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- Strangeways, Here We Come…
Well it looks like everyone’s favorite witty, bon-mot hurling, ironic/iconic pop star has finished his autobiography. Morrissey‘s–three year in the making- memoir is finished. It’s apparently a huge book coming in at some 660 pages. Just what is going to be in this book? Vegan Recipes? Tales of hot hookups with groupies. Celibate fireside chats [...]
- Tennessee Williams Blues
The superb, late Boston area vocalist, Teddi King, sings a witty musical satire, “Tennessee Williams Blues”, on Hugh Hefner’s 1960′s TV show “Playboy After Dark” File under “hip swinging white folks.” Share this:
- Andrew Holleran: The Mary Interview
By William Johnson Art by Khary Simon Through out his career Andrew Holleran has provided a series of beautiful, and finely tuned, literary portraits of a particular type of modern gay man: characters whose intelligence and self awareness is not always enough to properly guide them through the often precarious aspects of the modern gay [...]
- The Young Lovers
Yes! The Young Lovers hit NYC! Saturday, October 30 8:30pm – 10:30pm Tommys Tavern 1041 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn NY 11222 Brontez Purnell, the lead singer of the Young Lovers, has a short story in the fall issue of Mary! I’ll be there with bells on–soft bells so not to disrupt the band. Share this:
- Madonna’s Letter to Steven Meisel
The website “Letters of Note” has unearthed a letter Madonna wrote in 1991 to famed photographer Steven Meisel while she was filming the movie “A League of Their Own.” The letter is classic 90s Madonna, snarky( Genna Davis is a barbie doll) and cruelly hilarious (when God decided where the beautiful men were going to [...]
- William Burroughs vs Led Zeppelin
What would happen if William Burroughs and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page sat down for a cup of tea? Would the Devil pop out of the teapot? Would the crumpets rise up and start singing the “Misty Mountain Hop“? The good folks at Arthur Magazine have unearthed a 1975 Crawdaddy article in which Burroughs attends a [...]
- The Will Smiths
This album was made during Will Smith’s brief infatuation with vegetarianism, celibacy, and homoerotic overtones. Share this:
- New Homosexual Anthem
The 1970 soul classic, Maybe, as performed by The Three Degrees. “”I stood there looking dumb and let that man walk right outta my life…” Share this:
- House Music
A history of urban gay culture can be mapped by simply taking note of what was being played at the dance clubs at any given moment. Below is a link to a website that offers a vivid, insightful, evocative and personal accounting of the house music scene, and the gay culture that both inspired it [...]
- James Baldwin Sings…
James Baldwin sings Thomas Dorsey’s gospel hymnal “Precious Lord Take My Hand.” It is actually a very moving rendition. Share this:
