:)

Sigh.

Speak with you next week!

xS

Photo: Karen Braaten

If there’s one thing people I meet tell me it’s that they love 103.9 PROUD FM – they just wish they could pick it up in more places. “When are you getting a better signal?”

Now, apparently. That is if you help. The Pride of Toronto, 103.9 PROUD FM, has submitted an application to the CRTC for a power increase. If approved, this change will help the station better serve YOU, the PROUD FM listener and the GLBT community in downtown Toronto. There are several ways you can help:

Fill out this form of support. Your comments will then be sent to the CRTC.

OR You can email PROUD FM directly at info@proudfm.com and tell them why the station are important to you.

OR you can stop by the PROUD FM offices at 65 Wellesley St E suite 201 during business hours and sign a petition.

If you don’t, don’t ever complain to me again. Loving you, meaning it

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Force. Of. Nature. Kelly Cutrone Comes By The Show. (Photo: Sabrina Pirillo)

Who hates Mondays?  Who has time to hate?  Yesterday was a busy one – the York University speaking gig went well and it was amazing to talk about queer issues with people eager to wrap their heads around new ideas and concepts.  Speaking of which, I’d like you to meet one guy who particularly made an impression on me:

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Hey Gorgeous!

So yesterday’s 4:20 commentary on the show was devoted to When Water Bottles Go Bad and I thought you’d get a giggle. Have a listen!

Example

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The View From A Window At Lola's Commissary, One Of My Favourite Toronto / Gaybourhood Restaurants. We Just Booked The Space For Our 2010 Pride Party This Morning. You've Got To Love Two Lesbians Who Insist Their Alley Wall Is Decorated!

Happy Canadian Music Week!  Who is your favourite Canadian artist / band?  So many to name: Esthero, Ivana Santilli, Jody Quine from Balligomingo, Molly Johnson, Jully Black, Divine Brown, Deborah Cox (I do favour the ladies), Sherri St. Germain, Mistress Barbara – and the beat goes on.

Patrick came home with a gay Dutch magazine yesterday, who did a two page article about his two lives as Patrick Marano / Eddie Stone.  As it is written in Dutch, we have no idea what it says, but along with his names, we recognized: “Tyra Banks“, “Shaun Proulx” and “power bottom”.  Read the rest of this entry »

“You’re picky about the car you drive. You’re picky about what you wear. You’re picky about what you put in your mouth. We want you to be pickier about what you think.”

- Abraham

Does This Martini Make Me Look Gay?

Back in my late teens, early twenties, I got my first credit card.  It was a Simpson’s store card, and I promptly maxed it out at the Clinique counter as quickly as I could.  I’ve always been a product whore; the Clinique counter was not my first beauty high.  That happened at Caryl Baker Visage. Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Humping!

My latest Y&R Report Card was published this week on Soaps.com. Who made the grade in Genoa City? Who did not? The drama is ALWAYS on.

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Illustration: Presh

Still feeling that gold buzz from the weekend’s Olympic finale, and it reminds me to recommend you run don’t walk to the Art Gallery Of Ontario, where their monster King Tut: The Golden King & The Great Pharaohs is drawing crowds from far and wide, continuing until April 18th. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week’s Toronto fundraiser for Pride Uganda was lower than hoped on attendance, but high on calls for queer freedom around the world.  Pride Toronto Executive Director Tracey Sandilands guest-blogs her thoughts. Read the rest of this entry »

Me. Want. Cherry.

I’m having a delicious week, so thought in honour of it I would post this pic I took at a bakery I was at last weekend.  (God, I just want to stick my face right in there, don’t you?  And the desserts!)

My final column for Xtra! has turned out to be a doozy, and I’m appreciating the amazing feedback over on Xtra.ca and on Facebook and Twitter.  The column is my insights after Read the rest of this entry »

World Exclusive Premiere!

My dear friend Brian Finch, who writes the marvy ‘Acid Reflux‘ on GayGuideToronto.com dreams big.  He’s after a free copy of Kathy Griffin’s new DVD, ‘She’ll Cut A Bitch’, and even spent all day many days, actually making the mandatory video Ms. Griffin requires before sending out a $5 DVD which is fairly demanding of her just for a damn DVD, but I digress.  I’m happy to play a part: The Cherry on this video sundae Brian is offering her.  Fingers crossed!  Warning: Nudity.

