Joseph Itiel, DIRTY YOUNG MEN AND OTHER GAY STORIES (Haworth Press, 2004, $14.95 soft/$29.95 hard - accounts of sex between generations, both touching and filthy...)

ed. Robert Kirby and David Kelly, BOY TROUBLE #5 (Boy Trouble Books, 2400 NW 80th St. #147, Seattle, WA, 98117, $8.95 US plus $4.00 shipping [email protected] - a collection of queer comics of great value, fun and thought...)

ed. Michael T. Luongo, BETWEEN THE PALMS (Haworth Press, 2004, $16.95 US - accounts of erotic adventures abroad, ranging from the deeply touching to the depraved and evil...)

James W. Ridout IV, THE MAN PILOT (Haworth Press, 2004, $17.95 US - Southern gay gothic with a hint of night time soap opera - evidently book two in a series, of which I have not seen Book One...)

Pamela Shepherd, ZACH AT RISK (Haworth Press, 2004, $14.95 US - a family drama swept up in lesbianism, hard times, child molestation, and so much more...compelling and moving...)

Jim Tushinski, VAN ALLEN'S ECSTASY (Haworth Press, 2004, $16.95 US - music, madness and manlove - these are a few of my favourite things, and all handled well...)

Neil Zawacki, HOW TO BE A VILLAIN: EVIL LAUGHS, SECRET LAIRS, MASTER PLANS AND MORE!!! (well, really, you hardly need to read the book after the title � but you should�it�s wonderful and twisted�)

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IN YOUR OWN PRIVATE LIBRARY�

Anacoenesis, ed. Audrey Gagnon, Michael V. Smith et. al. ($5, 2004, contact [email protected] for more details)

An itty-bitty literary journal, sized to fit in your back pocket and leave room for a red hanky. :)

It contains poems and stories from a wide range of both Canadian and American queers, including: something by yours truly; the obligatory piece about blowing Richard Brautigan (not definitely the author of �Trout Fishing in America�); and a tale of zoos and right-wing ideologues (connection?). Spiffy keen...

Kiss Machine #8, ed. Emily Pohl-Weary ($4, 2004, P.O. B. 108, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 258, www.kissmachine.org, [email protected])

The theme of this quirky installment of an ongoing series of such would be Babies and Robots. I�m not sure I could do justice to the variety here, but suffice it to say you are not going to find any stock science fiction or nauseatingly cute stuff. You will meet writing ranging from compelling to bizarre to private and impenetrable. Read and learn...

Mutate #8, ed. Milo (free, 2004, 2935 N. Fratney, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, [email protected], www.mutatezine.com)

The lovely and talented Milo continues the mission to subvert, pervert and convert (ideas to compelling prose�don�t worry, straights�you�re safe (for the moment)).

This time, court is held on: gay marriage (views like mine�leery of the idea, can see advantages, not immune to sentiment and ceremony); Tom Robinson (interviewed, compellingly); burlesque; shaving (don�t say that word!); teen angst; sluttishness; the upcoming election; and, um, ABBA (yes�here�s my gaycard now�tear it up�I can�t STAND that group!) - in a stylish long purple format.

Scram #19, ed. Kim Cooper ($4 US/$6 CAN, Spring 2004, P.O. B. 46126, Hollywood, CA, 90046-1626, [email protected], scrammagazine.com)

This magazine focuses on the unknown or forgotten pop field, this time featuring the likes of PF Sloan, Lee Hazlewood, Wild Man Fischer, Colin Blunstone (of The Zombies) and a truly obscure artist, Linda Perhacs, who put out an album called Parallelograms about 1970 and who has never been interviewed before. This and more stands out, with some record and book reviews stirred in for good measure. Fairly short, but oh-so-tasty.

That Man from C.A.M.P. by Victor J. Banis ($29.95 US, Southern Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY, 13904-1580, www.HaworthPress.com, 2004)

Ever wondered what a gay Austin Powers would be like? Well, in a series of books, Victor J. Banis created him, in Jackie Holmes. This volume includes three of those breezy works (the originals fetch huge sums on E-Bay). Classic works of gay pulp fiction, suitable for excitement and, er, excitement. Oh, misbehave!

