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We have so many intelligent and creative individuals here that enjoy discussing theater and literature that we have decided to create a special forum for it. I have always enjoyed the discussions revolving around Lucky and Marc Anthony and others trips to New York to see the latest plays and musicals or hearing what a poster's favorite new book is that we thought the site should dedicate one area to this. I hope everyone will contribute and participate here and lets us know what you see and do and what you are reading!

I don't have any photos of him that I can find. However, if you just ask the mamasan there for him, they will point him out to you. He is tight body and very versatile and very strong massage!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the rare movie that is both timeless and completely of its own time. While deservedly a cult classic with moments of brilliance, any objective viewing of it today shows it is filled with elements that modern queer or feminist theorists would certainly call “problematic.” I first saw the movie in Baltimore in undergraduate school. I instantly loved it. I have seen it in many cities but also just enjoy watching it on the computer. I do enjoy seeing the midnight shows in NYC as they are wild and crazy nights! These days, the 1975 musical by Richard O'Brien, who does a brilliant turn as the seemingly servile butler Riff Raff, is known mostly as an audience participation midnight movie. Viewing it in this setting is much more like being at large drag party than simply seeing a movie. People dress as the characters – and not always as characters of their own gender – and scream responses to the dialogue. First-time viewers are identified as “virgins” and brought to the front of the theater before the show begins to be called out. During the wedding scene, rice is thrown at the screen. It is perhaps the only time in America where normally vanilla, tall, hairy guys can be socially accepted while wearing leather mini skirts and garter belts. But, to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show in only that context deprives it of the many subtleties, both good and bad, that are in the script and the libretto. In fact, an at-home viewing of the movie is just as interesting as seeing at a viewing party – and will certainly allow you to remember more if it, since your odds of being wasted and distracted are considerably less. For the virgins reading this, a bit of the back story is needed. The film is set in the pre-HIV era of the mid-'70s, when people were experimenting with various forms of sexuality without much concern for long-term consequences. And at its heart, that is what the film is a celebration of – breaking sexual boundaries, fucking without fear, decadence, (implied) drug use and general partying. It's a giant “fuck you” to the sexual taboos that had haunted America since we were birthed out of the original debt ceiling tax protest of the 1770s. It starts with Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), themselves clearly virgins, at a wedding. Brad impulsively proposes to Janet, she accepts, and they head out to see their former professor/mentor to tell him the good news. Their car breaks down along the way, and they find themselves stranded and forced to knock on the door of a castle to ask to use the phone. (Why Apple has not used this film to sell people on iPhones, I'm not sure.) Getting into the castle is easy. Getting out? Not so much. They are confronted by friendly yet strange people who are hospitable, if vaguely threatening. The leader of this pack is Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), who describes himself as “a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania.” While he is clearly a transvestite, “sweet” is hardly the word to describe him. Over the course of the film he will fuck both Brad and Janet, force Brad into wearing his own set of garters, act as a sort of Dr. Frankenstein by building his own boy toy out of spare parts, initiate a cannibalistic meal, be revealed as a murderer and a space alien, and eventually be betrayed by Riff Raff. All of this is good fun, set to very good music. Meat Loaf makes his first film appearance as the doomed Eddie. The best and most nuanced performance in the film is by Little Nell (who in real life became the owner of Nell's in Manhattan) as Columbia, the only person to ever have really loved Frank-N-Furter. The party attitude of the decadent '70s is what makes this film such a joy to experience. That '70s attitude, however, is also where the film's problems lie. This was not as enlightened an era as people would like to remember, and certain attitudes towards gays, bisexuals and women that would be considered completely ass-backward today are prevalent in the film – just as they were during the time. For example, Brad and Janet are not actually seduced by Frank – instead, by modern definitions, they are raped by him – and Janet actually sings a song about how thrilled she is to have been forced into sex. While today it is understood that the vast majority of transvestites are heterosexual, the movie seems to be saying that deciding to dress and act like a woman is what happens when a man is fucked by another man – a troubling and incorrect assumption believed and propagated by the patriarchy that to be penetrated makes a man lose his masculinity. And, of course, the film portrays transsexuals as not simply being people born in the wrong body, but as bisexual sluts who just want to party as much as possible. Then, toward the end, we hear from Columbia as to why she seems so weird and sad for much of the film when she sings, It was great when it all began I was a regular Frankie fan But it was over when he had the plan To start working on a muscle man The implication being that she felt invalidated as a legitimate sexual partner when Frank revealed his interest in men – completely in line with stereotypes that bi men are simply gay men who have yet to meet the right man. However, if you pay attention, the “problem” isn't that Frank is gay or bi, but rather that he's a pansexual predator. His interest isn't in men or women so much as it is with conquering people sexually who are not into him. This explains why Columbia, who actually loves and wants him, is rejected and turned into a maid/slave. It explains why his interest in Brad and Janet becomes near zero after he's taken their virginities. And it also explains why his ideal partner – that he actually has to build himself – is one who is beautiful but nearly brainless. He wants a sex doll that just happens to actually be a warm body. He does not believe in having sexual partners who have any sexual agency of their own. Indeed, even Columbia is portrayed as a victim in her own right. The description of her seduction borders on coercion/mind control - “He took me by surprise!” “He stared at me and I felt a change” - and Riff Raff says that seduction is akin to being “under sedation” - something that happened fairly often in the 1970s when guys would sneak Quaaludes and Valium into girls' drinks at bars and clubs. Still, these are modern complaints. Sexual liberation was a new concept in 1975; people were not as progressive or understanding as they are today. Homosexuality and bisexuality were not nearly as understood, and date rape did not yet exist as a concept. All of which is why the film stands up as well as it does. You can see people trying to explore these ideas. They make mistakes – which is only natural given the repressive culture they were coming out of – and nobody really means any harm. Even Frank-N-Furter doesn't realize he's an abuser, because he doesn't have the social context to make that mental leap. The end result is a film that is fabulously fun to watch either alone or at a viewing party, but that also has plot elements that can make for a good intellectual discussion and debate of sexual issues. This is why, while the film has to be taken as a product of its time, it will remain timeless. And exactly why people keep doing the Time Warp again.

