It’s July! JULY! You know, that month that brings America independence, fireworks, BBQ, and afternoon and evening thunderstorms. It also means we’re about 6 weeks away from BP possibly finally maybe probably not cutting off their massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurrah! Wait, whut?

The summertime song is allegedly destined to be “California Gurls” by Katy Perry featuring Ludacris. But you know, I’m more particular to Kat DeLuna’s “Push, Push” (featuring Akon, cause you know everything features someone.) And then there is that patently silly “Pretty Boy Swag” by Soulja Boy. Wait, he’s a pretty boy? Oh… wait.. no… he says “no homo” in the song. Psha! Like us respectful fags would accept you, assclown.

On to more important news: The economy seems to still blow for most, but thankfully my local economy is really picking up some steam. I’m trying very hard to adjust and make sure I’m putting some away now that I’m not spending so much on things like car payments and full coverage insurance. I could use some health care, god knows. And I don’t mean the kind that comes in a cocktail glass.

Pride Weekend is once again moving in Atlanta. We didn’t have it in June -again- which blows donkey balls. Last year, it was on Halloween which apparently worked out really well. I just went to the parade which was cold but nice as always. The Latinos looked like they were celebrating the hardest. The rest of us should look to that and be reminded what it’s like to have some real fire in our pride. This year Atlanta Gay Pride is on my birthday weekend, October 9th.

But before that happens, I gotta do the Alchemy thing with Kaze up in the North Georgia Mountain. It’s kind of like Burning Man, but on a smaller scale.

Also coming up is another fine edition of DragonCon. It’s Labor Day Weeekend, always, always, always. Maybe you should come and join me. It’s a lot of fun, the most accessible geek celebrities, and will make you rethink that whole “nerds don’t get laid” stuff.

Finally, I’ve been thinking a lot about Magic: The Gathering again suddenly. I bought a terrible terrible version of it on Steam the other day called Duels of the Planeswalkers. It’s also on XBOX. It’s horrid. Don’t buy it. It was a waste of money to be sure. You can’t even build your own deck? WHAT? Magic: Online is cheaper and certainly is making me think about it a bit. There’s also a new Core set coming out in two weeks. Is this something I could get into again? If it’s still played, maybe I could even make some new friends. I’d chalk this nostalgia up to the fact that I’m 31 (almost 32), but that would imply that I’ve grown up in the meantime, which we all fucking know is not true.

Anyway, that’s the update for now. Don’t forget to buy some books.

It was a mixture of being busy and just completely zonking out this weekend for your faithful webmaster. First, after car problems grounded me most of the day Friday, I enjoyed perhaps a little too much a night out. I bought a few lovely people drinks. Mysterious Asian Guy Tony was one of them. He started macking on me a little, but I reminded him that his boyfriend would totally kick my ass so he chilled. There was a deliciously femme looking boy who accepted my kindness in drink offer, but wasn’t really interested in my advanced otherwise. He said it was his first time there. I believe it. I also made up with Raver J whom I’d been fighting with since October. (While this is a good thing, I certainly am not going to do anything sexually with him again. Fool me twice…)

On Saturday, I ventured to Momocon. I got there a bit late. Stupid traffic was terrible! And I did sleep in quite a bit too. I’m getting old. I can’t hang with the young anime loving crowd anymore. Heh. No, not really. People liked my yaoi shirt, but I want more aggressive ones. I mean they should scream anime homo!

Seeing Fang and Nemo again was so wonderful even if it was only for like an hour. I keep saying, I want to see them more, but it doesn’t usually work out. I know things can always come up, but they’re such great people, it’d be a disappointment if it wasn’t until the next Con that I saw them again. Fang, in particular, was more adorable than ever with his voice changing and all. DAWWWW!!

Saturday night brought me to Kaze’s for another mix. We had a good time watching some sumo wrestling too and I teased Tatsuo a bit. He needs to get unbusy and come out with us to play in the nightclub with his sexy self. DJ Joe Gutheraux was pretty cool, but we didn’t stay all night.

