Collin Kelley's Blog
December 9, 2009
December 5, 2009
As I said in a previous post, I've dithered over recapping American Idol's new season, which begins on Jan. 12. It's a major time commitment and I generally start feeling recap fatigue in April. However, I now have renewed purpose, plus a new home for the recaps at Project Q Atlanta -- the online news and entertainment source for the city's LGBT community. It will give my snark-filled rants a much bigger audience and, hopefully, create some healthy debate and humor. The recaps will appear fir...
December 1, 2009
November 25, 2009
SoldoutMusic.com (curated by the effervescent Russ Marshalek) asked me to write an op-ed on the whole Adam Lambert controversy, and it's posted now at this link. I'm not a fan of his new song "For Your Entertainment," but the angry, homophobic, double standard being heaped upon Lambert and his performance at the American Music Awards has seriously pissed me off. If you're looking for a stocking stuffer or something for the reader on your list, Amazon.com is selling Conquering Venus for only $...
November 22, 2009
Last Tuesday, I met novelist Ben Tanzer (Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine) for dinner at The Flying Biscuit and over bacon and eggs we recorded a podcast about Conquering Venus, poetry, favorite authors and more. You can listen to the podcast at Ben's This Blog Will Change Your Life. I highly recommend Ben's new novel. I read it in two days. His ear for dialogue is sharp and conversations make up 90 percent of the novel. It has a Richard Linklater film quality, especially the ultr...
November 19, 2009
November 16, 2009
I've been a bad blogger. Okay, honestly, I've been cheating on blogger -- with Facebook and Twitter. I'm such a social media whore. But I'm not the only one. I've noticed that posts on many of the blogs I follow are fewer and far between and that comments have dried up. I've gone from having a couple thousand people look at my blog each week to around 600. Meanwhile, the number of people I'm interacting with on Facebook and Twitter continues to grow.Yes, there's been some Conquering Venus
November 13, 2009
One of the catchiest pop songs of the year and a video that will leave you both creeped out and exhilarated for its audacity. It's sorta of 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Eastern Promises. Oh, and little of The Burning Bed thrown in, too. GaGa has single-handedly resurrected the music video as an art form. Madonna should take note. The video was posted to YouTube on Tuesday of this week and has received more than 6 million views in just three days.
November 12, 2009
My interview with poet Cecilia Woloch is featured in the new edition of the fantastic literary magazine, Ouroboros Review. 
November 10, 2009
I can't believe I'm the same age as Sesame Street. The opening above is the one I remember from my childhood. Only now can you see how radical it was -- the multi-cultural blending, the children running from deserts, farms and what appears to be ghettos to get to Sesame Street. It was always a haven for me. It taught me so much. Happy Birthday, Sesame Street!
