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HOWARD STERN SET FOR '60 MINS' PROFILE
Thu Dec 01 2005 11:18:33 ET
Praying on air that the cancer suffered by his nemesis, then Federal Communications Commissioner Alfred Sikes, would spread was one of the more controversial stunts Howard Stern pulled. But the potty-mouthed radio jock says he has second thoughts about saying it now. Stern tells this to Ed Bradley and shows a softer side of his persona in a profile to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday.
"You know what," he tells Bradley, "I don't know that I would do that now. I'm older," says Stern, who at 51 is almost the same age Sikes was when he was diagnosed with the prostate cancer he eventually recovered from.
When Stern made the remark in 1992, his sexually explicit show had become the FCC's favorite target for fines, piquing Stern's ire. "When I get angry and really fired up and feel like my back is up against the wall, I will say vicious things," explains Stern. "Rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of [my] emotions," he tells Bradley.
Stern does not regret the remarks because, he believes, they make for good radio. "If you're going to be strong on the radio, you've got to let it all hang out - even the ugly stuff - and you can't apologize for it," he says.
Next month, Stern's extremely popular show moves to uncensored Sirius, a satellite radio network not regulated by the FCC. Sirius is paying hundreds of millions of dollars to Stern to single-handedly make the fledgling medium a success. Does Stern see his move from over-the-air radio as ultimately a defeat in his long battle against the FCC? "You could choose to look at it that way," he tells Bradley, "but I don't. I look at it that I won. I go to a new medium. I'm uncensored, and for me, it's a checkmate," says Stern.
Bradley's profile reveals a softer side of Stern. Instead of outrageous, Stern gets emotional when discussing his show's staff and very introspective when he returns to his hometown, Roosevelt, Long Island. There he suffered the effects of being one of the few white kids in a mostly black town, picked on in school and replete with bad memories that shaped his character and his show. "I think when you listen to me, you're an insider. You're in the club. We're not the guy in Roosevelt High School being goofed on when we're all together. We're strong," he tells Bradley.
Developing...
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash2.htm
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.
Be Safe, Happy and Healthy.
GreatKhan
All is great here. How are things by you.
Have a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving.
Regards
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froy
I made you a win, win offer and you refused. Sorry.
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Lobogotti
When I saw Q's video on planet out posters were saying it was a paid promotion. I new better and what I felt is a reality now.
How about a good ole GO QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
lobogotti
That PR was put out by Planet Out if I am not mistaken. Huge news IMHO....
Lobogotti BINGO
PlanetOut Inc. and Q Television Network (QTN) Form Broadband Video Partnership
Nov 22, 2005 9:00:00 AM
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PlanetOut Inc. (Nasdaq: LGBT), a leading global media and entertainment company serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, and Q Television (OTC Bulletin Board: QBID), today announced that QTN original programming will be distributed on PlanetOut Video.
QTN is a groundbreaking 24/7 premium television network organized to create, develop and feature television programming for the LGBT community. Its unparalleled lineup includes a packed Monday-through-Friday slate of live and interactive content, plus sports, news and entertainment.
PlanetOut Video is a broadband entertainment service designed to engage online audiences with LGBT video programming aggregated from TV networks, movie studios, independent film producers and individual artists. The service launched in September on Gay.com and PlanetOut.com, reaching an audience of more than five million people monthly.
"We plan to continue our roll-out of exclusive video content to engage our audience and to keep up with the growing demand from our advertisers for targeted and measurable online video commercials," said Mark Elderkin, president of PlanetOut Inc. "The unique news, talk and variety shows that QTN produces are sure to be a hit with our audience."
QTN will supply highlights of its original programming, including: "Brunch," a morning talk show which stars "Queer Eye for the Straight Girl's" Honey Labrador and former CNN producer/correspondent Scott Withers; "On Q Live," a celebrity entertainment talk show; "Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett, "a live nightly talk show that takes viewers to the farthest reaches of "Queerdom;" "The Reichen Show," an upbeat hour of talk, debate, education, gossip and news hosted by The Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl; "Q On the Move," with on-the-go host Nick Oram taking viewers to cities and gatherings all over the planet; "On Topic," a political opinion talk show with Chrisanne Eastwood; "Xcess/Access," a fashion news and entertainment show produced by SIREN Multimedia and starring Honey Labrador and Robbie Laughlin; and "QTN World News," delivering the latest in queer news from around the globe.
