Michael Musto

Why I Hate Social Media! Don't 'Like' This Column!

SUNDAY NIGHT FEVER

Musto brings back the
mirror ball to studio 54

"Do You Worship At The Altar Of Michael Musto?"

No, it's not me asking that. I already know you do--and thank you, by the way! But interestingly, Creative Loafing posed that question in an editorial titled "Call For Snark: CL Is Looking For The Next Michael Musto Or Molly Ivins." Asks the piece:

I Answer My Twitter Followers! This Is Fun!

One of the great things about twitter is that after you've googled and bing-ed yourself, it gives you one more venue to find mentions of your name. As someone who believes there's no such thing as bad press, I was thrilled to click on "Interactions" just moments ago and find the following tweets th ... More >>

Yesterday Was "Michael Musto Appreciation Day"! Photos By Andrew Werner!

I am not making this up! Borough President Scott M. Stringer honored me and three others at a Pride celebration last night at Onegin restaurant, and while doing so, he gave me an honest-to-God plaque saying June 11 is Michael Musto Appreciation Day in Manhattam! I felt like running into the street ... More >>

I Met The Biggest Phony In The Entire City

The other night, I was heading into a Village club when a young woman, accompanied by friends, started screeching: "OH MY GOD! MICHAEL MUSTO! I WORSHIP YOU! I ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOU! I'M A WRITER TOO AND I THINK YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE BEST! I READ LA DOLCE MUSTO ON THE PLANE! I LOVE YOU!"

Ovation Channel Blog Interviews Me

The intriguingly named Kymara Lacrimosa threw 13 questions my way, and I flung them right back, with answers. The result is titillatingly entertaining and not at all unlucky! And get a load of the introduction she wrote for me!

My Bunion Surgeries Made The Medical News!

I thought I was just going for a couple of simple surgeries. But a bunion blog reports that it actually couldn't have been more major. According to the link, bunion surgery can be "painful and potentially lead to recurrence, infection, or over correction (which is not pretty)."

The Other Michael Musto!

I once got a call from a TV producer doing a biographical show about the cartoonishly appealing blond starlet Jayne Mansfield, who tragically died in a 1967 car crash. I was thrilled to come aboard as a commentator, having loved Jayne's campy film appearances, as well as her record album of Shakesp ... More >>

Medieval Times: In Case You Ever Wondered What Medieval Food Looked LIke

Tomato bisque, the first course. Hey, are we in a Burger King? Why are those people wearing paper crowns? It's been a decade since I went to Medieval Times with Michael Musto and Lynn Yaeger. I wrote a feature, but it was killed. Now some friends (including FiTR San Francisco correspondent Tracy V ... More >>

Dreamy Photo Of Me In Absolut Book

A new book details Absolut's history as the cool, artsy vodka for the nightlife crowd, complete with devilish recipes. And in it, there's the above photo of me looking surprisingly creamy and dreamy, maybe because even then I only drank in massive moderation. Says the text:

Another Rave For My Book!

Writes Jed Ryan: "Loaded with an infinite number of priceless zingers, Fork ... is the equivalent of the cocktail hour at a gay wedding, where Tony award winners and aging Hollywood legends mix with go-go boys, porn stars, and self-aggrandizing pseudo-celebs.

IL LIBRO MUSTO

It's long and juicy

Rave Review of My Book On Gay List Daily

Wolfgang Wesener​Thank you, Steven Lindsey. And an extra heap of gratitude for helping me realize that Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back can be way better alluded to as FOTLKITB. Here's the review: Musto Gracias The world has many things to fear. Palins, bioterrorism, day-long prayer/hat ... More >>

Christopher Street Dunkin' Donuts Rampage Video Released

Last week the Dunkin' Donuts at 75 Christopher Street was attacked by a group of kids who caused "over $5,000 in damage," according to our own Michael Musto. Today there's video out via DNA Info that shows the teenagers in the act of senselessly destroying the place, "overturning tables and coffee m ... More >>

Revisiting a Queer Cultural Landmark in Making the Boys

WHAT GAME?

A party for the football illiterate

I'm In the 'Out 100'

​ Yes, I'm one of the hundred powerful and compelling LGBTs who made a difference this year, according to Out magazine, and this is great, mainly because I get to go to the party and eat the hors d'oeuvres. The photo with me and other fabbies was shot as a Studio 54 homage, which is why I lo ... More >>

"Eat It, Michael Musto" Is Now A Video

​LCD Soundsystem, whose song "Pow Pow" features the immortal line "Eat it, Michael Musto/You're no Bruce Vilanch," has just come up with a video for the song, starring Oscar nominated actress Anna Kendrick. That's exactly who I'd pictured to play me!

