FASHION!

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FROCKS ARE SHOWCASED INA MIND-BLOWING MOOG SYNTHESIZER RENDITION OF THE BEATLES' ELEANOR RIGBY!

SIGN LANGUAGE

PETA SEX TALK AD

GUNS FOR JESUS!

VIA HUFFPO:

Kentucky Pastor Invites People To Bring Guns To Church

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.

New Bethel Church is welcoming "responsible handgun owners" to wear their firearms inside the church June 27, a Saturday. An ad says there will be a handgun raffle, patriotic music and information on gun safety.

MORE: HUFFPO

FORCED FEMINIZATION BY FEAST OF FUN

THIS HOT MESS FROM THE GUYS FROM THE POPULAR GLBT PODCAST FEAST OF FUN (FORMERLY FEAST OF FOOLS) IS A RIOT. I WONDER IF ANYONE WHO IS ACTUALLY AROUSED BY FORCED FEMINIZATION MIGHT ACTUALLY GET TURNED ON BY THIS? NOT SALTINA BOUVIER! AND WHAT IS THAT NEW EYEBROW STYLE?



THESE FREAKS ARE GONNA BE CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THEIR PODCAST AND SOME OF THEIR GUESTS OVER THE YEARS (INCLUDING MOI) WILL BE PHONING IN TO WISH THEM AWAY--I MEAN WELL. CHECK OUT THEIR FREE SHOW HERE: FEASTOFFUN

GOOD POP GOSSIP FROM POPBITCH.COM

SIGN UP FOR THIS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER BY VISITING: POPBITCH.COM

>> Oops! They did it again <<
Britney's crew fail fun-free test

The Britney Spears circus has moved to London.
The tightly-controlled ex-party girl won't
be having nearly so much fun on this tour.
All personnel who want to go backstage to
Brit's inner sanctum at the O2 have to
undergo a drugs test. More than one of
her dancers flew in from Amsterdam for the
start of the UK dates yesterday and failed the
drugs test. Cue hasty replacement rehearsals.


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A recent dining companion of Kylie Minogue remarked
how much she's started to look like Joan Rivers.
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>> The day of rockoning is coming <<
Michael Jackson keeps the world guessing

Only five weeks to go until the Michael Jackson
extravaganza supposedly hits London. The good
news is that rehearsals for the show are well
underway - we hear elephants are involved -
but the bad news is that, as we recently reported,
they're going ahead without the star of
the show's involvement. And even if Jacko is
only obliged to sing for 13 minutes each show,
you'd think he'd need some practice.
Particularly as we can't seem to find evidence
of him singing properly live since the HIStory
tour of 1997.

The concert promoters should be getting worried.
Jackson is setting up any number of excuses
in the media already (a doctor to say he has
skin cancer, AEG putting on too many shows etc)
and he's got a lot of history of this kind of
last minute cancellation thing. We wrote years
ago about the American gig that got pulled last
minute - Jackson sent a cheque to reimburse
each ticket-holder, knowing full well that only
a tiny minority would actually cash it so
he could end up quids in.

But more than O2 and the promoters, the group
really getting hot under the collar is the
secondary ticketing industry. Exchanges, touts
and hospitality have flourished in recent
years but there are fears that much of the
industry could be taken out if Jackson decides
to abandon his tour. As Lordi would say,
it would be an arockalypse.

SOPHIA LOREN PHOTO MONTAGE

THIS GODDESS IS THE DEFINITION OF LUSCIOUS. THE HAT PERIOD! AND THE GLASSES! THESE PIX ARE LOVINGLY CHOSEN. WATCH IT FULL SCREEN, PLEASE.

GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO ROMANCE AND GLAMOUR!

THE TRULY LOVELY (IF INSANE) DONNA MILLS GUIDES YOU ON HOW TO PUT ON SOMETHING "FABULOUS". AS SHE MAGICALLY APPEARS IN A HIGH 80'S FASHION MONTAGE IN MAGICALLY CHANGING COSTUMES--BETWEEN SIPS OF A COFFEE AND PUTTING A BOOK ON HER WELL-APPOINTED SHELF! TRIPLE BOO! THIS HAD ME GASPING!

