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Kip Noll Day

 

‘Kip Noll, also Kip Knoll, is an American gay pornographic film actor-magazine model in the 1970s and 1980s.

‘Born in Greenwich Conn 7 Aug 1957, stripper, go go dancer, young Kip Noll became the first twink gay porn star ever. He was an inspiration for director William Higgins, he made of him a superstar of his time, creating the Noll brothers.

‘Noll, who is a lean-muscled, shaggy-haired, free-spirited surfer type, achieved iconic status in the newly liberated gay culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s. After he was introduced into the gay pornographic film industry, he became closely associated with director William Higgins who first had Kip appearing in a few silent film loops in 1977 [Noll’s first films were in 1975, when he was just 18]. Noll was cast as the supposed younger brother of actor Bob Noll, and rapidly became the popular “Noll”. After his video success, several other unrelated models were presented as his brothers: Scott, Jeff, and Mark Noll. By the early 1980s Kip Noll had become one of the first superstars in the gay porn industry, as well as being a regular performer at [several strip clubs; in these performances, he was famous for having sex with the patrons, out in the audience].

‘While he was working in the business, his private life was, as far as one can tell, completely masked, and then he dropped out of sight entirely.

‘His public work persona, however, was sexy-wild, hungry for adoration. He liked to chat with fans, and also to have flagrant sex with them, in public. In any case, he was certainly a dance hall boy, and it would be a surprise if he didn’t hustle mansex for money (almost everybody did, to survive in the business financially). So he was (in a sense) a gigolo twice over.

‘It’s one of those harsh truths that no one really wants to accept: vintage porn was kind of terrible. Films had the herky-jerk motion of old Charlie Chaplin movies, soundtracks all sounded like they were pulled straight out of failed sitcoms, and grooming was non-existent.

‘But porn back in the ’70s wasn’t just a means to an orgasmic end; it was an art form meant to empower and to sexually satisfy a group of people society had rendered voiceless. It was as much a tool for arousal as it was a refuge of sorts for a disenfranchised group forming a collective identity. Pornstars like Kip Noll weren’t just pretty people we could project our sexual desires and frustrations on; they were sexual revolutionaries.

‘Kip passed away in 2001 [May 21] of a heart attack at the age of 43. His last days were spent in the Salt Lake City Mission.’ — collaged

 

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Further

Kip Noll @ IMDB
Kip Noll @ Wikipedia
On the boulevard of broken dreams with Kip Noll
Remember the first twink pornstar?
Kip Noll @ MUBI
Hugo Villanova as Kip Noll for ODDA 9 icons
Kip Noll signed autograph auto 3×5 index card
Kip Noll Death Fact Check, Birthday & Date of Death

 

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Extra


Kip Noll – The Legend

 

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His Name was Kip Noll
by tim1965

 

‘Even in his very first film, he was a star. Trademark Studios issued a small magazine, “The Kip Noll Story,” along with his very first hard-core loop. Kip was only 18 years old. He jacked off while wearing a yellow silk high school athletic jacket trimmed in blue. The words “Waipahu High” appeared on the chest. The jacket has become one of the most famous pieces of clothing ever to appear in adult film. (Director Mark Reynolds purchased it in a second-hand clothing shop in Los Angeles, and it was owned by the studio. It later disappeared.)

‘Kip Noll almost never made it into film. Mark Reynolds says that when he first met Kip Noll, the actor barely registered. Kip had unkempt hair and a mustache. He was so nondescript, the director almost missed him in the crowd. Kip had flown in from San Diego, and Reynolds almost told him to go home. But after shaving the mustache and getting a haircut, Reynolds realized Kip Noll had something ineffable about him that was startlingly attractive.

‘Kip was supposed to be the brother of Bob Noll. Bob Noll was a beefy, curly-haired blond with piercing blue eyes who had done loops for Trademark. They looked alike, and shared similar masturbatory techniques. Kip soon eclipsed his “older brother,” Bob.

