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Transamerican Love Story news/blog roundup, 11 March

OK, so apologies to anyone who was led to believe last night would be a new episode. My bad. For what it’s worth, Calpernia and I were clueless, too. Watch for the country-western jamboree next Monday. You’ll see me in my most ridiculous get-up of the entire series.

In the meantime, here’s more of Alec bugging everyone behind the scenes:

• MapaCAM: Shenanigans (alec mapa @ loogoonline.com)

From the intarwebs, we have these here thingies:

• Tranny Dating Game Premieres (jackal @ don diego) who gets lulz for this:

Calpernia’s fag hag plays the role of the best friend confidante (she also happens to be a tranny—more passable than Calpernia herself by the way)

More sassy commentary is to be had on Gay Pimpin’ with Jonny McGovern, where they talk about TLS and Calpernia’s single “Stunning.”

On a more serious note, news outlets including E! Online are mentioning TLS in connection with Calpernia’s participation in an important public service announcement currently on Logo’s front page

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• Portia Joins Ellen to Stop the Hate Mark Malkin @ Planet Gossip

Transamerican Love Story news/blog roundup, 10 March

Some recent Transamerican Love Story news and blog entries:

• Springtime blossoms (Zack Rosen @ Washington Blade, March 7, 2008)

Logo is breaking new ground with its dating show “Transamerican Love Story.” Refreshing for its lack of sensationalism, “Transamerican” is an elimination dating show starring transgender woman Calpernia Addams, who chooses one of eight suitors to be her main man.

• Success of a self-published author (eden @ notes from eden)

• Transamerican Love Story and Transamerican Love Story (cont.) (jackal @ livejournal)

• Head Case – Meet the T in LGBT (michael demarco @ camp)

• Fair Game (Faith Salie @ Public Radio International [About 25% of the way through])

• Calpernia Addams in Transamerican Love Story VBLOG episode 4 (medavog @ youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ljt5QalA98

Logo has put up two new photosets of stills from the beach episode and the club episode, for those who would like to see the guys strutting their stuff.

Don’t miss the next episode, when we head out to a Country & Western bar. Everything’s all fun and games till Calpernia heads back for dinner with the guys, and moods go south quickly!

From Transamerican…

Our Logo trifecta

I noticed the front page of the Logo website currently lists three projects with which we’ve been involved:

• Transamerican Love Story

• LGBtotheT

• Casting Pearls

So far, so good!

Fun with knives

A few weeks ago, I was having an interesting chat with a dinner companion. In addition to being a noted philosopher, he is a foodie and a gadget freak. The conversation turned to knives, his newest interest. Having been the beneficiary of some of his home-cooked delights (braised figs and homemade chocolate fettuccine with gorgonzola were among many standouts), I listened with interest as he went into a reverie about knives.

Now, I have some OK knives and I am a pretty good cook myself, but high-end knives are pretty far down my list of priorities. He offered to get me one as a gift, which sounded cool to me.



It arrived this weekend, and I have to say I never thought I’d be blown away by a knife, but I spent an hour or two messing around with it today and was just amazed. To say this professional use Tojiro Gyutou (chef’s knife) is razor sharp is an understatement. I felt like Beatrix holding the Hattori HanzĹŤ sword in Kill Bill.

I had a couple of good items lying around to test a knife like this: a bunch of ultra-ripe heirloom tomatoes on the vine, and a pear that needed to be eaten in the next hour or tossed. It was so ripe it was a little mushy to the touch.



I didn’t have to apply any downward pressure – just slide the knife across the tomato, and it smoothly shaved off the thinnest of slices. The only limiting factor to how thin I could slice was how steadily I could hold the blade.



I quickly got to where I could consistently slice pieces of both that were thinner than the blade. It put me in mind of the great scene in Goodfellas where Paulie is slicing garlic in prison with a razor so it will dissolve in the pan.

I was also reminded of one of my favorite Sylvia Plath poems:

Cut

for Susan O’Neill Roe

What a thrill —-

My thumb instead of an onion.

