In the 1980s it seemed like everything was big: big shoulder pads, big hair, and big music sales. But even by that decade’s exaggerated proportions, composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Carole Bayer Sager’s “That’s…
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11 Performances that Should Have Won Oscars, John Richkus
I’ve always been a list maker. And because I’m a dyed-in-the-wool cineaste I’ve got movie lists up the wazoo. I’ve seen over 3,800 films and have them all listed in alphabetical order with the…
David Munk Interviewed by the England’s Merry Band of Queer Misfits—The Ethel Mermaids
Several months ago I began to get to know a lovely lady in London called Corinna Tomrley. I think it was through Twitter, but it might have been Facebook—who can say with this much…
This Christmas, Bette Davis’ Mustard Gelatin Ring is Just the Thing: The Recipe in Eating With the Stars
“While it may be hard for contemporary palettes to even parse the concept of a “Mustard Gelatin Ring,” it strikes me as exponentially more interesting in terms of both gastronomy and semiotics when combined with “Bette Davis.” Just try saying ‘Bette Davis’ Mustard Gelatin Ring’ without smiling.
How a 45-Minute Visit with Michael Jackson Led to Years of Nightmares
In the years since Michael Jackson’s tragic death, passion for all things related to the brilliant, troubled superstar has only increased. From the profound—his peerless musical legacy, to the perverse—endless speculation about his nose and…
Torch Song Elegy, Volume 2: How to Reduce Twentieth-Century Gay History to a Stereotype in Three Lines or Less
“Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy revisionist history!” Here we go again: another week, another assertion that gay men in their 30s and 40s are antiques and—even worse—cliches, cleaving to…
Janis Ian’s Between the Lines: The Saddest Album Ever
Remember the Columbia Record Club? If you’re too young to remember, “CRC” and its brethren—the RCA Record Club etc.— were mail-order divisions of the major record labels that enticed you to join with a…
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