tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136692112024-03-15T19:58:09.376-04:00The Column of LifeGay BLOG with political, entertainment and philosophical content for the gay man in everyone.Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.comBlogger4600125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-35789009880919895842024-02-26T00:33:00.000-05:002024-02-26T00:33:01.174-05:00Go Fund Me<p><br /></p><div class="gfm-embed" data-url="https://www.gofundme.com/f/kwvmx-quality-of-life/widget/large?sharesheet=dashboard"></div><script defer src="https://www.gofundme.com/static/js/embed.js"></script>Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-58492873533430525872023-08-25T19:45:00.000-04:002023-08-25T19:52:43.219-04:00<br />
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<span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Logline: A woman now finds herself in charge of a bustling downtown restaurant with her two sons as she struggles to keep her legacy alive while overcoming the dramas of her past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Tag: <b><i>“If secrets be the food of love, there’s a feast in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Come hungry.”</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Anna and her two handsome sons run a successful Italian restaurant on <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Rittenhouse Square</st1:address></st1:street> in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city>. This is a passionate world full of warmth, food, music and a lot of history that will start to unravel and reveal the truth. Each character is a vivid piece of the puzzle. We are at a buffet table of emotions, good, bad and everything in between.</span><span style="font-family: "ms gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Anna <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fontana</st1:place></st1:city> De Marco:</span></b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"> 50.<b> A</b>ttractive<b>, </b>Sicilian American restaurant owner of Gaetano's.<b> </b>Feminine<b>, </b>yet formidable. A matriarch who loves her two sons more than anything. Opinionated and controlling yet caring at the same time. She yearns to love again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Marc De Marco: </span></b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">30. <b>T</b>all, athletic and hauntingly attractive. Appears calm and in control to the world but beneath the surface lies a tortured soul. Struggles with his homosexuality, his decision to leave the priesthood and his specific sexual proclivity. It is through the telling of Marc’s story that the Church is taken to task. Possible gay sexual nudity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Thomas "Tommy" Avalon (Alvarez): </span></b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">mid to late<b> </b>20's. Handsome and athletic but the weight of his struggles<b> </b>are worn on his face.<b> </b>The sous-chef at Gaetano's but eager for more responsibility. Secretly in love with Marc. Not an alcoholic, but when we first meet him he has a reliance upon alcohol to soothe his demons. Puerto Rican. A former male prostitute. Possible gay sexual nudity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Nicola “Nick” De Marco</span></b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"> (50) is a charming rapscallion once married to Anna and father to Domenic and Marc. He has a reputation for being a womanizer and an absentee father. His goal is to redeem himself to a certain extent with his family. He “sits” on many solutions to the puzzle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Filomena DeMarco: </span></b><span face=""arialmt" , sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">75. Old school South Philly matron, somewhat demented. She drinks and smokes. Something of a Greek chorus. A bit of comic relief now and then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-87077438186895255672023-06-10T14:39:00.001-04:002023-06-10T14:39:43.380-04:00Constant<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI5_YLTf6KAuud1PONz9jGuejm7TEOyQqkENrZ6w5ZWM0u1vDwqSSJd47Ri19Dm7-zqi-Rl1lbRPQHgEB8t4Zac6cRenuqm_DDGlkKV5fam_4ltnoJcm1d9zQLRYijT93TxTngzR7JVGRLiP6HN_aWwGRt0VXADzD0H3Dn_R-gn5qwvF057E/s720/Presentation2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI5_YLTf6KAuud1PONz9jGuejm7TEOyQqkENrZ6w5ZWM0u1vDwqSSJd47Ri19Dm7-zqi-Rl1lbRPQHgEB8t4Zac6cRenuqm_DDGlkKV5fam_4ltnoJcm1d9zQLRYijT93TxTngzR7JVGRLiP6HN_aWwGRt0VXADzD0H3Dn_R-gn5qwvF057E/s320/Presentation2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-86153749545772684472023-05-16T19:22:00.000-04:002023-05-16T19:22:01.729-04:00TARLOS! Thank you, Ryan Murphy<p> </p>
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‘98<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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followed me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the front yard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pleasing
when he tries to impress me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Speaking
Italian.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Even
