Husavik (My Hometown)

My Marianne (a.k.a. Molly Sandén) performing an acoustic version of "Husavik", at the Swedish island of Öland, together with pianist Pontus Persson.

No Se Me Quita

Two Puerto Rican hotties join up with a bunch of hot Puerto Rican women and one of the men gets the kiss of life à la Baywatch, sadly not from the other guy... but that's just my opinion. 

A Message To My Stalker (and To Bigots Everywhere)

And this is actually all I have to say on this particular subject!

Laird In Cameo Appearance

The SL Destination Guide has published a short video on YouTube depicting the Second Pride Region and the ongoing Pride festival.

In this beautiful short video, made by famous director Draxtor Despres on commission from Linden Lab, The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm and prince of Cascade Falls etc. etc., makes a cameo appearance as himself purchasing donuts together with friend Wee William Wylie, owner of Dim Sum Garden.

That the laird chooses to make this surprising appearance in a movie, after publicly declaring he had left the movie industry for good, shows his strong support for Second Pride and trust in the director, however lacking the man's fashion sense may be.



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Gay History 1978

Tell it Tom Robinson, tell it as it was! Tell us about the days when our "condition" was considered a disease and had an official number with the WHO and harassment and abuse was rampant.



Sing if you're glad to be gay
Lyrics & music by Tom Robinson

The British Police are the best in the world I don't believe one of these stories I've heard 'Bout them raiding our pubs for no reason at all Lining the customers up by the wall Picking out people and knocking them down Resisting arrest as they're kicked on the ground Searching their houses and calling them queer I don't believe that sort of thing happens here Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way Pictures of naked young women are fun In Titbits and Playboy, page three of The Sun There's no nudes in Gay News our one magazine But they still find excuses to call it obscene Read how disgusting we are in the press The Telegraph, People and Sunday Express Molesters of children, corruptors of youth It's there in the paper, it must be the truth Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way Don't try to kid us that if you're discreet You're perfectly safe as you walk down the street You don't have to mince or make bitchy remarks To get beaten unconscious and left in the dark I had a friend who was gentle and short He was lonely one evening and went for a walk Queerbashers caught him and kicked in his teeth He was only hospitalised for a week Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way So sit back and watch as they close all our clubs Arrest us for meeting and raid all our pubs Make sure your boyfriend's at least 21 So only your friends and your brothers get done Lie to your workmates, lie to your folks Put down the queens and tell anti-queer jokes Gay Lib's ridiculous, join their laughter 'The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?' Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way

The Killers - Land Of The Free

Composer-Lyricist: Brandon Flowers
Composer-Lyricist: Mahalia Jackson

Land Of The Free
Can't wipe the wind-blown smile from across my face It's just the old man in me Washing his truck at the Sinclair station In the land of the free His mother Adeline's family came on a ship Cut coal and planted a seed Down in them drift mines of Pennsylvania In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free (I'm standing crying) When I go out in my car, I don't think twice But if you're the wrong color skin (I'm standing crying) You grow up looking over both your shoulders In the land of the free We got more people locked up than the rest of the world Right here in red, white and blue (I'm standing crying) Incarceration's become big business It's harvest time out on the avenue Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Move on there's nothing too see Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free I'm standing crying, I'm standing crying So how many daughters, tell me how many sons Do we have to have to put in the ground before we just break down and face it We got a problem with guns In the land of the free Down at the border, they're gonna put up a wall Concrete and rebar steel beams (I'm standing crying) High enough to keep all those filthy hands off of our hopes and our dreams (I'm standing crying) People who just want the same things we do In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, in the land of the free (I'm standing crying)

¡Vamos A Bailar!

Pia Klaar published this video on YouTube December 8, 2018

From the Spirit Light Dance Company “Impressions” show 2018. Dance inspired by Spanish Dancers by John Singer Sargent. Choreographed & led by Caryl Meredith

Music: Libertango 

Artist: Bel Suono

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It's amazing what talented people can do in our wonderful SecondLife.

It's My Life - Bon Jovi

Music video by Bon Jovi performing "It's My Life" (2003)

This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud

It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)

My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
It's my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground

It's for Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder, make no mistake
Luck ain't enough
You've got to make your own breaks

It's my life
And it's now or never

I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)

My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
It's my life

You better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

It's my life
And it's now or never

I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)

And it's now or never

I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)

Songwriters: Richard Sambora / Jon Bon Jovi / Max Martin

Seduces Me

Dancers: Caryl Meredith & Adam Magic

Choreography: Caryl Meredith 

Music: "Seduces Me" (Celine Dion) and "TipToe Out the Back" (Dan Lebowitz )

Filming & editing: Pia Klaar 

Bachata for Bock, A Masterpiece by Apmel

Apmel created a love song in my honor and posted it on YouTube, his blog and Twitter!

I love the song you named after me, or love may be to strong a word but it is rather interesting. I am trying to hum it, but don't seem to be able to remember the melody well enough - yet!

— Bock McMillan™ (@BockMcMillan) August 3, 2018

Correction, too*

Thank you, my sweet Apmelito! I am deeply touched and honored by this loving tribute!

Second Pride Festival 2018 - The Movie

If you missed this years Second Pride or if you want to refresh your memories, you can now find a collection of fun mementos set to music on You Tube.

The movie is made by Chaotic Paragorn, a.k.a. Jase Paragorn, a.k.a. Jason Donnelly. You can see the movie here (url).

