mike d’s brooklyn toile
Concept
Mike Diamond of the Beastie Boys decided he wanted a Brooklyn inspired toile wallpaper that would line the walls of his Brooklyn brownstone. The vision was to pay tribute to all things Brooklyn in a way that would appear to be a traditional French Country Toile, but when you step to it the pattern reveals elements and vignettes that make up the truth about Brooklyn. Mike approached Vincent J. Ficarra of Revolver New York to help execute his vision artistically and Flavor Paper to produce the design as wallpaper.
Due to the level of detail and shading in Vincent’s design we decided to produce the Brooklyn Toile as a digital print, but stay tuned as it may be revised into a hand screened print soon! Brooklyn Toile captures many angles of life in the King’s borough from Coney Island to Hasidic Jews to Notorious B.I.G., the design covers many of the aspects of daily life dealing with subways and pigeons in a poetic way. Go on and get some!!! REVOLVER
Bob Mizer: ARTIFACTS, Curated by Billy Miller (in conjunction with the Bob Mizer Foundation)
Bob Mizer: ‘Artifacts’
By Holland Cotter for THE NEW YORK TIMES
Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a photographer and filmmaker whose entrepreneurial talents led him to form a one-man empire in the field of homoerotica, beginning in the 1940s. Working out of his home in Los Angeles, he was photographing at a time when bodybuilder magazines were as close as gay pornography got to being legal, and he pursued both genres when he established his Athletic Model Guild in 1945.
Mizer soon ran into trouble with the law. In 1947 he was convicted of sending obscene material through the mail and put in jail for nine months. Once out, he picked up where he left off and, with the help of his mother, Delia, kept his studio going for decades. He occasionally used female models; the young Susan Hayward posed for him. But a majority by far were male. A few — Alan Ladd, Victor Mature, Arnold Schwarzenegger — became Hollywood stars; others became luminaries of the gay underground.
The Mizer show at Invisible-Exports, organized by Billy Miller in cooperation with the Bob Mizer Foundation, is an archival display, engrossing on several levels. First, it’s a record of extreme creative industriousness. Mizer was apparently a nonstop worker and cottage industry micromanager. Over the decades he produced countless promotional catalogs from paste-up boards, then photographed the boards to use as handouts. Examples of all these formats are here.
Mizer worked with thousands of models, on whom he kept meticulous files, not just on their physical appearance, but also on their character, habits, backgrounds and sexual repertory, with all the information both written out and distilled into pictographic codes for quick reference.
waiting room film for horst magazine by bell soto starring tom bull
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WAITING ROOM
film by BELL SOTO
editors BELL SOTO + GLENN JOHNSON
starring TOM BULL
Special thanks to Timothy Reukauf and Allen Osborne at RedNYC
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HOT BOY official video AB SOTO directed by jonathan daniel federico
Dir: Jonathan Daniel Federico
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rare & never published 1971 pictures of little richard from LIFE magazine
LIFE: Movie stars like Liz Taylor and Sophia Loren could be, and frequently were, celebrated in LIFE for their sex appeal, appearing on the magazine’s cover striking poses and wearing outfits that were, if one squinted just right, downright salacious. But let rock and rollers cross that invisible line between Hollywood’s idea of the erotic and the delightedly raunchy approach to the topic taken by, say, Zeppelin, and the latter’s chances of showing up in LIFE sank very close to nil.
All of which makes the Little Richard photographs in this gallery, taken by LIFE’s Ralph Morse in 1971, all the more fascinating, and mysterious. None of these pictures ever ran in LIFE, and there’s no indication in the LIFE archives of why they were taken in the first place. Morse, for his part, doesn’t remember making them (“I have no idea who that guy is,” he recently told LIFE.com, when shown a few of the photos), which suggests that they might have been part of an impromptu photo shoot — perhaps at the Time & Life Building in New York, maybe backstage at a concert — and that they were never meant to appear in the magazine at all.
What’s certain is that, four decades after they were made, these portraits of the Macon, Georgia, native — published here on Little Richard’s 80th birthday, December 5, 2012 — capture at least a small part of the unnerving and somewhat unhinged charisma of the man many credit as the true originator of rock and roll. (Little Richard, his backers argue, was the first, true, living, breathing, screaming bridge between R&B and rock.)
The Fabulous Fags Of “The Steambath” Entertain Mr. Bill Bixby (via kenneth in the 212)
This unique play presents the afterlife as a steam bath, in which dead souls continue to obsess about the same petty concerns that obsessed them in their lives, until they are cast into a dark void by God, the Puerto Rican attendant (José Pérez). But new arrival Tandy (Bill Bixby) at first refuses to accept what’s happened, and when he finally does, he pleads to be allowed to return to his life. Steambath was controversial in its day for its obscene language (which was softened for this filmed version, originally presented on PBS), its satirical take on religion, and some brief nudity by bombshell Valerie Perrine. Today it’s still very entertaining, but mostly as a core sampling of the surprisingly uncensored male attitudes from the dawn of the 1970s. Everyone gives a solid performance and Bixby’s easy charm makes his self-centered character sympathetic. –Bret Fetzer
stitching steve (via grant)
STITCHING STEVE: I am a gay textile artist living and working in Scarborough, Ontario. Since I was a teenager I’ve had an interest in folk textiles. I enjoy hiking and other outdoor pursuits and try to reflect the beauty of the flowers and such that I admire on my adventures in my work. Going into the woods was always a great away to get away from stresses at home, and the beauty of weeds and local wildflowers has been a source of inspiration for me. My fascination with folk textiles started in highschool, encouraged by some good friends of mine and by my dear Baba, who preserved a chest full of family heirlooms that have provided models for some of my work.
thom bierdz is my new boyfriend!
