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]
Senior Dating Rituals of the Midwestern States
Last year, I spent the majority of three long months with my mother, Nancy, at her quasi plantation in wildly rural northeastern Iowa. I originally went to help her with the house and grounds, as her health while not yet failing is not the best. However when my own health started to fail the quasi… [Read More]
Corn, Porn and Oprah: Sex in the Heartland
Call me old fashioned, but I’ve always wanted to visit a sex shop in the rural Midwest. So while staying at my mother’s bizarre quasi-plantation like homestead in Northeastern Iowa I felt the opportunity would finally present itself. Now I didn’t want any of those roadside “24 Hour Bookstore and Video Booth” establishments. The kind… [Read More]
You, In This Tomb?: Aida at the Metropolitan Opera
This week was my first Aida at the Met–my first Aida being in Syracuse, NY (it’s a long story). Aida is the third Verdi opera I have seen at the Met after Macbeth last year and Ballo last month. Both Macbeth and Ballo were notoriously “modernized” productions so Aida was the first period Verdi I… [Read More]
Just in Time for Chanukah – Zombie Paul Lynde and Other Wonderments
(Images by Shawn E Milnes) Zombie Paul Lynde in F Troop … [Read More]
The Breathtaking Candid and Television Photography of Girk Tunker
A selection of photographs from Girk Tunker’s Too Much Time On My Hands collection.Observations and television watching from around New York, Maine and these United States. Disclaimer: NO photos have been Photoshopped or altered in any way. (Photos Courtesy of Dom Rosoff) -Shawn E Milnes Related Articles: A Tasteful Selection of Homoerotic Batman Images 12… [Read More]
Zoot Suits, Broadswords and Benny Hill: Ballo at the Metropolitan Opera
We recently went to Ballo at the Met. I had never seen it before so I was excited. But I quickly ended up feeling like I had entered The Twilight Zone. Most of the audience was going wild for the production and I was surprised at what I was seeing and hearing. Now, the music… [Read More]
Dirty Codpieces, Sequins and Sneezing: The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera
We saw The Tempest at the Met last week and it left me with many questions. Perhaps someone can answer at least a few of them. I know it was a contemporary opera, written in the last decade, but it left me not only with questions but also a general feeling of unease like I… [Read More]
Post Sandy East Village 6B Community Garden Clean Up
Fallen Willow Tree As electricity is restored to Manhattan and people continue to survey and clean up damage from Hurricane Sandy, I made my way to the 6 and B Community Garden, my favorite spot in the East Village. Day After Hurricane (photo courtesy of Joanee Freedom) Earlier in the week I received an email… [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]
