Heroes & Villains — Stories for Men, Hollywood Pop Culture and Next Gen Politics

My take on the new Alanis Single

May 22, 2008

Check it out at Popnography.

Flaming Politics: Wedding Bells for California

May 22, 2008

Japhy eschews the usual cavalcade of sing-alongs, cartoons, and game show parodies to give you a firsthand, heartfelt, on-the-ground account of the historic marriage decision in his adopted home state of California. You know he’s serious, because he’s wearing a suit; though it’s possible he’s just trying to nab wedding invites. Does this decision really [...]

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Energy, You Make the World Go Round.

May 20, 2008

So, I’ve been racing to finish my screenplay. It’s a sci-fi movie and one of the big plot elements has to do with, well– energy. And I’ve been sort of tearing at myself at how to handle it in a way that’s not “evil corporation”. Then I came across this video for the old pre-show [...]

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Proof This Thing's Real

May 19, 2008

Barack Obama speaking at a rally in Portland on Sunday. 75,000 people attended.

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More Gay Marriage Fun

May 15, 2008

I have a post up over at Out’s Popnography blog called “Real Queers Cry At Weddings”. Check it out.

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Hey, I'm Not a Second-Class Citizen Anymore!

May 15, 2008

“In contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation, and, more generally, that an individual’s sexual orientation — like a person’s race or gender [...]

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Hillary Clinton Meets Her Sunset

May 14, 2008

HIL-arious. Sunset Blvd. is, like most marginally employed screenwriters without a car in L.A., one of my favorite movies ever. And who better to play Norma, than — oh, just watch it. I mean, it’s really really mean, but oh-so-awesome.

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My Facebook Five

May 14, 2008

While I’m not wholly convinced that the Facebook glitch everyone’s talking about lists the people who view your profile the most, anecdotal evidence indicates it definitely indicates something. Unfortunately, those douchebags at Facebook have shut the feature off, so if you didn’t grab em’, they’re probably gone. Here are my top stalkers: An ex I’m [...]

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Robert Rauschenberg Dead, Advocate Outs Him

May 13, 2008

Taking the AP Headline “Artist Robert Rauschenberg Dead at 82″ and prefacing it with the word “Gay”, Advocate* paid tribute to the influential pre-pop visionary by unceremoniously — and inaccurately– outing him. The problem? Throughout his life Rauschenberg actively avoided being called “gay” or “homosexual”, preferring, when pressed to describe himself as “pansexual”. When Rauschenberg’s [...]

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Clinton Gas Tax Holiday Ad Admits the Truth

May 13, 2008

By accident, of course. One image shown in the spot has the caption, “Clinton aides admit it won’t do much for you, but would help her politically”. Via Dan Savage @ Slog.

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