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It is a mild spring day here in Toronto.  Historically, this time of year brings a nasty weather best described as “God’s cruel joke”. Read the rest of this entry »

Spotted this morning on a hike with Ella: Read the rest of this entry »

Wowie zowie, what an exhilarating week!  So much to appreciate going into the weekend! Read the rest of this entry »

Every Friday Christine Fix from Soaps.com comes to the show and we let loose on All Things Young & Restless.  Thought you’d enjoy a listen!

Y&R

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My Fave Shot Of The Collins Sisters By Annie Liebovitz.

Can we talk?  Getting set to interview Jackie Collins and Joan Rivers today – hear them tomorrow and Friday respectively on PROUD FM and watch for our chats in the next batch of OutTV shows coming soon!  Today on the show, my pal Buck Angel talks about his recent Yale University honour and the threats that saw the institution hire bodyguards for him. Read the rest of this entry »

I got a bunch of emails after my regular Feel GOOD Friday! post last week pointing out I had omitted my normal weekly Law Of Attraction mention.

Mon erreur!

So, if I look back at last week to identify what aspect of the Law Of Attraction was dominant, I have to say it was Read the rest of this entry »

Another week bites the dust – with a long weekend ahead for those of us in Ontario, Canada!  Here’s what I’m loving heading into three days off: Read the rest of this entry »

Phyllis Witnesses Y&R's First Gay Kiss, Wishes For A Shred Of Such Affection From Nick.

Let’s start where all things begin: a gay kiss.

Specifically, that up there is the official first gay kiss ever on The Young & The Restless.  It took place last week between Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Thursday!  Ron M., who listens to my show, sent me this shot he found.  Isn’t it just amazing?  I love the dirty moment that Grace Jones and Divine are clearly having, I love Grace’s hotness on the bike, and bless those two young gay things lapping it all up, oblivious in such a dangerous time.

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Yorkville Park

What an easy-breezy winter we’re having!  And yes, I AM beating that drum again!  We’re almost mid-February (have you entered our draw for gorgeous Jackie O Valentine’s flowers yet?), there has been little winter wrath, and once we hit March, for me, anyway, we’re home-free.  Spring starts March 21st and anything that happens that even closely resembles winter hell won’t hang around like that point.  Finish line!

Out on the streets shopping and strutting this weekend, I came across some … sights to share: Read the rest of this entry »

Photo: Kyle Whitelaw

Hey Everyone!

I know I promised on Twitter I’d get this up earlier than today, but technical difficulties, Sweetie! Here’s my Adam Lambert interview from last week’s show for your eternal listening pleasure Read the rest of this entry »

Your Bespoke Lining Doesn't Always Need To Be This Outrageous, But For Some Reason In My Case It Was Decided This Was Necessary. Good Decision: Love. It.

Hellooooo!  I hope your week has been going deliciously!  Some pics below from my week, categorized ‘Bullshit’ and ‘Funshit’ – you will decided which is which. Read the rest of this entry »

"Hihowareyou? How has your winter been?"

Happy Groundhog Day, everybody!  According to our furry sources, we’ve got another six weeks of winter ahead.  Hey, as an aside, does Groundhog Day EVER reveal any other forecast?  I don’t recall so, but I digress. Read the rest of this entry »

I had an interesting chat with an associate of mine after a meeting yesterday morning.  As everyone in attendance dispersed, he pulled me aside and began to describe how difficult it would be to accomplish what we are going to accomplish.  This bad thing was going to happen … that obstacle would be in the way … these people were the road blocks … he was likely going to have to jump through hoops …

The Law of Attraction is always on.  You cannot turn it off. If you want to go about life saying “I have to work so hard for everything I get” – guess what?  You have to work so hard for everything you get!  In the case of my associate, I simply suggested to him to tell the story the way he wants it to be:  “What about: ‘It’s going to be really great when we figure this all out.’  Or, ‘I can’t wait to see what we come up with.’  Or, ‘It’s exciting to me to think of what we’ve got planned here.’”Same story, just told differently.

Every story we tell about any subject in our lives will garner different end results, and more importantly, garner different experiences in getting to those end results.  It’s amazing the stories we tell each other, and more so, that we tell ourselves, and it’s amazing how often we take the simplest things (’cause really, in my associate’s case, as far as I’m concerned, this is a done deal) and make big hairy deals out of them.  And it’s the sum total of all the big hairy deals we have going on needlessly in our heads all day every day that actually starts to create ruts in our lives.

Because the Law of Attraction is always on.

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Let us start out giving praise and thanks.  The new Tucker McCaul – ex-Days Of Our Lives player Stephen Nichols – has arrived.  He has teeth, and everything!  Read the rest of this entry »

I Shot This During Toronto's Last Cold Snap - Here We Are Again This Weekend With Another One. Cozy Time!