Getting It On Online: Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality and Embodied Identity by John Edward Campbell ($19.95 soft/$49.95 hard US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

A study of gay male sexuality in the online communities gaychub, gaymuscle and gaymusclebears, and not nearly as dry and academic as you might think, though it makes sociological points and extrapolates from more �real� subcultures. Intriguing and smart (I�ve never been in any of these milieus, startling as it may seem).

Girls With Hammers by Cynn Chadwick ($19.95 US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com, cynnchadwick.com)

This is the sequel to Cat Rising, which I have not read, but now I want to. Dykes�construction�troubled relationships�-cute intellectual handymen�what�s not to love? Written with wit and concision, to boot.

Aura, by Gary Glickman ( $19.95 US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

By Haworth Press novel standards, this is an epic (right up there with Taste for Blood by Diana Lee). It is the story of five friends in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Though I�ve barely seen the movie, it reminded me of a gay Big Chill�but it has a huge cast of characters (you might want to take some notes along the way), an ambitious time range and some good points to make about the price we pay for fame and �success�. Thought�provoking, sexy, trashy, occasionally camp and taking no prisoners...a bit of something for everyone...ideal summer beach reading (maybe at Redondo Beach or the beach in �Suddenly Last Summer� or the one in �Death in Venice�� :) ).

Shadows of the Night, ed. by Greg Herren ( $16.95 US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

A collection of horror and fantasy stories, ranging from the campy clich� of �The Morning After� (a dyke variation on the picking-up-the-hitchhiker-who-one-later-learns-died-that-night) to the whimsy of �The Abdominal Snowman� (god, not ANOTHER musclebear�), with swerves into �The Mask� and �Bitch�. While there are few spine-tinglers or heart-stoppers here, most of the tales are entertaining and well-wrought.

Beyond The Wind. by Rob N. Hood ( $19.95 US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

This book was written by a youth counsellor, so it can be forgiven for lapses into the didactic and heavy-handed, since, to the author, this is a sort of crusade. However, this story of gay youth, political intrigue, AIDS, hustling and more is fast-paced and mostly a novel, not a lecture. I am assuming that this is a pseudonym, or evidence of parents who either read too much or had cruelty at heart.

The Handsomest Man In The World. by David Leddick ($17.95 US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

An account of homo love between sailors in the mid-50s., written by a man more known for his works about male nude photography. Needless to say, he has a keen visual eye, and a definite appreciation for boy beauty. It is not the most literary of works, but it is entertaining, sexy and not without moments of tenderness, not to mention probable autobiography.

Rosemary and Juliet by Judy Maclean ($17.95 US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

Another young adult novel, this time focusing on the lives of young queer girls, set against a backdrop of homophobia, evangelism and adolescent romanticism and idealism. For various reasons, I find books in which characters DON�T live happily ever after depressing (darn you all to heck, Hollywood clich� machine!); however, it is still well written, realistic and, as it happens, ends with one of the main characters being in Lubbock, Texas (a town with which I have more than a passing familiarity, at least as regards ONE of its denizens�).

The Tomcat Chronicles: Erotic Adventures of a Gay Liberation Pioneer by Jack Nichols ($19.95 soft/$39.95 hard US, www.HaworthPress.com, author at [email protected])

Jack Nichols has quite a history in the gay liberation movement, having edited GAY (the first gay weekly newspaper), co-founded Mattachine Societies in Washington, DC and Florida and now being the editor of GayToday.com. He is also, though this has little to do with his writing and more to do with my personal tastes, quite a handsome fella.

Evidently, I was not the only person to think so. This book is full of accounts of his sexual adventures across America; however, it is not a loop tape. The stories are varied, sometimes touching, sometimes frustrating and narrated with very little sentiment.

Now, are they accurate records of everything that happened? Well, who knows? However, they are records of how one person remembers events, and objectivity is both overrated and ill-defined in this age (it often seeming to be synonymous with the status quo, which is far from unbiased�).

May this big-mustached braveheart be long among us!

The Song of A Manchild by Durrell Owens ($19.95 US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

The concept of this book, I will grant you, was pretty far-fetched�black male cop gets pregnant (for reasons set out in the text that do not sound entirely medically plausible, but this DOES appear to be a book touched by magical realism) and goes through a difficult pregnancy, having to deal with family and friends� reactions and a not-always-supportive spouse (not to mention a wandering eye of epic proportions).