"PlanetOut has been a pioneering force in our community," said Alexis Fish, executive vice president of Q Television Network. "The success of their Internet presence has helped pave the way for today's queer networks by showing us how positively the LGBT audience has responded to information and discussions of topics that affect our lives. We are delighted at the opportunity to distribute our exciting QTN programming on the PlanetOut network."
In addition to QTN, PlanetOut has broadband distribution agreements with launch partners here!TV and Sundance Channel.
About PlanetOut Inc.
PlanetOut Inc. is a leading global media and entertainment company serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. PlanetOut's media properties include Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, Kleptomaniac.com and OUT&ABOUT Travel, as well as localized versions of the Gay.com site, in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. In addition, PlanetOut includes the newly-acquired magazines and acclaimed Web sites of LPI and related entities. These properties include The Advocate (www.advocate.com); OUT (www.out.com); The OUT Traveler (www.outtraveler.com); and, HIVPlus (www.hivplusmag.com), as well as other publishing, direct marketing and e-commerce properties, including Alyson Publications, SpecPub, Inc. and Triangle Marketing Services, Inc. PlanetOut, based in San Francisco with additional offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Buenos Aires, offers FORTUNE 1000 and Global 500 advertisers access to what it believes to be the most extensive network of gay and lesbian people in the world. For more information, please visit www.planetoutinc.com.
About Q Television
This 24/7 premium television network is organized to create, develop and feature television programming for the gay and lesbian community, including live & interactive content every weeknight, plus sports, information and entertainment. While the company expects much of its subscriber base to be comprised of members of the gay and lesbian population, management also believes that quality programming about the gay and lesbian experience, designed to entertain, educate and inform, will attract many other segments of the viewing public. The company's programming is available on a subscription basis to those desiring to subscribe. The network is telecast 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Providing distribution via satellite ensures availability of the network across the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Q Television Network is the official network of Gay Games(R) VII. The network is also ad-supported. For further information on programming and subscriptions, please visit www.qtelevision.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the potential synergies, accretive nature and financial impact of PlanetOut's recent acquisition of LPI and its related entities, as well as statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "expects," and similar words. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the company's limited operating history and variability of operating results; the company's ability to attract and retain subscribers and advertisers; the company's ability to integrate the acquired assets of LPI and its related entities; competition; timing of product launches; and the company's dependence on technology infrastructure and the Internet. Additional information concerning factors that could affect PlanetOut's future business and financial results is included in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and other public filings filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which are available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
All figures reported today are unaudited and may be subject to change.SOURCE PlanetOut Inc.
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Spencer Moore
Director
Corporate Communications of PlanetOut Inc.
+1-415-834-6476
or mobile
+1-415-317-7100
or spencer.moore@planetoutinc.com
or Jim Strzalkowski of Priority Public Relations
818-338-3555
or mobile
+1-323-363-5094
or jim@prioritypr.net
for Q Television Network
froy
Hmmmmm. I don't know. I thought my wager was more then fair. I gain nothing if I win and I am out $100 is I lose. My offer stands as is but I will give you until the close of market today to accept.
GLTY
Froy
You have until the opening bell tomorrow to accept. I for one hope you do.
Good Night all!!!!
behoof
Cool. I'll call you tomorrow and we can setup a sked.
CQ CQ LMAO
LMAO
Pride Cola was a Dick Weiner deal. Remember him. A gay company represented by a Dick Weiner. I remember when he first called me and my wife answered the phone. She told me Dick Weiner from Triangle is on the phone. I laughed so hard I had to hang up on him. I am so glad he is gone.
Ron2w
Didn't Jennie win $500 dollars one night. I won a 500 hour calling card. It was fun to say the least. If nothing else some great friendships were made.
dkgross
LMAo.. I mean it. It is his call.
Dave I feel your frustration. A few of us, Ron2w, behoof and myself have been here since the Triangle Broadcasting days. I might not voice it as much as you, but I am as pissed as the next guy. I am just waiting for the right time and then I will explode. Until then all we can do is hope. The fuse is lit.
Good Luck my friend and Have a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving.
behoof,
Ahh the good ole days. Those chats were great. In fact the rooom still exist if you and Ron or anyone else that is interested. It will be good to toss around the ideas.
