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Song of the Day: 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' by Brian Hyland
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Tennis Tuesday
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Remains of the Day (07/10)
Towleroad:Andrew Rannells explains where he learned to snort things through a straw
The Daily News:Thai cave rescue ends with boys and coach safe
AmericaBlog:Ninth accuser says he told GOP Rep. Jim Jordan about wrestler sexual abuse and Jordan laughed and refused to help
Instagram: Dominic Thiem on holiday in swimsuit
Curbed:What $7,250 rents in NYC right now
Matthew's Island of Misfit Toys:Boys, briefs and bushes
Brooklyn Vegan:New York City naming street in Queens after Steely Dan's Walter Becker
The Gay Almanac: You won't believe what birthday girl Kelly McGillis looks like now
The Washington Post: This couple visited their soldier son-in-law on July 4 -- and the Army turned them over to ICE
Dlisted:Robin Wright says she didn't know Kevin Spacey was a perv
HuffPost:India's LGBTQ community is hopeful as court hears challenge to gay sex ban
Greg in Hollywood:Behold Ricky Martin's hubby's pecs
Outsports:Alison van Uytvanck said coming out as gay liberated her and it showed at Wimbledon
Metrosource:What does FX's "Pose" mean for queer youth?
OMG Blog:Superstar bodybuilder Calum Von Moger shows off his weight pole
Back2Stonewall: I love Jimmy Carter but don't really care what he "thinks" Jesus would "think" about gay marriage!
NewNowNext:New CDC report says condoms are 91% effective at preventing HIV transmission through anal sex
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Morning Wood
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Page 1 Roundup (07/11)
The Daily News:Focus on the immigrant kids who are being used as pawns -- and who are still separated from parents, writes Mike Lupica
New York Post: Meet the heroic Navy SEALs from the Thailand cave rescue
The New York Times:Why are Dems even bothering to fight the inevitable on Brett Kavanaugh?
The Wall Street Journal: Like your steak aged 36 months? Try 17 years
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Song of the Day: 'Storms' by Best Coast
Best Coast covered "Rhiannon" for a Fleetwood Mac tribute album a few years ago, but clearly wasn't satisfied with just one song. Get a tiny Madonna vibe off Bethany Cosentino's live vocal, which was recorded on Jimmy Fallon or the BBC, depending on your source.
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Wrestle Wednesday
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University in the 1980s and 1990s. The team's doctor, Richard Strauss, is now dead, but has been accused of being a serial sexual predator. Jordan has now been accused by nine wrestlers of knowing about the abuse and doing nothing -- in one case even "laughing" about it. With these kind of credentials, he seems like the perfect Speaker of the House for the Trump era ...
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Remains of the Day (07/11)
Deep Dish:I'd like to play with this bear's teddy
The Daily News:Please call the police if you know who this sick fuck who abused a cat with a firecracker is
Poseideon's Underworld: A visual tribute to Tab Hunter, who died this week at 86
Pink News:Judge blocks transgender teen’s name change because he thinks Caitlyn Jenner brainwashed him
OMG Blog: Do you want to see a popular YouTube "gamer" naked?
UnPresidented:Lauren Duca on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, youth engagement, media bias, the Supreme Court and Trump’s gaslighting
Boy Culture:Sex bomb Steve Grand's latest video
The Randy Report:Trump issues full pardons to convicted Oregon arsonists
Outsports:Gay teen athlete looking to unseat anti-gay Ohio legislator this fall
Back2Stonewall:22 evangelical Christian scandals that rocked the world #letusprey
TV Line:Dreamy Max Greenfield moves into CBS's "Neighborhood"
EW:Classic sitcom "Green Acres" being needlessly adapted as Broadway-bound musical
The Washington Post: Retirement communities turn their sights on a once-invisible group: LGBT seniors
BBC:An FBI agent facing a felony assault charge because his gun injured a patron at a club -- and whose embarrassing acrobatics went viral -- can get his gun back, a judge ruled
Hot Cats of the Day: That's what furry friends are for ...