The top quite gone

Except for a sort of hinge

Of skin,

A flap like a hat,

Dead white.

Then that red plush.

Little pilgrim,

The Indian’s axed your scalp.

Your turkey wattle

Carpet rolls

Straight from the heart.

I step on it,

Clutching my bottle

Of pink fizz.

A celebration, this is.

Out of a gap

A million soldiers run,

Redcoats, every one.

Whose side are they on?

O my

Homunculus, I am ill.

I have taken a pill to kill

The thin

Papery feeling.

Saboteur,

Kamikaze man —-

The stain on your

Gauze Ku Klux Klan

Babushka

Darkens and tarnishes and when

The balled

Pulp of your heart

Confronts its small

Mill of silence

How you jump —-

Trepanned veteran,

Dirty girl,

Thumb stump.

Anyway, a few more shots here if you are interested.

Santa Monica sunset

Calpernia and I had our first pre-production meeting Saturday for our next short film. Then we had some drinks in Santa Monica and finished just in time to snap a few nice sunset photos.

Introducing…Foxxjazell

Ashley Love writes:

This month has been very exciting for artist Foxxjazell, as she celebrates the release of her new album, “Introducing…Foxxjazell”, and the music video for her first single “Feel the Vibe” had it’s world premiere last Monday on MTV’s Logo on the “NewNowNext Show”.

Next week Foxxjazell joins the HOMOREVOLUTION Tour. The HOMOREVOLTION Tour is the first ever LGBT Hip Hop, (or “homohop” as it is nicknamed now) music tour in the Pacific Southwest.

Foxxjazell’s eclectic music ranges from dance music like her smash hit “Feel The Vibe”, to hip hop like her song “Get On The Grind”. She has opened for divas Robin S., CeCe Peniston and Rupaul. Foxxjazell has performed at some of the top venues in Los Angeles, and festivals and showcases across the country..

Foxxjazell has appeared on the Tyra Banks show and has been getting out there lately! Check her out!

• Foxxjazell on MySpace

• Foxxjazell videos on YouTube

• Foxxjazell-Rapping Towards Success (monica roberts @ transgriot)

Below: Foxxjazell in a HomoRevolution Publicity Photo.

Introducing…Foxxjazell

Ashley Love writes:

This month has been very exciting for artist Foxxjazell, as she celebrates the release of her new album, “Introducing…Foxxjazell”, and the music video for her first single “Feel the Vibe” had it’s world premiere last Monday on MTV’s Logo on the “NewNowNext Show”.

Next week Foxxjazell joins the HOMOREVOLUTION Tour. The HOMOREVOLTION Tour is the first ever LGBT Hip Hop, (or “homohop” as it is nicknamed now) music tour in the Pacific Southwest.

Foxxjazell’s eclectic music ranges from dance music like her smash hit “Feel The Vibe”, to hip hop like her song “Get On The Grind”. She has opened for divas Robin S., CeCe Peniston and Rupaul. Foxxjazell has performed at some of the top venues in Los Angeles, and festivals and showcases across the country..

Foxxjazell has appeared on the Tyra Banks show and has been getting out there lately! Check her out!

• Foxxjazell on MySpace

• Foxxjazell videos on YouTube

• Foxxjazell-Rapping Towards Success (monica roberts @ transgriot)

Below: Foxxjazell in a HomoRevolution Publicity Photo.

JD’s Birthday Party at The Standard

Last night I went out to hang out with my producer pal JD Disalvatore, who was celebrating her birthday at The Standard. Brian Putnam took some typically lovely pics.

Andrea James

Andrea James

Above: Andrea James giving the birthday girl her first of many glasses of champagne.

JD’s Birthday Party at The Standard

JD's Birthday Party at The Standard

Last night I went out to hang out with my producer pal JD Disalvatore, who was celebrating her birthday at The Standard. Brian Putnam took some typically lovely pics.

Andrea James

Andrea James

Above: Andrea James giving the birthday girl her first of many glasses of champagne.

JD’s Birthday Party at The Standard