the gay boy record party: august 1, 2011

haven't we been here before? this could possibly be a repeat a post from a while back, but i don't really give a rats. these are the songs i love so much, and that prove to the world that i am a proud, white, dork from the midwest who grew up surrounded by really sappy pop music in the 70's. i'm happy to count these songs among my all time, desert island favorites. and i am so not kidding. (these videos were not chosen because of their video content, but because they contained the best quality audio.)

WARNING: by watching these videos, your opinion of me may either be indelibly altered forever... or totally, happily confirmed.

where have you gone?

i've been busy looking for my coin in the fountain. sorry to leave you hanging. that said, be well. see you back here soon. or not.

but what about pig-casso, moo-zart, and of course... david hare?

paula suozzi, theater director and former artistic director of milwaukee shakespeare and the skylight opera theatre, reminiscing about the good old days in wisconsin. you know, the days when scott walker wasn't the governor.

"I remember when (Scott Walker) was running for County Executive and someone at a public gathering asked him if he enjoyed the wide range of arts available here in Milwaukee County. His answer, 'Uh, yes, I love taking my kids to the zoo.' NO LIE. That was the moment I was done with him. I'll never forget it."

we are wisconsin

a beautiful video by finn ryan.

"unions yes! walker no!"

actors' equity association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers, held a rally outside fox news headquarters in new york today in support of union workers in wisconsin. 400 plus protesters chanted "hey-hey, ho-ho, union busting's got to go!" and "union yes! walker no!" in response to wisconsin governor scott walker's "budget bill" which, among other things, curtails workers' collective bargaining rights. politifact today rated the governor's claim that he campaigned on limiting collective bargaining as false.

which superbowl quarterback would you most like to invite over for a 6-pack and a record party?

there are four teams in contention for the super bowl. i know this because a) i live and breath, 2) i turned on the television once last week, and c) i have thousands of facebook friends from both new york and wisconsin (i don't admit to knowing anyone in pittsburgh and my chicago friends have better things to do.) wisconsinites who've never heard of football, much less have ever been to green bay, are suddenly rabid packer fans, posting profile photos of green and gold jerseys with their names proudly photoshopped onto the back by a third-party application that is undoubtedly providing their home phone number and the name of their first pet to someone named giovanni in camden, new jersey.

i thought perhaps a better way to celebrate the upcoming super bowl holiday (besides enjoying the commercials and the cheese logs) would be to discuss which team's quarterback you'd most want to have sex with like to invite over for some beers and maybe to listen to some prince music in your basement.

we're lucky, because there are some fairly serious contenders here. i mean, good god, think if we had to consider one of those manning boys. okay, the young one is fine, but peyton? i hear he's nice (someone is related) but i don't wanna see him shirtless. again.

that said, ladies and gentleman, the winner: mark sanchez for the new york jets. (yah, he's won before we even started. i mean... c'mon. besides that, roethlisberger's already been in my basement and it wasn't pretty, we don't even need to talk about this guy, and the only other option is this 70's porn star.)

i don't know what to want from this world

totally. completely. obsessed.



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