wait... when did craigslist come to New Orleans???

I don't believe in censorship. But I talk about my love of Science Fiction literature on here every once in a while. I've never been a fan of Orson Scott Card's books myself, but I know a lot of people who are. Huge fans even. So, tonite, while reading Poppy's journal I came across her reaction to this hateful piece of shit written by him.

Please... don't ever ever ever buy anything by this hateful bigoted son of a bitch. If you own his books, tear them into little pieces and throw them out, or better yet, find out an address for him and mail the pieces back to him. And be sure to let any friend of yours who is a possible reader of his know where Mr Card's feelings lay. No gay scifi fan should ever unsuspectingly spend one penny of their money to support him, nor should any of their friends.

(And yeah, I know that I'm reacting exactly like he says "we" will...)

I just got home from work and found the craziest coolest invitation in my email. I don't wanna jinx it by talking about it yet. But... I'll be blogging about it either late next Friday or sometime Saturday, assuming it happens...

It involves Liquor, food, pop culture and literature... that's all I'm saying...

I've gone on record before for my hatred of our current political 'regime' in the US. I know friends of mine want me to get angry and rant on here about it some more. But more than angry, I'm sometimes more exhausted and scared and disappointed.

How can a society that's supposed to be so enlightened and mature accept the venom and hatred that our President and other leaders spew in supposed support of 'family values'? It's hate and fear. Pure and simple. They hate me because I'm not like them. They hate me because they don't understand me and they don't want to even try to understand me. So, it's easier to marginalize my exist. To rationalize that what I deserve aren't equal rights. That the simple everyday assurances that everyone should have and that only heterosexuals have when it comes to just about any basic right associated with a relationship aren't rights, they're special privileges.

Our spiritual leaders are right there in line with our political leaders. Somehow, they think the best way to teach the young of our land morals and values is to espouse hatred towards those who are differrent.

And the most upsetting thing to me is that I know my neighbors, people I work with, members of my own family and people I smile at as I pass on the street every day all think the same way. And a lot of them would probably lie to my face about how they actually feel.

It's been a long time since I've been in a long term committed relationship, but I like to think it's possible that it'll happen again. And I'd like to know that if it does, the LOVE that I share with someone is equal in every way to the love that anyone else in this country shares with whoever they choose to love.

Equal, not separate. Equal, as in exactly the same as any great love. Not separate. Not different. Equal. It's about love, you idiots. Stop with the hate already. Just stop...

He's sent me emails saying that everything is fine where he is in the Dominican Republic, but I worry about Dave (ex-boyfriend, bestest friend) because of the current situation in Haiti...

OH MY SWEET BEJIGGLING JESUS... i MUST have this!

Krypto is the BOMB. There is nothing on the planet cooler than Superman's faithful canine sidekick, Krypto. This is fact. Don't even think of arguing the point with me...

You can read Chapter One of Poppy Z. Brite's forthcoming novel, LIQUOR, here...

ok.. i haven't done one of these in a while, but I really liked the result...


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VIVE la Fete!

Long live the party indeed! My tunes angel, Walter, introduced me to Vive La Fete earlier tonite and I've been grooving in a total fag-out dance mode all nite... Thank you, Belgium!

YAY! I just found a post from January on (estheronline) saying Esthero has finally finished recording a new album... I have thoroughly worn out the first one over the last couple of years...

so, last nite, i got paged to the Info desk at my store and found my ex (the recent one) waiting for me... i helped him pick out a couple of books... and picked him up after work for drinks...

*sigh* i'm so not over him...

and, c'mon.. how much do we adore that picture of me off to your left right now?

so... how much do we love this picture of The Knife accepting their Swedish Grammy for Best Pop Group?

If you're not hip to THE BEST BAND OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, go here now and listen to some samples...

Since my birthday (3/9) is less than a month away... I went ahead and updated my Wish Lists.... you know, just in case...

Oh baby... me wants this phone!

more music...

Deepest Blue - Give it Away

ok... i know this song is completely clubby and completely cheesy... but I LOVE it. Their first single Deepest Blue is just starting to play in the clubs here in NOLA and I love it too, but I'm totally crazy about the new one. It's just good ole basic vocal house music with male vocals. I dunno.. they just make me happy...

Lene Marlin - Another Day

Lene Marlin is a 23 year old Norwegian goddess who should be an American superstar. Another Day is one of my favorite albums of late last year. If, like me, you were waiting patiently for Sarah McLachlan to put out her long delayed album last year only to discover that she'd been laboring over a boring piece of crap... well, Lene Marlin is the cure for your disappointment. The album is a great companion to the Air and Zero 7 albums I mentioned earlier, though it's much more pop... strong songwriting by the artist herself, lovely vocals, great music.

again, more later....

wow...

I haven't mentioned music (or much else) on here lately, so... here's what I've been grooving to lately...

Zoot Woman - Zoot Woman
my buddy, PJ does a pretty good job of describing why this is a good album in the review he wrote for Pitchfork...

Britney Spears - Toxic
c'mon... you know you like it... with it's Spaghetti Western strings and bumping beat, this is possibly the best song Britney's ever done and is about five kabillion times better than that horrid duet with Madonna... the remixes have just leaked out and the best one by far is the Bloodshy & Avant Intoxicated Mix, which really doesn't change a lot about the song... the worst is by Felix da Housecat... after a couple of other recent mediocre mixes, i'm actually beginning to wonder if he's lost the magic touch... I guess we'll see when his new studio album is out later this year...

Zero 7 - When it Falls
one of the two most anticipated albums of early 2004 for me... it's fucking brilliant, every bit as good as Simple Things... the first single, Home, is probably the stand out track, it's not quite as brilliant as Destiny from the first one, but it's still amazing... absolutely essential late nite listening... along with...

Air - Talkie Walkie
i was lucky enough to score this album well over a month before it came out, and it's a must buy CD... Moon Safari was THE album of 1998, unfortunately while the song Playground Love from the Virgin Suicides soundtrack was equally stunning, nothing else the group has done since Moon Safari has had quite the same elegant beauty about it... but they've reversed a bit and gone back to find the magic that was missing... this album will be firmly lodged in a lot of top 10 lists at the end of this year, including mine...

Blondie - Good Boys
I know this song has been out in the UK for a while, but I just heard it in a bar a couple of weeks ago and it caught my attention, making me turn to watch the video screen... "really good video with a charismatic singer", I thought... i was a bit shocked to see the credits at the end of it... wow... Debbie Harry's not fat any more!... anyways, damned catchy song... who'da thunk it?

DFA
anything and everything that the Death From Above production team touches is blazingly brilliant... LCD Soundsytem's Yeah is tearing up my iPod on a daily basis... their remixes of Chromeo, Le Tigre, Fischerspooner, Floetry, Metro Area, Radio 4, Junior Senior and even Mariah Fucking Carey have all been the absolute bomb... they seriously have the funk....

more later.... i'm tired of typing html....

I don't really go out looking for new blogs to read much anymore, but I followed a link that led me to towleroad. And I'm totally smitten...

There's nothing sexier than a smart guy with impeccable taste in music.