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The Last of the Sexy Happy New Year Posts

Posted on January 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

One more, this one from friend of this site George Wong, who was also the source of the ever-popular Veterans Day Mermen. Other New Years 2011 posts are here and here.

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Happy Sexy Italian Yaoi Bara New Year! Gai Ragazzi Comi.

Posted on December 31, 2010 | 1 comment

It’s not such a small world, after all. This ciao! to the new year is from Awakening Art, the site of an Italian illustrator who makes, collects and promotes gay erotic comics and illustrations. Many, like this one, are influenced by the Japanese manga genres of Yaoi, or boy’s love, and Bara, or Gai Comi, which features older, tougher characters and scenarios. The term Bara probably came from Bara Kei or Ordeal by Roses, the title of a 1961 book of semi-nude images of gay author Yukio Mishima by photographer Eikoh Hosoe. Barazoku was the first mainstream gay magazine in Asia, and began publication in 1971. And since the 1980s, the term bara-eiga or rose film has been used to describe gay cinema. Look forward to some genuine Japanese Bara on this site in 2011. Meantime, open up, enjoy the ride…and pop a cork! Ciao!

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Happy New Year from seminal Leather Artist Etienne!

Posted on December 31, 2010 | 2 comments

Happy New Year! Everyone knows seminal Leather artist Tom of Finland, but there were a lot of other artists who were his contemporaries and who worked in a similar vein. One of the other stars was “Etienne” – the nom d’art of Chicago-based Leatherman Dom Orejudos. Read Durk Dehner’s article on his work at the website of the Leather Archives and Museum. Tom and Dom had a mutual admiration society as artists, and maintained a correspondence. And The Texan recalls that back in the day Etienne was “a big old bottom.” Here’s his rendition of a very festive holiday party. Bottoms up and best to All in the New Year!

Other sexy holiday posts from the past year: Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, World Aids Day and Christmas.

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Aussie Leather Electronica. Gay Skins. Loka Nunda. St. Vladimir…Can’t Think Str8 Video

Posted on December 30, 2010 | 2 comments

“You’re driving me crazy and I can’t think str8. Be my mate.” Sexy Aussie Gay Leather themed music video produced at the Laird Hotel in August, 2010. Loka Nunda. St Vladimir. With Michael Lauer. Camera Steve Radic. Vedic Beats! Hot stuff from Down Under.

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Santa knows who has been naughty…

Posted on December 24, 2010 | 1 comment

…and that is nice. See who has been sliding down this boy’s chimney. But, Santa…please don’t spare the rod! What? It is Good for the boy! Merry Hairy Bears!

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Seminal Gay Punk Song: Elton Motello Jet Boy Jet Girl on Plattenkuche German TV

Posted on December 18, 2010 | Leave a comment

A jolly good fellow. Mr. Elton Motello. This 1979 Plattenkuche “Trash TV” version is stage footage mixed with some old  German TV clips. Odd juxtaposition, but Motello’s perverse punk performance is well worth it. Other versions of this classic have been recorded by The Damned and Captain Sensible. The Francophone Ce Plane Pour Moi claims versions by Lou Deprijck and Plastic Bertrand, as a twinkie back in the day here and more recently, as a youthful silvering Papa here. He looks more like “the king of the divan” with a few years on him.

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Karr Asks: “What is it with gay photographers and dogs?” GH responds with Dogs Seen.

Posted on December 18, 2010 | Leave a comment

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Bay Area Reporter columnist John Karr opens his weekly critique of all things gay and pornographic Karrnal Knowledge with the question: “What is it with gay photographers and dogs?” Good question. No answers here. Just some pictures of dogs. Woof!

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Pulling Ourselves Up by each Others’ Boot Straps: Support Stompers

Posted on December 16, 2010 | 5 comments

We do like our Boots. We also really like our small, gay community businesses. This economy is rough on both. This season, consider a gift certificate from Stompers Boots. This staple of the San Francisco Leather scene is as much a community center as a business, as famous for their Dore and Folsom fair BBQs as for their spectacular inventory of boots. Jack Nojazzhands has posted an appealing plea on YouTube.

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Fresh Foot Traffic: Got Boots?

Posted on December 16, 2010 | 1 comment

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Boots. What other item of foot ware pulls such partisan support, draws such devotees, fosters such fans? Polished, dirty, engineer, cowboy, motorcycle. Leather. Boots. These boots were made for walking. These boots were made for licking. These boots were made for dancing on the head of a pin. Got Boots? Post Pics in GH comments!

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Flagging Yellow at Harvard: Vandal Soaks Library’s Gay Books Collection in Urine

Posted on December 13, 2010 | 3 comments

photo: Parul Agarwal for The Harvard Crimson

About 40 books “dealing with LGBT issues” have been pulled from the shelves at Harvard University’s Lamont Library. The piss-soaked volumes will most likely have to be destroyed. According to The Harvard Crimson, an empty bottle found near the scene of the crime may have contained urine. Harvard University Police Department is calling the incident “a bias crime.” No word yet about whether they intend to use DNA analysis to identify the perpetrator, or whether surveillance cameras captured any evidence of the incident.

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