It’s Been 20 Years: The L.A. Riots…This Revolution WAS Televised.

Today is the 20th Anniversary of the L.A. Riots. 20 years ago I was sitting in a classroom, wearing a Catholic school uniform. In my personal life, I was listening to Guns’n’Roses, Metallica, Queensryche and Nelson, about to be 14 years old (my birthday is in May), and things were…well, as good as they can [...]

So This is Christmas…–#6

I figured that for Christmas Day I would do a potpourri of sorts. See, alongside all the seasonal-related films that I adore, there are a whole bunch of TV shows, specials and songs with music videos. So this one is a little different from the others. 6) Holiday Audio-visual Mixtape The first in all of [...]

Thank You For Bea-ing a Friend…:RIP Bea Arthur,1922-2009

I will be the first to admit that my gay sensibilities are ostensibly heightened and terrifically off-the-charts much of the time when it comes to…well, almost anything. Go ahead and point it out. I will shrug at you. I will shrug quite loudly at you, in fact. I have recognized that there is a very [...]

This is the way, step inside: Joy Division and Me, pt. 1

The silence when doors open wide Where people could pay to see inside For entertainment they watch his body twist Behind his eyes he says I still exist This is the way, step inside And with these lyrics, Joy Division begins their album, Closer. The song? “Atrocity Exhibition.”  The aural impact? INFINITE. Released 2 months [...]

Happy Birthday Bill!!!

Right-o, since I’m still a-workin’ on somethin’ bigger, and the inimitable James Tiberius Kirk/Denny Crane/Man who had the Nightmare at 20,000 Feet/Priceline Negotiator, etc CLEARLY takes precedence ANYWAY….Have at it. Happy 78th birthday to the one…the only….William Alan Shatner. Plus I shall give you Henry Rollins on his experience recording with Bill…. And some puppets [...]

A taste of things to come….

So I’m working on something really interesting and personal and wonderful. I am very excited about it.  It’s totally in the editing process, & it’s saved as a draft here on my “dashboard” and it will be getting published up here by the end of the weekend.  That is my plan, anyways. BUT, as a [...]

Damn Fine Panties

Yeah, so I’m failing right now on the blogging thing. Been reaaaaaaaallly busy….work, school, etc. So the good stuff- the writing- it will come. I found this today, though, and had to share.

These Boots were made for Walken…

As I work on a proper entry, a tribute to the late and great Lux Interior of The Cramps (stay tuned),I will give you this:

Posting from the Land Of Wooze

I am sick. The plague is upon me. It is not a bad plague. More one of the cold variety which can be answered with heavy doses of spicy Thai food and usually just involves me sniffling about, sounding like a phone-sex-operator (on account of the husky tones of my voice in the morning, mostly) [...]

Elliot Smith + Muppets = AWESOME

Thanks to my longtime friend Bill, I get to present you with morning AMAZING. CHECK THIS OUT….