You Gotta See This: July 2012
Water, Water Everywhere
Filed by Joseph Gentile | July 31, 2012 8:00 AM |If Chick-fil-A's CEO Dan Cathy truly lives by Biblically-based principles, then we're not going to have a "complicated order" come Wednesday, Aug. 1. In fact, he'll be all wet. Read More
More Republicans Are in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage!
Filed by Rodrigo Ugarte | July 30, 2012 9:00 AM |First it was young conservatives. Now it's a Washington state senator. Will Republicans stop accepting us?Read More
Now Don't Get Too Cockney
Filed by Joseph Gentile | July 29, 2012 9:40 AM |Several intrepid Olympians from Team USA aren't too chicken to dabble in the universal language of laughter. Read More
Okay: Enough 'Call Me Maybe' Lipsynch Videos
Filed by Bil Browning | July 28, 2012 9:30 AM |The US Swim Team has me hoping they're better swimmers than lipsynchers. Is it just me or have all the "Call Me Maybe" become like the "It Gets Better" videos? After you've watched a couple they all start to...Read More
Obama Tells Kids: Hit the Books & Stop Watching 'Real Housewives'
Filed by Rodrigo Ugarte | July 27, 2012 8:00 AM |The President tells students to apply themselves to succeed - followed by laughs and applause from the audience. Read More
What a Catch
Filed by Joseph Gentile | July 26, 2012 8:00 AM |Baseball player Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays swings for the fences by going nude for ESPN Magazine's 'Body Issue.' Read More
Bill Moyers Comments on the NRA & the Second Amendment
Filed by Rodrigo Ugarte | July 25, 2012 8:00 AM |For the first time in a long time, a well-known public figure stand up to the NRA and speaks the truth. Read More
Teenage Diver Flips for Equality
Filed by Joseph Gentile | July 24, 2012 8:00 AM |Thirteen-year-old diver, and aspiring Olympian, Jordan Pisey Windle delivers a medal-worthy defense of his two Dads. Read More
Best Spaceship Ever?
Filed by Rodrigo Ugarte | July 23, 2012 8:00 AM |Nerdie Trekkie Alert! Do you think the Enterprise has got what it takes to be the best spaceship? Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks so! You've got to see why. Read More
Girlie
Filed by Joseph Gentile | July 22, 2012 9:00 AM |"When Kaylin met pretty girl Mary Alice, he couldn't do what al the other little boys would do. Fall in love with her that is. Instead, the appearing of Mary Alice brings out a whole new side of him ..."Read More
Hi Fashion: Special Delivery Love
Filed by Bil Browning | July 21, 2012 9:00 AM |I'd never heard of the band Hi Fashion before getting a press release about their new video for the single Special Delivery Love. Apparently Perez Hilton has been championing. If all the music is as infectious as this one,...Read More
Beyonce vs. Boy in Snuggie: Countdown Music Video
Filed by Rodrigo Ugarte | July 20, 2012 8:00 AM |Wanna know how well Beyonce and Snuggies get along? Then, you've got to see this. Read More
It's What's for Dinner
Filed by Joseph Gentile | July 19, 2012 8:00 AM |One fish, two fish, red fish ... Penis Fish?Read More
The Outs: A Web Series On Gay Life in NYC
Filed by Rodrigo Ugarte | July 18, 2012 8:00 AM |Check out a gay web series plentiful wit, sass, hardbreak, and soulmate-searching in Brooklyn. Now clubs just the day to day lives of three twenty-somethings trying to find love. Read More
The Obama Ad Everyone's Talking About
Filed by Bil Browning | July 17, 2012 9:45 AM |As soon as I saw this ad featuring Mitt Romney singing "America The Beautiful" while listing all of his overseas bank accounts yesterday, I said "This is the one that's going to make a difference." Apparently many other people...Read More
Rapper Murs' New Anti-Homophobia Video
Filed by Bil Browning | July 16, 2012 9:30 AM |Murs, a LA rapper, has released a new song and video with a decidedly pro-gay theme. He plays Roderick, a closeted gay high school student, in the video, wears a Legalize Gay t-shirt, and kisses another man repeatedly. Be...Read More
Season 3: The Walking Dead Return Again
Filed by Bil Browning | July 15, 2012 4:22 PM |I've never actually seen an episode of The Walking Dead. The trailer for season three is out now, but since I know some of you are fans, why should I start watching?...Read More
