A New Gay in De(grassi) Village

Memba that old show from the 80s, Degrassi Junior High?

No?
Me Neither.
Guess what?
If you didn't know, Canadian TV brought back the series with new kids in 2001 called Degrassi: the Next Generation. (no relation to Star Trek).

Now, Degrassi always tried to be hip with the kids because they always dealt with teen issues on their level. It dealt with drug use and STDs and drunkenness etc. It even dealt with teen pregnancy (memba Spike) and the gay question.

The new show is set up around Spike's daughter Emma starting school at Degrassi. (we'll post about her later cause she's a groovy chick.
Anyway, in season two we meet Marco (played by Adamo Ruggiero). A lad confused by his sexuality

The interesting thing is he actually comes out to his friends in season 3, dates his one of his friend's brother and does really well in school. His BFF (Spinner) has trouble with his queerness but gets over and actually sticks up for Marco against a Christian club at the school. Then a new kid who is gay calls him out on his hypocrisy and Marco comes out to his parents.

When he graduates and goes to university, he breaks up with his boyfriend, has a gambling problem, is in an interacial relationship (a normal thing at Degrassi), becomes an escort and sleeps with his best friend who happens to be a girl (Ellie who was a goth cutter). You would think they have exhausted every gay story line with this kid. (BTW Adamo came out of the closet last year.)

Well, you'd be wrong.
There's a new kid at Degrassi from Lakehurst.
Lakehurst High was burned down so now the kids go to Degrassi. Lakehurst was a rougher school so of course there is turmoil between the kids at Degrassi and the Lakehurst kids, but that's a whole other story.

Now we meet Riley played by Argiris Karras
You may recognize him from the make over show Look-a-like. He wanted to look like Justin Timberlake

Riley is a school jock on the Degrassi football team (the Panthers). Of course, he struggling with his sexuality

He befriends Peter who is the son of the former school principal. Peter was the school cad who was always macking on the girls and posting naughty pics of them on the web. Anyway he and Riley became friends, And Riley came on to Peter while playing a video game at Peter's house.

Of course Peter freaks out and decides to "go steady" with Mia (the Lakehurst single mother at 14) to shake the gay away. Peter decides his friendship with Riley is too important to him to just throw it away and tries to reconcile with him. On Degrassi everything works out neat and clean with in a half hour and all is reconciled and they are friends again.

Riley has a different problem. Since being rebuffed by Peter, his fear that word will get around that he is gay, he turns to steroids to help his performance on the football team and to help "butch him up". He also starts dating a cheerleader, but he's going online cruising for dudes

Miss thing can't seem to exercise the gay away and the steroids are creating roid rage, Peter confronts him as says it alright that he is gay, has nothing to prove and he can still be a star athlete.

What's gonna happen now?
Is he going to come out of the closet or will he stay on DL with soccerstud_1717.

Stay tuned to continuing story that is Degrassi for your assi

I think this time round their approach the gay question is more realistic instead of the school life Marco had that we wish we all had.

Oh to be young and gay again. I'd keep my brains and take the body.

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

MMMM Hero Sandwich

Tons of blogs are doing it.

Go check it out here

I feel Like Zira or LUUUUUCY I'm Home

Here's me Devolved

Here's Madonna Devolved

Coming Soon - 1993

COMING SOON
(its gonna be a big one)

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

Isn't it Ironic...Dontcha think? A liittle toooo Ironic... Yeah I really do think

I saw this on my Igoogle page from the Chicago Tribune.
Irony

close up



I peed

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.