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"We wouldn't transfer the title to the devil, and we're not going to transfer it to Dubai!"
- Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D - New Jersey)
Because, when trying to convince others (and ourselves) we aren't going just a titch overboard with the racist xenophobia shtick, this is exactly the kind of thing a U.S. Senator should be screaming in front of union types. Paging Daniel Webster.
This guy almost has me siding with CAIR of all things. How dare he.
Malcontent Early Warning System: Mariah Carey to Make Movie Comeback
In the new movie "Tennessee" she plays a waitress who with her two brothers sets off to find their estranged father to save their younger brother who has leukaemia.
That is until the patient is subjected to several extended scenes with Mariah, whereupon the film suddenly goes all kinds of Million Dollar Baby on us.
How much does it cost to be a true disciple of the Oprah? About $572.86.
Park District officials in Crystal Lake received complaints about plans to host the rowing event in this summer's Gay Games to be held in Chicago. I have it on good authority 86% of the calls were made by this man.
"Do gays and lesbians need specific items and documents ready and available to them and their families, should a disaster, such as an earthquake, flood, tsunami, or other horror occur?" Apparently. How I've gotten this far in life without a pink hazard triangle is absolutely beyond me.
Youth in Israel may now choose to serve a national gay organization in place of joining the military. Sounds a bit like a Cake or Death? decision.
You'd think this U.K. publication could find a better headline for the current military scandal involving troops from the 82nd Airborne Division appearing in gay internet porn.
Speaking of unfortunate headlines . . .
The "impossibly cute" Rob and Jordan at the PEN15 Club finally posted the second episode of their brilliant podcast. Now, to convince them to give us two hours instead of one.
Everyone seems a bit up in arms about the recent appointment by President Bush of the Rev. Herbert H. Lusk II to a position on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Whereas the other appointments to the panel seem almost uncharacteristically appropriate, I thought I'd poke and prod around a bit to figure out who the minister with close ties to Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council is. Upfront, the man is fairly hostile to us mo's. However, gay media are once again being brutally dishonest to their readers.
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Some observers might have noticed my idle threat to go all porn the minute Mal's plane hit the tarmac. Oh ye of little faith.
HBO has recently been running a documentary featuring a behind the scenes look at photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and the creation of his new book of photography and cultural essays featuring over thirty adult film stars.
Thinking XXX brings us many pretty and entirely naked men like Lukas Ridgestone and Chad Hunt, as well as dependable cultural commenters such as John Waters and Michael Musto.
Given the frontal nudity, the following highlights from the first half of the program are very much NSFW.
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[Watch video – 3:37, WMV format, low bandwidth]
I am heading out the door for a week in Africa. I apologize for the relatively light blogging lately on my end, but it's because I have been preparing for this trip. (And a couple of weeks after I get back, I will be off to Cologne, Germany, for several days, but because I will be flying Lufthansa, I might actually be able to blog from the plane. We Westerners are so lucky!)
I will be in many places next week where I will be lucky enough to get a dialtone, let alone WiFi, so I imagine next week's blogging will be even sparser from me. Robbie will be shouldering the load (hee hee), but I will try to check in from time to time if I can.
As Jerry Springer says, "Until next time, be good to yourself, and to each other."
Nominated for an Academy Award for her song "Travelin' Thru" featured in Transamerica, Dolly Parton's been making the rounds on the media circuit, popping up (and out) here, there, and everywhere.
Recently, Ms. Parton has been speaking out about her gay male fan-base, the subject matter of the award-winning Felicity Huffman flick, and the hate mail she receives for being Dorothy friendly.
American paper USA Today claim Ms Parton has been targeted because of her largely gay male fan base. She said: "Having a big gay following, I get hate mail and threats."
She added, "Some people are blind or ignorant, and you can't be that prejudiced and hateful and go through this world and still be happy. It's all right to be who you are."
Yesterday, Dolly showed up to chat with Ellen Degeneres, sing her nominated tune, and proudly flex the benefits of years of cheerfully acknowledged plastic surgery.
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I love our readers, but sometimes I do wonder if the feeling is mutual.
If you loved me, how on Earth would you all let me miss this universe-altering news?! [Via A Socialite's Life]
The conflict between two of the most vain-glorious personalities on television escalates as The Donald and Martha Stewart put down their poison pens and take to the airwaves to do battle - she threatening to claw off his toupee for use as a decorative throw rug, he seeking the satisfaction of slammering her face repeatedly between his golden toilet seat.
