GAYLETTER

Printed Matter, the non-profit behind the L.A. and New York Art Book Fairs (which we had a wonderful time at last month) are packing up shop and moving into a fancy new space up the street from their current digs on 11th Ave. The organization, in case you don’t know (what’s wrong with you?!) was founded in 1976 by artists Sol Lewitt, Lucy Lippard, and friends, and specializes in artists’ books and publications. They have thousands upon thousands of publications to browse through. Since they doubled their staff to 10 over the last year they needed a bigger space. Their new two story location, which doubles their previous square footage, provides them (according to the New York Observer) “with a dedicated flexible space for exhibitions and public programs, an upper level wrap-around balcony and reading room accessible by staircase, and an expanded office area.” This Thursday, October 15th, they are hosting a party, open to the public, to celebrate their new home. Come have a drink, check out the new digs and buy some printed matter for god’s sake!  —tom

If you’ve been a reader of the newsletter for any amount of time you’ll know that I love a good podcast. In fact I’m listening to one as I type this. It’s the New York Review of Books podcast featuring a conversation with Barack Obama. It’s an interesting listen, but a little sleepy, which is why I want to tell you about another podcast that’ll wake you right up. RuPaul What’s the Tee? is exactly what it sounds like. It’s hosted by Ru and fellow Drag Race judge Michelle Visage. The two spend equal time kiking with each other (my favorite part) as they do interviewing random celebrities (Leah Remini, Big Freedia, Mary Lambert) and of course plenty of drag queens. Over the last 40 episodes they have sat down with all the best queens from the last 7 seasons of Drag Race. It’s clear that Ru and Michelle have known each other FOREVER as they have great chemistry. This connection is ultimately what makes the podcast so enjoyable, it’s like listening in on two old friends gossiping about everything and nothing. It’s totally addictive hunty. Download that shit ASAP. No, no, no, #shedonealreadydonehadherses  —tom

I’ve been keeping up with Ladyfag on Instagram and it looks like she had a super busy Summer. She’s been hosting all sorts of cool parties and traveling the world — bitch is busy. However she’s now back in NYC to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Holy Mountain (aka HoMo). She emailed us to remind us what’s going down this Sunday: “So much magic has been brought to life from the loins of the mountain...so in honour of it’s birthday we are celebrating the BIRTH of all the children of Holy Mountain!” If you haven’t been, or heard of the party, then wake the fuck up! 3 floors, 4 rooms, 8 DJs, special surprise performances and “1 Mountain.” I have been a few times, and I do remember climbing something, but it wasn’t a mountain. Music will be provided by Michael Magnan, Nita Aviance, Ryan Smith, Greg K., Juliana Huxtable, Anthony Dicap, Turtle Bugg, Scooter McCreight from Toronto, and Zutzut from Mexico. Hosted by too many people to list, “the HoMo family” here’s a few of them: Marco Ovando, Ryan Burke, Miss Queen Sateen, Guyton Porter, La’fem Ladosha, Raul Zepole, Jason “The Black Teen Wolf" Rodgers, GITOO, Dese and more. If you show up in “a SERIOUS BIRTH or BIRTHDAY LQQK” it’s only $5! Cute.  —Abi

Hey nerds this one’s for you! OK, I’m going to stop right there, because when the only films making any money these days are those featuring comic book characters, being a nerd suddenly seems a lot more mainstream than it once did. I guess you can comfort yourself knowing that being a gay nerd still gives you a little more street cred! This is the 10th annual New York Comic Con at the Javits Center and there’s a new subway station (the 7 train extension at 11th ave) to make your journey there that much easier. Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston is scheduled to show up plus there’s going to be panels and literally hundreds of comic legends autographing their shit. If you’ve never been to a Comic Con you should go for the people watching alone. The costumes people pull out are truly wild — you’d be amazed by the lengths fans will go to with their looks. See above. lol  —tom

Another food event? Yes! The Fall is here and it’s time to eat. While that might sound crazy to all of you with “Instagram bodies” (you know, those guys that are simply a body and nothing else, they spend most of their time at the gym, they kind of behave like models, but in reality the only agency that represents them is Instagram) but for everyone else this cold weather means it’s time to eat. Just to put it into perspective, two weekends ago Tom and I had brunch twice in one day. We figured that if they didn’t see us at the other restaurant eating no one was the wiser. We were all giggles about it because eating in excess can be hilarious and fun. The Food Book Fair is starting a monthly event called the Food Book Party and this is the first one. Sarah from the awesome zine, Put A Egg On It, who’s one of the moderators, told us more about this event: “We are looking at ways in which gayness/queerness shapes food — from a historical standpoint (James Beard was gay, for example) to how the queerness of chefs and waiters and bartenders shapes the restaurants and bars we love — service as performance in a way.” Also, the queer food magazines Mouthfeel (pictured) and Jarry (recently launched) will be part of this event. Go have some free hot dogs!  —Abi

I’m gonna be honest with you, I hate $1 slices of pizza. I love pizza, it’s just that the $1 version of pizza is always so shitty. Cheap sauces, cheap cheese, you gotta be stupid drunk to enjoy that shit. This Wednesday however I will be chowing down on as many $1 slices as I can fit in my stupid mouth. That’s because it’s for a good cause, and because the pizzerias making these $1 slices are some of the city’s best. Over 50 of them, including Motorino, Nicoletta, Roberta’s and Lombardi’s will be serving $1 slices to benefit the Food Bank for New York City at the St Anthony Of Padua Church. The event was created by pizza lover Scott Wiener of Scott’s Pizza Tours (yes, he actually gives tours of the city’s best pizza restaurants.) Honestly I can’t think of a better way to spend a night than this — there’s going to be over 1000 different pizzas on offer for fucks sake! If you’re really serious about helping you can pre-purchase a ‘VIPizza Passport,’ which costs $100 and gets you 10 slices, but more importantly it puts you at the front of the line so you don’t have to wait with the general public (gross). Nom, nom, nom. Enjoy!  —tom