Primarily a writer-director Andrew Klaus is also an internationally exhibited visual artist having contributed to LIFEBOAT: Hamptons BANG! Festival de Videoarte de Barcelona, Spain, and the inaugural Scratching the Surface arts fair. He has in addition released two solo records as Souhado and now records with the Portland, Oregon based Francophile art band A is For Accident. Klaus has written for a various magazines, websites, and 'zines on gender and sexual politic issues as well as authored th
What I'm Reading
Jasper Fjord, Monique Wittig, Michael Warner, Michel Foucoult, Derek Jarma's diaries, the backs of cereal boxes, Ovidian myths, Sappho, between the lines, the newspaper,
An Interesting Fact
Well-endowed queer Jewish-french american film maker and author, sometimes musician in the band A is for Accident... um yeah, my mom would be proud of that bio?
The Road directed by John Hillcoat ( the excellent Aussie western the Proposition) has survived a long and winding road of it's own making it finally to the big screen having had it's release date changed no fewer than four times, which is rarely a good sign. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel my Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, the Border trilogy) and starring the always reliably amazing Viggo Mortensen. Mortenson stars as a single dad on a journey south towards the co... Read Full Story
Toronto-based Gentleman Reg is on his second North American tour this year in support of Jet Black his fantastic new record on Arts and Crafts Records (which I've written about SEVERAL times). We here at Diggin' to China are very happy to have an exclusive backstage interview with Reg Vermue (aka Gentleman Reg) discussing digital marketing, truckers, sexuality, and touring with fellow Canadians The Hidden Cameras.
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The Muppets (and all other creations by Jim Henson and the Henson Creature Shop) have been a great treasure to generations of kids world wide. They have been a huge influence on me, constantly inspiring me. Check out the Muppets celebrating YouTube HD with their cover of the pro-rock classic Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.
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The Muppets (and all other creations by Jim Henson and the Henson Creature Shop) have been a great treasure to generations of kids world wide. They have been a huge influence on me, constantly inspiring me. Check out the Muppets celebrating YouTube HD with their cover of the pro-rock classic Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Read Full Story
I've been producing, co-writing and directing a web based series called Sylvia! It's been a long time coming and is a collaboration with my husband and lot time-foil Taylor Vineyard and my dearest friend and collaborator, bon vivant Matthew Kern. Watch the first three episodes after the jump!SYLVIA! pilot (pt 1) "Anita People" Sylvia! pilot (pt 2) "Anita People"Sylvia Episode #2 "Nobody Cares About Gladys"Sylvia! Episode #3 "Difficult Technicalities" Read Full Story
Good Morning America has made the double standard imposed on Adam Lambert laughable today announcing proudly (convicted felon) Chris Brown was booked to perform on GMA. ABC is sending the message to millions of young people it's totally fine to commit a felony like- BEATING THE IMMORTAL FUCK out of your girlfriend -as long as you are straight. Lambert broke no laws but has been black listed from ABC for his now legendary performance on the AMAs and his "unrepentant" attitude that foll... Read Full Story
Good Morning America has made the double standard imposed on Adam Lambert laughable today announcing proudly (convicted felon) Chris Brown was booked to perform on GMA. ABC is sending the message to millions of young people it's totally fine to commit a felony like- BEATING THE IMMORTAL FUCK out of your girlfriend -as long as you are straight. Lambert broke no laws but has been black listed from ABC for his now legendary performance on the AMAs and his "unrepentant" attitude that follow... Read Full Story