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And Then There Were Four x Two
Well there was certainly no lack of drama at the All England Club, even if only one of the four men's semifinals went the way I wanted it to -- Novak Djokovic beat Kei Nishikori. (Would it kill Juan Martin del Potro to wake up before the match started?) Although I wasn't thrilled Kevin Anderson gave his Obama-bashing wife something to cheer about, I was even more disgusted that John Isner beat Milos Raonic. (Do we really need a geriatric Trump sympathizer in the semifinals of Wimbledon?) In years past one would think the winner of Djokovic and Nadal would be the obvious eventual winner. But given their advanced ages and levels of fragility, I'm scared either one of them could end up losing to either one of the giants. [Sigh.]
On the women's side I will say that with all Top 10 players being eliminated before the quarterfinals, it still wound up being a pretty respectable final four. While I still think it's Serena's to lose, I'm rooting for Kerber to win it all. Interestingly, Ostapenko has never played Serena, so it's hard to gauge who has a better shot against the mother GOAT.
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Morning Wood
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Page 1 Roundup (07/12)
The Daily News:England is going home empty-handed
New York Post:Trump's reign of embarrassment continues
The New York Times:As Trump insults NATA, Merkel hesitates to take him on alone
Mother Jones: Controversial Justice Department nominee with Russia ties narrowly wins Senate confirmation
The Washington Post: Brett Kavanaugh piled up credit card debt by purchasing Nationals tickets, White House says (just the kind of sound judgment we need on the nation's highest court)
The Wall Street Journal: Forget the cat ladies, meet the plant parents
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Song of the Day: 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye' by Bananarama
I was the only person in the newsroom yesterday watching Nadal vs. del Potro.
No harm meant to my British mates, but at least I don't have to hear how "it's coming home" anymore.
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True Sons: Foam If You Want To
Move over, Just for Men. There's a better way for guys to dye their hair! Visit True Sons to learn more HERE.
True Sons Launch from Allen Haveson on Vimeo.
True Sons Launch from Allen Haveson on Vimeo.
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Gay Sex and the City
I'm notoriously turned off by web series. (I also don't get podcasts.) But no sooner did I cave into "EastSiders" Netflix went and picked it up. Here's hoping the same happens to Brian Sloan and Mark Sam Rosenthal's "West 40s," whose pilot (below) looks like the start of something special.
Learn more HERE.
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Remains of the Day (07/12)
Gay Pop Buzz:Man gives blowjob to 10-inch penis and ends up in ER with ruptured airway
Towleroad:House Republicans pass "sickening, bigoted" amendment protecting adoption agency that refuse same-sex couples
PinkNews:Man attacked for being gay posts bloody yet smiling selfie to send message
Dlisted:Meet the drag queen who brought glamour and drama to the "if anyone objects to this union ..." portion of the wedding
Back2Stoneall:Nestle Corp. faces Title VII lawsuit for harassment of gay employee
BosGuy:This rugby-team massage therapist is the luckiest man alive
The Gay Almanac:Happy birthday to Cheyenne Jackson's thighs
Boy Culture: Larry Kramer says the worst is yet to come
Politics USA: House erupts in applause as that FBI agent who (rightly) texted negative things about Crazy Donald destroys Trey Gowdy and Trump FBI conspiracy
The Randy Report:Lily Tomlin, Ricky Martin, Kate McKinnon, Tituss Burgess and other LGBT performers score Emmy nods
Hunk du Jour:Now that's how you wear a tank top
The Washington Post: New details in book about Emmett Till’s death prompted officials to reopen investigation
Page Six:Henry Cavill apologizes for controversial ‘rapist’ comments about flirting
The Advocate:A rundown of all the damage Brett Kavanugh could (and probably will) do to LGBT rights
Washington Blade:Cuban activists push for same-sex marriage
Greg in Hollywood:Break me off a piece of this blond Charlie Frederick character
Out:15 films -- including a new "Studio 54" doc -- critics are excited about at OutFest 2018
OMG Blog: Not sure how sanitary it is to prepare food buck naked
Hot Cat of the Day:You know I'm a sucker for a furry beast ...
