'Parting Glances' Reunion

UPDATE to my earlier post: It turns out that John Bolger and Richard Ganoung were at Outfest this year (how wonderful to see them here with Kathy Kinney and Steve Buscemi). Maybe the fact that Buscemi still would go to something like this tells you something about how special "Parting Glances" was, or maybe he's just a cool guy. Either way, this photo is a sight for sore eyes. What's even more fun is Richard Wall, the guy who played the fabulous Douglas -- "Well, I told Joan I'd buy one of her paintings on one condition: somewhere in it she has to have Edith Piaf" -- just e-mailed me. So wonderful to hear from him. (Read more about my conversation with "Douglas" here.)

I found this adorable photo of Richard, Kathy and Steve at Outfest 2002 over on Richard "Michael" Ganoung's site here.

'Hairspray" Premieres in Baltimore in 1988

Here's a great clip I saw on Matt's blog about the making and promotion of John Waters' "Hairspray" back in 1988. Interviews with Divine (out of character), Divine's mom, Waters plus Rachel Sweet lip-synching her fab title track with Ricki Lake dancing in the background. The only thing missing is a little bit of Debbie Harry.

Related: 'Hair' Hopping

David Wright Delivers

Mets third baseman David Wright created quite a sensation over at the FDNY's Ladder 20 Engine 13 firehouse on Lafayette Street while filming a new VitaminWater commercial yesterday. Wright traded in his baseball uniform for some VitaminWater delivery man blues -- complete with "David" name patch. Is it any wonder all the firefighters were giddy and snapping cell-phone pictures of New York City's most eligible bachelor? (Gothamist)
Previously:

David Wright: Prince of the City

David Wright: Double Header

Sunday Worship

David Wright Fuels Up

Extreme MLB Makeover

Take Me Out

The Wright Stuff

All-Star Hotness

Straighten Up and Fly Wright

Sporting Goods: Lucas Neill

Aussie soccer player Lucas Edward Neill (born March 9, 1978, in Sydney) is very hot. More photos of our sexy mate after the jump. ----->

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kenneth in the (69): God, I only wish HX magazine would erroneously call me a porn star so I could sue for a cool mill and change. (NYP)

Shot in the Arm: Joni Mitchell comes out of retirement for Starbucks? (Variety)

Tom y Jerry: The authorities in Bogota, Colombia, have recruited an unlikely duo in the effort to sniff out land mines: cats and rats. (Would Troy go for this???) (AP)

Not 'Complicated': Do today's crop of pop tarts really "co-write" any of their music? What do you think? (AP)

Manhunt, Eh? Police on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are hunting for a 22-year old Windsor, Ontario, man wanted in the killing of a bartender at an area bar. The badly decomposed body of Carlos Rivera, 26, was found late last week in his Windsor apartment, three days after he failed to show up at Taps, a popular gay bar in the city that attracts clientele from both sides of the border. A first degree murder warrant has been issued for Jesse Norman Imeson. The 22-year old is considered armed an dangerous police said. Investigators say they believe Imeson met Rivera at the bar. The pair were seen last week in Rivera's car with Imeson at the wheel. (365Gay)

Reversal of Fortune: Six medical workers sentenced to life in prison in Libya after they were accused of infecting children with HIV came home to Bulgaria on Tuesday and were greeted with tears and hugs -- and a presidential pardon that allowed them to walk free after 8 1/2 years behind bars. The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were flown from Tripoli to a jubilant welcome in Sofia. (AP)

Another Century: Does anyone care what Rupert Everett thinks about gay adoption? Surely he has better things to do, like memorize his lines for the sequel to "The Next Best Thing." (Queerty)

Maria McKee @ Joe's Pub

Last night Michael and I saw the insanely talented Maria McKee (and when I say insane, I mean insane!) perform live at Joe's Pub. The set was short but wonderful and very dramatic (it runs in the family, after all). I've adored Maria since the early days of Lone Justice and it always makes me happy to see her alive and well and writing new music. Although her last few solo albums have been a rather huge departure from the Maria I fell in love with back in high school, with what seems to be so many unusual thoughts and ideas constantly racing through her head at once I can't help but thinking that a big Broadway score is in her future. And can the girl still sing ...

My two favorite moments were when she did the old Lone Justice song "Wheels" off of "Shelter":



Wheels (Written by Maria McKee)
I wish you never even loved me
It makes it so hard to live without love now
I know you're often thinking of me
Sometimes I feel you so close by
That it takes all my might to keeep from trying to track you down

I can surely keep you out of sight
Forget about the way you look, your smile, the way you speak
But I've heard in the dead of night outside my window silence breaking
With the solid destination of your lonesome speed

I know the sound of your wheels
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I know the sound of your wheels
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I know the sound of your wheels

I had a handle on my sorrow
My composure was in order if not sufficiently intact
But every reminiscent echo brings a blow to chill my senses
And my heart quakes and tenses 'til those moments pass

I know the sound of your wheels
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I know the sound of your wheels
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I know the sound of your wheels

Ev'ry trace, ev'ry vision
Brings my emotions to collision
Past love's lost tokens
Ev'ry cherished thought once spoken
False hope of reconciliation

And the incomparable "Breathe" off her eponymous solo debut, which Maria mentioned was a song her late brother, Bryan MacLean, really loved. Just a wonderful night with a wonderful performer.


Breathe (Written by Maria McKee)
At first I was scared when I opened up my head
And the motor that was runnin’ was the mind of you
I was scared when I looked at my reflection and the shine I saw were the eyes of you
I was scared when you touched my lips
And the breath I took was a breath that shook me with a shock
Like a flame as eternal as a song and the song is you and I
I will let you breathe through me
I will let you be with me

Whenever I’m alone and you’re lost out there
I can feel you breathe ‘cause our lungs we share
Whenever I’m alone anytime anywhere
I can feel your heart beat ‘cause our blood we share

I was scared when you came into my room
The walls became the sea, your voice was the moon
Oh when you rocked me in your arms
Like a song, a wave on the tide of you and I
I will let you breathe through me
I will let you be with me

My heart beats your blood
Your breath fills my lungs
Your heart beats my blood
My breath fills your lungs

I was scared when you came into my room
The walls became the sea, your voice was the moon
Oh when you rocked me in your arms
Be with me...

I will let you breathe through me
I will let you...
I will let you...
I will let you...

Off the top of my head here are the songs I can remember her doing:

Sullen Soul
Shelter
High Dive
Life Is Sweet /After Life
My First Night Without You
Breathe
Blessed Salvation
Wheels
Absolute Barking Stars
Be My Joy
Late December