more<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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see the smile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Bare
chest framed by the window<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A
place to rest my head<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Perhaps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To
reciprocate <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Impossible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
greetings chase the country blues away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
wonder how strong <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Strong
enough to break down<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Barriers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I want
to break him<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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his fragile prison.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-2328216242848910752023-04-26T17:06:00.001-04:002023-04-26T17:06:16.436-04:00Coming Out: We're The Lucky Ones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-FspMUhsUYzNvA2xT3TNgf6PcvFtBSTAKCbu_L-Pr6JZEow4B84DQivUEM00VywvxvMORalcwBX4S5ozmBUPOjlAxh5Xme3IibSIVc4KnNI0_uVr4bQBq19sHOibNxMUjv5hUg/s1600-h/Chad+Everett.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007060352070512322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-FspMUhsUYzNvA2xT3TNgf6PcvFtBSTAKCbu_L-Pr6JZEow4B84DQivUEM00VywvxvMORalcwBX4S5ozmBUPOjlAxh5Xme3IibSIVc4KnNI0_uVr4bQBq19sHOibNxMUjv5hUg/s320/Chad+Everett.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
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No reason left for living, still there's a lot to do. </div>
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New tears to cry, old songs to sing. </div>
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And feel forever blue.</div>
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And be forever.... Blue </div>
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The episode "Forever Blue," featured on the CBS forensic drama, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cold Case</span> picked up some buzz on the internet back in December 2006. The quote from Chris Isaak's "Forever Blue" in homage to the episode's title and the sadness that envelopes the tale of two policemen who love each other with the love that dared not speak its name. Once again prime time television has spoken its name and placed it before our eyes.<br />
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<i>I think it’s a necessity for people to understand that gays and lesbians did–and do–get beaten and murdered just for being gay. (The show went out of its way to ask if things were really that much better for gay cops today.) Besides the aforementioned kiss, the show not only portrayed the two men as being deeply in love, but in fact being “the lucky ones” because they truly loved each other. The show also showed the horrible damage wrought by living in the closet. And despite Coop’s death it even managed to end on a happy note as Jimmy, now an old man (Chad Everett) went back to where he had last been with Coop and saw themselves walking away together holding hands. It was quite touching and something millions of Americans tuned in to see without knowing they were going to.</i><br />
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Brian Hallisay played the young Jimmy Bruno.<br />
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The ending for the episode actually featured Dylan's "My Back Pages" performed by The Byrds with the refrain, "I was so much older then I'm younger than that now." That phrase might be applied to the portrayer of the older, surviving officer, Jimmy Bruno in the person of Chad Everett.</div>
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His participation here is quite noteworthy and may be another milestone of sorts.<br />
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This episode resonates on National Coming Out Day and National LGBT History like few others. It reminds us how long a road it has been.<br />
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John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman gave the world what is clearly a great musical achievement. Here is a critique lifted from Music Direct: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963-IMPULSE)</div>
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" ... Hartman's voice is right there and full-throated; again, I've never heard all the subtleties of his vibrato or all the slight accents in his phrasing. Coltrane's saxophone is in the room. Elvin Jones' drums bang and whisper. (Listen to that brush-wooshing! You get every wisp and sizzle.) Even McCoy Tyner's piano, often hooded in Van Gelder sessions, rings clear. Jimmy Garrison's bass may be a little forward, but it sounds like the pick-up amp, not a recording artifact. This is a gorgeous album, gorgeously mastered and essential."<br />
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- Fred Kaplan, The Absolute Sound, June/July 2005, Issue 154<br />
