glbt history month week 2!

Celebrate GLBT History Month 2007

Klaus Wowereit, Lord Mayor of Berlin, Germany, is today's featured Icon for GLBT History Month. Prior to his 2002 election, Wowereit publicly declared, "I'm gay, and that's okay."

Each day, a new Icon's video, biography and bibliography becomes available at www.glbtHistoryMonth.com. This week's Icons are:

October 8th Klaus Wowereit Politician October 9th Susan Sontag Author/Commentator October 10th Gore Vidal Author October 11th Lily Tomlin Actor

October 12th Peter Gomes Theologian October 13th Mary Edwards Walker Surgeon October 14th Frederick II Monarch

happy 25th madonna

some major boo boos in this little article but Happy Anniversary Madonna!

October 6th marks the official 25th anniversary of our queen, Madonna.
On October 6th, 1982 Madonna's first ever single, 'Everybody' was released in the US and UK.


Madonna’s very first commercially available single, “Everybody,” was one of the tunes that got her signed to Sire Records. Written by Madonna, it was included on her four-track demo tape and eventually found its way to her 1983 debut album. The 12” vinyl single was released in the fall of 1982 and upon its debut on Billboard’s Dance/Disco Top 80 chart, the magazine’s “Dance Trax” columnist Brian Chin reviewed the single. He wrote: “Madonna, a young New York duo (??) produced by DJ Mark Kamins, has released a commercial 12-inch on Sire, called ‘Everybody’; previewed favorably on clubs and radio, the spare, bright cut has a relaxing quality at home listening levels, but somehow sounds much harder-edged in the club.” The video that accompanied the single was a low-budget affair, and featured Madonna performing the track with dancers Christopher Ciccone (her brother) and Erica Bell. “Everybody” would reach No. 3 on the chart, beginning Madonna’s unparalleled domination of Billboard’s dance charts for the next 20 years.[i]
-Keith Caulfield


here's an early demo of it that is so much darker and more gritty...love all the alternative vocals and harmonies in it

madonna - everybody (demo)

and this is her doing it live at koko last year in london...although it's been revamped it still has the same feeling only she sings it a little too bright for my taste

madonna - everybody (live at koko 2006)

and even over twenty years later she inspired relatively new to the scene pop princess annie to heavily sample everybody for her mild hit "greatest hit"

annie - greatest hit

forever more

this song is a couple years old but i finally saw the video...one of my favourites from moloko and with all the much deserved hype surrounding the brilliant new roisin murphy solo album (lead singer of moloko) i was doing some back peddling with the sexy time help of my dear brother BORIS and discovered this gem again. the video is fantastic! who knew she could dance too? hehe

yes...children left behind

Bush vetoes child health insurance plan

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer

"WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.

It was only the fourth veto of Bush's presidency, and one that some Republicans feared could carry steep risks for their party in next year's elections. The Senate approved the bill with enough votes to override the veto, but the margin in the House fell short of the required number.

Democrats unleashed a stream of harsh rhetoric, as they geared up for a battle to both improve their chances of winning a veto override and score political points against Republicans who oppose the expansion.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., decried Bush's action as a "heartless veto."

"Never has it been clearer how detached President Bush is from the priorities of the American people," Reid said in a statement. "By vetoing a bipartisan bill to renew the successful Children's Health Insurance Program, President Bush is denying health care to millions of low-income kids in America."

Democratic congressional leaders said they may put off the override attempt for as long as two weeks to maximize pressure on Republican House members whose votes will be critical.

"We remain committed to making SCHIP into law — with or without the president's support," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., referring to the full name of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

The White House sought little attention for Bush's action, with the president casting his veto behind closed doors without any fanfare or news coverage. He defended it later Wednesday during a budget speech in Lancaster, Pa., addressing a welcoming audience organized by the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry in GOP-friendly Pennsylvania Dutch country.

"Poor kids first," Bush said. "Secondly, I believe in private medicine, not the federal government running the health care system."

