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Will Clark Show Pics - AB's 50th Birthday Extravaganza - Baby Light My Fire!

We celebrated A.B.'s 50th birthday with a big lineup - Logo sketch comedy show star Cole Escola (who had the entire bar jacked up with vocal prowess) along with spoken word poet SimplyRob (who had the entire bar silent and focused on his performance) and actor Johnathan Cedano (who had the entire bar agog with his awesome body and sparkling personality). :) It was all to raise a few hundreds dollars and awareness for the Bronx Community Pride Center 

Enjoy this gallery full of our guests, friends and fans! (Photos by AB).

BTW AB is NOT 50 years old but even after knowing him for 7 years, he still won't tell me his true age... so you know when you don't tell me, I'll just pick something.... and generously, it's generally younger than I think you actually are. <wink> :)

Bingo Pics Posted Soon

With my Day of Beauty yesterday and a Day With the BF today, I'm a little behind on my picture posting but thought this one of SimplyRob and Johnathan would hold you over til I get it together. :) Enjoy.

And don't forget that THIS Wednesday I've got Bianca Leigh and a Visitor From San Francisco joining us for the show.

And of course, make your plans now to come to the show on Wednesday February 9th for One Life to Live star Florencia Lozano and musical guest Deni Bonet! - Will

Henry Cavill Cast as Superman

Deadline reports today that Tudors actor Henry Cavill has been cast in the upcoming re-boot of Superman. I don't follow The Tudors (cannot stand Jonathan Rhys Meyers -maybe it's because he comes off as such a pompous boob in interviews) but Cavill sure does look like Superman, right? Now, let's get the trainer that bulked up Chris Evans for Captain America (along with the same.. uhm supplements) and we're in business. Although considering this image (from the upcoming film Immortals posted on The Geek Files site) maybe he won't have to do too much. Some fan reaction is positive, some of it, oddly nationalist saying that a Brit shouldn't play an American icon. Whatever. I liked the comment on the Deadline site that said "They should have stayed true to the character and cast an authentic Kryptonian." (OJ out my nose on that one). :)

It's too bad that DC Comics/Warner Brothers can't get it together like Marvel is and getting all their hero franchises launched and then pulling them all together in an Avengers movie. I'm guessing that this is the reason that they're rebooting Spiderman so that Tobey Maguire's fee doesn't break an Avengers movie budget (although I don't care for Maguire either.. too lispy/wispy and just all around icky - who is he blowing to have an acting career?) and am glad that they're going with a fresh approach/different actor).

Anyway, why can't DC pull together their heroes for a Justice League movie?

We've got Batman (although I can't imagine Christian Bale wanting to do it) and the upcoming Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern (which I'm looking forward to with the excitement of a 13 year old) and now Superman. Now, they need to get it together and write Flash and Wonder Woman movies and they're all set (yes yes I know there's Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Atom, Black Canary and a dozen or so more.. but you really can do the movie with these five core characters). Are Flash and Wonder Woman that uncommercial? I would think that they would make money hand over fist and there's no shortage of material but maybe execs think that no one knows the Flash and no one can write a good Wonder Woman movie.

My argument against the Flast not being well known, I would have said that about Iron Man and look what happened over there... brilliance (although thanks, in large part I think, to Robert Downey Jr.)

As far as Wonder Woman, there's so much material to mine although admittedly there is a long identity confusion issue in the comics (how many reboots and how many different permutations have their been?) and the 1970s TV possibly permanently made the character too camp to be taken seriously (although perhaps some would have said that about the 1960s Batman TV show and the last round of Batman movies - and look how brilliant the current incarnation is).

Well, to be continued (as they say in comics)>...

What To Do on a Saturday Night in New York City

For those of us in the Arts, we all have to take a variety of 'day jobs' at times to fill in the financial gaps - and sometimes just to get the hell out of the house to avoid going stir crazy while waiting waiting waiting for things to happen (because everyone in every level of entertainment will tell you that there's ALWAYS a period where there's a lull between what was and what will be).

Anyway, this week was an incredibly difficult week at the current day job; it totally kicked my ass. But it's a new day and I'm just glad to be working again after time over the past year and a half where I - like many people - wasn't.

So, tonight, I just might just blow off some steam by hitting the Eagle for their annual Jail and Bail event which is always a great little fundraiser where you 'get tied up (and like it)". CB Kirby - the current Mr. Eagle NYC - is in charge of it and he throws a good party (and knows a lot of hot guys) so it'll be a good time. That starts at 10pm.

There's also the bi-weekly Dance 208 happening tonight at the LGBT Center with DJ Vito Fun. That's at 9pm.

Never a shortage of things to do in New York City!

The Big Release

So far this Saturday morning I've gotten up and gone to the gym and had breakfast. Not so bad. First, this morning, my friend, photographer Michael Alago posted this on his Rough Gods page a few days ago ... I remember the shoot well - it was March 9th, 2000 at the Standard Hotel in LA... I was breaking up with my then boyfriend Rob, had just gone through a hellish time with the porn industry (about the whole barebacking/awards thing) and was generally just fried and making major life decisions. It seems almost like a different life entirely.

But on to Today. Today is going to be not only a Day of Beauty (waxin, mani/pedi and haircut) but also a Day of Release. 

I've decided to release people from my own resentments towards them. It sounds a lot like AA doesn't it but that's not the program I'm on - I'm on a whole 'let things go' program - it's one that doesn't need the prelude of addictive behavior (I mean, yes 'holding on to things' can be addictive too - we all have our 'drugs'). And just because I'm letting go, doesn't mean that they are right and I am wrong (or vice versa).. it just means I'm freeing up my hard drive; emptying my karmic cache.

