White Columns followup
I mentioned the show a few days ago, and now the images are up. I really liked the paintings by...
Posted Saturday November 30, 2002 at 2:41 PM | Full Post
Boondocks is definitely going to get canceled
... at least in a few papers, after today's strip. I love Aaron McGruder....
Posted Saturday November 30, 2002 at 1:12 PM | Full Post
Tim Miller
Andy convinced me. I'm going to see Tim Miller tonight (Saturday) at P.S. 122. Is anyone else going? Let me...
Posted Saturday November 30, 2002 at 1:46 AM | Full Post
End of year giving
I have a few of my favorite charities, such as Housing Works, SAGE, and Hetrick-Martin, but I plan to look...
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 5:21 PM | Full Post
No queens please
The Republicans didn't mean THOSE kinds of homosexuals when they promised to pass SONDA to get Pataki the ESPA endorsement....
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 5:03 PM | Full Post
Their successors are protecting you from terrorism
US wartime intelligence believed the Nazi salute may have been copied from American cheerleaders, rather than Mussolini's fascists....
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 1:39 PM | Full Post
Where is the NY Times?
Arguing that this city faces a far more perilous world than once imagined, New York's police commissioner wants to toss...
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 1:35 PM | Full Post
Our tax dollars at work?
Santorum has told the White House that, during the debate over welfare reform, he will fight for a provision to...
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 1:19 PM | Full Post
Don't just stand there
James Ridgeway in the Nov. 13 Village Voice: Power may be wielded to advance ideology, but more often, ideology is...
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 12:47 PM | Full Post
Henry F-ing Kissinger!
He gets extra points for the Mark Bingham remark at the end. -- I'm not sure if "admire" is...
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 11:00 AM | Full Post
Pyongyang Robogirl
I just saw a very cool short: Pyongyang Robogirl (2001). The next time any of you visit me, ask to...
Posted Thursday November 28, 2002 at 1:53 AM | Full Post
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 11:07 PM | Full Post
Hell Gate
We went for a tour of Gracie Mansion last week. Next to it is a park overlooking Hell Gate:...
Posted Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 11:05 PM | Full Post
Comments visible in archives
For those with the stomach for it, comments are visible now in my archives. The Nov. 20 post that has...
Posted Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 6:18 PM | Full Post
Martinu and an opera hunk
On Monday night we saw two short opera by Bohuslav Martinu at Henry Street Chamber Opera. We've seen all of...
Posted Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 12:01 PM | Full Post
Soma FM returns!
Happy Happy Happy! Soma FM has returned. My productivity can soar once again....
Posted Tuesday November 26, 2002 at 7:22 PM | Full Post
Comments turned off
My comments have been turned off until I stop getting "sick fuck" and "people telling homosexuals that God doesn't approve...
Posted Tuesday November 26, 2002 at 12:11 PM | Full Post
Austria's headed the other direction
I've always felt that Haider's popularity in Austria was more about frustration with the corruption of the decades-old Red-Black coalition/divide-up-the-spoils-system...
Posted Sunday November 24, 2002 at 8:41 PM | Full Post
Let's talk about art instead
On Friday we had a studio visit with Fred Holland, an artist with the P.S.1 Studio Program. We had first...
Posted Sunday November 24, 2002 at 8:26 PM | Full Post
Politics
I'm glad to see Scott and Andy are pissed off about the joke our country has become. I can't decide...
Posted Sunday November 24, 2002 at 6:15 PM | Full Post
But he is a moron
I wish more of our allies would speak the truth about our duly-selected president....
Posted Friday November 22, 2002 at 5:42 PM | Full Post
Good for the Chicago Tribune
Yes, the picture is real....
Posted Thursday November 21, 2002 at 10:42 PM | Full Post
Music/Theatre recommendation
Target Margin is reviving The Sandman, the opera they premiered this summer. If you buy tickets before 12/26, they're only...
