SUPERVERSITY

Sacrilege Sunday: The Jesus Follies

Centaureg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:36:15 +0000

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Winners 1/29/12

Centaureg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:27:45 +0000

Animated Dept.: Wilco Meets Popeye

Centaureg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:24:46 +0000

Read how this video came to be here.

Winners 1/27/12

Centaureg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:02:04 +0000

On This Day In Gay History: Johnny Ray Tops The Charts

Centaureg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:55:21 +0000

Sixty years ago today the Number One song in the US was “Cry” by Johnny Ray. So it was likely at some time on that day anybody listening to the radio near where my mother was birthing me heard this overwrought ballad. I think it is almost perversely appropriate that Ray was crooning the song that made him a 50′s star because, like him, I am gay. Due to his highly emotional singing style, that included bouts of pulling at his hair while performing and the type of torch songs he recorded, he was derisively called “The Nabob of Sob”.

Of course, Mr. Ray had to stay closeted to have a career. Fortunately, for people like Elton John and Melissa Ethridge times have very much changed.

Ray’s first charting single was actually a double-sided hit. After “Cry” reached the top of the charts an even more bathetic number, ” The Little White Cloud That Cried”, did it, too.

Decades later, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, former members of the Brit band 10CC, had the biggest hit of their careers with another song called “Cry”. This video, a real novelty in its day, was largely responsible for helping the song become a hit as it was in heavy rotation on the then influential MTV.

Interestingly, record sales weren’t tabulated officially in the United Kingdom until November of 1952. Instead, sheet music sales determined the biggest hit of the day. Mario Lanza, the popular operatic tenor from The States, had the most sheet music sales on January 27th. How fitting, another tragic musical figure . . .

Real Men Dept.: Dave Salmoni, Large Predator Expert

Centaureg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:37:39 +0000

Rowl!

Dave Salmoni is an animal trainer who appears on Animal Planet and many talk shows.

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Ever since the dawn of TV talk show hosts have acted like complete goofballs around animals. Jimmy Kimmel brings this behavior to new heights, but the real champion is Tyra Banks. I won’t even expose you to her antics. She made me want to see the animal eat her and I don’t mean a big cat merely licking her to death as she cowers in fear. Really irritating.

Digimales Dept.: Goofie Heroes

Centaureg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:32:03 +0000

Two heroes rendered by Moe Goofie.

Art by Moe Goofie

Manly Enterprise Dept.: Blue Marble

Centaureg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:05:57 +0000

NASA has released a new high-def picture of our planet that has been described as “impossibly beautiful”. The image, “Blue Marble 2012″ is a composite of 4 photographs.

It is an amazing image. Unfortunately, for me and my fellow blogger, H. E. Ellis, our homes are completely obscured. Washington State is lost in the curvature on the upper left, while New England is covered with clouds on the right. But it sure is impressive seeing the Heartland like that.

NASA is, of course, an American concern so it only figures that the image they would release had to be of the North American Continent. One wonders if China had made such an image if it would show only the Asian Continent in all its earthly splendor. Sure. But would any American pundits be describing that image as “impossibly beautiful” or as just merely “pretty”?

One thing images like this always accomplish: can anyone feel significant on any level after looking at this?

Winners: Hawkman

Centaureg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:18:17 +0000

Art by Todd Nauck

Superhero Art Dept.: Hawkman and Friends

Centaureg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:16:40 +0000