Let me know.
Froy
I'll take you on that bet. How about if the audit comes out this year LOBOGOTTI is off the hook with his bet with you. If they don't come out I'll do the buying. I'll send you a check for, let's say, $100 for you and your significant other to enjoy dinner on me.
The only catch is you have to shut up till the end of the year or until the audit comes out. Which ever comes first.
Huh Chalres? The word promotion appears towards the bottom of the page under the video window referring to the AD under the word promotion. Please!!!!!!!
The promotion that a poster is referring to, refers to the ads by google at the bottom of the page. It has nothing to do with Q being on their website. Q is on Planet Out by choice not by paid promotion.
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PootPoot
Exactly. They seem to refer, when it comes to Q, as OURS. IMHO there is more to this then we realize. I would not be surprised if a PR comes out with more details on this relationship. This s my opinion, but one never knows.
Poot Poot
It appears there is a sudden strong relationship between Q and Planet Out. That video clip show the banner in the background as QTN World News / Planet Out. Could Planet Out still be on a shopping spree? Looking at that video it appears so. IMHO
HowsMusic4U
That can very well be the reason. However, why not have hereTv or Logo video clips? Funny that they only chose to have Q's video and not just one show.
Lobogotti
I see what you mean. Nothing wrong with dreaming. They say dreams do come true. LOL
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Lobogotti
I was worried about those 10 billion shares as well. If, and that is a BIG if, PlanetOut makes a bid for Q then those shares won't mean squat. Again I am just speculating, but one never knows. The fact they now have Q's video on their site says a lot. IMHO
Lobogotti
Yes that's it. Interesting that the Q shows now appear on planet out. This might explain the silence from Q. IMHO
Lobogotti
Food for thought. Didn't Planet Out purchase a couple of media companies last week? I thought I saw it posted on this thread. If true can Q make 3???? IMHO
Unreal But what else did we expect????
Nov. 16, 2005 14:32
Clinton says Iraq invasion was a big mistake
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
The United States made a "big mistake" when it invaded Iraq, former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday, citing the lack of planning for what would happen after dictator Saddam Hussein was overthrown.
"Saddam is gone. It's a good thing, but I don't agree with what was done, " Clinton told students at the American University of Dubai.
"It was a big mistake. The American government made several errors ... one of which is how easy it would be to get rid of Saddam and how hard it would be to unite the country."
Clinton did however say that the United States had done some good things in Iraq: the removal of Saddam, the ratification of a new constitution, and the holding of parliamentary elections.
F L A S H B A C K
Clinton: Iraq has abused its last chance
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- From the Oval Office, President Clinton told the nation Wednesday evening why he ordered new military strikes against Iraq.
The president said Iraq's refusal to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors presented a threat to the entire world.
"Saddam (Hussein) must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons," Clinton said.
Operation Desert Fox, a strong, sustained series of attacks, will be carried out over several days by U.S. and British forces, Clinton said.
"Earlier today I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces," Clinton said.
"Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors," said Clinton.
Clinton also stated that, while other countries also had weapons of mass destruction, Hussein is in a different category because he has used such weapons against his own people and against his neighbors.
'Without delay, diplomacy or warning'
The Iraqi leader was given a final warning six weeks ago, Clinton said, when Baghdad promised to cooperate with U.N. inspectors at the last minute just as U.S. warplanes were headed its way.
"Along with Prime Minister (Tony) Blair of Great Britain, I made it equally clear that if Saddam failed to cooperate fully we would be prepared to act without delay, diplomacy or warning," Clinton said.
The president said the report handed in Tuesday by Richard Butler, head of the United Nations Special Commission in charge of finding and destroying Iraqi weapons, was stark and sobering.
Iraq failed to cooperate with the inspectors and placed new restrictions on them, Clinton said. He said Iraqi officials also destroyed records and moved everything, even the furniture, out of suspected sites before inspectors were allowed in.
"Instead of inspectors disarming Saddam, Saddam has disarmed the inspectors," Clinton said.
"In halting our airstrikes in November, I gave Saddam a chance -- not a license. If we turn our backs on his defiance, the credibility of U.S. power as a check against Saddam will be destroyed," the president explained.
