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Port Huron Statement Part II
Paul Krassner
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COVER
Help celebrate Jack's
Birthday at the Tool
Shed and join in on the
fun.
In case you don't know,
Jack Dyer is a dancer
and model whose
performing career
started in 2018.
Mr. Dyer has worked
with a number of
models including Cade
Maddox.
Today I got a text from
the The Ginsberg
foundation on the
passing of Paul
Krassner.
As we go about
the business of
documenting our
time on earth, we lose
people daily. Some
celebrity deaths are
marked with much
emotion as a dear
friend. Even though
you've never met them,
the loss feels real.
Continued on page 36
10 QUESTIONS
WITH VIC
Vic Gerami is a
journalist and media
contributor
Adrian's
Pics
POP Culture
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July 24 - July 30, 2019
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SIGNATURE DATES
SPECIAL ELECTION City of Cathedral City, CA -
Municipal Government
Nomination Period for District 1 City Council
Seat Nomination Period for candidates will
close on May 30, 2019.
Prime Timers Mixer & Food Drive
Monday, August 5th | 4:30 to 7:00 PM
Hunters 302 East Arenas Road
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Come and join our special mixer gathering
where we are asking our members to support
The Community Food Bank
INSIDER GUIDE
BEST BET: LATE NIGHT BAR AND
RESTAURANT RUNWAY RESTAURANT MEET
Meet at the bar, sleep at the hotel!
BEST BET: GAY SUNDAY BEVERAGE BUST
Get together at The Barracks
BEST BET: GAY THEME NIGHTS at the
Tool Shed Bar and The Barracks.
BEST BET: GAY BINGO OH 69 at the
Tool Shed Bar Wed. & Sat. 12pm - 3pm
BEST BET: Best Bottomless
Champagne Breakfast starter at
Pinocchio's of the Desert
BEST BET: EVERY DAY Breakfast, Lunch,
and Dinner
at Sunshine Cafe in Cathedral City.
BEST FREE BET: THURSDAYS NIGHTS AT
THE MUSEUM
free museum admission from 4:00 p.m. to
LGBTQ CENTER OF THE DESERT
(760-416-7790)
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK at the Center
(760-416-7790)
SCOTT HINES MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC at the
CENTER (760-416-7899)
SAVE THE DATE:
July 31st – Palm Springs Leather Order of the
Desert – 6:30pm
August 1st – Desert Fetish Authority – 6:30pm
August 2nd – Caregiver Support Group –
3:00pm
August 16th-18th – Authentic Dating –
Intensive Weekend Workshop
Open Play Bridge – Every Monday at 9:00am
8:00 p.m.
BEST BET: GAY MOVIES gay, cult and
pop movies at the Palm Springs Cultural
Center for schedule of events visit
palmspringsculturalcenter.org.
BEST FREE BET: Village-fest Street
Festival Thursday night street fair featuring
arts, crafts, food, and entertainment! Its
also fun to watch the gay community as
you walk down Arenas Rd, the heart of the
gay community. Downtown, Thursdays,
6pm- 10pm
BEST BETS: July 27 Still can't get
enough of Queen? The Ultimate Queen
Celebration: Starring Marc Martel at The
Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa.
Enjoy the summer
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W O R K O U T G Y M
P A L M S P R I N G S
$12 DAY PASSES
MEMBERSHIP SPECIALS
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2100 N PALM CANYON DR., SUITE C100
(BEHIND TOUCAN’S TIKI LOUNGE)
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
WORKOUT GYM HOURS:
MON-FRI: 5:00AM - 8:00PM
SAT-SUN: 8:00AM - 6:00PM
(760) 325-4600
W W W . W O R K O U T G Y M P S . C O M
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Bars & Restaurants
FEATURED
Pinocchio In the Desert
Palm Springs breakfast and
lunch bistro restaurant with a
warm and welcoming, lively
fun European Atmosphere.
134 East Tahquitz Canyon
Way, PS
Rio Azul - Mexican Style Rest.
& Bar
Best authentic Mexican
style restaurant in the valley.
