The Renslow Family celebrated its 26th annual White Party at Circuit last week, and it was certainly an Ab Fab affair. Miss Foozie-- beautiful as always-- welcomed everyone at the door, and from there on in it was balloons and party time.
Soon after I arrived, Thom Dombkowski grabbed me by the arm and said, "Here's someone you should take a picture of ... the first International Mr. Leather 1979."
Sure nuff! There he was, David Kloss, now 51 years old and looking pretty good ... actually, more than pretty good. ( See picture ) .
For those of you who are interested, the following is from an article I wrote in 1998 about the history of IML.
"The entertainment at that 1st IML included comedienne Pudgy and music by Wacker Drive. At one point in the proceedings a member of the audience handed Pudgy his chaps, and another helped her put them on over her pink chiffon ruffled gown. Eventually she was wearing chaps, a leather cap, and a leather jacket, but she drew the line at boots.
"The price of the whole weekend package was $25 and the judges were Dom 'Etienne" Orejudos; Lou Thomas, Target studios; Tom Gora, In Touch Magazine; and Robert Dunne, Drummer Magazine. Tuoka Laaksonen, AKA Tom of Finland, was scheduled to judge that year but canceled at the last minute due to ill health. ( He later judged the 1983 contest ) .
"The winners in 1979 were IML David Kloss, 1st runner-up Durk Dehner and 2nd runner-up Jesse Capello."
On the wall over my desk I've got an original IML poster from 1979.
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I was out with Simplesse del Rio recently, when he had the sudden urge to see manflesh. That means we had to get to Madrigals as quickly as possible, or he starts dehydrating. Strippers keep him juiced up.
So we sat at a table, and the first thing I heard was someone whispering in my ear, "You're a dirty old man come to watch the dancers." It's those 2006 Gay Games people having a tag night.
The show began. A vision walked onto the stage. Ms. del Rio, all hot and flustered, said, "Isn't that ... " It was too. Catalina porn star Patrick Knight ... oh yummy! Star of My Best Friend's Lover and A Stranger In Our House. Both videos are still available. Try the Bijou.
He wobbled his bits and pieces at us, and Simplesse and I sat there dreaming about leaving our DNA evidence all over him. Pathetic, sad and oh so fabulously gay.
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Rick Reed writes: "Here's one for your Wacky Web of the Week. The Sunday School and the sex one are particularly good."
www.thebranflakes.com/scrump/frameset.html
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"I'm not doing portraits anymore, I'm going to concentrate on my artwork." That was the message left by Terry Gaskins on my voicemail. Look out for a closing down sale at her gallery Sept. 22. More info next week.
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Way too much fun at the Dykediva.com party last night. As I'm still recovering and my deadline for this column is in one hour, the pictures will have to speak for themselves.