‘Soon, Kip Noll had other “brothers.” There was brother Jeff Noll (“Jeff Noll’s Buddies”), cousin Marc Noll (“The Adventures of Marc Noll”), brother Scott Noll, brother Chris Noll (aka Scott Noll) and brother Chris Noll.

‘In his second film, “Double Your Pleasure,” he has hard-core gay sex for the first time. He 69s with a boy (Steve Parker) while being fucked doggie-style by another (Mark Lester).

‘In his first four films, Kip is missing one of his front teeth. But by his fifth film, “I’ll Do It If You Will,” the tooth has been replaced.

‘Kip filmed his sixth film, “I’ll Do It If You Will,” on a farm during the 4th of July weekend. Kip comes home from school to find two other boys on his daddy’s farm. He teaches them the joys of sex before they daisy-chain. Kip then sits on a bench and masturbates to orgasm. It’s mind-blowing. His whole body flexes and writhes, and he can barely keep his grip on his penis because he’s lost all control over his body. It is perhaps one of the most awesome orgasms ever captured on film. (It is also one of the rarest: For reasons not explained, Falcon pulled the loop from its library in 1980. It is now a collector’s item.)

‘Kip took a break from gay porn, and did not make another film until 1979. He did it for William Higgins, a former Congressional staffer who had left public life for adult film. The scene with Emanuelle Bravos not only marks Kip’s first scene as a top (he also bottoms), but it marks his first speaking role. (His words, spoken in a deep, masculine voice, are, “I want you to suck my cock.”)

‘In 1980, Kip starred in the first hot tub scene ever in a gay porn film, in “Kip Noll and the Westside Boys, Zip Code 90069” (the “Zip Code 90069” would later be dropped from the title).

‘Kip was involved in a motorcycle accident in 1980 which prevented him from appearing in “Rear Deliveries” (Catalina, 1980). But later that year, he was better enough to do a due with Lee Marlin for Trademark called “Roommates.”

‘In late 1980, Kip filmed “Grease Monkeys.” He, Lee Marlin and Derrick Stanton fuck on Pismo Beach. Kip later said it was the most difficult shoot of his life, because the water was freezing cold and a huge crowd of onlookers kept cheering them on from the cliffs overhead.

‘Kip helped promote “Grease Monkeys” by appearing in a live stage show at the Eros Theatre in New York City. He, Lee Marlin and Nick Rodgers did a number of dance routines each night. One of them involved Kip coming down into the audience and straddling the armrest of each patron’s chair, rubbing his balls and asshole against the armrest.

‘In 1981, Kip let his hair grow out. It became long, fuzzy and bushy, and marked Kip’s transition away from the urban disco-boy and more toward a hippie-ish wild man. In “Pacific Coast Highway,” Kip engages in docking — rolling Jack Burke’s foreskin over the knob of his own cock. Kip reunited with “PCH” co-star Jeremy Scott for “Class of ’84, Part 2.” Scott is the last man to fuck Kip Noll on screen.

‘In 1981, Kip fucks Derrick Stanton in “Brothers Should Do It.” It’s not a well-lit scene, but Kip is clearly having fun poking Stanton with abandon. Noll reunited with director Mark Reynolds and super-hung Steve York for the incest-themed “Cumming of Age.” The two are joined by Kip’s “brother,” Scott Noll. Kip teaches Scott how to masturbate while watching the loop, “Kip Noll.” They start to fuck when York walks in on them, and joins in. Kip later told friends that Scott Noll was completely over the moon for Steve York, and York was difficult to work with due to his struggles with his homosexuality. Kip said he felt shunted aside, and the scene shows it. But Reynolds says this is his favorite film of all time.

‘Kip joined with Al Parker at Surge Studios to fuck Scott Noll again (this time, Scott appeared as “Chris Noll”). A second scene with Parker intercut with shots of Scott Noll jacking off in the shower become a surreal set of still photographs that turn into live-action shots. The film is notable because it originally contained a third scene (“We Tarzans, You Boy, Oh, Boy!”) with Noll, Noll and Parker having sex on a hammock. It eventually was sold as a stand-alone loop by Mustang Studios prior to that studio’s purchase by Falcon, but the loop has since been lost.