With patio and Bar. Home
of an original and distinct
interpretation of Mexican food
.Longest running Sunday Drag
Brunch.(760) 992-5641 350
South Indian Cyn, PS,
Eagle 501 Bar(Opening Soon)
LEVI/LEATHER bar in the
heart of Arenas, Palm Springs
301 E Arenas Rd , PS
Runway Restaurant & Bar
The valleys premier arts and
entertainment. Featuring
American Casual Dining
Drinks & Drag at CCBC
Resort Hotel.68300 Gay Resort
Drive, CC
Sunshine Cafe
Nearly as perfect as it gets!
Known as a local hole in the
wall with a funky vibe and
fantastic food, frequented by
celebrities, politicians, word
of mouth visitors from around
the world. 36815 Cathedral
Canyon Dr. CC
(760) 328-1415 6:00 am
The Barracks
LEVI/LEATHER No matter
your fetish, if you’re in the
mood for some great cruising
or just listening to some sexy
music while you have a cigar
and conversation at the largest
patio bar in the desert.
67625 E. Palm Canyon Dr. CC
Tool Shed
LEVI/LEATHER In the Warm
Sands District in central Palm
Springs.
600 E Sunny Dunes Rd , PS
(760) 320-3299
10:00 am – 2:00 am
Tryst Bar and Lounge
Eclectic mix of straight and
gays of all ages, AMI Video
Jukebox - Pool -Darts- Air
Hockey - Giant Jenga.
Everyone is Welcome at Tryst
21+ 188 S Indian Canyon Dr
Palm Springs, CA
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More Gay & Gay Friendly
Bars and Restaurants.
Cathedral City
AJ Sports
Roost
Trunks
Studio One 11
Desert Hot Springs
Playoffs Sports Bar
Palm Springs
Toucan’s
Streetbar
Oscar’s
Chill bar
Hunters
Stacy’s
BlackBook
QUADZ
RetroRoom Lounge
Phoenix
Charlie's
Dick's Cabaret
Kobalt Bar
Pat O's
Stacy's
Inland Empire
The Menagerie
VIP
Alibi East
Hook-Up
340 Restaurant & Nightclub
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Mixer & Food Drive
Monday, August 5th | 4:30 to 7:00 PM
Come and join our special mixer gathering where we are
asking our members to support The Community Food Bank @
The Center currently in need of the following items:
Cereals (All sizes)
Breakfast items (oatmeal, bars)
Nutritional or Protein shakes
Crackers & Chips
Dry beans (1 lbs. bags)
Pasta
Canned meat
Baking products
The Community Food Bank @ The Center is a flagship initiative
that provides nutritional choices, including fresh produce,
baked goods, meat, canned goods, dairy and more to lowincome
Riverside County residents in need of food assistance
Where:
302 East Arenas Road
Palm Springs, CA 92262
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Port Huron Statement Part II
Fair Use copyright (c) 1993 by the Author or by
Viet Nam Generation, Inc., all rights reserved.
a 1962 political manifesto of the American
student activist movement Students for a
Democratic Society (SDS)
Values
Making values explicit--an initial task in
establishing alternatives--is an activity that
has been devalued and corrupted. The
conventional moral terms of the age, the
politician moralities--"free world," "people's
democracies"--reflect realities poorly, if at all,
and seem to function more as ruling myths
than as descriptive principles. But neither has
our experience in the universities brought us
moral enlightenment.
Our professors and administrators sacrifice
controversy to public relations; their
curriculums change more slowly than the
living events of the world; their skills and
silence are purchased by investors in the
arms race; passion is called unscholastic. The
questions we might want raised--what is really
important? can we live in a different and
better way? if we wanted to change society,
how would we do it?--are not thought to be
questions of a "fruitful, empirical nature," and
thus are brushed aside.
with Commies and Fellow Travelers, Ideologies
Are Exhausted, Bipartisanship, No Utopias.
These are incomplete, and there are few new
prophets. It has been said that our liberal and
socialist predecessors were plagued by vision
without program, while our own generation is
plagued by program without vision. All around
us there is astute grasp of method, technique--
the committee, the ad hoc group, the lobbyist,
the hard and soft sell, the make, the projected
image--but, if pressed critically, such expertise
in incompetent to explain its implicit ideals. It
is highly fashionable to identify oneself by old
categories, or by naming a respected political
figure, or by explaining "how we would vote"
on various issues.
