Hard gay!

Jan. 22nd, 2007 12:14 pm
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Just like Hard Gay -- Japanese comedian Masaki Sumitani -- I am not actually hard gay. But I can certainly see the beauty and appeal of men. So, following yesterday's entry on pretty girls, I thought I'd make one today about the kind of men I'd be into if I were into men. I'll have to rush this, because I'm due to have lunch in an hour with two men, Jason Forrest (Mr Donna Summer, Mr Cock Rock Disco himself!) and Craig Robinson (Mr Flip Flop Flying).

Actually, I was planning to write something about the strange way people attribute gayness these days. I was amazed by how many of the comments I got on my Wired piece last week about Apple -- on the site and in private emails -- used homo imagery: I just wanted to suck Jobs' dick, I was standing up for gays and not our troops in Iraq, I should pull myself together and act more manly etc etc. Apple itself was seen as a "gay" company.

Anyway, here's a list of men I'd dig if I, you know, dug men. Clearly, historically, David Bowie has to be in there somewhere. But close behind, so to speak, would be people like Boredom Eye Yamataka, Toog, olamm, Marxy (he looked great last time I saw him in the flesh, but recent photos on Jean Snow's site show him, apparently, aging fast, bitch bitch!), Shawn from Lullatone, dancer Boris Charmatz, artist Sean Talley... I could go on...



Shit, I'm late for my date with the boys, but if you want any more on this subject you can sing it yourself in the comments, or re-read my piece about the homosocial. Hard gay forever, yay!

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Date: 2007-01-22 11:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wingedwhale.livejournal.com
You've been in a relationship with a man before, right? What was that like? Was it so awful you went for Japanese women for the rest of your life?

I wonder if you would dig Patrick Wolf. Supposedly you guys are the same genre of music. Huh.

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Date: 2007-01-22 03:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beketaten.livejournal.com
Implying that someone else is somehow underlyingly gay is just like someone implying that a man should somehow be expected to be underlyingly straight.

I'm sorry if I misunderstood, I don't mean to be confrontational!

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Date: 2007-01-22 03:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beketaten.livejournal.com
oh and, Patrick Wolf is awesome.

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Date: 2007-01-22 12:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fishwithissues.livejournal.com
have you ever considered doing an album on jason's cock rock disco label?

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Date: 2007-01-22 04:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fishwithissues.livejournal.com
i sure can be an interrogative squirrel in the morning.

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Date: 2007-01-22 12:58 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
How dare you judge my hotness on some crappy Flickr candid!

Marxy

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Date: 2007-01-22 01:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 33mhz.livejournal.com
I like the scruffiness in the "candid," tbh.

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Date: 2007-01-22 01:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 33mhz.livejournal.com
omg, fagging up a momus thread.

Boys who fit yesterday's criteria:

[livejournal.com profile] yieldsigns, [livejournal.com profile] yatabazah, [livejournal.com profile] morimur, [livejournal.com profile] bearbait

They're all arty, intelligent and hot.

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Date: 2007-01-22 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] qscrisp.livejournal.com
How about this fellow (http://my.opera.com/pandashavingtorture/albums/show.dml?id=153584)? He even has a vote on his blog (http://my.opera.com/pandashavingtorture/blog/) for whether or not you wish him to post nude photos of himself. So, if you want him to get out his wedding-tackle, get voting!

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Date: 2007-01-22 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] electricwitch.livejournal.com
You have excellent taste in men, my dear.

And you said yay, as well, heehee! I love you.

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Date: 2007-01-22 03:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beketaten.livejournal.com
His taste would be even better if Cillian Murphy were included up there!
But he isn't, proving once and for all that Momus couldn't possibly have any gay about him. AHahah.

I'd go gay for Momus...If I were a straight main. But I'm a pansexual teenage girl. So yeah. What a wondrously unnecessary analogy! XD

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Date: 2007-01-22 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imomus.livejournal.com
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(Left to right, Gay Craig, Gay Nick and Gay Jason.)

Re: Foooooo~!!!

Date: 2007-01-22 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charleshatcher.livejournal.com
You're such a fag stag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_stag).

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Foooooo~!!!