‘In 1981, Higgins collaborated again with Noll — this time to do new footage with Jon King for “Kip Noll, Superstar, Part 1.” (A second segment was planned but never made. The “Part 1” has now been dropped from the film.) Noll is interviewed (apparently legitimately) by Jon King. Clips from “The Boys of Venice,” “Kip Noll and the Westside Boys,” “Pacific Coast Highway” and “Brothers Should Do It” are shown. After the last clip, King and Noll smoke a joint and then have scorching sex. Kip loses control during his orgasm, almost collapsing.

‘Also in 1981, the Follies Theatre opened in New York City. Kip appeared there in September. Every single one of his performances was sold out. The reaction was unprecedented. Crowds stood in the aisles, the back the of theater and the lobby. Some audience members obtained tickets for seats on the floor of the stage. Lines for the show backed up into the street.

‘Noll became famous for having sex with the audience. He often would put his erection into patron’s mouths and fuck their faces for 10 or 15 seconds. Once, Kip Noll pulled a patron out of his seat and up on stage, where he proceeded to suck the man for several minutes. The two eventually performed a live 69 sex show for the crowd. Another time, two lovers who had come to the show night after night had a small argument in the theater. Apparently, one man had always sat on the aisle, getting Kip’s prick in his mouth. “Look, tonight I’m going to sit on the aisle seat!” the other lover loudly said. Kip overhead. When he came to their seat, he stepped into the row, allowing both lovers to slurp on his prick at the same time.

‘After each show, Noll often came back into the theater to shake hands with fans and chat. He signed hundreds of autographs each night.

‘Kip Noll returned to the Follies for their New Year’s Eve Roman Orgy. The audience was encouraged to strip and sit in their seats with only a towel over their crotches. Kip danced all night.

‘In 1983, Kip Noll made one last film. It was “Kip Noll’s Casting Couch.” The film was produced and financed by Kip himself, and shot entirely on video. Unfortunately, the quality of the video is very low. The film is notable because it features an auto-fellatio segment by straight porn star Ron Jeremy. Kip appears in all the sex scenes, even introducing a new “Chris Noll.”

‘In 1984, Kip Noll re-appeared at the Follies one last time. The club had lost its license and closed for a time, but had recently re-opened. Kip appeared on stage with mega-hung uncut blond Lance and mustachioed leatherman Daniel Holt.

Throughout his career, Kip Noll was truly a superstar. He appeared on the cover of “In Touch” twice, and on the cover of “Stallion” once. He had two magazines devoted solely to him: “The Kip Noll Story” and “Kip Noll Cocky.” The artist Nico once drew a picture of Noll and Lance in an erotic embrace for the cover of “Meatmen.”

‘In “Kip Noll, Superstar,” Jon King asks Kip Noll why he got into gay porn. “The sex…the enjoyment of it,” Noll responds.’

 

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Kip Noll’s films

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Ken Green High Riders (1974)
‘Those hard young studs with their huge hot rods! Featuring superstars Kip Noll and Jack Wrangler, plus a whole gang of hard-riding young studs. Film was later broken apart into shorter films for home sales, then compiled back together with the title Hot Rods (1980) for Nova. Again repackaged/re-edited into High Riders (2007) for Gentlemen’s Video and also into Bareback Riders (2009) for Golden Age Media.’

 

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Unknown Double Your Pleasure (1977)
With Mark Lester, Kip Noll, Steve Parker

Watch it here

 

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William Higgins The Boys of Venice (1978)
‘Taking the form of a sexual travelogue, THE BOYS OF VENICE was truly a breakthrough film that helped usher in a new look and style that would come to dominate the all-male screen for years to come — and introduce a new stable of superstar performers including Kip Noll, Eric Ryan, Derrick Stanton, and Scott Taylor.’

