Las Vegas says goodbye to the Sahara
The Moroccan themed Sahara Hotel and Casino opened in Las Vegas on October 7, 1952, the 6th casino to open on the Strip and at the time, one of the largest with 1,720 rooms.
In it’s heyday, the Sahara was the place to see the biggest names in show business, people like Dean Martin, Johnny Carson, Don Rickles, and Tina Turner. The original version of Oceans 11 was filmed at the Sahara in 1960. Four years later the Sahara brought the Beatles to town, although the band had to play in the Las Vegas Convention Center because the crowd was too big for the 600-seat showroom at the hotel. Read more 
Book of Mormon Musical First Listen on NPR
I saw the Book of Mormon Musical in March and absolutley loved it. I’ve counting down the days until the soundtrack is out so I can buy it and listen to it on a loop.
NPR posted the songs and you can hear them here.
If you want to know what it kind of feels like to be a gay Mormon, listen to “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream.”
“Turn it Off” is the motto of every Mormon I’ve ever known.
“Hasa Diga Eebowai” is one I’ll never forget.
“I Believe” is the song that made me cry when I saw the show.
Obsession with Showgirls Increases
I was in Vegas over the weekend and went to the Forum, the place where Nomi Malone goes and buys a dress, you know, at Ver-Sayce!
I posted a photo and an experience that may or may not have happened on Feast of Fun.
Phoenix Pride 2011 and Tiffany!
The first record I ever owned (and yes, I’m talking vinyl record) was “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany. When I was a little gay boy in Provo, Utah in the late 1980s my babysitter would let me borrow her copy to which my sister and I would choreograph dance numbers and perform them in the living room. Read more
First Slideluck Potshow Coming to Phoenix April 30th
The first Slideluck Potshow is coming to downtown Phoenix.
What is the Slideluck Potshow, you ask? Read my story posted on the Downtown Phoenix Journal.
The Ultimate Urban Scavenger Race in Phoenix
The Ultimate Urban Scavenger Race came to Phoenix and thanks to a pretty awesome Groupon, I participated. I wasn’t “in it to win it” I just wanted to have fun (my team came in 35th place out of 200-ish teams). But next year, I’m going to win! Check out this link to see the rankings. #35: The Marge Simpson Project!! That was me!
We started at Coach & Willie’s in the Warehouse District where we were given a list of 12 clues. We had to complete 11 of them and we did not receive extra points for doing all 12.
These were the clues and the photos we had to take in order to cross the finish line successfully- Read more
1994 Made for TV Movie about Madonna
I hope someone makes a bad movie about my life someday. It would probably be kinda boring which would only add to the badness. Anywho, while perusing the fine merchandise on YouTube I stumbled across this movie, “Madonna: Innocence Lost” which tells the story of Madonna’s life up to the “Like A Virgin” performance at the VMAs.
It stars some woman I don’t know but who sounds and looks a lot like Madonna. It was the part this woman was born to play!
Here’s part 1 for your viewing pleasure! (Don’t forget to watch the rest of the movie here. It will be the best hour and a half of your life!)
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Review: The Book of Mormon on Broadway
(I tried to write this with absolutely no spoilers so if you want to know more details, email me. If you want to know nothing about the show, don’t read this.)
The Book of Mormon musical is not a show about the Book of Mormon, it is a show where two worlds collide: the world of middle class white Utahans and the Third World of Uganda. With the exception of maybe two short scenes there is no focus on the stories or people who fill the pages of the Book of Mormon. The Broadway show is about religion, faith and the Mormon missionaries who wholeheartedly believe that their church, its history, and sacred texts are true and can solve the problems of the world. They believe in it so much that they voluntarily give up two years of their lives to preach about Joseph Smith, the Restoration and The Book of Mormon. Read more
Rebecca Black-Cultural Phenomenon?
Phenomenon? Maybe. Significant? Not really. Brilliant? No, just the power of social media.
The song “Fried Egg,” I mean “Friday” has apparently taken over the world and I for one bow to our new leader. As of right now there are over 43.5 MILLION views with half a million comments and nearly 1000 new comments posted every time I watch the video. That doesn’t even include the YouTube video responses and parodies that keep popping up like zits on a teenager.
The collective response is overwhelmingly negative to the song written by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson, the owners of the small record label Ark Music Factory to which Black is signed. What fascinates me is the anger and hate towards such a harmless, forgettable song. She’s 13 singing about Friday and the weekend and fun in a way that middle-class suburban American teenagers can do. Read more
Which One is the Gay One?
This video is not pornographic or inappropriate. It’s actually very funny with a positive message.
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Salem:1692 playing at Soul Invictus
This may shock you, but I love history. My idea of a wild Friday night is to drink whiskey while reading history books and writing essays on what I learned. I gladly embrace the title of history nerd.
That’s why I squealed with girlish delight when I saw that the Arizona Curriculum Theater will be performing Salem: 1692 at Soul Invicus on Grand Avenue in March.(1022 NW Grand Ave Phoenix, AZ 85007)
Who doesn’t love hysterical, superstitious religious communities accusing one another of wicked witchery?! Read more
25 years of The Legend of Zelda
Nintendo came into my life at a babysitter’s house in 1988. I was 6 years old. Santa Clause brought me a Nintendo for Christmas later that year and with it a game that changed my youth, Zelda II: The Adventures of Link.
The Adventures of Link took me to another world. The game cartridge itself was made of sparkling gold, the mystery of that alone dominated my thoughts.
At school I would daydream about Hyrule, the people, the kingdoms, the dungeons, the caves. I belonged in Hyrule because there I was a hero on a quest. Link learned what I learned, and together we explored miles of untouched terrain, green fields, and new towns. My parents never gave me a hard time or made me stop playing. After all, it was winter in Orem, Utah and the world outside my bedroom window was dark, snowy and frozen, but my imagination was on fire. Read more
Feast of Fun T-Shirt Travel Log
I’ve started a travel log with my Feast of Fun T-shirt; where I go, it’s gonna go. I travel about as much as a guy with a regular Monday-Friday, 9-5 desk job can travel, but I do ok. I take a lot of weekend trips to places around Arizona but I have some bigger trips planned this year and I’ll add more photos the more I travel. I’m helping to spread the Feast of Fun love! If you have a FoF shirt, do the same. 
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Peaches Christ Back at MADCAP in Tempe
I have a confession to make: I’ve never seen a certain 1976 supernatural horror movie starring Sissy Spacek. Yes, I admit it, I’ve never seen Carrie. Go ahead! Judge me! I don’t care.
My shame will be washed away, maybe in pig’s blood, on Saturday, February 26 when I go to MADCAP Theaters to see Carrie, hosted by San Francisco’s own Peaches Christ with our own AZ Gender Outlaws. Read more
I’ll be back Next Week
I’ve never been to Miami and flights were cheap so, you know, going to Miami, Bienvenido a Miami.
I actually have a ton of posts already written, but I don’t love them yet and I need more time to edit. Until then, enjoy this video of a girl singing the sexy song that Jessica Rabbit (who is my friend on Facebook) sings in the movie, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