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The clarinetist Tony Scott, who trod the same musical path as Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, once called the number “Lush Life” “the Mount Everest of Jazz soloists.” Thousands have stood at the foot of the mountain but only a couple of dozen ever made it right to the top. Among these few were the singer Johnny Hartman and the John Coltrane Quartet in March 1963 — not just with that song but with other favorites too. The list extends from “They Say It’s Wonderful” which sounds as though it is clad in black silk, to the lyrical “My One And Only Love,” right up to the light-footed rumba “Autumn Serenade,” here are six true masterpieces which will get right under your skin. Just listen to how relaxed and self-assuredly the crooner’s great voice carries the melody, which is then taken up and continued by John Coltrane on his instrument.<br />
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The very thought of you makes my heart sing<br />
Like an April breeze on the wings of spring<br />
And you appear in all your splendor<br />
My one and only love<br />
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The shadows fall and spread their mystic charms<br />
In the hush of night while you're in my arms<br />
I feel your lips so warm and tender<br />
My one and only love<br />
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The touch of your hand is like heaven<br />
A heaven that I've never known<br />
The blush on your cheek whenever I speak<br />
Tells me that you are my own<br />
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You fill my eager heart with such desire<br />
Every kiss you give sets my soul on fire<br />
I give myself in sweet surrender<br />
My one and only love<br />
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Hearing this music for the first time in San Francisco in the late 70s in that period right before Anita Bryant attacked the gay community and wanted to "Save the Children" in Florida provided warmth and insulation against what was to come down the pike in the form of political persecution, assassination and disease.<br />
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A handsome loving man made scrambled eggs and platanos in the morning following a night filled with Mr Hartman's crooning, Mr Coltrane's playing and the man's embrace. It was an event that only enhances the appreciation of this exceptional music. As life progresses and brings with that progress hitherto unknown feelings and experiences, looking back on the person that one once was, affords not only comfort, but new clarity ...Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-37979597433420804502022-07-08T14:27:00.019-04:002023-09-12T21:35:10.819-04:00Sicilian Sweetness<p>
<span style="font-family: arial;"> <b style="color: #333333;"><i><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Cassatelle Siciliane (Cassateddi)</span></i></b></span><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">500 gr di farina </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">grano</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;"> duro.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">zucchero, 50 gr</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">strutto, 40 gr</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">Vino Bianco 250.ml.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">Buccia di limone (o arancia)</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">Ingredienti per la crema di ricotta:</span><br style="color: #333333;" /></b><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">ricotta di pecora ben scolata, 500 gr</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">zucchero a velo o zucchero semolato macinato finemente, 150 gr</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">cannella, 1 pizzico</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">Per decorare: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">zucchero</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">Preparazione:</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">1. Per preparare l’impasto iniziamo a formare una fontana e mettere
strutto zucchero e vino. Continuiamo a lavorare e formiamo un
impasto mettiamolo in una pellicola trasparente e lo lasciamo
in frigo x 2 ore.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">2. Intanto procediamo con la preparazione della crema mescolando gli
ingredienti tutti insieme per riporla poi in frigo.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;">3. Prendiamo il nostro impasto dal frigo e formiamo diverse palline
da 90 grammi. Stendiamole e farciamole e ricordiamo di chiudere a forma di
mezzaluna.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;" /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4. A questo punto friggiamole in </span><span style="font-family: arial;">abbondante olio bollente e appena risulteranno dorate scoliamole e
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What the fresh hell. This is REAL. Filmed in 1958- about a conman who grifts a small town of suckers into building a wall. History not subtle enough for you? GUESS THE GRIFTER'S NAME <br />(And watch until the end) <a href="https://t.co/6FA3p6KC00">pic.twitter.com/6FA3p6KC00</a></div>
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This Twitter Account is Outing the Men Behind the Violence in Charlottesville: <a href="https://t.co/mlWfI4aVN2">https://t.co/mlWfI4aVN2</a> <a href="https://t.co/CiKrDx2kb9">pic.twitter.com/CiKrDx2kb9</a></div>