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Morning Wood
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Page 1 Roundup (07/13)
The Daily News: Federal probe of Emmett Till's 1955 murder reopened as relative says family wants 'justice' and 'closure'
New York Post:Trump wants Europe to make itself great again
The Washington Post: The Trump administration kidnapped children. Someone should go to jail.
The Wall Street Journal: You accidentally sent $149 to a stranger on Venmo? Good luck getting it back
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Song of the Day: 'Head Over Heels' (live on Broadway) by the Go-Go's
The Go-Go's made a surprise appearance on Broadway last night, where I hear they performed "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "Head Over Heels" with the cast of their new musical. The New York Times did a fun piece about five of the show's songs, -- producer Richard Gottehrer is pretty bitchy about the "Vacation" album(!) and Belinda Carlisle had this to say about the title track:
That was the beginning of the end, that album. We were run ragged, we didn’t know how to say no. The song has an upbeat, cheerful melody and lyrically it really captures the darker side of fame and fortune — I had an appreciation for the lyrics then but not like I do now in hindsight.
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On the Rag, Vol. 518
A weekly look at what's making news in the gay mags:
Get Out!:Meet Habibi, a man of many talents
HotSpots (Florida): Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Crystal’ Comes to BB&T Center
Gloss (San Francisco):Summer is here
Rage Monthly:Have you been to the ball?
Passport:Get cooking with the culinary issue
Metro Weekly (D.C.): When a local restaurant asked trans activist Charlotte Clymer to leave for using the women's restroom, they picked a fight with the wrong person
Gay Times (U.K.):Yet another cisgender white man covers the British mag(!)
Between the Lines:Who knew Kalamazoo was so progressive?
Grab (Chicago):Everybody wants a piece of Antoni Porowski
San Francisco Bay Times:Mormon Gay Pride (it's like jumbo shrimp)
Curve:Evan Rachel Wood rising
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Remains of the Day (07/13)
The Associated Press: There's one Blockbuster left in the U.S. and its owners refuse to close it
Towleroad:Gay couple publicly whipped more than 80 times in Indonesia for having sex
Daily Intel:U.S. indicts 12 Russians for hacking DNC and Clinton team emails during 2016 election, and it point to collusion
The Nation:Trump's racist rhetoric is embraced in a midterm contest
Dlisted:Scarlett Johansson drops out of "Rub & Tug" amid backlash from transgender community
Baseline:Huge sigh of relief that Trump sympathizer (and tennis bore) John Isner lost to Kevin Anderson at Wimbledon today
Page Six:Ex-"Young and the Restless" actor found guilty of child molestation
Boy Culture:Trump in England -- how can 62,979,636 people be so dumb?
BosGuy:Thank God It's Furry Friday
The New Yorker:A Capital Gazette reporter prepares to cover the trial of the suspected killer of his colleagues
OMG Blog:Actor Benjamin Voisin looks good putting his undies on
The Washington Post:Anyone else notice Trump saves his harshest words for female leaders?
It's Either Sadness or Euphoria:"What a gorgeous, quirky, and utterly charming book! Leif Enger may have made us wait 10 years since his last book, but his newest, 'Virgil Wander,' is definitely worth the wait."
Metrosource:How is prostate cancer different for gay or bisexual men?
The Randy Report:Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to ban "gay panic" and "trans panic" legal defense
The Daily News: Columbia professor accused of sexual harassment complains U.S. laws are "biased" against privileged white men(!)
Gothamist:Ask a Native New Yorker: When should I call the cops on my new neighbors?
Hot Cat of the Day: I see a deep run on "America's Got Talent" here ...
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