Color My Love (all kinds of ways) the semi finals (NSFW?)

Continued from Music is My Life (well becomes my life)


 I experienced a lot of "growing up" with my friends. I got drunk for the first time and I tried pot for the first time. (I hope mom don't read this). I racked up quite a bit of "experience" but no naughty time yet.  I did discover that sticky white ooze boys do at that age. As a kid with a single mom in the Reagan 80s sex, I knew what sex was on an acedemic level but not on the physical level. I think most guys who have story about trying to break the code on the cable box to see the naughty stuff.  For Chicago it was

and you could see stuff if you fiddled with the pan nob on your TV.  Oooh I just saw some titties (meh). WHere are the guys? I want to see guys. Of course now day these movies would have been on Cinemax. They were tittialting at the time to a 16 year old now they would be considered soft core.But I digress.  I would go through the motions of "exlpore my body" I did some weird shit trying to figure out what felt good. Still nothing. I felt like Are You There God? It's Me, Keith. When is it my turn? Oh and I even read my sister's copy of Forever I read Harold Robbins' Goodbye, Janette. The protagonists uncle was the antagonist and of course he was GAY. And of course he was into S&M and beat Janette. But its saving grace was Jenatte was a lesbi/bi and a became a successful fashion designer. That's all I remember 28 years later so don't quote me on it. Once again I digress. I had this MASSIVE celeb crush on Duran Duran at the time. OMG who didn't. And I loved the Rio album again who didn't but I actually liked the Duran Duran album more. 

  

Coming up Color My Love (all kinds of ways) The FINALS!!  (NSFW?)

Music is My Life (well becomes my life)

Continued from Big Gay Adventure

Now as a kid I always a hankering for music. My sisters were into all that wonderful seventies pop like Abba, the Osmonds and the like. My brother loved the Rock & Roll which i never appreicated until I was a profession DJ. It was a nice pallette cleanser from all that house, trance, techno and Thunderpuss, Junior Vasquez, Calderone boom de boom. Matter a fact in the early oh ohs I purchased the whole 25 volume Have A Nice Day   series on Rhino but thats another share. Anywho, where was I?... oh yeah... I was 16 in had my first job and I discover in 1983 a little show called MV3 with Richard Blade. For those of us without cable and MTV i was a godsend.

And discovered this little gem.

Yazoo - Don't Go

 I wasn't sure if liked it. I loved the music but I thought Alison Moyet looked like a dude. A real girly dude. I decided I love it. It fascinated me. Mind you I knew what gay was and I knew I was it so I didn't quite know what to do with what I saw.

Another treat.

Toto Coelo - I Eat Canibals

Who'd a thunk? Trash bags for clothing? and so colorful too

 I had a K-tel record called The Beat at the time.

 

If it was a little bent I was digging it. I was stuck with Friday Night videos because we couldn't afford cable at the time. 

I some how made friends with twin girls in high school and they were a huge influence on how my life would turn out later. They introduced me to the alternative musics and most importantly the queer. Mind you this was the earlier 80s and AIDS was just started becoming a problem however nowhere near Chicago at least at 16 I didn't know, but this kind of exposure at that time in my life during the time it was was very advantageous.

That's when I was exposed to

Yello - I Love You

What the hell was that!?! I had never heard anything like it and i love love loved it. AND WE ARE OFF!!! out of the starting gate and on the track to follow the rest of my life.

