Saturday, January 27, 2007

"Davies" Exposed As Actor Joel Oglesby

Thanks to the sleuthing of Dallas JMG reader Bob Stoller, "Pastor Donnie Davies" has been exposed as Dallas-area actor Joey Oglesby (First name corrected from post headline). Here he is. Joey Oglesby recently appeared in a production of Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical. Joey Oglesby is a former member of the Chicken & Pickle Guys sketch comedy duo.

Finally. Our long national nightmare is over. I tip my hat to Joey Oglesby and his crew for a fun diversion. Now we can go back to worrying about the war! I'll post the behind-the-scenes details and the reason for all this drama, as soon as I know it.

NOTE: I left Oglesby's first name incorrect in the post headline because this URL has already been widely linked. My apologies. His first name is JOEY.

UPDATE: I've exchanged a few emails with Oglesby and he is swearing that he is not Donnie Davies. I've asked him for a statement to publish here.

UPDATE II: I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier, but somebody has reserved the domain ChopsTheMovie.com. What say you, oh sleuths of teh intarwebs?

UPDATE III: Here's a YouTube comedy clip called "Date", featuring Joey Oglesby.

Now that this is finally settled, I'll have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the last week of clues, misclues, speculation and sleuthing. Obviously, there is something bigger coming from Oglesby and crew, but let's offer some well-earned applause right now to a bit of ingenious viral marketing that not only left us scratching our heads over its source, but spawned a considerable amount of discussion regarding the "ex-gay" issue. I'd say that we owe some apologies to actor Todd Quillen, our first suspected Donnie Davies, but having not heard a peep from him or his agent, perhaps they are just digging the entire show too.

Bloggers Respond: Andrew Sullivan, Dan Savage, Pam Spaulding, Good As You, Page One Q, Seed Magazine, Big Ass Belle, Et Cetera, Box Turtle Bulletin, Before I Forget, Boy Culture, aTypical Joe, Newspeak!, Towleroad, Queerty, Raincoaster, Discarded Lies.

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Third Davies Video Out

I'm getting a bit tired of this drawn out drama. Here's Davies' third performance. He cries about being mocked for his weight again, "I can dunk a basketball!" Still, his acting continues to be flawless and the logo is damn funny. Check out the crane shot at the end. This ain't no cheap production.
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Worst.Sex.Ever.

February 14th I'll be performing in WYSIWYG's Worst.Sex.Ever. This will be the fourth annual installment of the Valentine's Day show in which the performers recount their all-time worst sexual experiences. Advance tickets are available here, this show always sells out. Um, if you happen to be a certain short Latino bodybuilder who lives on W.49th in Hell's Kitchen, you might wanna miss this show. I'm just sayin'.
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Map Quest

Grand Central Terminal, Food Court, 1:30 PM

An attractive young white guy and a stunning Asian girl are seated next to me. As I'm eating my lunch and scanning the Times, they converse animatedly in Japanese. As always, I am startled to hear an apparent Westerner speaking fluent Japanese, I don't know why I always notice that. They are in business attire, but their clothes are cut a little more on the art side of office drag, so I imagine that they may work for a Japanese media company.

Halfway through my meal, their conversation grows louder. First the girl gets rather excited, then the man responds, both slapping the table as they try to make their points. I wonder, "Is that a Japanese custom, the table slapping?" Their voices continue to rise and others are beginning to turn their heads to follow the argument. The two women seated across from me shake their heads and I hear one of them say, "Ooh, somebody's gon' be alone THIS weekend!"

After ten minutes or so of excited exchanges, the man gets so frustrated that he breaks out of Japanese and shouts in perfect Brooklynese, "Gawdamn it! Pennsylvania is NOT in da fuckin' tri-state area!"

OK, then.
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Another Triumph Of Science

The caffeinated doughnut. I'll have the venti jelly.
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Designer Urinals Make Splash

"Home urinals are becoming 'a definite must for luxury master suites.'” Make all the pee, flower, and gay jokes that you want. Who wants to go #1?
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Morning View - Alice Of Central Park

Does anybody else find Central Park's Alice In Wonderland statue kind of creepy? Like most park statuary, her nose has been rubbed bright by thousands of visitors, rendering her either as an allergy sufferer or a coke-head.

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B.A.R. Blasts AHF Lawsuit

An editorial in today's Bay Area Reporter correctly blasts the AIDS Healthcare Foundation for its lawsuit against Pfizer, taking aim at AHF head Michael Weinstein and San Francisco "STD chief" Jeffrey Klausner.
Many gay AIDS activists have major issues with Klausner's repeated attempts to stigmatize gay men with leading irresponsible sex lives. And by extension, AHF and Klausner's position is patronizing to gay men by implying – incorrectly – that gay men who use Viagra somehow can't put on a condom.

