Courtesy of The Film Company, this week’s Swag Tuesday booty is two tickets to this Sunday’s NYC showing of Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon The Brain, a full-sensory silent film experience featuring an 11-piece live orchestra, five Foley sound effects artists and in-person narration by the fabulously eternal Justin (Kiki DuRane) Bond. The coolness factor is almost unbearable. Justin Bond narrates …
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Downloading Dildos
Home 3-D printers are coming. Technology exists for the downloading and creation of 3-dimensional objects, created in home printer “easy-bake” ovens and the prices are expected to be within the reach of most home consumers wthin a few years. By then, you’ll be able to download the specs for and create a missing cellphone cover, doll part, art object, whatever…as …
Read More »Jethro Did It
Police have identified the man who broadcast anti-gay death threats over the Fort Lauderdale International airport intercom as Jethro Monestime, 23, a skycap for Superior Aircraft Services. The Broward County sheriff’s department has referred the case to the state to see if criminal charges are applicable. Monestime’s job is not under the jurisdiction of the airport authority and his employers …
Read More »Three Strikes For Poz Texan
In another “third strike” case, a Texas man who videotaped sexual encounters with 131 young men has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting to seduce a 15 year old boy. The man is HIV positive and allegedly never told any of his partners, most of whom with he had bareback sex. The attempted statutory rape charge was the …
Read More »Giuliani & Clinton Tighten Margin
In this week’s Newsweek poll, which asks voters to choose in various match-ups between current presidental campaign leaders, the closest race is between the two front runners, Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton, who are separated by only 3 points, with 5% unsure. Obama and Edwards do much better against all three Republicans. Match-ups and results: Giuliani 46% – Clinton 49% …
Read More »Tainted Love
Ack! Advertising is now fully raping my favorite 80’s songs. In the past few days I’ve heard a JC Penney ad that uses a remake of Yaz’s Only You, a Reese’s Pieces ad that uses a remake of New Order’s True Faith, and some make-up commercial that uses Visage’s Fade To Grey. Original versions are not safe either. Witness Chip’s …
Read More »Starbucks Riles Wingnuts
The Christian right is mad at Starbucks again, this time for what they call an “anti-God” message on their “The Way I See It” series of cups. The cup quotes a Starbucks customer, who asks, “Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be …
Read More »Morning View – Bethesda Fountain
Designed by Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public art commission in NYC, Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain was built in 1873. The name is a reference to the biblical Pool Of Bethesda, as it commemorates the Croton Agueduct, which provided New York with its first dependable source of pure water. The fountain played a major role in Tony …
Read More »HomoQuotable – John Amaechi
“Probably 30 of my former (NBA) teammates have my e-mail and my telephone contacts and probably 16 or so of those I was in regular touch with and there are probably 10 people who I have (on instant messenger). And zero – nobody – who’s active in the NBA has been in touch with me since the day I came …
Read More »Central Park Sunday
The last photo is from today’s Israeli Day Parade. The Farmboyz and I watched from Fifth Avenue for an hour or so, but after two or three dozen yeshivas had gone by, the thrill was gone. There were some floats, including one bearing the only Israeli WNBA player, but otherwise it was a rather sedate event, as NYC parades go. …
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In today’s On Language column, William Safire is taken to task for having referred to Harrison Ford, 64, as “middle-aged.” A reader points out, “If he were literally middle-aged, then he could expect to live to 128.” I’m reminded of my 36th birthday, when my mother called with good wishes and to welcome me to middle-age, because the life expectancy …
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Since today seems to be Hookers In The News Day, you might be amused to learn that Jeff Gannon/Guckert is now the spokesho for the International Bible Reading Association. It’s a crazy world, somebody outta sell tickets. I’d buy one!
Read More »Brazil To Bootleg Sustiva
For the first time, Brazil will ignore patent laws and manufacture a generic version of an HIV medication, citing the World Trade Organization’s “compulsory license” mechanism that allows a country to bypass a drug patent in a health emergency or if the manufacturer uses abusive pricing. The medication is Merck’s Sustiva, a powerful non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, which Merck offered …
Read More »Microhoo?
Microsoft and Yahoo! are in merger talks, with Microsoft reportedly prepared to offer $50 billion for Yahoo, in a move seen as a challenge to Google’s dominance of internet advertising. Last month Google further entrenched at the pole position when it purchased branded placement experts DoubleClick for $3.1 billion. A merged Microsoft/Yahoo would still trail Google in search market share, …
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NYC Eagle, Thursday, 11pm At a birthday party on the Eagle’s rooftop, I ran into a recent acquaintance. Joe: Oh, hi. Nice to see you again, you’re looking good. Guy: Thanks, I’ve just started on testosterone. Joe: Oh, really? Are you taking the gel stuff or getting shots? Guy: The shots. Joe (shuddering): Yikes, do you have somebody giving them …
Read More »Page Six Outs Porn Actor
In a seemingly pointless move, the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column has outed an employee of the Israeli consulate at the United Nations as a gay porn actor, after tricking administrative worker Dror Barak into revealing his sideline career as a “model” and budding porn actor. Although Barak specified that he did not escort, he did solicit a …
Read More »Clinton: Repeal War Authority
Yesterday Sen. Hillary Clinton proposed a repeal of the 2002 authority Congress gave Bush to invade Iraq, joining Sen. Robert Bird in a call to end that authority by Oct. 11th, the 5th anniversary of the original vote. Analysts believe that such a repeal would undoubtedly become an issue for the federal courts, as it would raise constitutional issues about …
Read More »Oregon Approves Civil Unions
Yesterday Oregon’s Senate approved a domestic partnership bill that will give the state’s gay couple most of the rights of full marriage. The bill is expected to be signed into law next week by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Oregon will join New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, and New Hampshire as one of the five states to offer civil unions to gay couples. …
Read More »Morning View – Riverside Church
Riverside Church, in Morningside Heights near Columbia University, was finished in 1933 and has the world’s largest carillon, including the world’s largest cast and tuned bell, at 20 tons. The tower is 22 stories tall and is modeled on a 13th century gothic cathedral in Chartes, France. Normally church architecture leaves me kinda “meh”, but I like the Riverside because …
Read More »Hate Crimes Vote Recap
A 2/3 majority would be needed in both the House and Senate to override Dubya’s possible veto of the Hate Crimes Act, which the bill’s backers do not think they can achieve. Although his senior advisors are recommending a veto, historically, the Decider has been very hesitant to use his veto privilege, so we might still have a chance. In …
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