Theoretic chaos has replaced the idealistic
thinking of old--and, unable to reconstitute
theoretic order, men have condemned idealism
itself. Doubt has replaced hopefulness--and
men act out a defeatism that is labeled realistic.
The decline of utopia and hope is in fact one
of the defining features of social life today. The
reasons are various: the dreams of the older
left were perverted by Stalinism and never
re-created; the congressional stalemate makes
men narrow their view of the possible; the
specialization of human activity leaves little
room for sweeping thought; the horrors of the
twentieth century symbolized in the gas ovens
and concentration camps and atom bombs,
have blasted hopefulness. To be idealistic is to
be considered apocalyptic, deluded. To have
no serious aspirations, on the contrary, is to be
"tough-minded."
Unlike youth in other countries we are used
to moral leadership being exercised and moral
dimensions being clarified by our elders. But
today, for us, not even the liberal and socialist In suggesting social goals and values, therefore,
preachments of the past seem adequate to the we are aware of entering a sphere of some
forms of the present. Consider the old slogans: disrepute. Perhaps matured by the past, we
Capitalism Cannot Reform Itself, United Front have no formulas, no closed theories--but that
Against Fascism, General Strike, All Out on does not mean values are beyond discussion
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determination. A first task of any
social movement is to convince people that the
search for orienting theories and the creation
of human values is complex but worthwhile.
We are aware that to avoid platitudes we must
analyze the concrete conditions of social order.
But to direct such an analysis we must use the
guideposts of basic principles. Our own social
values involve conceptions of human beings,
human relationships, and social systems.
We regard men as infinitely precious and
possessed of unfulfilled capacities for reason,
freedom, and love. In affirming these principles
we are aware of countering perhaps the
dominant conceptions of man in the twentieth
century: that he is a thing to be manipulated,
and that he is inherently incapable of
directing his own affairs. We oppose the
depersonalization that reduces human being
to the status of things--if anything, the
brutalities of the twentieth century teach that
means and ends are intimately related, that
vague appeals to "posterity" cannot justify the
mutilations of the present. We oppose, too,
the doctrine of human incompetence because
it rests essentially on the modern fact that
men have been "competently" manipulated
into incompetence--we see little reason
why men cannot meet with increasing the
skill the complexities and responsibilities of
their situation, if society is organized not for
minority, but for majority, participation in
decision-making.
authentic; a quality of mind not compulsively
driven by a sense of powerlessness, nor one
which unthinkingly adopts status values, nor
one which represses all threats to its habits,
but one which has full, spontaneous access to
present and past experiences, one which easily
unites the fragmented parts of personal history,
one which openly faces problems which are
troubling and unresolved; one with an intuitive
awareness of possibilities, an active sense of
curiosity, an ability and willingness to learn.
This kind of independence does not mean
egotistic individualism--the object is not to
have one's way so much as it is to have a way
that is one's own. Nor do we deify man--we
merely have faith in his potential.
Human relationships should involve fraternity
and honesty. Human interdependence is
contemporary fact; human brotherhood must
be willed, however, as a condition of future
survival and as the most appropriate form of
social relations. Personal links between man
and man are needed, especially to go beyond
the partial and fragmentary bonds of function
that bind men only as worker to worker,
employer to employee, teacher to student,
American to Russian.
Tom Hayden December 11, 1939 – October 23,
2016
Anti-war, civil rights, and radical intellectual
activist in the 1960s, authoring the Port Huron
Statement and standing trial in the Chicago
Seven case.
