Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Jack Renio by Bruce of LA
It sometimes can be disconcerting to discover the actual color of some of those posing straps... :-)
Macy Gray! - "Kissed It" and "Beauty in the World"
I went to see the new "Sex and the City 2" last week and amid the terrible commercials one is forced to sit through before the feature starts was one for the "Bravo" TV network -- an absolutely abysmal channel. HOWEVER! I was very happy to sit through it, as the song featured over the visuals was from the upcoming album "The Sellout" by Macy Gray!
Macy is one of those artists you either love or loathe -- her voice is definitely unique. Her first three albums were on constant rotation on my mp3 player when riding the subway and bus to work in the mid-00s. The new album comes out on June 22 and I will buying it the first day and loving it that night!
Here are two live performances of songs from the new album, "Kissed It" (the Bravo commercial song) and "Beauty in the World" -- taken from the British TV show "Later with Jools Holland."
Macy is one of those artists you either love or loathe -- her voice is definitely unique. Her first three albums were on constant rotation on my mp3 player when riding the subway and bus to work in the mid-00s. The new album comes out on June 22 and I will buying it the first day and loving it that night!
Here are two live performances of songs from the new album, "Kissed It" (the Bravo commercial song) and "Beauty in the World" -- taken from the British TV show "Later with Jools Holland."
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Meet John Palatinus in San Francisco this Saturday!
Hi guys,
I'm going up to San Francisco on Saturday to join my friend John Palatinus at the opening reception of "Chronotopia" -- "the National Queer Arts Festival’s annual visual arts exhibition [which] explores the past, present and future of queer people that will permanently alter the way you think about queer art and history."
The reception starts at 3:00 and I'm really looking forward to this exhibit. Aside from seeing John's work displayed with that of 60 other artists, I'm very intrigued by the wide range of queer art that will be on display, only a tiny amount of which is on display at Chronotopia's web page.
More from their website -- Where [else] can you see images of the first African-American drag queen crowned "Ms Gay Charleston, South Carolina, 1978” alongside beautiful 1958 beefcake boys and gun-toting cowgirl lesbians? Where do trans crafters meet specters of Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Emily Duckinson?
This exhibition captures the multiple dimensions of queer time and place; locates queer lives in relation to complex communities; and remembers historical moments that are framed and re-framed by the present. It also offers alternative approaches to the historical record that challenge a fixed chronology of events and complicate the idea of memory.
The exhibition’s multidimensional visions of our queer history suggest limitless potentialities and vantage points, where conflicting desires and narratives coexist, where ghosts converse with the living, where we imagine impossible possibilities, and where we record our histories in new and challenging ways--Chronotopia.
The event is being held at the SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco. There is a map available here. The exhibit is scheduled to run through June 26.
It's going to be a whirlwind trip for me -- literally less than 24 hours in the city, due to work restrictions back home. But hanging out with John is always a blast, and hopefully we will be able to spend time with John's buddy Greg Day, himself an artist whose work is also part of Chronotopia (in fact, one of his images, "Ms. Africa," is the main advertising images for the show!), and we might be able to meet up with our new friend Bob, whom we met at the Antebellum show events.
I hope some of my readers can make it to this free event. John loves to meet fans of the Golden Age (and any other age, as well -- as the man himself is timeless!) and it would be a real gas for me to meet someone who actually reads this stuff! ;-)
Take care, fellas!
I'm going up to San Francisco on Saturday to join my friend John Palatinus at the opening reception of "Chronotopia" -- "the National Queer Arts Festival’s annual visual arts exhibition [which] explores the past, present and future of queer people that will permanently alter the way you think about queer art and history."
The reception starts at 3:00 and I'm really looking forward to this exhibit. Aside from seeing John's work displayed with that of 60 other artists, I'm very intrigued by the wide range of queer art that will be on display, only a tiny amount of which is on display at Chronotopia's web page.
More from their website -- Where [else] can you see images of the first African-American drag queen crowned "Ms Gay Charleston, South Carolina, 1978” alongside beautiful 1958 beefcake boys and gun-toting cowgirl lesbians? Where do trans crafters meet specters of Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Emily Duckinson?
This exhibition captures the multiple dimensions of queer time and place; locates queer lives in relation to complex communities; and remembers historical moments that are framed and re-framed by the present. It also offers alternative approaches to the historical record that challenge a fixed chronology of events and complicate the idea of memory.
The exhibition’s multidimensional visions of our queer history suggest limitless potentialities and vantage points, where conflicting desires and narratives coexist, where ghosts converse with the living, where we imagine impossible possibilities, and where we record our histories in new and challenging ways--Chronotopia.
The event is being held at the SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco. There is a map available here. The exhibit is scheduled to run through June 26.
It's going to be a whirlwind trip for me -- literally less than 24 hours in the city, due to work restrictions back home. But hanging out with John is always a blast, and hopefully we will be able to spend time with John's buddy Greg Day, himself an artist whose work is also part of Chronotopia (in fact, one of his images, "Ms. Africa," is the main advertising images for the show!), and we might be able to meet up with our new friend Bob, whom we met at the Antebellum show events.
