iPods, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Mountie Porn

[justacat]

This is the first time I've flown since I got my iPod (what is the deal with not being able to listen to your iPod during takeoff and landing?  If that's enough to bring a plane down, we're all in deep trouble).  I actually got it for Chanukah, over a month ago, but it took me a while to start figuring out when to use it.  It sat on my desk, all

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[miraminx]

My partner once showed me a thread on the Something Awful forum titled, "Who Would You Turn Gay For?" It turns out so-called straight men actually think about this a lot, judging by the nearly 1000 posts in response. I was not-quite astounded.

[justacat]

Wow! I can't think of any guy I know who would admit to that. Interesting that they think about it. Reminds me of that Auden quote tzikeh was searching for the other day:

"What the American male really wants is two things: he wants to be blown by a stranger while reading a newspaper and he wants to be fucked by his buddy when he's drunk. Everything else is society."
Well, his buddy or Paul Gross, as it turns out! *g*

(love your icon, btw)

[miraminx]

Here is the full-size version of my icon, if you're interested. xjestx drew it for me; it's one of the nicest presents I've ever received.

That Auden quote is amazing and SO TRUE.

And also, I forgot to comment about this before, but do you remember the video for "Rough Boys"? Also very, very homoerotic. Odd that we don't hear more about Townshend's bisexuality.

[justacat]

Oh wow, that drawing is great - what a wonderful present!

And no, I don't remember the Rough Boys video, but now I'm inspired to try to track it down. The Relax video goes well beyond homoerotic, but I'd expect that from Frankie. I suppose it's not really surprising that *any* artist is gay or bi, but The Who seems like such a Man's Man kind of group. But I must admit to a real weakness for Rough Gay Boys!

(And I love the Auden quote too ...)

[elfbert]

The iPod earbuds are a bit of a pain with the whole not-fitting-everyone and mug-me things about them. But for sound quality they're fab. It's hard to find much of the same type that can beat them. But then I'm a fan of huge DJ-stylee headphones...which sorta makes the teenyweenyness of the iPod silly. (My old minidisc player fitted totally inside one side of one pair of headphones I had!

On the straight guy thing...my boys at work once pondered for a whole lunchtime on the fact that if they could, they would give themselves blowjobs...but would that make them gay? Men..heehee!