Men have unrealized potential for selfcultivation,
self-direction, self-understanding,
and creativity. It is this potential that we regard
as crucial and to which we appeal, not to the
human potentiality for violence, unreason,
Next week part III
and submission to authority. The goal of man
and society should be human independence: a Loneliness, estrangement, isolation describe
concern not with image of popularity but with the vast distance between man and man
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Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus
To Hold Auditions for 21 st Season
“Sing With Us”
Palm Springs, CA- June 26, 2019... The Palm
Springs Gay Men’s Chorus (PSGMC) will
be holding open call auditions August 27
at 7:00p.m. at the Mizell Senior Center,
480 South Sunrise Way in Palm Springs.
This special evening of camaraderie will
also be an opportunity to volunteer and
get involved with one of the chorus’ many
committees. Interested singers can also
attend open rehearsals on August 13 and 20
at 7:00p.m. to experience what it is like to
perform with the chorus and meet its members.
PSGMC continues to “Build a Chorus
Like No Other,” with a commitment to a high
standard of excellence in their performances.
In the audition process, PSGMC will be
recruiting singers for the main chorus, but
also for their small ensemble group “The
Arrangement.”
“The “Sing With Us” campaign stems from
the chorus’ tight knit group of men who are
passionate about performing and entertaining
at civic and private events throughout
the cities of the Coachella Valley. Singing
with PSGMC gives everyone an amazing
musical experience and a family of men to
share their music with. The process is easy
and requires the singer to match pitch, have
a great smile and good stage presence,” said
Douglas Wilson, Artistic Director, PSGMC.
The chorus is an auditioned, volunteer
choral ensemble consisting of male singers
age eighteen and older, gay or gay friendly.
With a wide range of varying musical
training and backgrounds, the chorus is
committed to fostering an environment of
professionalism, respect, pride and unity.
The Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus is
comprised of gay and straight-allied men of
all ethnicities. As we grow our membership
and continue to build diversity, we encourage
the Trans Community, if you identify as
a man and sing in the tenor or bass range,
to audition for the chorus.
The mission of the PSGMC is to be a
chorus of gay men, who through musical
excellence, community outreach, and civic
responsibility, are dedicated to entertaining,
inspiring, and educating the culturally
diverse community in which we live.
For more information on meeting the requirements
and an application form https://
psgmc.com/auditions/. For a variety of ways
to support the Palm Springs Gay Men’s
Chorus, visit www.PSGMC.com
Press inquiries should be directed to Jeff
Hocker, Hocker Productions at 760-409-
1530 or marketing@psgmc.com.
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Strange happenings The War in
cyberspace is bring waged, and the
United States is losing it, according
national security experts.
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The home of U.S.
Forces Japan in western Tokyo was briefly
under a “real world” lockdown Wednesday,
according to messages sent via mobile
apps and the base-wide public address
system. “REAL WORLD — LOCKDOWN,
Yokota Air Base is under LOCKDOWN,”
stated a text alert sent at about 1:50 p.m.
“Last known location: Bldg. 31, O-Club —
LOCKDOWN.” A message broadcast over
Yokota’s Giant Voice public address system
announced that the emergency had ended
at about 2:08 p.m. No other information
was immediately available.
Scurity personnel and Japanese police
found no evidence of firearms being
discharged on or off base at the time,
according to Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing.
fighter jets in response. Moscow's defense
ministry said four bombers, supported
by fighter jets, patrolled a pre-planned
route over "neutral waters" in the Sea of
Japan and the East China Sea, according
to the BBC. South Korea claimed that two
Tu-95 bombers and one A-50 airborne
early warning and control aircraft entered
the South's air defense identification zone
along with two Chinese bombers off its
east coast before the A-50 intruded in
South Korean airspace.
According to South Korean accounts,
an unspecified number of South Korean
fighter jets, including F-16s, scrambled to
the area and fired 10 flares and 80 rounds
from machine guns as warning shots.
CARACAS, July 22. /TASS/. A US
reconnaissance aircraft has been
reported to violate the Venezuelan
airspace for the second time in three
days, Minister of Communications and
Information Jorge Rodriguez said on
Monday.