LEIGH BOWERY: A STAR IN SUBCULTURE

AN EXCERPT:

In the early days Bowery felt comfortable with describing himself as "gay", although he had intense and passionate friendships occasionally of a sexual nature with women, often in the form of a sadomasochistic-type relationship, with Bowery firmly in the role of master puppeteer. With his bizarre looks Leigh often had difficulties attracting the men he was sexually attracted to, and he would often describe having sex in risky underground situations such as "cottaging", with unattractive individuals.

BUNNY NOTE: I'M NOT SURE THAT LEIGH CARED THAT THE INDIVIDUALS HE "COTTAGED" WITH IN PUBLIC TOILETS AROUND LONDON WERE UNATTRACTIVE--I THINK HE WAS DRAWN TO THE SEEDINESS OF THE SITUATION AND THE VOLUMN OF THE SEX WHICH COULD BE OBTAINED BY COTTAGING. BY THE TIME LEIGH'S CHEEKS WERE PIERCED SO THAT HE COULD RIG A LIGHT BULB INTO HIS MOUTH, HIS DAY LOOK, WHICH INCLUDED A SHORT, FROSTED BLOND MEN'S WIG TO HIDE THE BALD PATE, WAS OFTEN SAID TO BE AS IF NOT MORE BIZARRE THAN HIS EVENING ATTIRE.

ANYWAY, FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK MAD SUBCULTURE SUMS HIM UP PRETTY WELL, AND INCLUDES THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE I'D ONLY HEARD OF FROM LEIGH'S LIVING INSTALLATION AT THE ANTHONY D'OFFAY GALLERY IN WHICH HE JUST POSED ALL DAY IN A WINDOW FOR ONLOOKERS. I HOPE THAT THIS IS THE ACTUALLY SOUNDTRACK USED FOR THE INSTALLATION! THAT TRICKLING WATER BIT COULD BE AN ODE TO THE COTTAGING!

READ THE REST: MADSUBCULTURE

LEIGH AT THE ANTHONY D'OFFAY GALLERY IN 1988



A DESCRIPTION OF THE GALLERY SHOW FROM SUE TILLEY'S BOOK ON LEIGH:

"(...) There was a simple set, just Leigh and a chaise-longue. In the gallery
he had the sound of traffic playing and each day a different smell was wafted
around, one day banana the next marshmallows. Every day Leigh wore another one
of his looks. He would lie on the chaise-longue and then maybe prwol arond or
do some high kicks or keep a pose for ten minutes depending on waht sort of
mood he was in.(...)"

"(...)The show was a great success. Plenty of people stayed the full two
hours and returned every day. It was teh first time that many of the club people
had been into an art gallery and it showed them what exciting places they can
be. Cerith Wyn Evans filmed every performance(...)"

- extracts from the book "Lifes And Times Of An Icon" by Sue Tilley, pages 217-218


Leigh has been on my mind recently because it was with him, both in our day looks, that I caught a London performance of Danny La Rue, the mainstream UK transvestite star of stage and screen. The performance was a ye olde style cabaret in Hoxton, with family style seating at long benches which we shared with an audience of primarily old ladies who giggled with us about the dessert choice of "spotted dick". It's funny, because American drag artist Liberace also had a fan base amongst older gals who ooh-ed and aah-ed over his glitzycostumes. I'd definitely say that costuming was Danny's strong suit. Perhaps the fact that his mom was a seamstress gave him his impeccable taste in razzle-dazzle show wear. Really imaginative and totally over-the top. Exquisite glossy wigs, too. Danny was pretty, but had a strong jaw which looked best in tall Gabor-esque wigs. But then again, I say taller bouffants for everyone every time! He occasionally wore a flatter, long wig which didn't suit him, but even those were beautifully done.

RECENTLY DECEASED UK DRAG LEGEND DANNY LARUE MADE HIS FINAL EXIT, BUT CHECK OUT HER MAGNIFICENT ENTRANCE IN THIS CLIP! WHAT A FUCKING ENTRANCE!



Danny's humor was very safe--often appearing in kids' holiday revues which the english call pantomimes--but he did tell one of my favorite jokes that night, which was old when he told it--but so demented that it stands the test of time.

A wimpy guy asks his more macho buddy how to attract more women at the beach.

His friend tells him to grab 3 potatoes and put them in his speedos.

A few hours later the wimp reports back that the potatoes seem to have had the opposite effect--women were now actively fleeing from him.

His macho pal says "You were supposed to put the potatoes in the front of your swimsuit!".

