Monday Motivation

Ho, Ho, Hunk!
Kurt Russell

In keeping with yesterday's Hunky Holiday theme today's Monday Motivation comes in the form of none other than Santa Claus! Well Kurt Russell as Santa in the Netflix Holiday movie The Christmas Chronicles, saw that three times fast, c'mon I dare ya!

Who 'd have ever thunk that Santa would ever qualify as Hunky?! I ask you, "yep" I am asking so gimme an answer, post haste. Well when 67 year old Kurt Russell portrays him, he magically becomes Hot Daddy material.

Thus Kurt, not Santa is really what motivates me this Monday to keep up on the fitness and health regime I have embarked on and to keep getting better and better. 

So with a mighty Ho, Ho, Ho I send you on your way this Monday December 3rd 2018 to take on the world and do something good for yourself. "Tis the season after all...!!!

Kurt on IMDB -
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/  

Holiday Schwing!

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World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day - while I have no eloquent way to address this subject I wanted to honor this day and the people whose lives have been affected by this. 

We are living in questionable times so I choose to celebrate humanity in the form of Harvey Milk's inspiring speech Give Them Hope.

It is simple, yet amazing, and most important right here, right now in this particular time in history, uplifting. 

I can't believe it is December 1st 2018 already! Make today great!

Listen closely below...

k.d. lang: 25 Years Of "Ingenue"

Constant Craving
k.d. Lang
Photo:
Estelle Massry

I remember when this came out. "Yes" I bought it...

Premieres Nationwide Friday, December 14 on PBS

Iconic singer-songwriter k.d. lang performs complete "Ingénue" album in honor of its 25th anniversary at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio

Ingenue Redux: Live from The Majestic Theatre

Coming to DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Formats via MVD on December 14th

Iconic singer-songwriter k.d. lang performs a 25^th anniversary concert celebrating her critically acclaimed 1992 album "Ingénue" from the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas, in k.d. lang - Landmarks Live in Concert - A Great Performances Special, premiering nationwide Friday, December 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).

Lush and subtle, "Ingénue" allowed lang and co-writer-producer Ben Mink to explore jazz, cabaret and Tin Pan Alley songwriting, resulting in some of her greatest compositions. This

Landmarks Live in Concert special features an uninterrupted performance of the complete "Ingénue"album, including lang's GRAMMY

^® Award-winning hit "Constant Craving," "Save Me," "Wash Me Clean," "Season of Hollow Soul" and "Miss Chatelaine." The concert also includes the beloved Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" and a previously unreleased song by lang and Joe Pisapia, "Sleeping Alone." The special also features an interview with lang by James Reed, an entertainment editor at Los Angeles Times.

Twenty-six years ago, k.d. lang was embraced by the music world, its elders (including collaborators such as Tony Bennett and Roy Orbison) and audiences all over the globe for her powerfully emotional voice and often quirky take on country music.

"'Ingénue' was a change in vernacular and vocabulary in that it was personal-finding some romantic space," said k.d. lang. "It was time. It was me. I had gotten to a time and point where I wanted to be me."

"Working with k.d. to create such a personal and special piece is one of the highlights of my career," said Landmarks Live in Concert director and executive producer Daniel E Catullo III. "This show is special in so many ways and I was honored to be able to work with k.d. to translate this show onto TV."

 

Song List:

"Save Me"

"The Mind of Love"

"Miss Chatelaine"

"Wash Me Clean"

"So It Shall Be"

"Still Thrives This Love"

"Season of Hollow Soul" (full video below)

"Outside Myself"

"Tears of Love's Recall"

"Constant Craving"

"Hallelujah"

"Sleeping Alone"

The concert will be available to stream the following day via PBS Passport (contact your local PBS station for details) at pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps.PBS Passport is a special benefit for PBS supporters to access an on-demand library of over 1,000 hours of quality public television programming. Viewer contributions are an important source of funding, making PBS programs possible. PBS and public television stations offer all Americans from every walk of life the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and online programming. Contact your local PBS station for details on PBS Passport.

The concert DVD and Blu-ray also will be available December 14 via MVD Entertainment Group. k.d. lang's "Ingénue: 25^th Anniversary Edition" was released by Nonesuch Records last year in celebration of the double platinum-selling, GRAMMY Award-winning album's silver anniversary. The two-disc set includes remastered versions of the album's original 10 tracks as well as eight previously unreleased performances from lang's 1993 MTV Unplugged episode, recorded in New York City's famed Ed Sullivan Theater.

InCreated by documentary and live event producer/director Daniel E Catullo III, Landmarks Live in Concert features a lineup of global music superstars performing at landmark locations of either historical or personal significance around the world. Past episodes featured Alicia Keys at multiple locations around New York City, Brad Paisley at West Virginia University, Andrea Bocelli live at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, Foo Fighters at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, and will.i.am with the Black Eyed Peas and friends at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Landmarks Live in Concert is a production of City Drive Films. Daniel E Catullo III, CEO of City Drive Films is creator, director and executive producer. The series is co-produced with Bungalow Media + Entertainment. Its CEO, industry veteran Robert Friedman also serves as executive producer. For Great Performances, Bill O'Donnell is series producer and David Horn is executive producer. Stephen Segaller is executive-in-charge for WNET.

