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Guess Who's Back

Posted on 03/13/05 @ 7:13 pm

Your boy is back. Wanna know why?
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Mail Call

Posted on 03/13/05 @ 2:45 pm

From the inbox of karsh[at]blackgayblogger[dot]com:

Who's gay? Who cares?

is tyler perry gay that any one of u know of?

henry

I dunno. Try checking Tyler's website.

Is ibrahem afrom surviroe gay? he had sa gay face

kuthor343@———.com

"Gay face"? You're asking me if Ibrehem from Survivor is gay because you think he has a gay face? Hmm…I'm struggling on an answer for this. Do I think he's gay? I've seen the show…I don't think so. Pretty, yes. Gay, no. But what constitutes a gay face? Plucked eyebrows? Obvious color contacts? Glossy lips? Help me out here, folks.

So do you think the Rock and Vin Diesel are gay? The Rock just did that gay movie and Vin has never talked about being with a woman! They could be a couple like in that picture!

Laura

Stay out of my fantasies!

Are Anwar (guy with dreads) and Mario (cute latino guy) from American Idol gay?

Sal

I dunno. Ask Chris Thomas at AfterElton.com. He seems to have all the answers.
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Late Evening Update

Posted on 03/09/05 @ 12:05 am

I've gotta start coming up with better titles. But it's late and I need to get to bed so I'm going to go ahead and throw these out for ya.

News/Blogosphere

Bernie directs those who want Rashawn Brazell's story and murder to be noticed by the media to do something about it. I'm getting together a template letter to send out to media to help make it easier for more people to voice their opinions.
Color or content? Shakespeare aside, that is the question both this month and next as Black bloggers (or blogging while Black, whichever you prefer) step into the ~~spot~~White light to make their voices known. In March (at SXSW), Blogging While Black with Monique, George, Jason, Tony, Lynne and Tiffany. In April, Color or Content?: Does Race Matter When You Blog? Oh, how I wish I could attend! Take pictures! Make us proud!
Black folks ask for "proper" media coverage on the Rashawn Brazell murder and we get this, a plastic bag cartoon and a smart-ass toned Gothamist post. Thank you, Donald, for calling them to task.
Speaking of which, I hope to hell Atlantaist doesn't see the light of a monitor.

Entertainment

A Current Affair is returning to television. Maybe it can bring back that much needed gritty realism and shameless pandering to the LCD that shows like Inside Edition and Access Hollywood miss by offering zero-calorie star shenanigans.
The Rock as Johnny Bravo? I already saw him "bring it on" in Be Cool this weekend; if he does the chest jump, I may just have a coronary.
Nikka Costa's album can'tneverdidnothin is coming out May 24th! And she's on tour!
My American Idol recaps:
- Scott - Good, but about to go.
- Bo - Awesome performance. He is definitely out to win.
- Anthony - Go. Home.
- Nikko - Great voice, and a seemingly nice guy. I think Anwar's got him beat on both counts though.
- Travis - Dude, it's a wrap. Bobby Brown?
- Mario - <cue buzzer sound>
- Contstatine - More like Cantstayintune. You're outta here!
- Anwar - Can he do no wrong in this competition?
- Amanda - Tina Turner you ain't. Go. Home.
- Janay - What is up with that little shimmy thing she does in the camera while she sings? Couple that with her deer-in-headlights look and you can tell her 15 minutes were up about 14:59 ago. It's a wrap.
- Carrie - The only Pisces in the competition! w00t! Great voice.
- Vonzell - She's aiight.
- Nadia - She continues to work it every week. The folks with the hair are doing it up big this season!
- Lindsey - Nothing spectacular.
- Mikalah - Your voice is not that deep. She's an annoying mix of Fran Drescher, Barbra Striesand and a drag queen. It's over.
- Jessica - Nice effort. You're skating by into the Top 12.