The rest of his act was kind of a sing-a-long of traditional songs which I didn't care for, but the rest of the audience rollicked along with. (I guess a comparable Amercian tune might be THOSE WERE THE DAYS.) But Danny did have his own hit, ON MOTHER KELLY'S DOORSTEP, which reached, according to WIkipedia, # 33 on the UK singles chart . It's definitely not my cup of tea, but here it is. I do worship a high contrast gown with a matching boa--WITH TASSELS ON THE END!



HONEY, IF I AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. DANNY HAD THE SAME DRESS IN REVERSE!



LOOKING SMASHING IN BUGLE BEADS, BUT THE HUMOR DOESN'T QUITE TRANSLATE FOR ME:



Danny eschewed the term drag to describe his act, preferring "comic in a frock". And though one of his trademarks--still used by many today--was lowering in voice to break his feminine illusion and give the audience a mild shock. But one thing that made Danny stand out from grotesque pantomime dames is that he was attractive and stylish. Often, mainstream audiences can't accept drag unless there's a reason behind the character being in dolled up--for example, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis were forced to dress in female attire to escape the mob in SOME LIKE IT HOT. Or Dustin Hoffman's starving actor character in TOOTSIE couldn't get work acting as a male, so his desperation led to donning a dress for his big break. Danny clearly wasn't forced into drag--although that was actually the premise of his film OUR MISS FRED. He clearly relished it, and looked more polished and glamorous than many female stars of the period. Bob Hope called him "the most glamorous woman in the world". An attractive drag star is still so unusual that RuPaul may be one of the only other examples of a drag persona who is accepted by the mainstream while going for the glamor and even sex appeal and achieving it. I worship Dame Edna, but she isn't turning anyone on. And if she is, I'd love to meet anyone with a penchant for mature transvestite showgirls! Um, for a friend of mine...

In 1972, Danny's talents were tapped to star in the feature film OUR MISS FRED. Here's a dazzling clip from the end showcasing him at what I'd say is his best--gowns, gowns and more knock-out gowns! Shot through a kaleidoscopic lens! The cuckoo look with the bonnet and white platforms kills me!



TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS WIG--A LITTLE LIKE SOME OF AMANDA LEPORE'S MORE STRUCTURAL PIECES--WITH BEIGE LIPSTICK!



AND FINALLY, TO BID ADIEU TO A LEGENDARY DRAG PIONEER, HERE'S THE CHEEKY END SCENE OF OUR MISS FRED:

STOP DEMONIZING SOCIALISM!

I WOULD RATHER PAY MORE TAXES FOR FREE STATE-RUN HEALTH CARE AND COLLEGE EDUCATION, WHICH MOST INDUSTRIALIZED WESTERN NATIONS HAVE. IF THAT'S SOCIALISM, IT SOUNDS A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN THIS NIGHTMARE::

FROM REUTERS VIA HUFFPO:

Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies: study by Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical bills are involved in more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, an increase of 50 percent in just six years, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

More than 75 percent of these bankrupt families had health insurance but still were overwhelmed by their medical debts, the team at Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University reported in the American Journal of Medicine.

MORE: REUTERS.COM

AND HERE'S A CLIP FROM MICHAEL MOORE'S ILLUMINATING FILM SICKO:



AND MICHAEL INTERVIEWED BY BILL MAHER:



A SICKO EXCERPT TAKES A LOOK AT CANADA'S SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE:

CHRISTINE QUINN: BEHIND THE SMILE

THIS IS A STINGING INDICTMENT OF A NYC COUCIL SPEAKER AND OUT LESBIAN. I HAVE BEEN SO WRAPPED UP IN NATIONAL POLITICS THAT I SELDOM EVEN WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS. BUT THIS PIECE SEEMS WELL-DOCUMENTED, AND I'VE BEEN HEARING VERY DAMNING RUMBLINGS ABOUT BLOOMBERG FROM NEIGHBORS WHO DO FOLLOW LOCAL POLITICS METICULOUSLY. HAVE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK, ALTHOUGH I DOUBT THAT THIS WILL HOLD LITTLE INTEREST FOR NON-NEW YORKERS. AND IT'S 10 MINUTES LONG WITH NO PUNCH LINES.

amFAR BENEFIT APPROACHING: 6/11

LIZ SMITH IN TODAY'S VARIETY:




ON June 11, iconic pop goddess Debbie Harry will perform at amFAR's "Honoring with Pride" fundraiser. Among the honored: Oscar nominated stylist Patricia Field and the Lady Bunny. The latter is the chanteuse, comic, founder of Wigstock, and never seen unless in full drag. This happens at the Edison Ballroom. Call 212-806-1607. Dress is festive, natch.