Great Performances is produced by THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET, one of America's most prolific and respected public media providers. Throughout its more than 40-year history on PBS, Great Performances has provided viewers across the country with an unparalleled showcase of the best in all genres of the performing arts, serving as America's most prestigious and enduring broadcaster of cultural programming.

Major funding for Great Performances is provided by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the Irene Diamond Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, The Agnes Varis Trust, The Starr Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation and The Abra Prentice Foundation.

 

Websites:

http://www.pbs.org/gperf, http://www.facebook.com/GreatPerformances, @GPerfPBS 

 

Michael's Musings

Sinner Man
Michael Shinafelt

"I give in to sin, Because you have to make this life livable" - Strange Love, Depeche Mode 

'Tis the season to be jolly...why is it merely the season? Be jolly all year round. It's more like 'tis the season to pretend we are this unattainable ideal of individuals that really have nothing to do with the reality of the human condition. 

Hey I'm all for being kind, but this time of year we are held to expectations that not even Helen of Troy could attain. I don't know about all of you, but I'm feeling dirty....All that matters is you give them an angle.

"Friend: I don't know how to cook, my Mother didn't teach me
Me: I'm sure she didn't teach you on how to suck d!ck either"

Judge Marilyn Milian is the rational Judge Judy

BTW I take super hot showers to practice burning in Hell

Once upon a time, there was a _____ you've got this

Stop spreading your legs Peppermint Patty! 

I dub thee Bubbles

Be your own Secret Santa with Ambien & Amazon 

If she kicks your ass that means she ate the hog

Kissing Strangers...dribble, dribble, plop, plop - pay it forward

You'd Better Werk!
Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus 

The way I have chosen to live my life, my life goes against some people's views of things

Coat the throat

I guess that's why they call it the blues (balls) 

Thanks C#nts!

It's a hard ride, join me won't you at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt

Hump Day & Chill

Oh Archie, You're So Fine!
KJ Apa

When I was a kid I used to devour Archie Comic Books. Little in my pre-pubescent mind ever thought of the red headed teenager as anything resembling a sexual being. 

Then along came Riverdale on the CW Network. Wow Archie you have really shall we say devloped quite nicely in the form of actor KJ Apa.

Riverdale has now been on three seasons thanks in no small part to how hot Archie has become and how much skin they have KJ showing in his portrayal of the beloved comic book icon. 

This being stated I saw an interesting piece along with some gratuitous skin images of Apa on Tye Briggs Favorite Hunks & Other Things on how Riverdale is getting the David DeCoteau treatment. For those you who are not familiar DeCoteau is a low budget filmmaker who is notorious for showing copious amounts of male skin with a sprinkle of homo eroticism thrown in for good measure.

So let's Hump Day & Chill to Archie, KJ, Archie, KJ - however you choose to fantasize about him, just do it at the link provided for you to Hump & Chill with below. Carry on minions, as you were...!

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-riverdale-decoteau-ding.html

Time For Some S&M! "Mercy Mistress"

I'm Begging You For Mercy!
Poppy Liu

SM WEB DRAMA SERIES MERCY MISTRESS EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MARGARET CHO COMING…

JAN 7

Based on the real life of professional dominatrix Yin Q.

Asian-Femme-focused digital drama explores the complexities of our secret taboos: Bondage, Submission, Sado-Masochism, Fetish, and Kink.

Museum Of Sex to host Red Carpet Premiere

"Give it up, do as I say" - Erotica, Madonna 

 In a surprise announcement from her private lair, Margaret Cho announced last week that “I have joined an amazing new series, Mercy Mistress, as an Exec Producer. You will watch.”

Mercy Mistress is based on a memoir by Yin Q. The show follows the character Mistress Yin, played by Poppy Liu, as a queer, first-gen, Chinese-American professional and lifestyle dominatrix in Manhattan. Season 1 is directed entirely by Amanda Madden, and produced by a primarily woman-led crew, with support of the POC, Asian American, queer, and kink communities. The show simultaneously explores immigrant life, stories of Asian culture in America, the struggles and challenges of sex workers, and authentic experiences in the kink world.

It is likely NSFW, so adventure with discretion!

Yin Q said “We are thrilled to bring Mercy Mistress to the communities it represents, as well as to the greater audience. I am personally ecstatic to work with the legendary Margaret Cho. She has long championed the myriad voices inside and behind this series.”

No Mercy

Cho added “Yin’s universe, executed by Amanda and inhabited by Poppy, embodies the wonderful mad mix of diverse people living in our world, and making art in our culture. Unfortunately, these very voices – the Sex Worker, the Chinese Immigrant, the Asian Woman, the secret Kink – often remain invisible. It’s an honor to help get them seen.”

Cho and her partners Sarah Martin and Jessie Boemper also join Mercy Mistress as Executive Producers, along with their frequent collaborator, Evan Shapiro. Together the team recently announced their sale of comedy series Almost Asian, a series which takes on the Asian American experience from a significantly lighter tone.

Cho’s declaration came via Instagram, with an announcement that the first episode of Mercy Mistress dropped on the show’s YouTube page (www.bit.ly/watchmercymistress). The series, which will be released on January 7, will be celebrated at The Museum of Sex in NYC with an exclusive premiere experience.

Margaret on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/margaret_cho/?hl=en