@Airvault: You must be too young to remember Merv Griffen because HE was the gayest thing on TV ever.
As far as I can tell, Mr. Lambert never volunteered himself to be the Rainbow Rosa Parks. He's just a little twinkie who grew up watching Madonna and Christina rubbing themselves against any available surface and couldn't wait for his turn. David Bowie did something very similar to Mick Ronson's guitar in the 70s for god's sake. The first time I saw it I was 10 and I've survived (although I did develop a connoisseurs appreciation for a well done simulated blowjob).
Considering all the fuss, Adam should have just freed willy and received a REAL blowjob for his trouble.
@topsy: That's what this feels like: a debate between young and old. A lot of the younger gays out there are showing no signs of being offended/ashamed of what he did and are in fact happy to see someone doing something - finally.
Of course it was a calculated move on his part. I don't think he thought he was going to break down any walls with those gestures. But now he's facing the sort of backlash that comes with expressing your (homo)sexuality in such an overt way. And he will have to start considering himself as some sort of a figure who's representing something bigger than his shitty performances.
I don't want to turn him into one, but he is now a central figure in the American homosexual movement whether he planned on it or not. So far he's faced the "Is he gay enough?" debate and now he's facing the question of "How gay is too gay?"
No one recognizes it yet, but he's the first of his kind.
Yikes! Bidding is over a thousand bucks and nine days to go! You're over the limit for what I can get away with without my husband saying "what the hell did you buy???? You're NEVER even gonna to wear those shoes! I bet you can't even walk in them. Walk. Yes, now, WALK! You look like a moron and you're gonna kill yourself in those, enjoy the five hundred dollar blisters, idiot. And change your emergency contact info for when they cart you off to the emergency room in the wahmbulance, cause if it's a shoe-related injury, I ain't comin to get you."
@momof3wildkids: Oh really...hmm...another couple of days and it'll be down into my price range! And if I got another copy of her book (bargain bin, natch), I could strap them to my feet and wear them as shoes (just anticipating the "what the hell are you going to do with that? You're not even going to read it, and if you are, it's just going to make you angry. At least you can wear a pair of expensive shoes. Idiot." rant).
Yes, the country is soooooo full of homophobic prudes that a whopping .0005% of the country called to complain about it. We're being overrun by homophobic prudes!
The guy simulated getting a blowjob on stage and got some complaints...a number that ABC called "moderate." Let's not make the guy out to be some brave martyr for homosexuality who is being attacked because he decided to wave a rainbow flag on stage. It was a trashy move that would have gotten some calls (from angry parents and feminists) even if it was a chick pretending to blow him.
There are other stories to tout as evidence of society's lack of acceptance of homosexuality that would go a lot farther in proving the point than this.
The best Sarah Palin book in the world is to buy Going Rouge, replace the dust jacket with Going Rogue and convincing her to sign it. Then you return Going Rogue and put Going Rouge on eBay.
I am glad this is going to Save the Children. Though I would think this would be a good fundraiser for Planned Parenthood and, of course, Rape Kits for Alaska.
Just to clarify: No one's signature obscured any of the family's wilderness recipes, right? Because I'm only bidding to get Bristol's Beaver. I hear it's sublime.
@Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: No. None of the recipes have been obscured. The words contained within next year's NBA Fiction Prize-winning book have been preserved for future generations of fiction gormandizers.
I want this book to become like a chain letter. The winner should keep adding the signatures of literary luminaries and resell it for charity, as does the next winner, and the next, ad infinitum.
@Mrs. Beeton: Agreed. I will promise to do my best to get James Frey to sign this if someone wants. It seems appropriate. But for the sanctity of the auctioned prize, he has yet to be added. Yet.
@Foster Kamer: James Frey? Small potatoes. Surely someone at Gawker knows someone who knows someone who works with a guy in the Obama administration who has the balls to ask him to sign the book. You've got nine days...better get to work...
@reimoise: The winner of the auction should take it to one of the official signings and get it signed by her. Would probably increase the resale value tenfold.
@Foster Kamer: OMG, idea! I must bid on this book, win this book, and use this book to attract young Levi to my lair (yes, I have a lair, don't judge me), where he will sign my book, which is my new euphamism for having sexy time.
Great Post Brian (btw, why was that poster so awful to you in a post of yours last night? One that I actually liked but was sorta afraid to mention that as this guy kinda scared me!)
I'd actually like to hear what Aaron what's his ass (editor of Out) has to say now. It's all very fancy fine to sit in your little gay office at a gay magazine and preach to the younger generation about how to be gay.
