EVER WONDERED WHAT JOEY ARIAS LOOKED LIKE YOUNG?

Well, keep wondering, cuz they hadn't invented cameras yet and his "family" couldn't exactly afford oil paintings.

Actually, while rumors are flying about Joey's refusal to participate in the recent Klaus Nomi documentary--he and Joey were thick as thieves and once famously backed up David Bowie on SNL--here is a rare video to Man Parrish's electro classic HIP-HOP BEE BOP. As Dany Johnson (of the ill lesbo humor site www.dyxploitation.com) aptly pointed out, it is not terribly hip-hop. In fact, it's the faggiest thing I've ever seen--outside of my mirror. Joey hadn't yet settled into his current Billie Holiday meets Betty Page persona, and he is giving you New Wave sissy DOWN, gurl! (This may have been the time she was a performance artist with Ann Magnuson by night and a high fashion shop-girl at Fiorucci by day.) Catch it!

http://www.manparrish.com/video/Hip_Hop_Video_1984.mov