Archive for March, 2008
In which The Gay Recluse updates his informal but rather telling quantitative analysis of Modern Love, the weekly Style Section (of The Times) column in which openly gay writers almost never appear, and even less frequently describe a romantic relationship. This week’s piece: The Steep Price of Our Forbidden Kiss Subject: A young woman with […]
Filed under: Disease, Dissonance, Language, Resignation, The Gay Recluse, The Times | Leave a Comment
Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, Daniel Jones, Fashion & Style, Gay Modern Love, Stereotypes, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse provides a gay alternative to this week’s Modern Love offering in The Times. (Note: For Kayla’s response, please click here.) By KAYLA RACHLIN SMALL and THE GAY RECLUSE THE rules forbade me from being within three feet of her. I knew those rules; she knew them. Sharing a drink meant […]
Filed under: Disease, Gay, Language, Longing, Resignation, Sickness, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse, The Times | 1 Comment
Tags: Daniel Jones, Fashion & Style, Gay Modern Love, Kayla Rachlin Small, Lesbian, Stereotypes, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Today we received this submission from Ed, a reader in Murray Hill who writes: Dear Gay Recluse: Since you launched your competition I have kept my eye open for hot gay statues in Murray Hill, which is my neighborhood (32nd and Lexington, to be exact). […]
Filed under: Architecture, Competitions, Gay, Hot Gay Statues, Letters, New York City, The Gay Recluse | 4 Comments
Tags: Eagle, Gay, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Irving Marantz, Murray Hill, New York City, Park Avenue, Peace Obelisk
In which The Gay Recluse photographs birds. Mary-Kate and Ashley? Elliot and Silda? Tristan and Isolde? You decide. (Our Jonathan Livingston Seagull moment for the day.)
Filed under: Animals, Dream, GWB Project, Longing, Memory, Photography, The Gay Recluse | Leave a Comment
Tags: Ashley Olsen, Birds, Elliot Spitzer, Isolde, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Mary-Kate Olsen, Seagulls, Silda Spitzer, Tristan
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Paul Krugman/Betting the Bank The Short Version: Economically, we’re fucked. In his words: “I’m more concerned that despite the extraordinary scale of Mr. Bernanke’s action — to my knowledge, no advanced-country’s central bank has ever exposed itself to this much market risk — […]
Filed under: Capitalism, Drivel, Politicians, Resignation, Technology, The Gay Recluse, The Times | Leave a Comment
Tags: Asshole Men of Either Gender, Asshole Republicans, David Brooks, Elliot Spitzer, John McCain, Midlife Crisis, Paul Krugman, Recession, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse becomes increasingly obsessed with The George Washington Bridge. Time and Date of photograph: March 13, 2008, 7:38am. Notes: The cloud bank this morning looked like a mountain range. “The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson is the most beautiful bridge in the world. Made of cables and steel beams, it […]
Filed under: Architecture, GWB Project, Photography, Technology, Washington Heights, Weather | Leave a Comment
Tags: 1947, Blue, Clouds, George Washington Bridge, Le Corbusier, March, Morning Light, Mountains
In which The Gay Recluse photographs birds. Some days we want to photograph the George Washington Bridge. Today we went for the seagulls.
Filed under: Gay, GWB Project, Infrastructure, Landscape, Photography, Technology, The London Eye, Washington Heights | Leave a Comment
Tags: Birds, George Washington Bridge, Seagulls, Trucks
In which The Gay Recluse would laugh at government doublespeak (and the media’s reporting of the same) if it were in a novel instead of the real world. Today Jeff Weinstein sent us the following quote from an article in The Times (of London) about the British government’s decision to reopen the asylum case of […]
Filed under: Capitalism, Communism, Disaster Footage, Gay, Government, Language, Politicians, Quotes, The Gay Recluse | 1 Comment
Tags: Ahmadinejad, Doublespeak, Executions, Gays, Iran, John McCain, Mehdi Kazemi, Mike Huckabee, Quotes, The Times of London
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Gail Collins/Unwelcome Surprises The Short Version: Who knew? In her words: “Memo to future disgraced politicians: The nation has discussed this at length, and we do not want to see any more stricken spouses at the press conference. ” Score: B (Boring) We […]
Filed under: Capitalism, Drivel, Government, Politicians, Resignation, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse, The Times | Leave a Comment
Tags: Elliot Spitzer, Gail Collings, Globalization, International Trade, Nicholas Kristof, Prostitution, Roger Cohen, Roses, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse applauds the news of uptown development. Curbed has reported that the city’s plan to rezone 125th Street — a plan we fully endorse — has passed the important hurdle of the Planning Commission, and will now move to City Council for final approval. Curbed also links to local coverage of […]
Filed under: Architecture, Gentrification, Knockbusters, New York City, Photography, The Gay Recluse | 3 Comments
Tags: 125th Street, City Council, City Planning, Harlem, Record Shack, Settepani, The Daily News, The New York Times, The Post
In which The Gay Recluse shares a letter. Robert from Ohio writes: “I saw the article you wrote on the Corsican Mint. I live in North East Ohio, which is just as harsh a climate as NYC. I have planted the mint at several folks’ homes and it does come back every year. Sometimes the […]
Filed under: Letters, New York City, The Spring Garden, Washington Heights, Weather | Leave a Comment
Tags: Corsican Mint, gardening, New York City, Northeast Ohio, Winter, Zone 7
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Bob Herbert/Sharing the Pain The Short Version: More than ever, it sucks to be poor. In his words: “It is disgraceful that in a nation as wealthy as the United States, nearly a third of the people are poor or near-poor.” Score: D- […]
Filed under: Capitalism, Communism, Drivel, Government, Resignation, The Gay Recluse | Leave a Comment
Tags: Bob Herbert, Elliott Spitzer, Poverty, Prostitution, Recession, Scandal, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Today we are extremely honored to present another hot-gay-statue submission, this one a joint effort from Jeff Weinstein/Out There and John Perreault/Artopia. Jeff writes: I sent partner John to shoot Garibaldi in Washington Square Park and instead he came back with [a fuzzy shot of] […]
Filed under: Architecture, Capitalism, Competitions, Gay, Infrastructure, Photography, Ruins, The Gay Recluse | Leave a Comment
Tags: Bronze, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Louis-Leon Cugnot, The Park Avenue Armory, Young Jupiter
On One New Alternative for LOL
In which The Gay Recluse shares a fresh expression used by an older relative new to the internet. “I’m dead! That’s funny!”
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Tags: Baby Boomers, Generation Gap, Language, Relatives
In which The Gay Recluse compares the Richard Wagner opera Tristan and Isolde (first performed in Munich in 1865; financed by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and now running at The Metropolitan Opera) with Loveless, the final record by My Bloody Valentine (Creation, 1991). While the music is dissonant, it’s never abrasive; it’s just another […]
Filed under: Dissonance, Good Rock, Longing, Memory, Opera, The Gay Recluse | Leave a Comment
Tags: Bavaria, Creation Records, Gesasmtkunstwerk, King Ludwig II, Loveless, Munich, My Bloody Valenting, Richard Wagner, Tristan and Isolde
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. On the topic of hot gay statues, one of our readers — David from Queens — writes with an important observation/challenge: Great contest, Gay Recluse. But it would be virtually impossible for our splendid nation to top the statue of Hercules and Cacus (attached) in […]
Filed under: Architecture, Competitions, Decay, Gay, Ruins, The Gay Recluse, Travel | 2 Comments
Tags: Contests, Firenze, Florence, Gay Statues, Hercules and Caucus
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