You really had to be there to truly understand just how big tennis was in the '70s and early '80s. A few more star-studded memories BELOW.
The way he were
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Song of the Day: 'All Around the World' by Lisa Stansfield and Barry White
OK, this is adorable for a million reasons -- including that it almost reminds me of the crazy deep male backing vocals on Olivia Newton-John's "Let Me Be There"!
Page 1 Roundup (08/31)
New York Post: Photo shows last US service member departing Afghanistan
Boy Culture: Getting to the bottom of 'Center of My World'
Greg in Hollywood: Remembering Fred MacMurray at his hunkiest
The Washington Post: European Union recommends new travel restrictions for unvaccinated Americans
The New York Times: R. Kelly’s first male accuser says the singer promised fame for sex
The Wall Street Journal: How could Burning Man get weirder? When it’s in your living room.
Hot Cat of the Day: "If you won't entertain me, I'll entertain myself."
Monday, August 30, 2021
USA! USA. USA?
Whew. Glad that W's misbegotten war is finally over. My thoughts are with the people of Afghanistan who want a civilized society, because they will need all the help they can get. If they're "lucky," they'll merely wind up as oppressive as Saudi Arabia, which as awful as that is isn't our problem.
Weekend Tennis Roundup
Ilya Ivashka, Elina Svitolina and Anett Kontaveit won third-tier warmups going into the U.S. Open. A full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to pub BELOW.
All eyes were on Luca Pouille's injury timeout in Winston-Salem.
Song of the Day: 'We Don't Get Along' by Kathy Valentine (Featuring Rhett Miller)
Interesting to hear a new male-female vocals twist to a song Kathy Valentine wrote some 40 years ago that has been recorded by her old band the Textones, the Go-Go's and her late friend Phil Seymour, who did kind of a rockabilly version for his 1980 debut album.
More info HERE.
Page 1 Roundup (08/30)
The Daily News: Tell me again how guns are for self-defense
Daily Kos: New lawsuit argues California recall process is unconstitutional as Election Day quickly approaches
Greg in Hollywood: Pro golfer Tadd Fujikawa has message for those bullies who called him gay as a kid: 'You were right!'
The Telegraph: They don't call 'em dumb jocks for nothing
The New York Times: Five decades later, Medicare might cover dental care
The Wall Street Journal: Home gyms hit their stride during Covid
Hot Cat of the Day: What do you think of Damian's friend's catio?
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Sunday Funnies
“Aw, look at all these photos of us wearing masks, back when we were all able to live aboveground.”
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Friday, August 27, 2021
On the Rag, Vol. 673
A weekly look at what's making news in the gay magazines:
Dallas Voice: Remembering Fantasha
Lavender: Layshia Clarendon on changing the game
San Francisco Bay Times: 45 years of Dykes on Bikes
Between the Lines: Arthouse icon Udo Kier and co-star Michael Urie on their moving, queer gross-generational bond in ‘Swan Song’
Song of the Day: 'Spellbound' by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Classic first single off Siouxie and the Banshees' fourth LP, "Juju," a promo copy of which my brother Bill brought home from the review pile at the Phoenix Gazette in the summer of 1981. Spellbound? Indeed we were! I remember the album came with a bonus 45 of a song called "Israel," which I later learned had been a standalone single the previous year in the U.K. (We had no idea why it was tucked in the album at the time.)
With its Star of David on the record's center, I wasn't really sure what was happening. Having grown up agnostic in two vanilla suburbs -- no religious iconography of any kind in our house -- I was kind of weirded out by it. (I didn't even know what "being a Jew" meant until I was in college, much less why Duran Duran and the Queen of Post-Punk were writing songs about this mysterious land.) What strikes me as funny now is that this memory is eight years older than the nation of Isarel was then!
Page 1 Roundup (08/27)
BosGuy: Furry men galore
Boy Culture: 'Dynasty' hunk is dead at 76
The New York Times: Revealing his identity, Capitol Police officer defends shooting nitwit on Jan. 6
The Washington Post: A woman mailed her diary to a stranger, who added an entry and did the same. People have kept it going for a year.
The Wall Street Journal: Time’s Up President Tina Tchen resigns
Hot Cat of the Day: This bodega kitty gets paid in cold ones
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Doggy Style
Although I am a board-certified cat lady, I certainly think the world is filled with adorable pups … well, at least the ones not mauling people. (Eddie’s my second favorite character on “Frasier” after Roz, who herself is a horndog.) Happy National Dog Day!
Song of the Day: 'Glory' by Television
Today's pick is by the least-recognizable face on this rather hilarious "Breakfast Club" parody, featuring Patti Smith, Joey Ramone, David Byrne, Debbie Harry and Tom Verlaine, frontman of the criminally underappreciated Television.
Page 1 Roundup (08/26)
The Daily News: Accused LIRR overtime cheat with mob father claims pay scam was widespread: ‘Everyone was doing it’
Mark Segal: Sanity on gay rights around the world
The Denver Channel: Volleyball coach at Valor Christian High School says he was forced to resign because he is gay
BTW: It's great that people finally learned about "grooming," "sex trafficking," "gaslighting," "colonization," "white privilege" and the like. But not when they misapply the terms for specious reasons, typically to curry favor on social media.
Gimme Shelter: Hockey hunk Henrik Lundqvist slept here
The New York Times: Has there ever been a greater missed opportunity than Caitlyn Jenner?
Charles Blow: Why can’t straight men stop obsessing about gay people?
The Washington Post: Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of Robert F. Kennedy assassination, seeks parole with no opposition from prosecutors
The Wall Street Journal: Biden administration likely to approve Covid-19 boosters at six months
Hot Cat of the Day: Harvey's only boy cousin, Leo, came out of the cupboard
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