After watching Gus Van Sant’s film “Milk” I was surprised by the fact that I didn’t know that gay people who were living in the Castro area during the late seventies were subjected to violent attacks from the police!. Call me naive but I thought that the Castro would have been one area where gay people would have sanctuary from such behaviour.
This story line in the film was eye opening for me and I am a little surprised by this fact of intimidation and violence and being the age that I am (teenager during the late seventies) when I “came out” I dreamed of going to San Fransisco and as I thought it at the time live in a safe haven for homosexuals.
I was also very shocked by Sean Penn’s performance of Harvey Milk which was outstanding and sensitive and coming from a man who’s previous roles which have been ultra masculine and one dimensional, its with great surprise that in “Milk” he can surly act with passion and intelligence.
Eye candy is supplied by James Franco who looked stunningly sexy during the first half of the film with a hot beard and grungy/hippy type clothes and his performance was also believable and heart warming and he brought a sincere and intimate quality to the character.
But really with Gus Van Sant as director the film couldn’t fail, he is in my eyes a genius!
The major success of the collection by D & G lies within their clever use of muted colours and studded detail’s, I love the denim jeans with distressed detail’s and side embellishments which are also on jackets and shirts.
The collection evokes a simplified natural approached to male sexuality, not trying too hard and over emphasising or over styling the male body,but cleverly attaining an earthy maleness which conclusively evokes confidence with the male sexual form.
Where Dsquared tried too hard and failed , D & G effortless showcased their natural ability once again to visually present the male in a very sexual and natural way!.
D&G Dolce & Gabbana Spring Summer 2010 Menswear Full Show.
Right!, so let me get this straight,what Alexander McQueen is saying or rather implying with his video for his collection is that if you buy his clothes you will either……
Get so into debt by the sheer price of his clobber that you will ignore ALL CREDIT CARD REMINDERS and simply BURN THEM!.
Go completely insane and be committed to a looney bin.
Be reduced to self-harming with a biro.
Your O.C.D takes over with red paint and your real opinion about his clothes is written out on the wall in graffiti (SHIT).
Or you simply run around in your white underpants trying to escape the homosexual clothes assistant, who must at all costs measure your inside leg measurement even though you only came in to buy an over priced t-shirt!.
Whatever the intent of the director (David Sims) its simply bizarre and what is the implication of the video because its doesn’t produce the desire to buy his clothes,well not with me anyway!.
Alexander Mcqueen Spring Summer 2010 Menswear Film.Directed By David Sims.
I’m loving Cicada who I discovered while browsing the itunes store and became attracted to the current CD Roulette cover art which I feel maintains the breezy summer feel of the tracks on the CD.
I don’t really know much about the group but for me they are an antidote to Lady GAGA (boring and fake) and the very poor first release by Little Boots called New in Town ( it grates on my nerves).
They have a Goldfrapp/Air feel to their sound but they have taken more of a direction towards the dance area and are a little less arty and all the best because of this!.
“Love dont come easy” is a sure fire hit if it gets released as a single,catchy as a fungal infection and would burn the floor with a soul seekerz mix.
The first release from the CD is Metropolis which is not as immediately catchy but after a few listens you will find it repeating in your brain.
A track which is smooth as silk and emotionally charged is “Tears”, it conjures up images of warm sands and blue skies with sun tanned men in trunks playing “naughty” in the sea.
I would highly recommend that you buy “Roulette” and their first CD “Cicada” to add to your summer playlist and give that boring sunbathing a kick up the ass!!
If like me you LOVE MUSIC check out last.fm where you can listen to music and discover new artist’s relating to your music tastes and you can even install the last.fm scobbler app to update your profile with the music that you listen to in itunes!……..how cool is that!!!
This was previously posted on my myspace blog dated 13th March 2009 and the reason why I’m re-posting it here will become a little clearer at the end of this blog!.
My new neighbours , well at first I thought that they were going to be quiet and be no trouble at all, (unlike the previous occupants who were loud trailer trash and drunkards),they had survived the winter cocooned behind cheap plastic blinds and nasty woolly hats.
so I was hoping that when the better weather arrived they would continue in this satisfyingly reclusive behaviour.But NO!!! what do they do!?, they suddenly become VISABLE!!! and actually try to speak to ME!, I kept thinking to myself (don’t try to get to know me because I really don’t like you ).
