Baritone Dmitri Hvorostvsky is currently headlining in the Metropolitan Opera’s updated Vegas production of Rigoletto to much acclaim. I know I am not alone in often having thought, “Gosh I wish this fine world class artist had a Cyber Medieval Post Apocalyptic BDSM Music Video I could watch and enjoy.”Well… Truly one of the most… [Read More]
Cary Elwes and the Tasseled Nipple
During my 3 plus months exile in Iowa last year, I made it my mission to fill my every waking moment of my every brief trip to New York with light, color, action, art and madness and therefore suck the very marrow out of my all too limited time back in civilization. To this end… [Read More]
Carl Jung, BDSM and The Flavored Popcorn Dilemma
Let me just preface this by saying I REALLY like Root Beer. Almost exactly a year ago, I went to see David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method. I’d had a DVD screener of it for months but kept myself from watching it because I VERY much wanted to see it in a theatre with my super… [Read More]
In Honor of Frankenstorm Sandy: 13 Exceedingly Bizarre Comic Book Monsters
In honor of the monstrous Hurricane Sandy, I am sharing a few selections from my exquisite collection of bizarre comic monsters. Let Mankind Beware.Above, Goom. Whom apparently nothing can stop. His son, Googam. Who will… [Read More]
In Praise of My New Internet Friends From Nigeria
I always love spam email. Especially financial scams. I like the fake romantic Internet dating leads as well but somehow the financial scams tickle me the most. Something about the broken English, and the names are usually super fabulous. I recently got a spam with the Subject line “Compensation Payment”. The sender was a Mrs…. [Read More]
The REAL Meaning of Fashion’s Night Out
On a recent tour of the Manhattan Gay leather bar scene I was introduced to the Handkerchief Code. Well I was introduced to a bunch of interesting and thought provoking stuff which will be the subject of later posts, but the Hanky Code is what I am going to discuss here. The Hanky Code, also… [Read More]
Vocal Folds, Frilly Shirts and Hair Dryers: General Misconceptions About Opera (and Life) Growing Up with Opera Singers
1. The use of a hairdryer is a vital aesthetic and artistic statement. 2. Tosca, the story of a happy go lucky baron with a heart of gold and a user friendly SM/Leather fetish, ends after the second act. 3. Don Giovanni is a love story and somehow being dragged bodily to hell is a… [Read More]
