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Holiday
Gift
Guide
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The California boys
of Mel Roberts will look
even prettier tied up
with string
C alifornia B oys : P hotographs
FROM THE 1960s AND 1970S
by M el Roberts. FotoFactor y Press, 2000;
$50 hardcover.
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C alifornia B oys : T he W ild O nes
by M el Roberts. FotoFactory Press, 2001; $65
hardcover.
t 78, gay photographer Mel Roberts
has witnessed plenty: In the 1950s he
co-founded the M attachine Society’s
California branch, in the 1960s he
was forced to learn how to develop color pics
himself (male erotica was outlawed in those
days), and between 1977 and 1992 he was the
target of three police
raids on his home.
Tixlay his fans include
Elton John, who just
bought 50 original
prints for his personal
collection.
California Boys and
its more racy sequel,
The Wild Ones (the
latter available exclu
sively from FotoFacto-
ry.com), contain
Roberts’ best images of
his friends and lovers
proudly posing nude
for the camera. There’s
something titillating
about the
freedom
these
young
models
expressed
simply by
donning
their
birthday suits at a time when
the queer movement barely
was getting off the ground.
T he guys are cute in that Leif
Garrett sorta way— feathered
hair, tube socks, peek-a-boo
surprises poking out o f their
cutoff jeans. Most of the pho
tos were snapped outdoors,
some in front of sweeping
landscapes, others in more inti
mate settings such as a back
yard swimming pool.
T h e books are rich in
color and clean in layout.
T h ey ’d make worthy addi
tions to any library, certain
to satisfy both the perv and
the historian in you.
—Jim Radosta
T he H o t G irls
W eimar B erlin
by Barbara Ulrich. Feral blouse, 2002; $19.95
softcover.
of
jarbara Ulrich
|reminds the world
that lesbians, bisex-
uals, consensually kinky
and otherwise “other"
females thrived during pre-
World War II Berlin in The
Hot Girls o f W eimar Berlin.
A chapter titled “T he Scorpion’s Kiss” focuses
exclusively on Sapphic love, while the rest
includes an abundance of girl/girl imagery. Pericxl
illustrations, paintings and photographs depict
comely Berlin lasses snuggling, tying corsets, pass
ing out, gossiping, whipping one another, licking
buttoned boots, quarreling and making love.
Quotes from pericxl fiction, memoirs, maga
zines and more accompany the drawings and
photographs to create a truly impressive and
highly readable/viewable book containing pre
cious pieces of queer social history.
— Darldady
Miss V era ’ s C ross -
D ress for S uccess
by Veronica Vera. Villard
Books, 2002; $12.95
softcover.
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iss Vera is a
beautiful bless
ing (with fairy
wings, if the cover illus
tration is to be trusted)
for anyone— boy, girl or
other— who wants to be just a little prettier,
just a little more femme, just a little
m ore...well, successful.
Back to share a second dip in the font of
feminization, the author of 1998’s Miss Vera’s
Finishing School for Boys W ho Wont to Be Girls
provides readers with photos, real-life examples
from finishing school students and tons o f tips
on how to be the woman you’ve always wanted
to be (or better understand).
Confounded by makeup, hair, accessories
and how these things all fit into the big picture?
Wondering what to do about unwanted facial
hair? Perplexed by how much of your femmeself
to follow? W ho hasn’t wrestled with these
imponderables? Fortunately, it’s Miss Vera (and
her wonderful resource section) to the rescue.
— Darldady
F ilthy : T he W eird
W orld of J ohn W aters
by Robrt L. Pela. Alyson
Publications, 2002; $15.95
softcover.
fs the mainstream
has eventually
caught up to the
ce unthinkably shocking
humor and kitsch-punk aes
thetics of queer filmmaker
John Waters, the number of
books about him and/or the colorful (to put it
mildly) people who surround him has begun to
proliferate rapidly.
His own books about himself, Shock Value
and Crackpot, are still the most essential
Waters reading. However, since any true devo
tee surely already has at least one dog-eared
copy o f each, Filthy makes a perfectly swell gift
idea for those who don’t mind celebrating this
reverent season of sharing by feeding the sick
obsession of Waters-obsessed peers.
T h e usual biographical details and filmogra
phies are present and faithfully accurate, but
the book’s real value is the author’s hysterical,
Trekkie-like glimpses into the cult madness of
Waters fans. During the course of his research,
Robrt Pela apparently sought out the craziest
followers and recorded in detail his amusing-
verging-on-frightening experiences. G et out
your highlighters, kids, because you’re going to
want to make note of the priceless pearls that
fall from the mouths of these fanatics.
Give Filthy freely, and don’t worry about the
author’s slightly satirical tone. T h e exposure
here gains his subjects that much more notori
ety, and trash celebrity is the biggest present you
can give to someone who worships John Waters.
— Christopher McQuain
G oing D ow n : T he
I nstinct G uide to
O ral S ex
by Ben R. Rogers and
Joel Perry. Alyson PuWi-
cations, 2002; $13.95
softcover.
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omg Down
should, more
appropriately,
be titled Everything
You've Ever Wanted to
Know About Blow Jobs But Were Afraid to Ask.
This thin, breezy book is filled with fun facts,
technique tips and first-person testimonials that
are aimed at turning every man and woman into
an expert cocksucker. Could there be a more
valuable holiday gift? I don’t think so.
W ith chapters such as “You D on’t
Know D ick” (which deals with anatomy)
and “Pole Positions” (use your imagina
tion), authors Ben R. Rogers and Joel Perry
provide all o f the necessary information to
perfect our skills and turn oral sex into a
mind-blowing experience for both parties.
Perry says he wrote the book because
be and Rogers were “sick and tired o f get
ting lousy blow jobs from people who
thought they were good at it” (calling
these “Ho-Hum Hummers"). But after
closing Going Down, readers will have the
inform ation and attitude necessary to zip to
the head o f the class.
— Floyd Sklaver J H
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