Worldwide, the winter of 2006-2007 has been the warmest since record keeping began in 1880, according to a new government report. A variety of desperate schemes to save the planet from global warming are being considered by NASA and other organizations — including a man-made volcano that spews sulfur into the atmosphere; a “sun shade” […]
Entries from March 16th, 2007
News: Wear Sunscreen
March 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on News: Wear Sunscreen · Apple, Books, Climate Change, Culture, Internet, iTunes, Language, LGBT, Media, Music, News, Politics, Science, Tech, TV
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New DVDs: Borat, Fast Food Nation, and Shortbus
March 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Culture, Film, News
Borat and Fast Food Nation both came out on video last week. I suspect the Borat DVD will be well worth having for the deleted scenes alone. There’s at least one of them I saw on YouTube before seeing the film, and I was truly disappointed when it didn’t make the cut because it’s better […]
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Music: The B-52’s (Again) and The Church
March 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Music: The B-52’s (Again) and The Church · Music, New Wave, News
When I posted that fantabulous B-52’s video yesterday I was intending to mention an actual tidbit of 2’s news, and then I got distracted by the wigs and the dancing and .. Keith … and I plum forgot. So here it is — good news. The B-52’s have a new album on the way! From […]
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Swine and Punishment
March 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Swine and Punishment · Factory Farming, Food, News, Politics
A cattle rancher named Nicolette Hahn Niman had an eloquent piece in Wednesday’s New York Times on the inhumane conditions on America’s hog farms: Of the 60 million pigs in the United States, over 95 percent are continuously confined in metal buildings, including the almost five million sows in crates. In such setups, feed is […]
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300 Director Pushes Gay Panic Button
March 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Film, LGBT
I wasn’t really planning to see 300 anyway, because it just looks kind of — to use a French expression — stupid. But now I’m going to really enjoy not seeing it, thanks to the Best Gay Day Ever blog on AfterElton.com, which reports that the director of this brain-dead toga party, one Zack Snyder, […]
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Alan Simpson on Peter Pace and Alan Turing
March 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Alan Simpson on Peter Pace and Alan Turing · LGBT, News, Politics
Surprisingly, in the furor over Gen. Peter Pace’s comment that homosexuality is “immoral,” the most effective rejoinder I’ve heard so far comes from a former Republican senator, Alan Simpson: As a lifelong Republican who served in the Army in Germany, I believe it is critical that we review — and overturn — the ban on […]
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Music: “True Colors,” Patti Smith, & The B-52’s
March 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Activism, Comedy, LGBT, Music, New Wave, News
It’s every gay boy of a certain age’s dream. The big buzz this week is the “True Colors” tour: Cyndi Lauper traveling to 15 cities this summer with Deborah Harry, Erasure, and Margaret Cho, all in support of the Human Rights Campaign. It’s like ice cream with ice cream on top. “This tour is basically […]
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Police in My Back Yard
March 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Police in My Back Yard · Chicago, Journal, Music, New Wave, News
There are very few circumstances in which I can imagine a lifelong sports-hating pansy like myself setting foot in Wrigley Field. But a Police concert is, well, in the ballpark. Via Gaper’s Block, it looks like The Police are coming to Wrigley Field: Sting and the Police will headline a pair of nighttime concerts at […]
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Mistakes Were Made, 2007 Edition
March 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Mistakes Were Made, 2007 Edition · Comedy, Media, News, Politics
It’s starting to look like we won’t have Abu Gonzales to kick around much longer — even the Republicans are beginning to pile on. Now we’re being told that even Bush is “not happy with” Gonzales, which is a little like my foot being angry at my big toe, but there it is. This bit […]
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