Posted Thursday November 21, 2002 at 5:18 PM | Full Post
Civilians benefit
If any of you out there would like to join me for The Civilians' benefit on December 9 at The...
Posted Thursday November 21, 2002 at 5:15 PM | Full Post
I love subway movie critics
Posted Thursday November 21, 2002 at 12:30 AM | Full Post
Theatre recommendation
Hurry -- it's only through the weekend. Go see Three Birds at Gale Gates in DUMBO. The playwright is still...
Posted Thursday November 21, 2002 at 12:21 AM | Full Post
I think I hurt myself
... laughing, that is. David E on the GQ editor who is worried about whether the magazine is too gay....
Posted Wednesday November 20, 2002 at 3:29 PM | Full Post
Is this good for the gays?
Probably not, but maybe it will strike fear in the hearts of a few fundamentalists: A gay Chicago-area man stands...
Posted Wednesday November 20, 2002 at 1:13 AM | Full Post
I love Placido Domingo
Placido Domingo is to sing an unprecedented duet in Arabic with an Egyptian singer at a concert in Dubai next...
Posted Tuesday November 19, 2002 at 2:08 PM | Full Post
What would Jesus Drive?
Yes, that's an actual quote from a new media campaign linking conservation with godliness. "We are under a commandment to...
Posted Tuesday November 19, 2002 at 12:25 PM | Full Post
Research is fun
For an article on credit cards and adult sites, the NY Times has a picture of the owner of an...
Posted Monday November 18, 2002 at 5:09 PM | Full Post
Nancy Pelosi
If I see one more member of the Liberal (ha) Media talk about whether Nancy Pelosi is too far left...
Posted Monday November 18, 2002 at 11:17 AM | Full Post
Williamsburg
We didn't make it to Williamsburg for The Civilians last night. The weather was awful, and the downtown trains weren't...
Posted Sunday November 17, 2002 at 9:30 PM | Full Post
Sick Bionic Woman
If I were in SF, I would go see the latest show by Assume Vivid Astro Focus at Peres Projects....
Posted Saturday November 16, 2002 at 1:49 PM | Full Post
Our Country's Good
We went to see "Our Country's Good" tonight at Culture Project. Loved it -- go read James's account. The other...
Posted Saturday November 16, 2002 at 1:42 AM | Full Post
Temple to Antinous found
Archeologists have found a temple near Roman Emperor Hadrian's villa dedicated to his lover Antinous. If you haven't read Marguerit...
Posted Saturday November 16, 2002 at 1:27 AM | Full Post
What you crave
Posted Saturday November 16, 2002 at 1:15 AM | Full Post
Chelsea
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Posted Friday November 15, 2002 at 7:06 PM | Full Post
Barry vs. Joshua Michael Marshall
My letter, and Mr. Marshall's response, regarding UNSCOM weapons inspectors, is featured on the front page of Salon today. He...
Posted Friday November 15, 2002 at 11:20 AM | Full Post
Salome's Last Dance
I just saw a fabulously weird Ken Russell movie -- yes I know that seems redundant -- called Salome's Last...
Posted Thursday November 14, 2002 at 11:53 PM | Full Post
Illegal Art / Civilians in Williamsburg
We went to the opening for the Illegal Art show at the CGBG Gallery. We went mainly because of Eric...
Posted Thursday November 14, 2002 at 12:12 PM | Full Post
You sleep with us. You vote against us.
I want to use that phrase for a sign the next time I'm at a queer demonstration, courtesy of French...
Posted Tuesday November 12, 2002 at 1:18 PM | Full Post
Go buy some books
From the BBC(!), Oscar Wilde bookstore in danger of closing. "Progress" is putting businesses like them out of business....
Posted Tuesday November 12, 2002 at 10:49 AM | Full Post
Goin' to Boca
We're going to see Boca tomorrow night (Monday the 11th). Are any of my lovely readers planning on joining us?...