All in all, it was a mixture of enjoying a moment’s breath of spring weather (it’s already gone back to cold and wet, in fact there was snow/sleet this morning) and feeling like sleeping a lot. I need to get some more editing done and I need to check up on cover art. April is coming faster than I know it.

OH, and apparently while I was doing all of that the democrats finally got their thumbs out of their asses and passed health care.

They say that March comes in like a lion, but goes out like a lamb. Well, this year, I’m starting March a couple of days early. Sorry, February, I already know you get the short end of the stick with that 28 days crap. Hell, you even had a movie called “Leap Year” come out and it wasn’t even a Leap Year for you.

But alas, I got bigger fish to fry.

I mean, maybe if I move the calender up a few days, the weather will cooperate. Actually, the Deep South is expecting another snow storm to come blowing through here on Tuesday. WTF!

At least the dance floors here in HOTlanta will be getting an early dose of summertime goodness with DJ Abel tonight spinning a mega party at Jungle.

And speaking of parties, pixiesticks.org is celebrating its 9th Birthday on March 11th, so you know you can expect some surprises then.

And the personal celebrations just keep on coming! March 23rd will see me having quit smoking cigarettes for 1 whole year.

So normally while March is just such a tumultuous month, not to mention those Ides of March you gotta worry about, maybe this year by kind of starting it just a hint early, we can make this one something special.

Alright, editing is underway! Yes, I finally said, fuck it, I have to dive back in. I have to see if what I wrote back in November as a sequel to my best selling novel “Later, Skater” is worth a damn.

And wow, I got through the first sex scene and was reminded very strongly why I love to write. What? Is that shallow? Heck no! Kalki and Skittles are very darling characters who are about to gain a whole new layer of dimensions as they journey forward in their sequel.

So what inspires me? You do, of course. You freaky ass homosexuals out there that I love so dearly. I don’t think I say this enough… I’m proud of each and every one of you that not only don’t let your sexual identity define you, but also don’t let others let your sexual identity define your place either.

And then there is music.

On the left hand side, below the Tag-Board you’ll find that GrooveShark widget again. This time, I’ve loaded it up with songs that I would put currently on the “Later Skater: On Tour” soundtrack if I could afford the rights to such a thing. Enjoy and know that I am back on top of this beast, ready to ride it until it’s released.

Recorded January 16th, 2010

01. Into the Night — Cyndi Lauper

02. Say it Right — Nelly Furtado

03. Let it Rock — Kevin Rudolf

04. Sweet Dream — Beyonce

05. The Launch 09 — DJ Jean

06. I Got A Feeling — Black Eyed Peas

07. Million Dollar Bill — Whitney Houston

08. Two Are Better Than One — Boys Likes Girls

09. Love Game — Lady Gaga

10. Sweetest Girl — Wyclef Jean

11. Appreciate Me — Amuka

12. I’m A Fire — Donna Summer

13. The Bomb — Bucketheads

14. Sexy Bitch — David Guetta

15. Kristine W Megamix — Kristine W

For three years The Body Shop has dominated the after hours scene here in the Atlanta gay community, mostly by playing by the rules and providing some kick ass parties.

I even used to work there.

This New Years Eve will be the next to last as they are closing shop. The DJ will be Eddie Baez who hails from NYC. He’s also playing earlier in the evening at Heretic, but will absolutely bring a dark deep but joyful tone to the final celebration.

Then on January 2nd, the final curtain call will be made with DJ Lydia Prim up in the DJ booth. Well, it’s more like a DJ Pedestal as long time Body Shop fans know.

The event will likely have a line down the block, in spite of it being an after hours engagement, as Atlantans have to deal with yet another nightspot shuttering the doors.

I apologize in advance for the holes in the playlist, but I didn’t follow Kaze’s advice and let him write down what I was doing at the time. Why not? Well, I was more focused on actually doing a good job. And I think this mix will show my development over the last few months.

