Articles Posted by MikeDiamond
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FIERTHTV: ACT UP NY: Occupy & Tax Wall Street! #OWS
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – FIERTHTV: ACT UP NY: Occupy & Tax Wall Street! – Mike Diamond reports for FierthTV, on ACT UP’s action to demand a ‘Robin Hood Tax’ to help fund an end to the global AIDS epidemic.
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Fierth Garden Guide: What’s Hot for Spring 2012!
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – At last- spring has sprung! Tulips burst forth like botanical lollipops and the maple trees are sprouting their young leaves of apple green and ruby red. As spring glides into summer, for the indoor and temperate region gardener, attention turns to tropical plants, tender specimens requiring a bit more of the gardener’s TLC. You don’t have to settle for any boring old thing at your local big box store, there’s a world of exciting, exotic varieties to be found, and Logee’s Tropical Plants has the best of the bunch. Celebrating their 120th year in business, thisConnecticut based mail order nursery offers the most amazing plants for home and garden. Here are our top picks for the 2012 season!
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Mike Diamond: My Year in Tweets
The kids today, with all their fancy schmancy technology, the MySpace and Colecovisions and whatnot. It can sometimes be hard for someone in my age demographic (29- 34.75) to keep pace. But I too have…
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Happy Birthday Ruth Gordon!
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – Happy Birthday Ruth Gordon (Harold & Maude) Born October 30, 1896, the late, legendary actress & writer Ruth Gordon would be 115 years old today. Most famous for roles in the films Rosemary’s Baby (for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress) and Harold and Maude (she was a cougar way before it was cool), she was also known to television audiences from her appearances on the sitcoms Rhoda and Taxi, which nabbed her an Emmy Award for her hilarious guest appearance as ‘Sugar Mama’.
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FIERTH TV Deep Inside Carmen Carrera
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – Mike Diamond gets carried away with Carmen Carrera
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Mike Diamond Finds Out “That Ain’t No Lady” Starring Lady Bunny
Mike Diamond Checks out Lady Bunny’s New Weekly Tuesday Night Show at Escuelita – Every Tuesday in October Get More Info & Tickets [here]
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Happy Birthday Madonna! You 53 Year Old Hag.
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – Madonna turns 53 this year. Happy Birthday you over-airbrushed wrinkled old chicken hawk hag.
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Master Class : The Maria Callas Story starring Tyne Daly
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – “Get yourself a look” is just one of the salty bits of advice tossed off by the legendary Maria Callas; it arrives early and often in Terrence McNally’s brilliant ‘Master Class’, and is subsequently augmented with deeper, darker life lessons offered up by one of opera’s most revered, scandalous, and controversial figures.
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LeAnn Rimes joins the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
http://fieth.com – LeAnn Rimes joined the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles to pay tribute to LGBT youth everywhere, honoring the memory of those who have taken their lives in desperation, those who struggle with anti-gay bullying and discrimination – and reminding everyone that It Gets Better!
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Showcase: Designer Morne Ferreira
http://fierth.com – The holiday season in New York City means many things- slow moving tourists, shopping zombies, pushy bell ringers; but it also means the most fabulous window displays in the world. Stores such as Barney’s, Macy’s and Saks Fifth Avenue are famous for their December window spectacles, but there is a new and decidedly more esoteric player in the field- a shop called FD, at East 65th street and Madison Avenue is enchanting passersby with it’s unique holiday widow displays, created by artist and designer Morne Ferreira.
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Fierth TV: Mad Love: Scenes From A Hair Show
http://fierth.com – Dramatics NYC and H-Quin productions present Mad Love, an Alice in Wonderland journey into fabulous hair!
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45 Seconds of ‘Transformations! A fast glance of the Mike Ruiz and Tyra Sanchez Photoshoot
http://fierth.com – Mike Ruiz and Tyra Sanchez create fashion photo magic- but quickly!
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FIERTH TV – Behind the Scenes With Mike Ruiz & Tyra Sanchez at Transformations Shoot
http://fierth.com – A behind the scenes look at a red hot photo shoot with photographer Mike Ruiz (The A-List New York) and ‘America’s Next Drag Superstar’ Tyra Sanchez (RuPaul’s Drag Race).