So, to the photographer who took great pics of me but didn't want me to use them until he 'cleaned' them up, I forgive you. It's been nearly 6 months and I must move on. Thank you for your time.

To the interviewer who took up a couple hours of my time to write an article about me last April vowing to have it in various mags by the summer, but so far, nothing, I forgive you and release you. I wouldn't mind having the tapes as I wouldn't mind transcribing them because I think it was one of my better interviews (although I know not what you expected) but whatever. I release you from having to write the article. Let it go.

And, to the promoter that I really adore, I release you from the committment you made to me. Let me say it again: I release you from that committment. I'd rather have your friendship quite frankly.

And finally, believe it or not, I still hold on to the resentment towards those people in 2000 that ground me down and hurt me bad... and it's time to let that shit go too. So, goodbye to that.

Life is too short to hold on to this crap and now I have a little bit less of it to carry. :)

 

Charlie Sheen rushed to the hospital after 36 hours of partying and hookers. Or as Chelsea boys call it: black party weekend. :)

About Tonight's Will Clark Show Guest Cole Escola

COLE ESCOLA is best known as one half of the comedy duo Jeffery & Cole of  Logo's "Jeffery & Cole Casserole."  They also have a series of popular YouTube videos created under the moniker "The VGL Gay Boys" and have played several sold-out shows in NYC including "Party 'n' Play" and "Jeffery & Cole Casserole LIVE" both at Joe's Pub and "Jeffery and Cole Make it Bigger" at the HOT! Festival at Dixon Place.  Solo, Cole has appeared on Law & Order as a special needs teenager with blood on his hands, played a sexy stork in platforms in "Puppy Love: A Stripper's Tail" at PS 122, and sings Taylor Swift covers regularly at the monthly variety program "Our Hit Parade" at Joe's Pub. He is petite and frightening.

Cole Escola premieres at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street) on Friday and Saturday, January 28th and 29th at 11:30 PM. An exciting bill of standards, showtunes, Motown and original material brought to life by Cole's decidedly fresh perspective and raw energy under the direction of Ben Rimalower (Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches) and featuring a band led by Bistro Award-winner Ray Fellman.  

About Bronx Community Pride Center - Tonight's Beneficiary at the Will Clark Show

The Bronx Community Pride Center is committed to organizing, serving and empowering members of the LGBT communities to enjoy and realize their full potential and receive the support and services they need to thrive. BCPC provides critical, direct social services, cultural sensitivity trainings, community education and a home for all LGBTQQ-identified individuals, including youth and seniors, to promote the health, education, emotional growth and well-being of the Bronx and northern Manhattan LGBTQQ communities.

We're A Small Event, but We Do Big Things

If you, like me, sat slackjawed at Michele Bachmann's crazy post State of the Union address, join the crowd. I think she looked like she put in crazy special effects contact lenses only it's not the 90s and she's not a Borg. But whatever. Oh and Michele, the camera is over "here"...

As for the speech itself, I liked the comment about the small business owner who went down to free the trapped miners: "we're a small company but we do big things". That could be our slogan at The Will Clark Show featuring P*rno Bingo.. we're a small show, but we do big things - like raise hundreds of dollars each week (or, like last week, over $1,100 for New Alternatives ) and create new relationships between all the great people who come out each week. Like showcase up and coming talent as well as promote great New York theatre and enjoy the company of amazing comics, singers, drag queens, go go boys and so much more.

This week at the big show, we're celebrating AB's birthday. AB is the guy you see every week running around the bar taking pictures of you and your friends. He's the guy that gets the pics that you look at online of the p*rn stars and go go boys and who films our musical bits that I occasionally put online. .. and he's been doing it for the past 7 years. And that dear friends is why we're going to celebrate his birthday tonight at Pieces.

First up will be solo performer Cole Escola who will be joining us before heading out to Joe's Pub for this month's "Our Hit Parade" which features another Bingo favorite, Molly Pope. SimplyRob, a spoken word poet from El Grito De Poetas wlll perform an original piece about the plight of one troubled LGBT youth. And finally, for a little skin and sex action, actor Johnathan Cedano, who played the sexy angel in this holiday season's show at BAAD, will bring sexy back to the show giving us some good flirt.

And who does all this fun and art benefit? Why none other than our friends up at the Bronx Community Pride Center who are looking for YOU to help them out with your dollars, your fives, your tens and your twenties.

I've got AVENUE Q tickets and Lucas Entertainment DVDs and much more. See you tonight at Pieces from 8pm to 10pm followed by Vodka Stingers' Win, Lose or Draw!

Good Morning, It's Tuesday, Tonight Terese Genecco and Klea Blackhurst

Terese Genecco and her "Little Big Band" are at it again tonight at Iridium in their monthly jazz show featuring top names as guests  - tonight, joining her is the one and only Klea Blackhurst! Fans (such as I) enjoyed her show at Birdland just last week and for those of you who don't know her, you gotta catch this show. If you're not in New York, you can still enjoy her as this Friday (January 28th) Klea makes her debut as a correspondent on the Onion News Network!! Plus Scott Barbarino and the Tropicana Girls will make a special appearance.

There are two shows tonight, at 7 and 9 and so there's no reason to miss out - and it'll be so much better than tuning in to see if the red people sit with the blue people. :)

Go to the Iridium website to get reservations (but hurry!) Check out Terese's website for more info on this amazing performer.