Monthly Archives: January 2007

What I Learned This Weekend

When you are hurrying to get up to your friend’s apartment before you explode and die from the need to piss, make sure you don’t accidentally take the Shabbat elevator.

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DJ Larry Levan Tribute Party

Ah, here’s something right up my disco alley. A tribute party to the Paradise Garage’s DJ Larry Levan will take place Sunday, January 21st at Pacha in Hell’s Kitchen. The party benefits Gay Men’s Health Crisis. Martha Wash will perform and the DJs include Danny Krivit of Body & Soul. Tickets are $35 , but only $15 if you still …

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Formerly Fourth

(Above: Park Avenue at 60th Street, looking north.) Known since the 1830’s as Fourth Avenue, it was more than 50 years later that this section of the street was renamed Park Avenue, after the railroad tracks were sunk beneath the street. Only a six-block section, from 8th to 14th Streets, is still called Fourth Avenue today.

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Gay Sheep Debacle Unravels

Thanks to the work of the blogosphere, there has been a thorough debunking of the “gay cure” hysteria that PETA is attempting to stir up (by way of a website, celebrity denouncements, and a sloppy, fact-challenged Sunday Times article that reads as if PETA wrote it themselves.) Back in September 2006, a biologist using the handle Empty Pockets, on the …

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File This Away For December ’07

Oh, how much better my Xmas would have been if I’d only seen this, which a reader sent yesterday. Seriously, wonderfully disturbing. (NSFW, needs sound.) Again, I love my people.

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Lunch Hour

Grand Central Terminal food court, Thursday 1pm Woman 1: And the way she plays like she’s this supreme cooler-than-everybody New Yorker! Always wearing those severe black outfits. Please. I just want to kill her. Woman 2: Not to mention those dorky giant glasses. And always going on and on about hanging out with some “cool” band nobody’s ever heard of. …

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JMG 2006 Recap – Homoquotables

Here’s a recap of some of the 2006 HomoQuotables: Mary Cheney – “Go fuck yourself.” Elton John – “I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people.” Ian McKellen – “We’ve got to peddle the lie that we’re all the same so we all buy the same products. That’s why they don’t like openly gay people on …

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Steam Heat

The old issue of sex in gyms has reared up in San Francisco after the Department of Public Health there observed men having sex in the steam room of Gold’s Gym in the Castro, forcing them to order management to address the situation. In addition, men being screened for syphillis at the SF-DPH have reported sexual encounters in the Gold’s …

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Morning View – Fishing Rules

Shortly after taking this photo, I stepped to the water’s edge to look at the ducks and swans. A 4-year old little white girl waved as a swan swam over. “Hello Mr. Swan! What up dawg?”

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Open Thread Thursday

It fascinates me to see where people are reading JMG. Lady Sitemeter tells me that just yesterday I was visited from folks in government (CDC.gov, Senate.gov, NYC.gov) the military (Army.mil, Navy.mil), ad agencies (Publicis, Ogilvy, Mediavest), universities (UCSF, Columbia, NYU), and for some reason, tons of retail and media companies (Macy’s, Viacom, Fox, NBC, Clear Channel). Where do you work? …

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Broadway Biz Boffo

Broadway theatres grossed an all-time record $25 million during the week between Xmas and New Year’s, with 15 shows grossing over $1M each, the highest of which was Wicked, with $1.8M, the all-time one week Broadway record for a single house. (Although, thanks to premium ticket prices that push $400-$500, even dreck like Disney’s Tarzan can throw a million-dollar gross.) …

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JMG 2006 Recap – Gay Culture

In no particular order, here’s a recap of some of the hottest gay culture topics discussed on JMG in 2006. What was the biggest issue for you? 1. When Is Outing OK? – Four case studies. 2. HIV IS A Gay Disease – Says the LA Gay & Lesbian Center. 3. Mass. Marriage State – Lesbians out-marry gay men 2-1. …

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I Must Concur…

…with the man who says, “My beard is my new dick.”

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I Love My People

So while I was up at a conference in Maine, I met a female recent national leather title-holder. International Ms. Cruelty, or something like that. Anyway, she was with her slave, who was a girl, who called her “Daddy”, because the slave was her boy. I. Love. My. People.

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Morning View – Subway Inn

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Queer Of The Year 2006: Mike Jones

The Queer Of The Year 2006 is Mike Jones, with almost twice as many votes as the second place nominee. Jones, a Denver-based former prostitute, exposed the hypocrisy of the nation’s leading evangelical figure and in doing so, influenced the nation’s midterm elections, helping the Democrats win a slim majority, according to top Republican officials. Thanks go out to all …

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Take That? Um, No!

BBC Radio 2 just conducted a poll of its listeners, asking “Based on songwriting, lyrics, gigs, and showmanship, who is the greatest British band of all time?” The appalling results: 5. Take That4. Oasis3. Rolling Stones2. Beatles1. Queen The top three bands and their respective positions are infinitely arguable. But I can’t stop staring at the list and thinking, “Where …

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Day One: Accomplished

Part of my plan for 2007 is to set for myself realistic, achievable, short-term goals. Yesterday, my goal was to spend the entire day motionless in front of the Law & Order marathon, with a one-hour Simpsons/Seinfeld break at 7pm. Only one day into the new year and I’m already a winner!

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More On The Gay Sheep Study

I’ve added an update to the original post, but in case you don’t scroll back to it, I recommend visiting The Next Hurrah, a community blog, and check out this post written by a biologist, for an interesting and revealing take on the issue of animal sexuality research, PETA’s campaign against Dr. Charles Roselli at OHSU, and the implications for …

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Former Joint Chiefs Chair Flips On DADT

Calling “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” a “useful speed bump that allowed temperatures to cool for a period of time while the culture continued to evolve,” General John Shalikashvili, formerly Bill Clinton’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, the top military rank in the nation, has called for the repeal of DADT in an op-ed column (registration required) in today’s …

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