But he seemed eager to avert a full-scale showdown over the difficult issue, offering that he is "more than willing" to negotiate with lawmakers "if they need a little more money in the bill to help us meet the objective of getting help for poor children."

The program is a joint state-federal effort that subsidizes health coverage for 6.6 million people, mostly children, from families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford their own private coverage.

The Democrats who control Congress, with significant support from Republicans, passed the legislation to add $35 billion over five years to allow an additional 4 million children into the program. It would be funded by raising the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents to $1 per pack.

The president argued that the Democratic bill was too costly, took the program too far beyond its original intent of helping the poor, and would entice people now covered in the private sector to switch to government coverage. He has proposed only a $5 billion increase in funding. After Bush's speech, White House counselor Ed Gillespie said the president's offer of more money meant more than the $5 billion extra, but he wasn't specific about how much more.

Democrats deny Bush's charge that their plan is a move toward socialized medicine that short-changes the poor, saying their goal is to cover more of the millions of uninsured children and noting that the bill provides financial incentives for states to cover their lowest-income children first. Of the over 43 million people nationwide who lack health insurance, over 6 million are under 18 years old. That's over 9 percent of all children.

Eighteen Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate, enough to override Bush's veto. But in the House, supporters of the bill are about two dozen votes short of a successful override, despite sizable Republican support. A two-thirds majority in both chambers is needed.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Democrats were imploring 15 House Republicans to switch positions but had received no agreements so far.

House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he was "absolutely confident" that the House would be able to sustain Bush's expected veto.

Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss., said Congress should be able to reach a compromise with Bush once he vetoes the bill. "We should not allow it to be expanded to higher and higher income levels, and to adults. This is about poor children," he said. "But we can work it out."

It took Bush six years to veto his first bill, when he blocked expanded federal research using embryonic stem cells last summer. In May, he vetoed a spending bill that would have required troop withdrawals from Iraq. In June, he vetoed another bill to ease restraints on federally funded stem cell research.

In the case of the health insurance program, the veto is a bit of a high-stakes gambit for Bush, pitting him against both the Democrats who have controlled both houses of Congress since January, but also many members of his own party and the public.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched radio ads Monday attacking eight GOP House members who voted against the bill and face potentially tough re-election campaigns next year.

And Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union, said a coalition of liberal groups was staging more than 200 events throughout the nation on Thursday to highlight the issue. The group, which includes MoveOn.org, and several unions, also has a goal of more than 1 million contacts to Congress through calls, letters and e-mails demanding that lawmakers override Bush's veto. The coalition is spending $3 million to $5 million on the effort.


on a lighter note...see...smoking might kill you but it could help a poor child!

future t-shirts

ha ha ha hah
the last one kills me!

blaqk is the colour...

here's a hot track by a group called blaqk audio i recently discovered. it's a fantastic modern throw back to the 80's and definitely fits right into my sets right in between some she wants revenge and maybe some simian mobile disco remixes...

check it out

blaqk audio - stiff kittens

more original poetry

"i am the audience"

i am unfortunate with fortune
a bestselling novel dripping from my fingers
my imagination is a hungry vaccuum
the sulfur of sadness all that lingers
soaking up each possibility
and doting on each and every variation
mesmerized by the human interaction
and the endless debate about creation

i keep my chin far from my upturned fist
for fear of falling frozen in stone
instead i punch my helpless pillow
blaming anything and anyone
for being alone
i've boasted for far too long
about my love for my stagnant solitude
filling my open human wounds
with anti climactic temporary romantic interludes

i am the audience
i am the fool
i am the martyr
i am the tool
i am the prosecutor
i am the sultan
i am the demon
i am the puritan
i am the sun
never the moon
i am me
never you
i am afraid
i am home
i am the audience
i am alone

Happy GLBT History Month 2007!!

Celebrate GLBT History Month 2007

Leonard Bernstein, one of the greatest American composers who wrote the scores to classic shows like "West Side Story" and "Candide," is the first of 31 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Icons featured throughout October.

