Coincidence?
The squatting man in the May 21st Rapture posters looks suspiciously like el caganer, the little squatting shitting paisano, which is Catalan’s famous nativity figure. Connection? Coincidence? This billboard is in San Francisco, hanging on the side of the building that also houses The Lone Star…
Posted in Photography, Signage, Spirituality, Subcultures
Tagged billboard, Brown Hanky, Caganer, Catalan, Culture, Kink, May 21, Nativity, Photography, Rapture, Religious Fanaticism, San Francisco, Satire, Signage, Spirituality, The Lone Star
Posted in Activism, Beards, Facial hair, Leather, Men, Photography, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Sexy Holidays
Tagged Activism, Culture, Gay, IDAHO, Leather, Men kissing, Photography, Sexy
Spawn of our Governator?
It is not like there is no precedent. President Reagan? Governor Schwarzenegger? Why not the Easter Bunny for Vice President? This country could use a little pop culture irony in the war room. No?
Jack Fritscher, Ph.D
Lots of Docs in the world of Leather. At least it seems that way. Medical doctors, but especially Ph.Ds. Jack Fritscher is a “specialist in American Literature, Creative Writing, Criticism, and American Pop Culture, including the History of Masculine-Identified Gay Pop Culture.” No mere academic, Dr. Fritscher has published non-fiction, fiction, erotica and is also an accomplished photographer. Among his many books are Mapplethorpe: Assault with a Deadly Camera and Some Dance to Remember. Find out more about him at his website, here.
Posted in Leather, Men, Photography, Scholarship, Subcultures
Tagged Academic, Art, Author, BDSM, Culture, Gay, Jack Fritscher, Kink, Leather, Masculine, Photography, Pop, Robert Mapplethorpe, Scholar
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, via Christie's "Self-Portrait," by Andy Warhol.
…via friend of this site Jesse Barlow. A bidding war, described as both tense and amusing broke out at Christie’s auction house last night. Brett Gorvy, of Christie’s and private dealer Philippe Ségalot fought hard for their respective, anonymous clients. Gorvy’s client won, with a price tag of $38.4 million for the sky blue 4-panel self portrait. For the New York Times story, click here.
Posted in Andy Warhol, Art and Artists, Collecting, Photography
Tagged Andy Warhol, Art, Auction, Christie's, Culture, Photography, Price, Self-portrait
This cool tumblr blog solicits photos of hot guys reading books. Readers send in their favorite photos. Lots of surveillance! Including this one. Quick…look…no, don’t. Snap. Gotcha! For more Hot Guys Reading Books, click here. For random archived homotextuality, click here and here.
Posted in Men, Photography, Surveillance
Tagged Culture, Gay, Hot Guys reading Books, Literate, Photography, Sexy, Surveillance
Posted in Drag, Mexico, Photography, Sexy Holidays
Tagged Cinco de Mayo, Culture, Drag, Gay, Mexico, Photography, Sexy
Posted in Facial hair, Men, Photography, Southern California, Subcultures, Surveillance, Travel
Tagged bike, Culture, Ink, Long Beach, Papi, Photography, Sexy, Surveillance, Tattoo, Thug
The Gay Highwaymen 