Howard Stern stands as giddy referee, combing the radio for every delicious drop of celebrity bile. On his Sirius program, he offers up the latest interviews, including an exclusive clip of Stewart ranting on daughter Alexis' own show.
[Listen – 15:42, 7.19mb, MP3 format]
Horny
Hmm, I might just need to reassess my aversion to the WB.
The video of the scene from "One Tree Hill," linked over on JUB, is located on an annoying Rapidshare page that requires you to do everything short of standing on your head while spitting wooden nickels to see it.
MalcoVision to the rescue ...
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Some random observations from the boys' first round on "American Idol," along with the requisite MalcoVision clip of what I felt were the top performances (plus Bobby Bennett, sheerly for trainwreck value):
So what exactly is Paula's drug of choice this year, "Obnoxidil"? Warning: Side effects may include incessant interruption of fellow judges, excessive vulvar moistness when viewing certain male contestants, and overuse of the word "journey."
I thought Chris and Elliott were head and shoulders above the others, with Ace close behind (and greatly assisted by the aesthetics factor). Enjoy the musicalizing.
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(Thanks to Robbie for helping me resurrect Chris's performance, which I managed not to record.)
In the latest entry in his "Overrated Blogs" series, Josh Foust takes a few well-placed swings at my favorite gay-hating piñata, LaShawn MoRawn Barber, and he asks the question on many of our lips:
How did such a talentless, venomous hack get such cred within legitimate conservative circles? But then again, that is increasingly becoming a redundancy.
UPDATE: See Josh's update to his post. Apparently the bitch decided to somehow redirect all of Josh's links to her to the Teletubbies instead. Clearly, she realizes that the bullshit she posts is so transparently bogus and indefensible that she is ashmed to have people read it.
Just a quick Malcovision clip before I wander away to the north for the morning. Last night, the Colbert Report perfectly summarized the current drive by the religious right to ban gay adoption.
As an added bonus, he asks questions of Corn Pops we've all been wondering and exposes the greatest anti-semites of all - Jewish cartoonists.
With a dead on half-impersonation of Bill O'Reilly and other news commentators, Stephen Colbert has rapidly surpassed Jon Stewart and the Daily Show as the most perceptive and trenchant observer of national media and the cynicism of politics.
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[Watch video – 4:32, WMV format, high bandwidth]
It may shock those of you who gather from my hep-cat lingo that I am all young and au courant, but I do remember a time when Americans TV-viewing choices were limited to three. Soon after we marveled at the miracle of cable: "They have an entire channel for music? Or sports?!"
Well, my friends, these are crazy but propitious times that we live in. I discovered that I not only have approximately 57 Varieties of ESPN, but I also have individual channels dedicated to just about every sport imaginable, short of bocce ball. (I suppose that's what happens when you ask for "everything" when you order your cable service.)
So how delighted was I when blog pal Kenneth in the 212 alerted me to the existence of the Tennis Channel and its program "No Strings," which profiles different stars of the tennis world – more specifically, to the episode this week focusing on one Robby Ginepri? While he has never been ranked as highly as his countryman, Andy Roddick, he does rival that phenom in the looks department. (Of course, Ginepri doesn't have the advantage of a last name comprising two distinct euphemisms for "penis," either.)
Sadly, even long before Ginepri's girlfriend showed up in this episode, my gaydar pegged so far into hetero territory that I have to get the needle replaced. But that still hasn't prevent him sitting for quite literally hot photo shoots in saunas (approx. 4:30 into the clip).
Twenty-three skidoo!
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Mal put together this Malcovision feature of his five favorite singers from last night.
First up is Ayla Brown taking on "Reflections," originally sung by Lea Salonga and Christina Aguilera on the Mulan soundtrack. While the high note that landed Christina one of her first significant musical contracts eluded Ayla, it remained a surprisingly strong performance.
Next, Paris Bennett, one of the best Billie Holiday coverers to arrive in a long while, chose an Idol Standard, "Midnight Train to Georgia." While I've liked her since her first audition, I'm going to quibble with Mal's pick here. "Midnight" is not a happy, celebratory song. Running around stage with a plastered smile and nearly giddy choreography is a bad interpretive choice, in my opinion. Plus, I may never forgive Paris that Farrah Fawcett hair. What was that?
Melissa McGhee followed with a dead on rendition of Faith Hill's "When the Lights Go Down." Paula Abdul, though high as I've ever seen her, correctly praised the sultry tone of McGhee's voice and how well it worked. If you've never noticed McGhee before, don't worry. Last night was the first time America has seen her perform.
