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My cat is dying, now let's be grateful!

Posted by Jon Galluccio 
Over the past few days we have been dealing with a crisis here in the Galluccio home. Our cat, Mercury, a large gray and white "street cat" which we adopted as a stray from Eastside Park, Paterson, 10 years ago, is dying. So the drama here in this ...

Kate's Journey

Posted by Kate Whitefield 
This being my inaugural blog for “Transpective” it is difficult to know where to start. How about with some basic terms? The terms GRS, SRS or GCS can be a puzzle and an alphabet soup! “Gender Reassignment Surgery”, “Sexual Reassignment ...

Adjusting

Posted by RJ 
Well, RJ is still taking psychotropic meds to get adjusted to living in God's Waiting Room, but the problems have become more than I expected. The other morning, I entered the elevator to greet a pleasant lady holding a Dunkin' Donuts bag. I ...

EAR PWR ~ "National Parks" ~ [video NSFW]

Posted by Bill Realman Stella 
Synths still sound synthetic to me. After all these years, decades, hell, generations, I still have a tough time not dismissing, never mind preferring songs based largely in the naked, largely overtone-less bleats for which synths are known. ...

The Axis of Awesome ~ "4 Chords" : Bringing The Funny

Posted by Bill Realman Stella 
They call themselves The Axis of Awesome: That's a big glaring clue right there, right? The easy comparisons are to Jack Black and Kyle Gass as Tenacious D (the Hard Rock tributaries/parodists), for lovingly skewering every strand of Pop they ...

Let's call what has gone before the "Soft Opening"

Posted by Bill Realman Stella 
Hi, and thanks for your patience! Why the long stretch between posts? The short answer is I really need to find a paying job. The slightly longer list includes a long-planned visit with Portland OR friends (I didn't pay for... Yet.), and several ...

George Thorogood & The Destroyers ~ 2120 South Michigan Avenue

Posted by Bill Realman Stella 
It has been over 30 years since Thorogood's second album forced its way anachronistically onto late 1970s radios. His latest isn't the blast of take-no-prisoners ground-staking "Move It On Over" (and its predecessor) was. This one hangs around ...

Where's NJ's wedding videos?????

Posted by Jon Galluccio 
With the HUGE legislative victory in New York and a NEW law suit filed in New Jersey, same-sex marriage talk is at a feverish pitch right now. So, not to be left out, I too wish to comment. For your information, I would like to quickly outline ...