Heads (and Shoulder) Up

So it's the crack of dawn here in Manhattan, and I am in a car headed to a surgery center on the Upper East Side to have my right shoulder operated on -- more specifically, a right shoulder arthroscopy with debridement, distal clavicle excision and subacromial decompression.

I've been experiencing pain for months now -- the exact same discomfort I felt in my left shoulder that was fixed with surgery back in 1999 -- so had a hunch what needed to be done.

After going through the motions of cortisone shots and physical therapy, my doctor finally agreed with me, so I'm actually quite excited to get this done so I can move on with my life.

Blogging may slow down for a week or so, but just wanted to let you know what's the latest -- and that I'll be back in business soon enough. 

VIDEO: I asked the surgeon to make me look like this when he's done. Fingers crossed! 

Weekend Tennis Roundup

 

Titles for Quentin Halys, Luca Van Assche, Lilli Tagger and Tamara Korpatsch. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

#FlashbackFriday

 

Forty years ago, pretending to work at Record Outlet in Detroit the summer Madonna's "True Blue" came out. 

WARNING: I've found a bunch of old photos recently! 

Nadya Ginsburg Brings 'Feral Fatale' to NYC, With Special Guests Madonna and Cher

Well, I'm not sure how that could have been any more fun.

Last night at the Cutting Room, Nadya Ginsburg delivered an affectionate skewering of two gay icons -- Cher and Madonna, who are both such caricatures of themselves these days that you really just have to be a decent impressionist to be hilarious. Thankfully, Nadya's a brilliant one! 

She then stepped into the role of herself, by far the evening's most touching performance.

Like most gay men, I discovered Nadya via her hilarious video sendups of Cher, Madonna and Winona Ryder, who was a no-show last night. 

Perhaps her best moment came when she teamed up with (the similarly underappreciated by Hollywood) Dennis Hensley for a short film, "If We Took a Holiday," about a struggling actress (Ginsburg) whose Madonna-obsessed gay BFF (Hensley) just got dumped so she tries to make his birthday special by imitating the Material Girl all day long. (The film was a sensation when it premiered at Outfest in 2014.) 

And then this past March, Damian and I had the pleasure of seeing Nadya as Cher in Dennis's fund-raising "Mismatch Game" at Los Angeles LGBT Center, where she was the undisputed star of our post-show photo session!

Watch HERE.

Afterward, I met David Ilku (of Unitard fame) and Craig Chester, both of whom I've admired and "known" online forever but never in the flesh, before spending time with my favorite Jewtalian American Princess ... catch this one if you can!

A big thank-you to Chip for the invite. xo

On the Rag, Vol. 917

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Alex Espenshade, Belmont Cameli, Lucas Oakley, Matt Damon, Fabien Franke, Playgirl's 1988 centerfold and more BELOW.

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Reminder: You can find me giving it away on Instagram, Threads and Facebook.