It�s not always that smoothly executed either�to me, some events seem a bit arbitrary or in need of editing�but the whole conceit of it overcomes many of the objections, and the ending is definitely in line with both mystical and practical planes of existence at the same time. Not being much of a fan of children, I didn�t go �awwww�, but the ending was a bit sad for reasons that would reveal too much of the plot to discuss.. Definitely a different read, I must say...

Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss ($26 CAN, 2004, Gotham Books, www.eatsshootsandleaves.com)

The author pretty much nails it on the head when she says, in reaction to book sales she had not expected: �There must be a lot of people weeping friendlessly in caves, waiting for a book on punctuation with a panda on the cover.� Well, cry no more, my dears...for this would be it.

With wit and research and merciless but reasoned exposition, a history of such things as: the apostrophe; the comma and the semi-colon is established. This may not sound like a page turner, but her style drives you on to learn, despite yourself. Buy, it; and...learn!?

Love Under Foot ed. By Greg Wharton and M. Christian ($19.95 soft/$34.95 hard US, 2004, www.HaworthPress.com)

My personal taste in smelly parts of the human body lies higher than the feet (armpits!); however, this was an interesting read.

While many of the stories here are about worshipping those anatomical parts, there are amusing stories such as �The Night I Played Footsie and Won� and touching memoirs such as �Happy Feet� as well.

Not to worry, though�there is much along the way to please those of you who book unnecessary podiatrist appointments, make a point of cleaning between your toes (or not) and have emery boards to tame calluses that can abrade a tongue (I suspect I have planted visions in your head...I apologize in the abstract, but feel no guilt...and nor should you for reading this deviant but darling tome�).

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TUNIES

Oi Canada�

Cougar Party Demo 2004 cd (cougarparty.cjb.net for details)

In eight ferocious minutes, this all-grrrl band bashes out four numbers that demonstrate much energy and aggression. It is difficult to make out the lyrics (it was hard to hear them during the show I saw them at as well, which might be because the drummer is often the singer), but the music is noisy and uncompromising. With a more polished recording, this would doubtless be truly compelling and hard-hitting. Good start�

Evaporators Ripple Rock lp + 7� (Alternative Tentacles/Nardwuar, www.theevaporators.com

Nardwuar (vocals/organ) and his merry crew bash out garage/metal/punk/spazzy stuff under the influence of Jolt Cola, and do interviews verging on, if not tumbling into, terrorism and mockery. If you need songs about cheese, salad bars, treadmills, icicle-afflicted testicles, Gerda Munsinger (a woman who may or may not have obtained secrets from Canada�s Minister of Defence by using her wiles), and a bonus 7� of mainly instrumental numbers by spin-off The Dublins, you know where to look.

Rodney Graham Rock Is Hard 2xlp (no contact info whatsoever included)

Mr. Graham (b. 1949) is one of those irritating artistic individuals who does a bit of everything; even more gallingly, he seems to do it all well. With the aid of various Smugglers and even Lois, he has produced a tasty Bowie-like feast, full of clever arrangements. As might be guessed, this is, to some extent, an art piece, so it can be TOO self-conscious; however, it is tuneful and enjoyable anyway. A web search reveals extensive work in film, photography and other visual arts around the world, and that he has done music before, mostly as part of installations. However, I did not have the luck to find how to order this, and there is no label listed; try www.scratchrecords.com to track it down. (Evidently, it is to be reissued on CD by the Art Gallery of Ontario - www.ago.net to keep tabs? Update as of June 12, 2004...).

Gruesomes Gruesomology, 1985-89 cd (Sundazed, www.sundazed.com, www.gruesomes.com)

This is a great collection/history of this Montreal band�s snotty but fun garage-pop, including a cover from The Flintstones, and, as you won�t be able to find the LPs, this is the best way to experience their snarly magic.

