333 stories by "Kyle"
I wish I'd kept a count of the number of times he said "y'all" and "fixin to" in his DNC speech last night. The "I'm just an ol' country boy from Arkansas" line made me laugh out loud.
I've seen two of more controversial movies of the summer in just the past few days. Had complicated reactions to both. They share an investigation of class and social order that I suddenly w…
writing about Searching For Sugar Man, which was one of the better film experiences I've had this summer.I have to say, one of the film's pleasures to me was being surprised by it, by not kn…
I love that the Arkansas Times has been covering the Miss Gay Arkansas America pageant and its new queen, Veronica DuVall.Pic by Marcus RachardNext stop Miss Gay America!
I've been remiss in not posting about the sexual harassment controversy at Oxford American, which was hot enough news to make it to the NYTimes, the Atlantic, the New York Observer, and New …
I indulged in a little cable news TV yesterday, switching back and forth between CNN and MSNBC. I settled on MSNBC and got a little mesmerized by what appeared to be a multi-show effort to l…
Hey, today is apparently blog update / maintenance day. I've reorganized my links to the left here and added a few new people, notably my friend Dawn McCoy's darling blog Beauty Frosting, an…
other places in the world, this is exciting.Uganda's LGBT community was able to conduct a weekend of gay pride events despite police arrests and harassment.The historic LGBT pride was a seri…
last night at the Homo-Centric reading at Stories Books in Echo Park. Queer literary guru Hank Henderson reminded us in closing how fortunate we are to be able to gather and read our work th…
is my favorite part of Bring It On: The Musical. Gregory Haney kills it playing the the first high school transgender character on Broadway. Or at least he did in L.A. when I saw it at The A…
I'm doing my second Homo-Centric this Thursday in Echo Park. The plan is to read a short play in its entirety, doing all three characters. I just have to finish the play and rehearse it so I…
on Saturday and ended up having a fun conversation with some people about their favorite rock documentaries. A lot of titles came up, and one guy said, "I really hate Pearl Jam but that docu…
This is lovely.
And here's my list of local premieres I hope to see. Who's into going with me? Ernessa? Andrew? Lemme know.Seeing Red tonight at the Taper, and I'm excited for many reasons, not the least of…
Just thought I'd do a couple of posts about some show's I'm going to try to get to around town. Anyone want to join me? Henry? Tira? Eddie? Excited to see Hearts Like Fists by blogger/interv…
is getting a reading today in Topanga. I've wanted to be involved in Botanicum Seedlings for some time now so I'm excited to get an opportunity with this play. But first, brunch at The Inn o…
I pulled a nice article by Chicago playwright J. Nicole Brooks from Rogue Machine's Twitter feed. Here's a quoteThere's room for all of our stories, past and present. Speaking of the past, I…
but inspired by this post. Also this one a little bit.One thing I appreciated about the talkback after my favorite Outfest documentary, The Prep School Negro, was the lone criticism director…
got on my radar last week thanks to this post on the Advocate's website. It gives a video he posted on a website called WeHappyTrans, a wider audience; The Advocate's copy is more summary th…
Chick-Fil-A. I do it happily and have for some time. Then again, even if I wasn't avoiding on principle, do you think I'm gonna haul my ass up to Sunset and Highland just for a dumb chicken …
in and around Malibu every week for the past three weeks. Here are some pics of my most recent one, starting at the end of Corral Canyon Road. Modern Hiker calls it Castro Crest and Bulldog …
One of the best biographies I've ever read was one I picked up at City Lights Books last fall while I was in San Francisco. Secret Historian, by Justin Spring, tells the story of...well, let…
I was considering taking a drive down to San Diego to see this show, extremely excited about the new Sheik / Sater musical with Moises Kaufman directing. After hearing about the casting cont…
this morning.Hushpuppy is my new hero.
I'd been contemplating seeing Dirty Projectors this Saturday at the Wiltern for some time, but I'm trying not to spend money and figured I might skip it. Then I downloaded the new album, Swi…
