Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
15 x 15
To celebrate the 15th birthday of his eponymous makeup and skin care line, François Nars photographed 15 of his favorite celebrities and fashion people in situations inspired by the names of his products, which are culled from film and fashion history. The resulting portraits have been compiled in “15×15,” a limited-edition tome whose proceeds will go to charity.
Very Cockette 1972.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
LA SWANSON
I've been feeling a bit like Gloria in this photo lately........
a bit tired and world weary.
I have some wonderful projects going on, but sometimes I have to force myself to get it together for an evening out, an event, party, or whatever.
Being older it takes longer to look fabulous darlings!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
A GAY HEART
I've been watching some of the videos from The National Equality March and feeling so moved. Hopeful and yet sad that it is still taking so long for Gay people to receive their rights.
As a 60+ year old man living with AIDS I have to wonder if I will live long enough to see the day when we will receive the respect we deserve as human beings in this land of America.
Not that my life will be changed so much on the outside. I have a roof over my head, can't be fired from my job, too old to join the military, and no prospects in sight, right now, for marriage. But perhaps knowing I have equal protection under the law and the same rights as any other person in this country, will help to heal some of the wounds of living with hatred and fear from an early age. Perhaps....
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Famed Photog Irving Penn Dies
Irving Penn's “Woman With Roses,” with Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn in Lafaurie Dress, Paris, 1950. Mr. Penn died at age 92 on Oct 7, 2009.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
My kind of sports....
Quarterback Mark Sanchez and supermodel Hilary Rhoda
from the June 2009 issue of GQ.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Richard Chamberlain
I think your first celebrity sighting is the most exciting. And mine of Richard Chamberlain is a memorable one. I had just moved to California from Michigan and one day was walking down Sunset Blvd. I was about to cross La Cienega Blvd. headed toward the famous Schwabs drugstore, when I noticed a tall blond guy headed towards me. He was wearing a light blue shirt unbuttoned and the breeze was showing of his tan skin and hairy chest. As he grew closer and we walked past each other, it registered in my brain,
"That's the actor (from the then popular television show Dr. Kildare) Richard Chamberlain" he was so handsome and seeing him close up gave my young heart a lift. I was walking on air thinking....I'm really in Hollywood!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Is it really because he is Black?
" The normally nonchalant Barack Obama looked nonplussed, as Nancy Pelosi glowered behind.
Surrounded by middle-aged white guys — a sepia snapshot of the days when such pols ran Washington like their own men’s club — Joe Wilson yelled “You lie!” at a president who didn’t.
But, fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: You lie, boy!
The outburst was unexpected from a milquetoast Republican backbencher from South Carolina who had attracted little media attention. Now it has made him an overnight right-wing hero, inspiring “You lie!” bumper stickers and T-shirts.
The congressman, we learned, belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, led a 2000 campaign to keep the Confederate flag waving above South Carolina’s state Capitol and denounced as a “smear” the true claim of a black woman that she was the daughter of Strom Thurmond, the ’48 segregationist candidate for president. Wilson clearly did not like being lectured and even rebuked by the brainy black president presiding over the majestic chamber.
I’ve been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer — the frantic efforts to paint our first black president as the Other, a foreigner, socialist, fascist, Marxist, racist, Commie, Nazi; a cad who would snuff old people; a snake who would indoctrinate kids — had much to do with race.
I tended to agree with some Obama advisers that Democratic presidents typically have provoked a frothing response from paranoids — from Father Coughlin against F.D.R. to Joe McCarthy against Truman to the John Birchers against J.F.K. and the vast right-wing conspiracy against Bill Clinton.
But Wilson’s shocking disrespect for the office of the president — no Democrat ever shouted “liar” at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq — convinced me: Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it".
Read the rest of Maureen Dowd's article here.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
HUBBY HUBBY
Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby ice cream gets a new look and name - Hubby Hubby - this month in Vermont to celebrate the state's legalization of same-sex marriage. Sweet, now if only it were nation wide,
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Don't be afraid to dream....
"I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream". Vincent Van Gogh
"The world will have you believe that it is useless or a waste of time - well dream anyway! People may perceive you as naive and inexperienced - dream anyway! Challenges may try to get in your way - but dream anyway! See the best part of dreaming is that it is free, it is always possible and anyone, anywhere, no matter what their situation is, can do it.
