Merry (Late) Christmas

Friends

Probably fake, but according to Huffington Post this is what the intro to Friends looks like in Eastern Europe. This makes me wonder if that show might have been enjoyable if the music was done by Throbbing Gristle...

How the Decade Was Supposed To Turn Out

With all the horrible things that happened in the last decade, I think I repressed the memory of this Super Bowl commercial from the year 2000 and the controversy it caused - or maybe that's just a sign of how short-term our memories became and how numb to media controversies we got this decade. Anyway, here's Christopher Reeve walking:

Gawker: How the Decade Was Supposed To Turn Out (Spoiler: Christopher Reeve Walking)

Not that I'm a Lady Gaga Gay, but...

For some reason, Westboro Baptist Church put out this press release on Lady Gaga. If I was a big Lady Gaga fan I'd probably think this was awesome, but I'm apathetic and unimpressed by her so I'm more inclined to simply view this as a new low on the part of Fred Phelps' church, which I'm still not entirely convinced isn't some Neo-Dada art experiment gone horribly wrong.

Christmas Tree

Handsome Devil

Let me share with you an old memory I guess I haven't gotten over.

Freshman year, in the bedroom of my best (straight) friend at college. We've broken into the house where the liberal arts school basketball team lives and stolen all of their liquor, and we're sitting in his room, and drinking vodka out of water bottles. He's singing to me - "Handsome Devil" by The Smiths - and asking me to take off my shoes so I can get into bed with him. I know that this is why he's asking so I'm not doing it, and he keeps asking and eventually I take them off and move from his chair by the computer into bed with him and he's touching my hand and says that this is what he does with all of his friends back home. He pulls me under the covers and kisses me. His eyes are closed and mine are open, and this is something I would want if it felt right, but it doesn't. He passes out, but I'm still awake, barely hanging on. The Smiths are still playing, and at some point during "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" I'm passing out and waking up and passing out and waking up and drifting in and out of consciousness and thinking about how I used to love that distortion technique that Johnny Marr uses on his guitar, but that all feels like so long ago...

And now I'm supposed to be a fucking adult.

Trying to think warm thoughts...

I'm stranded out here in CT in this snowstorm, but this pic from David Dust warmed me up:

My Union Square Dream House

In the midst of the recession, with only a BA to my name and no sign of a viable job market, I thought I'd never be able to afford my inevitable transition to becoming a Manhattan gay. But looking through Craigslist, I've discovered the perfect listing, and one that I may be able to afford downtown on my current (very, very low) salary after all... for only one-third of $975 a month!

$975 / 3br - Recently renovated house 3 bd/two bathrooms w/ a two vehicle garage (Union Square)
Date: 2009-12-19, 1:15AM EST

The property is approximately 2930 sq ft that doesn't include the redesigned garage.

The kitchen has Amanastainless metal dishwasher, refrigerator, stove and microwave and new granite finished tabletops.

Bedrooms are huge with new grey carpeting and light oak hardwood layed in the two bths.

This house is in a gated development with unlimited access to the club house and basketball court.

Looks like I've finally found my Union Square Dream House...

Finally Watched Jersey Shore...

I finally watched MTV's Jersey Shore last night, and I have to say I was pretty surprised by how entertaining it was. It's probably the best thing I've seen on MTV since 2003. I sometimes forget how much more fucked up straight people are about sex than gay men...well, fucked in different ways.

Anyway, here's some pics of Ronnie, the guido (yes, I've got enough Italian in me to throw around that word) from the show who I thought was hot.

Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Lamont...

Vintage R&B For Christmas

Maybe this Christmas, Santa will get me a vintage drum machine off eBay so I can go back to producing 80s-style R&B songs like I did back in my freshman year of college. Until then, here's something that's been in my head all day:

Loose Ends - "Hangin' On A String" (1985)

This is something I drew at work today

I hate my job, and I'm also sick :(

Kyle King and Drew Cutler

I almost didn't recognize Kyle King in these hot new pics:

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Loading Zone (Hot House)
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Teabaggers on Grindr..?

This profile just appeared in my area on Grindr today. I dunno if this is real, or if this kid just has some really ignorant political views:

Metal/Industrial Music and Gay Porn Video Directors

I don't know how I've gone until now without seeing this. As my longtime readers will note, back in my more closeted high school days I was really into metal and industrial music and played a lot of guitar. I used to listen to a lot of Judas Priest and Nine Inch Nails work, but I somehow completely missed this point in music history where Trent Reznor helped produce a solo album by Priest singer Rob Halford - who's probably one of the people responsible for me getting into leather.

As if this wasn't enough, semi-reliable internet sources tell me that this video was produced by Chi Chi LaRue (seen here with yours truly). While there are a lot of women in this video, there's also plenty of man on man kissing, bootlicking, and leather and rubber action for me to have been into and used to make my straight friends nervous as I edged out of the closet. This also serves as a reminder to me that Halford was one of the figures whose coming out made me feel more comfortable with my sexuality, and I'm sure there's a few a few other rock guys who were affected the same way.

2wo - "I Am A Pig"