Filed under: art, gay, in praise of athletic beauty, Norwegians, shameless self-promotion | Tags: art, beer, chicago, denmark, doctors without borders, football, haiti, lesbians, me me me me me, norway, sharon butler
I’m going to have some exciting news for you in a couple of hours, but first, here’s some newsy news to tide you over.
In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, more or less every single person on the entire internet has decided that they are an expert on Haitian economics and Haitian politics and the fiscal priorities of non-profits that most people hadn’t even heard of last week. But here’s a pretty good argument for giving unrestricted funds to a group like Medecins Sand Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders as opposed to, say, restricted funds to the Red Cross, or anything at all to Wyclef’s Yele organization. (Here’s another good article about Haiti, this one dealing with poverty and rice scarcity.)
I have never heard of any of the 10 Most Influential Norwegian Lesbians.
Where to pee when gallery-hopping in Chicago.
The future of art blogging by the ever-smart Sharon Butler.
Fact you probably didn’t know: Beer cans were illegal in Denmark until 2002. Now they’re all the rage. (My favorite Danish beers, the Ølfabrikken Porter and the coffee-ish Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast, don’t come in cans, though honestly I don’t know how I’d feel if they did.)
Sexy Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens lost yesterday, so my Cardinals-Ravens Super Bowl prediction isn’t gonna happen. The Vikings are currently up against the Cowboys, though; that’s good.
Finally, In Carnal Nation stuff… MTV hopes underaged wang will continue their recent string of hits… Hawaii’s shooting for civil unions and the Christian right is freaking the fuck out… And a Kingston newspaper responds to anti-Jamaican sentiment in hate speech-sensitive Germany.
Filed under: porn, shameless self-promotion | Tags: calls for naked dudes, craigslist, fuck craigslist
I swear, Craigslist is the fucking worst.
I’ve said it before, many times, and I keep thinking they’re going to change but they never will. Never.
I’m working on a semi-super-secret photo project involving naked dudes (surprise) and thought that, since I recently got a new phone, I’d try to recruit models via an adult gigs ad. I’ve been shot down by Craigslist many times before and they’ve blocked my old phone number (which is required for “adult” ads) but figured I’d give it a shot with the new digits since, you know, it’s free.
And it got blocked before it even went up. And now I’m guessing that my e-mail address and my new phone number have been permanently tainted and/or banned from the site, just like the old ones were. I e-mailed them and bitched them out, telling them that there was nothing in my post that was remotely in violation of their terms of service and that I get better customer service and quicker answers from the cable company. I expect, in eight hours or so, to get some kind of automatically generated form letter detailing everything that could have possibly been wrong.
In the meantime, if you know any guys in the southern New England area that like taking their clothes off for semi-super-secret art projects, tell them to drop me an e-mail. It doesn’t pay well, but I’ll feed them and ply them with whiskey and I think I’m sort of fun to hang out with? There’s no sex involved, it’s not particularly porny, and all the shoots will be solo, if that matters.
Filed under: shameless self-promotion, this very blog | Tags: me me me me me, search terms
So, I need to figure out what my 2500th Tumblr post should be. I’m taking suggestions; those involving hairy naked men are particularly encouraged since, you know, that’s what most of the first 2,499 were. I should have had an “e-mail me anonymous naked photos of yourself” drive or something, but I wasn’t smart enough to think of that beforehand.
Oh well. Anyhow, after the jump are this week’s Search Terms.
Filed under: books, shameless self-promotion | Tags: audacia ray, david henry sterry, readings, sex work, sex worker literati
Hey, New Yorkers!
We’re only about 48 hours away from Sex Worker Literati, or as I’ve been calling it my Big Apple debut. I’m reading on Thursday with five other guys, all of whom are talented and exciting and awesome and at least one of whom will be showing you gay porn. (I still say I’m the only one with a good author photo, though.) I’ll be reading the story about the closest I ever came to doing porn. (Spoiler: It wasn’t very close.)
Also, if you’re in the city and know of anything exciting that’s happening later Thursday night or Friday, lemme know. Sadly I’ll probably be heading home before the pool party for bears, but maybe something during the day? Art shows and gallery recommendations are also very welcome.
Filed under: lists, music, shameless self-promotion | Tags: countdowns, the pop chart
The Pop Chart year-end countdown starts tomorrow. It’s my recap of the year’s hundred best singles, ranked on a weekly basis. It’s quite different than the sort of year-end list I would make today, which sort of surprises me. But time is a fickle princess, or whatever that expression is.