Holy moly what a week!  I feel so much appreciation for the amazing people, events and circumstances that lit up these last few days of January for me, including:

• Thanks Shinan Govani at The National Post for the ‘main man’ mention in his column this week. Read the rest of this entry »

About Adam Lambert.

So normally I’d just post one, maybe two pics of cool people I get to interview for The Shaun Proulx Show.  However, given the response I’ve gotten over on Twitter (shout out to all my new Tweeters: I love how much you love Adam Lambert!), I thought the least I could do would be to put together a little image diary of my time with him. (All photos: Kyle Whitelaw.) Read the rest of this entry »

Photo: Kyle Whitelaw

Hey Everyone!

This morning I am interviewing Judy Shepard, mother of slain gay teen Matthew Shepard, who is in Toronto speaking to York University. Her new book, The Meaning of Matthew, is out now.  We’ll air our talk on today’s show at 5:10 pm.

Tomorrow is the radio air date of yesterday’s chat with Adam Lambert (our interview got a mention in today’s National Post), and the TV date for our chat will be sometime in April, when the next batch of shows hit OutTV.

Above is a cool pic from yesterday’s shoot – I’ll post more later!

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Bizzy morning underway – interviewing Adam Lambert in a couple of hours for the show on PROUD FM and OutTV – but there’s always time for our friends in Genoa City.  We’d especially like to focus on Lauren, who is clearly having a midlife fashion crisis of sorts, drawing on both Lady Gaga and Wilma Flintstone for wardrobe inspiration: Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, some fun success for some of the less self-aggrandizing Haiti fundraisers over the weekend here in Toronto: local Craig Dominic and Ryan G Hinds‘ To Haiti With Love raised a whopping $4000.00 last night.  Tomorrow night, Heather Mackenzie from Big Momma’s Boy on Parliament Street is organizing Give Hope To Haiti 7 to 10. Its a variety show hosted by my pal Deb Pearce. As well, my gal pal and GGT blogger Richard Ryder is performing along with others.  $3000 in prizes to be won! Read the rest of this entry »

Visiting With Kids In The Hall's Scott Thompson Was A Great Highlight This Week. The Whacked-Out Convo We Had On-Air Even More So!

Why hello, Friday, what took you so long? Actually, another week has sped by, and what a great one it was – I hope yours was too! Here’s my love list as we head towards a really oddly balmy weekend (it IS January in Toronto, right?)

• Beau Kaizer who plays Brock on Y&R emailed me last night. He’s heard about my Y&R addiction and wants to come on the show and chat. Woop! AND that’s not all – Victoria ‘Drucilla’ Rowell is coming aboard when she visits Toronto for Casey House’s Snowball. Her character is probably the most missed in daytime. Read the rest of this entry »

I love graffiti. Like any artform, I don’t love all end results, but I love the renegade nature of the concept of graffiti, and I love the artists who express themselves this way. There’s much debate on it here in the city, Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Tuesday! Have you spent much time with our friends in Genoa City?  Lord, how their lives are racing these days! Like a meth-head, day two!  Here’s a little Y&R snack pack for your pleasure. Read the rest of this entry »

Okay, this week sure went by faster than last week, the first workweek of 2010, which seemed endless after a two week Christmas vacation.  Hope yours was groovy – here’s what I’m loving as we head to a well deserved weekend!

• Spring in the city?  Following last weekend’s cold snap, glorious Toronto warms up to plus temps for a few days! Bless!
• I have a new gig: a semi-regular column for Soaps.com on The Young & The Restless.  Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Thursday!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week – so mild suddenly here in Toronto!  Here’s a bunch of pics from the week thus far!

If I had 1000 reasons why I love my dog, Ella, as of this photo I now have 1001.  That’s a ‘Danger – No Entry’ sign she’s sauntering past.  Who’s my girl? Read the rest of this entry »

I just want to give a shout out to my Facebook peeps.  Friends, I’m lovingyoulongtime.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to tell you that as much as I do enjoy your Friendship, I don’t enjoy those cuddly kisses you keep posting on my wall.  Read the rest of this entry »

I like Kathy Griffin as a comic, but I don’t love her rabidly the way so many of my friends do.  And I appreciated the opportunity to have her on as a guest on my PROUD FM and OutTV shows  last year, but she wasn’t my favourite interview (you can hear our chat below).  Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re not an OutTV subscriber, you’re not just missing my show but you missed a cute Happy Holidays promo that ran last month, featuring a couple characters you might recognize.  The editors put together this cute outtakes video with an HQF (high cute factor), so I thought I’d post for those suffering post-holidays blahs

Happy Holidays | Deck the Halls OUT takes!

