Language, international travel/tourism, writing, digital videography, the Macintosh computer, second-hand shopping, eating all I can at the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, intense air conditioning, Near Eastern and South Asian culture and history, procrastination, saying I will move but not doing so, complaining about public transport, buying frozen food at the local supermarket and arranging it in my freezer like books on a bookshelf, researching my interests on the Internet.
In the digital realm, my favorite Web sites are probably best represented by my online links at delicious.com/elyaqim. ¶ I have become embarrassingly addicted to Google products, and now I do almost anything I can online: Google Calendar, Google Docs, Blogger, Google Reader, YouTube, Orkut, Picasa Web.
Old-time women singers: Ada Jones, Adriana Caselotti, Ajda Pekkan, Alice Faye, Alice Ghostley, Aliza Kashi, Anita Darian, Ann-Margret, Ann Miller, Anne Brown, Aretha Franklin, B.J. Baker, Barbara Harris, Barbra Streisand, the Barry Sisters, Beatrice Arthur, Beatrice Kay, Belle Barth, Bessie Smith, Bette Midler, Betty Hutton, Billie Holiday, Billie Jo Spears, Blossom Dearie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Carmen Amaya, Carmen Miranda, Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Cass Daley, Caterina Valente, Celia Cruz, Charity Bailey, Charo, Cher, Chita Rivera, Christobel Weerasinghe, Connie Francis, Dalida, Della Reese, Diahann Carroll, Diana Ross, the Di Mara Sisters, Dinah Shore, Dionne Warwick, Dolly Parton, Dora Hall, Doris Day, Dorothy Loudon, Eartha Kitt, Edie Adams, Édith Piaf, Elaine Stritch, Ella Fitzgerald, Mrs. Elva Miller, Esther Nelson, Ethel Merman, Etta James, Eva Taylor, Eydie Gormé, Fairuz, Fanny Brice, Freda Payne, Gale Garnett, Geeta Dutt, Gertrude Niesen, Geula Gill, Gladys Knight, Gloria Gaynor, Grace Slick, Gracie Allen, Haleloke, Hanna Ahroni, Hanna Meron, Harriet Kane, Helen Kane, Hermione Gingold, Hilo Hattie, Jean Stapleton, Jennie Goldstein, Jo Anne Worley, Juanita Hall, Judy Canova, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Kate Smith, Kaye Ballard, Kim Carnes, Lainie Kazan, Lata Mangeshkar, Lena Horne, Leslie Uggams, Libby Holman, Linda Ronstadt, Liza Minnelli, Lola Flores, Loretta Lynn, Lulu, la Lupe, M.S. Subbalakshmi, Mae West, Mahalia Jackson, “Mama” Cass Elliot, Marlene Dietrich, Marlo Thomas, Martha & the Vandellas, Martha Raye, Mary Alice Brown, Mary Travers, Minnie Pearl, Miriam Makeba, Molly Picon, Nancy Walker, Nina Simone, Noor Jehan, Om Koultoum, Pat O'Day, Pat Suzuki, Patsy Cline, Patti LaBelle, Patti Page, Pearl Bailey, Peggy Lee, Priscilla Wright, Rakhel Hadass, Cheikha Remitti, Rita Moreno, Roberta Sherwood, Rocío Jurado, Ronnie Gilbert, Rosalind Russell, Rosemary Clooney, Ruth Rubin, S. Janaki, Safiye Ayla, Sarita Heredia, Shari Lewis, Shirley Bassey, Shoshana Damari, Shoshana Shoshan, Sophie Tucker, the Supremes, Tammy Wynette, Thory Bernhards, Tina Turner, Toni Basil, Warda, Xiomara Alfaro, Yaffa Yarkoni, Yma Sumac, Yoko Ono, Zarah Leander
The immortal (and yet ironically late) Al Jolson
Musicals:Bombay Dreams, Candide, Duplicate, Fiddler on the Roof, Free to Be…You and Me, Die Fledermaus, Flower Drum Song, Gypsy, Hair, Hairspray, Hello, Dolly!, The King and I, Kiss Me, Kate, Mary Poppins, Mrs. Patterson, New Faces, Oklahoma!, The Producers, The Rocky Horror Show, Show Boat, The Sound of Music, That's Entertainment, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Till the Clouds Roll By
Songwriters: Abe Ellstein, Adolph Green, Al Dubin, Alan Jay Lerner, Betty Comden, Buddy G. DeSylva, Cole Porter, Frederick Lœwe, George Gershwin, George M. Cohan, Gus Kahn, Harry M. Woods, Harry Warren, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Irving Cæsar, Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Lorenz Hart, Noel Coward, Ray Henderson, Richard Rodgers, R. Shalom Shabazi, Walter Donaldson