Hidden Cameras Play The CBC Sessions 10� (Rough Trade Records, www.roughtraderecords.com; band at www.musicismyboyfriend.com)

These 2002 sessions range from frontfag Joel Gibb�s solo take on �Worms Cannot Swim Nor Can They Walk� (which, ironically, sounds more lush than the full band performances that follow) to the massive sound of �Shame� (you cannot say �cock� on CBC�imagine that�). There is one track here that is on nothing else (the song which gives the band�s website its name), and the other takes of songs from the then-forthcoming �Smell of My Own� LP/CD are perhaps not quite as vocal-burying as from that release, but are generally not that different. Still, a joyous noise in the general direction of some Lord of the world, anyway...orchestral, majestic, oh-so-queer�

New Creation Troubled cd (Companion Records, P.O. Box 31182, San Francisco, CA, 94131, USA, $16.50 in US/$18.50 elsewhere (cheques/m.o.�s to Troy Peters, www.companionrecords.com)

In the early 1970s, there were a lot of vaguely Christian or spiritual songs around. �I�d Like To Teach The World To Sing�; �Put Your Hand In The Hand�; pop versions of �The Lord�s Prayer�. Goodness knows there was Little Marcy (as it happens, I have two records by that puppet, and they are creepy).

This would be something else� a mother (vocals and percussion), son (vocals, guitar and kazoo) and neighbour girl (drums, vocals) from British Columbia doing catchy Jesus rock (oddly, kinda Velvet Undergroundish) with an uncompromising message and drive. Even when I disagree with the ideas expressed (often�I am an atheist commie sodomite), I can appreciate the conviction and humour. For �Dig� alone, they deserve a place in Heaven!

Don Pyle and Andrew Zealley Proteus cd(Valmouth Audio, www.greekbuck.com)

Don (drums, percussion, woofability, etc.) and Andrew (guitar, keyboards, etc.) usually make music as Greek Buck (and Don was in Shadowy Men, Phonocomb, and doubtless more, not to mention some work with Fifth Column (it�s been a while since I�ve mentioned them, hasn�t it? Thought you were safe, huh? :)), but this soundtrack to a movie about sodomy by John Greyson is not like their electronic sound or the twangier elements of Don�s other work. It�s lush, exotic and suitably romantic, given the film�s theme�in short, it sounds cinematic. Even the vocal number with lyrics, �The Devil�s Mollies�, with guest Joel Gibb, does not break the mood (and the final line is more erotic to me than is probably intended�a sickie, I am�).

Scandalnavia The Shitty Demo cd (www.scandalnavia.ca for details)

Three songs, one of which is a tribute to a roller coaster and one of which, admittedly a cover, points out that �Jesus is not a swear word� (while not appearing to be pious), leaving the other to be a �love song� (kinda) . This band combines an aggressive, funky drive with campy keyboard sounds and lyrics� like B52s covering Le Tigre. They were great fun at the Fruit Market, and have a boy in an otherwise seemingly female band, playing keyboards and occasionally tambourine, as men in bands should (that or be groupies). Great potential, given more songs and, well, less shitty sound. (though they had lots of material that day, and it was mostly high quality stuff).

Simply Saucer Cyborgs Revisited lp (Get Back, www.abraxasrecords.com, Abraxas srl via Aretina, 25-50069 Siece (Firenze) Italy, [email protected])

This band existed in the mid-1970s in Hamilton, Ontario...not a place or even time one associates with a love of Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, Hawkwind (added as influence at Bill's suggestion :) ), experimental electronics and a garage sensibility all mingled together.

Think electro rock dates from, oh, Devo ? Well, there�s a song called that here, and it�s an apt description of most of the stuff. Very odd, and, with Bob Lanois (Daniel�s brother) at the controls, done in one day. Some of this content is live, but, much like the Velvets, the audience is either too stunned or too-fled-in-terror to make noise, so it�s difficult to tell . Bizarre, beauty�

Smugglers Mutiny in Stereo lp (vinyl on Screaming Apple Records, www.screaming-apple-records.de, cd between Lookout! (www.lookoutrecords.com) and Mint(mintrecs.com))

