Since my own personal “great recession” began in early 2006, following my departure from my jet-setting life with songwriter Denise Rich and its attendant perks, I have struggled to get a professional foothold in…
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How Famous Was Barbra Streisand in 1984?
So famous that seven years after this publicity photo for A Star Is Born was taken it was still sitting the window of a head shop on MacDougal Street! Elisa snapped this image and…
A Note to New Stargayzer Readers:
If you’re one of the many people finding my site for the first time because of the Jason Gould interview, please take a moment to sign up for the newsletter in the box to…
Notes From the West Coast: “L.A. Is My Lady,” Then and Now
“The music she moves to, is music that makes me a dancer I brought her my wildest of dreams, and she came up with the answer I leave behind a part of myself, whenever…
Notes from the West Coast: The Curious Metamorphosis of Jimmy Jimmy Coco, Spray Tanner to the Stars
When I last checked in with my friend Jimmy Snyder about six years back, he was a struggling actor and I was the president of a music publishing company. What a difference a few…
What Not To Wear When Going To Prison: or, How One Bad Decision and Three Loose Pills Sent Me To The Slammer For Three Days with Eyeliner and Crimped Hair, Part Two
To read the first part of this series: What Not To Wear When Going To Prison: or, How One Bad Decision and Three Loose Pills Sent Me To The Slammer For Three Days with…
What Not To Wear When Going To Prison: or, How One Bad Decision and 3 Loose Pills Sent Me To The Slammer For Three Days with Eyeliner and Crimped Hair, Part One
The residual trauma of my incarceration and its subsequent shame-based cover-up has, I believe, equipped me uniquely to advise my gay brothers on how to prepare for a visit to prison with a particular emphasis on what not to wear when one is, as the Mob Wives say, “going away.”
Notes From The Honeycomb Hideout, Part Three: Jonathan’s Star Ascends, Becomes Local Celebrity; I Manifest Surprising Coping Skills
Notes From The Honeycomb Hideout is a series of pieces about my life as a child actor Notes From The Honeycomb Hideout, Part One Notes From The Honeycomb Hideout, Part Two In my last…
Notes From The Honeycomb Hideout, Part Two: Gino’s Gives You Freedom of Choice, or, My Tips on How To Steal a Scene
After the ramp-up to my first audition and the Lego debacle, I started getting sporadic auditions. Finally, I booked my first commercial with my brother Jonathan sometime in 1974. It was a local spot…
The Worst Internship of All-Time, or Annie Liebowitz Hates Me
“Annie Liebowitz hates me!” So began my journal entry of May 9, 1986. I was just about to graduate from N.Y.U. and complete a semester-long internship with iconic filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, who was best…
Cassingle White Female: The Stargayzing Mix Tape Explosion!
Cassette tapes: they broke, they melted, they got dirty, they unspooled and they they sounded terrible. Other than that they were awesome! It’s hard to imagine anyone could feel nostalgic for an audio format…
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