Better than being "hot, sexy & dead" like Jim Morrison was
Justin Bieber tells Rolling Stone he feels he carries himself "in a more manly way," his manager claims he's the most mature kid in the world and the mag's cover proclaims him to be "HOT READY LEGAL." Do you agree with any of these statements?
Andrew Breitbart died and the mainstream media immediately went into gracious mode, and then into lionizing mode—he wasn't just not all bad, he was a real patriot, a true American.
Donna Brazile unwisely tweeted that he was a genius.
At least Gawker and Rolling Stone are keeping it real—the man was a douchebag and his legacy is poisonous.
No need to dance on his grave while his shocked family watches, but NO need to pretend he was anything less than a complete asshole.
Above, sexy Chace Crawford is mighty fine in Mexico, as spotted in Life & Style (March 12, 2012). Below, the same issue praises the pecs of Derek Hough:
I know it's crazy, but I think Redfoo from LMFAO is superhot. I don't love his clothes or hair, but I can look beyond that; beyond that, and beyond the fact that he's really just the Rockwell of '12. As spotted in Rolling Stone (March 1, 2012):
More after the jump...
Prove it!
As of midnight last night, it was exactly six years since my first post. It's been a tough thing to keep up with a dayjob and outside activities, and just when I think I might walk away, a valuable connection or interesting opportunity or a kind word comes my way. Thank you all for reading me.
Of whom are you more jealous?
Here are my favorite 100+ posts out of nearly 11,000. Please take some time to read (or re-read!) a couple and tweet or Facebook any you like.
xoxo Matt
The pocket pool championships were intense this year
BOY CULTURE
FROM BOY TO MAN: BC B.C. (2007): The entire history of my novell and novel Boy Culture as well as the movie version; might be my ultimate post.
Jonathon Trent & Derek Magyar make an Allan Brocka sandwich
BOY ON FILM (2006): An account of the NYC launch party for Boy Culture as it played the TriBeCa Film Fest.
I was left "Reeling" by the experience
FRIENDS AND "FAMILY" (2006): The movie version of Boy Culture hits Chicago.
No one would've mistaken me for Taylor Lautner
RAPT PUPIL (2006): The final night of Outfest with Boy Culture; I was fat but on the other hand got to meet Bryan Singer.
MY ART
Construction worker (shot this week) vs. James Dean
GUYDAR (since at least January 17, 2008) & ENDS OF THE WORLD (since at least January 13, 2008): Attractive men of the world—I got your backs. Your fronts, too.
Unaltered iPhone image that still blows me away
"Your pictures suck" (2008): An art critic attacks me, but not without sustaining some hits in return.
DRAWN TOGETHER (2008): How my desire to draw related to my secret desire. One of my absolute favorite posts.
The shirtless one
LOST ANGELES (2009): My favorite photographic travelogue of L.A.
Even then, New Yorkers feared 9/11 was the beginning of the end
ART IMITATES LIFE (2006): My 9/11 and my distaste for grief tourism.
ME
Death of the party—Jeff in high school, already halfway through his life
BURNING MAN (2007): Tribute to my late high school friend and first romance.
Signed, sealed (eventually) delivered
LOST BOY FOUND (2011): There is a book in here somewhere.
Be Italian
CIAO HOUNDS: OUR TRIP TO ITALY (2011): Finally got José to Europe.
ILLINOIS DEATH TRIP (2007): Ruminations on death while revisiting a past home, and the past.
Life is short...and meaningful
PASSING BY (2008): Mourning the loss of a person I only met once.
Lots more...
Flea and Anthony Kiedis in an '85 shot that appears in the new Rolling Stone (September 1, 2011). Below, that's Jason O'Mara from the new show as seen in TV Guide (August 29—September 11, 2011):
More after the jump...
Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley take flight while plugging The Vampire Diaries in Rolling Stone (September 1, 2011). More after the jump...
The Queen (R) and the Princess (L)...I guess Britney is Duchess
Madonna fans were enraged when Rolling Stone last week called Lady GaGa the Queen of Pop. Never mind that they were only using information from the past two years, years in which Madonna hadn't released any songs!
But now they've righted the imagined wrong and via reader poll have rechristened Madonna as Queen—which is as it should be.
The list is bizarrely diverse in musical style considering this is the Queen of POP we're talking about.
Which are in the right spots, which are in the wrong spots, which have no business on this list and which are missing altogether?
(1) Madonna
(2) Lady GaGa
(3) Britney Spears
(4) Tina Turner
(5) Beyoncé
(6) Aretha Franklin
(7) Katy Perry
(8) Cher
(9) Elton John
(10) Mariah Carey
I asked this question on my Facebook and my Twitter and the results were so entertaining I thought I'd ask it here:
Who was your first really HOT crush when you were a kid/teen?
For me, it was probably Lorenzo Lamas (it doesn't still apply), though many others come to mind as well. And I recall stashing a Rolling Stone shot of a nearly-naked Sting from Dune under my bed to gaze at, more because he was nearly-naked than because he was Sting (not my usual type).
I await your input...
The cast of BearCity recreates that True Blood cover of Rolling Stone for Next. That's honey they're covered in, you pervert.
I can't believe I'm going to say this but...an interesting interview with Meghan McCain by Rachel Maddow last night. McCain's getting scorched for coming out and saying what many in the Republican establishment are saying behind-the-scenes, namely that Christine O'Donnell is a "nutjob."
But what interests me is that she went on to talk a bit about President Obama and Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I give McCain credit for openly—and, clearly, sincerely—disagreeing with and being hurt by her father's homophobic stance on DADT (and all other gay issues). In the past, I've been unimpressed with her for focusing on what Obama hasn't done when her father—and her party—is actively, aggressively working against gay issues. But she doesn't harp on that here, instead saying politicians should be held responsible for their failings but admitting she really has no answers as to how. (She doesn't advocate not voting for them again, protesting or other measures suggested by Maddow.)
Also interesting is that Ms. McCain seems to think that Obama has been given a free pass for his gay-rights disappointments. I'm glad Maddow pointed out to her that many in the gay community have given him no such free pass (choice comment at Joe.My.God. yesterday: "Obama can't tell his black ass from his white elbow," and it goes downhill from there on a daily basis in the comments section), but I think the central question remains: What do we do about it?
I don't think there are easy answers. I know AmericaBlog and others have advocated not to give the Democrats money. Some have argued that they'd never vote for Obama again or that they wouldn't vote for any Democrats, or that they wouldn't vote at all. Dan Choi's sincerely, passionately applied tactic is to embarrass the president by turning up the heat via civil disobedience and high-profile demonstrations; these things have worked in the past in other areas.
I'm not attracted to any of these remedies, but like Meghan McCain—and unlike those who use the word "Obamabots" in every other sentence—I don't have all the answers and don't pretend to.