Anyway, if you like pop music and trivia and hearing slow-talking people reciting numbers that don’t actually mean anything, tune in tomorrow from 10:30 AM Eaastern Time. Songs 100-51 will be tomorrow, and then the Top 50 will be the following Sunday.
Filed under: books, gay, shameless self-promotion | Tags: jeffrey escoffier, Me Me Me, new york, readings, sex worker literari
The readers were just announced for the December edition of Audacia Ray and David Henry Sterry’s Sex Worker Literati and oh, hey, look who’s going to be there.
The magic happens on December 3rd at the Happy Endings Lounge on Broome St in New York City. I’m super-excited, as I’ve never actually read publicly before and this event has the distinct appeal of a) allowing me to read in a city where I don’t really know many people, but also b) having that New York glamour that’s so appealing to provincial yokels like myself. Also, the awesome Jeffrey Escoffier is headlining that night. (I don’t know why I’m the only one of the readers with a decent author photo, though…)
This also marks my fourth New York trip in two months, which I’m also excited about. And while I’m in the city I hope to check out the Mixtape show at the Jen Bekman Gallery. It opens tomorrow, and as as you know I’m all about the mixtapes and the Jen Bekman.
Filed under: art, gay, shameless self-promotion | Tags: art, providence, world of queercraft
For all of you Providence people, this is just a quick heads up that tomorrow’s the last night of World Of Queercraft, the show I curated at Craftland in downtown Providence.
Eight crafty artists working in textiles, video, photography, and printmaking; there’s a rainbow flag and drunk naked marines and Barbra Streisand karaoke; you should definitely check it out if you haven’t yet.
(Incidentally, it’s also the only place in New England where you can currently buy Pinups Magazine, the perfect present for anyone whose stockings you plan to stuff this year.)
[image: still from Evergreen, Monica Panzarino, single-channel video, 2008]
Filed under: personal, shameless self-promotion | Tags: naked men, photography
Remembering today that I actually have some latent creative skills, I’ve decided to rehang my shingle as “naked man photographer.” I started doing it here and there a few years ago, when I finished college and wasn’t sure what to do with myself. Now that Craigslist is out as a viable option,* this mainly involves hanging out on gay social networking sites and waiting to offer my services to gentlemen who haven’t quite mastered the whole digital age, while at the same time fighting off loserish skeezebags that just want me to blow them.
One thing I like about this kind of photography is that I meet open-minded people who I’d probably never see otherwise, like the rugged little cigar bear pictured above. We shot this in the boiler room of an abandoned Elks Lodge two or three years ago; it was a lot of fun (though at the time I hadn’t quite gotten the hang of some of the technical parts) and we still keep in touch periodically.
More of my photos here (X-rated) and here (G-rated). Feedback is of course welcome.
(*I don’t usually include it in my search terms wrapup, but I do get a couple of his every day from people wondering things like “why the fuck does craigslist say I already have an account?” and “what if craigslist says my phone number is already taken?” You’re not alone, angry Googlers!)
Filed under: money (lack of), personal, shameless self-promotion | Tags: begging, money, personal
So, I think I may be about to break one of the main rules of polite and interesting blogging. I’m going to have a little pledge drive. For myself.
Here’s the thing: I’m basically facing financial ruin. Or, I’m not even facing it. It already happened. I’m doomed.
About a year ago I left my job. I quit, under duress, with few prospects, and in a way that was wonderful. Since I quit I put photo and video work in a couple of gallery shows, and I curated three others. I fought for public libraries, testified against throwing prostitutes in jail, and dedicated a lot of my summer to raising money for a prison book program. This Thursday I’m hosting a reading event that I organized, and next month I’ll be reading in public for the first time at an event in New York (about which more later.) Oh, and I get regularly paid to write now. All of these things are great, and none of them would have happened were I still working at a full-time desk job surrounded by bitter old ladies.
But.
Filed under: shameless self-promotion | Tags: men, naked men, naked pictures of your dad, tumblr
Big week for me over on the ol’ Tumblr. Yesterday my Tumblarity went into four digits for the first time ever, and today I got my 10,000th Like.
For those of you unacquainted with the Tumblr concept, if you have an account you can ‘like’ other people’s posts by clicking a little heart that’s in the corner of the screen. With 10,002 likes and 1936 posts, that means each post I’ve written was liked by 5.16632231 people. Tumblarity I’m less sure about, but it’s a number that goes up the more popular you are. Folks sure do like looking at pictures of naked dudes!
[photo: Richard Pierce]
