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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Marriage Equality New York: Gay Straight Black White, Marriage is a Civil Right

Crowd chanting "Gay Straight Black White, Marriage is a Civil Right" and "What do we want? Marriage Equality. When do we want it? Now." 

Recorded during the NYC Lighting the Way to Equality candle light vigil organized by the Marriage Equality New York, a non-profit all-inclusive organization whose mission is to educate the public by raising awareness of the important right of all persons to enter into legally recognized gender neutral civil marriage with all the benefits and responsibilities that entails.

How I did it

This track was possible mostly because of Ableton Live's ability to wrap beats with not just sound but the video also - this allows me to properly align the crowd chant which is not really on the beat.

Both the video and the soundtrack is licensed CC-BY-SA. You can download it the 720p WMV on Vimeo, and the 148 BPM WAV file is on SoundCloud:

Marriage Equality New York
http://meny.us

Marriage Equality New York is an all-inclusive organization whose mission is to educate the public by raising awareness of the important right of all persons to enter into legally recognized gender neutral civil marriage with all the benefits and responsibilities that entails.

Without marriage, committed same-sex couples are denied over 1,138 federal rights and obligations including social security, hospital visitation, co-parenting rights, estate tax, and immigration, just to name a few.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Life Celebrates Diversity / SML Photography

Life.

Life celebrates diversity.
Life celebrates differences.
Life celebrates humanity.

Regardless of age, attire, or build.
Regardless of class, color, or culture.
Regardless of education, flavor, or gender.
Regardless of hair style, income level, or interest.
Regardless of life style, location, or philosophy.
Regardless of profession, physique, or race.
Regardless of religion, role, or sexual taste.

Life is equilibriumism.
Life is everything and nothing.
Life is all of us and none of us.

See-ming Lee, 2007.07.07

+ SML Flickr Set: 2,016 photos, 4 videos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/sets/72157622785744864/


Related SML Universe
+ Life Celebrates Diversity (Flickr Group)
+ Life Celebrates Diversity (FriendFeed)
+ Life Celebrates Diversity (Twitter)

CC-BY-SA See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Photography / SML Universe

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Bert and Ernie / SML Ideal Husbands

Bert and Ernie (Wikipedia) are two roommates on the long-running television show Sesame Street. The two appear together in numerous skits, forming a comic duo that is one of the centerpieces of the program. Originated by Frank Oz and Jim Henson, the characters are currently performed by Muppeteers Eric Jacobson and Steve Whitmire, with Oz performing Bert occasionally since 2000.

Bert and Ernie: Let me tell you a secret / 20090917.10D.53994.P1 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

I always thought that Bert and Ernie are the perfect couple. I admire them and I cherish them. I also thought that they are the ideal husbands, and I wish that my love life is as rich and colorful as theirs.

A few years back, I met a friend who used to be an executive producer at the Children's Television Workshop, and I said: you know they are so gay... He said: They look gay because they *are* gay.

I don't know why I have never thought of putting them in a photoshoot together but tada here they are, featured in my Ideal Husbands photography project. I tried to write toy stories regarding these two love birds:

Toy Story 1

Ideal Husbands: Bert and Ernie / 20090917.10D.53940.P1.SQ / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Toy Story 1

SML: Hi, I'm working on a project called Ideal Husbands and I would really like to include you guys in it.
Ernie: Yeay!
Bert: Hmm... I'm not sure, Ernie, it doesn't sound like a very good use of our time...
Ernie: But it would be so much fun.. Weee....
Bert: I'm exhausted from work. Don't you think that it would be better use of our time if we cuddle in bed instead?
Ernie: Oh come on babe, if we get photographed by SML, we would be famous! Wee..!
Bert: (reluctantly) Alright.. I guess I can sit in for a few minutes, but be quick!
SML: Thank you thank you thank you! Lots of SML Love for you!
Bert: Hurry up I don't have all day... Ernie honey, try to sit still!

Toy Story 2

Ideal Husbands: Bert and Ernie / 20090917.10D.53948.P1.SQ / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Bert and Ernie with the wooden salamander during the Ideal Husbands shoot at SML Studio.

Toy Story 3: Kiss

Kiss: Bert and Ernie / 20090917.10D.53934.SQ.BW / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

I made an attempt to get these love birds for my kiss project but Ernie's constant open-mouth action made it tricky. I will try again later.

Toy Story 4: Life is great when you're next to me

Bert and Ernie: Life is great when you're next to me / 20090917.10D.53973.P1 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Toy Story 5: Bert and Ernie: Getting Trashed on Pinot Noir

Bert and Ernie: Getting Trashed on Pinot Noir / 20090917.10D.53958.SQ / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

With a big glass of Pinot Noir in hand, Bert forgot about the pain of modeling while Ernie got trashed.

Erotocrat (NYC) had a different take:
It was reported by Burt that the euphoria caused by Ernie is unlike hand-puppet jobs received from other muppets. I even remember my first experience with Ernie, who as a young muppet, emerged from Mr. Hooper’s bodega off of Sesame Street one crispy morning. Ernie glanced at me as though I were a masked Adonis of some sort and told me in no uncertain terms, that he felt like the letter B.

Toy Story 6: When Tigger Visits

Bert and Ernie: When Tigger visit / 20090917.10D.53975.P1 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Bert is unamused when Tigger comes to play.

Bert: Tigger comes over to visit us every now and then. I think that he's cute and all but the problem is, he and Ernie would just giggle and gossip non-stop which gets really annoying sometimes.

Related SML
+ SML Flickr Sets: Bert and Ernie / SML Ideal Husbands
+ SML Flickr Sets: Ideal Husbands
+ SML Flickr Sets: Men

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

madonna by male®

SML Flickr: madonna by male®
madonna by male®, originally uploaded by male ®.

Another stunning piece of art work by Martin Leon Duque aka male® on Flickr.

male by male ®

SML Flickr: male
male, originally uploaded by male ®.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Bar-hopping in NYC

Avery took me out for dinner at Mercer Kitchen on Friday (2008-01-18). Food was yummy. It was definitely a welcoming treat at the end of the SML Appendectomy event:

Roast Chicken

20080118.SD850IS.2015 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Slow-baked Salmon

20080118.SD850IS.2016 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

My weird dessert: popcorn float

20080118.SD850IS.2018 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Dinner

Avery Knox / 20080118.SD850IS.2017 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

And now... hot men spotted during the bar-hop afterevent:

Mark, 31yo, went to college in DC for international affairs, seen at Therapy

Ideal Husband: Mark / 20080119.SD850IS.2019 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Brian, 33yo. T-shirt by Kenneth Cole. Seen at Vlada

Brian / 20080119.SD850IS.2028 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Nate (NG), 29yo, also wearing Kenneth Cole. Seen at Vlada

Nate (NG), 29yo, seen at Vlada / 20080119.SD850IS.2031 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Then we decided to hit to Eagle NYC:

MEN / 20080119.SD850IS.2032 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Found this hot muffin Sean Donahue on the roof. Woof!

Ideal Husband / 20080119.SD850IS.2041 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Rafael, doorman at the Eagle

Ideal Husband / 20080119.SD850IS.2044 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

We went to Barracuda and called it a night. Found Taylor J.. Hair by Sasa at Redge. Taylor is 24yo and lives in Astoria:

Ideal Husband / 20080119.SD850IS.2048 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

And that concludes my January gay bar hopping tour. Trust that I'll be doing more of these very soon.

Cheers,
SML

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