Gender Brain Tests

The BBC has an six-part on-line test, which test your brain's maleness and femaleness. The tests measure empathy, physical attraction, memory, spatial skills, and physical dimensions of your body, which are linked to things like testosterone, right-left brain dominance, and cultural differences.



I scored about +25 male, where the average score for men was +50 male, and the average score for women was +50. Not sure what that exactly means.

Sean Penn Makes An Impressive Harvey Milk

Early buzz on Gus Van Sant's Milk is good. Sean Penn looks surprisingly (middle photo) a lot of the real Harvey Milk. I was wondering if he pulled a Nicole Kidman fake nose, but looking closer I'm not sure...

Blake Little - The Company of Men photo show

One last week to catch Black Little's show, The Company of Men, at the Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art gallery in Brooklyn. Interesting look at masculinity that feels very of the moment.

Via Boblog

Lucas Grabeel: From High School Musical To Milk

Last weekend, I saw the trailer for Milk, Gus Van Sant's bio-pic on Harvey Milk, the gay mayor from San Francisco who are shot to death by 1978. The early buzz is quite good, but I was surprised to see glimpses of what looked like Lucas Grabeel, who is better know as Ryan from the High School Musical Trilogy.

I did a little research and IMDB confirms that Grabeel is in the pic. A little more digging led me to his website, which for a Hollywood celebrity of any level, is amazing for it's lack of lame animations and 8x11.5 glossy shallowness. I mean this is the splash page:



But I digress. Back in May, Grabeel wrote to in his forum announcing his role. It's an interesting read, explaining who Milk was, how he died, playing up working with Sean Penn and Gus Van Sant, saying that he isn't gay but playing a role. It's interesting and on balance... I think a good response.

Blowoff NYC

I had a late night and made it to Blowoff at the Highland to hear Bob Mould and Richard Morel spin. Opening the door at midnight was brutal if you didn't have Columbus Day off, which I didn't. But it was worth it, as I heard a couple of nice indie label remixes from Hercules and Love Affair as well as Santogold that I'll have research. Here is the set list, which should be up soon. I must say that I love the artwork.