Sixteen year old Lisa Tucker proved the competition may be her's to lose as she put up paradoxically the most mature performance of the evening with "I'm Changing," by Jennifer Holliday. The judges were well impressed by the poise of one of the youngest singers this season.
For the finale, we were given possibly the best performance of the night. Katharine McPhee channeled the immortal Nina Simone with "Since I Fell For You." The daughter of a music teacher wowed the judges and the audience with the sheer effortlessness of her performance. If I had to go by last night, I'd say McPhee may well be dueling Tucker for the tiara by season's end.
Note: Anyone else think the McPhee/McGhee thing is a voting shitstorm waiting to happen?
Tonight, the guys perform live. Can hottie Ace carry a tune? We'll have clips tomorrow.
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With another Clinton election on the horizon, gay support for the architects of the Defense of Marriage Act seemed a fait accompli, but lo and behold, the head of one New York State gay organization is having none of it.
The head of a leading gay rights advocacy group in New York has begun criticizing Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton's position on same-sex marriage and encouraging gays and lesbians to stop giving money to her re-election campaign. [. . .] In his memo, which was reported on Tuesday on the Politicker
Web site of The New York Observer, Mr. Van Capelle said that he refused to "lend my name and sell tickets" to any fund-raiser sponsored by a gay group for Mrs. Clinton's re-election campaign. He said supporting such fund-raisers for Mrs. Clinton would "actually hurt" the gay and lesbian community. "It will send a message to other elected officials that you can be working against us during this critical time and not suffer a negative pushback from the gay community," he said. "We have become a community that throws money at politicians, and we demand nothing in return. And that's what we get: nothing. It's the wrong message to send."
Mr. Van Capelle notes he will still vote for Clinton, but in his capacity as the head of a gay rights organization, he is not justified in signing on to fundraisers for a candidate working against the group's expressed interests.
I apologize if the video streaming has been buffer-heavy and slow-going lately. I have noticed it, and I know some of you have too.
I hope it isn't the price I'm paying for having an ISP that provides obscene amounts of storage and bandwidth at relatively low cost. But please bear with me; I'm looking into it.
26-year-old Jesse of Seattle has a tiny problem. Literally.
Jesse suffers from the heartbreak of a condition known as "buried penis," which he describes as "where it goes inside when you sit down, stand up, and it really itches a lot."
Or if you'd prefer to ask someone who knows what the fuck they're talking about, medical professionals will tell you that buried penis, or "phimosis," is the "inability to retract the distal prepuce over the glans penis." In other words, for about 1 percent of the adult male population – either for congenital or acquired reasons – the head of the non-erect penis retreats into the scrotum and/or abdomen, making a guy appear more girly than man.
Jesse reports that he has always been hesitant to go to the bathhouses with his father-in-law. Why you'd go to a bathhouse with your wife's father is apparently a question only for more curious reality-TV producers. Instead, "Dr. 90210" glosses merrily over the issue and follows Jesse as he prepares to correct the "angle of his dangle."
And if you're wondering why the picture of the kitten in a teacup, then ask yourself about the multitude of other disturbing images I could have included, and the question answers itself.
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Which is more difficult deep in the American South - being an open same-sex couple or being in an inter-racial relationship? What if you're both?
In an semi-old episode of MTV's True Life, the camera follows a dual cutie inter-racial gay couple, Ricky and Y'Zell, as they mingle with friends, hang out at the clubs, and undertake the most daunting task facing any homosexual pairing that lives in an area of the country that isn't quite as accepting as one would hope - finding a new apartment together.
Do they find an apartment? Are they greeted by discrimination? Does someone make a really awkward Jeffersons comparison? Malcovision has the clip.
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"New York City's Most Famous Transsexual," Amanda Lepore, is trying to cash in on the success of the Oscar-nominated movie "Transamerica."
She showed up on "The Insider" yesterday for no discernible reason other than to be Amanda Lepore, and to talk about the panoply of surgeries that got her there.
The list was so long that "Entertainment Tonight" announced its spin-off, "The Insider," would itself be spun off into a show to handle the formidable task.
Perhaps the most shocking revelation was that the next surgical procedure for Lepore, her lips already resembling two roller-brushed slabs of calves' liver, would involve skin-darkening and the implantation of a labial disk so that she would live among the Mursi tribeswomen of Ethiopia.
(OK, I made up most of this post.)
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