Here's my first video podcast (still can't say 'vlog') for Popnography. It's an interview with VGL Gay Boys, Jeffery Self and Cole Escola, who are performing their show Party n' Play at Joe's Pub this Sunday in NYC. I'll be there. Will you?
Logo's released it 50 Best Gay Bars in America list and if you check out the list, you can read my write-up on three of them: L.A.'s The Abbey, New York's Pieces and El Paso's O.P. Daniel Nardicio mentions Denver's Tracks and says "It's better than anything New York's had in years." He's absolutely right.
Here's some of what I've been working on this week:
An interview with Arthur Dong, director of Hollywood Chinese, a fantastic documentary about the Chinese-American experience in Tinseltown. I could have talked to Arthur for hours-- a really funny, fascinating and thoughtful guy. (The Advocate)
A QnA with photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya. Sort of got me thinking about how the media's job is to define and label things (this is a trend, it is about these kinds of people, it fits into this category) and fine artists are all about introducing ambiguity and challenging the nature of the boxes we stuff things into. Not that any of that shows up in the piece. (Popnography)
The 400 pound gorilla this week is my big feature story on "The Boys of Buzznet", Jeffree Star, Clint Catalyst and Matthew Lush. I'll probably write another blog soley about the backstory to this piece. For the moment, I'll just say I'm pretty proud of it and really thankful for my editor, Shana. (Out.com)
Hey New Yorkers, here's something for you. Up and comer Paul Mpagi Sepuya takes photos of his friends and associates. They're lovely, intimate and a refreshing shift from the usual way my generation likes to portray itself. Someday we'll learn the difference between expression and posturing, I swear. That said, a lot of his friends (some, like the dashing John Movius, seen above, are my friends too) are hot hipster gay boys, so the release party for his photo monograph Beloved Object & Amorous Subject, Revisted is at The Cock, naturally: This Wed night.
The New York Times Answers My Question About William F. Buckley
I asked Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The Times Book Review and Week in Review, who is writing a biography on William F. Buckley:
"Who in your -- or perhaps Buckley's estimation should you know it -- carries on his legacy of intellectual conservatism? If you had to nominate someone to ascend to the lectern of Buckley, who would it be?"
Don't Let Heidi Hold You in Suspense- Nick Verreos Has Season 4 Finale Goods
The ridiculously talented Nick Verreos has a gorgeous newish blog that's totally fierce. Sorry, just finished watching the final 'regular season' Project Runway episode and Christian's vocabulary is still stuck in my head. Don't you just love that kid? He's like a chirpy little chinchilla. I wouldn't be half-surprised if we see in the obligatory 'Tim Gunn rides in a Saturn Roadster to the Designer's Homes' segment of the finale that Christian's parents raised him as a cat, complete with a charmeuse-lined scratching post. C'mon, you totally see it.
Anyway, Uncle Nick has a new blog and he's just posted about the Project Runway Fashion Week show. If you want to be totally spoiled, check it out...yo.
"Panos Yiapanis, an influential European stylist who has worked with a variety of designers, said, "The show defined for me what is modern." He added: "It's ironic that Victoria Beckham was here, with her breasts out. This show wipes all that kind of expression away."
Hey New Yorkers, here's something for you. Up and comer Paul Mpagi Sepuya takes photos of his friends and associates. They're lovely, intimate and a refreshing shift from the usual way my generation likes to portray itself. Someday we'll learn the difference between expression and posturing, I swear. That said, a lot of his friends (some, like the dashing John Movius, seen above, are my friends too) are hot hipster gay boys, so the release party for his photo monograph Beloved Object & Amorous Subject, Revisted is at The Cock, naturally: This Wed night.
The ridiculously talented Nick Verreos has a gorgeous newish blog that's totally fierce. Sorry, just finished watching the final 'regular season' Project Runway episode and Christian's vocabulary is still stuck in my head. Don't you just love that kid? He's like a chirpy little chinchilla. I wouldn't be half-surprised if we see in the obligatory 'Tim Gunn rides in a Saturn Roadster to the Designer's Homes' segment of the finale that Christian's parents raised him as a cat, complete with a charmeuse-lined scratching post. C'mon, you totally see it.