Cuba 'sonic attacks' changed people's
brains, study suggests Many of those
stationed in Havana reported hearing
"intensely loud" sounds coming from a
specific direction, which they described
as "buzzing," "grinding metal," "piercing
squeals" and "humming,"
Officials have looked into similar cases
in China. The US State Department
expanded a health alert there after a
series of supposed acoustic incidents left
July 23 Russia confirmed Tuesday that
it had carried out its first-ever joint
air patrol with China, an event which
diplomatic personnel suffering injuries
prompted Never South Stale! Korea The to scramble
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AdamsArtExpose’ ART
The Southeastern Native American
Tribes consist of the Cherokee; Choctaw,
Muscogee or Creek; Chickasaw and
Seminole Tribes. The largest of these
tribes is the Cherokee. historically
these Tribes occupied the area that is
now comprised of the states of Georgia,
Alabama, North Carolina, Florida and
Tennessee Their traditional arts consisted
of clay pots. These were both decorative
and utilitarian. They were decorated with
sticks and stones and baked in fire to
make them durable for holding liquids.
They also carved pipes made from clay,
wood, and soapstone. The pipes were
used in religious and peace ceremonies
and also for smoking tobacco.and were
meticulously decorated. The pipe that is
shown in this article has an interesting
stem which could have implications of
a blow job. This pipe is made by the
Chickasaw Tribe.
Double-wall baskets were another artistic
and utilitarian craft made by the women
of the Tribes. The baskets featured
designs of various geometric and nature
patterns.
AdamsArtExpose’
NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS - SOUTHEAST NATIVE
AMERICAN ART AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS
Cherokee men gave the masks ferocious
features that were painted and also they
added fur and feather decorations. The
masks were used to taunt enemies and
would be worn in ceremonies prior to a
battle.
The Southeast Native American Tribes
were established centuries prior to the
arrival of the European immigrants.
They were mostly agrarian growing crops
of corn and beans They primarily lived
in towns which covered hundreds of
acres. They had established streets for
residential and public use. Their system
of governance was a chiefdom with
high levels of military organization. An
initial agreement was made with George
Masks were another artifact of the
Southeast Tribes. These were carved
of wood. Only men made masks. The Washington and the new American
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Republic. It was basically a laissez-faire
agreement allowing the Tribes to maintain
their lands and gradually integrate them
into European culture and Christianity.
More immigration from Europe brought
settles to the Southeastern States with
dreams of becoming wealthy from growing
cotton and tobacco on the rich land. The
Native American Tribes became more of an
annoyance. The story that is now history
of abhorrent treatment of Native American
peoples in which one of the most infamous
chapters was the Trail of Tears incident,
taking place in the 1830s beginning with
the administration of another pre-Trump,
racist president, Andrew Jackson. Jackson
was racist and xenophobic in that he hated
Native Americans. His administration
began what was titled the Indian Removal
process. All of the Southeastern Tribes
were to be moved from their native
geographic area which they had lived on
for centuries to an area recently accessed as
part of the Louisianna Purchase, to become
known as Oklahoma. This removal reached
its peak after both settlers and the U.S.
military had committed mass murder and
destruction of the existing Native American
habitats. The Cherokee Tribes one of the
last Tribes to be "removed" was forced to
march on foot 1,200 miles to the Oklahoma
Territory. The Southeastern Native
American country which had been lived in
for centuries prior to the 1800s shrank to
almost nothing as Oklahoma became a new
state and Indian territory was gone forever.
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"Someone to
Watch" winner
Alexandre
Moratto's
multi-awarded
festival-favorite
SOCRATES?
Opening in
Los Angeles
on August 9
and on DVD & VOD August 20, Socrates follows
15-year-old Socrates, who, after the
death of his mother, finds himself living
on the outskirts of São Paulo, attempting
to navigate life outside the system, while
facing mounting debt, forced eviction, and
the threat of being relocated into a youth
home. Despite it all, Socrates is determined
to survive on his own terms amidst
fraught conditions, all the while exploring
his sexuality after sparking a steamy
romance with a reckless older boy. From
executive producer Fernando Meirelles
(City Of God), and produced by Ramin
Bahrani (99 Homes, Goodbye Solo), Socrates
is the debut feature from 29-year-old
Brazilian-American filmmaker Alexandre
Moratto. It is the first feature produced
by the Querô Institute in Brazil where it
was co-written, produced, and acted by
at-risk teenagers from local low-income
communities, with the support of UNICEF.
