How cheap is Michael Musto?

Musto owes the latter half of his career to all the shit be he stole from DL and then posted it elsewhere and then claimed it was his own.

He's not even a hack. He's a thief.

Have you seen his apartment?

The thread making fun of MM's apartment on here was classic DL, one of the best in awhile

R3 link please. I know the search is fucked but if you could find it I would be so grateful.

I just found it. The video is rather depressing.

He's revolting. Sad. Because in the mid 80s he was funny and seemed cool. Of course that was 1000 years ago.

She’s a cheap ass stoop whore

He should probably check the expiration date on those things.

He should dust his computer and VCR. Wait, VCR!?!?

R7 Stoop kid’s afraid to leave his stoop.

I’m still fond of him. He still makes me laugh.

Why would he brag about saving 21 cents? Doesn't he realize it makes him look like a doddering fool? And Who TF would think to check eBay for RAMEN?

[quote]because they're 58 cents a pack as opposed to a dollar store that sells them for 79 cents.

Sadly, I guess he doesn't know that you can go to Gristedes at get them for 50 cents each in all different flavors.

Instant ramen gets a bad rap. Sure, if you just boil the noodles, that's a bit gross. But, if you add vegetables, meat, a sliced boiled egg and spices in addition to the seasoning pack, it's a tasty meal. You can make instant ramen that mimics what you'd get in a ramen shop, albeit a bit less tasty, but still very good.

Have the figured out how to make Ramen without tropical oils/trans fats?

I remember the thread about his apartment. Frankly, posters were pretty restrained.

All I remember is black-laminated particle board. This guy is just plain cheap and treats his body like a garbage disposal.

He needs an intervention if he thinks it’s good to declare that he saved 20 cents on ramen on eBay.

Michael has been out of a steady paycheck since the gig and the employer went under with the old job.

Be kind.

It's not his fault he's poor.

[qoute]the seasoning pack

DON'T. That's nothing but flavored sodium. Use you own spices.

R5, thanks for finding the original thread. Jeez he's just a dirty lazy person by the looks of it. Apartment needs a spruce up for sure. Bet he sponges off folks when out and about. The old short arms, deep pockets type.

R10 is that a Hey, Arnold reference?

His best buddies Mr Potato Face Mickey Boardman and Miss Clown Makeup Lynn Yaeger both seem to live in similarly badly decorated/cluttered hovels.

They have this 'Mickey and Lynn' show on Friday nights on Instagram Live. Yaeger in particular seems totally out of touch with reality and hoards hundreds of old dolls she buys at flea markets when she goes to Paris and London for fashion assignments.

If you’re going to eat packaged ramen, then I’d use the seasoning / broth packet. It’s ridiculous to try to put your own spices, instead.

[quote]This guy is just plain cheap and treats his body like a garbage disposal.

At least he doesn't treat it like an amusement park!

Anyone want to guess what the rest of R6's posts look like?

Not that there is any surprise there.

R23's wit extends from "caftans" to "earrings".

[quote] being extremely cheap when his name gets mentioned on DL threads

Is he cheap when his name does not get mentioned?

Does he have an OnlyFans?

He probably has a very limited string of income now, so he needs to be frugal. But, yeah, I understand he was always cheap.

You ungrateful bitches.

I noticed, back in the day, when the DL was still about gossip, Musto's funny, cleverly written blind items couldn't be posted fast enough as soon as he published them, resulting in threads that got dozens, if not hundreds, of guesses and replies.

I don't care how damn cheap he is, he was generous with the BIs.

he is honestly funny, but funny is no longer in style alas

Being frugal or thrifty doesn’t necessarily mean cheap.

OP's run-on sentences suggest a learning disability.

Cheap is better than ugly

R32 But what happens when you happen to be both?

The fact that it’s shrimp flavored ramen ratchets up the repulsiveness factor for me.

Yeah, for some reason, the shrimp flavor sounds good, but doesn't translate.

"but doesn't translate"

Oh, dear

Ramen is the only thing that still makes me break-out.

trans for translation

He used to be an authenticated poster here, and sometimes posted as "Musto".

I recall those years. He would talk about the DL in his posts too

[quote] then I’d use the seasoning / broth packet.

As I said in my fucked-up quote above. DON'T. Read how much sodium is in that one little packet. I loved Raman but had to give it up due to high BP. Substituted regular pasta instead. Helped me get off my meds.

I eat pasta without sauce

When the fuck did Jack's close?

No clue

Auction today

Love Michael. I do always tell him to wear a bike helmet.

Jack's 99 Cent Store on 32nd Street lost their lease and are closing. Again? They lost their lease at another location (much bigger) on 32nd Street several years back. It's a great place for clearance items and lower end grocery items, if you're into that sort of thing.

Dear Michael, toilet paper has 2 sides. Just saying.

Our Dear Michael uses second hand toilet paper.

As an elderly co-worker in the 1970s said about our boss, “He’s so cheap he reuses rubbers.”

I will miss jacks

[quote]How cheap is Michael Musto?

I don't know, I never tried to buy him.

He’s half off later in the week

He's been marked down again at Jacks 99 Cent Store.

