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Monday, November 17, 2008

Mike Dreyden is one busy Cub (blog - MySpace - articles - profile). He began his tour on the weekend and he's booked up until the holiday seasons. Right now he's touring New York City however he's happy to say that he just might make his way over to Toronto and Montreal.

On November 22nd he will be appearing and performing with Eric Rhodes at the 'Cruising / Bootleg' party. Then on the 26th, you can find him at Daniel Nardicio's Horn-O-Plenty. There will be no jock straps, shorts, undies, nada, nothing.

Also, keep an eye out for his latest films - 'Fire Island Cruising 9' and 'Big Bang'. He promises you'll be shooting tons of loads with him while watching these flicks. To contact Mike, send him an email.

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Good, The Bad, and The Chubby... 1st off I have no clue what Popa Chubby's sexual orientation is, and when I don't know, I always assume 'straight'... however I just thought I would mention this guy because he's got a seriously cool name ~ 'Popa Chubby'. He's kind of like a Satanic hillbilly who sings country music or something to that nature. You decide: visit his website, his MySpace page and here's a couple of YouTube videos of him (video #1 - video #2).

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

On the main page of UrsusMag.com, it reads "It's Over", meaning they are no longer running their site... however... they point us over to UrsusWeb.com, and once we go there, it brings us to 'another' Ning site.

What UrsusMag (articles) used to be (before it expired) was a profile site for Bears: create a profile - add photos - add a description, etc. We all know what a profile site is - the biggest for Bears being BearWWW and Bear411 and BearWWW... and the next-generation TubeBear right behind them. But they decided to no longer work on their own design and went over to Ning.

You don't know what Ning is...? Well from Wiki (here) "Ning is an online platform for users to create their own social websites and social networks". So what does that mean...? Well say you like buttons and you want to have a website which will connect people who digs buttons... rather than making your own site, you use the 'Ning' platform and everything is preset for you... all you have to do is wait for the people to sign up; essentially, Ning gives you the tools to make a profile page.

That's fine and dandy, however there are more and more people who are making Ning sites, it's almost becoming out of hand. There are at least a dozen Bear Ning sites, one for Chubs that I know of and several for Leather. And each time you want to join that Ning site, you have to make a new profile (altho you can use the same user/pw).

Again, from Wiki, Ning "Ning hopes to compete with large social sites like MySpace and Facebook, by appealing to users who want to create networks around specific interests or have limited technical skills"... In my opinion, Ning is a good idea, however once there are 100 Bear Ning sites and you have to create a profile for each one and add pics to all of them and remember which buddy belongs to what group, then these Ning sites become a chore.

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Greg Hudson of Woobie Bear Music (website - articles - profile - photo) Freddy Freeman (website - articles - profile) recently had an interview with Go Rainbow Radio. Listen to it here. He talks about the future of Bearapalooza and you can also hear his music. And while you're at their site, you can also check out the interview Greg had with them. Go Rainbow Radio is aired Monday on Radio Gay International Network on Monday nights and on 3D Radio in the UK on Thursdays.

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Monday, August 25, 2008

It was just the other day that we announced that Bigg Nugg announced his new album "Nugget Volume I (website - MySpace page - TubeBear profile). This seriously handsome Bear Cub is showing he has what it takes to be a serious musician. Just check out his MySpace page to hear a really interesting track from his upcoming album.

Here's some news from Nugget himself: "I am getting ready to start looking into venues, promoters, and events in Europe and Australia for my 2009 Nugget World Tour. There will be some very limited USA shows due to the extreme gas prices here. But they are sure to be very intense shows from Bigg Nugg. Stay posted for those possibly in late 2008. We are looking at late spring / summer 2009 for the Nugget European Tour, and the Aussie's Pride season for the Australian Tour. If you know of any venues, booking agents, promoters, sponsors, etc., please message me".

The new album and DVD is now available on pre-sale at GayMusicUSA.com and will be available later this fall through all digital distribution outlets.

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Truly the best looking hip-hop rapper on the planet - Bigg Nugg has some bigg news. First off, there's a lot of links to check out so here goes (website - YouTube page - MySpace page - PlanetBears articles - TubeBear profile).

Now for the news - Nugget is going to release his sophomore album on September 2nd. It's going to be called 'Nugget Volume I' and it's an album about self-love, confidence, empowerment and growth. "The album is the fifth release for Nugget Audio, run by Bigg Nugg. The album features production by MC Envy, Chill, Tori Fixx, Malo Music, as well as Bigg Nugg". It's been in production for a year and a half and he feels it's ready for the masses.

From Bigg Nugg: "I really wanted to focus on putting out the highest quality album, that everyone could enjoy. The album is full of club tracks you can dance to... it's sexy and it's fun. I've been through a lot the past two years, and it is evident on this album. All I could do was translate my experiences through music".