Liz, I do appear out of drag, but I just don't expect anyone to pay for the sight of it! But I am thrilled to drag up and be honored with such heavy-hitters as Pat Field and Cleve Jones. I was worried about my acceptance speech, but now I'm more concerned about the delicious boil (sweating out toxins, perhaps?) which may prevent me from wearing a stunning new evening gown to the gala affair.

Anyhoo, it's awfully nice of Liz to mention me--yesterday she called me "fabled drag queen"--in another column. (I think that means old.) And the always charming Alan Cumming will be the host. I requested that Flotilla Debarge introduce me and amFAR's Timothy Stahl was thrilled, claiming "I've been wanting to put that name on an invite for years!". Debbie emailed me and asked what song I'd like for her to sing and I requested her genius album cut FADE AWAY AND RADIATE. And that she enter the stage by turning 5 somersaults while shrieking "I am Osama Bin Laden!". So it's shaping up to be quite the do. I'll join Derek and Romaine for an interview the night before at 7:00PM Eastern time on Sirius Radio.

Anyhoo, not to cram it down your throats, but if you can make it, here are the details again.



PS: HERE I AM APPEARING OUT OF DRAG (SORT OF) WHILE VOGUING ON EL MINA BEACH IN CAPE COAST, GHANA AGE 11.

ROTTEN AND WRONG!

AND YOU KNOW IT'S AUTHENTIC CUZ THEY MISSPELLED TRAILER!

Memoirs of Dmentia Theatrical Movie Trailer

BETTY BOWERS BREAKS DOWN BIBLICAL MARRIAGE

I'M IN LOVE!

FLAGGING + VOGUING=FLOGUING

I AM NOT SURE WHAT THIS MEANS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE VERY INTERESTING!



Wednesday June 3rd, 2009, New York City
... LIVE VIDEOTAPING ...

Director Wolfgang Busch is videotaping for his new documentary "Flow Affair".
The category is Flagging and Voguing = Floguing, a Harlem Ballroom Spectagular.

Join us for the video taping of the new documentary "Flow Affair".
Director Wolfgang Busch brought the voguing and the flagging community together to create the dance "Floguing".
Following the live videotaping is a "House Ball" produced by Juan LaPerla, not to be missed.

BREAKING NEWS!

THE SCANDALOUS LINK BETWEEN LINDA SIMPSON, HER MAGAZINE MY COMRADE AND JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR! READ SOTOMAYOR'S OBSCENITY RULING AT MYCOMRADE. THE REAL SHOCKER? HER OBSCENITY RULING HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH LINDA'S GHASTLY MAKE-UP, WIGS OR WARDROBE!

DRAG ME TO HELL

THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC! JACKIE BEAT, WHO HAS AN ENTIRE ROOM OF HER NEW HOME DEVOTED TO CARRIE, LOVED IT. HERE'S A REVIEW FROM CANNES: TIME.COM

AND THE TRAILER:

MUSTO ON RIVERS

MICHAEL MUSTO INTERVIEWS JOAN RIVERS FOR HIS VILLAGE VOICE COLUMN, LA DOLCE MUSTO. SHE'S PROMOTING HER UPCOMING GAY PRIDE SHOW AT THE GRAMERCY THEATER AND IS HYSTERICAL AS ALWAYS. I CAUGHT JOAN AT THE CUTTING ROOM AND SHE WAS INCREDIBLE!



MM: Me neither! By the way, did you know that your opening act that night is a drag rock band named She-Dick?

JR: No, but it sounds right. It's times like this that I'm glad my mother is dead. I don't have to explain to her, "I don't think you should come to this performance." I can't wait for my grandson, who is six, to come: "Granny, come take a picture with She-Dick."

WHOLE INTERVIEW: VILLAGEVOICE.COM

TICKETS FOR JOAN RIVERS ON JUNE 25TH: SPINCYCLE.COM

JACKIE BEAT WILL ALSO PERFORM AT THE GRAMERCY ON JUNE 26TH--CLICK THE SAME LINK ABOVE FOR HERE SHOW, WITHOUT ME, YOU'RE NOTHING!