Oh and this one and I still don't get sick of it

Tin Tin - Kiss Me

Up Next  my naughty life begins in Color My Love (all kinds of ways)

A Big Gay Adventure

After I found Facebook, I've been focusing on that so I haven't been update my blog. This being Gay Pride Weekend in Chicago (Oops now you know were I is) and with the passage of gay marriage in New York, Besides the fact I ain't getting any younger or prettier (big saddy face) I thought I 'd share my big gay adventure through video clips. I was inspired to do this as I was on my commute home (11pm) listening to my jams (Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter) and four good looking young guys got on the bus (19 - 20 maybe definite early 20s) I wasn't sure if they were gay but they acted like it hanging on each other and some junk. I got to thinking "What a long way we've come in just a short 28 years when I first started my adventure as a young homo in music. So lets take a ride. BTW I was 15 when the juices started bubbling. (Shit now you know how old eye is)

we start with what inspired this little... wait Big Gay Adventure

Apollonia - Sex Shooter

Next up my early years or Music is My Life (well becomes my life)

Holy Moley

Haven't had much to blog about. I discovered Facebook and Twitter.

But here's a blast from the past. I doubt very many people remember this one

Lauren Grey - Putting the night on hold

Memba this

Vacant eyed models pretending to play instruments.
This ain't Robert Palmer (God rest his soul)
It's Michelle Shocked - On the Greener Side.

Irma Irma Irma, Stupid Ugly Irma

I remember this from Sidesnacks, uh I mean Sidetricks, no that's not it. Oh wait Sidetrack
And they've played every year since (at least 25)

What A Beau Hunk?

As a 13 to 16 year I found myself crushin on this guy big time.
Not quite sure why. You tell me. I did like his music.
My newly developing gaydar pinged like crazy when I first saw him on the Kenny Everett Video Show back in the late 70's early 80's on our local channel 32 on Saturday nights.

Here he is. Great Britain's answer to Elvis Presley (I was only interested in the early 80's though he has had a career like Cher over there, a hit in every decade since the 50s). Actually he's the biggest selling pop star in British History. His band the Shadows was said to have influenced the Beatles

It's Cliff Richard

Here's Devil Woman

There was a running joke on Kenny Everett show. Cliff Richard was always trying to perform on the show but Kenny won't let him and finally he relents and lets Cliff sing at the end of the show. Keep in mind Cliff is probably the biggest pop star in England at the time. Unfortunatley I can't find a clip

Here's Dreaming & We Don't Talk Anymore

And the song he sang just to me
A Little in Love

Rumors abound in the U.K. that he may be gay though he live with the man (see below) he denies being gay.

He was, after all, on the soundtrack for Xanadu. It was the skating scene in the multi-sensual uber recording studio.

Here's Suddenly w/ ONJ and All I Ask Of You from Phantom of the Opera w/ Sarah Brightman

So, in the early 80's I wanted him, then when I got my first taste of guys, he was forgotten.
Real boys were so much more interesting.

As I pursued a good time in the clubs, what should I hear like an old lover trying to win you back, at a sleaze party (the predecessor of the circuit and rave scene mostly focusing on downtempo tunes). I hear the song Some People by a very familiar voice that sent shivers down my spine. I was being haunted. Just when I thought it was safe and getting my fill of early Kylie, Rick Astley, and 80s comeback Donna Summer I hear I Just Don't Have the Heart. I think that's when I gave up on Hi NRG and switch to house and techno

Some People and then hopping on to the SAW train I Just Don't Have the Heart

Now finally he's old and does nothing for me until I was in the UK and like an infection that won't go away I bought his autobiography.

Interesting fact: Like Freddie Mercury he was born in India, Hmmm go figure

Buried Treasure

Here's a crazy one.
I saw a music video at a local juice bar back in 86 or 87 before I was legal.
I haven't seen it since, but I remember it vividly
Guess where it shows up.
You guessed it
on YouTube
For years I was thinking it was by Chakk Noir.

It's actually by Chac Mool.
It's called Sex Sells

Oh my God. I can't believe it

Oh my god I can't believe it.
I sooooooo forgot about this one
What a blast from the past
The man that gave us Enough Is Enough (No More Tears)
comes

Ocho Rios by Paul Jabara



Enjoy

1983

Here's some of the movies from 1983

We have a couple superstars in the making in their breakout roles.
a couple of gay icons
Some male frontal nudity
a couple of Bonds
A some final performances.

click on poster to see trailer, scenes, or imdb info.