Monthly Archives: February 2008

(Another) Blowoff Recap

I’m pretty sure Saturday’s Blowoff was the best one ever. Pretty sure. The second half of the party is a teensy little foggy to me. Stupid tequila. Stupid beer. But it wasn’t just me that got his drunk on – I got tons of great pics that I can’t use here because everybody looks so freekin’ hammered. The place was …

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Protests At HRC Fundraiser,
Gotham Pols Steer Clear

The Radical Homosexual Agenda protested outside last night’s Human Rights Campaign dinner at the midtown Hilton in Manhattan. From Paul Schindler at Gay City News: Faced with a boisterous picket line that drew a crowd of more than 50 and with the absence of every lesbian, gay, and bisexual elected official from New York City — and nearly every other …

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Dina Martina At Cutting Room

Friday night, Aaron and I visited Chris Noth’s Cutting Room for the opening night of Provincetown legend Dina Martina’s new show. If you’ve never experienced Dina, expect a bewildering cavalcade of songs, props and malaprops, spoonerisms and Norm Crosbyisms. The Dina Martina Show runs at the Cutting Room through March 9th. Highly recommended. Get tickets here.

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Oscar Winner Diablo Cody

Regarding Oscar winner Diablo Cody, in 2005 I wrote here on JMG: The first blog I ever read regularly was Diablo Cody’s Pussy Ranch, in which she frankly chronicled her life as a bisexual stripper in Minneapolis. Pussy Ranch was raunchy, enlightening and hilarious. I even sent her a couple of fan e-mails back in 2003. Now Cody has a …

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Jamaica: Most Homophobic Place On Earth

More anti-gay violence in Jamaica: MANDEVILLE, Jamaica — One night last month, Andre and some friends were finishing dinner when a mob showed up at the front gate. Yelling anti-gay slurs and waving machetes, sticks and knives, 15 to 20 men kicked in the front door of the home he and his friends had rented and set upon them. Inspector …

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NY Times Ombudsman Slams
His Paper’s McCain Article

NY Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt has blasted his paper’s recent McCain/lobbyist hottie article, calling it “wrong to report the suppositions or concerns of anonymous aides about whether the boss is getting into the wrong bed.” A newspaper cannot begin a story about the all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee with the suggestion of an extramarital affair with an attractive lobbyist 31 years …

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Manhattan Monday

– On the market: a five-story, century-old, 18,500 square feet Upper East Side townhouse listing for $64M. You get 30 rooms including 15 bedrooms, 17 bathrooms, and a grand ballroom. The home sold for a mere $7.6M in 2003. Now that there’s some flipping! If it goes for the asking price, it will eclipse the previous Manhattan townhouse price record …

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Huckabee On SNL

Mike Huckabee was actually rather amusing on Saturday Night Live this weekend. UPDATE: Sorry, kids. NBC has yanked the clip from YouTube.

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Hillary Slams Obama’s “Shameful Behavior”

Didn’t she say three times during last week’s debate that she was “honored” to be in the race with Obama?

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Laurel Hester Story Wins Oscar

Freeheld: The Laurel Hester Story, which chronicles the fight of a terminally ill New Jersey woman to leave her pension benefits to her lesbian partner, won the Oscar for Best Short Documentary tonight. Filmmakers Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth accepted by saying, “It was Laurel Hester’s dying wish was that her fight against discrimination would benefit all same-sex couples across …

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$65M Weiland Bequest To
LGBT Orgs Largest In History

The Pride Foundation of Seattle today announced a $65M bequest from the estate of openly gay Microsoft mogul Ric Weiland, who committed suicide in July 2006 after a long battle with depression. The bequest in the largest gift ever to LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations. Audrey Haberman, executive director of the Pride Foundation, said, “Ric was one of Pride Foundation’s closest …

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Unsafe At Any Speed

Hillary’s reaction: Speaking to reporters on board her campaign plane, Mrs. Clinton expressed surprise at the news that Mr. Nader planned to run. “I don’t know what to say,” she said, when a reporter asked for comment. “Wow, that’s really unfortunate. I remember when he did this before. It’s not good for anybody, especially our country. I didn’t know that …

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Hung Obama Top 4U, Can Host

From Craigslist Houston: “I am an attractive, in shape hung (9 inches) black male from Atlanta here on business. I am looking for a masculine white male to service me, then get pounded in my hotel room today or tomorrow (saturday). Send your pics, stats and background info. I want to wear my Obama mask while I pound you.”I don’t …

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Spoiler Alert

Ralph Nader will appear on Meet The Press tomorrow (Sunday) morning to announce whether he plans to run for president.

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Broadway Friday

– The Actors Fund will give a benefit performance of Seth’s Broadway 101 at the New World Stages on April 14th. The show was written by Seth Rudetsky, who recently hosted Broadway Backwards and features Laura Benanti, Jonathan Groff, Andrea McArdle, Norm Lewis, Pamela Myers and a full orchestra. “Rudetsky shows what is brilliant about Broadway, how the whole thing …

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Dallas Cop Killed Escorting Hillary

Hillary just cannot catch a break. A Dallas police officer died Friday when his motorcycle struck a pillar on the Houston Street viaduct as he was escorting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to a rally in Oak Cliff. The motorcade was heading south on the viaduct when the officer apparently lost control of his bike about 9:20 a.m. “He just lost …

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Snowy Mental Health Break

Dr. Jeff sends us some great shots of the snow in Central Park. I’d love to go sledding, but at my enfeebled age, I’d probably break a hip. These photos embiggen beautifully.

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SpecPubs Sued For $4M
After Kid Sees Gay Porn

Kent Blackwelder, a former Big Brother contestant, is suing Specialty Publications for $4M because his 12 year-old daughter opened a mailing from them which contained gay porn, including a sample DVD from Titan Media, Farm Fresh. From the suit: “Mary Doe [Blackwelder’s daughter], being a curious child and thinking the free DVD offer was for a Disney movie, opened the …

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Security Gaffe At Obama Rally

Questions are being asked why thousands were allowed to enter an Obama rally on Wednesday without being screened for firearms. DALLAS — Security details at Barack Obama’s rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena. The order to put down the metal …

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Cyndi Lauper’s “Set Your Heart”

Here’s a teaser snippet of Cyndi Lauder’s new single, Set Your Heart, as used in a Japanese car commercial. The track was co-written and co-produced by Cyndi and Blowoff DJ Rich Morel, who promised me he’d play it tomorrow night at the Highline.

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