The Gay Highwaymen

Table Bluff, OR

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Maštíŋčala Sáŋ | Leave a comment

Seen from Highway 5, heading north.
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Mount Shasta

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Maštíŋčala Sáŋ | Leave a comment

Sacred mountain to the Winnemem Wintu and other local tribes, as seen from north of Redding, CA. Stays frozen year-round; still snowy and white in July.
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Road Trip: Weed, CA

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Maštíŋčala Sáŋ | Leave a comment

I’m traveling through the Pacific Northwest this week. Here’s a picture from the town of Weed, in the far north of California.

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Words, words, words…are always written on context-sensitive paper. (Homotextual Slide Show!)

Posted on July 25, 2011 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

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In a paraphrase of the Bard’s famous tale, the Queen asks the Prince: “What are you reading, Hamlet?” and he replies: “Words, words, words…” 500 years later the gay literary great William Burroughs said “Language is a virus from outer space.” Well…that would certainly explain a lot!

More Homotextuality here, here, and here.

Photos: Gay Highwaymen 2011.

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Tagged Art, Culture, Gay, Homotextual, Image, Language, Literature, Photography, Shakespeare, Signage, William Burroughs, Words

Ahhh…Sand! Microphotographer sees a Universe of Small, Hard Beauty Underfoot

Posted on July 25, 2011 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

photo: Gary Greenberg

Sand…those little rocks on the beach. Sand…in the 19th century, it was just one more slang term for testicular fortitude. Because you can never have too many ways to say it! Rocks, gravel, sand, guts, nuts…he’s got some set of balls on him! But back in the day, they used to say: “He’s got sand!”

Gary Greenberg, a biomedical researcher from University College London, has recently published A Grain of Sand, a book of close-up photographs of sand. He sees the big picture in the little picture. He’s not the only one. Way back in the 18th century, proto-homosexual poet William Blake wrote:

To see a world in a grain of sand,

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour.

More on Dr. Greenberg’s microphotography here. More on seeing the Universe in unexpected places here.

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Tagged Art, Culture, Gary Greenberg, Microscope, Nature, Photography, Sand, Science, Spirituality, William Blake

GEAR UP! (New Gear Men host Old Leather in Cali’s Saratoga Springs)

Posted on July 22, 2011 by gayhighwaymen | 1 comment

Photo and Design: Gay Highwaymen 2011

Old Leather; New Gear. Same fucking twisted kinky throbbing bobbing dripping ass-kicking mind-bending challenging pervert stuff as always. Of course. Style changes but stiff pricks and throbbing balls always rise to the particular season’s occasion. It’s about what got us hot and hard when we were young, and what does it now. N’est pas? See-see bone! Leather? Kevlar? Rope? Metal? Crazy new materials fresh out of R/D labs? All the wonders of modern technology? Or go way old school: kidnap a willing victim to the woods for some paleo-punk action in private. Way past medieval. Lots of room to get lost. Or…show off under the spotlight. Or…or…or. Sure. Why not? If it gets you hard and he’s game, have at it! Do the hokey-pokey. Because that really is what it’s all about…

Gear Up! is a Mens weekend party/run happening this weekend at Saratoga Springs. (The Cali Stagecoach Stop not the NY Resort!) This is the run’s first year and it is “geared” towards the younger set, to the post AIDS-crisis generation of men who lost most of the Men who would have been their generational elders and mentors – had more survived. Thankfully, some did! So…it’s a mixer. As the GearUp guys say: “amid open playspaces and numerous educational workshops, GearUp brings together the open-minded beginner with the trustworthy player.” Sounds like a plan! For more information on GearUp click here. More on Saratoga Springs here. Plus…if you are at the run and want a cool opportunity for a little silence and solitude in the midst of so damned much hotness, check out the Nishikigoi (Koi) Pond, here. Oh, oh oh, ommmm….!

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Tagged Avant Guard, BDSM, California, Culture, Gay, Gear, Gear Up, Kevlar, Kink, Leathermen, Materials, New Guard, Old Guard, Paleo-punk, Photography, Saratoga Springs, Sexy, Spirituality

Rural Dungeon Still Life…

Posted on July 21, 2011 by gayhighwaymen | 1 comment

…often occupied. Momentarily empty. The space used to be a goat barn. Now it is a dungeon. The focus of the photo is a piece of classic dungeon furniture known in the scene as a St. Andrew’s Cross. Site of many a spiritual journey…et cetera.

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Posted in DIY and Maker Culture, iPhone, Leather, Mendocino County, Northern California, Photography, Spirituality, Subcultures

Tagged BDSM, Design, Dungeon, Gay, iPhone, Leather, Photography, Rural, St Andrew's Cross, Still Life

Beautiful SOMA Banksy – Hot Rat!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

Banksy on 9th St. SF. Photo: Gay Highwaymen, Dec 2010.

Banksy! We snapped this shot on 9th St between Folsom and Harrison Streets in San Francisco’s SOMA (South of Market) district some time back. Popped up “just so” during last year’s run of Exit Through The Gift Shop.

Hey, B,…if you ever want to extend your marvelous marks into the rural fabulosity of NorCal, you are invited. Hospitality, anonymity, great groovy walls and other cool surfaces guaranteed!

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Tagged Art, Banksy, Culture, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Film, Folsom St, Grafitti, Photography, Rat, San Francisco, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Signage, SOMA, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.

WHAT Kind of Tongue?!

Posted on July 19, 2011 by gayhighwaymen | Leave a comment

They say there’s one at the bottom of every garden. One at least, and a virtual gaggle in this one. Shot in the Botanical Gardens in Ft. Bragg, California.