by Steven Zeeland I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing, but Mark Simpson made me. Write a preface, that is – for the following journalistic essay “Killer Queen” on “gay spree killer” and “Versace assassin” Andrew Cunanan, my erstwhile love rival who once offered to kill me. It was… Read More »Killer Queen: Andrew Cunanan, My Love Rival
I recently got around to watching the video for ‘Spent the Day In Bed’, Morrissey’s first single from his new Low in High School album. Since writing Saint Morrissey – which was something akin to an exorcism – I’ve taken a somewhat more leisurely approach to the Stretford Bard’s output.… Read More »Morrissey & David Hoyle Spent The Day in Bed
The famously homoerotic ’80s fly-boy flick used to be totally no-homo (Originally published in the Daily Telegraph May 12, 2016) Thirty years ago today, the stars of Top Gun were taxiing the red carpet at the premiere in New York. The film, which features Tom Cruise’s ‘Maverick’ and Val Kilmer’s ‘Iceman’ competing… Read More »How Did Top Gun Get So Gay?
In tribute to Victoria Wood who died today, I’m posting this interview I did with her in 1998, for Attitude magazine. An historically funny – and very smart – northern woman. ‘The Northern Woman,’ said Alan Bennett, who knows about these things, ‘is like the Galapagos Turtle—she’s an entirely different… Read More »“I Don’t Inhabit My Own TV Series” – Victoria Wood On That Big Gay Following
Mark Simpson in today’s Daily Telegraph on the irresistible rise of the male glamour model. (23 March, 2015) You may have noticed that male bosoms appear to have supplanted the female variety lately. Whether it’s a ‘hench’ Cristiano Ronaldo stripping for Armani, a ‘ripped’ Justin Bieber for Calvin Klein, a sensually beefy… Read More »Why Busty Male Bosoms Follow You Around Everywhere & Rub Themselves In Your Face