Rod Hagen

Actually, I imagine it's similar to a real infant, only with an off switch and a box for storage.

Fantastic. I want one.

Good Lord yes. My external drives are brimming, and my mykissanime streams are constant.

Cool! This reminds me very much of the intro and/or closing to SO MANY of my favorite Anime series.

All good to great stuff. There was an excellent Sondheim review at the Hollywood Bowl a couple weeks ago. Beautiful.

I Can NOT seem to stop listening to the new The Black Angeles: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/death-song/id1200060618 I don't like most music, and recently I stepped into a coffee shop blasting the usual pop crap. I winced, the counter guy perceived why, and asked me what I'm listening to these days. I told him the new The Black Angeles (he didn't know them, young ppl don't know good current bands anymore--not that long ago that knowledge was a badge). I sat down, and three minutes later, via streaming, Currency (see below) played. I could see him jamming out to it, and all the following fantastic songs. I taught him new music! And this is probably my favorite song on the album. They are very much inspired, and take their title from a song by, The Velvet Underground. One thing I love about this song is that by 4:10 it's already given us a great gift but it then proffers this 1-minute section that just carries you along in a golden carriage. And since I can't stop talking about their music, how about that video? Follow the bloody money, it tells a story about each character. And I love LOVE the fountain at 4:45; you're asking "What the hell is that???"

This reminds me of all those idiot Brits who bought and not long afterward abandoned owls because their kids fell in love after that first stupid harry potter film. And, before that, Dalmatians, one of the biggest pain in the ass dogs you can find, all abandoned just after 101 Dalmatians.

He looks YUM

http://www.wehotimes.com/sex-politics-meth-death-west-hollywood/ Apologies if someone already posted this sad story.

Rallying cry of the delusional: "So Now It's My Fault?"

I would say Periscope: Here I am Eating a Donut You Tube: This was me eating a donut.

Jesus Christ. Not that it's gone now, but you forget how casual and ingrained sexism was until you revisit it.

I've always really enjoyed that first one. I just find her absolutely adorable "I'm so pale".

Years ago there was a blacklist site. I'm not aware of one now, but I may be out of the loop.

Some great mentions here. I HIGHLY recommend O Fantasma. Really fantastic base film. I also recommend you watch the Jean Genet movie linked above. It's the whole movie and really amazing. I've always loved it. The younger actor was Genet's boyfriend at the time.

I can't believe Shelter was 10 years ago. San Pedro never looked so good. Bad Education is one of my FAVORITE movies.

"You can't treat me like a dog, you know." :-) Great movie. I particularly like that fact that he DOESN'T end up with someone of his class. That was very typical of "those" writers--EM Forster, Somerset Maughm, Gide, Genet--and also their "students"--Tenessee Williams, Gore Vidal, Isherwood (Sorry Bachardi, if you're reading this): Heaven forfend any of them should date or fuck within their class and education. Fuck that, they wanted the working class boys, even when they were young boys themselves. Adam Smith you strike me as similar to these men in your tastes; I may be wrong.

ANYTHING by visconti. Good Lord, did you ever see Conversation Piece? So crazy and good. Of course Rocco and His Brothers drips with homoerotica: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054248/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_12

Maybe 5 years after Borstal released I bumped into Shawn Hatosy getting take out in WeHo and told him what a great job he did in that movie and talked, briefly, about how fun for him to be so young and fly all the way out there to play the lead in that film. I have SO many good gay movies I recommend. I can't go through them all again. If you click on my name and go through my posts and find those about movies, you'll see I've posted Youtube clips to all of them. (is it "to all of them" or "them all"?)

This is an excellent anthology, and a good starting point: https://www.amazon.com/Flesh-Word-Anthology-Erotic-Writing/dp/0452267757

Regarding written porn: Aaron Travis, but be warned it's VERY intense. https://www.amazon.com/Aaron-Travis/e/B000APA9GU Clay Caldwell. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Clay+Caldwell&search-alias=books&field-author=Clay+Caldwell&sort=relevancerank VERY GOOD Lars Eighner: https://www.amazon.com/Lars-Eighner/e/B000APY8IU/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 VERY GOOD Rusty Winter: https://www.amazon.com/Rusty-Winter/e/B00M8A1EDM/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 John Preston: https://www.amazon.com/John-Preston/e/B000APO1EG/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 That should hold you for awhile :-)

And you absolutely can't let insult or anger be your first reaction. Just assume they've made a mistake and to keep things friendly and accurate be sure to mention it, gently, rather than let it pass.

I always count the money out of my wallet and hand it to my masseur. I don't want to short him accidentally by just handing him an envelope that somehow might have the wrong amount in it. I'm not insulted by people doing that. In fact, sometimes when people have left an envelope in an "obvious" place I haven't noticed I wonder as they're leaving, "is there an envelope I'm not seeing, or do I have to remind him" which makes us all feel silly. You can hand the money over, it's not tacky, at least I don't think so.

Classic DP. Also, "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.” Ha!

Looks good, but I thought it was this scary movie. Jack Clayton, Truman Capote, the kid from The Village Of The Damned, and Henry James together!