I took a little trip to NYC this weekend, and even though plans were made long in advance of what clubs I would be going to, which bars I would be drinking at and which gay men I would be hanging out with, it was all changed by one little thing.

A three hour ROCK-U-MENTARY on the history of heavy metal called HEAVY on VH1 that was shown on my Jetblue Flight.

I’m not a big VH1 watcher, cause A) they only ever show crappy reality shows B) They seldom play videos C) When they do play videos it just makes me feel old.

But this rock-doc was brilliant. Little interviews with everyone ever to grace the stage in spandex AND leather (at the same time even!). It was hilarious, tacky and informational all in one go!

And even though the plane landed and the captain turned off the show 20 minutes before it was supposed to end (Does Metal survive Nirvana? Will Metallica ever put out another decent album? Will somebody shoot Sebastian Bach?) I had metal hits stuck in my mind and on my iPod for the entire weekend.

At one point my friend, Jason, turned to me and said, “Do you ever listen to anything else?”

The best part was my Sunday morning stroll through the East Village and Tompkins Park in the sultry 85 degree heat with a shuffle of my 30 favorite Judas Priest songs.

They are the best classic metal band, hands down. And Priest’s best album is non other than

British Steel

Amazing what a little Metal can do for your day?

P.S. Other nice things that happened in NYC were: Dancing with pretty boys at Mr. Black’s while DJ Sammy Jo worked the tables, new jeans from APC which make my ass look killer, seeing the new Sweeney Todd with Patti Lupone, oh…and I got to hear the just finished, brand new Scissor Sisters album in its entirety.