I'm The Star of the New BoConcept Commercial

​ They even refer to me as "famed gossip columnist Michael Musto." It starts with me sitting at my desk, which is in such hideous disarray that I can't even find my computer. In comes resident sprite Niki Cheng, who alerts me to BoConcept's motto--"No limits in organization"--as I cleverly ... More >>

Michael Musto (Slightly) Less Screwed in Book Deal

We're happy to hear from Voice colleague Michael Musto that Alyson Books and Musto's editor have apologized to him regarding their holding his book hostage, and have opened up a discussion with him on either finally publishing the presciently titled Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back or at least gi ... More >>

"Michael Musto Lends His Discerning Eye for Talent to the Puppetry of the Penis Open Casting Call"

​ That's the headline of a real press release that went out just moments ago. You can't make this shit up, people. The release continues like so:

This Week in the Voice: An Immigrant's Heart

​In this week's Village Voice, a (literally) bleeding-heart story: Julia Amparo-Alvarado, an illegal Guatemalan immigrant who escaped her country's internal strife for a better life, isn't well. The figurative nature of enlarged and battered heart manifested in the physical form. And now, beca ... More >>

James Murphy Squashes His Beef With Michael Musto: "I Think He Gets It"

Thanks for reading, James.​To recap: LCD Soundsystem's "Pow Pow," from their in fact very excellent new record This Is Happening, deigns to take an explicit shot at our very own Michael Musto, i.e. "Eat it Michael Musto/You're no Bruce Vilanch." We interview Musto, who responds with "Suck it, ... More >>

Michael Musto Is Taking a Vacation Week

​And do you know why it's so urgently important that Musto do so? Because he's gone so batty he's talking about himself in the third person. So, he--I mean I--will spend the week in either Maine or Massapequa (depending on which invitation comes first), where I'll get some much needed rest, ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: The 2010 Obie Awards

​Every year, The Village Voice holds their own awards ceremony for theater free from the pomp, circumstance, and promotional intent towards profit that most other Dog and Pony extravaganzas do: The Obies. And the awesomeness that was this year's was no exception. Voice theater critic and Obie ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: The National's Agenda

​They say there's a fine line between comedy and tragedy. But what about the lines between despair and hilarity? Brooklyn's band of the moment, The National, knows where they lie, and they also know how to blur them, argues Michael D. Ayers, writing this week's Voice cover story: The National' ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: The NYPD Tapes

​Who knows what goes on behind the closed doors, locked file cabinets, and day-to-day routines of the NYPD? Other than them, nobody. Which is one of the reasons why one of New York's Finest saw fit to record his life among their ranks, and shed light on some of the darker aspects of those who ... More >>

The Problem With Fishing For Compliments...

​Is that you usually end up reeling in a big, whopping dis. A couple of years ago at a diner--oh, hush, you have to eat somewhere--I spotted a guy dutifully reading my column at another table. Anxious to be anointed with all kinds of praise, I raced up to him and gurgled, "Hey! That's me!"

Week in Review: Shut It Down

Scenes from MtyMx. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​In the week LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy told our own Michael Musto to "eat it" and Musto sensibly retaliated by telling him to "suck it" right back, we spent a good chunk of the week unpacking the twin out-of-state enterprises that were SXSW and M ... More >>

I # NY: LCD Soundsystem vs. Michael Musto?

​Today, in our daily Twitter roundup, there're lots of people getting shitfaced in New York for St. Patrick's Day, and...we could care less about them, here. More important is the beef we smell cooking up between a familiar gossip columnist and a familiar New York rock act. Where is it? And wh ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

​Eek, it 's Michael Musto, in a series of glamorous guises (we're not showing his Susan Boyle because we want you to prepare yourself first) and Running Down the Decade like it's never been run down before. (He also gets in not one, but three Top Tens. What a trouper!) Francis Davis presi ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

​Sailors used to roll around the city like Gene Kelly, but security concerns and technology have changed things, and now they mostly stay on the ships or, if they're lucky, at rare havens like the Seafarers & International House. The men whose boats brought you almost everything you have are m ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

​Like to gamble online? Political odd couples like Barney Frank and Al D'Amato are fighting for your right to do so. Meanwhile James Giordano made millions via internet gambling, and wound up in prison. So... do you feel lucky? Graham Rayman has the story. Tom Robbins has previously covered t ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

​New York's got some weird addresses. Heard about the Chinatown tenement at 81 Bowery where residents live in cubicles? It stinks of piss and fish paste, yet when it was closed briefly for fire violations, tenant fought to get back in. Maybe they just want to be near the Bowery Ballroom? Eliza ... More >>

Michael Musto Continues Conquest of Internet

OK, let's see if Gothamist picked up the Homeland Security TV story -- hey, what's this? Michael Musto? That fella gets around. Highlights! On doing a "gay Match Game show at Bowery Poetry Club": "'Wanna do a free, local version of the Match Game?' Sure! That's how I run my career...into the ground. ... More >>

Letters: June 17, 2009

Letters 1.07.09

Gawker's Musto Questions Answered

I'm in a Big Gay Musical

Please Don't Ask Me Who I Am! I Don't Know!

One More Naked Romp a la Lindsay! When Will the Whoring End?

The Huffington Post Interviews Me! About Screwing Up!

My Ssssmokin' Scrape With the Law!

Hate Us Or Love Us

Don't Tell Musto He Can't Say Bitch

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