And there is no such thing as an unrealistic dream, a wise person once said “If you can think it, you can achieve it“. A dream is a thought. A thought is energy. Energy cannot be destroyed, but it can be transformed. And hence the dreams of dreamers become their life realities".
Good information here about dreaming.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
AND YOU WOULD EAT THIS?
A rare cobalt-blue lobster is seen in Portsmouth, N.H.
Proof that shell fish are an abomination, just as the bible says.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Shrimp is an abomination...
A clear majority of California voters has spoken. The California constitution must support what's in the bible.
Leviticus and Deuteronomy are clear: "And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you." abomination
Now that the gay marriage question has been taken care of, it's time for the rest of the bible. Let's get shrimp out of our state. Think about it - do you want your kids to be taught that it's OK to eat that which hath not fins or scales?
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
The Rev. Ike dies but the con lives on....
I remember seeing Rev Ike on television as a child growing up in Detroit Michigan. He was like a more refined Little Richard. Dressed to the nines sometimes wearing a fur coat getting out of his Rolls Royce car. Yes, he preached that the Lord wanted him to have all these things and so can you if you believe, and put as much as you can into the collection plate.
Many many years later after I'd moved to lovely Washington Heights to live in the late 90s, I couldn't help but notice this old beautiful ornate theater still splendid in it's gaudiness, while busing by it on B'way one day. I wanted to find out just what that building was. Turns out it was the church or rather Palace of the Rev Ike of my childhood. I had to get in there and check it out someday soon.
I found out when the next church service would be held and made plans to attend. I did not see a lot of happy faces to greet me amongst the primarily black congregation, but that was OK I was there to praise God, not be popular. One lady pointed out that I should "pay no mind and just keep coming back" which only made my discomfort more real.
First there was some music and then they asked for contributions or "love offerings" in the most unusual manner I had ever experienced. They called out dollar amounts...who's giving $500 dollars, 400, 300, 200, all the way down to $10-5 dollars. I guess my couple of dollars didn't rate an announcement. Praise God!
Rev. Ike is gone now at age 74 of heart disease.
But I just read in the New York Times this morning that in Fort Worth Texas they are keeping Ike's spirit alive. "Onstage before thousands of believers weighed down by debt and economic insecurity, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and their all-star lineup of “prosperity gospel” preachers delighted the crowd with anecdotes about the luxurious lives they had attained by following the Word of God.
Ushers carried buckets holding donations from the Southwest Believers’ Convention this month at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Private airplanes and boats. A motorcycle sent by an anonymous supporter. Vacations in Hawaii and cruises in Alaska. Designer handbags. A ring of emeralds and diamonds.
“God knows where the money is, and he knows how to get the money to you,” preached Mrs. Copeland.
Trouble is Gloria and Kenneth don't have a tenth of the style of the Rev. Ike.
May he rest in peace, where ever he may be.
The Best of Times...
Songs from my early teen years...we were so happy to be dancing, and away from our parents!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
For Us Weekly, it takes Janet Jackson to create the year's best-selling issue. For Wenner Media cousin Rolling Stone, it takes a gay man like Adam Lambert.
The snake-fueled cover is the music mag's best-selling issue, according to Extra (via The Advocate), though it's unclear just how many issues Lambert's cover moved. On average, RS sells 134,660 copies at the newsstand.
Even with a fake snake Adam is the "real deal". That is a fake snake...no?
Friday, August 14, 2009
Grey Vetiver by Tom Ford
Grey Vetiver by Tom Ford Cologne for Men is a powerful scent made to release your senses and open your world to nature. It's distinct, rich and smooth.
Fragrance Notes: Vetiver blend, Sun Drenched Citrus, Spices, Rich Woods Fragrance Family: Woody.
I like the sound of this fragrance...but we shall see, I'm hard to please when it comes to scent.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Daddy Buy Me This...
"The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport ($2.25 million) keeps the coupe's 1001 hp, 16-cylinder engine, and has been developed so there will be no draft inside, even when exploring the upper reaches of the car's 217 mph top speed. While the company will reportedly build just 80 Grand Sports, you should keep in mind that there is no other car like this one out-there."
Opps...I guess I'm the Daddy!
Saturday, August 08, 2009
My favorite cartoon as a little boy...
We played Water Babies in my neighbor's pool in the summer.
Thank you Sissy Dude.
Jean Paul Gaultier
I can't help but wonder if JPG wasn't inspired by my short bleached hair after I attended his show back in the very early 80s, when that look was considered "shocking" even by the Paris fashion crowd.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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