Watch an excerpt here

 

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Monroe Beehler The Grease Monkeys (1979)
‘Three blue-collar employees of a Glendale California Texaco station in the late 1970s have sexual adventures at work and in their leisure hours.’

Watch the entirety here

 

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Mark Reynolds Room Mates (1980)
‘Porn legend Kip Noll & Lee Marlin have a sexathon of sucking, rimming, fucking & cum eating. Kip Noll’s first full film, although not the first one released.’

 

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Sid Roth Cuming of Age (1980)
‘It’s Scott Noll’s 18th birthday. Before it’s over, his brother Kip and their friend Steve show him what it really means to be a man.’

 

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William Higgins Kip Noll and the Westside Boys (1980)
‘While his parents are out on vacation, Kip Noll is left at home alone — but not for long. The boys just keep on coming!’

Watch it here

 

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William Higgins Pacific Coast Highway (1981)
‘Take a trip down the Pacific Coast Highway with Kip Noll and Jeremy Scott, and along the way join in their outdoor summer sex-fest of cock munching and rump busting. When Kip, Jeremy and the guys aren’t at the beach or taking long hikes in the hills, they’re gettin’ naked and gettin’ down to some man-nasty sex action. The all-male film event of 1981!’

 

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William Higgins Brothers Should Do It (1981)
‘This vintage adult feature makes no pretensions of having a linear story, because there is none at all. And yet “Brothers Should Do It” is considered one of the Greats,for one main reason : director Will Higgins has captured on film, some of the most intense couplings in Adult Film history. The “actors” aren’t acting, but rather giving themselves entirely over to their basest animal desires. Covered with sweat, the couples go at each other with a truly savage intensity . I have seen my share of smut but I have never witnessed such genuine passion on film. From the first scene featuring porn icon Kip Noll and his “brother” in an outdoor hot tub, this is simply a collection of vignettes that suggest an incest theme. Of course it is only fantasy as the actors aren’t really related, but the final segment features a very believable pair who truly look like twins. Quite honestly this is one of the hottest sex movies of all time with a level of true intensity and hedonistic abandon that you will never find in modern internet sex clips.’

 

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William Higgins The Class of ’84 Part 2 (1981)
”These college students are exploring their curiosity with a non-stop barebackfest that you have to see to believe! Whether they’re getting their tight holes pounded by a teacher, flip-fucking with a hairy, chiseled doctor or getting ballsy during a passionate dickdown in the wilderness, there is nothing that these hot and horny guys won’t try! With an all-star cast led by Jeremy Scott, Derrick Stanton, Kip Noll and more, this ‘80s Catalina classic is a must-see!’

Watch it ‘pay per view’ here

 

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Al Parker Flashbacks (1981)
‘Yep, it did happen, Al Parker and Kip Noll in the same feature film. Setting is a porn agency recruiting models and all that this entails. “Al Parker’s FLASHBACK” from 1981.’

 

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William Higgins Kip Noll Superstar Part 1 (1981)
‘Scenes are from The Boys of Venice, Kip Noll & the Westside Boys, Pacific Coast Highway, The Class Of ’84 Part II, Brothers Should Do It, and the new Jon King sequence The Interview.’

Watch the entirety here

 

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Ken Yontz Kip Noll’s Casting Couch (1983)
With Mark Forest, Ron Jeremy, Gary Wilde, Chris Knoll, Kip Noll