Posted Sunday November 10, 2002 at 3:09 PM | Full Post
At least 450,000 protest war in Florence
It's not on the front page of any newspapers here, but there was a huge demonstration in Florence yesterday protesting...
Posted Sunday November 10, 2002 at 2:44 PM | Full Post
Theatre recommendations
I've seen two things in the last few days that I highly recommend. I'm too tired to do a good...
Posted Sunday November 10, 2002 at 12:12 AM | Full Post
I love Jimmy Breslin
His latest column. All these years later, I didn't realize there was an election this week until the Sunday before....
Posted Saturday November 9, 2002 at 4:11 PM | Full Post
Quiet Party
What a good idea!...
Posted Saturday November 9, 2002 at 3:58 PM | Full Post
Wegman in Times Square
If you find yourself in Times Square between now, and January 22, 2003, look up at the big TV screen...
Posted Saturday November 9, 2002 at 3:26 PM | Full Post
Stage-Irish
I thought Dan and others would appreciate this quote from the obituary of Brian Behan in today's NY Times: His...
Posted Saturday November 9, 2002 at 1:00 PM | Full Post
Me so war-ny!
Me bomb you long time!...
Posted Friday November 8, 2002 at 11:26 PM | Full Post
Mullet Haiku
The latest from Mark Morford: Let's go to Wal-Mart Need cheese puffs and wine coolers Damn, the house won't start...
Posted Friday November 8, 2002 at 1:36 PM | Full Post
Photos
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Posted Friday November 8, 2002 at 1:08 PM | Full Post
UN Resolution
The BBC has a good summary of the timetable for the next steps, now that the Iraq resolution has passed....
Posted Friday November 8, 2002 at 12:44 PM | Full Post
White Box benefit
Aaarrrgh. I can't help myself. I said I was going to try to concentrate on politics a bit less after...
Posted Thursday November 7, 2002 at 5:55 PM | Full Post
Corporate Media
This is an interesting page from the Media Reform Information Center. Number of corporations controlling the vast majority of all...
Posted Thursday November 7, 2002 at 5:43 PM | Full Post
Nice photo blog
Thanks to Jessie for this one: quarlo...
Posted Thursday November 7, 2002 at 12:38 PM | Full Post
NYC turnout - record low
From the NY Times: New York City registered what may be a record low in voter turnout on Tuesday, with...
Posted Thursday November 7, 2002 at 10:57 AM | Full Post
Another reason to ban religion
After the teacher-parent council decided to allow a Gay-Straight Alliance to meet at a high school in Boyd County, Kentucky,...
Posted Thursday November 7, 2002 at 10:24 AM | Full Post
Remain calm?
Two test positive for bubonic plaque. They're from New Mexico. Another reason not to visit "fly-over" country....
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 9:44 PM | Full Post
Angry Dems
I'm not sure if I'm even a big-D Democrat anymore, but I just signed the world's shortest petition -- "Terry,...
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 9:16 PM | Full Post
John Cage: Credo in Us
Yes, it's 11MB, but it's worth it! This work from 1942 was composed for Merce Cunningham (Cage's partner until the...
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 5:14 PM | Full Post
Burritoville, West 23rd, 3:30pm
Geeky gay boys, sitting alone at tables with their burritos, cruising the other geeky gay boys. Teenage girls from the...
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 4:36 PM | Full Post
Quote from Mencken
Question: If you find so much that is unworthy of reverence in the United States, why do you live here?...
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 4:31 PM | Full Post
Not much to be said - yesterday sucked
A party that will not criticize the incumbent president cannot defeat him, now or two years from now. A...
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 12:05 PM | Full Post
Far from Heaven
I haven't looked at any election news yet, having finished dinner after attending a preview screening of Far From Heaven,...
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 11:06 PM | Full Post
Yikes! Who's in charge here?
From the London Times: Attack Iran the day Iraq war ends, demands Sharon ISRAEL’S Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called...