The reality? Kinda complex. Like losing a gig on Good Morning America the month your first album comes out!
Come on Aaron, still feel so righteous about everything gay in the wonderful united states of Amerikkka?
@manchops: I think Aaron is kind of a pompous dick face living in a guilded tower of his own making, but really? While I agree that the reality of being a gay pop star in America is complex, this should be exceptionally simple to understand: he went in to Out magazine, a gay culture magazine, saying gay culture, and explicitly the politics of gay life, play a minimal part in his role as an entertainer, and that he was therefor only tenuously connected to the gay civil rights movement. And then he went on stage and utilized his sexuality to attempt to shock an audience, an audience unreceptive to gay culture and the rights of gay homosexuals, just to move records. Aaron has nothing to do with Adam's schizophrenia regarding his pop culture personality; he made the choice in Out to say what he said, and to push back after the fact in the manner he did, and he made the choice to nearly knock out a dude's teeth to kiss him on television.
This guy is a joke! He is using gay sex as a marketing tool while eschewing gay civil rights. He is taking one part of our life to make money, while dismissing another part, also so that he can make money. THIS IS NOT HELPFUL, and while he deserves the attention of the pop press and the music communities that support this kind of music, the gay community deserves better, especially on the precipice of such an obvious sink or swim moment in American history.
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If GMA is so scared of gays rubbing their gay parts on each other - fuck em. Leave 'em behind.
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As far as I can tell, Mr. Lambert never volunteered himself to be the Rainbow Rosa Parks. He's just a little twinkie who grew up watching Madonna and Christina rubbing themselves against any available surface and couldn't wait for his turn. David Bowie did something very similar to Mick Ronson's guitar in the 70s for god's sake. The first time I saw it I was 10 and I've survived (although I did develop a connoisseurs appreciation for a well done simulated blowjob).
Considering all the fuss, Adam should have just freed willy and received a REAL blowjob for his trouble.
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I remember the 70s, and all I have to say is, "Topsy, I'll take Paul Lynde in the center square for the win."
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Of course it was a calculated move on his part. I don't think he thought he was going to break down any walls with those gestures. But now he's facing the sort of backlash that comes with expressing your (homo)sexuality in such an overt way. And he will have to start considering himself as some sort of a figure who's representing something bigger than his shitty performances.
I don't want to turn him into one, but he is now a central figure in the American homosexual movement whether he planned on it or not. So far he's faced the "Is he gay enough?" debate and now he's facing the question of "How gay is too gay?"
No one recognizes it yet, but he's the first of his kind.
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My husband would say something similar about shoes.....
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The guy simulated getting a blowjob on stage and got some complaints...a number that ABC called "moderate." Let's not make the guy out to be some brave martyr for homosexuality who is being attacked because he decided to wave a rainbow flag on stage. It was a trashy move that would have gotten some calls (from angry parents and feminists) even if it was a chick pretending to blow him.
There are other stories to tout as evidence of society's lack of acceptance of homosexuality that would go a lot farther in proving the point than this.
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Still no 'full-frontal' head shot of you? I'd throw in some change for that.
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She had hundreds of them in high school she passed along to friends, I even found some of them long after we broke up.
I never knew she stole the idea from someone else. For some reason I always assumed she was deranged enough to have thought of it herself.
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: --
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Signed Language: English
Condition: Brand New
Subject: Folklore, Mythology
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Oh, it's a mutha-fuckin-BID-OFF!
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The best Sarah Palin book in the world is to buy Going Rouge, replace the dust jacket with Going Rogue and convincing her to sign it. Then you return Going Rogue and put Going Rouge on eBay.
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I thought this was a Sarah Palin autographed Going Rouge book. Sadly, it is not.
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Or did this particular copy not make it to the Fleshbot awards also?
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I'd actually like to hear what Aaron what's his ass (editor of Out) has to say now. It's all very fancy fine to sit in your little gay office at a gay magazine and preach to the younger generation about how to be gay.
The reality? Kinda complex. Like losing a gig on Good Morning America the month your first album comes out!
Come on Aaron, still feel so righteous about everything gay in the wonderful united states of Amerikkka?
11/24/09
This guy is a joke! He is using gay sex as a marketing tool while eschewing gay civil rights. He is taking one part of our life to make money, while dismissing another part, also so that he can make money. THIS IS NOT HELPFUL, and while he deserves the attention of the pop press and the music communities that support this kind of music, the gay community deserves better, especially on the precipice of such an obvious sink or swim moment in American history.