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Brandon, Hi, Brandon. I only saw your comment from Tuesday yesterday after I posted. My blog is suddenly making me have to approve of every comment before it can appear, I don’t know why, so I missed yours, but hopefully that bug or whatever will be fixed today. The guy who made ‘Angels Not Angels’, which I haven’t seen, made another, similar documentary called ‘Bodies Without Souls’, which I have seen, and which is quite harrowing and good, if you can find it. How’s your week working out? ** David Ehrenstein, Yes, I got it, thank you. I’ll post it the week of the 21st. I’m not sure what day yet, but I’ll let you know. Ixnay on a Roy Cohn post, obviously. ** _Black_Acrylic, A good surprise? Something challenging in an interesting way for you? ** Ry / ANGUSRAZE, Hey, R! Superb about the pay sorting. Do your brother and you have similar tastes? Does he like your work? Will do about the EP. I’ll get to it ASAP with bells on. Seething and unhinged sounds yummy. Do what needs to be done until further notice. That goes for me too. xo. ** Tosh Berman, Hey, T. Hm, I’m not sure if the Univ. of Nebraska is still concentrating on that. I’ll check. Exactly, about Brand. I’m  not even sure which used LA bookstores I liked are still extant. I remember that one across from the Scientology Celebrity Center could be fruitful at times. I think that one is still around. There was a pretty good though very jumbled store just around the corner from Nuart. Yeah, that stretch of Brand in Glendale was really great, and, last time I drove there, it did nor look like its old self whatsoever. Glendale is one of the most visibly and even extremely gentrified cities in the LA area. Night and day, or the opposite. ** Dominik, Hi!!! I can’t wait, SCAB-wise. I’d watch love’s youtube channel. I like the idea that love would have a youtube channel and it would be just him whining. How love-like, ha ha. Your love of yesterday was very benevolent. We didn’t get a single snowflake the entire winter. Not one. First time ever, and pretty depressing. Love finger-painting a huge anarchy sign on the surface of the moon using the surface of the sun as his paint, G. ** Verity Pawloski, I remember bike rash. It wasn’t as bad as horse saddle rash. Slap some calamine lotion or whatever on yours, and I hope you’re smooth again lickety-split. Thanks about Redonnet/post, man. ** Maria, Isabella, Camila, Malaria, Gabriela, Hi, pals. Nice. Third time was the charm. And thank you. ** David, Oh, you’d be amazed at how shit my so-called ‘art’ was. Luckily it was the late 60s at the time, and everyone (and I) were too high to know the difference between good art and crap. We were very easily wowed. ** Steve Erickson, Hi. I’m an optimist, so I’m holding out hope that the Bandcamp buy doesn’t mean destruction, but we’ll see. Everyone, Mr. Erickson has reviewed Sebastian Meise’s GREAT FREEDOM right here. Oh, I watched ‘Hellbender’. I liked it. I thought it was charming. I did have a hard time with how they just slapped that cheap gloomifying filter on everything. I think the premise and to some degree the script deserved to be visually thought out rather than just being given the lowest common denominator look. Being imaginative in post-production isn’t necessarily expensive. But, that aside, I liked the movie. ** Brian, Hey, Brian. Well, I guess that’s why it will always be the vast minority of films, books, music, etc. that end up being great. The way of the world or something? Oh, okay, about the assignment aspect. I just hope it’s a situation where you can have some fun and learn something useful for your future endeavors. In my memory, the only kind of mid-period Araki film that didn’t totally annoy me is ‘Nowhere’, but I don’t remember why. Zac and I are conferring about the faux-revision today. Hopefully we’re at least close. Yes, our new film will be in English. It’ll be our first film in English with native English speaking performers. ‘LCTG’ was in English, but part of the experiment with that film was that a lot of the performers barely spoke English and didn’t really understand what they were saying. I really liked ‘Festen’ too. I haven’t liked the subsequent films by Vinterberg so much though. I hope your long haul day isn’t too, too long. You survived? ** Right. Recently someone off-blog challenged me to make a post about the quintessential gay proto-twink porn superstar of the late 70s/early 80s Kip Noll, and I didn’t think it would be possible, but I took up the challenge, and I managed to do it, and now someone out there owes me a free dinner. That’s your day today. See you tomorrow.

14 Comments

  1. David

    You know what Dennis… I could do with Kip Noll’s dick in my ass right now…

    Facebook doesn’t seem to like this post… it once banned me for a month from ‘going live’ as I uploaded a picture of a guy who did a shooting… also forbad me from showing a firework display as the music in the background was copyrighted…

    Yesterday’s post was far more shocking with that lady writer poet person…. I thought

    Cheers x

  2. Dominik

    Hi!!