What's most disturbing about AHF's lawsuit is the complete lack of hard data to support its contention. In fact, a recent review of published studies showed no convincing evidence to support Klausner's claims that use of Viagra leads to HIV infections.

"Health care providers should be reminded that individuals infected with HIV frequently have erectile dysfunction from their disease or from pharmacologic agents commonly used in its treatment," said Irwin Goldstein, editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine , which published findings of the review conference.

If AHF wants to secure funding from pharmaceutical companies, it should submit grant applications, and not resort to demeaning gay men with HIV/AIDS without rigorous scientific evidence to support its claims.
Right fucking on. For many men whose sex lives have been wrecked by the side-effects of HIV medications, not to mention the immense emotional burden that slams home everytime they try to put on a condom, Viagra has been a salvation, a wonder drug. For many, sex without Viagra (or its competitors) is impossible. And one can argue that for many, life without sex would be impossible. Demonizing a powerful quality-of-life drug in a misguided campaign to fight the crystal meth epidemic is flat out wrong.
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Stroke Out The Smoke

Hot on the heels of the entirely non-earthshattering news that gays smoke twice as much as straights, comes word of a new study that shows that patients who have had an injury to a certain area of the brain, the insula, were immediately freed of their smoking addiction. This finding presents great implications in the field of addictions studies. The story goes on to mention that insula injuries are also associated with social disfunction. Of course, some would say that smokers already are brain-damaged, so what's a little social disfunction in the name of clean lungs?
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Collectible Condoms! Better Than Pogs!

NYC will issue a series of free condoms in multi-colored foil packets featuring the logos of all 24 city subway lines. Condoms will be available in subway stations and are free to any business or organization that requests them from the Department of Health. No word yet if the 4-5-6 comes in XL.

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Nope

Nope.

I'm completely overhauling JMG beginning tomorrow. From now on, it's nothing but shirtless twinks, adorable kittens, reality show recaps, scribbled-on C-list celeb photos, heterosexual sports stars, and memes, memes, memes. First up: "Which Roman emperor are you?" I'm fucking Caligula, bitch.

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Set Phasers On "Popcorn"

The Pentagon has a new microwave "crowd control" device that is fired from a Humvee-based satellite dish. Those in the path of the beam feel as if they are about to burst into flames. With a range of 500 meters, the military claims that the device only penetrates human skin to a depth of 1/64 of an inch and cannot cause permanent harm. (Like the Tazer?) The government plans to use the device in military action to effect "non-lethal crowd control". Anybody taking bets on how long before this is used domestically?
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10.49.41.18

The above IP was attached to an email sent by Donnie Davies to JMG reader Big Ass Belle. It appears to resolve to Marina Del Rey, California. Davies claims to reside in Texas. Come on intarweb, the answer is out there in teh tubes.

UPDATE: A reader emails to say: "I know Todd Quillen, and I'm happy to say he's not Donnie Davies."

UPDATE II: Here's a video featuring Todd Guillen and his comedy troupe performing a series of mock Iraqi election attack ads. I can't really tell which one is Guillen.


UPDATE III: Good As You thinks they may have nailed Davies. I have NO idea at this point, but here's the pic.

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Today's Lesson In Love

If you belong to a skydiver's club, do not ever have an affair with the boyfriend of a fellow skydiver. Just don't.

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MS Words

Microsoft has been busted for offering to start paying a blogger to make edits to its Wikipedia entries. I am 300% certain that other companies have employees making sure that Wikipedia entries are tweaked to favor themselves, but you have to shake your head at Microsoft for going out-of-house on this. Microsoft has admitted that it violated the Wikipedia terms and conditions but claims that is HAD to correct those errors somehow. I'm shocked, shocked I tells ya. Next thing we'll be hearing about famous bloggers making edits on their own entries.
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Gay Sheep: The Final Word (Hopefully)

The New York Times has finally weighed in on the "gay sheep" controversy of several weeks ago, crediting anonymous biologist blogger (and JMG commenter) Empty Pockets as unmasking PETA's campaign to ruin the work and reputation of OHSU researcher Dr. Charles Roselli.

Martina Navrativola, however, stands by her allegiance with PETA, saying, "“The more we play God or try to improve on Mother Nature, the more damage we are doing with all kinds of experiments that either have already turned or will turn into nightmares. How in the world could straight or gay sheep help humanity?”

She just doesn't get it. To paraphrase a commenter here on JMG, "What can be known, will be known." What science does with the information is where we need to be vigilant. In the Times article, a professor from from the Center For Bioethics says it best: "This concern is best addressed by trying to change public perceptions of homosexuality rather than stop basic science on sexuality.”

Donnie Davies = Todd Quillen?

UPDATE: The "real" Davies exposed: HERE.