DJ SemeUke — Stellar
(99.34MB)

01. Kelly Osborne — One Word
02. Estelle — American Boy
03. Madonna — Love Profusion
04. Sunrider — The Bomb
05. Natasha Bedingfield — Pocketful of Sunshine
06. My Life Would Suck — Kelly Clarkson
07. Fantasy Girl — Johnny O
08. Pussycat Dolls — Jai Ho
09. Mischa Daniels — Round & Round
10. Stevie Nicks — Stand Back
11. Rihanna – Pon de Replay
12. Kristine W — Kristine W Megamix
13. Faithless — Insomina
14. Deep Dish — Say Hello

(Thanks DJ Sean Mac for filling in my gaps in the playlist)

(Ed note: This isn’t really related to anything, it’s just damn good.)

NEWEST UPDATE: I re-patched up the ending as when I was listening to my copy today I was just not happy with the way the Prodigy came in. I also didn’t think the song Frank’s Here really worked out. So, I put in more of Bump Uglies from the master, took out Take Me to the Hospital, and added more songs to round out the set. I apologize for the repeated updates, but I think the end result now is very satisfying.

It’s been many months but I finally got the opportunity to go over and mix again at Kaze’s place. Having very little practice since the last time, I did have a false start and had to try again.

Some of the mixing isn’t as tight as I would like, volume controls had to be tweaked post mix, and I had to fix a complete and total screw up at the end as well in post, but I think I’m developing into a somewhat competent DJ.

It’s hosted once again on Rapidshare which means every now and then it’ll expire and I’ll need to reupload. Please be patient, let me know via comments that it’s dead and I’ll get to it as soon as I can.

DJ Seme/Uke — Superman, Supergirl
Approximately 104MB
76 minutes, 24 seconds

01. People Are Crazy …. G Club
02. Let It Rock … Kevin Rudolf f. Lil Wayne
03. Sexual Eruption … Snoop Dogg
04. Walking and Talking … Ray Charles
05. Pump It Up … Danzel
06. I Kissed A Girl … Katy Perry
07. Funplex … The B52′s
08. Keeps Getting Better … Christina Aguilera
09. White Wedding … Billy Idol
10. I’ll Be Your Light … Kristine W.
11. Poison … Groove Coverage
12. Bump Uglies … BassKleph
13. Courtship Dating … Crystal Castles
14. Hollywood on my Toothpaste … Telepopmusik
15. Omen (reprise) … The Prodigy
Hidden. World’s On Fire … The Prodigy

7. Feel the Silence by Elegant Machinery
6. 7H46 by Danger
5. Fuse by She
4. Colours by Prodigy
3. That Girl, That Boy by Hadouken!
2. Courtship Dating by Crystal Castles
1. Artillery by Infected Mushroom

Honorable Mention: You Can Do Magic (remix) by America

Last night I recorded my first CD at my friend Kaze’s house. I was extremely nervous, even though I’d been practicing every couple of weeks for a few months now. Hearing it, though, I am very pleased to discover that it’s pretty decent. Sure there are certain things I know I need to work on (tightening tracks, volume levels, overall sound/scope management) but there are some real gems I think in my first set.

I have it posted on Rapidshare, but they say only a limited number of people can download it before I have to re-up. Please post a comment if that’s the case and I will as soon as possible and mention it in the comments. If you listen to it and have thoughts, leave comments or email me too.

This is kind of a hobby of mine at this point, and I don’t have any current plans on taking it quite as far as Kaze has. It’s still waaaay fun and makes me extremely pleased.

Note that it’s just one track. I didn’t separate tracks or do anything in post production. It’s literally fresh from the mixing board straight to you.

(LINK UPDATED 06-18-09. If I need to re-upload again, please let me know.)