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“My Brother Married My Sister. Where DO I Sit?: Titillating Tales from White Squirrel Town”
http://fierth.com- In the book “My Brother Married My Sister. Where DO I Sit?: Titillating Tales from White Squirrel Town”, authors Karl B. Daniel & Bradley J. Provine take the reader on a warped and hilarious journey – and a free copy can be yours!
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45 Seconds at Six Flags Gay Day!
http://Fierth.com An ADHD look at Gay Day at Six Flags Great Adventure
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Ride on the Rhythm: Gay Day at Fairgounds , Six Flags Great Adventure 2010
http://fierth.com – Mike Diamond clowns around at the Fairgrounds XII event at Six Flags Great Adventure. Featuring singers Wynter Gordon, Vassy, and a gaggle of cute boys and drag divas.
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Madonna: My Pretty Pony? Was Madge’s horse fall the coverup for her facelift ?
As yet another RaMadonna, High Holy Week of The Lady Ciccone (birthday, August 17) comes to a close- let us reflect on one of the more mysterious episodes in The Blonde One’s recent history. In the Spring of 2009, ‘Madge’ aka ‘Esther’, aka ‘Old Yella’ “had been thrown off a horse that had been startled by paparazzi” according to her press rep. This ‘accident’ follows a 2005 incident outside London wherein the ‘singer’ had another fall from a horse, cracking three ribs and breaking her collarbone and her hand. (unfortunately, not the hand she writes lyrics with).
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Hot Plants for the Cool Season
http://fierth.com – By Mike Diamond – Even without glancing at the calendar, I can tell that summer is winding down. The sound of the ice cream man’s relentlessly cheerful melody makes me want to take a sledgehammer to the truck’s speaker. I am tired of depriving myself carb binges- (a God given right!)- just because warm temps mean less layers. And really, I just don’t approve of people wearing flip flops on the subway. Gross!
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Summer Oasis!
Mike Diamond crashes The Oasis Party, a benefit event for The Ali Forney Center; with hosts Robert Verdi & Linda Simpson, and special guest Jujubee! From Fierth TV (www.fierth.com), filmed by Francis Legge.
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“WTF you doin in my mouth” – TAYISHA BUSAY
Music Video for “WTF you doin in my mouth” by Tayisha Busay.
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Take a Picture, It Lasts Longer! -The Next Magazine Pride Photo Finalists Reception
Say cheese honey- it’s a cocktail reception for the 10 finalists of Next Magazine’s Pride Photo Contest and Gallery Show! With Mike Diamond, filmed by Frances Legge for Fierth TV
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FIERTHtv: Tasty Ooh La La! at The Garden Party NYC PRIDE
Mike Diamond kicks off Gay Pride 2010 at The Garden Party, a delicious fundraiser for The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City (www.gaycenter.org). From www.fierth.com
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In Pictures : Live from the Red Carpet at the Logo Channel New Now Next Awards
The 2010 NewNowNext Awards are shooting tonight in L.A… But, you’ll still have hold your breath until June 17th when it all airs out. Check back with us for the complete list of Winners. Here are some photos Live from the Red Carpet
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Hot Look for Summer 2010: ‘Label New York’ T-shirts
By Mike Diamond Label New York’s custom, one of a kind T-shirts are the perfect blend of casual and chic, whether strolling hot city streets or frolicking on the beaches of Fire Island or Provincetown.…
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“WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BUSTY JANE ?”
Who else but Jackie Beat can take a camp classic film like “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” and take it to even higher levels of lunacy and laughter? Based on the legendary Rovert Aldrich directed 1965 gothic kitsch cult favorite, “Whatever Happened To Busty Jane?” is an outrageously hilarious and definitely ’un p.c.’ re-imagining.
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What Makes a Legend Drink More?
Legendary drag performer, alcoholic and all around hot mess of a diva MargOH Channing wowed the crowd at The Duplex cabaret with her show “What Makes a Legend Drink More?: MargOH! on the Rocks”. This ‘fish monger’s daughter from Bangor, Maine’ dazzled the crowd with song, dance and comedy, all while bringing her blood alcohol content to near fatal levels right on stage.
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The Makeup Show 2010
From the most popular products in the industry to new discoveries waiting around each corner, The Makeup Show New York brings together an incredible range of pro-driven brands, services and educators. Learn about the newest lines and product launches. Investigate makeup workshops and school programs. Network with your peers. Develop new relationships with the companies that make the industry tick.
