His name is Prince, and he is funky. The opening night for the Musicology Tour was astounding, and the Artist, the Symbol, the Artist Formerly Known As, and without doubt the New Power Generation were in full effect. We got to sit in the section of the Staples Center where the stars were, next to […]
Richard Clarke is everyone’s new hero, except perhaps, the Bush administration’s. The former ultimate DC insider, serving under four presidents, is now under intense scrutiny and character assassination from the White House because he implied that September 11 could have been prevented and said that Bush actively ignored the warnings about the attacks, and that […]
Let’s go to England and get married. It’s legal there, and it isn’t about special privileges, it is about the fact that they recognize same sex partnerships there as real relationships, and not perverse oddities, as we are viewed by some here in the United States. I am in fact quite in favor of going […]
We were all in love with you at one time or another and it did not make any impression on you, I think, but who could know, what went on in that beautiful head of yours? I never knew you, but we standup comics are like cops. When one of us goes down, we all […]
Sometimes, other people say it better than I do, so thanks for making my job easier today…. I love the poem too… —– Original Message —– From: “ernest duque” To: Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: that bitchass Dan Abrams Hey girl, You are amazing and truly inspiring to me. I know you […]
I like doing those little soundbite pieces for the news, and the one today was particularly interesting. Howard Stern is comparing the content of an Oprah show with his and questioning why he got fined and Oprah didn’t. I read the transcripts and he has a point. They are talking about sexual practices which are […]
Here is a picture of my mother’s heart. Her heart is small. Its borders reach out much farther than the tiny nation of her body. If you picture Monaco, try to fit all of North America, the whole of Canada including Quebec, into that miniscule, opulent kingdom then you have it about right. My husband […]
I really, really, really, really love my mother. It’s not the best, between my family and I. There are so many crimes left unpunished, unpaid debts, white elephants in the middle of the room that no one will even offer a peanut to. We are in the red, emotionally speaking. But with my mother, things […]
“We need to keep them out of here.” These words were from Commissioner Fugate, who is trying to make Rhea County in Tennessee essentially gay free. Queen, please. Guess you are going to have to take “Will & Grace” off the local affiliates, not to mention “Queer Eye For the Straight Guy.” In fact, you […]
n the late hours of February 4th, 1999, Amadou Diallo, a young West African immigrant was shot forty one times by police. The young man was coming home from work after midnight, hungry, thinking about getting something to eat, most likely. He worked long hours as a street vendor, you know, the guys we routinely […]
My husband, medium rare New York cut pepper steaks, same sex marriage, Gavin Newsom, spaghetti and meatballs, my stepfather, unexpectedly finding old photographs, Damien Echols, Moby, hip hop, rayon jersey, chocolate – but only See’s, sex – but only on occasion, my multiregional DVD player, bell hooks, the new Dame Darcy stained glass windows, the […]
A newspaper, last month, asked me to write a fake acceptance speech for whomever I thought would win an Oscar. I chose Charlize Theron because “Monster” was a phenomenal film and she was the reason for that phenomenon. Here is what I wished Charlize Theron would have said: I would like first to thank Aileen […]
