It’s good to remember that we have more than enough money to care for these people but instead we’re giving the money directly to Trump and his friends.

my heart grew three sizes when the jackass float rolled by during the pride parade w johnny k waving in his little sailor cap. the queer legacy of jackass is the rule that all het men must prove allyship by putting toy cars up their asses.

For the record: "I Am What I Am" first appeared in a gay musical written by a gay. Unfortunately for everyone, its disco iteration is sung by a not-gay who doesn't care for gays. Ok, happy reading... sluggish.ghost.io/top10/

never speak to me or my table linens ever again sluggish.ghost.io/swedish-deat...

My review of Scary Movie for The Film Verdict #filmsky 📽️

kathy hilton lol

Hello, night readers. sluggish.ghost.io/i-saw-backro...

i'm in the d-day weather-planning room. i'm in the backroom. i'm in the combination d-day-weather-planning/backroom.

After the Melania bus stop ad situation, I have full faith in the Los Angeles creative community to take the AI terror poster street campaign for that useless reality TV boy and just get it handled

I would be remiss not to point out that "Tricking Milli Vanilli into performing a concert for a dictator" is LITERALLY a storyline from the 1990s 'Super Mario Bros 3' cartoon 🙃

Milli Vanilli deaths: original producer, one lip-syncing performer, one actual singer. Yet a new version will perform at that 250 thing. And C+C? With whom? An even more complicated, lawsuit-strewn rabbit hole. In 2026 WHO WORKS IN THE MUSIC FACTORY?

My thing about Kylie Minogue, briefly explained. sluggish.ghost.io/enjoy-yourse...

KILL YR DOCENT (i am the docent) sluggish.ghost.io/action-looki...

Today my husband turns 59 and to celebrate this event Organic Girl emailed him a coupon for $3 off any two Organic Girl products and it's time for festive birthday salad.

TCM showing TO SIR, WITH LOVE right now. The studio person who decided Lulu had to be credited as "Lulu," tentative quotes around her name, had obviously never heard of Miou-Miou or Moustache or Cantinflas.

Today produced another accomplishment in my life as an author: at The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles, I sat on one of their couches and promptly fell asleep for 10 minutes.

When I was a kid at church they told me that when you got to heaven you'd just praise God all the time, and I remember thinking, "ALL the time?" Anyway, that's the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear about a 20+ minute standing ovation at Cannes.

I just ate a sauce-sloppy meatball parm sandwich for lunch and tempted fate by doing so wearing a white Fruit of the Loom tank and I got none of it on me not a drop please clap.

Last week on your favorite internet magazine SLUGGISH, I wrote about death. Today I return to the subject I think about almost as much. sluggish.ghost.io/three-unrela...

Saw the new doc IRON MAIDEN: BURNING AMBITION and, among its talking heads, Javier Bardem's deep love for the band feels like one person embodying all the screams for The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. My Maiden superfan friend, in all-IM-patch battle vest, said, "Those guys sure did love short shorts."

2006 i went on a queer radio show to promote my book and the host told me to bring a favorite new record to play small pieces of during the show and when we played it he said, "what IS this?" on air and then laughed at my insistence that it was a great record and anyway that show no longer exists

for whatever reason which is certainly me being dumb, the last post didn't link so one more time...

specifically a jw anderson/dior bag

I don't think I've told Bluesky how much laughter (and movie reviews) Linoleum Knife has brought me over 13+ years Check it out if you're (especially if LGBTQ+) interested in current movie releases, film history, queer humor, insight from "elder gays," Christmas, baking, sludge metal, etc.

bram stoker’s lasagna

After I saw the only available version of THE DEVILS years ago at CineFamily in Los Angeles, I lucked upon this movie tie-in paperback, but never got around to actually reading it. Now that the restoration is on its way, it is my sacred duty.

oh hi, THE DEVILS variety.com/2026/film/fe...

trying to find correct date info for the netflix kylie minogue docu series and first there's the problem of google giving you The Other One who is a person of no interest and then netflix sowing confusion w/ may 20 in one place and may 30 in another place and i'm going to file a class action lawsuit

party in the usa sluggish.ghost.io/scene-report/

Look at these guys!

