The startling, the blaise....ho-hum, another ad for crotchless briefs.......from repressed silence to fun in the sun; but the ship still sails away!

THIS CLIP IS SILENT, BY THE WAY.....












visiting my friend Jon, in NYC, in my youth.....Jon and I went to Jon's mother, Dot's apartment across from the 55th St. Playhouse......One of her girlfriends stopped by, so we "boys" were sent to the moviehouse, down and out the front door, to view a collection of independent sticky britches erotic films...this was an eye-opening experience for me....wow! Afterwards, i delved into Highbrow Derek Jarman films in latin, no less; campy work like Pink Narcissus, which influenced aesthetic eccentrics like Guy Madden; and the films of Ken Russell as well as the low-brow work of Kenneth Anger.... A common thread is always repression, fantasy and masturbation....this world of "X-ness" is flowing into the world of popular sentiment, more and more...In Amsterdam, years ago, friends had dinner while watching a program on the proper use of condoms, while our Dutch hosts, uninterested in this "educational" programming, smoked pot with the local beat cop.........America's middle class is swimming in the miasma of it all, from Sogo to Funtown! Then, it's all down the slide to the world of guiltless pleasures, Giulietta.......who lives a fantasy, goes home alone.......right, Baz? Ask Jack Smith......!

TERRY GILLIAM'S MASTERPIECE?

taking a lead from the many-actors-playing-Bob Dylan, film, I'M NOT THERE.......due to the untimely death of Keith Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law all play the same then uncompleted role.........I'm certain that Gilliam has made a monumental work of Art, for he always has.... A fit last film for Ledger!

what does it take for David Fincher....

to take home an oscar? I thought both "Fight Club" and ".....Benjamin Button" were great cinematic works ......but...no banana!.....Even with Cate and Tilda.......


this Posies video from Fight Club scenes certainly bowls me over.....and it has Brad's briefest nude scene ever, to boot!

SAM ROCKWELL SHOULD DANCE WITH THE STARS

now in his early 40's....it's time for Sam to be acknowledged as the great talent that he is.....perhaps the new "Moon" flic will do more for him than "Confessions......".....

La Belle et La Bête

IMMEDIATELY PRESS THE "HQ" BUTTON!





if one fears, one keeps at a distance, that which one sees as the source of fear.......whether the fear is rational is irrevelant to it's presence..... fear of change, even for our own betterment, will effectuate our attempts to remove the source of the fear, which we see as something outside of ourselves......

HUGH AND ANN

HUGH AND BEYONCE





the best ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY......ever!

TWO FACES OF JIM HENSEN

THE FIRST GAY AMERICAN IDOL MAKE-UP TIPS....THE "UNNATURAL" LOOK

Adam was pumped about this week, and his Led Zeppelin song choice was all he could have hoped for. This was his comfort zone...he was totally in his element! We knew we could have some fun with his Liz Taylor, the rockstar, look this week. His skin was moisturized using Dermalogica Active Moist followed with primer (this helps the makeup go on smoothly); his skin tone was evened out using a warm colored cream foundation over his entire face. Under his eyes he needed a little more coverage, so the flawless concealer was carefully patted to make sure it blended in without compromising the coverage. To polish off the look, an airbrush was used to spray a thin coat of Temptu silicone base air foundations over his entire face. Then, to warm him up and set his foundations, a large powder brush was used to mix powder and bronzer which was dusted all over his face and neck. Now he was ready to play up his eyes. First, his lashes were curled using eyelash curler to help really opening up his eyes. Then, dramatic black liner was smudged on his upper and lower lash line. To give them a pop of color, an intense teal/sea green color, lined the inner rims of his eyes. This really made his “guy liner” stand out. Then, to give it an extra kick, NARS Bali taupe shadow was dusted across his lids. Finally, his lashes were coated using mascara, and his lips were touched up with tinted lip balm. He was ready to get the crowd on their feet and blow half the judges. This make-up routine has been officially adopted by Joan Rivers for her post-embalming procedures to be followed, rigorously after her death at 100!

However, if his private life is too "gay".....and he is deposed to "silver medalist" status (which he WILL be....mark me), he can always get a part in yet another Star Trek Reincarnation as an Orion glam-rock-alien........(i actually prefer this look to the punk-Liz.....) or star in a Freddy Mercury biopic......

ROOTIE KAZOOTIE

 

My grandfather got a Televiewing apparatus, housed in a bulky cabinet, in 1949....soon, there appeared such silly stuff as Captain Midnight, Winky Dink and Rootie Kazootie....... I still have the "magic decoder", the "magic screen" and my Rootie doll, a constant companion to the wooden modelling doll and Scarlett...yum, yum.......let's make a Kazootie Witch peanut butter, banana and jelly sandwich.

AND.....THERE WAS "WINKY DINK"..........



makes the junk on kiddy tv, now, look pretty sophisticated, doesn't it? {it was fun to draw on the screen, though...i had to remember to wipe the screen before my grandfather watched Edward R. Murrow's See It Now, however}

THE RACH......

In High School, I got lost in Tchaikovsky's 1st......my freshman year in college, i got really lost in this............

DOES TRACEY ULLMAN KNOW ASTRID?

ASTRID HADAD - Divinas pecadoras (reprise)

everyone likes fuck films......who're you kidding......

A friend asked me if any "good, mainstream films about homosexuality had ever been produced". I joking mentioned a few like LUSTER, TOTAL ECLIPSE, BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN TEST....even the Showtime series that caused such a hullabaloo, QUEER AS FOLK....even PARTY MONSTER!..After viewing them, he commented, "they all have so much sex in them!".......I guess queers just have the corner on sex?.....Not! My friend, of course, a really closeted case himself, would relate to TORCH SONG TRILOGY, BOYS IN THE BAND, THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE or even BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN....and relegate "sex" to the back of that closet...And just think.....only a few decades ago, there was only hot, subliminal sex or flaming innuendo to anticipate.....I'm glad to see that as part of the past!