After an almost 48-hour run of speculation that has gripped the gay blogosphere, tenacious and smart JMG reader "Chrome" (a frequent commenter here), wrote to me early this morning with his conclusion that "Ex-gay" Pastor Donnie Davies is actually actor/musician/improv performer Todd Quillen. Quillen's personal site is here, his Yahoo photo album is here.

By cross-referencing the MySpace pages of Donnie Davies and his band Evening Service, Chrome began to find an interesting commonality among the friends of the "friends" of Davies and his band, namely an interest in film, television, acting, and most telling: improv. There appears to be a relationship to the improvisational acting group B.R.O.T.O.R.

What do you think, gentle readers? Has Chrome busted Donnie Davies? I believe he may have. If you believe otherwise and have proof, please email me.

UPDATE: Other bloggers wondering: Bob Mould, Dan Savage, Pam's House Blend, Queerty, Towleroad, Good As You, Blast Off.

UPDATE II: Still no further proof either way, but the chorus of "doesn't look like him" continues to grow louder. I called Quillen's agent in LA and asked for a callback, but haven't gotten one.

UPDATE III: An email sent to by Donnie Davies to JMG reader Big Ass Belle carries an IP (10.49.41.18) that resolves to Marina Del Rey, California. Donnie Davies claims to live in Texas.

UPDATE IV: Ignore Update III. I know bupkis about IP technology.
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Open Thread Thursday

This week's OTT is inspired by Donnie Davies. Complete the following sentence:

"That's as gay as........."

My favorite still has to be the southern classic: "That's as gay as Christmas!" I've also got a fond spot for "That's as gay as lunch with Liberace!"
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

More From Donnie Davies



OK, this is driving me slightly mad. Davies' Mona Lisa smile in this latest video make me strongly suspect that he's been having a field day at the expense of the gay blogosphere. But as I've said from the start, satire or not, the entire production has been brilliant pro-gay PR. Today, I'm more leaning towards believing that Davies is the gay LonelyGirl15, but I'm still not sure. Again, brilliance, intentional or not.
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Homo Phobo Rehab? Puh-leeze!

I haven't said anything about the Isaiah Washington issue until now, because aside from the fact that he's an actor I'd never heard of, from a show I've never watched, it's just NOT that important a story in the grand scheme of gay activism. In a day when gays are subject to outright and open legalized discrimination, is it really worth devoting the time and money of major activist orgs to chase the potty-mouth of some C-list actor? I understand the need to make an example of Washington, that this is GLAAD's raison d'etre, but this has all seemed to be a bit much.

I am rather amused, nonetheless, that GLAAD has successfully chased Washington into REHAB. Yes, he's gone into homo-phobo-rehab. "Hi, my name's Isaiah and I hate cocksuckers." ALL: "Hi, Asaiah." This has got to rank as the #1 WTF of 2007, to date.

So, what DOES one learn in homo-phobo-rehab? Best responses go into tomorrow's post.
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HIV Vaccine Reseach Moving Slowly

The outlook for an effective HIV vaccine remains bleak, even as several large-scale trials are due to report their results in 2008. Merck, Aventis, and VaxGen are all underway with vaccine trials, but scientists are hoping only that the results reduce infections "a little", at least providing a springboard to future research. Highest hopes are pinned on the Merck study, which if even a tiny bit effective, will at least "validate the animal models".

UPDATE: An HIV vaccine researcher responds:

Joe, I'm part of an international group of scientists and community members (funded by the NIH) who are testing HIV vaccines with the goal of getting a safe, effective HIV vaccine into the world as quickly as possible. I don't think the field is as bleak as some think. The two leading vaccines, made by Merck and the NIH's Vaccine Research Center appear to be safe, well-tolerated (few side effects), and create strong immune responses in study volunteers. What we don't know yet is whether these vaccines will protect people, either by preventing infection or keeping them healthy even if they later become infected through sex and drug use.

If you want more information on these trials, you can go to stepstudies.org or to the HIV Vaccine Trials Network website. It's great that you are getting the word out that HIV vaccines are being tested and that there is NO HIV IN THE VACCINES, so they can't infect anyone. We need people to get involved to move this field forward as quickly as we can!

Susan Buchbinder

UPDATE II: An NYU / Merck vaccine administrator responds:

Joe, Great post and update on the HIV vaccine trials. For anyone who's interested, we're running the Merck vaccine trial at NYU and they're always looking for new people interested. The group is doing really interesting outreach including canvasing bathhouses. Anyone interested can give me a call at my office or go to our website site for more information: www.med.nyu.edu/oct. Carry on the good work, big guy.

Beau Gostomsky

JMG: Thanks very much to Susan and Beau!
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SOTU? STFU!

