• Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 12:19pm By Simon Sheppard
    Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema From Beefcake to Hardcore By Jeffrey Escoffier Running Press $24.95, 368 pp. Though I'm not, I confess, much of a consumer of commercial porn videos (I much prefer to jack off to still photos and...
  • Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 11:34am By Dr. Amy Marsh
    “What makes a man, well known (though not always kindly) for his self-determined and stubborn will, what makes him turn belly up to off-brand voices in the sky?” From a chapter in his New Age Blues, the late Michael Rossman is speaking...
  • Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 2:09pm By Chris Hall
    In an interview to be published in the September issue of Playboy, Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane finally reveals the source of evil baby Stewie Griffin's hostility toward the world: he's gay. Or at least, probably gay. McFarlane admits to still...
  • Friday, April 17, 2009 - 12:40pm By Chris Hall
    Have you ever had deeply erotic dreams about Spongebob Squarepants? No, us neither. Those who may find that perfectly square butt strangely appealing are in luck, though. Burger King has just produced an ad starring Spongebob, the even more bizarre...
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 10:33pm By Chris Hall
    This news item came out on March 31st, but we still can't be one hundred percent sure that it's not an April Fool's joke. So, caveat emptor. Heidi MacDonald reports on her comics blog The Beat that Devil's Due Publishing will be releasing an ongoing...
  • Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 3:17pm By Kingfish
    Newspaper articles reporting on burlesque shows and the burlesque revival frequently pose the question, "Why do you think burlesque is so popular now?" As the producer of San Francisco's Hubba Hubba Revue, I've been asked this by media...