Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido took male bonding to a whole other level Tuesday night in their World Stage debut of Still Standing You. Using their bodies as instruments to shamelessly seek out what they mean to each other, no physical or emotional stone was left unturned. Still Standing You is unique, startling, hilarious and physically intense. So physically intense, actually, that Pieter and Guilherme can only perform the piece, at the most, two consecutive days in a row.
via MOTHER JONES (written by Maddie Oatman): Vivian Maier’s massive collection of street photography remained hidden from the public eye until a Chicago realtor named John Maloof stumbled across boxes of her negatives at an auction house in 2007. After amassing more negatives and finally googling her, he learned that she had made her living as a nanny and had died a few days earlier at age 83.
She left an oeuvre of intimate glimpses of people caught in everyday moments, as seen in this 2011 Mother Jonescollection of her work.
Now, Maloof has joined with Charles Siskel and Submarine Entertainment to produce Finding Vivian Maier, a documentary due out later this year. The film draws on Super-8 footage shot by Maier as well as interviews with friends, family, and neighbors that expose more details of Maier’s life and work.
Discovering the real Maier is a challenge; as one of her friends put it, “she was a closed person” and also because most people she knew “had no idea she took photographs.” About the film, one friend insists Maier “would’ve hated every minute of it. She would never have let this happen.” Yet, says Siskel, “Vivian’s story is as powerful as her art” and he hopes the documentary “will bring her the recognition she deserves.”
Andrew Ramming is perfect! He has a dog & only wears Bluebuck underwear, black boots & sometimes flannel shirts. Everyday would be like Sunday as we cuddle together in the wilderness and drink coffee out of our tin cups.
I’m seriously in love right now. I won’t be able to sleep. Calgon, take me away!
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
SEAN CODY:Pavel is half Bosnian and half American. He’s traveled around Europe and the States but had never been to the Pacific coast. He keeps busy with work in the morning and school at night…and, of course, hitting the gym. He’s got a nice lean, muscled, swimmer’s build with hairy pecs. He’s also got great hairy legs, a furry butt and cock…just the perfect amount of hair everywhere!
VIDEOGUM: William Reiss is currently co-executive producer of a show on the Disney Channel, but he also makes celebrity caricatures and then animates them for his tumblr and they are all very good. Look at them! -IHave4Catz
Reddit user ScottDS pointed out Carrie Fisher’s “coke nail” as evidenced by this screencap from Return Of The Jedi.
Fisher herself has talked in interviews about her struggle with body image and drugs during the Original Trilogy filming, so this isn’t exactly a revelation in news. But it is strange to see it captured in a movie frame.
— please see my art at www.thombierdz.com Thanks!