Today at the museum there were three Laurie Andersons, an equal number of middle-aged men wearing Bikini Kill t-shirts and too many of those little "creative director" glasses to count. These, in addition to the the free admission, are some of the reasons I like a museum.

What John says is true, and beyond all the bonus content, keychains, visors, and water bottles, it’s the real reason why you should become a member of MaxFun, or boost your membership. Now’s the time! Just go to MaximumFun.org/join

looking at tickets for a show later this year and the venue website FAQ refuses to state if there are any seats at this place or if i'm just supposed to stand for several hours of opening bands + headliner and goddammit this exceptionally-post-punk-no-wave-geriatric-tinnitus-sufferer needs a chair

why is Erika Kirk all over my feed dressed up like Janet Jackson in the Rhythm Nation video?

Watched TWO PIANOS and now my head is a tangle of intentional criss-crossing Desplechin strategies and themes and silly will-never-be-verified theories and when I painstakingly explain them to Alonso his eyes glaze over and that is marriage.

Obey Alonso Duralde.

Guests of Godzilla stay at the Beverly Garland Hotel.

I will find your gallery even if I have to drive around until I locate the unmarked door that gives no indication a gallery even exists inside. Then I will walk in confidently and by force of will summon you to be a gallery and not a crime-adjacent tax preparer's office or chop shop.

I graduated from Texas Tech. While there, I wrote papers on Robert Mapplethorpe, and queerness in the Evangelical church. I created World AIDS day programming for the campus radio station. Like the hockey coach says on LETTERKENNY: fucking embarrassing. www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech...

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: exciting newssss Rowling: i jussst sspoke to my transss friend Rowling: who agreesss with everything I'm doing and thinksss itsss real great Poe: King: Koontz: Lovecraft: Barker: ah ha ha ha ha ha Poe: clive Barker: no wait i wasn't done Barker: aha haha ha ha!!

Rowling: yess it'ss true Rowling: i do have a transss friend Poe: what's her name? Rowling: Ima Fakelady Rowling: you probably don't know her tho Rowling: she livesss in canada

Texas's "10 Commandments in the Classroom" thing is a good reminder to let folks know that the contentious 10 Commandments granite monuments in US courthouses were created as a marketing gimmick for the 1956 Charlton Heston movie (a fact I learned in a book about bookplates, of all things)

It's 10 years since Prince died. A favorite concert memory is seeing him at The Forum here in Los Angeles. Halle Berry was in the audience. He had her come up on stage. He started playing a song, and said into the mic: "Dance, Halle Berry." And then she did.

Alonso: "What's that song that goes 'Ooh ahh, just a little bit?" Me: It's called "Ooh Ahh Just a Little Bit." He married me for my archive of Gina G facts.

I’m proud to support @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social because it was my dream to meet @dreaclark.bsky.social and when I did, she scolded me for not wearing sun block. And that’s when I knew I would be a fan of this show until I crumble to ash. #maxfundrive @maximumfun.org

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Got my copy of the new Wayne Koestenbaum book. Just arrived. He's one of my favorite writers so I already know it's good. There are two cover designs and I chose the classy one.

I will now return to saying things that only two dozen people hit the heart button for. Read SLUGGISH I write it. sluggish.ghost.io

Did UK musical Christmas Karma deserve its terrible reviews? We dig in on this week's Deck the Hallmark. #filmsky 📽️ @deckthehallmark.bsky.social

Highlight of my week: got to tell a rep from a huge corporation that they should be broken up, nationalized, and turned into a public utility. I got to say it directly to them, in front of other people. These opportunities don't come along often but they are enjoyable and momentarily satisfying.