    “In his first four films, Kip is missing one of his front teeth.” – what a sweet little detail. Thank you for this post; very rich and fantastic!

    I think we had snow maybe… 10 times total this winter, but it mostly melted the moment it hit the ground. Pretty scary.

    What a spectacular and grandiose love! Thank you! Love picking a fight with the sky because he doesn’t like its shade of blue, Od.

  3. David Ehrenstein

    Ah KipNoll: The Golden Age of Gay Porn. He evokes both a cinematic era and a time and place in L.A. “Pacific Coast Highway” is my favorite.

  4. Misanthrope

    Dennis, Ol’ Kip. Yep. 😀

    Oh, Jack Hanna had several syndicated national shows about animals and was on Good Morning America, Letterman, and the Tonight Show all the time. Dude was everywhere. He worked at the Columbus Zoo in OH. He’s retired now.

    Yeah, you know, genetics certainly play a huge role. I was just telling somebody that a couple days ago. Even with looks. My mom is 79 and looks much younger than people who are 10+ years younger than she is, despite all the smoking and unhealthy eating she does (it’s all sweets all the time for her anymore, hahaha, though she only weighs like 120). Curious, no?

    Just can’t discount the genetics, no. But there are things we can do to take care of ourselves. I mean, really, don’t smoke, drink, and do drugs, and keep your weight normal and you’re gonna do better than most people.

    I’ve cut my smoking almost in half, btw.

    Okay, time to start my day and see what comes. 🙂

  5. Steve Erickson

    Facebook also warned me against clicking on the page because it didn’t meet their “community standards!” As if they have them. If it were a Ben Shapiro video, they would encourage me to repost in 3 different places!

    My COVID symptoms came roaring back last night, when I thought I was basically over this. I only got 3 hours of sleep, so it’s hard to say how I feel now. I am seeing my doctor about this later in the morning.

    • Steve Erickson

      PS: My doctor said that I’m definitely over COVID, there’s nothing physically wrong with me, and I just had a severe anxiety attack yesterday. I feel stuck in a cycle of exhaustion, and unfortunately symptoms of stress often feel like physical ailments to me. I’m doing my best to rest and relax.

  6. Tosh Berman

    Like others here, I got the warning sign from Facebook as well. In my book, you are Mr. Community Standards! The store you are thinking about, Counterpoint is a very good used bookstore. That store is directly across from Scientology center. Another great and still in existence used bookstore is Alias Books East on Glendale Blvd in Atwater Village. A tightly curated bookstore. Beautiful space, and they do monthly art exhibitions there as well. I love the store.

  7. Verity Pawloski

    Exactly Dennis that is so very, very true!

    I have had a terrible morning as the pipe in my kitchen burst, I’ve had hell of a trouble trying to get a plumber out! It was like a swimming pool when I awoke, indeed I will spare you all the details.

    Cheerio

    • Maria, Isabella, Camila, Malaria, Gabriela

      Verity my dear,
      It never rains,
      It paws loski!

      Thank you for the cock Coops,
      is very nice,
      I am wishing my husband is looking a little bit more like this!

      I go

  8. Bill

    This fine post is worth more than one free dinner, Dennis. I’m not unfamiliar with some of the clips, haha. Couldn’t resist slipping Kip into one of my pieces. And that’s a fine blogpost from the venerable Arnold Zwicky. I remember having coffee with him decades ago.