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Get Into: True Blood Season 2 on DVD
With its dynamic mix of horror, humor, and sly social commentary, the HBO series True Blood became an instant and much talked about hit (also nabbing a Golden Globe and an Emmy), and left viewers gasping for more at the climax of its first season. The sophomore season , which began airing in July of 2009, is being released on DVD on Tuesday May 25th, in a well produced 5 disc set featuring all 12 episodes.
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That Touch of Pink
Mike Diamond kikis at a party for Out Magazine and Belvedere Pink Grapefruit Vodka. From www.fierth.com. Filmed by Jason Russo
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The 2nd Urban Bear Weekend NYC
The 2nd Urban Bear Weekend kicked off with a big furry WOOF on Furrrrriday, May 14, 2010. Queen of Comedy Hedda Lettuce was the hostess at a ‘Meat & Greet’ reception at The Chelsea Clearview Cinemas.
Random Thoughts
General Manifold is an immersive architectural environment installed in the abandoned Federal Screw Works factory complex in Chelsea, Michigan.
gay agenda phobia working in my favor….
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Secret cinema found beneath Paris
In September 2004, French police discovered a hidden chamber in the catacombs under Paris. It contained a full-sized movie screen, projection equipment, a bar, a pressure cooker for making couscous, a professionally installed electricity system, and at least three phone lines. Movies ranged from 1950s noir classics to recent thrillers.
When the police returned three days later, the phone and power lines had been cut and there was a note on the floor: “Do not try to find us.”
Dead at 47, Adam “MCA” Yauch
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ISO: Laterals
Happy Birthday Keith Haring!
I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.
– Keith Haring
Image: Detail from Keith Haring’s Pop Shop, © Keith Haring artwork © Estate of Keith Haring . Photo: Charles Dolfi-Michels. Image courtesy Tate Modern.
The following 60 posts on my tumblr today were almost all taken within the lonely confines of an SRO crack hotel I was living in after developinging full blown AIDS and getting so sick that I qualified for HASA, basically welfare for people with the plague. I had just started taking pictures again and was trying desperately to get my life in order. My addiction was out of control and I had recently been mugged in a black-out and thrown head first into the Hudson river where I floated for almost two hours before finding a way out. Everything in my life was spinning out of control and the only thing that gave me even a glimmer of hope was my Sony Mavica digital camera which actually used floppy discs for film. I had just started seriously taking photographs again and that hotel room in Harlem was where I obsessively started what would later ammount to over 5000 self portraits. I was also making the first of many extremely X-rated collages, incorporating every type of porn possible mixed with reconfigured NY Post headlines and Vogue fashion images. They would do random room checks at the hotel and upon discovering three of my walls covered in sublimely ridiculous smut, proceeded to rip it all down and reprimand me for making art even though I was keeping to myself and not wandering the halls in search of a bump like the other residents. Unable to deal with being censored, I proceeded to collage the entire room from floor to wall to ceiling in the most explicit ass & cock images imagineable. With the thickest black Sharpie I could find, I wrote “HAVING AIDS IS ENOUGH OF A PRISON. I REFUSE TO LET YOU PUT ME IN YET ANOTHER CELL. GO FUCK YOURSELF, BUT HAVE A NICE DAY!” and promptly moved out, having no idea of what was to come, where I was going or how I was to live. It didn’t matter. I had no idea that six years later I would be showing my photographs in galleries or having my book published. All I had at that point was my camera, my newly revived health, my imagination and a huge set of balls that masqueraded my fear with fierceness, my cray-cray with correctness. It seems like I’m always starting my life over, pressing re-start and refreshing whatever state I may find myself in. The only thing I can be sure of is that it will never be boring or banal, but always risk filled, random & real. I very recently put myself in the unfortunate position of alienating, insulting and basically being a complete troll to two of my dearest & best friends because of my inability to stay away from someone toxic in my life which caused me to majorly fall off that damn wagon and do a bunch of crazy shit in a black-out. They may be gone from my life forever and deservedly so. All I can do is try and get back up on that proverbial horse and be the best dude possible. Like I always say, cum correct or don’t cum at all.Photograph by Walt Cessna NYC 07
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