AND INCIDENTALLY, SANDRA BERNHARDT IS REVIVING HER SHOW WITHOUT YOU, I'M NOTHING FOR IT'S 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! ON JUNE 10TH AT TOWN HALL.

IS THIS A MAN OR A WOMAN?

THAT IS THE SICKEST CHIN CONTOUR I'VE EVER SEEN! I BELIEVE THIS FROM A MEXICAN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SHOW CALLED DESDE GAYOLA. HERE'S A CLIP:

I'M OLD! SO VERY OLD!

Several months ago, I was asked by Austen Hoogen, a young director from Seattle to participate in a documentary on ageisn within the gay community. The director and I hit it off on the phone so I agreed to shoot it when he came to Manhattan. Of course, not being that old, I immediately began my extensive research by contacting Lypsinka, Linda Simpson, Tabboo! and RuPaul to try suss out their experiences as gay fossils was truly like. KIDDING!

Actually, Austen shot me from underneath my 2nd chin so I look like Bruce Vilanch's mom! But my vanity aside, I was fascinated by the finished product. The main point that I wanted to get across was that the ageism in the gay community is just a part of the larger problem the lookism, which frowns on anyone outside of the image we see plastered on every gay magazine cover of a young, white, buff male. Not only is old unacceptable, but bald, fat, poorly hung, hirsute and effeminate are all taboo. I didn't see the final edit, so I don't know everything which made it into this version.

But one of the saddest revelations in the documentary is a guy who points out a tragic trend among gay men to party hardy* and engage in unsafe sex because after all, what's the point in living past a youthful age into the realm of trolldom and the inevitable difficulty in getting laid that accompanies it? Quite a frightful notion.

Facing A New Age Short Films (USA, 2008, 32 mins) Directed By: Austen Hoogen

SUMMARY: Gay men explore the horrors of aging. Includes Lady Bunny, Larry Kramer, and columnist Dan Savage.

TICKETS/MORE INFO: NEWFEST

*Since I've heard it said more than I've seen it written, I googled the correct spelling of party hardy vs. party hearty and found this illuminating article: ALTHOUSE.BLOGSPOT.COM

AN ARAB MAN TRIES OUT A TREADMILL

I JUST KNEW THEY WERE DANGEROUS. TREADMILLS, THAT IS. NOT ARAB MEN..

I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PETITIONS TO SIGN

AND WE HAVE TO CHOOSE OUR BATTLES, BUT IF THIS PICTURE OF A DOG BEING HOOKED AS BAIT DOESN'T SEND A SHIVER DOWN YOUR SPINE, THEN I'D LIKE TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU. WELL, THAT'S A GIVEN. BUT CHECK THIS OUT--AND I THINK YOU'LL WANT TO SIGN IT THE PETITION BELOW.



Dogs Used as Shark Bait on French Island By Maryann Mott for National Geographic News October 19, 2005

Live and dead dogs and cats are being used as shark bait by amateur fishers on the French-controlled island of Réunion, according to animal-welfare organizations and local authorities.

The small volcanic island off Africa's east coast is bursting with stray dogs—upward of 150,000, says Reha Hutin, president of the Paris-based Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis (the Thirty Million Friends Foundation).

It didn't take long for the film crew to find three separate cases, she said.

A videotape and photographs show the dogs with multiple hooks sunk deep into their paws and snouts.

READ THE REST: NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM

SIGN THE PETITION HERE.

I DON'T LOVE ALL DISCO: SORRY, I'M A LADY

THIS VINTAGE "JAM" FROM BACCARA IS DREADFUL! THOUGH I DO LIGHT THE LOOK OF FLAMES ONSTAGE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE HOTTEST THING ABOUT THIS ACT. THOUGH THEIR YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE (EQUALLY CHEESY) WAS A #1 HIT IN EUROPE FOR THE TWO FORMER FLAMENCO ARTISTS FROM SPAIN.