Miscellaneous

What is the deal with body sprays? First Axe and now Tag? Is body spray the new soap and water? A topical version of Febreze, perhaps? I sampled both these "fragrances" at my local drug store. Not impressed. Actually, Axe smells more like Tinactin. John Madden needs to get on the horn with those folks.
Pop Quiz! In ten days, the following people will be one day older:
- A. John Updike and Max Barry
- B. Wilson Pickett and Charley Pride
- C. Vanessa Williams and Queen Latifah
- D. Me
- E. All of the above
OK. Pencils down.
And for bonus points….

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Critical Thinking

Posted on 03/06/05 @ 3:40 am

No doubt you've heard of the murder of Rashawn Brazell, the 19-year-old Brooklyn resident whose body was grotesquely hacked apart and found in several pieces across Brooklyn around mid-February. I didn't hear word about it until early this month through one of Donald's entries, and then later through Larry and Steven's posts.

A gruesome homicide. An innocent kid. Police are baffled, and the killer is still on the lam. Normally, the media would eat this up like jackals to carrion, but there hasn't been a major television news network which has talked about the murder. There haven't been any PrimeTime specials, CBS investigations or 20/20 exclusives. In short, there has been more talk and awareness of this through the blogosphere than through local or national media outlets.

Hello? Is this thing on?

I feel like I shouldn't be surprised. Have you seen any TV reports about Sakia Gunn? Or Jakhema Princess Hansen? Should African-Americans still be surprised that in 2005, mainstream media still doesn't give a shit about talking about these kinds of incidents when a person of color is the topic? (Not so) surprisingly enough, even Gay.com turns up nothing when a search is done for Mr. Brazell (similar for Southern Voice and Queer Day, but the New York Blade does have a blurb about it.) But you'd better believe they'll drag Mathew Shepard's corpse out one more time and circle jerk around it in the name of "equal representation".

More than anything though, it's scary. It's rumored that Brazell was going to meet a man the day he was killed:

After interviewing the victim’s friends and relatives, it became clear that the handsome, ambitious young man, well liked by his neighbors and friends, had left home on the morning of Valentine’s Day, ostensibly to file his taxes. Apparently, Brazell had made arrangements to also meet a man, but had not disclosed that appointment to his mother, Desire Brazell, with whom he lived. Police said that the victim’s friends have told investigators that the two men were planning to go away for a few days.

“We’re not certain if [Brazell] ever made it to their meeting,” said a police official. “But, if he did, then this guy is important.”

There's no telling how Brazell met or knew this alleged man; some articles speculate that it was from a telephone chat line or Internet chat room, which adds fuel to the already huge fire of the discovery of Mr. Brazell's body parts. And while gay dating through those venues are hardly ever safe (I know from personal experience), just throwing that notion out sparks another growing fear which needs to be addressed, but probably won't.

I honestly don't know what to do. But talking about it is the first step to understanding, and hopefully, coming together as a community.

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The Evening Edition

Posted on 03/03/05 @ 6:11 pm

Given the new job, I'm trying to decide how often I'll update the site. Maybe twice a day on the days I actually have something to talk about. We'll see how it works out.

Which gay porn star am I? Well according to GaySexBlog.net, Cody Cash. Never heard of him. I guess even with stating my racial background of African descent and "mocha latte, with a double espresso", I'm really a White boy deep down. Ha!
Lifehacker is my new favorite blog. Check it out when you get a chance. They've got a good link to a Management Craft post about how to interview potential employers. I've always felt it important to ask the interviewer questions because you can really get a good idea of the job culture from what you ask. Now that I think about it, I grilled the current job's staff. Turns out I was the only one who did.
So I was Google-hopping trying to find some pics of the Black chick from the Twix commercial. You know the one…she says "Pookie-pie…do I look fat in these?" and then BAM! swings a 20-pound ass wrapped in pink spandex. Don't ask; I was trying to prove a point to someone. Anywho…I'm trying to find a picture of it and I happen across fecundmellow, a 25-year-old lesbian in Chicago. And her site is the bomb! Go click…now. Wait. Finish reading this first, then go click.
Adult Swim is soon to become its own network. Luckily, they'll still show on the same channel.

UPDATE: Thanks to D H who sent me a Quicktime movie of the Twix commercial!

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