Love sensation… Oh, it’s got me in it’s spell.

Part 5:

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wikipedia, Beah Richards, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Kiki & Herb, The World According to Garp, Getting shoes in the mail, Wit with Emma Thompson, Judith Light, The Witches of Eastwick, The trash of Fergie, Jesus Camp, Fat Tyra, Broke poor-ass bitches from Compton, Drunk bowling, Dame Judi Dench, The word “rigmarole”, Beyonce’s Grammy dove performance a few years ago, Shaved Britney, Sister Wendy, Beverly Leslie, Gia Marie Carangi, Born-again clowns, The word “commode“, I don’t really like him – but there is something oddly appealing about Mark Ruffalo, Having Tupperware-like parties but with bondage gadgets, Xerxes from 300, Vera Farmiga, Beth Ditto, Amy Winehouse, Gerard Butler if he is naked and with a beard – not singing, Armless Persian trannies, Dolores Nancy, Lily Tomlin, Skunk smell, The name Roma, Males named Shannon, Rose McGowan and her machine gun leg in Grindhouse, The excitement I get when I think of a Bjork/Timbaland collaboration, Roses, Cheese and crackers, The cross dressing challenge this season on ANTM, Vanity Smurf, David Cronenberg, Sandra Bernhard, Nashville, Mutant children born parthenogenetically and sent to carry out the rage filled murders of their mother, The great Gazoo, I hate her soul but I kind of like Ann Coulter – the same way I like a hang-nail, Jake Ryan, Gloria Steinem, After the sadness that was Top Design – I now love Shear Genius, Mo’nique, Flavor of Love Charm School, Midge Potts, Benadryl, Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson, Nappy Headed Hos, Barack Obama, Men On Films from In Living Color, Everything from In Living Color, Ross The Intern, Michelle Pfeiffer, The insanity that is Grease 2, Jewbacca, Africa by Toto, Aldo, Bette Midler, Thoughts of rehab, Judy Parfitt, Pride weekend, Sluts, Prudes, The First Wives Club, Ghost, Shrimp salad, The nice lady at Quiznos who gave me a free salad, Rihanna and that damn umbrella, Umbrellas, The word Somnolence, IKEA, Something about Seth Rogen gets me hot, And while we are on the topic of odd crushes – Tim Robbins does it for me too, The word and color Azure, Fanta Limón, Tapas, Gazpacho, Doing Google image searches, Just the Silver Surfer in that damn horrible movie, Blood oranges, Tiger lilies, John Travolta in musicals, Nell Carter, Wine, Pussy willows, The word Vichyssoise, Grey Gardens, Icelandair flight attendants, Kathy Griffin, The Spice Girls reunion, Joan Collins, Dynasty, William Zabka, Becky (Buckwild) from Flavor of Love Charm School, Live Earth, That Al Gore’s drug-addicted son was arrested while driving a Toyota Hybrid Prius, Pot, Krishna temples, Cat Stevens, Charlotte Rae, Make-up infomercials, Hey Paula, Greer Childers, Pam Ann, Sourdough, Pesto, Air Force Amy from Cathouse, Matt Damon, Versace, Brothels, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Hairspray, Katie Morgan, The Wiz, Eucalyptus, Zachary Quinto, Placido Flamingo, Laura Dern, Angela Lansbury, Scanning stations on car radios, Julie Taymor…

Summer in black & white.

True happiness in visual form. Love Will Never Do (Without You) from Janet Jackson. Herb Ritts sunshine for us all. Look for a glorious Djimon Hounsou.

Speaking of Herb Ritts… here is Wicked Game by Chris Isaak.

The double truth, Ruth.

Today, here in the SLC, it was the hottest day of the year so far. Today also happens to be the 20th anniversary of the Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. A movie that defines the hottest day of the summer. It’s a favorite of mine and arguably Spike’s best movie.

Whether you love or hate Spike Lee I think he should be noted for presenting such a specific point of view about race issues that no one else had the balls to attempt. No one is doing shit like this. This was 20 years ago and it’s still intense and maddening. His style is so fresh and magnetic that I can’t help but like even his worst efforts. Do the right thing and see the movie.

It’s also responsible for one of the best opening credit sequences of all time. One that introduced us to Rosie Perez jamming the shit out to Public Enemy.

RIP MJ

Break Down, Glam Up.

Hey kids, the music video lesson for today is how to glam it up for the camera when you are really just having a breakdown. Both of these videos were directed by Earle Sebastian, who is cleary a god.

First up: Hey Jupiter by Tori Amos.

The best part of the video is the make-up. It’s courtesy of Kevyn Aucoin, genius of make-up artistry. She looks broken and fabulous. I couldn’t find a video clip so here’s just a still of Miss Tori In Full Glory.

