The world said goodbye last week to Harold Norse, one of the great American poets of the 20th century. He died at the age of 92 from natural causes. A contemporary of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Norse was an undeniable member of the Beat poets although he never gained the fame of his confreres, […]
Categories: for the life of me,gay,poem,queer
Tagged: Beat poets, Harold Norse
Apple’s iTunes is getting its gay on right now with a virtual pride parade in honor of Gay Pride Month. A rainbow-flag banner is featured prominently on the front page of iTunes on both the U.S. and Canada versions of the service. Users who click on the banner are served up a curated collection of […]
CHOICE soul, in whom, as in a glass, we see, Mirrored in thy pure form and delicate, What beauties heaven and nature can create, The paragon of all their works to be! Fair soul, in whom love, pity, piety, Have found a home, as from thy outward state We clearly read, and are so rare […]
Categories: artist,imagined histories,photography,vintage,word
‘June Is Bustin’ Out All Over’ from the film version of ‘Carousel’ (1956) Directed by Henry King Music by Richard Rodgers Book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein Starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones Based on Ferenc Molnár’s play ‘Liliom’ (1909)
Categories: choreography,film,music,video
Tagged: Carousel, Ferenc Molnár, Gordon MacRae, Henry King, Liliom, Rogers and Hammerstein, Shirley Jones, things i love
‘Je crois qu’il profita, pour son évasion, d’une migration d’oiseaux sauvages.’ Text: Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Photo: Cole Rise
Categories: book,photography,word
Tagged: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, cole rise, Le Petit Prince, things i love
it’s this way, man: drop in a film, get yourself a flashcube, pop it on. take one! take two! take three! take four flash pictures (!) without changing bulbs. in color of course. tv commercial for Kodak Instamatic, 1965-66
Categories: advertising,photography,video
Tagged: 1960s, camera, dancing, kodak, things i love, tv commercial
Photographer Katie Hawkins has undertaken an ambitious three-part project in an effort to promote marriage equality and to raise awareness about issues affecting LGBT families. Through exhibitions of LGBT family portraits, a book of photographs and family stories plus a documentary, Hawkins aims to “help people view their previous conception of family through a new […]
Categories: gay,photography,queer
Tagged: family, Katie Hawkins, lesbian, LGBT, photography, portrait, things i love
We two boys together clinging, One the other never leaving, Up and down the roads going — North and South excursions making, Power enjoying — elbows stretching — fingers clutching, Arm’d and fearless — eating, drinking, sleeping, loving, No law less than ourselves owning—sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening, Misers, menials, priests alarming — air breathing, water […]
Categories: gay,imagined histories,photography,word
Tagged: men, poetry, vintage, Walt Whitman