The Smugglers continue to rock out (avoid obvious puns in reaction to statements lead vocalist Grant Lawrence has put on record) in their spiffy suits, doing garage-pop, coordinated band leaps (I saw them do that during their �Selling The Sizzle� tour in Kingston, in 1996, on a stage the size of a postage stamp, only once bumping a mike�) and service to the cause of rock and/or roll far beyond any material rewards it could offer them. They rock, but never forget the tune, and they give great show. This would also be their first record to consist entirely of originals, though they are catchy enough to make you think you must have heard them before, because you already know them, you think. So join the pirates (again, refraining from juvenile, alliterative remarks that leap to my mouth and fingers) and plunder the airwaves�

Elizabeth Anka Vajagic Stand With The Stillness of This Day lp (Constellation Records, www.cstrecords.com)

Gothic blues, channeling the spirit and passion of Diamanda Galas, the darkness of Siouxsie Sioux, the smoldering poetics of Patti Smith and the churning guitar of PJ Harvey into the service of a compelling mood study. Some of the performances ARE long for the material, but still mesmerizing.

Butchies Make Yr Life lp (Yeproc Records, www.yeproc.com, www.thebutchies.com)

Kaia (guitar/vocals/keys), Allison (bass/vocals) and Melissa (drums/vocals) put out LP #4 (vinyl version includes a remix of �Send Me You�, the first track and what would have been, in the 80s, the obvious single (on which point, �Your Love� by The Outfield is covered on this record (given that Kaia covered The Cure�s �Catch� on her last solo record, Oregon, the mid-80s were clearly a period of great significance for the band�s fearless leader)) and are, for the most part, somewhat poppier and happier, here, though this is relative. Nevertheless, catchy and smart guitar-rock... and you don�t have to be a lesbian to appreciate it (though it helps).

Mr. Airplane Man Moanin� lp (Sympathy For the Record Industry, www.sympathyrecords.com, www.airplaneman.com, [email protected])

Margaret (guitar and vocals) and Tara (drums and backup vocals), unlike, say, The White Stripes, seem to have a strong identification with the blues and are considerably less arty about it, though they don�t have big blues mama voices, so it�s more about their own stamp than �authenticity� in some textbook sense. An album that manages to be both toe-tapping good and heartfelt, and that can be rare these days.

Mystery Girls Something In The Water lp (In The Red Records, www.intheredrecords.com)

I see you have spared me the New York Dolls reference by saying it first: �I wanna know�who are the Mystery Girls?� Well, no girls in this band, for starters; some of them are young enough to be called boys without much exaggeration; fact, some cannot legally drink, which means they arrive at this ferocious MC5ish/garagey racket without any chemical assistance (of course). It must be something in the water� :)

Various Artists Girls in the Garage Part 3 cd and Girls In the Garage Volume 11 lp (both on Romulan Records, http://www.gethip.com/romulan.html) and Girls With Guitars cd (Ace Records,www.acerecords.com)

Girls in the Garage is an ongoing series of obscure 45s or lp tracks (or sometimes previously unreleased acetates) featuring either all-girl bands or female-fronted performances loosely in a garage style. The cd collects tracks from the vinyl volumes 3, 4, and 5, with highlights including: The Liverbirds� �Why Do You Hang Around Me?� (city-mates of The Beatles, who sang in low keys to emulate them); Jenny and the Statesiders� take on Yardbirds� �Putty� (great harmonica and vocals); the bizarre �Weekend Blues� by Jean Robinson (whose label reveals she wrote and produced it too); the gloriously overextended metaphor of The What Four�s �I�m Gonna Destroy That Boy�� and, of course, more. Volume 11 is poppier in focus, but it offers up: the malevolent �A Practice of Evil� by The Fabulous Frauleins; Linda Van Dyck�s deep voice on �Baby, What Am I Doing�; the freakbeat of Peggy March�s �Too Long Away�; and the Quebecois psych of Karo�s ��Dans La Ventre D�une Enorme Baleine� (In The Belly of A Giant Whale), among others.

