MARY PLEASE.... HINKLE SAYS, "I'M NOT GAY."

Rep. Phil Hinkle, R-Indianapolis, – after days of silence – has finally issued his own written release saying he won’t run again. He declined to step down, though.

“As for 2012, we, as a family, decided back in December after the 2010 election, that I would not be seeking another term,” Hinkle said.

The Indianapolis Star reported earlier this month that Hinkle responded to a Craigslist ad posted by an 18-year-old Indianapolis man seeking a “sugga daddy.”

It said Hinkle agreed to pay $80 plus a tip, and drove the man to the JW Marriott hotel in Downtown Indianapolis.
There, the teen said, he told Hinkle he wanted to leave. The man said Hinkle told him he was a state lawmaker,
stripped though they never had sex, and then gave him $100, his Blackberry and an iPad in an attempt to buy his silence.

The teen and his sister contacted The Indianapolis Star.

Hinkle defended himself against some of the accusations, saying he did not detain the teen in the hotel room, did not expose himself and did not offer money for silence.

“While I must admit to mistakes of judgment, I am seeking professional help on what turned me down a road of self-destruction,” he said. “Those who know me well know that continued silence is a challenge but at this point it is the best thing.”

"I don't know why i did it," Hinkle said. "I'm telling you, I don't know."

Usually i'm in control of my actions, he said, but something changed.

"I was on the road to self-destruction," he said, "and I don't know why."

Hinkle said he's not excusing his actions, which he called "stupid, but not illegal."

Hinkle also said Tuesday he's not a homosexual.

"I say that emphatically," he said. "I'M NOT GAY."

you can read more of hinkle's bullshit - HERE-

SUNSET JUNCTION- THE END OF AN ERA

as we've all heard by now- THE SUNSET JUNCTION STREET FESTIVAL-
was denied permits by the city of LA, so this weekend's festival is off...
you can read all the gory details- HERE-

what most people don't know (or remember) is the origins of this community street festival and its humble beginnings...

since i'm a lifelong resident of los angeles, i remember the circumstances that led to the creation of sunset junction.

i will tell you them now.....

silverlake & echo park were the original locations for filmmaking @ the turn of the century...
productions of laurel & hardy, the keystone cops and numerous silent films were created in the vicinity.



("the music box steps,"- Vendome Street (at the base of the hill) with Descanso Drive (at the top of the hill), silverlake)

during the early 1920s film productions shifted west to hollywood, culver city and studio city.
silverlake lost its luster and the housing market began to decline. because of the reasonable housing rates & rentals, by the 1960s & 70s, silverlake was now predominately latino and immigrants.
the first generation of children gravitated to gangs and gang activity...
perhaps as a way to fit in, or reaction to ostracism.

at the same time, the late 1960s and early 70s saw a huge influx of gay men ( in particular leathermen) into the area.
gay guys and gals would buy houses for next to nothing, fix them up and create beautiful gems to be proud of ...
numerous gay leather/fetish clubs began to open-

THE ONE WAY, THE GAUNTLET, CUFFS, BASIC PLUMBING, GRIFFS, THE DETOUR, BASCOS, THE MEATRACK, WOODYS and numerous other gay kinky spots began to emerge.



sunset junction was also the location of the original DIFFERENT LIGHT BOOKSHOP, LA's first gay bookshop.
(this was also the location of my first public photo exhibit in 1989)

the mexican gangs reacted very negatively to what they saw as "overt sex" something they were definitely not used to with their catholic upbringings.

THE ONE WAY was king of the leather bars, a totally hot spot- watering hole on hoover st. & melrose ave.

this was absolutely my favorite dive and the first leather bar i ever stepped foot in.

a young, handsome black photographer named
DWIGHT HARRIS was making a name for himself in the early fashion industry.
i had both the pleasure of working with dwight and having a brief affair with him. he was the sweetest man.
kind, creative, shy and very sexy.

in late 1979 dwight harris went to the one way and met someone.. which was pretty much always the way it worked @
the one way.. it was by far the best pick up bar... you were pretty much guaranteed to connect with someone..
it just had that vibe.

dwight and his "pick-up" decided to walk to the local park located one block away.

they had found themselves some bushes and were having a little mutual blowing when a group of gang members came upon them.
the gang members yelled gay slurs and threatened them.
the boys tried to get away... one was able to, one was not. dwight was chased down by the gang, overpowered,
beaten up and shot.
dwight was 21 years old when he was murdered.
there was a blip of a mention in the LA weekly.

i attended dwight's service in inglewood... i had never been to a black funeral before..
his mother, sisters and family just wailed out-of-control over his casket. their sorrow and pain cut thru my soul...
it was intense.