THOM BIERDZ: PORTRAIT PAINTER, Phillip on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, author of Forgiving Troy.
Soap opera actor and painter Thom Bierdz is looking for a boyfriend. The Lake Arrowhead transplant is 5’9″, 40′s, and looking for someone of similar age and height. Bierdz is an open book (Forgiving Troy) and shares his personal life everyday on facebook. Belsito-Roche Gallery in Long Beach exhibited his
FANTASY GAY MARRIAGE paintings early this year. Rob Lowe is awed not only by Brad Pitt’s marriage proposal but the beach house Brad purchased for them. Sean Penn and Johnny Depp hike, pushing their baby in a carriage.
Young couple James Dean and Elvis Presley move to Hollywood to pursue their dreams. Mario Lopez and The Rock can’t keep their hands off each other and enjoy traveling and souvenirs. Chris Issak and Obama slow-dance with a physical spark but their attraction is based on admiration of each other. Fun gays with Chippendale posters and muscle dolls, Leonardo Dicaprio and Justin Timberlake ogle Ryan Reynolds, People’s “Sexiest Man Alive.”Bruce Willis is held in bed by lover Russell Crowe. Still in make-up from an award show, witty George Clooney vacuums with a meatball recipe taped to his pubic hair, playfully extending his hand for a tip from his lover Jake Pavelka of The Bachelor.
Daniel Radcliffe and Taylor Lautner don’t know what to say, feel or write in their first Valentine’s Day card. Stallone and Schwarzenegger are revered as “the god-couple” at White Parties. Surrounded by their beloved ranch animals, Johnny Cash and John Wayne celebrate their 40th anniversary. Post sex, Colin Farrell is confused about his feelings for clingy Matthew McConaughey. Burt Reynolds and Robert Redford are hairy macho bears throwing a barbecue. Bret Michaels and James Franco are a political couple who come out publicly in a parade for equal rights.
CRAZY IS WHAT CRAZY DOES. “Your Majesty, sit down.”
What happens when a middle-aged gay man moves to the mountains in complete isolation – to paint pictures for a living? This happens. He pretends a bar of soap is a microphone and sings to Kenny Rogers.
We can call this mid-life crisis or soft porn I imagine – but it is “art” (art of getting me a boyfriend through gay dating sites)… like Andy Warhol wouldn’t do the same thing… 
— please see my art at www.thombierdz.com Thanks!
Remember him now?
Y & R: Thom Bierdz debut as Phillip Foster (1986)
Actor/author/artist Thom Bierdz has reached middle-age and is experiencing thoughts of his own mortality for the first time, as evident in this improvised song, HOW MANY MEN WILL YOU KISS BEFORE YOU DIE ? Lyrics: HOW MANY FEBRUARYS WILL YOU SEE? HOW MANY APRILS, MAYS AND JUNES WILL THERE BE – UNTIL YOU DIE? YOU’RE GONNA DIE – SOMEDAY. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU MISSED? HOW MANY MEN WILL YOU KISS – BEFORE YOU DIE? (CHORUS) HEY – LET’S TAKE A WALK BY THE STREAM, I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOUR SOUL – BEFORE WE GO… BEFORE WE LEAVE… Thom’s art can be seen at www.ThomBierdz.com. HIS TWITTER
A BIG VISUAL GIFT OF SEXINESS & CUTENESS (over 100 photos)
more Jason images @ BOHUNK
crazy party photos by David Hawe
the 5000 fingers of dr.t (i know, i know… i’ve posted this a few times… but the film in it’s entirety! how could i resist.)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) is a musical fantasy film, the only feature film ever written by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), who was responsible for the story, screenplay and lyrics. It was directed by Roy Rowland, with many uncredited takes actually directed by producer Stanley Kramer.
Made in 1953, a critical year, with Eastmancolor beginning to edge out “Three-Strip” Technicolor for color production. This film was formatted for the more traditional 1.37:1 “Academy” aspect ratio, rather than the emerging, beginning with Shane, 1.66:1/1.85:1 “flat wide screen” format, even for “Three-Strip” productions. Nevertheless, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. was a last-gasp use of the 1.37:1 Three-Strip Technicolor format, seldom used again, except for archival restorations. The film was re-released in 1958 under the title Crazy Music.
Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart’s existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker’s ominous influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream, in much the same fashion as Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.
