Entertainment: March 2007
Queer music Friday - Sleater Kinney
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 30, 2007 | 5:00 PM |Sleater Kinney's "Entertain": Guitarist Carrie Brownstein on gender deconstruction for kitchen sink:And in terms of redefining gender, I think, I have to say my main problem with it, although I do think, OK I do think that gender is a...Read More
Homophobic groupie?
Filed by Jen Jorczak | March 28, 2007 | 4:20 PM |So... did anyone else notice that the Star's photographer caught the exact same Eric Miller supporter yesterday that NUVO's photographer caught at Miller's 2005 rally? (click to enlarge) I mean, that's gotta be the same girl, right? How sad that...Read More
The Colts put out a statement on Dungy controversy
Filed by Bil Browning | March 28, 2007 | 1:53 PM |The Colts released a statement yesterday in response to Coach Dungy's appearance at the Indiana Family Institute's banquet and the controversy that has arisen because of it. I actually think it's a pretty darn good statement. While they defend Dungy's...Read More
I know, I'm up way too late
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 28, 2007 | 1:14 AM |What I thought was a really cool love song, "Adventure.exe" by the amazing gay musician Owen Pallett, was just ruined for me. You can give it a listen at Owen's MySpace page or below (audio's OK, but video's bad, so...Read More
Enough is enough
Filed by Bil Browning | March 27, 2007 | 3:53 PM |Ok, so what the hell? I'm going to climb up on my soapbox for a second here. This picture (click it to enlarge) has been spreading around the internet lately after TMZ posted it. And you know what? It really...Read More
Enough is enough
Filed by Bil Browning | March 27, 2007 | 3:53 PM |Ok, so what the hell? I'm going to climb up on my soapbox for a second here. This picture (click it to enlarge) has been spreading around the internet lately after TMZ posted it. And you know what? It really...Read More
You Gotta See This: Bil Maher - Treason
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 27, 2007 | 7:00 AM |Just watch...He nails it....Read More
Qomics for Queers, a product of a liberal arts education
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 25, 2007 | 11:18 PM |What a week! Tyler confessed to beating himself up in Gil Thorpe, Vera seethes with vague and directionless anger in Mary Worth, and Tommie learns a thing or two about playing the field from Margo in Apartment 3-G. It almost...Read More
Tony Dungy and the whole shebang
Filed by Bil Browning | March 23, 2007 | 6:29 PM |So I have to admit, I've never seen this much attention paid to bilerico.com as I have over the Tony Dungy/Indiana Family Institute story. From the Associated Press to Sports Illustrated, from Pam's House Blend to Stampede Blue (a Colts...Read More
Queer music Friday - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 23, 2007 | 5:00 PM |I thought I'd go with a queer classic this week since things have been so hectic. Here's John Cameron Mitchell performing "The Origin of Love" in Hedwig and the Angry Inch: John Cameron Mitchell, in his own words, for PopMatter:And...Read More
Why the Colts need to say something about Tony Dungy, and more John Amaechi
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 22, 2007 | 4:49 PM |I just got an email update from the Log Cabin Republicans, and they included a few stock images of John Amaechi in it. After this whole Tony Dungy thing, one thing was conspicuously missing in these Amaechi shots. Check one...Read More
Dungy "embraces" homophobia
Filed by Bil Browning | March 21, 2007 | 7:10 AM |At last night's Indiana Family Institute dinner, Colts coach Tony Dungy announced his support of SJR-7 and his belief in the superiority of heterosexual marriage. Reporter Bobby King called shortly after the dinner for a quote and I provided one...Read More
The story that never dies
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 20, 2007 | 10:28 PM |Tonight was the Indiana Family Institute banquet/fundraiser and Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy was the guest of honor. (For those who've been under a rock for the past couple of months, go here here or here for background on this...Read More
Barack 1984?
Filed by Carrie Wooten | March 20, 2007 | 9:02 PM |Interesting rebuttal... certainly not as sophisticated in its editing, but a tad more creative!...Read More
Had enough yet?
