This past weekend was BEAUTIFUL.  Everything was perfection.  Time with my family, gorgeous weather and the right amount of outings!

After a relaxing day on Ward’s Island (just a ferry’s ride away from downtown Toronto), Shaun and I were heading home when we saw a very familiar figure.

Now, I don’t know how long this ‘Gold Man’ has been doing his shtick, but I think I can safely say that EVERY time I go to the Harbourfront… there he is!

But as we walked past him this time I noticed the locales and tourists stopping and staring.  They leaned into one another whispering about the ‘Gold Man’.  Some snapped photos and of course some threw money into his collection bin and it occurred to me… HE is ME when I used to go go in West Hollywood.

The similarities don’t end.  He’s on a riser.  He’s in a costume of sorts.  There is a crowd of gawking people.  Some keep their distance, some take photos and of course some tip him for his efforts.

Now, if I had only thought to paint my naked body gold when I danced!

I remember as a little gay boy, grabbing the nearest hairbrush dancing around and singing with my babysitter to Whitney Houston’s ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’.  It was a huge hit with myself and the world!

Whitney struck gold again with the soundtrack from ‘The Bodyguard’.

And then, because all good things come in 3’s, her ‘It’s Not Right, But It’s O.K.’ era pulsated on every dance floor coast to coast making that E high a little bit better!

Then came Bobby Brown.  And the drug abuse.  The fall, if you will, of a diva.

But everyone loves a comeback, and this is her’s!  I’m not giving Whitney carte blanche here, I want a GOOD album of music to dance to, and so far… ehhhh… not so much for me.

But as a former drug abuser, I have to commend her strength to kick the shit and get back on that stage.  For that, and for that reason only I will never be as hard on her as the media is being.  Criticizing her voice, saying she isn’t what she once was.  NO SHIT!  You try being cracked out for the better part of a decade and then we’ll throw you on a stage and see how well you do.

In whatever shape or form, the old girl is back.

What is Fugues?

Fugues is the bible of queer life in Montreal.  Within it’s pages one can find where to eat, sleep, shop, fuck and even sightsee in one of Canada’s most beautiful cities.

Movies, books, parties, DJ’s, travel… it’s impossible to find a topic that is NOT covered, including of course, porn.

I’ve had the pleasure of appearing on the cover several times (all before Eddie Stone was born), and Montreal always one to champion home grown talent has featured Eddie Stone as one of Montreal’s success stories in their 25th Anniversary Edition.

A surprise!  A thrill!  And a great compliment!  THANKS FUGUES!!

If you live in Montreal or you’re able to get your hands on the latest issue of Zip magazine (and you can read French), check out this interview/article!

In the interview I talk about everything from what life in L.A. was like, what brought me home to Toronto, how I got started in radio and what you can expect from my reality show soon to start filming for OUTtv.

And if you can’t get yourself a copy, no worries, all you have to do is keep coming here for all the Eddie news you can use!!