Author Kurt Vonnegut has died at the age of 84. Like most high school and college students in the ’70s, I worshipped Vonnegut, whose Slaughterhouse-Five added fire to the anti-Vietnam War movement. I also rather liked his funky sentence structure and punctuation, something I thought I saw reflected somewhat in the writing of John Rechy, author of my favorite novel …

So I finally have a landline, after six years in NYC with just a cellphone. And very surprisingly, I have a highly prized 212 number, which even shocked the Time-Warner digital phone guy who installed the line, telling me it was only the second 212 he’d ever put in. Even though I haven’t given anybody the new number yet, I …

There will be a meeting of the Queer Justice League tonight at NYC’s Gay Community Center at 7:30pm, which is billed as “a space for long-term ACT UP members and new young activists to come together and discuss the future of the fight for LGBT equality.” Please consider joining the next generation of gay activists. You can subscribe to their …

Today’s NY Times has a feature story about automotive marketers’ attempts to reach out to gay consumers and the perception in the market that some cars are “gayer” than others. Old news to us gay folks, of course, who have always known that the Mazda Miata, for example, is just about as gay as gay can be. Sadly, there is …

Porno Bingo turned out to be a lot of fun last night, the Ninth Avenue Bistro was packed to capacity. One of my own peeps, Little David, won a big goodie bag of porn including memberships to several of those dirty online streaming video sites, which by total coincidence happens to be one of David’s favorite pastimes. Also in the …

My baloney has a first name. Sometimes you feel like a nut. Here’s the tricky part. Everybody doesn’t like something. If you’ve got the time, we’ve got the beer. You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. Oh, Fab. I’m glad. I miss catchy advertising jingles. All I hear anymore in ads is old pop songs. …

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today that effective immediately, the 146,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq will have their tours of duty extended from one year to 15 months. Admitting that our forces have been “stretched” by the conflict, he denied that the tour extension is the result of poor stateside recruitment efforts. With troop morale in Iraq already said to …

Food Emporium, 1st Avenue, Tuesday 8pmA small boy is running in circles around a produce display, unspooling about 50 feet of plastic bags.Young Mother: You had just better start behaving right this minute or tomorrow morning I’m getting on the phone and calling in Mean Nanny for the rest of the week. Do you want that? Do you want to …

“I think there are four kinds of gays in Hollywood. There’s the openly gay; the gay and everybody knows it but nobody talks about it; the married, closeted gay who doesn’t talk about it; and the screaming ‘I’ll sue you if you say I’m gay’ person. In other words, the no closet, the glass closet, the cast iron closet, and …

You know, this whole “vote for the worst” thing isn’t going to be very much fun if Sanjaya turns out to be, you know, good. Dial Idol has him placing 5th out of eight.

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards has begun aggressively courting the gay vote, releasing the names of 25 prominent LGBT Americans who are supporting his campaign. Edwards: “I am honored to have the support of so many well-respected LGBT leaders. They work hard every day to make our country a better place and I am proud to join with them to …

Tonight I’ll be calling numbers at Will Clark’s Porno Bingo, which will benefit NYC’s Gotham Knights gay rugby club. The event begins at 9PM in Hell’s Kitchen at the Ninth Avenue Bistro. What does one wear to porno bingo? I have a feeling that by the end of the night, I’ll be a little tipsy. “Beeee-ssssheven!”

Legally Blonde, The Musical has begun previews and officially opens April 29th. I’d totally make fun of this, but I’m eagerly waiting for Young Frankenstein, The Musical, so I have no room to talk.

Rosanne Barr, for many years a staunch supporter of the gay community, made some rather surprising remarks on the radio yesterday. Sitting in as guest host, during an interview with black lesbian activist Jasmye Cannick, Rosanne said: “Never once in my 54 years have I ever once heard a gay or lesbian person who’s politically active say one thing about …

The bill to include LGBT people for protection under the federal hate crimes law comes to a vote on Thursday. I know I nagged you good people to write your representative on this issue just a few weeks ago, but please do so again, particularly if your Congressperson has not yet signed on as co-sponsor. The Human Right Campaign has …

New Yorker Jonny “The Gay Pimp” McGovern’s new song, Somethin’ For The Fellas (That Like The Fellas), is loaded with wailing divas, strutting queens, and lots of boy-on-boy action. Therefore, totally NSFW. Catchy track, the line “my mussy’s on fire” made me laugh, and but my favorite McGovern track is still 2005’s Soccer Practice.

In response to last week’s post about Divine, superstar reporter Rex Wockner has posted his 1988 interview with her, the last one she did before her untimely death two weeks later. Go read it, it’s fascinating stuff. Thanks, Rex!

The New York School Of Interior Design, located on the Upper East Side, is a private, not-for-profit college. The school motto is “We’re just not feeling this window treatment.” Right now the school is having an exhibit on the history of “prefabricated housing”. Since I live just down the block, I think I’m going to stop in and revisit my …

Have I complained about the weather yet? Have I complained about the radiators in my apartment making more noise than the annual Ghosts of Christmas Past convention? Have I complained lately about the miserable chattering pigeons in my airshaft that wake me up at 5am every morning? Have I complained about the guy upstairs who just got a new monster …

“Oopsie. Here’s your foreskin back. Keep it in a warm dry place. We’ll be happy to take it out of your hands later, if you are among the millions suffering from ESPS (Excessive Sexual Pleasure Syndrome.)” The New York Department of Health issued a statement today saying that the New York Times had “misrepresented” its response to the recent UN/WHO …