queer pass

i have no idea how old this shot is. it shows a young brian slade ambushing a more worldly jack fairy in his dressing room for a very steamy man-on-man celluliod kiss. the film is 'velvet goldmine.' r.e.m.'s michael stipe had a hand in producing this flick, and i've often wondered if 'younger slade's' sheepish curls, full lips, and heavy eyelids were a thinly-veiled tribute to stipe's look around the time of 'reckoning.' i realize the color is a little intense in this one, but i've 'un-shocked' the color as much as i could whilst keeping as much of the line detail as possible. so here's to man-on-man kisses... may i witness many, many more of them... on celluloid or otherwise.

le grande smoque

i don't know why i spelled it that way. perhaps because the photo is so dreamy and melodramatic. yes, tonight's featured smoker is the flash and brash and genuinely talented mr. johnathan rhys-meyers. i first noticed him in the very cool 'velvet goldmine.' hey, if you wanna see a couple of man-on-man kisses between meyers and ewan mcgregor, then 'velvet goldmine' is the flick for you. i think he's great in 'goldmine.' i don't think i've ever seen him suck in anything. but here on 'planetcool,' he sucks on a cig for our wild, reckless, self-indulgent purposes. very cool.

rock candy

here's a stunning... positively stunning collage jean-lucien sent me well over two years ago. i think i'd sent him about three-quarters of the original material, but his was his eye for melody and his way with the scissors that made it all come to life. the dreamy girls at the center are from the movie 'picnic at hanging rock,' and the military man in john rhys-myers... but the rest is all jean-lucien, and his talent for light and mood and movement. i remember thinking at the time, that jean-lucien was working ahead of himself. since then, i've realized, that he is always working ahead of himself. indeed, ahead of anyone else. he is without argument, my favorite visual artist. he is the best artist working in the collage medium in the last 50 years... very possibly, ever. click to enlarge.

velvet smoking

tonight's featured smoker is john rhys-meyers as brian slade, lighting up and getting ready to '...alright, lads?' cruise some schoolboys. its a great shot that made it onto one of my covers, a long time ago.