Next up: I Want You by Madonna.

It’s one of her least known videos and was never released with a single, but it’s one of my faves. Madonna is in full B&W magic here. It’s slow, angsty, sultry and melancholic. Her look is so…  Euro blousy? That’s it, bitch is euro blousin’ for her black man! I have no idea what that means but it sounds good drunk. Enjoy.

Love is all around…

Part 4:

Central air, Road movies, The Breakfast Club, Tia Carrere, Jessica Tandy, David LaChapelle, Unicorns, Unico, The name Toby, Tetris, Harold and Maude, AFI lists, Lists of all kinds, Pina Coladas, Deleting things, Lily Tomlin, Superman, The fact that everything is going Pomegranate these days, Filling out those questionnaire things you find in blogs and posts – and then deleting it, Enthusiasm, Candy Darling, When film people say “pre-vis”, Molly Ringwald, Another season of Project Runway, Hair salons, Getting my hair did, Mo Collins, Trombones, Garlic bread, Travel, Beauty pageants, Rachel Ray, Tim Gunn, Carol Channing, Miami, Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly – even though he’s only made one movie – I will always stick up for him, Hot summer nights, Kelis, When people “set the night on fire”, Eating ice cream with friends until I get sick, Hard-core illegal drugs, Sporty-type jock guys who know are intelligent at the same time, That guy I just saw on Jeopardy who was totally hot – not Alex Trebek, Money makin’ playas up in Harlem, Patti LuPone, Rue McClanahan, When people say “in all of Christendom”, The idea of a Heathers sequel, Back To The Future, Make-up streaked through tears, Beauty queens, Fashion, Shallowness, The talent competition, Our lord Jesus Christ, Anne Murray, David Sedaris, The Carpenters, Spell check, The Men’s fragrance counter at Nordstrom’s, Mayo, Asian Female Kung-Fu movie crime bosses who also might be men, Andy Warhol, The book Running with Scissors, People who read, Costco shopping with Beth, The Safety Dance, Xylophones, Robert Zemeckis movies, Grey Gardens, Vanity Fair magazine, Change, Everything staying the same, The ocean breeze, Cinderella, Nietzsche, Women, Men, Outhouses, Denny’s, Monasteries, Scary ass monks, Charles Busch, The Nightmare on Elm Street movies, Oktoberfest, Ski lifts, Good horror movies, Fleet week in San Francisco, Tom Hanks, Red backgrounds during credit sequences, Nyquil, Nice bus drivers, Uli Herzner, McSteamy, Smoking in the sunlight, Smoking after eating, Smoking while drinking, Susan Tyrell, The Lady Chablis, Insane awesome words for colors – like chartreuse – indigo – vermilion – puce – cerulean etc, Shopping, Being alone, Cranberries, Dior lobster hats, Russian accents, When Sascha eats an entire lemon – skin and all, Everything about Sacha Baron Cohen, The Tai Pan trading store, Insane Christmas decorations, Insane Christmas people, Celebrating Christmas two months early, Homemade salsa, Annette Bening, Emma Thompson, Jill Clayburgh, Naffness, The depression that settles in around Christmas time, A Charlie Brown Christmas and Rudolph – not so much the Grinch, The fact that Jennifer Hudson is getting all the raves for Dreamgirls and Beyonce is getting left in the dust, The new ultimate Superman collectors edition, Apocalypse Now, The tranny that works and the smoke shop by my house, Shot glasses, Snow – sometimes, Jack Spice Park – even though I haven’t met him, Finland, Quiche, Polar bears, Sea World, Black Christmas trees, Shrimp breaded with oregano, Rich people who give their money away, Daniel Craig as James Bond, Kwanzaa, Muriel’s Wedding, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen, Viktor and Rolf, John Galliano, Going out to breakfast after work late at night with friends, When Tony gets hit on by drunk gay guys who call him the “poster child of his generation”, Z Gallerie, Iceland and the city of Reykjavik, Russia, Kelly Macdonald, Scotland, Bill Nighy, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Barneys, Neimans, Harrods, Bloomies, Nords, Saks, Sometimes I like Mark Wahlberg – especially when he takes time out of his busy pants-dropping schedule to plant a celebrity tree, Window displays, French & Saunders, Bob Ross, Blanche Devereux’s bedroom on The Golden Girls – I want that matching wallpaper and bed spread in that same palm frond print, Alexander McQueen’s Puma shoe collection, Children Of Men, All Alfonso Cuaron movies, Mexico, Mexican weddings, Zahara Jolie-Pitt – you just know she is going to save mankind, Sushi, Hollywood and Highland, Daffodils…

Quote.