Date: 2007-01-22 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Great list you have there. But I have to ask, did Toog wet himself?
Or were the pants just made to look that way?

Re: Foooooo~!!!

Date: 2007-01-22 03:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imomus.livejournal.com
He's just pleased to see us, I guess.

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Date: 2007-01-22 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soulflexin.livejournal.com
good call on Boris Charmatz.

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Date: 2007-01-22 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 19091977.livejournal.com
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Rob Halford is the hardest gay.

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Date: 2007-01-22 05:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] niddrie-edge.livejournal.com
Oh mercy!
He even has a floating chair

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Date: 2007-01-22 06:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] niddrie-edge.livejournal.com
You know how gay men lust after the straight guy then when they have him ..well he just ain't straight anymore?
I'm a straight male and I want my women to be dykes.
Which probably means I am Eddie Izzard.

severin...severin

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Date: 2007-01-23 10:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charleshatcher.livejournal.com
There is no great dark man.

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Date: 2007-01-22 08:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] saint-claws.livejournal.com
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Saucy minx.

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Date: 2007-01-22 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beketaten.livejournal.com
I love having spirited discussions with people of why I'm pansexual, and one of my favourites I oft repeat is "Well, what do you call someone who gets really hot at images of David Bowie in a dress? Exactly."

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Date: 2007-01-22 08:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eustaceplimsoll.livejournal.com
Some possible reasons:

i. Girls are more beautiful than boys.

ii. More straight boys and lesbians read Click Opera than straight girls and gaylords.

iii. Straight girls and gaylords log on after my bedtime.

I could go on, but George Perec bores my ears off. I'd go for i. anyway. I haven't seen a straight girl after my bedtime for 3 fucking years.

candid pic

Date: 2007-01-22 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] qscrisp.livejournal.com
Just thought I'd post a picture of myself fresh from the shower (I'm a little on the pale side, I'm afraid):

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Re: candid pic

Date: 2007-01-22 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beketaten.livejournal.com
I always get somewhat embarassed of that statue, as his package is really quite tiny. But no one much seems to have caught on so far, so I guess I needn't pity him too very much.

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Date: 2007-01-22 10:58 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
http://www.sr.se/P1/src/sing/index.htm?key=ESP3D7T3

For the only reasonable reaction to such a sentiment.

brandnewretro

Marxy

Date: 2007-01-22 11:34 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Don't know who the bastard is but he looks a damn sight better than you - you haggard old crow. All that wanking is drying you up!!
mixu62

Re: Marxy

Date: 2007-01-22 11:44 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Nonsense, if pulling one's pizel did all it was purported to I would be navigating the streets with a white cane.
Thomas S.

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Date: 2007-01-23 12:27 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
achee geee ....fuuuuuuuh!

great post. i'm a fag stag, too: a straight male, and militant supporter of gay rights. momus, next, you need a post about the women you'd like if you were a lesbian. er, but, i guess we're already lesbians because we like females? ...getting happily confused here, sorry...

michael

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Date: 2007-01-23 11:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] qscrisp.livejournal.com
How about the men you'd like if you were a heterosexual woman?

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Narcisist

Date: 2007-01-23 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] detonateforme.livejournal.com
my theory is that people who are mainly heterosexual but have same sex crushes/appreciations often fancy those who look like themselves. I've been accused of doing so, and had no awareness! I'd say though that the Irish/Iranian female population is low, and that I can't be fancying too many of myself at that rate.

Sean Talley

Date: 2007-01-23 01:39 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
See, now I have to follow his blog.

Off-topic: will you be doing any more podcasts, Nick?

--Michael

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Date: 2007-01-24 01:24 am (UTC)
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Date: 2007-01-24 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] autoscopy.livejournal.com
I'm rather surpised you didn't include Howard Devoto in this entry.

Question

Date: 2007-01-24 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
And I can't believe it took me this long to ask. So, you gave us a list of men you'd dig, but...would you be top or bottom?

--Michael

Re: Question

Date: 2007-01-24 11:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imomus.livejournal.com
Hmm, possibly different positions in different relationships? I don't think Boris, for instance, would take it lying down.