When Did This Become a Thing?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 14, 2012 1:30 PM |Okay, seriously. Since when did recording artists start releasing "trailers" of their upcoming music video? George Michael's upcoming "White Light" track features Kate Moss in the video and the star is trying to build buzz with this? It has...Read More
Political Animals
Filed by Bil Browning | July 13, 2012 9:31 AM |USA Network's new min-series "Political Animals" is about a former First Lady turned Secretary of State turned presidential candidate. She has a gay son and apparently Grindr has hit the zeitgeist enough it get a brief cameo as the...Read More
I Think I've Played This Game
Filed by Bil Browning | July 12, 2012 8:31 AM |I'm not a big fan of driving. Back in Indiana, Jerame was the family chauffeur and I was as pleased as punch to get rid of my car completely when we moved to DC. I love to play driving...Read More
Cookie Monster Does 'Call Me Maybe'
Filed by Bil Browning | July 11, 2012 9:19 AM |I know, I know. We've showcased dancing shirtless Slovakian twinks, a singing dog, and a bear drag queen all doing their own renditions of the summer hit, "Call Me Maybe." Now we can add Cookie Monster to our list....Read More
The Bravest Thing You'll See Today
Filed by Bil Browning | July 10, 2012 9:38 AM |This has to be the most amazing show of bravery you'll see today. Watch in amazement as three men face down a pride of 15 lions and steal their meat. Jump to 1:48 to go straight to the amazing...Read More
Ana Matronic: Family Is Something You Make
Filed by Bil Browning | July 09, 2012 9:09 AM |Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic took to the mic at this weekend's show in NYC to show support for LGBT families and marriage equality. The language is a little salty at the end, so if your boss is prudish, you...Read More
Do You Really Eat Ethically?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 08, 2012 12:00 PM |Just because your meal is "organic" and "locally sourced," doesn't mean it's ethical. Take a look behind the kitchen door at what's really going on behind the scenes too....Read More
They're Farming & They Grow It
Filed by Bil Browning | July 07, 2012 10:50 AM |Here's a too cute parody of "Sexy And I Know It" sung by a trio of cute farmboys from Kansas. I do believe they're begging the question, "Grower or shower?"...Read More
All Your Pets Are Dead
Filed by Bil Browning | July 06, 2012 10:14 AM |Jeremiah McDonald recorded a video of himself twenty years ago. He asked his "older self" several questions. He dug the video out recently and answered the questions he'd asked. This has to be one of the funniest things I've...Read More
The 2012 London Olympics Theme
Filed by Bil Browning | July 05, 2012 10:45 AM |They've released the 2012 London Olympics theme and it sounds like a British 80's pop song mixed with a bit of American metal and a shallow classical twist thrown in for flavor. Meh. Can we just recycle KD Lang's...Read More
The Fat Girl Scores
Filed by Bil Browning | July 04, 2012 9:00 AM |This YouTube vlogger has been getting quite a few nasty comments about her weight lately and she completely owns all the idiots who've been doing it. Love it. This will put you in a celebratory mood today....Read More
Anderson Cooper Came Out for CNN Ratings?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 03, 2012 9:12 AM |Next Media Animation's take on Anderson Cooper's coming out implies that the not-so-closeted news anchor finally 'fessed up to help CNN's tanking ratings. I'm doubtful. His talk show? Maybe. CNN? Not likely....Read More
Mexican Wrestler (El Paso Style)
Filed by Bil Browning | July 02, 2012 10:45 AM |This version of "Mexican Wrestler" has been banging around my head since I found it on Jill Sobule's blog. I love the song normally, but singer Velia gives it a Latin flavor that really adds something special....Read More
Dog Lip Synchs 'Call Me Maybe'
Filed by Bil Browning | July 01, 2012 10:35 AM |I've been featuring a lot of "Call Me Maybe" lip synch videos lately now that the tune has become the "it" song of Summer. We've had everything from shirtless Slovenian twinks to a bear drag queen covering the number,...Read More