Diana: Hi. I’m Diana Christensen, a racist lackey of the imperialist ruling circles.

Laureen: I’m Laureen Hobbs, a badass commie nigger. 

Diana: Sounds like the basis of a firm friendship.

 

Network is such a good movie. It’s brilliant and so far ahead of it’s time. Watch it if you haven’t.

Our love is so rock steady.

Part 3:

People who have some god damn sense of art and culture – please people, Drinking games with movies, Christiane Amanpour, Batman, Bob Fosse, Tonya Harding, The smell of gasoline, Not working on Sundays – it has nothing to do with religion – I just like it – and Saturdays too – and any day, Australia, Seeing friends in weird places, That my friend has a profile for her cat, Making people laugh unexpectedly, Going grocery shopping in the middle of the night – like 2 or 3 in the morning, All things Costco, The guy at Albertsons with the blue beard, Shot glasses, Roadside diners, Breaking the law and getting away with it, Smooth jazz playing in the background of anywhere, When my friends say funny inappropriate things over dinner, Those crazy Chinese buffets that we have here in America that have all the same things like cheese wontons and crab legs that people go apeshit over, Funny new age-y stuff like scented candles and Enya, Anyone remember the store Glifx? – that was awesome, College students, Swimming pools, Feeling refreshed after sleeping, The Beach Boys song “God Only Knows” – seriously put it as soundtrack in any movie/TV show and it’s instantly better, Kevin Smith, St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah, How damn cold it gets at night when you’re camping, Going to the bathroom in the woods, The Golden Girls, Rosie O’ Donnell, Creepy campgrounds where teenagers are raped and murdered, Letterman jackets, Blowing money with credit cards, Banana cream pie, Remember Incredible Universe? – that store was off the hook, Melissa likes playing Clue at Coco Cafe – that sounds like something I’d like too, Water, Money, Sex, Big ole salads, Salads with bleu cheese and/or walnuts and/or cranberries, Paradise Cafe and Bakery, Ranch dressing, Say what you will – Kindergarten Cop is a fucking awesome movie, Aida, Ambien, Crazy shit on restaurant walls, Jumanji, Andy Samberg, Pre and post crack Whitney – I love them both – especially when she is in the clouds, Casinos, Eyeliner, Blondes, Brandon Routh, Robert Altman movies, Disco, Roulette, Falling asleep in the car ride home coming from camping as a kid, Air conditioning, The desert, Using a good sample in a dance song, Espionage, Long hair on men, Hippies, Ana Gasteyer, Helen Mirren, Queens – mostly of England, Cracker Barrel, Beto’s, Crazy pirates lady, Big envelopes, Demon spawn, Feeling like a better person when I encounter racist cunts, Ben’s Cookies, Courtney Love, The lemonade drinks at Starbucks, The green tea drinks at Starbucks, The spiky haired girl that works at Starbucks, Lots of things at Starbucks, You, That song from Flashdance – it’s just too good, The song “My Girl” – I’ve noticed that whenever that song comes on in a public place everyone starts singing – I was at the grocery store and I walked passed six different people singing along – including me, Cobb salad, Sunny days, Rainy days, Chirping birds signaling the arrival of morning – actually I hate that one, Meryl Steep, Drive-In movie theaters, Eating, Troop Beverly Hills, Thinking about being young and gay and arty in Montreal in the winter and how awesome that would be, Selena drag queens, Gay pride festivals, Gay boys that look like Rivers Quomo and Topher Grace had a baby, Gay gay gay, Butch stuff too, Straight stuff too, The credit “Un Film De Almodovar”, Rugby players…

Trash. I killed trash…

Love to love you, baby.

Part 2:

When people come out of a movie and you can tell they really loved it, Whenever Maya Angelou is doing anything, Doing things right and correctly, Being successful at something – anything, Interesting conversation filled with laughter, Musicals – stage and screen, Mind of Mencia, Kathy Bates, Holiday specials on TV, IMBD.com, John Leguizamo, Buying a new CD, Good director’s audio commentaries on DVD’s, Getting a massage, Good strong coffee, Keeping Up Appearances, When people say “country bumpkin”, Good buffets, Quarters, 70’s gay porn, Mashed potatoes and gravy, Unibrows, Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, Radiohead, Daft Punk, Sigur Ros, Nine Inch Nails, Annie Lennox, Eggs Benedict, Wise older ladies with British accents who do really good things for the world, African children running in slow motion to film scores – usually something by Hans Zimmer, Cook books, Sinead O’Connor, Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Whitney Houston, Spice Girls, David Bowie, Valium, Zanax, Prince, Thompson Twins, Scissor Sisters, Daft Punk, Lost, Family Guy, Autumn, Broadway, Bea Arthur, Thomas Newman scores, Trivial Pursuit, Bloody Mary’s, Good stand up comedy, When my cat lays in the laundry, Six Feet Under, The Simpsons, South Park, Gwen Stefani, Tracey Takes On, Chappelle’s Show, Dawson’s Creek, Conan O’ Brien, Absolutely Fabulous, Are You Being Served?, Standing up for myself, Getting into fights with complete strangers, Bitching about Mormons – except Charity, The thought that someone may be reading this list, Big ass trees, Mexican art, Big empty parking lots, Birthday dinners, Androgyny, Coldplay, Pie month at Marie Calendars, Movie theaters, Sleep, Scarlett Johannsen, Extras, The Daily Show, Sex and the City, Mad TV, Nip/Tick, Seinfeld, Project Runway, Strangers With Candy, Scars and bruises on people, Breathing in the cold air when it’s freezing outside, Braces and other sorts of mouth hardware, Butt acne, Weird dolls, Marilyn Manson, Celebrity gossip, Most gossip, Good lemonade, That time right before you fall asleep when you feel drowsy and sedate, Fat people that are comfortable in their skin – or rather anyone who is comfortable in their skin – or at least appears to be, When straight guys are cool, The Beatles, Hole, Duran Duran, Fiona Apple, Discussing old children’s TV shows with friends, Bai Ling, People who are knowledgeable about movies – some of them, Getting drunk and listening to really over the top music – example: Journey, Dancing violently and/or dorky, A good vomit, Tammy Faye, Bea Arthur, Joanna Cassidy, Maya Angelou, Faye Dunaway *as* Joan Crawford, CEO Barbie, Paula White, Blanche Deveraux, Martini glasses, Giving and receiving gifts, Getting special treatment on a birthday, Good pizza, Christmas lights, Movie quotes, Discovering new music and feeling like you can listen to it forever, Goldfrapp, AIR, When drunks smash into things, Original Broadway casts, Busy kitchens, Losing weight, People who can make music, Karaoke, Doing something naughty, Kirsten Dunst, Everyday of the week except Saturday…

Love you long time.

A while back I started a list of things I love. It’s been on my Myspace page for the last four years and I’ve been constantly updating it, sometimes daily. So, I’m kinda proud of this insanely long list because it’s such a huge compilation of all sorts of crap. I thought I would post it here too. It will be posted in chunks, so in case anyone is actually reading it, they won’t lose their sanity.

Part 1:

New York City, Drinking fountains, Chicago, Georgia, Gratuity, Ewan McGregor when nude, Frances Farmer, New car smell, Drag queens, BLT’s, Spanish moss, Seattle, San Francisco, Madonna, Red cream soda in styrofoam cups, All things British, Elton John, Rufus Wainwright, Alanis Morissette, Kylie Minogue, Wood floors, Stanley Kubrick movies, Feeling like I discovered something, ABBA, Good Blogs, Extravagance, Old houses, Natalie Portman, Dark chocolate, Articulate people, Edward Norton, Fashion week, Nomi Malone, Old Jewish ladies, Frida Kahlo, Artsy war movies, Mary Poppins, Dancers, John Waters’ movies, Moby, Fast food, Gay punk bands, Eclectic tastes in music, Ally Sheedy, Good martinis, Old Sci-Fi movies, All things tacky, Music videos, The Olympics, Kate Winslet, When people say “cheers”, The Cosby Show, Gay men who are dirty and unfashionable, Old people, When kids talk to me with their stuffed animals and dolls, Coffee with friends, Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ lips, Horrible Christmas music, Vulgarity, Root beer in a cold glass, The Comeback, When I feel smarter than someone else, Shining Time Station, Today’s Special, Mister Rogers, Dreamy songs, Vegas showgirls, When my friend Beth speaks in various accents, When my friend Johann has strokes, Dianne Wiest, Swan Brooner, Willy Wonka, Vanilla ice cream with shit on it, Vodka, Disneyland, When people are really passionate about something, Moving down my queue on Netflix, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, Michelle Pfeiffer as anything, Ron Popeil infomercials, Infomercials in general, Getting the mail, Being all bundled up under covers and having it be cold in my room, The song “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” by Natalie Cole, Tori Amos, Bjork, The song “Then Came You” by Dionne Warwick, Cooking shows, Oprah Winfrey and her kingdom, The restrooms in expensive restaurants where there is an employee handing you towels and cigarettes, Plastic surgery, Dolly Parton…

You got the look…

Ouch, sorry about that last one.