From Inisde The Allan Gardens Conservatory Yesterday Afternoon.

I don’t know what this time of like is like where you live, but these days on the show, Wigmore teases me about my new found appreciation of this thing we’re in here in Toronto called Canadian winter.  Read the rest of this entry »

She Must Be On A Cleanse.

Happy weekend as we end the first work week of a new decade!  Here’s what I’m loving as we head there:

• Thank you to Richard Burnett and Hour magazine in Montreal for naming me along with some pretty impressive company on their just-out Hot List this week!
• Like last year, I’m doing a detoxifying cleanse all month.  Read the rest of this entry »

Let Me Put It Like This: I WOULD MAKE A BETTER MALCOLM!

Let’s start in the HIMBO! mailbag, where many have written to denounce the new Malcolm.  “Wanda” says: “I demand to know who’s in charge of casting for Y&R.   The new Malcolm looks (and acts) like a gorilla*. And don’t get me started on Daisy. *PS – Please don’t put use my real name in your blog or TV/radio show, due to possible racist interpretation.”

No problem, Wanda, and I couldn’t agree more, neither could the reader who wrote of “Nu Malcolm”: “Ugh. Make. It. End.”  Indeed.

Here’s what else is up and down in the ups and downs of Y&R of late: Read the rest of this entry »

Excuse My Ugly: It Was 8 A.M.

Part of my recent holidays found me in Montreal at a men’s shelter folding underwear.  The full story was my first 4:20 of the 2010 when I returned to the show Monday – you can hear here.

(You can hear The 4:20 daily at … 4:20 on The Shaun Proulx Show – 103.9 PROUD FM.)

And The Last Word goes to … Kabbalah Daily Tune Up! “There was once a man who complained of having no shoes until he met a man with no feet. Count your blessings today.”

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Sherri Shepherd’s stylist hates her!

P.S.  Two of my favourite GayGuideToronto.com bloggers – Maha and Andrew Vail – join us on the show today to face off on the topic of aging.  Andrew’s approaching the glorious 50 and Maha is 30-something in person, 19 on Facebook.  It’s all inspired by Andrew’s reaction to Pride Toronto’s recent announcement that this year during Toronto Pride that they will have a 40+ initiative, featuring  a dedicated website, plus activities where older participants can share their stories about what Pride (and life) was like back when. You can read his take here, listen to the show online here, and take part in today’s Shaun Proulx Show Poll Of The Day (on … surprise! AGING!) here.

Must dash, got a Botox appointment at 9:00.

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What a great thing to wake up to this morning – a note from Kevin Borden from The Toronto People With AIDS Foundation (PWA), notifying me that this year’s PROUD FM Joy Drive (which benefited the PWA) raised over 1.5 tons of food for local clients living with HIV/AIDS in need of assistance.  Thank you to everyone who supported this initiative, from the starting kick-off to last pick up!

And The Last Word goes to … Kevin Borden! “My deepest gratitude on behalf of our clients for everyone’s effort in making this a huge success.”

Peace and love,

x Shaun

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So There I Was, Smoking On My Balcony When I Noticed This Girl Flying By Holding Tight To Two Balloons. Ping! One Flick Of My Cigarette And It Was Bye-Bye Hello Kitty, The Girl Suddenly Spinning Away And Out Of Sight.

Over the holidays I spent a few days in Montreal with Patrick, whose mother and brother live there.  The best kind of city offers so much eye candy it keeps you reaching for your camera, which is why I love Montreal.  Here are some of my favourite shots Read the rest of this entry »

I Would Totally Work Long Into The Night At Restless Style Just To Get With The Winner Of HIMBO's "Most Humpy" Award. Not. A. Problem.

If you think 2009 was a tough year, try living in Genoa City, or better yet, try watching people living in Genoa City.  HIMBO! is pleased to welcome you to the first of many award ceremonies honouring the best and worst of The Young & The Restless.  (Stick with me, Y&R staffers.  Together we’ll build the perfect soap.)

On with awarding the year gone by!

Best Actor (Male): Read the rest of this entry »

Final post of 2009 – I’m over and out for a couple of weeks.  A big thank you to everyone who drops by for a read, and to all our sponsors.

So about 2009.  For sure this year was a challenging one for a lot of people – I can’t think of anyone I know who wasn’t faced with something that seemed bigger than them to over come.

Me, too. In fact, I daresay one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever looked in the eye Read the rest of this entry »