Strikes necessary to stunt weapons programs
Clinton said he made the decision to strike Wednesday with the unanimous agreement of his security advisors.
Timing was important, said the president, because without a strong inspection system in place, Iraq could rebuild its chemical, biological and nuclear programs in a matter of months, not years.
"If Saddam can cripple the weapons inspections system and get away with it, he would conclude the international community, led by the United States, has simply lost its will," said Clinton. "He would surmise that he has free rein to rebuild his arsenal of destruction."
Clinton also called Hussein a threat to his people and to the security of the world.
"The best way to end that threat once and for all is with a new Iraqi government -- a government ready to live in peace with its neighbors, a government that respects the rights of its people," Clinton said.
Such a change in Baghdad would take time and effort, Clinton said, adding that his administration would work with Iraqi opposition forces.
Clinton also addressed the ongoing impeachment crisis in the White House.
"Saddam Hussein and the other enemies of peace may have thought that the serious debate currently before the House of Representatives would distract Americans or weaken our resolve to face him down," he said.
"But once more, the United States has proven that although we are never eager to use force, when we must act in America's vital interests, we will do so."
http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/16/clinton.iraq.speech/
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Lobo,
I have seen these new groups of individuals come and go over the years, and after a while I just laugh them off. I really love the ones that are here to save us. Damm, if I listened to half of them I would be in BIG trouble. Q has got the product and no one can deny it. Management is another story.
I am at the point of do or die. I am tired of the broken promises and misleading info from the company. I have set my time frame. at which time I will make it known how I feel. It will not be pretty. Ole JCRADIO is one pizzed off dude and there is much for me to say.
GLTY and let's hope Q and company gets their act together FAST.
Regards,
Lobo
Depends if we are talking in Q time or real time. LMAO
Nov. 11, 2005
Ang Lee's 'Brokeback' explores 'last frontier'
By Anne Thompson
There's no doubt that a $13 million quality movie like Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," which has wowed festivalgoers and reviewers in Telluride, Venice and Toronto, will play well in big movie markets around the country. The question is, how broad will it go?
No one knows that answer, because no one has ventured into this territory before. The movie is a groundbreaker. There's never been a homosexual cowboy movie, and while the indies have been supplying gay romances to the art house circuit for years, and gay series like "Queer as Folk" and "Will & Grace" have been pulling big numbers on TV, there hasn't been a mainstream gay love story since 1982's "Making Love," which bombed and was blamed by many for damaging Harry Hamlin's career. "It's the one last frontier," says Lee.
So what took Hollywood so long to make a gay love story?
It's been 12 years since Jonathan Demme's "Philadelphia," which starred Denzel Washington as a homophobic lawyer defending AIDS patient Tom Hanks, who won the Oscar; the movie grossed $77 million in North America. But "Philadelphia" was less a romance (the gay couple didn't kiss) than a courtroom drama about fighting for justice. Last year's "Alexander" was an epic adventure with a gay subplot, but Oliver Stone's movie didn't disappoint at the boxoffice just because of its candid depiction of a bisexual conqueror. It was a badly reviewed muddle of a movie.
In an industry that happily explores the outer limits of gore and violence, movies that smack of realistic intimacy are taboo -- especially between men. Gallup polls have shown Americans as growing increasingly tolerant of homosexuals, but movie audiences have never been confronted with a gay western. Conservative blogger Matt Drudge has already weighed in on "Brokeback Mountain," asking, "Will a movie even Madonna calls shocking sit with the heartland?"
"Brokeback Mountain" could be the mainstream gay romance that many people have been waiting for. One Toronto wag called it "the gay 'Gone with the Wind'." "Of all the gay-themed films I've watched," says Damon Romine of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, "this is the first one I've seen about two men in love, told in a way that straight people can relate to. People don't have to be gay to understand loss and longing and unrequited love. Hollywood churns out endless variations on the theme of forbidden love. This is a new take on that genre, a film that has tremendous potential to reach and transform mainstream audiences."
In the end, a Hollywood studio didn't greenlight "Brokeback Mountain." It took a studio specialty division, Universal's Focus Features, to back the movie. New York veteran indie producers James Schamus and David Linde, accustomed to setbacks in making challenging material, had been trying to make "Brokeback" for years. When they took over Focus in 2002, they took another look at the script, which had been adapted by Western author Larry McMurtry ("Lonesome Dove") and screenwriter Diana Osana from Annie Proulx's 1997 short story.
