My super-friends over at Jalopnik invited me to be a special guest on the site for a live chat with their readers, in which folks asked me any kind of question and I had to answer. Sadly, I had to leave before I got to respond to all of their queries, but I got a few good licks in. Scroll down to the bottom and click on “Earlier Discussions” to view these.
Detroit Auto Show I
I’m back home in Detroit for the North American International Auto show, which means, it’s time for a fresh tour of the city. This time, I look at all the ways in which my compatriots in The D extend their withering piece of the economic pie through repurposing, in this special report: “You Like Junk? What if Someone Threw a Whole City Away?“
Shameless’ Gay Teen Cameron Monaghan
Showtime’s new series Shameless features a young character named Ian Gallagher, and he’s the anti-Kurt Hummel: a smoking, porn-loving, sexually active gay teen played by the preternaturally poised 17 year-old Cameron Monaghan. So, of course, I had to interview him for Vanity Fair.
Two New Carticles
I have a new pieces out in this month’s Car and Driver–the nation’s PREMIER automotive magazine–and this month’s Vanity Fair–the nation’s PREMIER…everything magazine. Buy them on the newsstand, or click below to download some really crappy scans (part of my evil plan to make you buy the mags. Bwahahahaha.)
My Visit with Chris Burden
I was recently lucky enough to be given the opportunity to visit the Topanga Canyon studio of artist/provocateur Chris Burden (whose work I happen to love) and tour around his amazing new automated, auto-centric, installation, “Metropolis II”, which led to this piece for Vanity Fair (w/VIDEO!)
My Big Gay Mom Sings!
My Big Gay Mom, Broadway diva extraordinaire Ms. Terri White (Barnum, Finian’s Rainbow, Chicago) will be performing her one-woman cabaret act at Feinstein’s at the Regency on Park Avenue in NYC on three Sunday nights in January. Trust me, this bitch can sing, and the house will sell out. So buy your tickets now.
Justin Bieber in Vanity Fair
JustinBieber is on the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair. I blame myself (and my niece) based on this piece I did for VF.com way back in April 2010: “Ask an 11 Year-Old: What’s the Deal with Justin Bieber?”
Size DOES Matter
In my role as “Stick Shift”–Vanity Fair‘s online car blogger–I test out a quartet of pret-a-porter GM vehicles in sizes S, M, L, and XL, and come to the conclusion that they resemble nothing so much as Rem Koolhaas’s 90s masterpiece…S,M,L,XL. Find out how.
Glee: The Comic Book
A very strange comic book, from an even stranger comic book series, from an even stranger comic book company, all of which you will really enjoy learning about, by clicking here and going to Vanity Fair.
TV Reality (not Reality TV)
Just in time for your New Year’s resolutions, The Gay Uncle makes a triumphant return to the Chicago Tribune as a voice of reason regarding kids and media consumption. Check out his advice.