Language:Anguished English, by Richard Lederer; Arabic, by Jack Smart and Frances Altorfer; Arabic for Travellers, by the staff of Editions Berlitz; The Arabic Language Without a Teacher, by Savo Karam; College Yiddish, by Uriel Weinreich; A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History, by BenZion C. Kaganoff; Elementary Turkish, by Lewis V. Thomas; Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook, by Richard Delacy; How the Hebrew Language Grew, by Edward Horowitz; Modern Persian, by John Mace; A Moroccan Arabic Conversation Guide, by Mohamed Lamzoudi and Jacques Tronel; Sefer had-Diqdûq we-ha-Hibbûr: Modern Hebrew Grammar and Composition, by Harry Blumberg
Jewish, Near Eastern and North African culture:Don’t Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It’s Raining, by Judy Sheindlin with Josh Getlin; Egypt, by Andrew Humphreys and Siona Jenkins; Hebrew Myths, by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai; Islamic Monuments in Cairo, by Caroline Williams; Marrakech, by Claudius Thiriet and Brice Matthieussent; Morocco (DK Eyewitness Travel Guide); 101 Myths of the Bible, by Gary Greenberg
Music:Broadway Musicals Show by Show, by Stanley Green; Goldmine Record Album Price Guide, by Tim Neely
Gay:The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions, by Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta; Gay Day, by Hank O’Neal and Allen Ginsberg; The Gay Question, by Bob McCubbin; Out of the Closets, edited by Karla Jay and Allen Young; The Politics of Homosexuality, by Toby Marotta
Home and life organizing:Break the Procrastination Habit…Now!, by Dr. William J. Knaus; Confessions of an Organized Homemaker, by Deniece Schofield; Household Hints for Dummies®, by Janet Sobesky; Storage, by Meryl Lloyd & Joanna Copestick.
I am a geographically isolated Jewish Bronxite gay Jewish–New Yorker living in northwestern Queens who loves Near Eastern, North African, South and Central Asian culture (language, music, clothing, film stars, collectables, history), as well as old-time female vocalists and musicals. I am very secular, progressive, and decidedly childfree. I have traveled to México, Canada, Turkey, Morocco and Egypt.
(It should be “whom.”) Those who share any of my interests so we can spend time together, chat about language, culture and history, listen to music, and go to social and educational events.
Do you like the old-time women singers like I do? Do you like movie musicals and recordings of musical theater (Western or Eastern)? Do you like various facets of Near Eastern, North African, South and Central Asian culture? Do you collect old or ethnic or unusual music? Do you have a sharp sense of humor with a progressive or leftist edge? Do you like learning about diverse languages and the scripts used to write them? Are you an amateur (or professional) videographer or filmmaker? Do you simply desire a relationship with an articulate, witty, intelligent, interesting, stocky, gay Jewish-American in his forties?
I really prefer to be contacted by those in the New York City Metropolitan Area to facilitate actual face-to-face socializing. Also, old friends from GLYNY, the New Pacific Academy, GMoB, Arbeter Ring, YIVO or wherever are welcome to contact me.
Hello. Thank you for your continued support. We hope to see you at our NO COVER show in NYC Wednesday
July 29th 8pm at the Sidewalk Cafe: 94 Avenue A
And stay tuned for the release of a new single in the fall.
Bright stars to you!
Ahmond
Happy New Year. Nice, new place!! Are we going to have an, "unofficial" naming ceremony for your abode? - hey, I know it's not a house, but, "HOME". -And any excuse to bring over food Nosh, I never pass up. (I can do Kosher Pot Luck).
Wishing you a Hoppy Birthday — as you skip into YOUR new year. Finishing a re-mix for a track called "Insects"... oh the irony! :) Sadly... no classic Divas for you in this mix...