Each day, a new Icon's video, biography and bibliography becomes available at www.glbtHistoryMonth.com. This week's Icons are:

October 1st Leonard Bernstein Composer October 2nd Annie Leibovitz Photographer October 3rd Angela Davis Civil Rights Activist October 4th Alexander the Great Military Commander

October 5th Billie Jean King Athlete October 6th Pedro Almodóvar Writer/Director October 7th Bessie Smith Singer

ominous october

it's the first day of the ominous month of october! my favourite time of year is approaching...dominated by hues of orange and tainted with the upcoming chills of autumn nights and silky shadows...i wrote a poem the other night after seeing an amazing moon filled sky just days after it was full..the clouds were moving so quickly that i started composing it in my head on my walk home from the train...it's called...


"the yearn"

it's such a haunted moon tonight
with the clouds rolling by so hurriedly
the promise of perhaps a rainstorm
or hopefully a thunderstorm
looms in the thick sauna air
like a soldier ensuring his return
as he boards a plane to a war torn world
the hot and cold collide
battling a familiar fight
knowing who shall be victorious
as each swing clears the path
for autumn's corronation
eventually the rain showers down
and gallops upon my windowsill
it's presence brief but long enough
to squash the stickiness
and let the magic chill intoxicate the air
the morning will be filled with a briskness
with deep refreshing bursts in my lungs
awakening my insides
satiating my temper
the summer has reigned
for far too long it seems
nights and days of sweat soaked armpits
and the rotten odor of spoiled indifference
strewn about the streets and subways
tainted with frustration
and anger spiked delays
i long for those coat covered evenings
when the darkness continues to take control
a little sooner each and every night
and mystery follows you
from a not so far distance
from the other side of the street
the ghosts of your past
the fairies of your future
the condensation of a cold heart
and the fire of your fantasies

sasperella!

Sasper the Homosexual Ghost

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dirty chauncey treat

here's a sludgey, dirty, leather wearing, whip wielding kind of track that i just discovered a couple weeks ago. it's just a mess...in a good way of course...going from one set of beats to another to just create a grimy soundscape of my favourite kind hehe

(hope the track lives up to my kooky description eheh)

mr. oizo - transexual (lorn remix)

chauncey diet treat

like i've said before..i usually post dance floor rompers and dirty beat porn soundtrack songs but here's an absolutely beautiful track i discovered through my friend madlover from the madonnanation forum i visit frequently...i definitely want to hear more from kish mauve very soon!

just because it's diet doesn't mean it's not sweet!

kish mauve - come on

volcano bush erupts again

nydailynews

Hillary Clinton will win nomination, lose election, says Bush

BY BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, September 24th 2007, 4:00 AM

Taking a stab at political prognostication, President Bush says in a new book that Sen. Hillary Clinton will score her party's nomination but won't win the White House.

In "The Evangelical President," due to be released tomorrow, Bush says the former First Lady's name recognition and fund-raising skills are a formidable combo for upstart Sen. Barack Obama to overcome.

"She's got a national presence, and this is becoming a national primary," Bush tells conservative author Bill Sammon.

"And therefore the person with the national presence, who has got the ability to raise enough money to sustain an effort in a multiplicity of sites, has got a good chance to be nominated."

But the President said he is convinced he'll be turning over the reins of the White House to the Republican nominee.

"I think our candidate can beat her, but it's going to be a tough race," Bush told Sammon, a columnist for the Washington Examiner.

He said he plans to campaign vigorously for the Republican nominee.

"I truly think the Republicans will hold the White House," he said.

White House officials could not immediately confirm the quotes attributed to the President by Sammon, who has written three other favorable books on Bush and one titled "At Any Cost: How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election."

Bush's previous election predictions haven't always come to pass.

Last year, he chided the Democrats for prematurely "measuring the drapes" for their Capitol Hill offices, forecasting a "good day" for Republicans at the polls.

But the election couldn't have been worse for the GOP, as the party lost the majority of seats in the House of Representatives and Senate.