I would say this to their faces but I don’t want the drama, drama’s for fashion and gay bars and over stimulated homosexuals with botox infected faces!.So what I now do is use my face as anATTITUDE LAUNCHER, giving out harsh attitude and polluted pouts!
Update. Well the occupants mentioned in the above are at present packing up and moving into a caravan so they can travel around the country ( good for them and even better for me). The only problem now is that apparently the next occupants are a young couple bringing with them suspected dangers of noise and activity!!.
I know that I’m sounding like a moaning old queen but I just want someone living next door to me that …..
I could sleep with (gay)
I could connect with on a creative level (Artist)
I could bond with (gay/artist/porn star)
So there you go my list of requirement for a perfect future neighbour and what are the chances of that happening in the North West Countryside!!!!!
After waiting in ALL day for my ASOSpackage to de delivered I finally ripped open the plastic bags to reveal my brand new Villian clothes, a cowboy style top which fits snugly around my chest and a grey shirt which equally fits better than a well designed dildo!.
I have included some pic’s of my Rufskin jeans simply because I CAN!
I was intrigued by the issues raised by this story about a young man who at the age of fifteen falls in love with a mature man whom he Initially had started to chat with on the internet as a way to explore and understand his homosexuality.
Michael Schnyer began his relationship with Dean Juenke in chat room and over time a rapport was struck and they began to get closer, chatting over months Michael began to realise that he was falling in love. A few months into the relationship Michael innocently or naively(depending on how you view the situation) recorded several sexually explicit video’s of himself and sent them to Dean, at the time he would have no realisation that these private videos would later lead to Dean’s imprisonment.
Michael’s parent’s began to get suspicious about the amount of the amount of time that their son was spending on the internet and decided to investigate further by looking on their son’s computer which revealed to their horror his secret. Not knowing what to do they contacted the FBI who began investigating Michael and Dean’s relationship and then they discovered the explicit video’s of Michael on Dean’s computer.
The conclusion of the investigation was that Dean was charged with criminal possession of material involving sexual exploitation of minors and although Michael and Dean later married and Michael’s parents became more accepting of their relationship,Dean pleaded guilty and is now serving two and a half years in federal prison.
Whether you agree or disagree with the situation and judging by most of the comments on The Feast of Fools website posted soon after the show was aired people are sceptical regarding Dean’s intentions at the beginning of the relationship as to whether they were entirely “innocent!”. There is no doubt that there was an emotional and intellectual divide during the fragile beginnings (Michael’s initial nativity )which may or may not have been exploited by Dean!.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS POSTED ON THE FEAST OF FOOLS WEBSITE
Dean was wrong to pursue any sort of relationship with a 15 year old. Period. Whether we believe the law is stupid, or that it goes too far… it is the law, and it should be obeyed. Had they stopped what they were doing when it came out that Michael was 15 (and Michael is just as much at fault there), none of this would have happened.
But that’s not what happened, and now Dean is paying the price. It’s unfortunate, but that’s how it goes.
Michael, I wish you and Dean the best of luck, but it’s hard for me to take pity on your situation.
It seems that Michael found what he desperately lacked – someone to listen to and give him attention (he had no gay peers his age and his family was not close). But Dean knew or should have known that adults are not allowed to have such relations, as what occurred here over the internet and phone, with minors. That’s why, unsurprisingly, Dean is in prison. I have no sympathy for the situation they are in.
Sometimes I have the feeling that I am so alone in the world and even when I am surrounded by people I can STILL have these feelings. I have always been independent and have never really relied on anyone to look after me and I can fierily guard my privacy and never let anyone past a certain point.
This I feel is my weak point and I am jealous of people who can have a “family” of friends and socialise constantly,I can never achieve this no matter how hard I try because there is safe guard switch that always clicks back to my default setting of HERMIT!.
Growing up during at the start of the AIDS epidemic I became paranoid that I would be infected with the HIV virus and so naturally I practice safe sex , except (once when I was high).
So I can not understand why certain gay porn stables are producing bareback video’s because the younger gay generation, who’s first contact with gay sex will be porn stars having unprotected sex and making them believe that this in the correct form of sexual activity.
Gay sex video’s are the only place where homosexual teenagers can get gay sex information because of the lack of real gay sex education in schools, so bareback producers are presenting these teenagers with a false view of what they should really be doing and that is practising safe sex!.
This video from homovision.tv discussing the subject is interesting and thought provoking.