Last night Dubya was interrupted by applause 62 times. He was interrupted by the sounds of millions of eyes rolling 62 million times. But wasn't it great to see Nancy Pelosi sitting up there? Overall the speech was deadly dull and by the numbers. Introduce heroes from the audience: check. Usage of the word "terror" two dozen times: check. Mention Republican base-rousing issues like immigration and tax cuts: check. I could barely keep my eyes open. What did you think of the speech?
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Morning View - Central Park Hansom Cab

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Quick Links

High-definition porn shows too much. (Via NY Times)

Gay Superbowl: Bears Vs. Colts. (Via Cup Of Joe)

The "Big Questions" of science, answered. (Via Wired)

A new Pee-Wee Herman movie? (Via SFGate)

Barack Obama's high school pics. Hello Jermaine! (via Gawker)
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Madanna To The Rescue

To wash the God Hates Fags video out of your brains, and in celebration of today's Oscar nomination for Jennifer Hudson, here's the internet's greatest lipsync artist, YouTube star Madanna, making his third JMG appearance with his take on Hudson's Dreamgirls showstopper. Somebody please get this kid his own show!

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God Hates Fags: The Musical


I really hope YouTube Google MySpace keeps this video up, it's beautiful PR for gay activism. I mean, COME ON, take a swishy bear in a PINK shirt and have him sing about fighting homo temptation? It's GOLD, Jerry! And the line "To enter heaven, there's no backdoor"? Priceless. And check out the list of gay bands to stay away from. This guy's clearly been scoping my LastFM playlist. (HT - Queerty.)

UPDATE: Any bedroom DJs out there that want to do a dance remix of this, I will happily post their mix. Consider it a call to disco arms!
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AHF Ramps Up Attack On Pfizer

AIDS Healthcare Foundation sued Pfizer yesterday, saying that ads for Viagra are misleading and encourage the recreational use of the drug. This move by AHF follows up last month's anti-Pfizer ad campaign. The lawsuit seeks to force Pfizer to suspend its advertising for Viagra and to start a public information campaign on the dangers of using the drug. I continue to contend that while there is a definite connection between the explosion of crystal meth usage and the advent of Viagra, I can't see anything in the Pfizer advertising that encourages such a thing. That's not to say that Pfizer may not have a responsibility to address the situation.
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And I Am Telling You...

...there'll be no Oscar for Dreamgirls. But gay movie fans should be pleased by Jennifer Hudson's Best Supporting nom and Meryl Streep's 87th nomination for The Devil Wears Prada, (although I predict Judi Dench will walk away with Best Actress). Listen to me on this one, gentle readers. Last year I nearly predicted all the major categories correctly.
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HomoQuotable - Ted Haggard

"You know all the surveys say that evangelicals have the best sex life of any other group." - Ted Haggard, speaking in Alexandra Pelosi's new documentary, Children Of God. Pelosi (Nancy's daughter) followed Haggard around with her camera before the "gay hooker" scandal broke late last year.
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Monday, January 22, 2007

Mean Trick #27

Secretly programming a friend's V-chip to block all shows except those rated TV-Y is pretty funny. But doing that AND changing the remote's password? High-larry-us. Not that I would ever do something so mean.
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"Mine Is Only *This* Big..."

"...but my lover Georg here is hung like an Italian mule! I'm the luckiest bottom in Vatican City!"
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It Looks Nicer On TV Anyway

New York City taxis are about to be outfitted with a GPS-based video system that will play commercials for restaurants and stores as the taxi approaches that location. Passengers will have the option of turning the screens off, but I expect that most will sit slack-jawed and vacant-eyed, watching dreary Starbucks ads and robbing themselves of the quintessential New York experience, viewing this amazing city from the windows of a cab.

In other dreary Manhattan news, there's now a website that will sell you a reservation at New York's hottest restaurants. I wonder how long Per Se will be hot with the jet set, when any rube with cash can barrel his way into the corner booth? Also, how long before this site hooks up with the taxi TV people? Seems like a match made in heaven.
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Blue Monday

According to British scientists, today is the most depressing day of 2007. Researchers say that unpaid holiday bills, bad weather, and the realization that New Year's resolutions won't be lived up to, all combine to make today the unhappiest day of the year. (Thanks to Aaron for the link.)
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HomoQuotable - Rupert Everett

"The last thing I want to do as a gay man is clone straight society." - Rupert Everett, saying that he is uninterested in marriage. In an interview with 365Gay.com, he goes on to say, "Gay people aren’t like the Jews or the blacks. They’re not enough of a community, and I think they’re too self-hating to be a community." Everett's autobiography was published last week.
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But No Gareth Gates

This morning I dreamt that I was at a park in Orlando watching a softball game between Fred Phelps' family and a group of neo-Nazis, while two of Phelp's daughters stood on the sidelines performing Norman Greenbaum's Spirit In The Sky, dressed as the background singers from the Doctor & The Medics video.

I feel that this portends an interesting week ahead.