“a Described as a "gritty, gut-wrenching
drama... (Gary Kramer, SF Bay Times) that
"imbues this unhappy slice of slum life
with an energy and compassion that transcends
mere miserabilism." (Dennis Harvey,
Variety), World Premiere at the Los
Angeles Film Festival, official selection at
numerous festivals including Festival Mix
Brasil (Best Film, Best Director and Best
Actor for lead actor Christian Mahleiros);
Frameline43; BFI Flare; TIFF New Wave;
Miami Film Festival (Jordan Ressler First
Feature Award for Moratto).
Alexandre Moratto is a Brazilian-American
filmmaker. His award-winning short films
Nowhere to be Found, The Parting, and
The Other Side have screened at numerous
international film festivals. He was a Film
Independent Directing Lab Fellow and an
NC Arts Council Artist Fellow and had a
project in the Sundance Creative Producing
Labs. He received his BFA from the
UNC School of the Arts where he was a
Kenan Excellence full scholarship recipient
and winner of the DGA Student Film Jury
Award for his thesis. He resides in California
and São Paulo.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DID YOU KNOW, Palm Springs is
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
LGBT AND LGBT FRIENDLY
RESORTS PALM SPRINGS STYLE
CCBC Resort 760 324-1350 See page 2
68-300 Gay Resort Drive
CCBC is the largest clothing optional Gay
men’s resort in Southern California.
Located just a few minutes from downtown
Palm Springs, Our 3.5 acre fantasy
playground is perfect for weekend getaways
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Chaps Inn 760 327-8222 See page 18
Don’t stay where the boys are ….. stay
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555 E. San Lorenzo Rd
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Romantic and relaxing or fun and frisky. At
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INNdulge 760 327 1408 See page 9.
601 S Grenfall Rd, Palm Springs
Considered one of the best gay hotels
and gay resorts in Palm Springs Located
in the heart of warm sands area and
walking distance to Sunny Dunes gay
bars and shopping and down town.
Amenities include free wifi, daily
continental breakfast, evening social
hour, complimentary local gym access,
air conditioning, on-site guest laundry,
outdoor misters and assistance with
restaurant and activity bookings
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BUSINESS SERVICES
ATTRACTIONS/ENTERTAINMENT
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum 760-329-7610
McCallum Adobe 760-323-8297
Ruddy’s General Store Museum 760-327-2156
Indian Canyons 760-323-6018
Palm Springs Aerial Tram 760-325-1449
Palm Springs Air Museum 760-778-6262
Palm Springs Art Museum 760-325-7186
Sunnylands 760-328-2829
Patton Memorial Museum 760-227-3483
Joshua Tree National park 760-367-5500
ADULT BOOK STORE
*Hidden Joy 760 328-1694
ADULT FETISH AND TOYS
*Gear Leather & Fetish 760 322-3363
*Hidden Joy 760 328-1694
ART GALLERY
Sebastian’s Gallery Appraisals - Antiques Fine
Art - Estate sales and liquidation
69930 Hwy 111 Rancho Mirage . Nudes | Art
760-202-0582
ATTORNEYS
*Joseph Rhea legal criminal law human rights
760 322-3001
BARBER SHOPS
Tim Piper 760 218 0806
180 E. Andreas at North Palm cyn.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
CONCRETE
GYMS
*WorkOUT Gym 760 325-4600
GENERAL SERVICES
Patriot Services
LIC General Contactor
Handyman | Flooring | SHOWERS
PLUMBING | ELECTICAL
760-327-9619
Hauling
Red’s Hauling. We remove trash and unwanted
items. Garage clean outs. Call Red at
760-288-6956
SHOPPING
LEATHER GEAR TOYS
*Gear Leather and Fetish 760-322-3363
gearleather.com 650 E. Sunny Dunes
Computer Service
CONCIERGE-STYLE COMPUTER
SUPPORT I AM NOT MAC-PHOBIC!
Desktops, laptops, Internet/wireless connectivity,
virus remediation. Catering to locals &
resort/out-of-town guests. Reasonable rates
Call Ed Lefkowitz sunnyDconsulting (760)
483-3115. sunnydconsulting.com
Leather Repair
Off Ramp Leathers 760-778-2798
www.offrampleathers.com New and used
leather and fetish/BSDM gear. Alterations
and repairs from saddle-patching your
well-loved Levis to refurbishing your prized
leathers. Or get measured for a new custom
leather outfit handmade by Paul. Great
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Continued from page 29
selection of consignment items. 650 E.
