Dr. Feelgood is a song from Aretha Franklin's 1967 album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You. She sang the song afterwards in numerous concert performances. It's about a man who makes her feel good. I thought it was appropriate for the video above, about a doctor who makes his patient feel good.
In the Vietnam War, communist North Vietnam sought to take over anti-communist South Vietnam, with U.S. forces involved between 1965 and 1973 in support of South Vietnam.
Above, a U.S. soldier bathing in a mudhole in Dak To, 1967.
SP4 Craig Mills of the 11th Cavalry takes a portable shower during Operation Junction City, Feb. 25, 1967.
A U.S. soldier takes a portable shower during the Battle of Snoul in Cambodia on May 9, 1970.
A portable shower at the U.S. base at Kham Duc on Aug. 4, 1970. Are we starting to see a pattern for how they took showers in the field?
2nd Lieutenant Ray Shillabeer takes a shower in 1971.
Australia also sent troops to support South Vietnam. The remaining photos are from the collection of Australian Stan Middleton, who served in Vietnam in 1967-1968. Above, two diggers having a bath.
What is going on? Other photos from this event called it a strip party. It happened at the Australian base at Vung Tau in July, 1968.
An Australian soldier basks on the beach at Vung Tau in July, 1968.
We end with Australian soldier Ron Golding taking a portable shower at Vung Tau during a water shortage in July, 1968.
Australia withdrew its troops from Vietnam in 1971, and all U.S. troops were withdrawn in 1973, after which North Vietnam took over South Vietnam.
Gus Kenworthy is a British-American skier. He represented the U.S. in the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, and Great Britain in the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. He won a silver medal in the slopestyle event in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
In 2015 he came out as gay in an interview with ESPN. Rolling Stone noted that he was the first action-sports star to come out. During the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyong Chang, South Korea, NBC TV caught him kissing his boyfriend, above.
He was also photographed kissing fellow gay U.S. olympic athlete Adam Rippon during the 2018 Olympics.
Kenworthy has been photographed nude. Above, on a ski slope.
On the same slope, with the frontal view concealed.
Though he won't show frontal views, he has no problem with showing us a rear view, whether with kangaroos ...
or in the kitchen.
We end with this video clip of him doing a naked ski jump.
Walter Zak, above, is a London-based fashion, beauty and still-life photographer.
He has made an extensive series of nude male photographs of many different models that he calls his "Boys" series. Above: Christopher.
Connor Bladen.
Another photo of Connor Bladen. It's so dark, you can hardly see anything.
Out of curiosity, I brightened it in Photoshop, above. All of this detail is in the original dark image; it's just so dark you can't see it. Why does Zak like his photos to be so dark? I don't know. Perhaps he thinks it makes them look more artistic.
James Glynn.
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Ricky Roman (left) and John Moore (right).
Lukey, photographed for Crotch magazine. Not every Zak photo is too dark. This one and the next one are reasonable.
Robert Decanio.
Zak did a photo shoot for Mayl Wear, a maker of limited-edition "concept" clothing and other products for gay men. Zak photographed Zachary Morris wearing a Mayl Wear T-shirt. A different photo of Zachary wearing this T-shirt was used on Mayl Wear's website. But the reason this photo wasn't used is not the frontal view; Mayl Wear used other photos with frontal views on their website to appeal to their gay target audience. I think the issue with this photo was that although it shows off Zachary, it doesn't show off the shirt, which says "HUNG".
We end with a photo of Zachary Morris in the shower.
On the first of every month, the site Vellohomo posts an online calendar page (in Spanish) for that month. Today we'll see some of the months for 2025. Gracias, Franco!
Here's Mr. January.
Mr. February. As you can see, Vellohomo's calendar men show a bit more than the typical nude calendar.
Mr. April is hairy and muscular.
Mr. June presents a rare rear view.
Mr. July.
Mr. August.
Mr. September.
We end with some jolly Christmas elves for December.
On Sept. 7, 2007, protesters gathered in Sydney, Australia, the site of an APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) meeting, at which economic leaders of 21 nations met, including an appearance by U.S. President George Bush.
The majority of Australians were opposed to the U.S. war in Iraq, though the Australian government supported the war and Australian troops served in Iraq.
The next day there were more protests on the streets. Protesters included these two guys. On the left, his painted slogan "Hey Scipione, where's my concealed weapon?" is directed at Andrew Scipione, the New South Wales Police Commissioner. The guy at right's slogan says "Hey, cops, look but don't touch. I mean ... freedom."
They wore socks that barely hid their dicks, but then ...
the police arrested them. In the process, his sock fell off, so everyone got a look.
There was another demonstration called "Bums for Bush" in which 50 people mooned an official APEC motorcade. The letters painted on these bums say "no to bombs."
But not everyone opposed Bush. This guy decided to show his support for Bush by mooning with a "Pro Bush" sign on his butt.