    Steve, sorry to hear you’re sick. Hope you feel better soon…

    Bill

  9. Colin Herd

    Hi Dennis, how are you? It’s been so long! I
    started thinking about eating pizza in Glasgow with you after the screening ha ha. This Kip Noll post is great and I liked yesterday’s Redonnet post too. Things are good for me. I’ve become obsessed with running and Muay Thai. I train two hours every day Muay Thai and I am running an Ultra Marathon in May (400km over 8 days so over a marathon a day and uphill) and sharing an 8 person tent every night – in the north of Scotland. I think that should cure me of whatever’s up with my obsessions. I wondered if you knew the writer Brenda Frazer? She was associated with some of the beats… a PhD student I work with and an amazing poet and publisher in her own right Lucy Wilkinson is bringing (or trying to) her work back into print. Here are the details of the project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deathofworkers/my-true-stories-by-brenda-frazer Anyway, I was curious to know if you or anyone hereabouts was familiar with Frazer’s writing already. Anyway, really I just wanted to check in and say hello after so long. Colin

  10. R Y /\ /\/ / angusraze :)

    D E N N I 5

    hellohello

    My brother is probably the most opposite person to me I think I know which is riveting, the music he likes is strictly pop, he is 28 or so and grew up listening to The Spice Girls, Avril Lavingne, The Black Eyed Peas etc, my dad introduced me to Tubular Bells and Kate Bush when I was like 6. And then I got into more cool stuff when I was 14 and In high school where I used Tumblr alot (namely Bjork) and find stuff through there, my brother never had that. Also he watches alot of trashy reality shows about opulent bourgeoise women with filled faces and firmed foreheads arguing over house foreclosures and husbands. Real Housewives, Love Island etc etc I cannot stand them, I mean I don’t hate people that watch it coz I’m not a killjoy but just watching it cooks my fucking brain, it’s horrible!!! In terms of occupation, in my family (and most families within the north of england) theres alot of manual labour, engineering and toolmaking, manufacturing, my father is a tool maker, my mother is a nurse, and her sister is also a nurse as well as her daughter, my father and his brother as well as their mother worked in raw toolmaking and manufacturing, so my brother decided to subconcious smash those things together and work in pharmaceuticals so all my artistic inclinations have come naturally, just out of thin air somewhat,

    also I have been researching Yukio Mishima recently, his work is great, but he as a person is kinda crazy and quite selfishly is probably the complete opposite of my own political philosphy but im looking at him from a 2022 western lens, so i try not to assume i know shit about the japanese nationalist expression in the 50s and such but I look past that for the sake of his art, its very homoerotic too in some instances which i think is cool, plus he’s hot (to me!!!!!!!!)

    anyway yes, lots of love

    Ry’n

  11. Brian

    Hey Dennis,

    A big hearty thank you for taking the time and effort to assemble this wonderful post, which will probably earn a permanent place in my bookmarks. What a gorgeous guy. And such an interesting trajectory. The “Cumming of Age” shoot anecdote sounds impossibly awkward. Also that Follies stuff: wow. I guess pre-AIDS gay culture really was that wild. It’s depressing if that’s the way of the world, the slim minority of greatness I mean, but I guess that’s how it is. Turns out the assignment is that we all get assigned the same script, and we can just do whatever we want with it. Which comes as something of a relief. I was fretting over the script angle way too much. I just hope I can do something even marginally interesting with it. I haven’t seen “Nowhere” yet but it seems to be the most beloved among my associates as well. Other than “Mysterious Skin”, which is fine, but I’ve never felt the insane level of love for it many of my friends seem to. Oh yes, I remember reading that about “Like Cattle Towards Glow”—the non-native English speakers. That’s totally fascinating to me. I still have to see the movie. Soon. Of Vinterberg’s subsequent movies I’ve only seen the most recent, “Another Round”, which was entirely unobjectionable but I haven’t thought of it almost at all since seeing it a year ago. “Festen” is immensely superior in every respect. I did survive. The four hour class isn’t as draining as I’d dreaded it was going to be, thankfully. It’s actually two of the shorter classes that are worse: one where I have an excellent teacher and texts, but the class is very discussion-oriented, and NOBODY talks and it is an excruciating protracted social anxiety nightmare of absolute silence every time; one where the texts are also interesting, but the teacher is an older guy who basically just monologues in rote summary for the entire period, with no discussion at all. Those are every Tuesday and Friday and they’re psychologically taxing. But I can make it through them, I hope. The weekend is my life raft. How was Thursday for you?

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