In the dream, Bart is trapped at the surreal Terwilliker Institute, where the piano teacher is now a madman dictator who has imprisoned non-piano-playing musicians. He also built a piano so large that it requires Bart and 499 other boys (hence, the 5,000 fingers) in order to play it. Bart’s mother has been turned into Terwilliker’s hypnotized assistant and bride-to-be, and Bart must dodge the Institute’s guards as he scrambles to save both his mother and himself.
He tries to recruit Mr. Zabladowski, who has been hired to install all of the Institute’s lavatories ahead of a vital inspection, but only after much skepticism and foot-dragging is the plumber finally convinced to help. The two of them empty their pockets and construct a noise-sucking contraption which ruins the mega-piano’s opening concert. The enslaved boys cheerfully run riot, and the “VERY atomic” noise-sucker explodes in spectacular fashion, bringing Bart out of his dream.
The movie ends on a hopeful note for Bart, when the real-life Mr. Zabladowski finally notices Heloise, and offers to drive her into town in his jeep. Bart escapes from the piano, and triumphantly runs off to play.
Although he had written the original treatment and all the song lyrics, Geisel regarded the finished film as a “debaculous fiasco” and omitted any mention of it in his official biography with Random House.
At the Hollywood premiere, patrons walked out on the film after 15 minutes, and box-office receipts were equally disappointing. Nevertheless, the film has gained a cult following over the years, and has been favorably compared to the live-action adaptations of Seuss’s works made since his death.
The film is almost entirely musical, with either background music or actual musical numbers. Composed by Frederick Hollander (born Friedrich Hollaender) with lyrics by Dr. Seuss, the score was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953. Along with standard orchestral instruments, the score also uses a theremin.
landfill harmonic (via kyle k)
Cateura, Paraguay is a town essentially built on top of a landfill. Garbage collectors browse the trash for sellable goods, and children are often at risk of getting involved with drugs and gangs. When orchestra director Szaran and music teacher Favio set up a music program for the kids of Cateura, they soon have more students than they have instruments. That changed when Szaran and Favio were brought something they had never seen before: a violin made out of garbage. Today, there’s an entire orchestra of assembled instruments, now called The Recycled Orchestra.
Sissydude Gift Idea: AWESOME PJ’s PUSSIES! @ harvey rabbit (via miss.erin)
PJ’s Pussies explores individuality amidst form. As Homo Sapiens, we appear similar, an easily recognizable species. We come in different shapes and colors, but most of us have two arms, two legs, two eyes, a nose and a mouth on a relatively flat face. Some of us have more hair, some less.
However it is hard to mistake a Homo sapiens for any other type of animal. We often discuss diversity in form and variation among individuals, but no one talks to us about the variation of our genitals. Men are told they need to have a large penis. Women are sold products to bleach the skin of their vaginas in order to make them “more attractive.” WATCH THE ARTIST HERE ON YOUTUBE!
What is normal? We rarely look at each other “down there.” Society’s cross-section of genitals easily visible to us consists either of examples from popular adult media or medical textbooks. On the one hand, these images may be cosmetically altered or airbrushed, and on the other hand, are technical and often considered “abnormal.” With such a narrow spectrum of information to draw from, shame and fear of judgment about our private parts is common.
PJ’s Pussies are an exploration in the adorableness of variation. Each one is different, cut to an individually drawn pattern with an emphasis on large male, female, and variant genitalia.
The PJ’s Pussies pictured may or may not be available. You may request color/pattern and genital (male, female, variant.) HARVEY RABBIT
a sissydude christmas tradition : REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)
Remember The Night by crazedigitalmovies
Sissydude’s FAVE Christmas movie:
Remember the Night is a 1940 American romantic comedy/drama Christmas film directed by Mitchell Leisen, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. The film was written by Preston Sturges—his last as a writer before he became a writer-director with The Great McGinty.
The plot: Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He gets the trial postponed because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmastime. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee’s own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial? TCM
FYI: This Dailymotion video is just missing the beginning credits.
Remember the Night was the first film in which MacMurray and Stanwyck appeared together.
Preston Sturges had suggested “Great Love” as a title for this film. Director Mitchell Leisen, a rare director to come out of costume design and art direction, is reported to have shortened Sturges’ script considerably, both before and during shooting, something which generally annoyed Sturges, and one of the main reasons he was set on directing his own scripts – which he did beginning with his next project, The Great McGinty. Still, of all the films that Sturges wrote before be began directing, Leisen directed the only two films, this one and Easy Living, which Sturges bought personal 16mm copies of for his film library.
Leisen’s alterations to the script changed the focus of the film from MacMurray’s character to Stanwyck’s. Sturges summarized the film by saying “Love reformed her and corrupted him.” The movie, he said, “had quite a lot of schmaltz [sentiment], a good dose of schmerz [pain, grief] and just enough schmutz [dirt] to make it box office.”
During shooting, Sturges hung around the set and got to know Barbara Stanwyck. One day he told her that he was going to write a screwball comedy for her, which he did just a year later, The Lady Eve.