Bigg Nugg has been featured on various blogs such as AfterElton.com to 365Gay.com. His music has received airplay on stations from Pittsburgh, PA to Houston TX, and was featured on Bear Tracks 4 at Woobie Bear Music (website - profile). Bigg Nugg was also reviewed in A Bear's Life magazine. 'Nugget Volume 1' is available on GayMusicUSA (as a pre-sale) and it will soon be available through all digital distribution outlets.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
It was just last week that we got some news from Mike Dreyden (blog - MySpace - article) and he is sending in some more news about his latest movie he's starring in. It's entitled '264 in Progress' and it's made for Smoking Hunks (whoever said it's best to have a smoke after sex never visited this site... it's all about having a smoke 'during' sex). The video will be up soon, and it co-stars Manuel Torres (website). Here are some pics from the shoot (pic #1 - pic #2 - pic #3 - pic #4 - pic #5).

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

His name is Mike Dreyden (photo) and he's one hot muscle Bear Cub from Brooklyn, New York. Tight 'n hairy in all the right places. Mike has a super fun blog page which he has been updating regularly, and he has a MySpace page as well. He states that his own website will be going live by the holidays so make sure to keep an eye out for that.

He is a dancer, performer, a go-go BearBoy for the band Nekked who perform, and he is also becoming an international porn star with roles in movies like House of Leather (by Bear Omnimedia - cover - articles) and All Out Assault (by Knight Stick Films). I just read on his blog that his reign as King Stink of the pits is coming to an end soon and that he'll be passing his crown to the next winner... that's gotta be something to see... I know a lot of guys really dig pits so try and make it to Uncle Ming's in NYC if you can.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Ever since that redneck show 'Blue Collar TV' with 'Larry the Cable Guy', it seems that people have embraced their inner-redneck. Before, calling someone a redneck was somewhat impolitically incorrect, even an insult, but now people want to be known as a redneck.

Take Steve McGranahan, for example. Every time he introduces himself, he says "hi, I'm Steve McGranahan and I'm the world's strongest redneck". He probably is... especially when he likes to twist horseshoes into pretzels, bend iron rods without breaking a sweat, and he enjoys biting phone books and decks of cards (seems he also has the strongest teeth for a redneck).

Need to see more of this truly loveable character? Then check out his website for some pics and videos, then his MySpace page, which has even more photos of him.

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Push Button For (MySpace page) is a new collaboration between the main songwriters from the bands ing and The Bobbleheads. Their music is available on iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby. "The brainchild of the main songwriters from San Francisco rock bands The Bobbleheads and ing, Mark Smotroff and John Ashfield have previewed the first new tracks and fans on both sides of the fan base are giving the duo two thumbs up". 

Read more here.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Some news to share concerning, Bear Crusader, composed of Steve (TubeBear profile) and Sylvain (TubeBear profile) and , the Montreal based band. 1st they have a new webpage design. They have new videos for you to check out on their YouTube page, and there's new MP3s for you to check out on their MySpace site. They have some upcoming shows such as the Ottawa Bears BBQ on July 19th and they will be in Montreal on August 31st.

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Monday, May 26, 2008

Loren Macias of The Butchdick Collection stated he had taken a small break from painting for awhile but he's gotten the itch once again. The thumbnail pictured you see is his latest entitled 'Rear XX'. He also informed me that he's been dabbling in oil paints... oh... and he just turned 40. Make sure to check out his website as well as his MySpace page (you need to be added to his friend's list to see his page, but at least you can have a peek at what this cute artist looks like).

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

British artist Andy Cropper has new work up on his site Art by Andy. From Andy: "In celebration of me becoming a full time artist, overcoming my battle with depression and the overwhelming success of my previous 'Andy in a Box' paintings, I've created this new series 'Andy in a Box - 2008' They are on display on my website and in my MySpace gallery. They are for sale. If you're interested in buying do let me know". Visit his blog as well as his MySpace page.

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

The following was sent in by Mark: "Berlin based film director Edwin Brienen (website - MySpace page) is relatively unknown in the mainstream, but this will soon change with the release of The Edwin Brienen DVD Collection - 5 films, some of them gay themed such as the illustrious 'Lebenspornografie'.

This is art house pur sang, extravagant and over the top, but non film lovers can watch pictures of this woofy film director, whose lamp chops are delicious! This Brienen has kind of a reputation in the darker alleys of gay underground, so you better watch out if you meet him in one of the Berlin bars".

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

About a month ago, I mentioned that Bigg Nugg (website - MySpace page - TubeBear profile - articles) and his compatriots were gearing up for their upcoming Unity Tour. This show is about to kick off in a couple of weeks.

