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-This Sunday Wicked adds a special performance at 8pm, benefiting Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project. Tickets are $150-$200. Proceeds will establish a maintenance fund for “The Friendship Garden”, a community space in upper Manhattan. Dedication of the garden is Oct.28th, “Wicked Day”, and will be hosted by Midler. -Original Xanadu lead James Carpinello will not be returning to the …

The logo for the GOP’s 2008 convention is causing a lot of blogosnickers. From Daily Kos: Wide stance? Check.In Minneapolis? Check.Prison stripe-wearing? Check.Starry eyed? Check. As for the elephant humping the “2008”… Are they going for a “Still screwing the country in 2008” theme, or is it a reference to hypocritical adulterers like David Vitter and just about the entire …

In a 27-page decision, the judge reviewing Sen. Toe-Tapper’s case has refused to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea. Judge Charles Porter: “The defendant, a career politician with a college education, is of at least above-average intelligence. He knew what he was saying, reading and signing.” Now let’s see if Tearoom Larry decides to un-unresign. UPDATE: Larry Craig responded …

According to poll results released today, Hillary Clinton is now 33 points ahead of Barack Obama. WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton has jumped to an astounding 33-point lead over Barack Obama, topping her main rival among every major slice of the electorate and widening a dominating advantage she has held all summer. Clinton got support from a full majority for …

Last night Aaron, Chris and I caught BearForce1, “the world’s only bear band”, at Splash. The guy on the left in my fuzzy pic appears to be a new member, he’s not in the video for BearForce1’s hit song, which already has almost 1 million views on YouTube. The (mostly) Dutch group got a nice reaction from an enthusiastic house, …

DC police are looking into whether Gotham nightlife impresario Dean Johnson’s death may have been caused by mixing erectile dysfunction drugs with anti-depressants or other medications. The bizarre details surrounding Johnson’s death continue to unfold. Johnson was the second man found dead in the Washington apartment of Steven Saleh, as one week before Johnson’s death, another man overdosed there. Johnson …

After a two-week-long police sex sting netted 40 men for having sex in two Johnson City, Tennessee parks, the Johnson City Press published the names, addresses and photos of all 40 men. Among the arrested was a Baptist minister, who has now resigned. According to the story, local cruisers had dubbed a section of one of the parks as the …

“It is one thing to pass laws that don’t cover groups that haven’t really organized or come into public consciousness yet — of course that is going to happen. But it is something else to deliberately cut out another, more politically vulnerable group that is asking to be included and just as much in need of protection just to get …

Here’s the fruit stand at the end of my block. In some parts of Manhattan, there seems to be a fruit stand every 50 feet.

After a birthday party and some bar hopping, last Saturday my buddy Chris and I somehow found ourselves in the basement disco of the Monster, a place we hadn’t been for years. We mused a bit about how our nightclubbing habits have wound down and about the post I made a few weeks ago regarding the decline of gay nightlife …