DJ Seme/Uke — An Auspicious Debut
Approximately 70MB

01. Pocketful of Sunshine — Natasha Bedingfield
02. Dirty Filthy — Superchumbo (featuring Celeda)
03. Fast Car — Hellbent
04. Maneater — Nelly Furtado
05. Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous — RuPaul
06. Workout — RuPaul
07. Krafty — New Order
08. What Goes Around Comes Around — Justin Timberlake
09. Bossy — Kelis
10. How Would You Feel — David Morales (featuring Lea Lorien)
11. Someday — Britney Spears
12. Hot N’ Cold — Katy Perry
13. Oh La La — Goldfrapp
14. Space Cakes — Kaotic Chemistry
15. Music 4 Da People — Yolk

The Cruxshadows performed another stellar show here in Atlanta last night and I got to see it all go down thanks to my friend Candy. While her and I haven’t got to spent nearly enough time together in the last few years, we still periodically do get to enjoy each other’s company.

After a short waiting period at Heretic, we went to Willy’s where I love to take all my hot dates. Then down to the Masquerade where it was bone chilling cold inside the stone walled former mill building.

While the opening acts (which I don’t care to name) weren’t really all that, it was delightful to play WANT and DON’T WANT with Candy on seeing many of the varied attendees. Some were the most beautiful creatures I’d seen. Some literally made me go WTF Mate?

Cruxshadows may very well be the most uplifting goth/synth band you’ll ever hear. With so many reinforced positive messages about being the greatest form of yourself and going out there and living a full life, Rouge is truly a great singer/songwriter.

It was a very much needed change of venue for your webmaster.

YAHOO TOP 10 OVERALL SEARCHES FOR 2008

— 1. Britney Spears

— 2. WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)

— 3. Barack Obama

— 4. Miley Cyrus

— 5. “RuneScape”

— 6. Jessica Alba

— 7. “Naruto”

— 8. Lindsay Lohan

— 9. Angelina Jolie

— 10. American Idol

5. 11h30 (Kurtech Remix) — Danger
4. Apologize (Jumpstylerz Remix) – Timbaland
3. White Rabbit – Collide
2. Miss You — Trentmoller
1. Pocketful of Sunshine (Dance Mix) – Natasha Bedingfield

5. Trentemoller – Moan
4. The Flashbulb – Chik Habit
3. Britney Spears – Break the Ice (Kaskade Remix)
2. Angelspit – 100%
1. Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful of Sunshine

It’s too bad it was to respond to my previous post calling their Pride set “marginal”. I always tend to get myself in trouble with that word. (AWA Yaoi After Dark two years ago, anyone?)

Anyway, Sean Mac totally nailed it on the head when he said that diva vocal pop music was all the crowd seemed to be enjoying that evening. Rather unusual since they were doing the *afterhours* portion of the proceedings which typically should feature more hard house, deep satisfying tunes.

So, I need to reiterate: DJ Duo Yoshi Mac are really good! They, just like many of the DJs over the Pride Weekend, were forced to play it safe due to the crowds. Which were huge to be sure. Hopefully at their next event, we can pull together an equally huge crowd that is more willing to go on the highly amazing musical adventure DJ Yoshi Mac is more than capable of taking them on.

Considering I go out pretty much every weekend, Pride Weekend for me was just more. More nights. More people. More everything. Including more nothing, as in, I still managed to not get any.

I was offered, but the guy who did was none to my liking despite us having some things in common. He just didn’t have the looks I’d need to appreciate making the beast with two backs with.

As for my own pursuits, I managed to drive a guy that I’ve known for a few months home, and nothing happened there either. He’s taller than I, short short blond cropped hair, and is a few years older, yet looks a few years younger. And though we’re kissing friends, that’s where we still remain.

Still, the extended weekend wasn’t too bad of a bust. I spent just shy of what I expected thanks partially to Kaze and Tat being so generous as well as managing to sweet talk my way on The Bodyshop’s guest list. To bad DJ Duo Yoshi Mac put on a marginal set. In fact, all the DJs seemed to be taking no chances with their oversized crowds.

I have one more day off, tomorrow, before I go back to work bright and early Tuesday morning. And I think that’s just fine. I need to get my finances boosted back to smoother levels anyway.

