Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending a presentation by Laurence Maslon, an arts professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts for 30 years, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. My boss Doug Reside, Curator…
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4” taping on Thursday, July 19, 2018
“Don’t ‘Judge’ Me” So, this week I met one of my icons. You know the one, the most Googled drag queen on the internet. The multiple Emmy Award-winning host of RuPaul’s Drag Race since 2010. The recording artist who blasted…
Mary Wilson, My Brown Sugar
Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes and a legend in her own right, has died at the age of 76 in Las Vegas, NV. I feel very fortunate to have met her, way back in the early 1990s.…
Artists During Covid19
Honored to have been captured by Giles Clement Photography for his “Artists during Covid19” series on his website. Check it out: www.gilesclement.com/covid. “As a writer, mostly of gay erotic fiction, it seems foolhardy to even think about strangers having sex,…
My Star-Studded Super Bowl Past
My Star-Studded Super Bowl Past As a queer man with a vast distaste for most sports, it might shock you to learn that I have some pretty interesting ties to the Super Bowl. Unless you’re a gay man more clueless…
“Homocorps” at CBGB 10/19/02 (NSFW)
“Homocorps” at CBGB 10/19/02 (NSFW) You want rock n’ roll? You got it! This is an excerpt taken from Extreme Indulgence, my 2002 NYC diary, as it pertains to the (in)famous rock n’ roll nightclub CBGB. Why, you may ask,…
“Yours” Dance Project
“Yours” Dance Project It pays to have talented friends. My dearest friend Susan Toni conceived and choreographed a beautiful dance to the song “I Wanna Be Yours” by the Arctic Monkeys, starring Andrea Palesh and myself. We shot it one…
Super Heroes of Smut
Super Heroes of Smut The lovely and talented author and editor Oleander Plume featured me on her website for her series “Super Heroes of Smut”! The entire piece is here on her website, but I’ll include my Q &…
The Perfect Friday the 13th Gift (from 2/13/15)
“The Perfect Friday the 13th Gift” or “A Short ‘n Sexy Pre-Valentine’s Day Story with Silly Pictures” (originally written for a friend’s blog hop that was posted on 2/13/15) Emmett rolls over in bed and elbows me in the…