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Lay Down Yr Mountain

October 12, 2009

by Allen Ginsberg Lay down Lay down yr mountain Lay down God Lay down Lay down your music Love lay down Lay down Lay down yr hatred Lay yrself down Lay down Lay down your nation Lay your foot on the rock

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Livin’ Here in Toy Town

September 30, 2009

Very shortly, I’ll be talking a lot about my Twitter Music Video Project for the awesome MAE Band. For the moment, I’m doing some research and found this great tutorial on how to create a shift-tilt lens effect without all the expensive equipment. The video is sort of a fable, so I think this may [...]

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Come to Tina

September 20, 2009

Here’s a nearly perfect music video. Ike & Tina Turner cover The Beatles “Come Together”, ripping the song a new one. The chroma key work in this 1971 video is amazing; you may not notice it a first, but the background is Ike & the band being shot on a separate stage. You don’t need [...]

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Here’s a Photo

September 20, 2009

It’s here so I can figure out what photos look like on my new blog. You can see more photos on my FlickR.

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Found Dialogue #1

September 17, 2009

Kevin: I think some birds made a nest on my fire escape under the windowsill. That’s really driving my cats mad. They spend all days stalking birds that they know are right there, but they can’t actually see. Me: If they were humans, they would probably develop a religion to explain it all.

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Why Are Gay Leaders Against a March on Washington?

June 8, 2009

As we mentioned earlier, this weekend, longtime gay activist Cleve Jones used Salt Lake City Pride as an opportunity to call for a National Equality March on Washington come October 11th. Gay leaders and bloggers immediately responded with a resounding cry of — “No way!” Huh? What now?

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Some Sounds: Zach Condon

June 8, 2009

Hey, this is what music’s all about! Late one night, while drunk in Paris, Zach Condon and pals pulled out a video camera and shot an impromptu valentine to Grizzly Bear front man Ed Droste by singing “Knife” on the street. I’m tempted to make some pronouncement about The New Sincerity out of this, but [...]

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Supreme Court Rejects DADT Case at Obama's Request

June 8, 2009

Former Army Captain Charles Pietrangelo’s suit claiming that his dismissal from the Armed Forces because of its Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell policy was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, which offered no explanation for its decision, but a brief filed by the Obama administration argued that Court ought not to hear the case.

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Big Gay Ice Cream Truck is the New Twitter

June 8, 2009

I scream, you scream, the Internet is screaming for the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. With the sort of breathless anticipation usually reserved for Harry Potter movies, the latest trend to sweep the Internet’s is one self-described “middle-aged white man’s” dream of serving the masses of New York City bacon flavored ice cream, with a [...]

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From Shanghai to Salt Lake, Pride Gets Political

June 8, 2009

As Pride season kicks into full gear after a year in which gays and lesbians have seen vast changes in the wake of California’s Proposition 8, the annual celebrations have taken on a reinvigorated political tone. This weekend China started its first ever gay pride celebration in Shanghai and in Salt Lake City, longtime gay [...]

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