soon after a local group of gays, straights, Latinos and immigrants had a public meeting and tried to address the problem that was now a crisis in their neighborhood.
one year later on august 27th, 1980, the FIRST ANNUAL SUNSET JUNCTION COMMUNITY STREET FESTIVAL was realized.


i attended this 1st street fair and was amazed to see latinos with baby strollers, gang members, leather guys wearing black leather chaps with the butts cut out,senior gays & lesbians, and numerous punk/new wave kids co-mingling with smiles on their faces.

it was a first for the area... los angelenos were not used to large public groups walking on the streets... remember this was the era of "NO ONE WALKS IN LA."



(sunset junction- circa 1982- photos courtesy- carol citrone)

i find it sad that the organizers of sunset junction have become so greedy and bloated charging $20 cover for an event that was supposed to be a community outreach... that was the roots of the festival.
not the "lalapalooza/PR get me a signed record deal /look how alternative i am," farce it has now become.

I HOPE THAT SUNSET JUNCTION will re-discover itself and go back to its roots.

rick castro- antebellum

REAL TIME- TRUE ADVENTURE

THIS JUST HAPPENED TO A FRIEND OF MINE.. HE SAID I COULD REPOST-

OMG!....I was in in the public restroom - I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice in the other stall: "Hi, how are you?"

Me: embarrassed, "Doin' fine!"

Stall: "So what are you up to?"


Me: "Uhhh, I'm like you, just sitting here."

Stall: "Can I come over?"

Me: (attitude) "No, I'm a little busy right now!!"

Stall: "Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!" ~~

SOLID AS A ROCK- RIP

NICK ASHFORD, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo
ASHFORD & SIMPSON that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of
Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday at age 70.

Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown's biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital, said publicist Liz Rosenberg, who was Ashford's longtime friend. He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment.


Though they had some of their greatest success at Motown with classics like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and
"Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand" by Ross and "You're All I Need To Get By" by Gaye and Tammi Terrell,
Ashford & Simpson also created anthems for others, like "I'm Every Woman" by Khan (and later remade by Whitney Houston). Ashford & Simpson also had success writing for themselves: Perhaps the best-known song they sang was the 1980s hit
"SOLID AS A ROCK."

NUDE SUPERHERO

photo courtesy- luizo vega- madrid/antebellum corespondent

MOROCCAN TEATIME

photo courtesy- erica liscano- los angeles/antebellum corespondent

THE END OF SUNSET JUNCTION??

By a 3-1 vote, the Los Angeles Board of Public Works has denied the Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance operating permits for its 2011 street fair, putting the three-decade-old event in serious jeopardy just days before its scheduled start Saturday.

Citing nearly $400,000 in unpaid fees for both the 2010 and 2011 festivals, some of which the festival's organizers disputed, this afternoon the board approved a motion to deny the permits. The board did leave open the possibility that if festival founder Michael McKinley could raise the estimated $141,978.57 in fees owed for the 2011 fair, the board could reconvene Wednesday to reassess the permits.
READ MORE-

HOLLYWOOD WITH A VIEW

Outpost sign at the top of Runyon canyon

photo courtesy- lawrence elbert- hollywood/antebellum corespondent

FIREWORKS

THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROTESTERS

ANARCHY AS PUBLICITY

this sad state of affairs is our next generation of ameican protesters-

throughout 2011, twenty-somethings have started full revolutions in egypt, libya, tunisia and algeria.
thru tweets and online communications young people have been able to rally their peers and create dramatic change in a surprisingly short amount of time.


recently in the UK, young people protested and rioted in 6 different cities as a reaction against police brutality of minorities.
ealier this year UK students lead a very intense protest against high tuition fees.




in american it seems our revolution is lead by conservative, hypocritical- tea parties. until now....

yesterday rapper- "MACHINE GUN KELLY,
" tried to start a "flash mob riot," @ a suburban cleveland mall in strongville, ohio. his hometown.

sean "p. diddy, puff daddy, puffy" combs, had signed machine gun to his "bad boy" record label.

and what was mr. machine gun rioting about??....... wait for it......

HE WAS PROMOTING HIS NEW CD....HE STOOD ON A TABLE IN A MALL AND GOT ARRESTED.....
AS A PUBLICITY STUNT!
i fear the worst for this country.


listen to machine gun explain why he rioted @ the end of this clip...
he can't even string a sentence together, except for "LACE UP,"
the catch phrase for his new cd.