As soon as Lee, who has collaborated with writer-producer Schamus on many of his movies ("The Hulk," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") agreed to direct the movie, Focus went ahead with the production, which was filmed near Calgary, Alberta. It helped that ever since 1997's "The Ice Storm," Lee's strong support from foreign markets has given him "more creative freedom," he says.
"Brokeback" got made because of the emotional power of the material. A tragic romance set in the '60s and '70s, "Brokeback" is about two lovers who can't overcome the obstacles to achieving a permanent union. The two rough-hewn ranch hands can express themselves physically, in secret, but they have no words for their feelings. They both suffer. And they ruin their lives. "The cultural obstacles to this kind of romance," says Osana, "are within each one of us."
Osana and McMurtry's script became known in the film community as one of the great unproduced screenplays. "It's a story of doomed love that is clearly about two homosexual men," says Osana. "It's also a story about the women who marry homosexual men," adds McMurtry.
Director Gus Van Sant ("Elephant") and producer Scott Rudin ("The Hours") tried to make "Brokeback Mountain" at Columbia Pictures, but they couldn't get any actors "to commit," says McMurtry. "They'd say it was the best thing they'd ever read, and then they'd waver and anguish. Their agents were afraid and steered them away from it." Eventually, says Osana, "Gus had to take a paying job."
Schamus and Linde took it over, and finally Lee decided to go forward with "Brokeback" in 2004 with young actors who are "innocent in the beginning." This time, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger jumped at the chance. "Actors want to have juicy parts," says Lee. "Heath is the brooding, macho, shy man whose temper holds a lot of fear. There is a lot of self-denial, guilt and twisted psychology in that character, a bit like the Hulk. Heath carries the elegiac mood, that sense of loss you read in cowboy poetry. Jake is a good counterpart. He is the more brave one who comes to accept the romance."
When the time came to shoot the first love scene, Lee was moved by the "exposed private feelings" shown by the two actors. "It's rare to see," he says.
For his part, Lee has always refused to play by the rules of any culture, be it his native Taiwan or Hollywood. His breakthrough movie, 1993's "The Wedding Banquet," a touching story about a gay man coming out to his family, broke boxoffice records in his native country. In 1995, Lee directed Emma Thompson's script of Jane Austen's romantic comedy of manners, "Sense and Sensibility," which earned seven Oscar nominations and won for best screenplay. "Repression is a main element of my movies," says Lee. "It's easier to work against something than along with something."
2000's Chinese action adventure "Crouching Tiger" mixed Western and Eastern movie aesthetics, grossed more than $213 million worldwide, scored 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture, and won the best foreign-language Oscar. "People say I bend or twist genres," Lee says. "I think I'm twisted. It's a tricky thing for foreigners. You're not molded to cultural convention. You can do it as authentic as you want. That's the advantage of the outsider."
Talk about genre bending. The movie Western has long defined iconic American masculinity, from Gene Autry and John Wayne to Clint Eastwood. "You have Montgomery Clift. It's always there," says Lee, who insists that "Brokeback" is "not a Western. No gunslingers. I don't want to undermine the sanctified image of the American Western man. It's a love story of real people in the West."
Lee leaned on documentaries about rodeos, the photography of Richard Avedon and Western experts Proulx and McMurtry, who took the director around their haunts in Wyoming and Texas. The only Westerns Lee cared about were the ones based on McMurtry's books: "Hud" and "The Last Picture Show." "Everything he needed to know about the West," says McMurtry, "was in the screenplay."
Schamus is on a mission to prove that there is pent-up demand for this material. "We have never made an apology from the beginning for making this movie," he says, "which we believe will deliver an emotional experience to a larger audience than the art house. The movie gives us the tools to create that appeal. We're saying, 'Here's the movie, here's what it looks like, come join us.' "
Focus will release "Brokeback" in limited situations through the holidays -- as the big studio guns play themselves out -- and widen it in January. Since the trailer went out, Focus has placed a registration page for advance sales on the "Brokeback" Web site. The initial marketing push is to women and younger moviegoers. "You're looking for people who are empathetic," says Schamus, "and able to reach their emotions. And younger folks are way out ahead on this stuff. Overall, they are not worked up about gay issues." Becoming an Oscar contender should push "Brokeback" into must-see territory, as it did "Philadelphia."
