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August 28, 2004

Transgendered paperback covers

Images

Old gay novels that purport to show transvestites, transsexuals and other ambiguously gendered persons.

August 27, 2004

Marketing for our pink dollars

Mass Media

15 million gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people in the United States, with about $485 billion in spending power

August 26, 2004

The boys of hardon beach

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In a gay novel of 1972 gay young men pranced across hard-on beach in this Spade Classsic.

August 25, 2004

When the roll is called in Sodom, I'll be there

Images

Unusual gay paperback in that it features both gay men and women but not together in some faux-bisexual agenda.

August 24, 2004

Jack Teagarden's vocals

Listening

Jack Teagarden was one of jazz's most gifted singers as well as one of the finest trombonists of the 20th century.

August 20, 2004

Oriental Guys

Images

Images of Asian gay men.

Shout Sister Shout: Sister Rosetta Tharpe!

Listening

Just bought a copy of Proper's Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Original Soul Sister

August 19, 2004

Queer lad among his toys

Images

Early In Touch magazine cover of a young gay man sitting among some toys.

The Swan Silvertones & melisma

Listening

The Swan Silvertones get my vote as one of the finest vocal harmony groups of all time religious or secular.

August 18, 2004

The Naked Civil Servant

Gay Themed , • Watching

John Hurt's performance as Quentin Crisp in the Naked Civil Servant deserves to be released on DVD.

Annette Hanshaw: lovable, sweet, hot

Listening

Annette Hanshaw, one of America's forgotten great singers from the early days of recorded music.

August 17, 2004

The Manager

Images

Was The Manger a cheap novel about using homosexuality to push a political offical out of office?

Ethel Waters: she really was incomparable

Listening

Ethel Waters is America's most neglected jazz, blues, pop singer.

Dallesandro, Rickitt and eerie queers

Culture Low and High , • Gay Themed , • Lurid Trash

Random snippets of things that have evoked erotic feelings in me.

August 16, 2004

Singular explanation of queer sexuality

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Meredith's Gorman's novel says that men become gay because they need other men to feed their vanity

Cockalorum

Images

Paperback cover of a youth clad in a dollar sign. What if Richie Rich had been gay?

August 14, 2004

Dixie's Tupperware Party

Gay Themed

The adventures of Tupperware super- salesperson Dixie Longate, the drag name of Alabaman Kris Andersson.

August 13, 2004

Strange Marriage

Images

Joseph Hansen under the pseudonym James Colton wrote a novel of two gay men and woman entitled Strange Marriage.

They Can't Take These Connie Boswell Songs Away From Me

Listening

Two disc CD collection the singing of Connie aka Connee Boswell.

August 11, 2004

Les Pervertis

Images

Decadent young gay man on the cover of Ferri-Pisani's Les Pervertis.

Really, Yoseph I'm sorry if I make you lush

Listening

Bought a couple of CDs by Luke Vibert who also produces music as Wagon Christ.

Two gay men on the moon

Images

Old photograph of two men arm-in-arm sitting on old Mr. Moon.

Fred Astaire: The Complete London Sessions

Listening

Bought a collection of British made recordings of Fred Astaire's singin from the 30s and 70s.

Stranger at the Door

Images

Victor Banis gave me a copy he wrote under the name Don Holliday, Stranger at the Door.

August 10, 2004

Somewhere, somewhen two gay men embraced

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In America's past at least two gay men felt it was safe to kiss and embrace in public.

Queer goodness: two boys kissing

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Two blond gay youths embraced in a lovely kiss.

August 9, 2004

(Not quite queer) theory cards

Culture Low and High

Postmodernist theory card set.

August 8, 2004

My Fabulous Gay Wedding

Mass Media

Gay cable channel Logo's debut schedule plans include Scott Thompson and Margaret Cho.

August 4, 2004

My Brother's Image

Images

Gay historical romance set in 18th century Holland, gay men persecuted by Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Playing It Straight

Mass Media

Rebecca Olds has to pick one of the straight men, not choose one of the gay guys.

Collected Boswell Sisters

Listening

Connee and the Boswell Sisters were the finest vocal harmony group in musical history. The release of five volumes collecting their singing is a joy to hear.

Moon Mullican

Listening

Moon Mullican: call it rockabilly, hillbilly boogie. A wonderful mix of honky tonky and proto rock and roll.