As for updates on the site: Provided thunderstorms don’t strike yet again tomorrow, I’ll be back to posting a handful of shotalicious goodies then.

Ah yes, one more bit of information: Elf’s housewarming party on Thursday went down as actually one of the highlights of the whole weekend. While I was surrounded by breeders, this fag actually took it in stride and had a good time even when I wasn’t following my favorite trap around like a lost puppy.

Happy Pride to you all whenever your area celebrates such. And honestly, be proud year round!

UPDATED: YouTube is going to keep trying to take it down. I’ll repost if I can. Just leave a comment if it’s gone. It truly is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long long time.

1. The Faint — “Let the Poison Spill” (Tommy Sunshine “Let the Clock Punch” Remix)
2. Janet Jackson — “Feedback” (Giving Feedback Remix)
3. Infected Mushroom –”In Front of Me”
4. Pet Shop Boys — “Break 4 Love” (Friburn & Urik Tribal Mix)
5. Diesel Boy — “Rubbing the Elf”
6. Snoop Dogg — “Sensual Seduction” (Fyre Dept. Remix)
7. Nine Inch Nails — “Me, I’m Not” (Myotherme Mix)

The Crystal Method roared into WETbar’s DJ booth and took the mostly rolling and mixed-sexual orientation crowd by storm. With a hard trance ferocity, they rocked their set without giving the people gathered much time to collect their breath. While they only played 3 of their own songs (that I could recognize through the heavy layering and improved remixing), I don’t think anyone went home disappointed.

Well, except one guy that I was with.

He is older, has shoulder length long hair, and is best described as looking like a rock musician — except he actually installs audio/visual equipment for business and residence.

I’d seen him a long time ago at Heretic, but he’d been going mostly to Blake’s and WETbar lately and they had been treating him quite well after he installed some new equipment for them.

So this got us into VIP which as I think I’ve stated before really isn’t all that amazing. But I guess it’s just the allure of something the great unwashed can’t get into that makes it all so much better, right?

So anyway, this guy, he’s hot, handsome, really into me. Too much into me, actually and that becomes off putting. I let him know rather quickly that his aggressiveness is too much for me. I try to go more on the attack with little success. And though I had a moderately good time making out with him and bumping uglies on the dance floor to what should be Barack Obama’s theme song for the younger set (Keep Hope Alive), I just couldn’t go home with him.

I turned him down.

Maybe in the end that my way of finally overpowering an extremely dominate seme. But I started to think about how it wasn’t going to work out anyway. While I can please some as uke, I’m not especially good at the role in the bed. While it’s always great to do things out your ordinary comfort zone, I didn’t think it would lead to anything really all that pleasant. At least not for me.

And you know NOT going home with him STILL was quite unpleasant as WETbar and Blake’s shuttle stopped running after I was to be the only one needing to ride it back to my car. They actually told me to get back off the bus, they were shutting it down. I complained. I knocked on the closed WETbar door and complained some more to the bartender who opened it. And after walking the 8 blocks back to my car at 3:30 in the morning, after driving back home, I pulled up their website to complain to them some more. They’re the assholes that should have been fucked last night.

It seriously makes me reconsider going to see Hybrid in 2 weeks and Deep Dish in 4.
VIP… ha! The Heretic wouldn’t have treated me that way.

Iran said it plans to launch a crackdown on rap music, complaining that the words used by rap artists were “obscene”, the state IRNA news agency reported Thursday.

“There is nothing wrong with this type of music in itself,” the official for evaluation of music at the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry, Mohammad Dashtgoli, was quoted as saying.

“But due to the use of obscene words by its singers this music has been categorised as illegal,” he said.

“In coordination with the police, illegal studios producing this type of music will be sealed and the singers in this genre will be confronted,” he said.

Dashtgoli said a large number of illegal rap singers have been already identified.

The Islamic republic’s hardline officials have repeatedly complained about a “cultural invasion” by “decadent” western music which they believe diminishes Islamic values.

