Monthly Archives: February 2007

Worst.Sex.Ever.

Long overdue, here’s the text from my performance at last week’s Worst.Sex.Ever show. My apologies for the delay. I misplaced my notes during the post-show drunkathon and had just resigned myself to rewriting it from scratch when I found the notes in the same coat I’d searched three times. Stupid beer. (Photo via emcee Chris Hampton.) Worst. Sex. Ever. Like …

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55% Would Vote Gay. Maybe.

A slim majority of Americans would vote for a gay or lesbian presidential candidate if he or she were “generally qualified”, according to a Gallup poll released today. Other results: 98% would vote for a Catholic (Giuliani), 95% for an African-American (Obama), 88% for a woman (Clinton), 72% for a Mormon (Romney). I’d like to see what the numbers are …

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Welcome To NYC: Please Refrain From
Getting Down With Your Bad Self

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news about the demise of NYC’s Roxy nightclub, comes word that the NY State Appellate Court has upheld the 80-year old “cabaret law” that bans dancing in bars and restaurants. The court’s ruling says, “Recreational dancing is not a form of expression protected by the federal or state constitutions.” In the 1960’s, NYC had …

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Kill Batty Man

Google is hosting a Jamaica-based blog, Kill Batty Man, that advocates the murder of all gay people, naming the names of those to be killed. The top post on Kill Batty Man today is a gleeful photo essay of last week’s attack by a violent Kingston mob on three men presumed to be gay. Other posts rail against the incursion …

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Karma Chameleon

You may recall Rev. Lonnie W. Latham, the Oklahoma Baptist minister who loudly advocated against gay marriage and for gay people to reject our “sinful, destructive lifestyle”. That is, right up until his arrest last year for for offering an undercover cop a blowjob. Today, Latham’s lawyer asked for the case to be thrown out, citing Lawrence v. Texas, the …

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2007 Oscar Predictions

Last year I did pretty well, picking 5 out the 6 top awards. Here’s my prediction for the 2007 Oscars: Best Picture: BabelBest Director: Martin Scorcese, The DepartedBest Actor: Peter O’Toole, VenusBest Actress: Helen Mirren, The QueenBest Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, DreamgirlsBest Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, DreamgirlsWhat say you, cinephiles? UPDATE: David has a funny breakdown of his predictions...

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Taxing Burden

New Yorkers won’t be surprised to hear that the combined city/state tax bite for residents is 47% higher than than the average tax bite for the 8 other cities in the country with a population of greater than 1 million. The combined taxes per $100 of gross taxable resources: 1. NYC – $9.022. Philadelphia – $7.163. Los Angeles – $6.884. …

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Roxy To Close March 10th

New York City’s legendary Roxy closes forever on March 10th, shortly before the building is set to be demolished. Originally a truck warehouse, then a roller-skating rink, Roxy has a been a staple of Manhattan nightlife for over 25 years and has hosted virtually ever pop star important to the gay community: Madonna, Cher, Bette Midler, etc. Roxy began its …

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Blarg Hop Reminder

Our 2007 East Village Blarg Hop is a little more than 48 hours away. If you are planning to join us, we will be kicking things off at Nowhere Bar at 9PM. We will depart each bar just before the hour to allow a couple minutes of walking time before the next bar. The route is fairly north to south, …

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HomoQuotable – David Geffen

“It’s not a very big thing to say, ‘I made a mistake’ on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can’t.” –David Geffen, one of the most wealthy homosexuals in the world and a former major Clinton fundraiser, speaking about his passionate support for Sen. Barack Obama. Geffen spoke to the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, an interview …

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Open Thread Thursday

Do you keep anything in your home or vehicle for self-defense? Have you ever had to use it?.

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The Handmaiden Of The Quilt

Gentle readers, with the author’s permission, I am posting a late comment to last month’s post regarding the NY Times article about the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Gert McMullin is the “Handmaiden Of The Quilt”, the person directly responsible for its maintenance, repair, and upkeep. Here’s her beautiful and touching message: Joe, the following is in response to some of your …

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Britain Begins To Pull Out Of Iraq

Tony Blair has announced a reduction in British troops stationed in Iraq, saying that the British-held portion of the country is under better control by the Iraqi government than the U.S.-held portion. Denmark and Lithuania also announced plans to withdraw their tiny contingents. Bush is spinning the British reduction as a “positive sign” that the “corner is turning” in the …

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Ass Wednesday

Tim Hardaway scrambled damn fast to get his name off the sign at his Miami car wash. But can even his shitty name be as bad as “Grand Luxe Auto Bathe”?.

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Bump-Bump

Last night, Law & Order did another one of their “ripped from the headlines” shows, featuring an married evangelical minister (played by Tom Arnold) who was secretly hiring rent boys and doing crystal meth. The especially satisfying twist was that the minister enjoyed booty bumps. The rent boy (nowhere as cute as Mike Jones) was this close to explaining how …

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Morning View – Meet Oscar

Visitors to Times Square can oogle 50 Oscar statuettes on the ready for this year’s awards and even pose at the podium with an actual real Oscar in their hands. (I did this! But the pic was not so great.) The exhibit is free and runs until Saturday..

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Supes Won’t Hear Of It

KeyWord Ministries lost its last bid to repost its anti-gay billboard in Staten Island yesterday, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case. The signs, which went up briefly in 2000, quoted everybody’s favorite Leviticus passage in four different ways, and were removed by the sign company after the borough ruled that the sign was “essentially hate speech”, …

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Queer Sighted

Kenneth Hill, AOL’s “gayest editor ever”, has merged his AOL.com/gay blog into a new AOL community blog called Queer Sighted. New writers joining Queer Sighted include the fab Richard Rothstein, formerly of Proceed At Your Own Risk, whom you can congratulate this Saturday when Richard joins our blarg hop. Go Queer Sighted! Now y’all go update your blogrolls..

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George Takei On Tim Hardaway

Sulu, my face is set on stun. I believe the kids would say: “Pwned”! George Takei is made of win! (via – Living In The Bonus Round)

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Tuneage

Here’s a couple of fun tunes to while away the last of your work day: -My beer buddy and fellow blogger Bryce was a member of the (sadly defunct) Isotoners, whom I never got to see perform. Here’s their song Manboobs: Stream. Download. And here’s their fun video, Roofie Me. –M. Spaff Sumision, the creator of the hilarious Ted Haggard-inspired …

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