Last summer, my brother’s band, The High Strung, performed at a library on the Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And that was the least weird part of their trip. Honoring the experience, I wrote an online article about it for Vanity Fair. Now, the boys in the band, along with some help from some pals at the local Detroit Public Radio station, have put together a live record that showcases the beats and melodies that formed the soundtrack for this bizarre experience.
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GLEE is back! And so are my big gay Glee-caps at Vanity Fair. This week, I cover off on the first of what the cast is calling “the back nine” the final nine episodes of Season 1. My love for the show remains strong, but I definitely have some issues. (Surprise!)
I had a lovely phone chat this afternoon with Kevin McHale, who plays “Artie” (aka The Kid in the Wheelchair) on Glee. We discussed his recent mind-bending experiences with the three Os–Oprah, the Obamas, and Apolo Ohno–as well as his secret boy-band past. He also revealed that he will be rapping in the upcoming season of Glee, and is embarrassed about it. Also, he is planning an insurrection at the cast’s upcoming Radio City Music Hall show. 
Cleaning the bathroom floor got you blue (or yellow?) Tired of teaching your toddler how to position his penis? Wondering why it is that men and women are so infuriatingly different? Well read the Gay Uncle’s timely tips (pun intended) on Why You Should Let Your Son Pee Sitting Down, and you’ll understand everything…and more.
The New York Times published a lengthy (make that very lengthy) article in their Sunday Magazine this week that posed the question, Can Animals Be Gay? In his role as Vanity Fair’s resident online homosexual, The Gay Uncle tackles this question from a variety of directions, incorporating disparate elements like leash laws, feminist theory, dolphin blowholes, and Muppets. In the end, he comes up with an answer of his own.
My 11 year-old niece, Hannah, explains the saccharine phenomenon that is Justin Bieber, in Vanity Fair.
It’s a Hyundai. (Yes, Hyundai.) Not the 80s shit-heap pictured here, but a brand new one from the brand to contend with. Read my latest online column in Vanity Fair and discover how I learned to upchuck my Hyundaitorade.
Every so often, some rising celebrity in the Parenting Advice world rings up the Gay Uncle and asks him to help them out with an expert opinion on a tangly topic. Since he abhors publicity, he usually says no. But every so often, the request is just too delicious to pass up. That was the case this past week when Vivian Manning-Schaffel (aka The Mad Mom) requested his assistance on the subject of defeating the demand rants of her two kids (whom she felt were “ganging up on her.”) What was Gunc’s advice? Read all about it here in her piece 
The Gay Uncle answers this and other pressing questions–on diverse subjects like Tim Gunn, Hockey, Cardboard Boxes, and Fiber Blasts–in his fascinating and fast-paced MOMLOGIC interview with his pal (and former Editor-in-Chief of Babble) Ada Calhoun when he calls her from a Chicago airport hotel and asks her to tell him about her new book