Middle America will have plenty of gender-bending diversity to choose from this holiday season, from the big-budget studio musical "Rent" to Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto," starring Cillian Murphy as an Irish cross-dresser. "These are the movies with all the buzz," says Romine, "which should send a clear message to Hollywood that gays and lesbians are interesting people with interesting stories to tell. Films like 'Capote' and 'Brokeback' and 'Transamerica' show that the time has come for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters to come out on the big screen and take center stage."
Moviegoer response to these movies will finally give Hollywood the wealth of market data it so sorely needs.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/risky_business_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001477928
Zandant
Somebody better give Jabba a nudge. The silence is deafening.
FuzzyNavel
If you need to be told who Olsen is then perhaps you should move on. IMHO
zadant
Agreed. To bad the price does not reflect it. Time will tell.
lobogotti
I thought the mention of Margaret Cho on Q was a big plus for Q.
Funny how they are getting big names to do a one week stint on Q. I wonder if they are searching for just the right personality.
CRASHING AMERICA updates!
Live from Burbank! Guest appearance on Q TV (Q Television Network):
Friday, November 11 On Q Live Other guests will include Margaret Cho.
Q TV is a gay cabel network currently broadcasting in with 2 million
homes. Wish me luck!
Guest author: University of San Diego, November 9 New Writing Series
UCSD is the first college in the country to have assigned Crashing
America in an undergrad course.
Upcoming Interviews: Q TV; United Kingdom's "Rainbow Triangle"
website; Curve Magazine (January 2006)
Upcoming Reviews: Books to Watch Out For, Bitch Magazine
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Sunday, November 06, 2005
TV Interview
I am very happy because I just now finished my "pre-interview" for the
Q-TV talk show. It went really well. (And I found out one of the other
guests on with me will be Margaret Cho!) Much to my surprise, the guy
who was prepping and pre-interviewing me was not at all stereotype LA,
once we really got talking. I thought the interview/show was all about
fluff, but he wanted the deeper stuff. *
So it was good. Who knows once I'm on air and interviewed by the
"gold-medal woman soccer player" and the "drag queen" what will really
happen, but it was a good beginning. I keep finding if I'm more myself
in these situations and don't try to plan or shape my answers (despite
what people have told me to do) it works. But one trick a friend had
suggested helped: when I didn't have an answer to one of his questions
I just repeated it and said "I've never been asked that before" to
stall, this got him rethinking his question and we took off from
there. For an extrovert this is probably second nature--i.e. how to
think out loud-- but for someone like me it has been terrifying.
*In fact we talked about what it means to have a "gay" talk show,
exactly the stuff I had told myself not to get into, all my
ambivalence about being publicized through so many gay media channels
(as if my book was a "gay" book and not a book that fits bigger
themes). I felt like I learned from him as we spoke. He said his
vision was to have a show that gay people could identify with, not
because being gay is ALL of who we are, but as a way of bonding,
connecting to something we have in common. I am all for connection, so
I liked thinking about the show in that way as oppose to being
ghetto-ized. Then it turned out he is straight himself, the only
straight person behind the scenes of the show. He also shared that he
had grown up Jewish in a small town (and has a bond with queers
because of some of his childhood experiences). So I interviewed him a
little, and frankly that was more interesting then talking about
myself more--as then conversation happens. Perhaps that's why it's so
strange to be the interviewed one so much--it's really kinda false to
have all the attention focused on one person, what is interesting is
interaction/contrast/ life--what happens between us as people. Yes?
http://www.crashingamerica.com/weblog/blogger.html
Once again credit goes to: chinamanrising
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Gay Games VII and QTN Bracelet Released!!
Hurricane Beads Inc. has developed a 'one of a kind' bracelet, in order to commemorate the very first television airing of the Gay Games. We are selling these Bracelets for $50.00 [USD] a piece. Ten percent of the sales of these particular bracelets will be donated to Hurricane Katrina victims. Specifically, those effected in the Gay and Lesbian communities.
http://hurricanebeadsinc.blogspot.com/2005/11/gay-games-vii-and-qtn-bracelet.html
This info was posted in my yahoo club by: chinamanrising