Email Author Michael Musto

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2010

  "Where's My Book?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 29, 2010

  "Year in Review"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 22, 2010

  "Kicked in the Groin at Every Glittery Turn"

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1999 Stories by Michael Musto

• NY Mirror

  published December 28, 1999

  The votes are in, the tongues are out, and the 1999 Felix Awards go to . . . The Year in Queer: jerry falwell's 'National Liberty Journal' outed... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published December 21, 1999

  I go away for just a week, and the town goes mad, trashing poor Liza Minnelli and raving about some stuff that could really kill you. Let... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published December 7, 1999

  Today's enterprising young drag queens exist mainly to appear on HBO, host their own nights at Times Square comedy clubs, or be interviewed in the... More >>

• Quentin Crisp, 1908–1999

  published November 30, 1999

  The queen is dead. Long live the queen. Quentin Crisp—who was out before Rupert Everett, outlandish before Elton John, and alive before... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 30, 1999

  Jonesing for some blind items? Goodie gumdrops, because I happen to have some, and they're really filthy this time. Do I hear cries of outrage?... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 23, 1999

  Anyone with a camera and some balls can be a star at the MIX Festival's Video Gong Show, where aspiring auteurs bring in short films that are... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 16, 1999

  The most coveted invite of the month wasn't to watch Naomi Campbell shave HER privates for her 'Playboy' spread-that never happened; check it out... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 9, 1999

  If you heard a loud, lively boom uptown the other night, it was the sound of the art and scandal worlds festively smashing into each other at the... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 2, 1999

  This crazy restaurant scene today is so fueled by big-budget PR campaigns, you'd think they were launching Reform Party candidates instead of just... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 26, 1999

  Forget the Latin music explosion-as of two minutes ago, it's all about the drag record boom. No less than three feather boa-ed Downtown divas have... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 19, 1999

  The midtown Sephora store opening drew panting throngs, the entry reward of a $100 gift certificate probably having a little to do with the frenzy... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 12, 1999

  Why don't snakes have nipples? No, bench that — more importantly, is it really illegal to be gay in Singapore? That's the only question my... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 5, 1999

  The fashionista-drenched party for designer Bob Mackie's retrospective at F.I.T. brought out every drag queen in... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published September 28, 1999

  The Oscars now have their own Mini-Me: the Golden Trailer Awards, celebrating all those ingenious,... More >>

• Real Fiction

  published September 28, 1999

  Murdered nonconformist Brandon Teena has become a transgressive icon of daring and ambiguity, a poster person for the gender rebel as... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published September 21, 1999

  Los Angeles is still the sickest, most vulgar, appalling place on earth, and I can’t wait to go back. Two recent visits reminded me of all... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published September 14, 1999

  My tired ass has watched Wigstock morph over the years from an East Villagey performance-art showcase to a splashy showbiz parade dripping... More >>

• Kiki & Herb on Ice

  published September 7, 1999

  Picture the Captain and Tennille crossed with drag monologuist Miss Coco Peru sampled with that Saturday Night Live couple who massacre pop... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published September 7, 1999

  How cool am I? I figured out the trick ending of 'The Sixth Sense' only halfway through! (And by the way, anyone who's been spilling it to... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 31, 1999

  Who wants to be in the studio audience for 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?' I did— don't ask— but my innocuous attempt to see the... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 24, 1999

  Moments after I left the unofficial Tinky Winky celebration at Click & Drag (the Saturday night cyberfetish party at mother), someone supposedly... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 17, 1999

  Here's a hot flash: The new face of menopause is...no, not the Olsen twins, but Valerie... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 10, 1999

  I've been traveling a lot, but like Holly Golightly, only keep running into myself. At least the Thomas Crown Affair premiere in... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 3, 1999

  Where are you from?" and "Are you doing a load?" are the two most common questions in the air Wednesday nights at King Sized Laundry, a 24-hour... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published July 27, 1999

  I beg to differ from the accepted view that The Blair Witch Project is a real screamer. It's actually more harrowing than scary, more More >>