And some locker-room action BELOW.
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Friday, April 29, 2022
On the Rag, Vol. 706
A weekly look at what's making news in the gay magazines:
HotSpots: Meet four LGBT home stars
Between the Lines: Where cannabis and community meet: This lesbian-owned Detroit home is also a bud-and-breakfast for femmes and friends
Song of the Day: 'Chequered Love' by Kim Wilde
I'm not sure I would be tweeting about its "41st anniversary." (Is that even a thing?!) But any excuse to remember this gem from Kim Wilde's self-titled 1981 album, which served as the second single after "Kids in America." How she wasn't a bigger star is anyone's guess, although it certainly didn't help that her record label refused to release her second and third albums in the U.S. "Select," Kim's sophomore LP, featured "Cambodia," the greatest "story song" of the 1980s, a haunting French-Indochina "Ode to Billie Joe."
Dear EMI America: If "Cambodia" didn't have hit potential in the U.S., why does it remain her most popular song on all streaming platforms save for her No. 1 Supremes cover? The 1980s were filled with bizarre hit singles, how could you blow this one?
Page 1 Roundup (04/29)
Greg in Hollywood: Watch Jean Smart get her star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Randy Report: A gay man wants to know if he was wrong for hooking up with his homophobic sister-in-law’s gay brother after her wedding reception
The New York Times: Doctor accused of fathering 17 children with patients is ordered to pay millions
The Wall Street Journal: Feeling nostalgic? Adults turn on ‘Sabrina,’ ‘Friends’ as TV security blanket
Hot Cat of the Day: "I love you, but ..."
Morning Wood
It's almost like this stud at the Charlotte airport knew I was sniffing around. Out of nowhere, he stopped and did THIS.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Thursday Ad Watch
Other than the yucky girl and the fact that the products are related to having sex with women, I'm a big fan of this Promescent ad campaign. Watch BELOW.
Song of the Day: 'All Night Long' by Peter Murphy
To our delight, this came on MTV Classic last night as I was folding laundry, which led to Damian digging up the fact that Bauhaus had a "quixotic Blondiesque reunion in 1998" that neither of knew anything about!
Page 1 Roundup (04/28)
The WoW Report: Oh-my-god!!!!! A wonderful remembrance of Sandy Dennis
Washington Blade: Meet America's first out lesbian ambassador
It's Either Sadness or Bookphoria: 'How Do I Un-Remember This?' by Danny Pellegrino (BOOK REVIEW)
The Randy Report: Michael Henry explains gay sex without tops or bottoms
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New York Post: Janet Jackson looks to sell longtime NYC home for $9 million
Matthew's Island: 16 hunks in skimpy red undies
MetroWeekly: Gay flag football player to announce NFL draft pick
The New York Times: Three opinion writers on why the GOP can’t stop saying ‘gay’ -- a left-right debate on the overblown gender panic gripping American politics
Elizabeth Spiers: Let’s be clear about what it’s like to be harassed on Twitter
The Wall Street Journal: Where were you when Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter? Probably on Twitter
Hot Cat of the Day: TODAY I WILL GO AND TALK TO HIM. I WILL BE A MAN!!! I
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Wrestle Wednesday
A concerned friend sent me the following photo labeled: "Bad cropping." See the follow-up, "better cropping," BELOW.
Song of the Day: 'Dance This Mess Around' by the B-52s
The B-52s announced their farewell tour yesterday, and something tells me this isn't going to be the kind of racket Cher's been running forever. I am fortunate to have seen them once when Ricky Wilson was alive and another time when Keith Strickland was still in the band, so have been loath to see them with neither. Still, with two dates down the street from my new home, you just may see me dancing this mess around one last time to celebrate their wonderful careers!
Page 1 Roundup (04/27)
Back2Stonewall: Russia fines Facebook and TikTok for promoting “LGBT propaganda”
The Randy Report: Out Olympian Dominic Clarke auditions for 'The Voice Australia'
Greg in Hollywood: Lucie Arnaz remembers mom Lucille Ball on the anniversary of the comedy legend’s death ... and Carol Burnett is 89!
New York Post: Dramatic bodycam footage shows gruff Alec Baldwin talking to cops after fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
Philadelphia Inquirer: What’s behind an uptick in actors flashing ‘the male goods’ on screen?
The WoW Report: Orson Welles gifted this 1941 Lincoln Continental to future wife Rita Hayworth -- and now it's up for auction
The New York Times: The coronavirus has infected more than half of Americans, the CDC reports
The Wall Street Journal: Disney employees slated to relocate to Florida caught in political crossfire
Hot Cat of the Day: Meet the labor movement's cutest weapon: Jorts
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Show 'Em How It's Done
I need to write my version of this, where somehow I remember every single item ordered by every person in line at fast-food restaurants -- type of sandwich, size and variety of drink, size of French fries -- yet the cashier being paid to do so has to have everything repeated six times (and still gets it wrong).
Hunks of 'House Hunters'
If I had a laboratory where I could create the man of my dreams -- complete with facial hair controls and get-ups -- he would probably look exactly like the brawny star of the "Lizard in Austin' episode of "House Hunters."
With their wedding fast approaching, an engaged couple looks to buy their first home in Austin, Texas. She's hoping to get a home that's turnkey, but he's mostly concerned with a place that's big enough to house his enormous collection of lizards.
Lots more photographic evidence BELOW.
Tennis Tuesday
Ask me if I have a hardon for leggy Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles. Although the 25-year-old from Valencia is only ranked No. 123 in the world, I must not be alone. How else do you explain the numerous gifs people have made of him, including three more BELOW?
Song of the Day: 'Embraceable You' by Liza Minnelli and Michael Feinstein
With so much mystery surrounding Liza Minnelli in recent weeks, it got me wondering when she had last performed. I knew she had worked on friend Michael Feinstein's recent "Gershwin Country" album. That collaboration of "Embraceable You" can be heard HERE, But her appearance just last year at Feinstein's at Vitello's in Studio City, Calif., is far more fun, as evidenced below
Page 1 Roundup (04/26)
The Gay Curmudgeon: Re-reading 'The Andy Warhol Diaries'
New York Post: The night Marilyn Monroe died
The WoW Report: The hilarious (and hot) Matteo Lane wants to talk to you about Grindr, gay robots and naked go-go boys
Greg in Hollywood: When Harvey Fierstein took a 20-year-old Matthew Broderick to a West Village gay bar
Paul Krugman: Conspiracy-theory politics catches up with Mickey Mouse
The Wall Street Journal: Inflation got you down? At least you don’t live in Argentina.
Hot Cat of the Day: Boomer looks ready for poker night. #anteup