SCOTUS, Mozart & Monday's Undies!

Happy Monday, all!  I don't really have much to say today, I pretty much vegged on my day off and today it is back to work like everyone else.  However, I have not been remiss in my most pleasurable duties of selecting beautiful Music and muscular Men for your aural and visual edification on this fine Monday.  There is one thing on the horizon this week and that is the Marriage Equality ruling from SCOTUS.  Thursday is the next and probably final opportunity for a ruling to be announced this session.  There are 7 cases remaining on the docket, but the one that most interests me is Marriage Equality of course.  Not that anyone is beating a path to my door with a proposal, but it would be nice to finally be recognized as a citizen of value for the first time in my life.  We shall be watching and will keep you posted.

Your Monday with Mozart features the 1953 London Studio recordings of Mozart's four Horn Concerti by the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.  Dennis Brain is the Horn Soloist for the Concerti Numbers KV 412, 417, 447 and 495.  Meanwhile over on my tumblr, Monday with Mozart continues with the Divertimento for Violin, Viola and Cello, KV563  with an intimate live performance from the Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Italy by Sonig Tchakerian, Violin; Danilo Rossi, Viola and Mario Brunello, Cello. 

To brighten your day and mine, this week's indulgence in our mutual underwear fetish will be sure to please one and all.  You will find this edition of Monday's Undies posted dutifully down below for our mutual entertainment.  Cruising over to my tumblr will gain you the pleasurable sight of 'Veritas Vos Liberabit', your Hottie of the Day!.  Thanks for the visit, see you again soon.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!

Hot Links, Horns and Hotties

In the words of the 1940's era song made popular by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sister, Acentuate the Positive, my news feed yesterday abounded with items and articles that did just that.  From the UK comes the news that the first currently active footballer, Semi-pro Gainsborough Trinity winger Liam Davis came out of the closet publicly on Saturday in an interview in the Lincolnshire Echo.  Davis who also owns a restaurant, the Point Café and Bar in Cleethopres, with his partner Neil had this to say: “I personally hope that over the next 10 years I’m not the only gay footballer out there. Nobody wants to be forced out, but I hope they can look and see there is someone out there who has done it. I hope we can get to a stage where it is not a bad thing, that there is no problem and people just get on with it.”.  While stateside at the US National Figure Skating Championship, 19 year old Jason Brown earned his spot on the US Olympic Team headed for Sochi next month with his epic and electrifying performance that brought the crowd to its feet before his routine was even finished. 

In the Marriage Equality arena there was also good news when Out Gay US Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) announced his engagement to his longtime partner Randy Florke.  Maloney and Florke have been together for 21 years and have three children.  Maloney released the following statement: “After 21 years together, we are excited for the next step in our journey as a family. For decades, we've fought to ensure that all families can experience the joys of loving commitment and we are proud to have our friends and family share this special moment with us in the near future".  Traveling South to Oklahoma, Federal U.S. District Judge Terence Kern has ruled Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional after languishing in the courts for nine years.  The ruling has been stayed pending appeal, however Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is 'troubled' by the ruling saying "I am disappointed in the judge's ruling and troubled that the will of the people has once again been ignored by the federal government.".  Her statement is not surprising to me coming from the state that gave us the infamous Sally Kern and a great many others moribund in their neanderthal way of thinking.

In other political news, GOProud founder Jimmy LaSalvia has officially become an 'independent conservative' by relinquishing his membership in the Republican Party.  Writing on his blog he states that the current leadership lacks the courage to stand up to tolerance of bigotry in the GOP.  This goes to show you can be both Gay and Conservative just not necessarily Republican.  Does this move signal a death knell for GOProud as an organization?  Only time will tell.  Also in the political realm, legislation has been introduced in New York, Maryland, and Minnesota that would ban Ex-Gay Conversion Therapy for minors.  Hopefully the ban on this odious and dangerously harmful practice will continue to spread throughout the US.  LGBTQ youth are the most vulnerable to the effects of this quack pseudo science which has led to too many instances of depression, homelessness and suicide among them.  The sooner all 50 states have banned the practice, the better we will be.

Your Midweek Musical Moment features Iona Brown conducting the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields in there performance of Concerti for Horns and Orchestra by Georg Philipp Telemann.  The featured Soloists are Hermann Baumann and Timothy Brown.  Included in the play list are Concerto for 3 Horns, Violin, Strings and B.C. D major, TWV 54:D2; Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Violins, Strigs and B.C. E flat major, TWV 54:Es1; Concerto for Corno da caccia, Strings and B.C. D major, TWV 51:D8; Overture (Suite) for 2 Horns 2 Violins Strings and B.C. F major, TWV 55:F4 and Overture (Suite) for 2 Horns 2 Violins Strings and B.C. F major, TWV 55:F4.

Immediately following the play list is this exquisite collection of hunks and hotties frolicking about the pools, beaches and baths of the world in this week's edition of Wet Wednesday.  You can also find the Sonata a 5 for 3 Violins, Viola, Cello and Basso Continuo in G Minor, Opus 3, Number 10 by Carlo Antonio Marino posted on my tumblr along with the Hottie of the Day!.  Thank you for sharing a part of your day with me, see you again soon.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!

Mid Week Mozart

It is hump day and I feel like I have been humped hard and dumped in a ditch.  So I guess you would have to say I am a little stressed out this morning.  So rather than bitch and moan I will give you guys some marvelous music and magnificent men to brighten your day and mine.  The play list for today includes Horn Concerti Number 1 in D Major, K412; Number 2 in E Flat Major, K417; and Number 3 in E Flat Major, K 447 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed by Alan Civil with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer conducting.  After the video is a room full of Random Hotness that should please your eyes.  Have a happy hump day, see you tomorrow.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!