The culture ministry official expressed his frustration that rap artists were finding low-cost ways to publish their music on the Internet. “We should find a solution for this.”

Rap music has become increasingly popular amongst young urban males in Tehran, with explicit lyrics taking in social, political and sexual themes.

Producing albums and holding concerts in Iran requires official permission from the culture ministry and, needless to say, rap music is an underground phenomenon in the Islamic republic.

Nevertheless, rap albums are widely available on the black market with artists drawing inspiration from the Persian-language rap of the Iranian diaspora based in Los Angeles.

Iran is currently in the midst of its most severe moral crackdown in years, which has seen thousands of women warned for slack dressing, several bootleg music stores shut and “decadent” mixed-sex parties raided.

Conservatives have applauded the crackdown as a bold move to promote virtue but some moderates have questioned the value of the drive at a time when Iran’s economic problems are hitting the poor hard.

“A newfangled extravagance is spreading amongst the music-lover youngsters of New York, which, after invading America, is sure to conquer the whole world. Ears becoming pointed as a result of plastic surgery not only enhance the attractiveness of the face, but also improve the experience of listening to music.”

Get some plastic surgery!

(Ed note: I can’t decide if this is way hot or way scary. Whichever the case, I’m sure someone will note that it may be illogical.)

Of course, that goes for any of Chris’ videos to be honest.

How do I fool webs?

LAS VEGAS — Somewhere, Kevin Federline is laughing. An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of the MTV Video Music Awards — but for all the wrong reasons.

Kicking off the show Sunday night with her new single, “Gimme More,” Spears looked bleary and unprepared, much like her recent tabloid exploits on the streets of Los Angeles. She walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. She appeared to have forgotten the art of lip-synching. And, perhaps most unforgivable given her once-taut frame, she looked embarrassingly out of shape.

Even the celebrity-studded audience seemed bewildered. 50 Cent looked at Spears with a confused look on his face; Diddy, her new best friend, was expressionless.

Some comeback. Breathlessly hyped by MTV as the evening’s most anticipated performance, it became the most shockingly bad of the night. Jive Records might want to push back that Nov. 13 album release date.

The VMAs had better luck with their own reinvention on Sunday. After suffering poor reviews and a decline in ratings over the last few years, MTV moved the show to Las Vegas’ Palms Casino, shortened the show from three hours to two, and changed the show’s setup to focus more on performances than awards. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, Kanye West, Fall Out Boy and the Foo Fighters each hosted separate suite parties, where much of the show’s performances were held.

Thankfully, after Spears’ dismal start and an awkward, off-color intro by comedian Sarah Silverman, the show rebounded with several exciting performances. (There was even more drama in the audience: an off-camera fight broke out between Pamela Anderson exes Kid Rock and Tommy Lee, leading Diddy to remark: “It’s not just the hip-hop artists that sometimes have a problem.”)

Timberlake’s suite was packed with revelers, alcohol and eight lingerie-clad stripper types on raised platforms. Before he accepted the Quadruple Threat of the Year award at his suite, the DJ summoned the partygoers to watch the monitor and go crazy if Timberlake won.

He did, they did, and Timberlake said: “I want to challenge MTV to play more videos!” Then he was whisked away by bodyguards and disappeared.

Timberlake was the night’s big winner, with four trophies. After accepting the award for Male Artist of the Year, he jabbed at MTV again: “We don’t want to see the Simpsons on reality television” — apparently he’s not a fan of either Jessica or Ashlee’s MTV shows.

Meanwhile, Rihanna won the coveted Video of the Year for her metallically inspired “Umbrella,” and Monster Single of the Year for her ubiquitous hit “Umbrella,” and Beyonce and Shakira won Most Earthshattering Collaboration for “Beautiful Liar.” Beyonce’s shimmering gold dress barely contained her top; immediately after she picked up her trophy, she asked an assistant backstage to help fix her dress, apparently to prevent a wardrobe malfunction.