HISTORY OF HOUSE MUSIC PART 1

THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTS TO THIS DOCUMENTARY IF YOU WANT TO WATCH MORE. OF COURSE, THIS IS A TOPIC WHICH I'M INTERESTED, BUT FOR CHRISSAKES, THE SHADOWY LIGHTING FOR THE INTERVIEWS IS GHASTLY! IF YOU CAN MAKE GORGEOUS ARMAND VAN HELDEN LOOK FREAKISH, YOU REALLY HAVE NO FLAIR FOR LIGHTING WHATSOEVER. PAUL OAKENFELD IS PRACTICALLY IN THE DARK! BUT I DO GIVE THESE FILMMAKERS MAJOR POINTS FOR CLEARING ALL OF THIS GREAT MUSIC--NO EASY FEAT.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WARNING

If you receive an email from the Department of Health telling you not to eat tinned pork because of swine flu - ignore it.


It's just spam.

RACHEL MADDOW ON DR. TILLER'S MURDER

SHOT IN HIS CHURCH?

THIS IS A REAL EYE OPENER. THERE ARE NOW ONLY 3 DOCTORS WHO PERFORM LATE-TERM ABORTIONS. AND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING THAT DOCTORS ARE SCARED OF BEING MURDERED BY PRO-LIFE EXTREMISTS WHO HAVE ASSASSINATED QUITE A FEW PHYSICIANS WHO PERFORM ABORTIONS--AS WELL AS ABORTION CLINIC STAFF-- SO THAT THE NUMBER OF DOC'S QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THIS PROCEDURE IS DWINDLING. RACHEL MAKES THE POINT THAT THE PRO-LIFER EXTREMISTS ARE ESSENTIALLY TERRORISTS, WHICH ARE GOADED INTO ACTION BY "JOURNALISTS" LIKE BILL O'REILLY, WHO ROUTINELY RAILED AGAINST TILLER FOR YEARS, LIKENING HIM TO SATAN AND EVEN A PEDOPHILE. UM, IF TILLER WANTED TO HAVE SEX WITH KIDS, WOULD HE KILL THEM? MAYBE HE WAS AN NECROPHILIAC PEDOPHILE.

A COLLEAGUE OF DR. TILLER URGED THE 45 MILLION WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD ABORTIONS TO COME FORWARD NOW AND SUPPORT THESE DOCTORS AND BACK THE PROCEDURES WHICH THEY'VE HAD. ABORTIONS ARE THE MOST COMMON SURGERY PERFORMED ON WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT COMPLICATED, VARYING FROM STATE-TO-STATE RESTRICTIONS TO LEGAL ABORTIONS ARE MAKING THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN.SO EVEN THOUGH ABORTIONS ARE LEGAL SINVE ROE VS WADE, BETWEEN THE RESTRICTIONS AND MURDERING THE DOCTORS WHO PERFORM ABORTIONS, IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ILLEGAL. AND WHAT'S REALLY VILE IS WHAT ENABLES FRUITCAKES LIKE THE MURDERERS OF THESE "BABY-KILLING" DOCTORS IS OUR PATHETIC GUN LAWS. AND JUST A LITLE REMINDER. BECAUSE FREAKS WHO THINK THAT OBAMA IS GOING TO RESTRICT GUN SALES, DESPITE THE RECESSION, FIREARM SALES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF RIGHT NOW. ENABLING A WHOLE NEW BATCH OF "I'M GONNA TAKE THE LAW INTO MY OWN HANDS AND SHOOT DOWN SOMEONE I DON'T AGREE WITH--USUALLY IN THE NAME OF GOD. I'M JUST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW POINTS I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING, BUT THIS CLIP IS WELL WORTH WATCHING IN IT'S ENTIRETY.

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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART REWORKED

Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do, in my sixth take on Dusto McNeato's "literal video" concept! Lyrics: DASjr / Singing: PersephoneMaewyn & DASjr 5/25/09

JANUARY JONES: UP A LAZY RIVER

ANOTHER GEM FROM SCOPITONES STUDIO:



DONNA THEODORE: FEMININITY:



THE EXCITERS: TELL HIM (WHY WOULD THEY THINK TO CUT IN FOOTAGE EXOTIC WILDLIFE TO A SONG ABOUT ROMANCE??)

AWFUL!

ONLINE BEAT BOX CHAMP

Online Beatboxing Champion @ Yahoo! Video

NOT VARICOSE VEIN-THEMED TIGHTS!

WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT FOR MOTHERS DAY!

VIOLET LIGHT

I AM NOT THE ARTSY-FARTSIEST PERSON I KNOW, BUT THIS SLOW AND STATELY VIDEO IS STUNNING.