DECADENCE AS A CHAIR

photo courtesy- Guy Berube

PHALLUS CHALICE

"PHALLUS CHALICE",
Penis shaped vase on stand, Hand painted porcelain , unique, 2010
Artist: Charles Krafft with Eric Nelsen

check it out @ antebellum
wednesday thru saturday- 1pm til 7pm.
on exhibit thru august 31st

photo courtesy- lawrence elbert- hollywood/antebellum corespondent

TEACHER OF THE YEAR?

A Florida high school's "Teacher of the Year" has been suspended for an anti-gay post he wrote on his Facebook.

JERRY BUELL, a history teacher at Mount Dora High School in Mount Dora, Fla.
wrote on his Facebook page that he "almost threw up" when he was having dinner and news came on of New York's decision to allow same-sex marriage showed up July 25.

"If they want to call it a union, go ahead," Buell wrote, according to ClickOrlando.com. "But don't insult a man and woman's marriage by throwing it in the same cesspool as same-sex whatever! God will not be mocked. When did this sin become acceptable???"

When his Facebook friends retaliated against his comments, Buell published a second post:
"If one doesn't like the most recently posted opinion, based on Biblical principals and God's law,
then go ahead and un-friend me. I'll miss you like I miss my kidney stone from 1994."

The page has since been removed and Buell was initially reassigned before the suspension for violation of the school's social media policy. Buell's page on the Mount Dora school website is also now blank.

"[I was] exercising what I believed as a social studies teacher to be my First Amendment rights," Buell told Fox News Radio.

Officials say Buell had over 700 Facebook friends, therefore rendering his comments public.

Meanwhile, there's a likelihood that Buell won't be able to teach when the school year starts Monday. And though Buell's Facebook friends initially lashed out at him for his comments, a NEW PAGE has sprouted in support of his cause, largely advocating for separation of profession and personal beliefs.

"It wasn't out of hatred," Buell told the Sentinel of his post. "It was about the way I interpret things."

since mr. buell stated he's exercising his 1st amendment- freedom of speech rights,
here is his FACEBOOK PAGE so you also can exercise yours-

RECIPE TO REMEMBER

EASY GAZPACHO


Today’s recipe comes from a need to use up some ripe tomatoes and produce.
I found a bag of about six limes and a bag of about eight large jalapeno chilies.
This makes simple, refreshing appetizer for our desert summer weather.

Easy Gazpacho

1 onion, quartered

3 large jalapenos, seeded and quartered

4 ripe tomatoes

1 clove garlic

The juice of 1 lime

Salt to taste

1 lime quartered, reserved for garnish

In a blender put all ingredients except the lime for garnish. Blend until puréed. Serve immediately.
If making ahead, you will need to re-blend as the gazpacho separates over time.
Serves four

posted by betty fenar- palm desert/antebellum corespondent

MARKUS ROSENBERG- THE MOST HONEST MAN IN GERMANY

Numbers are the simplest form of truth.
But because it is so easy to express something in numbers, people rather stick to that kind of truth instead of finding a higher truth. So people talk about how much money they have, how many people they have had sex with, how good their grades are and so on.

But in fact these numbers don t say too much, at least not about somebody's happiness while they are used as a measure for it.
But there is one thing in life that deals with numbers the only way possible. That thing is SOCCER.
In soccer you don't express something in numbers. Using numbers is not an ineffectual way to find a truth that lies somewhere else. In soccer, the number itself is the truth. The number of goals you score doesn t express anything else but the number of goals and is the only thing that counts. So the one who scores a goal is always right.


On that account, the most honest man in Germany at the moment is
MARKUS ROSENBERG.
The Swedish striker had his comeback in the German Bundesliga after being away for one year on loan in Spain.
On the first match-day he scored two goals for his team, Werder Bremen, in their 2-0 victory over Kaiserslautern.

WOW!


posted by jan klesse- bremien/antebellum corespondent

GAY PRIDE AS VIEWED BY HAROLD CAMPING

no worries... HAROLD CAMPING was the guy that predicted the world would end on may 21st, 2011.. about one month later harold had a stroke.. so he was sorta right... rapture for one?

photo courtesy- zeke piesteup- big bear/antebellum corespondent

ELVIS PRESLEY DIED TODAY

Elvis Aaron Presleya (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century.
He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".


Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13.
He began his career there in 1954 when Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, eager to bring the sound of black-American music to a wider audience, saw in Presley the means to realize his ambition. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was one of the originators of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues.

RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender.



Conscripted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He staged few concerts, however, and, guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, after seven years away from the stage, he returned to live performance in a celebrated comeback television special that led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of profitable tours. In 1973, Presley staged the first concert broadcast globally via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii, seen by approximately 1.5 billion viewers. Prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at the age of 42.


