See Obama in a coffee cup. See Obama on the sidewalk. See Obama on T-shirts. See Obama everywhere. That’s the concept behind the Art of Obama blog. Annoying? Maybe. Addictive. Certainly.
The patron saint of indie queer culture, A.A. Bronson, spoke with New York Magazine about the rise of queer zine culture.
“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” says AA Bronson, director of Printed Matter and co-editor of Queer Zines, an encyclopedic history of the genre released this fall. “The seventies saw the first rise in ’zine culture, and then again in the mid-eighties, when the plain-paper copier made life easier. But the last few years have definitely been a new phenomenon.”
It’s always nice when our favorite queers — Michael Bullock, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Billy Miller, Christopher Schulz, Felix Burrichter, and Adam Baran — are mentioned in print.
At 17 I was intelligent enough to know that public nudity, and especially sex in public were illegal. But my horny teenager self allowed me to ignore those tidbits of information one summer afternoon. I was out on a date with a 19 year-old attending a local college, and after we had lunch he suggested we hang out in a nearby park. Like a scene from a gay Harlequin novel, a freak rainstorm forced us to scamper from the tree that shaded our make out session into a shelter with a handful of picnic tables. Perched on one of the tables, as the water rushed by below, we continued to kiss and grope each other until we eventually brought each other much needed manual relief.
In 2003 Lawrence vs. Texas overturned any remaining sodomy laws nationwide, guaranteeing that gays had the right to express their passion in private. This may have been significant to me at the time I was experiencing splendor in the grass that summer, and perhaps would have made me feel somewhat more confident about what we were doing, except Lawrence vs. Texas was decided a year later, and we obviously weren’t in private. I also happened to be a resident of South Carolina, a state that had yet to repeal its sodomy laws until Lawrence. So, my actions went beyond normal lines of teenage stupidity and hedonism, but also traversed legality a few times over. I was lucky that the rain, or just luck kept the authorities away that day; otherwise the story could have had a much different ending. More… »
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Today the NY Press broke the news that Daniel Nardicio is officially shutting down his gay social networking site Dlist.com. Where will twinky gay dudes all over New York City stalk and cruise each other now? Looks like it’s back to Craigslist personals, gents. Here’s what Nardicio had to say about his next move:
Good morning Gents. That’s right. There’s a new party starting in the New Year staring our fav D.J. Bob Reyes at The Bloc. Our photogs will be there snapping away. Look for pictures every Friday before noon.
Sweet & Sour - I had a wonderful night at Williamsburg’s Sugarland last weekend until someone introduced me to their wicked elixir also know as Long Island Iced Tea. Hand to God, it contained Beelzebub’s tears. As I made a wobbly exit, some fucknut bumped my camera out of my hand. There goes another $1,000. I hope the pictures are worth it.
P.S. I tried to reference Def Leopard’s Pour Some Sugar on Me, but it was impossible, a testament to how damn bad the lyrics are.
More pictures after the jump. More… »
Hedi Slimane extends his grasp into the depths of fashion shooting the Prada Spring/Summer 09 ad campaign. The boys in the photo are the progeny of The Clash bassist Paul Simonon.
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