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- - j . r a y

i don't need to need you.

About Me

the landscape you're looking at is Beirut. i took this picture from the balcony of the home of one of Beirut's many martyrs. he was assassinated via car bomb just down the hill from the picture. a guard pointed an assault rifle at my head in order to get to this beautiful sunset. it made it that much more beautiful, even as it made it sad. the picture of me was taken at an old friend's club-turned-loft in williamsburg brooklyn. i live in east village with my two cats who i love like children. nearly every lover i've ever had is a closer friend for it now. i seldom ever have an enemy, but if i do, i show them the same passion i show my lovers. "live hard & die young. you'll have a good looking corpse every time" -- tom waits

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My Interests

latex culture , frank loyd wright , frank geary, frank black, other guys named frank, getting Peaches into bed, politics of all kinds , nude beaches, 60's & 70's motor scooters , old cowboy boots, pizza, wild sex parties on giant yachts , christian coalition socials , belltaine fires etc etc...

I'd like to meet:

heather & brigitte. at the same time.

Music:

my friend Leah Seigel has just completed a new record that is fantastic.

Movies:

The Crowd, and most of Clara Bow's pre-talkie pictures. everything since then just isn't up to snuff, except for Half Baked, and American Pi. yes, Pi.

Television:

ok, Sarah Silverman has finally won me over. i'm so gay for her dude.

Books:

The Complete Book of SushiStyles of Radical Will -- Susan Sontag

Heroes:

gene simmons, pj harvey, gore vidal, michael moore, jim jarmusch, frank loyd wright, ralph nader, susan faludi, salmon rushdie, randy rhodes, and valerie solanas.

My Blog

The Ballad of the Dickless Asshole

November is an exciting month this year for a few reasons, some being that I get to visit my family, I get my cats back from my mom (I miss them so much!), and my friend, and truly awesome musical art...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:09:00 PST

yellow

and so it goes... another cycle of photosynthesis relaxes, and settles into post orgasmic bliss. the sun changes it's color from white to yellow, and the sky from duchess to sapphire. the hemispher...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:17:00 PST

At Last, I Have Found My True Love!

Like all men, I respond positively to a nice face and and a nice body, in a woman. But when oh-so-rarely, these aesthetics come together within a truly brilliant mind, well, I am slain.Ladies & Gentl...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:34:00 PST

A New Beginning For Hilly Kristal

"I am very sorry that Hilly is gone," Blondie singer Deborah Harry said in a statement released to MTV News. "He was a big help to Blondie and to the New York music scene for many years. His club CBGB...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:51:00 PST

Will the real Dick Cheney please stand up?

Wow, who is this guy? I wish HE were leading the US... instead of the evil replicant that assumed his identity some time shortly after the interview below. ...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:57:00 PST

The Last of the Great Republicans

Ever think about the fact that the root of the word "Republican" is "republic"? It's just one example among many of putting lipstick on a political pig (the "Patriot Act" being another). It is there...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:04:00 PST

Tales From The Bottom And Top Of Two Worlds

"Where we are going, the people there are very poor", my translator, Alia said as we wound through the hills of Amman. Traffic was bad. Really bad. Turns out King Abdullah was in town paying a visi...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:52:00 PST

Bombed Out in Beirut

A trip to the Northern California redwoods, or Washington's Olympic Peninsula, will offer one the opportunity to observe the grand life cycle of the forrest in its ancient, undisturbed state. Trees d...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:19:00 PST

AMM>BEY

Went to the Souk Jara Friday afternoon -- an outdoor crafts and antique market near where I'm staying. It also features a nice little food garden where groups gather around small round tables on litt...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:57:00 PST

thoughts on jordanian culture

Amman is an interesting mishmash of cultural contradictions. Take the economy for instance. With the exception of alcohol and japanese electronics, things are mostly cheaper than the US, and much mo...
Posted by - - j . r a y on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:44:00 PST