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Last night I saw Children Of Men starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, and Michael Caine. It was bleak, grim, depressing, violent. I loved it. I’ve always dug the apocalyptic, dystopian sort of movies (The Stand, The Day After, Threads), and Children Of Men is the best of its sort that I’ve seen in ages. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu …

Seriously, it was Jersey.

125th & Lexington, the 5 train. Man With Aquarium: Hey, is this here the express train? Joe: Yes, it is. MWA: Nobody asked YOU, fuckhead! OK, then.

UPDATE: Above: The actual iPhone. Is everybody just sitting out there on white plastic pins and needles, waiting for today’s big product announcement at Macworld? Trembling with unimaginable delight at whatever Steve Jobs is going to unveil? Tapping your credit card nervously on the edge of your keyboard, ready to BUY BUY BUY it, whatever it is? Because You. Must. …

Rock star Bob Mould just hipped me to his latest Net term: wink. Stands for “Wikipedia link”. I like it, I like it. Well done, Bob. Reference the post below, here’s the wink of the day. Related: Don’t miss out on Bob and Rich’s big MLK weekend edition of Blowoff, this Saturday at DC’s 9:30 Club. It’s Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, …

In a San Francisco Chronicle story about gay men finding their spirituality, amongst the usual raft of platitudes that life in the gay ghetto “sucks”, that gay culture is founded on false “fabulousness” and excessive carnality, the thing that struck me most was a casual mention of the gay hook-up website Lovetastic.com, which requires that members only post pictures of …

A mysterious gas odor has got Manhattan in a panic. Sirens, evacuations, breathless news coverage. The gas is bothering people from downtown to Harlem to Jersey City. We can faintly smell it here on the 26th floor above Grand Central, but we’ve just heard that Rockefeller Center (six blocks away) has been evacuated, and the PATH trains have been shut …

Today I have lived in New York City for one day longer than I lived in San Francisco. Five years, nine months, 14 days. I suppose it’s odd that I’ve tracked the time so closely, but it still feels like I’ve just landed here. I never planned on being in NYC this long. When I left Fort Lauderdale in 1995, …

When you are hurrying to get up to your friend’s apartment before you explode and die from the need to piss, make sure you don’t accidentally take the Shabbat elevator.

Ah, here’s something right up my disco alley. A tribute party to the Paradise Garage’s DJ Larry Levan will take place Sunday, January 21st at Pacha in Hell’s Kitchen. The party benefits Gay Men’s Health Crisis. Martha Wash will perform and the DJs include Danny Krivit of Body & Soul. Tickets are $35 , but only $15 if you still …