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None of us are invincible. Even the mighty need mercy. Watch my Democratic Weekly Address on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trumpcare?src=hash">#Trumpcare</a> here. <a href="https://t.co/TAXJB6ncHP">pic.twitter.com/TAXJB6ncHP</a></div>
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/880934855537827840">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Perhaps the best thing about being part of the Apostolic tradition is that it at least allows for a simulation of goddess worship if not actually accepting it, which on some levels it is. The last time a Pope used the power<span style="font-style: italic;"> ex cathedra</span>, i.e. infallibility was in 1950 to declare the doctrine of The Assumption and this date (August 15th) is observed worldwide by the world’s Roman Catholics as a holy day of obligation. <br />
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Papa Pacelli [Pius XII] proclaimed 55 years ago: <br />
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“Hence the revered Mother of God, from all eternity joined in a hidden way with Jesus Christ in one and the same decree of predestination, immaculate in her conception, a most perfect virgin in her divine motherhood, the noble associate of the divine Redeemer who has won a complete triumph over sin and its consequences, finally obtained, as the supreme culmination of her privileges, that she should be preserved free from the corruption of the tomb and that, like her own Son, having overcome death, she might be taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven where, as Queen, she sits in splendor at the right hand of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages.” <br />
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Connecting Mary to the ancient tradition of the Goddess is one of the easiest things to do for those in the know. It would take up a lot of time and space to do so here, but we’ll touch on it. At least we’ll connect this feast to Diana. Ferragosto in Italy which is celebrated this day – the ides of August – is the essential Summer Holiday. The major urban centers there virtually close down for the entire month of August – what a very civilized thing to do! It is ostensibly in honour of the Mother of God. Italy is ostensibly a Roman Catholic nation, yet this celebration goes deeper and farther than mere Xtian observance. <br />
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“In 18 BC the Roman Emperor Augustus declared that all of the month of August would be dedicated to the Feriae Augusti, a series of festivals and celebrations; the most important was held on the 13th, and was dedicated to Diana, the Goddess whose task it was to oversee the woods, the phases of the Moon, and Maternity. The services, which were celebrated in Diana's temple on the Aventine, was one of the few occasions in which Romans from all walks of life, masters and slaves alike, mingled freely, and the women, who made offerings to the Goddess throughout the year in the hope that their labor would be safe and happy, offered prayers to Lucina, the guise Diana assumed when she was acting as protectoress of Labor.” <br />
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“Aventine Hill, Diana's temple still had an ancient image that depicted her as a many-breasted mother of nature--similar to Diana of Ephesus. Women flocked to her temple at Aventine Hill to request aid in child bearing … Diana is complex and rich indeed: she was known as Diana Trivia: Diana on the earth, Luna in the sky, and Proserpine in the underworld. At her shrine at Nemi, near Aricia, she formed another trinity with her servant and assistant midwife, Egeria the water nymph, and Virbius, a woodland God. One of her epithets was Diana Nemorisis or Diana of the Grove. Diana's feast day … was deemed to be the birthday of the Goddess. Reportedly women would each bake a cake for the household in Diana's honor, around which white candles were set. A procession of women, with hounds on leashes, would journey to Aricia to offer thanks in Diana's sacred grove and request the Goddess's continued aid and a harvest free of storms. Diana's festival in mid August was a holiday for Roman slaves. Whole villages [in modern Italy] participate or watch the procession in which the image of the Virgin is carried through the streets.” <br />
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Gay women, (yay, liberated women universally) follow Diana as their mother and protector. The first John Paul, Papa Luciani, declared that we must not only think of God as our Father but also as our Mother. His papacy lasted only 34 days. Assume, good people, assume.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-55206970233236157452013-08-01T20:17:00.000-04:002013-08-01T20:17:24.578-04:00Center City the Series: CBS Soaps in Depth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.” -- Dorothy Parker, who died 46 years ago today<br />
