I'm a day behind
on posting about the latest installment of L.A. Affairs. In yesterday's edition, Megan O'Neil laments that the like-minded don't always think alike.In my mind we would take a seat on a bench…
on posting about the latest installment of L.A. Affairs. In yesterday's edition, Megan O'Neil laments that the like-minded don't always think alike.In my mind we would take a seat on a bench…
I love this.
from Sunday's rehearsal for Botanicum Seedlings' show this weekend, featuring my short play Heirlooms: A Hybrid. This Saturday and Sunday at 2pm in Topanga.It's going to be a fine afternoon,…
--in heart I'm anAmerican artist,and I have no guilt.I seek pleasure. Iseek the nervesunder your skin--"Babelogue." Saw her on Friday and I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a rock conc…
actually shares some themes with today's L.A. Affairs, so it seems natural to follow that post with a plug for it.My play Heirlooms: A Hybrid starts off the proceedings a week from today in …
Darren Manley writes about the the geography of love and heartbreak on the Westside. First with Nicky, then April, who's discussed below:Crossing boundaries is never easy, but I inched us fa…
The NYTimes published this fun interview with Tippi Hedren that I have to share. I just saw The Birds on the big screen through some TCM presentation. They showed a Robert Osbourne Q&A b…
Does anyone else read these things in the Saturday LATimes? They're hilarious. In yesterday's edition, 23-year-old Rachel Heller describes the trials and tribulations of dating an older ma…
Since I mentioned in the previous post about the Lebowitz interview that Kev and I got some chatter going about things, I thought I'd share a little of it.For those who haven't read the inte…
Joe made my day yesterday by linking to this Fran Lebowitz interview in The Awl. I could pull about ten awesome passages from it, but this is one that got the most chatter between Kev and me…
a theme at HuffPo? First it's gay body fascism, now here's a bit about the great Christina Hendricks enduring some stupid questioning that highlights mainstream media's preoccupation with bo…
yet another article about the tyranny of gay culture's obsession with body image. Here's a quote-- Why do we do this to ourselves? I can't help but think it has something to do with t…
Jesse Green has a conversation with Albee on Vulture.com that is equal parts frank and elusive, which seems about right for the subject. The master offers a handful of unremarkable how-tos a…
I saw the ACT-UP documentary on Monday night. I've seen plenty of AIDS crisis documentaries over the years, and the only other one I can think of that approaches How to Survive a Plague in t…
The new Visitors Center
I joked on Facebook that Sunnylands was so beautiful it almost made me change parties. They just opened for tours in March, so JW and I braved the 110-degree Palm Springs heat to see a tour.…
After years of visits to the high desert, I finally got to the Noah Purifoy Joshua Tree Outdoor Museum on Friday and took some pictures. Purifoy, a black artist interested in large assemblag…
starting today! Going for a friend's wedding, and am fitting in Sunnylands as well. Maybe Noah Purifoy on top of it all! Pictures to (hopefully) follow.
Just got my ticket for this. Excited.
The Children very much when I saw the Boston Court production. He wrote a sweet article for HowlRound about the experience, finding that the value of playwriting isn't in the money, but the …
you're killing me.
I haven't done one of these in a while, so here goes. Ol' Kev finally got around to seeing this year's indie gay darling, so we put on our little Blaine and Antoine hats to discuss. z…
in part to weather the September heat. Luckily the new Sundance Cinemas has a nice lobby and I can get there early and camp out with a cup of coffee and my journal before heading in. I saw t…
and drink some moonshine out of a Mason jar after seeing Lawless last night. I enjoyed it, particularly the hillbilly extras in various scenes; it has some great old southern ladies in it.Th…
Youtube bender yesterday. It began with a tweet about Dirty Projectors new video, Hi Custodian, a long-form video featuring the songs from their incredible new album, Swing Lo Magellan. Davi…