Archive | October 2010
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The Petty Queer Establishment vs. Richie Cunningham
GLAAD took time off from planning its next awards ceremony to play national scold, charging director Ron Howard with contributing to anti-gay bullying. In Howard’s new film “The Dilemma,” a character played by Vince Vaughn says “electric cars are gay” then explains that he doesn’t mean “homosexual, gay, but, you know, my parents are chaperoning [...]
Next, on ‘The Real JAP’s of Hymietown’ …
I finally endured about 15 minutes of “The A-List,” a truly wretched new reality show about callow gay Mahattanites. Stepin Fetchit eating a watermelon outside a fried chicken shack would only be a tad less offensive. If I lived in Kansas and popular entertainment provided my only exposure to gays, I’d hate us, too. Yet [...]
Foghorn Leghorn for govenah
Five staples of campaign commercials for those seeking office in Georgia: 1. Starched blue jeans; 2. Claims they are being unfairly attacked; 3. Children as props; 4. A vaguely rural setting; 5. A highly affected Southern drawl, reminiscent of Kevin Costner’s character in “JFK” (it’s pronounced “dollars”, Casey Cagle, not “dollahs”). Too bad Tammy Metzler [...]
All tomorrow’s tea parties
Former Velvet Underground drummer Moe Tucker’s life has taken some strange turns. She moved to Georgia in the early 90s and ended up working at Wal-Mart. Now she’s become an advocate for the tea party movement, appearing recently at a rally in Tifton. I am also against the government taking over the student loan program, [...]
Sheldon Greenbriar’s Blurbomat
Time for some fresh dish ‘n ‘dat: I love “Family Circus” and wouldn’t change a thing about it. But aren’t you curious how Billy, Dolly and Jeffy turned out as adults? Fine, upstanding citizens, I bet. The only tea party I care about is the one held at Rip Taylor‘s house each April. What if [...]
Expert warns of ecological catastrophe
Adrian Grenier We’re Driving the Bluefin Tuna Population Towards Extinction
Sarah Palin threatens presidential run
Reality show star Sarah Palin told Mary Hart — who’s probably better prepared for the Oval Office — that she’ll run for president in 2012 “if there’s nobody else to do it.” She’s running. Her ego will dictate it.
Low voter participation understandable
I no longer fret over low voter turnout. I understand it. The older I get the less enthusiastic I am to vote. The candidates treat the public like idiots, running not on ideas and principles but platitudes and bromides. Now, after months of acting like the Marquise de Merteuil, candidates are attempting to convince voters [...]
My 20 favorite artists
In no particular order: Peter Sellers Stephen Malkmus Django Reinhardt Waylon Jennings Flannery O’Connor David Bowie Sly Stone John Kennedy Toole Billy Wilder William Holden Paddy Chayefsky Ray Davies Dean and Gene Ween Gene Wilder F. Scott Fitzgerald Woody Allen, pre-21st Century Mark Twain Alfred Hitchcock Roy Orbison Johnny Cash Related Articles RAPatton: David Lynch [...]