He's always been worth $0.02.

She's a figurehead for many cheap old queens here who are single and broke.

A figure for all your scary tomorrows!

Scary Mary!

Oh FFS

Eat!

R58 OMG… Michael Musto is turning into Kevin Sessums!

Somebody figured out his address, I guess, to send the ramen.

R61 probably just sent it to his building, which he has showcased on that Open House show

Ramen rimming

I'm going to send him some ketchup packets that I still from Burger King.

Steal*

Oh dear, me!

I wonder what he thinks of Kevin Sessums.

R66 They're bosom buddies!

Messhy.

Can we all send him Ramen?

[quote] Can we all send him Ramen?

R69 He’d probably prefer raw men.

[quote]How cheap is Michael Musto?

Jackie on Assistance was able to buy him.

R69 The idea of DataLoungers sending Michael Musto hundreds of boxes of bulk shrimp ramen noodles (really, it wouldn’t cost much) to his apartment where he would have no room for them all as they crowded his apartment hallway and lobby… this is an image I can’t get out of my head.

R72 They're here....!

He was so cheap that he *never* put a quarter in the slot of a video booth at the gay porn shop in the WV.. He would just stand in the doorway of various booths, cockblocking all of the action like some troll under a bridge.

R67 maybe Sesshie could move in with Musto and sleep on the sofa. There's the makings of a good sitcom about who could be most narcissistic? The guy with twelve portraits of himself hanging all around his apartment or the feckless grifter who has to take multiple pictures of himself each day with put upon baristas and theatregoers so he can post it all on Facebook.

I remember a cheap old queen that hung out with friends of mine. We made fun of how cheap she really was. One night she offered my bf and I a ride home from the bar, which was at most a 20 minute walk for us....and then asked for $8 in gas money (at a time when gas was 2/gal).

She once offered street trade in Toronto 20 Canadian dollars for sex...."and a Burger King meal!"

Gah, Musto really looks like that old queen.

Some people are living on modest means and know how to live frugally.

He needs a snack purse!

Is Musto really a cheapskate?

[quote][R69] He’d probably prefer raw men.

He'd probably prefer Ramin Karimloo. I know I would.

Who is Michael Musto? I must not be gay enough to know who this is.

You CLEARLy aren’t

[quote] Who is Michael Musto?

Leave this house!

One of you bitches ought to send him my cookbook, and he could make delicious dishes such as Grandma's Ramen Apple Pie or Mandarin Salad. Love that crunch!

He will leave $4 million to keep Datalounge afloat.

Is that in Solomon Islands dollars?

He’s richer than Solomon

R74 Same at Vishara, but that's what everyone did.

The apartment was sad.

And there's something maybe a bit sad about a 68-year-old man having to hustle so very hard to stir up the least attention and maybe an assignment or some sort of paid work. I can't imagine he was ever paid well for his journalism, and less now. At least he has a place that is his -- and, if I recall correctly, paid for. That puts him ahead of not a few gay men his age who chased cock and party scenes and shitty paying jobs in retail and food service that barely kept them afloat. And he's ahead, too, of a lot of Americans his age who have no assets and worse health and fewer prospects.

I know more than a few gay men of approximately his age who seem stuck chronicling a scene that's long in the past and coincident with their prime. They just keep chasing the same thing, whether as hot news of a fleeting scene or the idea that they are/were in the epicenter of something. Too old to be pertinent, historical footnotes waiting to be found once their time is distant enough to fresh fodder for historians.

Seshie, R89, is that you? The last sentence sounds like you.

historians unite!

A spectre is haunting Datalounge—the spectre of old age. Eldergays of the world, unite!

R90 🤣🤣🤣 could be Sesshie but not enough alliteration

How cheap is Michael Musto?

I heard the story from a friend of mine that THEY heard it from someone who overheard MM talking about the days before he became well-known and how much he had to hustle…

“Why, I even went to the Rambles a couple nights to exchange oral sex for money. My best night I made $60.25!”

“Who the hell pays twenty-five cents for a blowjob?” MM’s companion asked.

“They all did!” MM replied.

Yes R93, but the nonsensical word salad is pure Seshie.

it brings back memories, for sure

He rose his bike for years. Kept him relatively healthy and fit. Looks like he could use some exercise nowadays.

Chase him down the street

When you see him riding his bike, throw shrimp ramen at him. Maybe he’ll catch it in his mouth.

[quote]could be Sesshie but not enough alliteration

Seems my writing been poisoned by reading following too many threads about the terrible S, who makes Musto sound like Dorothy Parker. Clearly, cold turkey is in order.

The thing about S. is that while he is an elderly gay man, he has fuck all insight about them (besides rimjobs as career advancement many decades ago.)

I'm shocked. He always dresses so neatly...

Jesus how filthy is that shirt?

Bring back The Gossip Show!

Wait, he’s eating that on purpose or is he broke?

R1, you sure he didn’t write it on here to begin with?

I can’t believe that video of his apartment. It’s so tragic that I can’t even make fun of him. He’s simply delusional. No self-awareness.

Just because he has a crummy apartment?