Ragtag grab-bag
One of my final farewells will be at this month’s WYSIWYG Talent Show next Wednesday night at the Bowery Poetry Club. (Yes, they’ve moved to Wednesday nights — make a note!) This month the blog kids will be talking about getting shitcanned at “Pink Slips: You’re Fired!” I’m performing at this one, too, so it … Continue reading “Pink Slips”
We’ve been kinda pokey about getting out all the details (let’s just say your favorite all-blogger reading series is run by people whose lives are generally busy and stressful), but next Tuesday night is the long-anticipated Prom Trauma edition of the WYSIWYG Talent Show. Shame! Nostalgia! Hilarity! Fashion! All this can be yours for 7 … Continue reading “Prom Trauma!”
While sorting yet another batch of old photos this weekend, I realized that I’ve been back in New York for about ten years. Ten years! No wonder I’m dying for a change of pace. Ten years in a place like this is time enough for plenty of ups and downs, but I’m ready to take … Continue reading “Tin Anniversary”
Wow, before I even had a chance to do my own plug for the show, WYSIWYG’s big, 2nd-anniversary, 3rd-annual, shit-hot extravaganza — Worst. Sex. Ever. III: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People — has almost completely sold out. And we’re in the big theater this time, even! Fear not, though: even if you’re not … Continue reading “WSE3”
Happy New Year! Or at least it goddamn better be. Since the thumpa thumpa coming through my apartment walls has resumed and I can no longer nap in peace, I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the year that’s past and consider the year ahead. See, that way it shows that … Continue reading “Kicking Off the New Year”
’Tis the season when I start crabbing about how much I hate Christmas. It’s True! I really hate Christmas. Actually, I tend to have a perfectly lovely time on the day itself, being a big sap who appreciates the company of friends and loved ones, but the whole season leading up to it makes me … Continue reading “Sumthin’ Jewy”
Next Tuesday night I take my place in the spotlight again to perform in this month’s WYSIWYG Talent Show — “I’m with the Band”: I’ll be joined by fellow groupies Michelle Collins, Blaise K., Maegan “la Mala”, Josh Reynolds, Giulia Rozzi, and Margot Leitman. Although I have yet to set a single word to paper … Continue reading “Thanks for the Music”
[Note: this article was published on the now-defunct New York Blade web site. I have reposted it here for posterity.] For New York’s gay blogging elite, it’s more than just a phase By JAMES WITHERS Bradford Shellhammer has a few choice words about the state of the blogosphere. First, he says, the current glut of new … Continue reading “Blog Star Confidential”
In case you’ve ended up here after reading James Withers’ New York Blade article, “Blog Star Confidential” — WELCOME! I hope you enjoy the show. Speaking of enjoying the show, you really ought to read more about the WYSIWYG Talent Show that my sexy cohorts and I put on every month at P.S. 122. WYSIWYG … Continue reading “In Case You’re New to This Place…”
No more excuses! It’s time you got yourselves down to the WYSIWYG Talent Show before we take a little break for the rest of the summer. So get down to P.S. 122 tonight and catch Greetings from Lake WYSIWYG: Summer Camp Stories, the last show we’ll do until September.