Sunny Dunes Rd., Unit 3, Palm Springs,
CA 92264
PAINTERS
MATRIMONY SPIRITUALITY
Bloom In the Desert Ministries
760 327-3802
REAL ESTATE
*Berrington Properties 760 408-4102
TRAVEL
Idyllwild
LIVING FREEANIMAL SANCTUARY
Living Free rescues dogs & cats from public
shelters. We're a no-kill nonprofit - with
spay/neuter, pet adoptions, animal welfare.
Tax-deductable Visitors Welcome! OPEN
DAILY 11:00am to 4:00pm CLOSED
WEDNESDAYS. We are NOT licensed to
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from local shelters only.
54250 KEEN CAMP ROAD MOUNTAIN
CENTER, CA 92561
Idyllwild Guest House
Escape desert temperatures for cool
breezes. Visit Idyllwild Guest House
for spectacular sunsets and beautiful
mornings. Relaxing private location
with hot tub and clothing optional sundecks.
Idyllwildgayguesthouse.com
Mark Lonsbury 760-406-9699
Idyllwild Attractions
Idyllwild Nature Center The center provides
an array of environmental education
programs, guided tours, and field study
trips. 25225 CA-243, Idyllwild, CA 92549,
Phone: 951-659-3850
Idyllwild Park is a popular park measuring
a little over two hundred acres for hiking
rock and rustic camping.
MOVING HERE?
Gas 800-427-2200
Water 760-323-4971
Electric 800-990-7788
Trash 800-973-3873
Recycling 760-327-1351
Free Trolley Buzz
760 260-8104
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GROUPS/ORG/HELP
LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE
DESERT 1301 North Palm Canyon, 3rd
Floor PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
760-416-7790 www.thecenterps.org
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 800-
227-2345
AMVETS: 760-324-5670
BLOOM IN THE DESERT MINISTRIES:
760-327-3802
Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services
Rape Crisis Center (760) 568-9071
DEMOCRATS OF THE DESERT
desertdemocrats.org
democratsofthedesert@gmail.com
DESERT LEGAL AID: 760-832-9770
DESERT STONEWALL DEMOCRATS:
www.desert-stonewall.org
DESERT WINDS 760 776-2700
FRONTRUNNERS psfr.org
GAY ARTISTS - 760 835-0727
Gay Book Club of PS—write to bookclubofps@yahoo.com
Transgender community transcc.org
PALM SPRINGS GAY MEN’S CHORUS
760-219-2077
PALM SPRINGS LEATHER ORDER OF
THE DESERT 760 272-5553
PALM SPRINGS PRIDE pspride.org
Prime Timers of the Desert 760-424-8014.
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For Cool Center info call: County of Riverside
Community Action Partnership 951-
955-4900 TTY: 951-955-5126
www.capriverside.org or loical City Hall.
ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project 212-549-
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The (FCC) reserved the 211 dialing code
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But when you work at one of the few gay
media outlets (with a soul), one that does
not loot everything like it was a money
tree. You get to meet many celebrities
and some that fall somewhere between
a fan and a friend. Paul Krassner was
a celebrity of stellar proportions in the
universe, but maybe not so well known in
the pop culture. But he was a friend of our
community from early on.
While there may never be a Paul Krassner
Funko Pop and what the hell do they know,
they have Flik. The star of A Bugs Life.
If there was a dotted line between those
who are actually "woke" and those not or
pretending to be woke, Paul Krassner is a
way to vet them.
In 1967, Paul Krassner published Mad artist
Wally Wood’s parody as a centerspread for
his satirical magazine, The Realist originally
in black and white but its now available on
paulkrassner.com.
According to Paul's web site:
The Realist was the legendary satirical
magazine published from 1958 to 2001.
Founded and edited by Paul Krassner, his
credo was “Irreverence is our only sacred
cow,” and in order to practice what he
preached he published some of the most
incendiary cartoons that ever appeared in
an American magazine.