I hope some of my readers can make it to this free event. John loves to meet fans of the Golden Age (and any other age, as well -- as the man himself is timeless!) and it would be a real gas for me to meet someone who actually reads this stuff! ;-)
Take care, fellas!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
studs in jeans - Klaus Struhlik?
Not a hundred percent sure on this ID, but Klaus' name is the first that pops into my mind when I see this pic...
Hope you liked this series -- have a great day!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
v-m-p jigsaw puzzle #2 - Pepper Gomez and Bill Brinkley
...by Bruce of LA.
Click on the image to play -- and let me know how you did!
Click on the image to play -- and let me know how you did!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
buddies at the beach
I love photos that pair tall and short men together.
I collected these images in two batches (as if you couldn't tell), from two different sources, two months apart, which tells me these are from some studio, but I couldn't hazard a guess who. The pictures feel very natural and un-posed, which make them that much hotter to me!
Rick Castro's art on display at the Leslie-Lohman Gallery in NYC!
This post is a little late -- symptomanic of my re-occurring computer phobia which has kept me from posting recently -- but you still have until May 29th to visit the Leslie-Lohman Gallery in New York to experience REVEALED: THE TRADITION OF MALE HOMOEROTIC ART -- an exhibition curated by Robert Diamond, held from 12th to 29th May 2010 in New York at the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation – which is a precious resource for anyone interested in the rich art legacy of the LGBTQ community – and features works made by artists as Robert Mapplethorpe, Rick Castro, Andy Warhol, George Platt Lynes, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth, Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Pavel Tchelitchew, Andrey Avinoff, Tom of Finland, James Bidgood, Arthur Tress, Herb Ritts, Don Herron, Duane Michals, Paul Blanca, Mark Morrisroe, Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Horst P. Horst, Hoyningen-Huene, Minor White, Al Urban, Bruce of L.A., Bob Mizer, Mikel Marton and David LaChapelle. A celebration of the sensual male nude and homoerotic expression which reminds the history of suppression and secrecy shaped the development of homoerotic art and homophobia – continuing to affect the creative and artistic output of gay artists, as well as their personal lives -- successful evidence of artistic expression fighting against repression.
I'm sorry to have missed giving you all a heads-up to catch Rick at the opening reception, but please PLEASE take the opportunity to experience this exhibit if you can -- such a wide range of artists in one space is not a thing to miss! I know Rick would love to bring this show to the West Coast, so please cross your fingers and let's hope he can arrange it! Rick is a great guy and a wonderful artist -- he told me how proud he was to be invited to be a part of this show and it is a big feather in his cap. If you've been following his blog (part of my Blog-o-matic found on the right side of this page!) you know that his sojourn in NYC has been full of delights -- I'm so glad for him I could burst!
I'm sorry to have missed giving you all a heads-up to catch Rick at the opening reception, but please PLEASE take the opportunity to experience this exhibit if you can -- such a wide range of artists in one space is not a thing to miss! I know Rick would love to bring this show to the West Coast, so please cross your fingers and let's hope he can arrange it! Rick is a great guy and a wonderful artist -- he told me how proud he was to be invited to be a part of this show and it is a big feather in his cap. If you've been following his blog (part of my Blog-o-matic found on the right side of this page!) you know that his sojourn in NYC has been full of delights -- I'm so glad for him I could burst!
what a beauty!
I found this image on Willem's wonderful blog, "Pictures of Naked Men." I have no idea who it could be, but for some reason this picture screams "early 70's Dave Martin!" to me...
Thursday, May 6, 2010
v-m-p jigsaw puzzle #1 - Bernard Naceri
...Most likely by Jean Ferrero.
Click on the image to play -- and let me know how you did!
Click on the image to play -- and let me know how you did!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Lady Gaga - "Telephone - The Afghanistan Remake"
I heard about this just a few moments ago while listening to "All Things Considered" on NPR Radio.
Keep up the good work, guys!
Keep up the good work, guys!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Alan Brian by Spectrum
The wonderful WB shared this color slide scan with me about four years back -- from a series of fifteen that appeared on my old website. Good buddy Chuck followed up that posting a year later with some wonderful sleuthing that never made it online, until now. Better late than never, I hope?
I haven't visited your site in quite a while, Alan. I saw the update page containing photos of Alan Brian by Spectrum. For those interested, 'Alan Brian' first posed under the name 'Al Brijunas', which may be his birth name.
The cover of 'Tomorrow's Man', Vol. 1 No. 3, from March, 1953, features Al Brijunas in a photo credited to Irv Johnson.
'Tomorrow's Man', Vol. 1 No. 10, November, 1953, features Al Brijunas in a photo by Spectrum. This same photo will later be published as 'Alan Brian' by Spectrum and, in fact, is included on your website page. [attachment]
Cliff Oettinger also photographed Al Brijunas. An example of those photographs may be found in 'Tomorrow's Man', Vol. 2 No. 10, October, 1954, and 'Tomorrow's Man', Vol. 3 No. 1, January, 1955.
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