Filed by Jen Jorczak | March 20, 2007 | 12:16 PM |Anybody see Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live this weekend? He's funny. I loved him as a regular SNL cast member, I usually enjoy his movies, and his sitcom is hilarious. I even laughed through his bit the other night--but...Read More
Qomics for Queers, providing 24-hour coverage of Dennis the Homosexual Menace
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 18, 2007 | 7:23 PM |OK, folks, sorry about not having a Qomics for Queers last week. I didn't have anything from that week that really jumped out at me, and then I was going to do a few re-writes, and I never got around...Read More
Queer music Friday - Mirah
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 16, 2007 | 5:00 PM |Mirah's "Don't Die in Me": Mirah, in her own words, for Neumu, on her lesbianism and her music:I don't think ... it's not like it's not anybody's business. If I'm so immodest to not be private about anything about my...Read More
Defending Garrison Keillor
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 15, 2007 | 1:43 PM |If you've been away from the GLBT blogosphere today and last night, then you probably missed the call-to-arms against Garrison Keillor for this Salon column. My old friend and blogger Kevin Erickson sent me the link late last night, and,...Read More
Men vs women: It's all about the crotch
Filed by Bil Browning | March 15, 2007 | 10:28 AM |Jerame pointed me to a fascinating article yesterday that mostly deals with web design and usability. While I doubt that most of our readers would be interested in the web aspects of the piece, there is a part that *ahem*...Read More
The story that just keeps going and going and going and going...
Filed by Bil Browning | March 15, 2007 | 6:08 AM |This weekend's Indy Star story on Tony Dungy and the Indiana Family Institute hit the AP wire services and quickly flew around the country. It's been interesting watching as the story was reprinted in various newspapers or was responded to...Read More
Dying to be straight
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 13, 2007 | 2:34 PM |A new Harvard study has found that 25% of people with anorexia or bulemia and 40% of people who binge eat are male, and the numbers are increasing. The researchers indicate that stigma of being seen as feminine might be...Read More
Indy Star trips over own feet: Finds Dungy story
Filed by Bil Browning | March 10, 2007 | 10:11 AM |Well, whattaya know? The Indianapolis Star has realized that there is a story in the whole Tony Dungy controversy - a month and a half after everyone else did. You can tell that they're taking it seriously though - after...Read More
Queer music Friday - The Blow
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 09, 2007 | 5:00 PM |The Blow's video for "Parentheses": Singer Khaela Maricich, in her own words in an interview with Secret Handshake:If I could fully realize what I want to realize, it would be making songs like that, that have something in them that......Read More
A mouse story
Filed by Bil Browning | March 09, 2007 | 9:21 AM |With all of the Sunday night summit meetings we've been holding, I knew I had to post this when a friend sent it to me. This little parable sums up what I'm trying to accomplish by hosting these meetings -...Read More
Passing on a smile
Filed by Bil Browning | March 08, 2007 | 10:28 AM |I'm feeling much better today, thanks for asking! I thought I'd share something that a friend sent me last night to cheer up my sneezy evening. It was so cute I had to pass it on to you. Maybe it'll...Read More
Qomics for Queers - For the record, I blame King Media Features
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 06, 2007 | 9:45 AM |Well, my fears from last week were misplaced; there's absolutely no shortage of gayness in this week's comics. It did, however, take me all of two days to actually put this together. It definitely couldn't have been caused by a...Read More
Aghh!!!! So far behind!
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 05, 2007 | 6:40 AM |In blogging, that is. I'm doing fine at work, thanks for asking. But this seemed like an appropriate time, considering how many things I want to blog about and that it's crunch-time for this session of the General Assembly, to...Read More
Queer music Friday - Deadlee
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 02, 2007 | 5:00 PM |Deadlee's Good Soldier II: In his own words on CNN:...Read More
The Biblical family
Filed by Bil Browning | March 02, 2007 | 6:37 AM |Copyright 2007 David Honig...Read More