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 5:48 PM | Full Post
Gaze in the Military
A beautiful post from David Ehrenstein. Don't forget to check the Whoopie Box....
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 1:12 PM | Full Post
Nina Hagen at the Gershwin tonight!
I already have plans to go to a preview screening of Far From Heaven, the new Todd Haynes film, otherwise...
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 12:55 PM | Full Post
Go, Cornell!
This post is in honor of Chris: Cornell University Health Services is currently debating whether to sell vibrators in their...
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 12:48 PM | Full Post
From "Open Letter" / Paul Wellstone
Here is a good election day post from Open Letter. It reminded me of something I had in the back...
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 12:22 PM | Full Post
Are young people too smart to vote?
Not to encourage Dan, but Alternet has a good article titled Are Young People Too Smart to Vote? Other necessary...
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 12:08 PM | Full Post
Pretty pathetic
The Democrats didn't even field a candidate against Senator John Warner or Representative Tom Davis in Virginia....
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 11:55 AM | Full Post
Go Vote!
Alternet's Top 10 Election Sites...
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 11:47 AM | Full Post
Illegal Art
My friend Eric Doeringer is in an interesting show called Illegal Art, dealing with the increasing use of copyright and...
Posted Monday November 4, 2002 at 6:14 PM | Full Post
Peggy Noonan channels Tupac
A hilarious parody of an actual Peggy "Thousand Points of Light" Noonan's WSJ column, in which she imagines what Paul...
Posted Monday November 4, 2002 at 3:56 PM | Full Post
New Yorkers: Vote for the WFP
If you're not crazy about my Vote Green idea, there is still something you can do to try to make...
Posted Monday November 4, 2002 at 2:21 PM | Full Post
Good political weblog added to my list
I just added Eschaton to my list of favorite blogs. I've been reading him for a while after finding a...
Posted Monday November 4, 2002 at 2:02 PM | Full Post
Maybe it's the Citibank bird
I was doing my online banking when I saw this in the right margin: That's about what ours looks like....
Posted Sunday November 3, 2002 at 3:14 PM | Full Post
Bird likes Bruckner
The bird seems to like Bruckner ... but he really, really likes Golden Boy and Miss Kittin. He started whistling...
Posted Sunday November 3, 2002 at 2:02 PM | Full Post
Depressing Afghan women post of the day
The Afghan Supreme Court has dismissed a female judge for not wearing an Islamic headscarf during a meeting with President...
Posted Sunday November 3, 2002 at 1:57 PM | Full Post
Homos more of a threat than terrorism?
Despite a shortage of qualified Arabic linguists in the intelligence and defense fields, the Army has fired a significant number...
Posted Sunday November 3, 2002 at 1:07 PM | Full Post
Lower Manhattan
After making a brunch stop to get our invitations to The Civilians benefit on December 9, we headed downtown for...
Posted Saturday November 2, 2002 at 9:25 PM | Full Post
C. Mazzalupo / H. Nolan / Parakeet
The parakeet is resting quietly in its cage. Suggestions for what we should name it are welcome. James's take on...
Posted Friday November 1, 2002 at 11:36 PM | Full Post
Parakeet in the House
This just flew into our apartment. Updates to follow....
Posted Friday November 1, 2002 at 3:31 PM | Full Post
Deric Carner
Deric Carner, an artist who amuses me greatly, has just updated his web site. Go take a look. He's also...
Posted Friday November 1, 2002 at 1:13 PM | Full Post
Human Rights Watch condemns suicide bombings
Just trying to be fair by making sure people see this. I have never argued that attacks on civilians are...
Posted Friday November 1, 2002 at 12:55 PM | Full Post
I hope "There will always be an England"
Gay Seamen Nearly 80 percent of heterosexual men have admitted to pretending to be gay in order to achieve something...
Posted Friday November 1, 2002 at 11:59 AM | Full Post
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