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Met Gains
Michael and I had a nice time last night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Sixth Annual Post-Pride Party, where mayoral candidate Christine Quinn and Tony-award-winning playwright and screenwriter...
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RIP: Faye Hunter, Bassist of Let's Active, Is Dead at 59
Very sad to read that Faye Hunter, the founding bassist of Let's Active -- whose jangle-pop single "Every Word Means No" was a staple on early MTV -- has died of an apparent suicide. (On the Beat has...
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Back to School
My nephew (AJ) and niece (Ally) look awfully cute on their first day of 6th and 1st grades!
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Splash -- NYC's Most Famous Gay Bar -- to Close After 22 Years
Wow, surprised to hear that Splash will close Aug. 10, after 22 years in business. Truly the end of an era, which included a time when seeing new videos in the front of the joint was where I learned...
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Federal Judge: Ohio Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriage Performed in Maryland
A great day for America -- Justice Antonin Scalia knew this was going to happen:A federal judge in Ohio ordered state officials Monday to recognize the marriage of two men that was performed in...
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Weiner Won't Pull Out
Weiner to Stay in Mayor’s Race as New Allegations EmergeThat Anthony Weiner is good. He's been (preemptively) acknowledging that more inappropriate photos and sexting exchanges were liable to emerge,...
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Remembering Mando
Via Romenesko: Armando Montano was found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft just over a year ago while interning for the Associated Press in Mexico City. The case remains unsolved. Read HERE.
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Song of the Day: 'Vélomoteur' by Les Calamités
With thanks to Jesse, who knows an '80s French girl group that I'd probably like when he sees it.
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Clip It in the Bud
NBA player's 'abortion contract' with girlfriend revealed he promised to keep dating her for a year if she ended pregnancy or he'd pay her $25k Clippers star J.J. Redick -- who I have had my eye on for...
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'Real' Genius
Inspired by the South Korean plane crash, "Real Time With Bill Maher" is beginning to out "Daily Show" the "Daily Show."
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No Putting a Finger in This Dyke
Pennsylvania Has First Gay Wedding as County Defies Same-Sex Marriage Ban First Ohio crumples to the overturning of DOMA, Missouri's reconsidering things and now Pennsylvania gives way. Maybe this will...
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Str8 Talk Express
This one sounds like a real "catch":St8 looking for gay roommate - 28 (Midtown East)Straight guy here, 28 professional, athletic, masculine. Why I want a gay roommate, cause it works out to be a good...
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They Ran So Far Away
Flock of Seagulls' van found, but gear's goneCNN has the heartbreaking news:A Flock of Seagulls' friends and fans are watching Craigslist, eBay and pawn shops for band leader Mike Score's stolen amps...
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NYC Council OKs National Tennis Center Expansion
I miss the days when the U.S. Open was an intimate affair in Forest Hills, but you can't really argue with the game's growing popularity.The Associated Press reports:The New York City Council has...
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Alec Baldwin Fires Back at Anderson Cooper
Well this is fun. Alec Baldwin, while on Howard Stern discussing the controversy around his calling a Daily Mail reporter a "toxic little queen," took aim at Anderson Cooper for posting the following...
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