Girls With Guitars, I must confess, I was largely interested in because I saw that several tracks by Goldie and the Gingerbreads were on it, and this is a band I had heard much about from the mid-1960s. I know they recorded material later than the four selections here, and perhaps it was better; none of this grabbed me. Most of these �bands�, furthermore, were actually woman fronting male bands, or at least, in some cases, women vocalists/instrumentalists in mixed ensembles (cf Denise and Company�s �Boy, What�ll You Do Then?� , sounding much better here than on Girls In The Garage Part 1) . However, The Girls� two selections are great slices of guitar pop with both a jangle and some percussive bang to them, and, having heard The Daughters of Eve�s �Help Me Boy� now (it was dissed in Girls In The Garage), it was not that bad (not as good as their own �Don�t Waste My Time�, not on this collection, admittedly...). It would be nice to think that the amazing bad attitude and aggression of The Angels� �Get Away From Me�, which never got released then, was the product of an all-girl band ( it would have been wonderful for that song to be released in a world with �He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)� and �Johnny Get Angry� to keep �You Don�t Own Me� and �These Boots� company, as it places the blame for the heartbreak right on the cheating boy and lets him know he�s gonna get socked if he doesn�t back off) That alone makes the sappy pop elsewhere on the disc worth it!

Various Artists Hey! It�s A Teenacide Pajama Party (Teenacide Records, www.teenaciderecords.com)

A tasty little comp of girl-fronted contemporary alt-pop, ranging from Neptunas� surfy love letter to the label head, �Hey Jimmy Freak� to Boink�s �Wall of Fame� Runaways tale, with diverting stops at Morrisshi�s �Every Day Is Like Sunday� (synth pop and screamingly funny, though maybe not to the man who lives in the same city as this label) and Cheap Chick�s �Aur Wiederschen� and the rockabilly groove of The Checkers� �Paper Crown�. Just way too much fun�

Residents WB RMX lp (EuroRalph, residents.com)

This record consists of the demos an unnamed group sent to Warner Brothers, only to get them back marked �c/o The Residents�, thus inspiring the name. I don�t know how it sounded then, as, again, this is a remix, but this material is quite strange, even by the standards of their later work, so it does not surprise me it was returned back then. Now, it does not sound so odd in a world with Primus�it�s just seriously warped antipop that, nevertheless, recognizes its roots in reaction to a world that doubtless struck THEM as very strange (if �normal� to a lot of people who might need their reality shook a little�cf. �A Merican Fag� for some hints�). And, as to the photo in the gatefold�if that group of naked men with cable around them is The Residents (again, even then, masks and face paint), then woof! in relation to one� :) ).

Mission of Burma On Off On 2xlp (Matador, www.matadorrecords.com, www.missionofburma.com)

Noisy pop experimentalists reunite after many years, as though they never left�scathing, furious and catchy at once.

Roger Miller (guitar/ keys/vocals/string arrangements), Clint Conley (bass/ guitar/ vocals) and Peter Prescott (drums/ vocals/ electronics), with contributions from Bob Weston (tape loops� I never could work out what the first holder of this function, Martin Swope, contributed, and that continues...when it�s pointed out, I hear it, but there�s so much happening that extra noise passes unnoticed�), continue to explore the world around them (though, in the case of Prescott, it seems to make him angry, as his songs BURN). The cover of The Dils� �Class War� was fun, though I don�t know the original (this track is only on the vinyl, by the way), and to hear strings and a choir on this group�s work WAS a departure (but we are not talking John Williams or a gospel hurricane here). Otherwise, solid, noisy guitar-pop-rock whose influence on much currently happening is clearer now that it�s simultaneous�

Bonnie Prince Billy Sings Greatest Palace Music 2xlp (Drag City, www.dragcity.com)

I don�t know this gentleman�s work very well�mostly from a duet he did with Johnny Cash on one of his songs, �I See A Darkness� (which is significantly not on here). The premise of this release was to take his material and slick up his quirky rootsiness with Nashville sugar.

The record does sound nice by the standards of how lo-fi and spooky I�m told his other material is. I knew �New Partner� from a cover by a guy called Spink, and it is just as pretty and heartbreaking here. All told, a very nice collection, but, without enough context, I see it as a good alt-country-rock record that is quite lovely and soothing. It might REALLY be a travesty�

Iron and Wine Our Endless Numbered Days lp + 7� (Sub Pop Records, www.ironandwine.com)

Sam Beam has a very soothing , gentle voice, and is also quite the looker. Imagine Nick Drake covering Lyle Lovett ballads, and you�ll get the picture. Not earth-shattering, but sweet.

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