Once again, Universal Music Enterprises gallops into Swag Tuesday with four double-disc CD collections from their ever-growing Universal Gold series. This week’s haul: Supremes Gold, Connie Francis Gold, ’60s Gold, and Moody Blues Gold – comprising over 160 tracks in all. These four releases all are available now, with more collections added to the series all the time. To win …

With all the world leaders in town for the U.N. General Assembly, security is naturally very tight. Yesterday, Farmboy C and I were walking along the East River where we watched this twin machine-gunned Coast Guard boat ward pleasure cruisers away from the U.N. side of the river. When they went by at high speed, the kid at the machine …

Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University today at their World Leaders Forum as hundreds of vocal protesters marched outside the venue in a media firestorm. Last week, Ahmandinejad spurred outrage when he requested permission to lay a wreath at Ground Zero. His request was denied. The Iranian dictator’s invitation to speak at Columbia launched a nationwide controversy on …

The 30th anniversary of San Francisco’s seminal gay nightclub, the Trocadero Transfer, will be celebrated at the original location (now the Glas Kat) on October 7th in a night called Remember The Party. Under the expert tutelage of my favorite DJ in the world, Jerry Bonham, revisit the heady days of “The Troc” in a nine hour marathon of disco …

Fort Lauderdale’s Naugle debacle is causing a rift among local black activists, with the NAACP coming down on the side of gay activists. On the other side, some black ministers are decrying the NAACP’s involvement, with one saying, ”The NAACP is getting away from their mission . . . the organization never got involved with sex sins. Homosexuals have masterfully …

Disappointing news. Merck has stopped its promising HIV vaccine trial, after more subjects who received the vaccine contracted the virus that those who got the dummy shots. Merck’s vaccine trial was the farthest along and most closely watched. The National Institute of Health, who partly funded the research, said that not only did the vaccine not prevent infection, it did …

Eagle roof deck, Sunday, 9pm Two guys are ogling the shirtless humpy new bartender…… Guy 1: I like his perfect chest hair distribution.Guy 2: That’s funny.Guy 1: What’s funny about chest hair?Guy 2: Wait, I thought you said you’d like to put him in a chair and abuse him?Guy 1: Chest hair distribution.Guy 2: Oh. Right.Guy 1: But your plan …

On Hudson Street in the West Village, the White Horse Tavern was the major hang-out for “bohemian” artists of the ’50s & 60’s. Famous regulars included Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Hunter S. Thompson and Dylan Thomas – who famously drank himself to death at the White Horse. The White Horse opened as a bar for longshoremen …

Yesterday I ran into these folks in the Times Square subway station as they were handing out flyers for next’s week’s anti-war March On Washington. The events, according to the Troops Out Now site: A weeklong encampment directly in front of Congress. A giant billboard and round-the-clock political challenge to Congress to STOP funding the war . Actions every day …

Beloved television sitcom character actress and Tony winner Alice Ghostley died yesterday at 81. Ghostley won the hearts of gay fans with her portayals of Esmerelda, the ditzsy witch of Bewitched (’69-’72), and Bernice Clifton, the stroke-addled senior befriended by the ladies of Designing Women (’87-’93). Ghostley was a pioneer of early television, appearing in a 1957 musical version of …

Since today is Yom Kippur, I thought I’d show you my mezzuzah. Mah-mah-mah-my mezzuzah. It’s my-i-i-i-i-whoa! (Sorry.) According to the rules, a mezzuzah must be affixed to the right side of a home’s door frame, on the upper-third of the frame within three inches of the doorway opening. There’s a little scroll of Torah verses inside mezzuzahs, whose presence on …

You may not be as fascinated with statistics as I am. But this list from BlogWorldExpo caught my eye. Over 57 million Americans read blogs. Over 12 million Americans write blogs. 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog. 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next …

“I’m just very proud of my father. And to be a part of this. It’s about equality, and he’s doing the right thing, and I’m very confident in him.” – Lisa Sanders, lesbian daughter of San Diego’s Republican Mayor Jerry Sanders, who outed her during his press conference endorsing San Diego’s pro-gay marriage resolution. (Via – Rex Wockner.) Sanders is …

So I’m hearing that a certain West Chelsea leathertopia has finally gotten their cabaret license. The dance floor is being installed on the ground level right now. I wonder if it will be ready for the big pageant on October 7th? Insiders?

New York City is testing a new early detection system for HIV, which can identify the virus as soon as nine days after infection. People are at their most infectious immediately after acquiring the virus, a period called “acute infection”, when they are 1000 times more able to transmit HIV to others. From the NY Blade: The trial system, called …

Songwriter M. Spaff Sumsion, whom you might recall for his classic take on Ted Haggard, Supertelevangelistic Sex And Drugs Psychosis, has done it again as he takes on Larry Craig with My Men’s Room Date’s A Senator. Here’s the clip, performed by Robert Lund. Get the lyrics here. An excerpt: It’s okay, I understandYou’re still a Family Values man But …

As has been reported on many news outlets, the Minneapolis airport bathroom in which Sen. Larry Craig was arrested has turned into quite a tourist attraction, with many airport visitors demanding to be directed to the lewdy loo. JMG reader Brian visited the Larry Craig Memorial Tearoom this week and sent me a picture of the famous toe-tapping stall, however …

Pink News is reporting that according to an upcoming book by Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick, during the show’s run there was some “sexual play” between McCormick and her TV sister Eve Plumb. The National Enquirer reports: “The most explosive comments will be how the then-blonde, blue-eyed cutie developed a crush on Eve Plumb, which led to some sexual play. …

-Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will be raising funds via a Celebrity Booth and autograph line at this Sunday’s Broadway Flea Market on Shubert Alley. Participating are show biz icons: Sir Ian McKellen, David Hyde Pierce, Bernadette Peters, Bebe Neuwirth, Cheyenne Jackson, JoAnne Worley, Beth Leavel, Debra Monk, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Regrave, Christine Ebersole, Mary Testa, and many more. Check here …