Other performers were appearing on the show’s main stage, in front of an industry-only audience seated at tables, like at the Golden Globes. Chris Brown gave one of the evening’s most extravagant performances — a dance-centric, eye-popping spectacle that channeled Michael Jackson, right down to a brief “Billie Jean” imitation.

Alicia Keys had the evening’s most rousing performance, debuting her new song “No One” and then an inspired, choir-backed cover of George Michael’s “Freedom.”

While performances like Keys and Spears were delivered on the main stage, others were delivered in snippets: Akon crooned a bit of his “Smack That” before an award was announced, while the cameras zoomed in on performances from Fall Out Boy and the Foo Fighters mid-performance in their suites, giving viewers the sense that they had happened upon an intimate concert. Cee-Lo delivered a rocking version of Prince’s naughty classic “Darling Nikki” in the smoky Foo Fighters suite (where a beer bong was in operation as Dave Grohl danced, sang Cure songs, played air drums and posed for snapshots); Soulja Boy was showing Kanye West his “Crank That” dance in West’s suite.

Though the suites appeared to be chaotic parties, the MTV-cast revelers were carefully organized and strategically placed for the cameras. In another suite, the MC encouraged everyone to drink and keep the energy up.

Choreographed or not, Timberlake and Timbaland’s joint suite looked like the most exciting — T.I., buffeted by pole dancers, delivered a rousing version of “Big Things Poppin’” while 50 Cent stopped by to perform “Ayo Technology” with Timberlake and Timbaland.

Not to be outdone, T-Pain and West danced high atop Las Vegas in one of the Palms’ balcony suites as they celebrated “The Good Life.” And Lil Wayne, doing double duty in the Fall Out Boy suite after opening the pre-show with Nicole Scherzinger, was particularly animated.

But the TV audience never got full views of those shows, though MTV promised viewers more via its Web site and other “remixed” versions of the show. That might have been the purpose: to whet appetites for repeat viewings by promising glimpses of what they missed during the traditional broadcast. And unlike in recent years, there was plenty reason to come back for more.

I decided to post the pictures on both the blog and yaoi boi pages since nearly twice as many people come to that page than the main blog page. Naughty naughty! Less pictures than last year, but that’s because I was using real film and was running out the roll.

As always, click on the small images for the full size ones.

A darling shot of Elf who actually wasn’t at Con.

A trappy angel named Cyril that was handing out Cruxshadows fliers.

Sirius Black, Hagrid, and Snape cosplayers.

Drunk Sora.

Shota Sora.

Chick Sora.

Star Fleet Academy students.

Friends Jackyl and Drew.

Shota Mulder and Loli Scully.

Kari, Grant, Tori, from Mythbusters and PIXIE!

Loli who works for the Umbrella corporation.

Shota zombie! Aauuuggghhh!

Not sure who this is, but I thought he looked like a RP character of mine. Hee!

A Washington man’s karaoke performance of a Coldplay song apparently triggered a female bar patron to attack him early yesterday at a Seattle bar. According to a Seattle Police Department report, Lindsey Lawrence, 21, assaulted the unnamed victim while he was performing with “two other subjects” at Changes Tavern, where patrons sing karaoke Wednesday and Thursday night from 9 PM until 1 AM.

When the assault victim launched into Coldplay’s “Yellow,” Lawrence allegedly told the man that his “singing sucked” and that the song “fucking sucked.” She then grabbed at the man’s microphone and “pushed him and punched him in order to get him to stop singing,” cops reported. When employees escorted Lawrence from the bar, she “became very violent” and struck several other people (and was hostile towards police and fire department medics who responded to the scene).

Lawrence was booked into the Seattle Correctional Facility, where she is currently being held on an investigation of assault.

It is unclear why Coldplay’s music apparently made Lawrence snap, though a famous June 2005 New York Times appraisal by Jon Pareles may offer an insight. The critic called the British group “the most insufferable band of the decade,” adding that, “the lyrics can make me wish I didn’t understand English.”