Paul Krassner calls himself an investigative
satirist. Don Imus labeled him “one of
the comic geniuses of the 20th century.”
And, according to the Los Angeles
Reader, “Krassner delivers 90 minutes of
the funniest, most intelligent social and
political commentary in town.”
On the other hand, a couple of FBI agents
went to one of his performances and
stated in their report, “He purported to be
humorous about government policies.” His
FBI files indicate that after Life magazine
published a favorable profile of him, the
FBI sent a poison-pen letter to the editor,
complaining: “To classify Krassner as a
social rebel is far too cute. He’s a nut, a
raving, unconfined nut.”
“The FBI was right,” says George Carlin.
“This man is dangerous – and funny; and
necessary.”
One of his last gigs was recorded by Will
Paige in 2012 at Trunks Bar Cathedral city
California. Available online at
facebook.com/desertdailyguide
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2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego
July 18 -21 comic-con.org
On March 21, 1970, a group of teenage
comic and movie enthusiasts under the
nominal adult supervision of a superfan
named Shel Dorf mounted a one-day
comic “minicon” at the US Grant Hotel
in downtown San Diego, similar to a
convention that Dorf had staged in Detroit.
This was the 50th edition of the show and
it gets bigger and better every year, the
world's fair of the generation.
San Diego will have a question on the
ballot next March about whether to
expand the convention center or Comic
Con might move to a larger venue.
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THE LAST WORD
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the
grave safely in a well-preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting 'Holy sh*t…
what a ride!", says Hunter S Thompson,
who killed himself rather than live in our
world. Now I am sad to report my friend
and neighbor, '60’s counterculture figure
Paul Krassner has died. The last time I
was with him, I produced a show for him
at what is now Trunks Bar, for his book
re-release “Pot Stories for the Soul” He had
such a good time, he jumped up and took
the mic. I was like, "Sure", gulp. The DDG
is proud to support freedom of speech, but
this was Krassner. Thompson and Bruce
were his contemporaries and mentors.
But he did a solid 30 minute slot, gave us
a tour of the 60’s that landed on that day,
saying "Today, no one says "thank you", they
just print it on your receipt". On that night,
Ashley Araya Sparks and Gregory Heyer
put on a great 60’s tribute, as he told me this
would be his last performance; it is fitting to
be in a gay bar in Cathedral City. But he was
happy, he said these people are my people,
maybe because they are gay, but they get
the world as it really is. There is no air of
entitled space around them, they all showed
up mentaly. Also if you follow the beat
track, Krassner's appearance was developed
by noted local advocate, Lanny Swerdlow.
Later that day, we smoked out the rented
limo. We talked about our mutual friend
Hunter S Thompson, Hunter, Krassner
claimed, Often sent him bags of pot seeds
in the 60's to spread around Manhattan.
Which he did.
Then he said, "Let’s do some coke, Will",
which we did on the limo driver’s chest.
After the two alpacas got in, even species
identification gets kind of dicey. Later,
Krassner unrolled a place mat from the
Whale's Tale Restaurant & Pub on 69 Ocean
Blvd, in the Hamptons. I knew it because I
did the graphics on that place mat. It was
how I paid the rent when I lived at the 6
Red Coat Lane beach cottage writing for 3
or 6 years just off Old kings’ road. Calling
it a cottage is flattery because it was known
as one of the old rotted bog shacks by the
swamp. Still, I did my best writing there, but
the place mat was not important, it was the
handwritten map on the back we wanted.
The map contained detailed locations where
he also placed gold next to each pot plant.
But he was too high to let anyone know, so
no one dug up the gold. We used the map
to find one location and only found another
note. A clue perhaps? A warning? Nope
it just said “I needed the fucking money.
P." scene… ala Raul Duke as Hunter S
Thompson
But for me, it was sitting in the parking
lot talking to Paul fucking Krassner, a key
figure in my counterculture world of the
1960s, a member of Ken Kesey's Merry
Pranksters and a founding member of the
Yippies. It happened. A hero died on July
21, 2019, in Desert Hot Springs, California.
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