I'm Afraid Of Americans

...As Bowie says.

Well, he didn't win. It sounds so silly, but I feel tired in a way that makes my bones ache. That kind of talent was not enough for people. He didn't fit masculine norms, hetero norms, or Protestant norms.

He was just another Glam-rock gay Jew in eyeliner.

What stuns me is the role that Evangelical Christians played in this debacle. The 3rd Place Contestant's pastor tweeted, "Everyone who voted for @dannygokey should vote for Kris Allen! We need a believer to represent! Kris is an awesome young man from a great…"

And so "Christians" did.

It didn't matter that their new Champ's musical talents lie more in producing than performing; what mattered was that a Christian win. Because, apparently, God is not glorified when someone who's not a Christian attains any sort of influential position in this world, deserved or not.

As if the Creator was not in every aspect of Beauty in this world.

Rock the Vote

In an age of wussy "singing", one man stands ready to sing with good technique, breath support & control, and mad range manipulation. That man is Adam Lambert. Vote!

*The above is a totally cheesy musical of the Ten Commandments (with Val Kilmer, no less!), but Adam rocks it anyway. The vocal pyrotechnics start about 2:45 into it, fyi.

Make-Up My Day

The other day I was leaving my coffeehouse, perked up by another perfect latte, and walking with a bit of a bounce to my step. An unshaven transvestite past me on the street and exclaimed, "Oh! Honey! You are so beautiful!" How could I keep from grinning after that?