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian police detained more than 200 people and seized alcohol and drugs in a raid on a “satanic” underground rock concert, media in the conservative Islamic state reported on Saturday.

Iran, which has launched an annual summer crackdown on “immoral behavior”, bans alcohol, narcotics and parties with unrelated men and women dancing, drinking and mixing. Western popular music is frowned upon.

The police operation took place on Wednesday night in the town of Karaj near the capital Tehran, at an event with local disc jockeys, rock and rap groups performing, the media said.

“Most of those arrested are wealthy young people … who came to this party with the goal of attending a provocative, satanic concert,” daily Tehran-e Emrouz quoted a senior police official, Reza Zarei, as saying.

Karaj’s public prosecutor, Ali Farhadi, said invitations had been sent out via the Internet and that people from Britain and Sweden were among those held. Zarei suggested they were expatriate Iranians visiting the country.

Farhadi said 150 bottles of alcoholic drinks, 800 “obscene” CDs and different kinds of drugs had been confiscated by police, as well as “inappropriate” dresses that those behind the event were giving to female guests as gifts.

“Some 230 people who attended a rock party in Karaj were identified and arrested,” Farhadi said on the Web site of Iran’s state broadcaster.

He said 20 video cameras had also been seized and that the organizers had planned to blackmail girls after filming “inappropriate and obscene” videos of them.

Under sharia, Islamic law, imposed after Iran’s 1979 revolution, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose clothing to disguise their figures and protect their modesty. Violators can receive lashes, fines or imprisonment.

…this is a more appropriate song?

I always feel pretty low the day after spending hours with Elf. This isn’t exactly new, of course. But I tell you, my heart seems to ache just a bit more with every passing occation. And I can’t even begin to tell you how my mind seemingly uncontrollably is trending towards very dark thoughts towards things I want to do to him.

Placebo, “Blind”

If I could tear you from the ceiling,
And guarantee a source divine,
Rid you off possessions fleeting,
Remain your funny valentine.

Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind,
Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind.

If I could tear you from the ceiling,
I know the best have tried,
I’d fill your every breath with meaning,
And find a place we both could hide.

Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind,
Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind.

You don’t believe me, but you do this every time,
Please don’t drive me blind.
Please don’t drive me blind..

I know we’re broken,
I know we’re broken,
I know we’re broken.

If I could tear you from the ceiling,
I’d freeze us both in time,
Find a brand new way of seeing..
Your eyes forever glued to mine.

Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind,
Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind.
Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind,
Don’t go and leave me,
And please don’t drive me blind.

I know I broke it,
I know I broke it,
I know I broke it,
I know I broke it.

DragonCon 2007 big named guests that I recognize. (full list at link)

Sean Astin — Lord of the Rings
Tory Belleci — Mythbusters
Terry Brooks — Shannara Series of books
Kari Byron — Mythbusters
Crüxshadows — Goth band
Peter David — Star Trek, among others
John de Lancie — Star Trek
Emerald Rose — Celtic Band
Erik Estrada — SeaLab 2021
Fat Mama — Who Wants to be a Superhero
David Faustino — Married with Children
Lou Ferrigno — Hulk
Bill Fogarty — Netherworld Haunted House
Jonathan Frakes — Star Trek
Gil Gerard — Buck Rodgers
Louis Gossett Jr. — Stargate
Richard Hatch — Battlestar Galactica
Virginia Hey — Farscape
Grant Imahara — Mythbusters
Sherrilyn Kenyon — Dark-Hunters series of books
Gail Kim — former WWE now TNA Wrestler
James Marsters — Buffy/Angel
Todd McCaffrey — Pern series of books
Gates McFadden — Star Trek
James & Oliver Phelps — Harry Potter
Katee Sackhoff — Battlestar Galactica
Michael Shanks — Stargate
Marc Singer — Beastmaster
Kevin Sorbo — Andromeda
Brent Spiner — Star Trek
Voltaire — Goth one man band
Margaret Weis — Dragonlance series of books

And we’re supposed to help fix that.

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