I love gay movies and I try to see most things that have a gay theme. I guess it makes me feel good to see gay characters on the big screen. I will be adding a new movie here each week. My plan is to do a brief review and summary. I hope some of you like this section and participate here as well. I have a list of my top 50 gay movies I'll be reviewing.

From Google's Webmaster area: Status of the latest badware review for this site: A review for this site has finished. The site was found clean. The badware warnings from web search are being removed. Please note that it can take some time for this change to propagate.

If you clear you cache and reboot, it should not be a problem. I apologize for the inconvenience but each computer will read things differently. I have no issues on 5 different ones.

I hope everyone has a fantastic New Year and many more to come!

It takes a while for the web to propagate things over. Google just finished the review and certified things OK. So, it will take other software a while to catch up to them. However, both Google and our hosting provider had checked and double checked things and there is no issue found with the site or the forums. It is all clear. But, no one can control how long it takes other programers to catch up. I suggest you try a different browser and see if the same thing happens.

l am sorry for any downtime the site had recently. We had a problem with a patch that was from Invision. We put it up within 12 hours of notification but that was too late. We were hit with an attack. We did clear out all the maleware from the site and there were no known issues but it takes a while for google to review and agree the site has no issues. They just told me that there are zero issues with the site and I took it back live. I do apologize for it being down for a bit but I didn't want any issues so thought it better to take offline for a bit. Thank you for your patience.

Great report. Thanks. How long will you be in Pattaya? It sounds like you are a late night person. What are your planned stops in Pattaya?

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Anyone hear of these parties? Anyone been to one? What do you get in that "one hour" private? http://nutbusterentertainment.blogspot.com/

His name is Ice. He is a hottie. But, he comes with a warning: the mamasans always tell me he is good sometimes and sometimes he isn't. They don't say that about most of the boys there as most are amazing. But, this guy consistently gets mixed reviews. That said, he gets better each time with me. If you want a truly great massage and truly great sex, try Mr. Duc. He is fantastic! I love him every time!

It was in Dallas and ONLY because we were 45 min early and he was drunk and I had been so nice to him for 20 hours. I even got them to let him sit by me in Business Class on the Minn-DFW journey.

I tried to find the post I had talked about the Delta lay flat seats but I can't find it here. But, I love them. There is enough room for me to relax and enjoy the flight more. I don't like it as much as Korean Air's flight with the Business Class lounge as I love to stretch for a few hours on board but I do like the lay flat seats better than anything Delta has given me in the past. I was able to get a round trip fare from Bangkok to DFW for 3,009 that allowed me to upgrade for 50k miles. I have not seen this low fare in several trips. I think they wanted over 4500 plus 60k miles my last trip and I have been saying no to those fares and just booking directly with Korean Air for about the same price. I was happy that this time I was able to do this for a very reasonable rate! Does this signal an end to those nutty fares Delta tries to get from us? Or, did I just luck out?