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-30645433364030263812013-05-29T12:48:00.002-04:002013-05-29T12:48:45.355-04:00Brian Gaskill<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZchuPGY1zeWVxKSMDpfp3Cmx7VB2NhShyphenhyphenLrLiCHp-xDlkLBkyDM-0GtC2OIumSEWUXoU5dZzFAtBZ_62pNk-whv7igAknoxyRLHd9TER2T2JnGqomkB20IH4FnmNIVuNhw4YlZw/s1600/294134_10151990041558849_1019219956_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZchuPGY1zeWVxKSMDpfp3Cmx7VB2NhShyphenhyphenLrLiCHp-xDlkLBkyDM-0GtC2OIumSEWUXoU5dZzFAtBZ_62pNk-whv7igAknoxyRLHd9TER2T2JnGqomkB20IH4FnmNIVuNhw4YlZw/s320/294134_10151990041558849_1019219956_n.jpg" /></a>Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-54845145179719288992013-05-29T11:44:00.000-04:002013-05-29T11:44:09.840-04:00Tonight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJlDBh7gEBVvhI9GJwu6u6l7u4AYT-j3hctmHRVkUV3PclwtmE1A-48AvRWqw85FSwaGNN0xJAWrcyKhyphenhypheny25p6a-JNIorkFc6vAX8OUvXRz4_sC13CmK9KNfeZIViQ0-f3zh_Gw/s1600/972050_10152389770461808_1957085280_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJlDBh7gEBVvhI9GJwu6u6l7u4AYT-j3hctmHRVkUV3PclwtmE1A-48AvRWqw85FSwaGNN0xJAWrcyKhyphenhypheny25p6a-JNIorkFc6vAX8OUvXRz4_sC13CmK9KNfeZIViQ0-f3zh_Gw/s320/972050_10152389770461808_1957085280_n.jpg" /></a>Giovanni Vitacolonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08880521291885563549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13669211.post-45402885896497162822013-04-17T17:53:00.003-04:002013-04-17T18:11:33.396-04:00Lisa LoCicero Comes to Center City<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkjAIwpMyYUs3gVxKrzhyphenhyphen78xqx-u8WeezoVSLugSFjaTFHn6w0D6nG8KcjFwzAOkcd1wrWFyQbEFCdPOXYJZ6nwsw4zEgL6J97aoBS3CpoBZQnL6K8kmnX2I6vMgLkd_lFwGC/s1600-h/Lisa+Lo+cicero.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385448713775609218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkjAIwpMyYUs3gVxKrzhyphenhyphen78xqx-u8WeezoVSLugSFjaTFHn6w0D6nG8KcjFwzAOkcd1wrWFyQbEFCdPOXYJZ6nwsw4zEgL6J97aoBS3CpoBZQnL6K8kmnX2I6vMgLkd_lFwGC/s400/Lisa+Lo+cicero.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 348px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 231px;" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If there is anyone who can carry off the ominous character of Olivia Falconeri it is the formidable actress Lisa LoCicero. The natural beauty has been on screens big and small for the last fifteen years. She has been on three ABC Daytime Serials. Seems at least in this case the Alphabet Network is taking advantage of a good thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About.com has this to say: Beautiful, sexy, but tough, Lisa LoCicero started in daytime as Jocelyn Roberts Brown on <em>Loving</em> in its final season, and then stayed with the character when the show was spun off as <em>The City</em>. When The City ended in 1997, she moved into film (<em>The Family Man</em>, <em>Rush Hour 2</em>) and television roles... In 2001, after [the birth of her son] she took a small break, doing voice overs. From 2004-2007, she played the role of Maria Storm in the series <em>Reno 911!</em> In 2004, she also appeared on <em>One Life to Live</em> as Sonia Toledo Santi. In the fall of 2008, LoCicero again entered daytime as Olivia Falconeri, Kate Howard's cousin, on <em>General Hospital</em>, and has proven to be immensely popular with the fans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are proud to announce that the very talented Lisa LoCicero will read the part of Anna Fontana DeMarco for the staged reading of the <b style="font-style: italic;">Center City </b>pilot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where: Celebration Theatre 7051 Santa Monica Boulevard West Hollywood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When: Monday, April 29, 2013 7:00 to 9:00 pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How Much: Free (Donation appreciated to Celebration Theatre)</span><br />
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<b>CENTER CITY COMES TO WEST HOLLYWOOD</b>
<b>MONDAY</b> <b>APRIL 29 7:00-9:00 PM</b><br/>
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New York, New York (April 17, 2013)
--12th & Latona Productions in conjunction with John Colella and Giovanni Vitacolonna are pleased to announce a staged table reading for the pilot for CENTER CITY, a television series created by Mr Vitacolonna. Actors attached to the series who will be participating are: Lisa LoCicero (<i>General Hospital</i>, <i>Reno 911</i>), Don Jeffcoat (<i>Eagle Eye</i>, <i>One Life to Live</i>), Colton Ford (<i>Naked Fame</i>, <i>The Lair</i>), David Moretti (<i>Scrooge and Marley</i>, <i>The Lair</i>), Richie Nuzzolese (Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night", <i>Voodoo Academy 2</i>), Danny Donnelly (<i>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</i>) and Daphne Di Cinto (<i>Gente di Mare</i>). The acting communities in Philadelphia and New York have lent overwhelming support to CENTER CITY. Now it's a great opportunity to stage our pilot in Los Angeles. This is a rich and complex story taking place in the heart of Philadelphia. The script is especially well received across the board. The reading in California will provide a focus group experience and an opportunity for potential supporters to have a first hand experience of this great character driven story.
- CONTACT: Giovanni Vitacolonna (papag@center-city.net 646.246.6346)
John Colella (jc@johncolella.com)
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