1967, Wikimedia Commons November 27, 1942 – James Maurice Hendrix: "Music Is Getting Too Heavy." Hendrix could have stayed in the US Army, where he probably would have been sent to Vietnam. Instead, he pretended he was gay. That was all it took to be discharged … [Read more...]
#ThanksgivingTBT: “Cooking with (Sharon) Needles” & Delta Work. Watch.
Happy Thanksgiving! This turkey day we are throwing it back to Cooking with Needles, a WOWPresents series starring [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Tina Turner
36 years ago, in the wake of divorce, debt and dismal record sales, Turner came up with a sensational comeback. At 45 years old, an age when most pop singer's careers are fading, Turner's album Private Dancer, delivered her from commercial purgatory to become the singer's … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Candy Darling
Darling by David Bailey, 1973 November 24, 1944– Candy Darling: 'I am a star because I have always felt so alienated and I project this feeling to others.' She was a film star, a socialite, a model, a celebrity, Manhattan Bohemian royalty and inspiration to … [Read more...]
#SundaySong: “Stardust” by Hoagy Carmichael
Photo by George Konig, screen-grab via YouTube Hoagy Carmichael's most famous song is Stardust, which he wrote while he was still a struggling young lawyer. He scribbled the song on the front pages of one of his lawbooks in 1927, but he didn't get it recorded until 1930. Isham … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Ann Marie and Marlo Thomas
Marlow Thomas can't understand men who are surprised by women with opinions, an issue she dealt with when her television series That Girl debuted in 1966. Thomas: "I think they're Neanderthals. I mean, where the hell have they been? We've been speaking up since 1961! I don't … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “It’s Never Morals, It’s Manners.” – Clifton Webb
In Laura, via YouTube screen-grab I love that fun euphemism for a homosexual used in the early 20th century: "Confirmed Bachelor". Clifton Webb (1889-1966) is the very definition of the term. It shocks me, the films I missed when I was younger, even as I studied Film … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Fashion Icon, Isabella Blow
From Fashion Galore!, via YouTibe November 19, 1958 - Isabella Blow: "Fashion is a vampiric thing, it's the hoover on your brain. That's why I wear the hats, to keep everyone away from me. They say, 'Oh, can I kiss you?' I say, 'No, thank you very much. That's why I've worn … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Model / Actor / Style Icon, Lauren Hutton
November 17, 1943 - Mary Laurence Hutton: "We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be." Sometime in the early part of this decade, The Husband and I were watching Project Runway, … [Read more...]
The Case for Grace Kelly as Gay Icon?
To Catch A Thief via YouTube People of a certain age know all about the stately, beautiful actor Grace Kelly (1929-1982), who became the Princess of Monaco at 25 years old, walking away from Hollywood at the height of her career. It didn’t matter if she was playing an heiress … [Read more...]
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