I learned that Navy boys on leave and traveling home to see their family for the first time in 2 years love jack and coke. Also, when you ply them with this over and over as I did today to a Navy boy traveling from Japan to Dallas on my airplanes, he let me suck him off in the bathroom. Perhaps drunk. Perhaps horny. Perhaps it was all the money he was getting from the passengers who wanted him to have a good Xmas/New Year's. But, my present of a wet blow job, was the best present on earth (for me) and I learned that spending money on booze for our military boys often pays off.

Glad you had fun there. I always do! I had to catch a flight yesterday and in order to do that, I hate to travel from Pattaya via taxi in the middle of the night. So, I took one to Bangkok, checked into a hotel and then went to Hero before my flight. It relaxes me and it so worth the relaxation before a long flight. It is also usually the first thing I do when I arrive in Thailand if I can stay over in Bangkok as it just removes all the stress! As planetime says, there are always about 50 guys that will knock your socks off!

I just took the same lay flat seats back to USA. I was able to get the cheapest Delta Business Class fares I have gotten in a long time. My fare was 3,000 USD plus 50,000 miles to upgrade. That is less than many of my previous upgrades with Delta. The lay flat seats were not on the Bangkok to Japan leg but were for the longer leg. Also, on the first leg, there was a famous rock band on board. I didn't know them but they were all escort in before others. Now my question, if you are an obscure rock band that no one knows, how do you get to board before all others? Do you just call and say, "hey, I'm famous, can I board early?"

FYI: once a site is listed, even though the files are removed, Google takes a while to remove the listing. Sometimes it takes 24-48 hours. There is just not more that a site admin can do. Also, it is a holiday weekend and while I know many of us "work" the web tech world is closed and this makes it very hard to do things as every company in the world just about closes for Jan 31 (Monday) and this is the weekend before. http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=168328

There has been an issue with Invision Board (the forum software) that required an updated patch for security purposes. We did install that patch immediately and are working to remove all infected files from the server. The site itself is not infected but there are other sites on the same server that have older versions of the board software that are being cleaned up. We did run a scan for the server and cleaned files. However, to get the warning removed takes time.

I am able to log in just fine. But, there is a problem with this. I know this has happened to hundreds (maybe thousands) of sites. I suggest that if this worries you, to try back again in 24 hours. What happens is that once a site has this attack, the antivirus companies then list it as possible issues. It is a process to get this removed. I know this and have done this in the past. I know everyone is working hard to fix this issue.

Hero is one of my favorite hangouts in Bangkok. The massage place is clean and there are always about 50 or more muscle boys there for the asking. Today, I was tired and I needed a good massage and my 2 regular boys were not there. So, I asked the mamasan to call them and he did and they would be there in an hour or so. So, I went ahead and booked a VIP room for 2 hours. I had 2 boys that the mamasan said could do "everything." That does not mean they are gay, it simply means they can accommodate you with what you want. One's name was Ice and he was adorable with a cute sexy ass and a nice think cock. I have been with him in the past and he is often hit or miss but he is always good with me as he knows I tip well. He is great at some things and OK with others. My VIP room had a big table for a scrub and it was well done. He scrubbed each and every part of my body and he made sure my ass was clean for some reason even thought he has never seen the inside of it. However, his fingers come close each time. Ice is 31 years old. The other guy was new for me and I thought sexy and was told a good massage so I tried him. He was good and strong but he must have had some attraction to my fat ass as his cock, hands or body was constantly trying to probe it. I didn't mind but I have never had a massage from head to toe where my ass was played with 99 percent of the time. He kept a nice hard cock and even when he was massaging my legs, he had a way to aim that hard cock in my direction. LOL His name was Boy and he is 24 years old. The VIP room is 1500 baht for 2 hours and is very very comfortable with a full queen bed, shower and couch. The minimum tips are 1000 baht. I normally give a bit more and thus when I return am always well remembered. Attached are photos of my guys today. I took them so Firecat will leave me along and stop telling me over and over "pictures please." I love Hero and I love the boys there. Today I had 4 boys and spent less than 100 USD at the massage place but that does not include tips for the boys. That was the VIP room for 4 hours and some drinks. Hero is amazing!

Also, if you restart the IPad, it may clear it out.

A kindred spirit. I knew I liked him already!

Maybe. I had not even thought of that one.