Now Bigg Nugg is stating that he and his troops are in need for some fuel sponsorship money. They need to raise $500 so they can make their Seattle and San Francisco show a reality. If you would like to promote them, email Bigg Nugg or contact him by calling (877) 497-3762 (extension 1). It's even better if you can make their show. Check out this promo video (and a little PS here - Bigg Nugg signs his emails as Nugget... now that is just too cute... and Bigg Nugg is a truly cute Bear Cub Snuggly Nugget... ok I will now stop with the cutesy stuff).

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Friday, March 21, 2008

This week TubeBear is proud to feature OsoVision (here's his TubeBear profile). His name is Pepe Devesa, he's 47 years old, he's from Spain and as he states in his profile, he digs exclusively strong, stocky bulky guys who can be overweight, so thin guys, runners and swimmers please refrain in trying to hook up with him, even though OsoVision is a very good looking Bear himself.

Now if you head on over to OsoVision's MySpace page, and you check out his pics section (you need to login), you will discover that Pepe is also an excellent drawer. His stuff is pretty incredible.

So make sure to say hello to Pepe, send him a little note letting him know he's cute, you think his drawings are great, or just leave a little comment in his guestbook. Also, check out some other featured Bears - TopTopper (feature - profile), ToolBeltBear (feature - profile), BearNYC69 (feature - profile - gallery), NCBearTrap (feature - profile), GigiBear5 (feature - profile), and, OHBearly (feature - profile).

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

His name is Roger Baptist and he's part of a band called Rummelsnuff. From their site they state that their music is considered Elektropunk which to me sounds a bit like a watered down version of Rammstein - but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Actually, you cannot but help keep your eyes on this massive 'bodybuilder gone Bear' singer. It's all in German and I can't understand a word but from I read he sings about power in the wrestling ring, the men on the high seas and the Schwerstarbeitern underground (which I have no clue what it is since the translator didn't do it's job). You gotta check out his videos, especially if you dig seeing a huge guy in the ring butt naked, in the shower, or from I can tell coming alive from a fountain to become an executive. I love his videos, this guy is great and his band is a ton of fun (they also have a MySpace page).

Thanks to Perdido for the word-up about this big brute singer (website - blog - Bear Degeneration - articles - TubeBear profile).

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

His name is Geoff but when the sun goes down and people come out to dance the night away he's known as DJFrantik. He's from Connecticut, he's 26 and he's been DJing for 2 years now, mostly playing around the New England area. He spins medley mixes of mainstream house club music and Techno/Euro trance. He's done a lot of internet shows and he used to have his own web radio at Rgin.com.

He's trying to get out there to the clubs and bars to show people what he can do. You can check out a few of his demos from his MySpace page, and he's also sent us a demo which you can either listen to or download (it's 139mb so if you're going to just listen then give it a bit of time to load up). Also make sure to check out his TubeBear profile page. He's made a video there which you can watch and man does he ever have a soft manly voice. So smooth.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

From Bigg Nugg (website - MySpace page - TubeBear profile): "The GLBT community is incredibly supportive of independent arts. We invite you to consider a new event on the GLBT music scene that brings the exploding new genre of music called gay hip-hop. The Unity Tour 2008 is a homo-grown, national gay hip-hop tour. The main goal of the tour is to bring people together using the power of gay hip-hop. The tour will bring together everyone in the GLBT community during a night of great music and entertainment. This April, Bigg Nugg, is taking his message out to the streets once again with DaLyrical and Unecc. The trio will be traveling the US, bringing their diverse and unique brands of entertainment to gay bars and gay-friendly establishments throughout the United States".

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Call to Artists: "The Fur Real Collective, a newly formed Bear Art Collective based in Toronto (Canada), is proud to present Fur Real: Bears Without Boundaries.

We are inviting artists who are Bears or who identify as Bears to participate in a new art show to be launched in Toronto at the beginning of June. We are interested in work that explores themes relevant to the Bear community and identity such as sex and erotica, fraternity and brotherhood and solidarity, beauty and masculinity and fun.

'Fur Real: Bears Without Boundaries' hopes to attract submissions reflecting a diversity of media such as painting and drawing, digital art, film and photography, performance art, etc. We invite interested artists to email us a jpg sample of their current work and/or a brief written statement about their work with photos attached. Do not send original work as submissions will not be returned!

Size and quantity of work by artists selected to participate to be determined. All work must be submitted by March 31st. Only those artists who are selected to participate will be contacted by email on April 14th. Gallery location, and date of opening to be determined. In addition, a $50 administrative fee will be charged to all artists who are chosen to participate in the show.

For more information please contact Mark Ciale, artistic director and curator. He can be reached by email or through his MySpace page".