My other post today is about the new sanctions for Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which is the first step towards total repeal.  I’m choosing this song for its sister post today because it reminds me of a time when I most hated the law.  The soft, melodic beats accompany lyrics of terrible waiting.  For every [...]

*VIA THE ADVOCATE: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has enacted provisions to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy that take effect immediately on future and presently open cases of expelling gay soldiers.  The three main provisions: 1) An upgrading of the ranking of an officer (which would mean General or flag officer like an Admiral) [...]

I can’t wait to see what the White Stripes do next.  I have an affinity for them because they are the one group that I have followed with enthusiasm since their beginning.  This is from their first major album.  I recently heard this playing in a store on Melrose.  I was transported immediately back in [...]

“Maxwell’s Plum” What’s In It? 2 oz. Plum Vodka, 2 oz. Cherry Pucker, splash of Orange Juice, splash of Triple Sec.  Mix in a shaker with lots of ice.  Top when finished with lime zest.  Garnish with a plum slice.  YES! Where’d You Get It, Adam? The world-famous Tavern on the Green restaurant in Central [...]

The Podcast is back for Episode #6, covering Lost’s Richard Alpert flashback “Ab Aeterno.” We loved the episode, but we’ve got some big grudges to get off our chest for how this season is progressing, especially now that we are officially halfway through. Enjoy! Agree? Disagree?

Electric Light Orchestra has enjoyed a quiet little Indie renaissance this decade.  It began for me when I heard my Dad’s cassettes way back when.  Jump cut to 2003, when their fabulous “Mr. Blue Sky” was used to great effect in 21st Century Indie lynchpin “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” My ELO repertoire has [...]

“URTH CAFFE” Welcome to the “Just Off Fountain” portion of my site.  In this, I will feature a cool little treasure, sometimes a restaurant, sometimes a bar, maybe a museum– whatever’s in the LA area that needs calling out, it’ll be here. Our first entry is a coffee/breakfast shop known as Urth Caffe– they have [...]

Rufus Wainwright’s “Poses” Album has been on my playlist for almost 8 years now.  It has carried me through college, coming out, adding a major, graduation, falling in love, moving to LA, finding my way, up until this very second.  I will always depend on it.  This album has a lot of maudlin songs, a [...]

Here is Adam’s answers to the common questions that will be brought up by our nosy family and friends.  Feel free to invent your own. What Does the Man Do? He lives on a Mysterious Island! An island that is populated by polar bears and strange hatches in the ground and a monster made out [...]

Summer is on its way, and might I be so bold as to suggest this as one of you albums to buy immediately and place on repeat as you drive to the beach or wherever it is you’ll be spending your sun time. “Re: Generations” is a compilation of artists who remix Nat King Cole [...]

“THE ROOM” Midnight Shows “The Room” is a horribly horrible clusterfuck of a film that was written, produced, directed by and starring the oddest man in the world, Tommy Wiseau.  This is a film that should have been handed over to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 boys, had it not been made in 2003, after [...]

There is an album of instrumental Beatles covers done by Swedish guitarist Goran Sollscher (which I am spelling correctly, minus the two umlauts) that has captivated my artistic attention lately.  I remembered first hearing this album in high school, when my art teacher Mrs. Sharon Asp would play this while we painted.  It enriches the [...]

Or maybe I should say that the Lady Vanishes, but not the Cliches.  I recently rewatched the early Hitchcock classic, “The Lady Vanishes.”  Even for a movie made in 1938, “Lady” bears witness to the seeds of a lot of modern film cliches. As anyone who has ever seen “When Harry Met Sally” can attest [...]

At Stay On Fountain, every day, I will post a song currently on my playlist.  Today belongs to Lonnie Johnson, and his sleepy, romantic, haunted song “Tomorrow Night,” currently showing in the film Shutter Island. Enjoy the link below… “Tomorrow Night” Available on iTunes.

*VIA THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: The magnificent Cynthia Nixon of Sex and the City fame has been a tireless proponent of Equality in her home state of New York.  Last year, a bill was proposed to the New York Senate (a bill already passed by the House of Representatives) for Marriage Equality in NY [...]