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Bruce Springsteen - "Joe Hill"

"Joe Hill"

A song by Alfred Hayes, Music by Earl Robinson

Well, I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
Alive as you or me
Says I, but Joe, you're ten years dead
I never died, says he
I never died, says he

In Salt Lake, Joe, by God says I
Him standing by my bed
They framed you on a murder charge
Says Joe, But I ain't dead
Says Joe, But I ain't dead

The copper bosses shot you, Joe
They killed you, Joe, says I
Takes more than guns to kill a man
Says Joe, I didn't die
Says Joe, I didn't die

Standing there as big as life
And smiling with his eyes
Joe says, What they forgot to kill
Went on to organize
Went on to organize

Joe Hill ain't dead, he says to me
Joe Hill ain't never died
Where working men go out on strike
Joe Hill is at their side
Joe Hill is at their side

From San Diego up to Maine
In every mine and mill
Where working med go out on strike
Says he, You'll find Joe Hill
Says he, You'll find Joe Hill

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
Alive as you or me
Says I, But Joe, you're ten years dead
I never died, says he
I never died, says he

Dej's Sweet Sixteenth Birthday Again!

My sweet and delightful older brother Dejerrity Mycron, has a weird personality disorder which has lead to him being stuck at the age of sixteen perpetually, so the last couples of decades we have been celebrating his 16th birthday in first life, over, and over, and over, and over again...

This is his favourite song, where he actually identifies with Liesl
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"Sixteen going on Seventeen"
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hamnerstein
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You wait little girl on an empty stage
For fate to turn the light on
Your life little girl is an empty page
That men will want to write on

To write on...

You are sixteen going on seventeen
Baby, it's time to think
Better beware, be canny and careful
Baby, you're on the brink

You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line
Eager young lads and roues and cads
Will offer you food and wine

Totally unprepared are you
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your ken

You need someone older and wiser
Telling you what to do
I am seventeen going on eighteen
I'll take care of you

[Refrain: Liesl]
I am sixteen going on seventeen
I know that I'm naïve
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe

I am sixteen going on seventeen
Innocent as a rose
Bachelors, dandies, drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those?

Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my ken

I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do
You are seventeen going on eighteen
I'll, depend, on you

Have another really wonderful and happy sixteenth birthday, my sweet brother and protector! Best wishes for you in love, money, and happiness! 

"It Is Considered A Fashion Faux Pas"

I and the guys visited the one year anniversary celebration of Achille's "Men's Nudist Beach" (a.k.a. MNB or Men's Clothed Beach) yesterday.

Holt, I, Tomais, JJ and Wayne 

After awhile I saw something on one of my friends that shook me to the core.

Old men all over the world do it without shame. Germans and Brits do it. Hell, even David Beckham does it! And in the fashion seasons of 2010 and 2014 some designers attempted to make it trendy, but - Thank the Babylonians! - failed. We are talking about wearing socks with sandals.

Now, according to Wikipedia, this is an age old point of contention in men's fashion. "Wearing socks and sandals together is a controversial fashion combination and social phenomenon that is discussed in various countries and cultures. It is considered a fashion faux pas."

So, one of my friends was actually wearing sandals with socks, believe it or not... Surprisingly it was the most fashion forward among us sporting this weird combination, the awesome and well known SecondLife fashion icon, fashion vlogger, film director and producer (link takes you to his YouTube Channel) and not least a brilliant photographer (link to his Flickr), Mr. WayneNZ Esq.

Wayne in socks and sandals

Ladies and gentleman, I am now going to ask you for your opinion, is it the combination of socks and sandals cool or uncool? Please take the poll in the top right corner and add any additional remarks you may have in the comments.

To My Valentine!

💓💓💓I Love You, Tomais!💓💓💓

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Website: http://jeffbuckley.com/
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I don't remember who suggested I listen to this version of Leonard Cohen's song, but I will be forever grateful. It is truly the best there is!

In A Heartbeat

(via J.M.G.)

"In a Heartbeat" is an animated short film by Beth David and Esteban Bravo

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

Want to Try Dad Dating?

This is sold as "A Dad Dating Simulator (...) a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. You and your daughter have just moved into the sleepy seaside town of Maple Bay only to discover that everyone in your neighborhood is a single, dateable Dad! Will you go out with Teacher Dad? Goth Dad? Bad Dad? Or any of the other cool Dads in this game? With minigames, sidequests, and a variety of paths and endings, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is this year’s most anticipated Dad-based game."

For only (sic!) €14,99/US$17.62 the game features

• 7 dateable Dads
• Dad character creator - Create your Dadsona!
• Multiple endings per-Dad
• Voiced by the Game Grumps and friends
• Written by Vernon Shaw and Leighton Gray
• Artwork and pinups by Shanen Pae, J.N. Wiedle, Anna Pan, Tyson Hesse, Ellen Alsop, Evan Palmer, Ego Rodriguez, and many more!
• Original score by Jesse Cale
• Dad-themed mini and micro games throughout each date path
• So many Dad puns. Like, to the point where it made us all uncomfortable
• Secretssssssss.

"Walking" - Steve Grand

Charlie's Caviar - A Very Swedish Taste

A reporter at the New York Times once described this Swedish delicacy like this: "Made from cod roe, it is squeezed out of what looks like a bright blue toothpaste tube and should not be confused with fine Russian caviar. Swedes love it, but for the rest of us, it can be hard to swallow, unless a salty and fishy pinkish goo appeals to you."

I use it on eggs, instead of salt, To be honest I use it on every kind of bread made by man just because it's so delicious. It is true, Swedes love it - whether we are 5 or 95 years old. We only seem to share this acquired taste with Norwegians and Finns, while the rest of the world frown or gag after tasting it. 

However, you really should try it, especially with eggs. If you don't live in Sweden, Norway or Finland, you can get it at any IKEA near you, or in specialized stores.

The following videos shows you how Kalles Kaviar was received in Los Angeles, Costa Rica and lastly by Swedish tourists in New York (where they complain about only getting two servings)