KIT212: Year in Review 2022

Just a quick post to say thank you for the support this past year. It's been a difficult 12 months with another member of my immediate family as well as my sister-in-law undergoing cancer treatments. Happy to report that they are both doing remarkably well thus far, all things considered. 

To mark the end of 2022 -- my 17th(!) year of blogging -- I thought I would share the 10 most popular posts of the past 12 months. (A lot of meat fans reading my blog, I see!) 

Here's wishing you all a healthy and prosperous year ahead. 

POPULAR POSTS

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  Wrestle Wednesday

  Good lord. I'm not even on the mat yet and I've already got a full nelson. See him in action BELOW .
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  Speedo Sunday

    More to lust BELOW .
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  Wrestle Wednesday

  Not sure this is technically related to wrestling, but I can’t imagine any of you will quibble. And wait'll you get a load of his "...
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  Tennis Tuesday

  Call me obvious, but a reader/pal thought I might be interested in a 6-foot-3, big-ass, cat and tennis loving gay guy. See if he was right B...
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  Speedo Sunday

  Two more looks BELOW .
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  Secret O’ Life: The Epic Endowment of Sweet Baby James

  The following was posted on Facebook by my friend Jay Blotcher, which led to my asking if he would like to share his story with my audience....
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  Wrestle Wednesday

    Watch him get really "excited" BELOW .
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  Speedo Sunday Six-Pack

  Five more sexy showoffs BELOW .
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  Morning Wood

  Apparently this is a fantasy bulge photo BELOW .
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  Speedo Sunday

    Suffice to he wasn't kidding around when he picked the username Thick_Macho. More BELOW .

And here are a few of my favorite posts of 2022: 

Dear John Post

Better Late Than Never

I'm Union and I'm Proud

As well as ...

My series of songs that stalled at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100

Hot Cat of the Day

 

How are Damian and I ever supposed to leave the house with Harvey carrying on like this? :-)

Is This What They Mean by 'Wet 'n' Wild'?

Watch BELOW.

Vivienne Westwood Dies at 81

It's a pity it took the fashion designer's death for me to post this photo of Vivienne Westwood along with model Jordan (who died earlier this year at just 66 of the same type of cancer that claimed my brother's life) and Chrissie Hynde at the infamous Sex boutique on King's Road back in 1976. 

“I don’t think punk would have happened without Vivienne and Malcolm {McLaren],” the Great Pretender wrote in her memoir. “Something would have happened,” she continued, “and it might have been called punk, but it wouldn’t have looked the way it did, even in America. And the look was important.”

Indeed. Rest in punk. 

Wrestle Wednesday

Undressed for success BELOW.

Presents and Accounted For

Did you get what you were hoping for?

Song of the Day: '25th December' by Tracey Thorn

Fitting that I should discover these gems while lying in bed late on the 25th of December. That I, perhaps the biggest Everything but the Girl fan in the U.S., had never heard about the four bonus tracks that were added to Tracey Thorn's sublime holiday album, "Tinsel and Lights," for an iTunes re-release has me wondering how many other fans missed them too. Tracey's "cover" of "25 December," which Ben performed on "Amplified Heart," has been uploaded by a fan on YouTube. But how long it will stay there is anyone's guess -- so enjoy now and order the songs before the iTunes store gets closed down altogether.   

Listen to the acoustic "Joy" HERE.

P.S. How excited are we that Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn are reuniting for a new LP?

As they count down the days until its release, they've been posting a bunch of fun stuff over on the official EBTG Instagram account, including this background piece about today's SOTD.

Merry Christmas!

 

Hope you're having a purrfect holiday. xo

Speedo Sunday

May your New Year dreams comes true.

Saturday 'Stache

 

Another look BELOW.

Caption Me

 

I also want to sit one someone's lap!

On the Rag, Vol. 733

 A weekly look at what's making news in the gay magazines:

Wiremag: Is Daryn [sic] Alexander available in the holiday gift guide?

Follow him HERE.

Georgia Voice: 2022 Person of the Year: Richard Ramey

HotSpots: Meet Daniel Montoya

Dallas Voice: Teddy Bear party sets record

Ask me if I'm dying laughing that there's a drag queen named Marsha Dimes(!)

Gloss: Gay Ski Week is now old enough to drink

That furry blond sure looks FAMILIAR!

Grab: If you're horrified that it's about to be 2023, you're not alone

Lavender:  Don't let the snow slow your roll

What to do this winter

DNA: Gay readers want to know, what will be big in underwear in 2023

Between the Lines: Remembering beloved Michigander Charles Alexander

The Fight: 'Wednesday' star Hunter Doohan: My ex-girlfriend & “Will & Grace” helped me come out!

Attitude: Callum Scott Howells on 'Cabaret,' 'It’s A Sin' and 'The Beautiful Game'

MetroWeekly: Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn on 'Jane Anger,' life since the pandemic, playing gay roles and the iconic Harrison Ford

Harvey Guillen, the heart and soul of 'What We Do in the Shadows,' blazes a new path with 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'

The 'Whale' hunter

Tom Goss is determined to make Christmas really, really gay 

Q Salt Lake: Queer guide to Sundance and Slamdance film festivals

Get Out!: Merry Christmas

Best Bar of the Year: Rise NYC

San Francisco Bay Times: How SF came to be a drag mecca

Song of the Day: '500 Miles' by Rosanne Cash

Although it's not officially about Christmas, no song makes me more homesick around the holidays than "500 Miles." That people aren't even positive who wrote it -- it's generally credited to Hedy West -- only adds to the lore. When Rosanne Cash included it on her 2009 album, "The List," I sent my mom a copy autographed by Rose for Christmas, with a note saying that the song always made me think of her (Mom). That she later said she "didn't get" the connection -- for the uninitiated the lyrics include this passage: Teardrops fell on Momma’s note/When I read the things she wrote/She said "we miss you hon,' we love you ... come on home" -- solidified my status as an unrequited Mama's Boy. But I love the song and my mother all the same. 

Bobby Bare, of "Sylvia's Mother" fame, had the biggest hit with it. Peter, Paul and Mary and Joan Baez also did nice versions.

Morning Wood