Presley is regarded as one of the most important figures of 20th-century popular culture. He had a versatile voice and unusually wide success encompassing many genres, including country, pop ballads, gospel, and blues. He is the best-selling solo artist in the history of popular music.
if elvis was alive he would be 76 years of age.


and then there's michele bachamann wishing him the happiest bday ever!-

CHARLES BUKOWSKI WOULD BE 91 TODAY

CHARLES BUKOWSKI, (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994)
was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles. It is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife".

Bukowski lived most of his life in East Hollywood area, (this is the area i have lived for 11 years). in the late 70s he moved to san pedro with Linda Lee Beighle.

Bukowski died of leukemia on March 9, 1994, in San Pedro, California, aged 73, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.
His gravestone reads: "Don't Try", a phrase which Bukowski uses in one of his poems, advising aspiring writers and poets about inspiration and creativity. Bukowski explained the phrase in a 1963 letter to John William Corrington: "Somebody at one of these places [...] asked me: 'What do you do? How do you write, create?' You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: 'not' to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks you make a pet out of it."
In 2007 there was a movement to save Bukowski's bungalow at 5124 De Longpre Ave. from destruction.
bukowski was long-time friends with baroque bookshop owner- RED STODOLSKY, who carried many of his writings and first editions.

BAROQUE BOOKS is now ANTEBELLUM. this last march 21st, i along with linda lee- beighie-bulowski, family & friends dedicated a permanent plaque for
RED STODOLSKY in front of antebellum.



RED STODOLSKY IN FRONT OF BAROQUE BOOKS- CIRCA 1975


RICK CASTRO IN FRONT OF ANTEBELLUM- CIRCA 2011

THE GENIUS OF THE CROWD- BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI
there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach love do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock

their finest art.

THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT

The Tuskegee experiment, (also known as the Tuskegee syphilis study or Public Health Service syphilis study)
was an infamous clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 in Tuskegee, Alabama by the U.S. Public Health Service to study the natural progression of untreated syphilis in poor, rural black men who thought they were receiving free health care from the U.S. government.

first listen to spike lee go off about the tuskegee experiment @ the end of this clip on bill maher-
(starts @ 2:45)


then for those of you who do not know about this dark spot of american history, watch this film. this is a true story-



bill clinton apologiges for the experiments- may 16th, 1997-

WHAT WILL BECOME OF HINKLE?

let's seee... anthony wiener had to step down for merely sending nude photos to a woman.... but of course he's a democrat.

INDIANA STATE FAIR COLLAPSE

i guess i can be accused of being a "tragedy queen,"
this footage of the collapse is incredible.
it's so real and up-close, it almost looks unreal.
see what happens when you grow up in hollywood? fantasy-reality and tragedy get blurred.

HOLLYWOODLAND TO DIE FOR

last night i went to a delightful presentation @ my hollywood neighbor-
LARRY EDMUND'S BOOKSHOP....


author CHRIS EPTING & Dearly Departed Tours
SCOTT MICHAELS were at Larry Edmunds Bookshop
with slides and conversation about where celebrities have died.
Part Hollywood location history, part celebrity history, Chris signing one of several his books including, “James Dean Died Here” & “Marilyn Monroe Dyed Here” and Scott had dvds on-hand, “Dearly Departed” & “Six Degrees of Helter Skelter.”
my doll of a friend ALURA, had previously loaned me a collection of this series, so i was well-versed in the tragedy genre.

911 FOR KIDS

it was sweet of MIKE HUCKABEE to create a 911 cartoon for kids,
so they would be able to understand "what really happened."

interesting how certain characters have southern accents, some have dreadlocks, and others look mean.
also interesting is that they left out the killing of osama bin laden and who actually did it.


the full video is only $9.95 and has been advertised on pat roberts 700 club.

here are some quotes from satisfied viewers-

"My daughter was just an infant when 9/11 happened, and it's always been hard for me to try and explain why we were attacked. But this video really helped me to show her what happened and what American did about it in a way she could understand.
-- Robyn B., Ventura, CA."


"I'd like to see the kids from 9/11 whose fathers died go to college, not have to pay a nickel, let's educate them the right way, not for a person to take the money and put it in their pocket," Riches said. "I think that's blood money, it'll come back to haunt them someday."
--- retired NYC fire chief Jim Riches,( whose firefighter son died on September 11)


"i urge you not to let the liberal media tell you how to educate your kids. They deserve to understand the truth, even though the media and educational establishment will fight like crazy to keep them from knowing it,"
-- mike huckabee