rip cynthia wood

Some sad news out of Clinton Hill today. I walked by the Broken Angel to discover that Cynthia Wood, 72, had succumbed to liver cancer on January 30th. Arthur and Cynthia Wood were crazy, vibrant, creative people who built the Broken Angel on Quincy and Downing Streets. The house was featured as the backdrop to Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, and Cynthia, with her purple hair, was featured prominently in the film. After a small fire at the house, the Woods were forced out, and have been fighting for the future of the Broken Angel ever since. New York has become the wonderful mecca for artists, and it is people like Cynthia Wood who paved the way for the younger generations. A memorial service is planned for her at the house sometime soon. If you live in the area, drop by and take a look at some the beautiful photos of Cynthia in her younger days. 

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the proud peel

It’s the small things in life…

Photo by Davinia Roberts.

shades

Photo by Laura Tiffin O’Rourk.

gentlemen, start your engines…

Tune in to watch Ru Paul’s Drag Race tonight at 9 PM on Logo. I usually don’t plug television very often, but watching a gaggle of drag queens vying for the title of top bitch makes for truly riveting entertainment. 

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weekend jubilation

It’s the weekend! Go on and get yourself up on top of that pyramid….

Photo by Maya Judd.

kids’ corner

Rachel Katz says this about her latest mobile picture: 

I went to a feeding ground for long horn sheep in the cascade mountains. There was a small tourist shack on the side of the highway with a hands-on learning corner for kids…jaw bones..horns…patches of fur.

I wonder whose kids this corner is intended for…looks like Sarah Palin’s would have a field day here. I would have a field day too, except there ain’t no Jackalope. I love me a good Jackalope. 

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target practice

It’s time to break out those old US Weekly magazines again. Fight the winter blues by creating your own BB gun target board. Tired of no sunlight? Frustrated by those extra winter pounds? Mad as hell that Zelda Rubinstein died? Now’s the chance to let off some steam. Grab that jug of Carlo Rossi and take aim straight at Sarah Palin, Lindsay Lohan and all the other douche bags that get too much media attention. 

My target board would consist of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, Pat Robertson, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, among others. Who would be on your practice board??

Photo by Meg Vinson.

David Cameron gets ’surreal’ and ‘hard’ makeovers

Salvador Cameron …

David get’s tattoo to woo ‘well hard’ voters…

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Pictures by Jennifer & Joanne

courtesy of this facebook group

David Cameron impersonates Elvis to win British voters

King Cameron: “Ma’am, I’m not tryin’ to be sexy. Ah didn’t have any clear idea of trying to sell sex. It’s just my way of expressin’ how I feel when I move around. It’s all leg movement. I don’t do nothin’ with my body.”

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Picture by Saul Walker

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Roman vending treats

A vending machine in Rome, Italy.

What might the Pope have to say about this selection? Well, probably something like “purchase item 52 my child and you’ll be damned to hell for eternity… instead why not buy the Trojan branded condoms, new sponsors of my Sunday Morning Mass, Amen”.

Picture by Vasundhara Sellamuthu