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Co-starring her mother, Jolie Gabor!

2009 HEADLINES

Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language.

Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped.


Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.



Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.


Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.


Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.


85-year $75.8 billion study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.


Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.


Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed, they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.


Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.


IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent.


Florida voters still having trouble with voting machines.

LINDSAY'S MUG SHOT

IS IT MY IMAGINATION, OR DOES SHE LOOK MORE GORGEOUS THAN EVER IN THIS SHOT? Her eyes, with very little make-up are luminous--pupils dilated from cocaine, perhaps?--and her lips look extra -full. I always preferred her with blonde or light hair anyway. Am I the only one who think she looks her best here?

BUSH MEETS UK PM GORDON BROWN

First of all, CNN has been wondering all day if new prime minister Gordon Brown will hit it off as well as his predecessor Tony Blair had, even sharing a toothpaste brand and calling each other Tony and Blair. Apart from the cuteness of CNN copy writers calling the meeting "The Blair Switch Project", of course they aren't going to hit it off. Perhaps personally, but Tony Blair stepped down and ruined the credibility of his party by siding with Bush on Iraq. So Gordon certainly isn't going to become Bush's "poodle", as Blair was called. Knowing not to trust our news, I searched liberal newspaper The UK Guardian for a different perspective:



The prime minister, by contrast, hailed the relationship with America as the most important bilateral relationship for Britain, but held back from any personal praise of President Bush, in what is likely to have been a calculated decision to put the bilateral relations on a more formal footing. Mr Brown also read out a businesslike lengthy statement and surprisingly described the talks simply as "full and frank", normally diplomatic language for a cool relationship. The atmosphere suggested the British delegation is determined to rid themselves of the image of poodle to a Republican administration that has only 18 months to run.

At the same time British sources stressed that Mr Brown wanted to work with President Bush on the practical issues they faced, particularly world trade, Darfur and the Middle East. In what may prove a difficult issue this autumn, British government sources stressed that Mr Brown will make his decision on British troop deployments in Iraq solely on the basis of the advice of the British military, and implicitly not in order to meet any request from the US to stay alongside American troops.

READ MORE: GUARIAN

For his part, Blair has appointed himself as a peacemaing envoy between Israel and Palestine, since it's seen that unless the confict between these country is solved, hope for Middle East peace is folly. But is Blair really that popular? Certainly not with muslims, who see him as promary poodle. Maybe Blair feels guilty for making UK Bush's chief ally in Iraq. AND HE CERTAINLY SHOULD!

LENO "INTERVIEWS" PARIS

I'm not usually his biggest fan, but this mock interview, cut in with her answers from Larry King's i'view is pretty funny.

MARGE SIMPSON, SUPER-SIZED

My crazy friend Elaine Lancaster imitated Marge Simpson at a Simpsons movie launch party in Miami last week. I think her look is pretty amazing! It won the admiration of Janet Jackson, who claimed "I just love her" as Elaine breezed away. To the bathroon, no doubt.

MRS. GIULIANI

Interesting (if long) article from Vanity Fair about Rudy's bride, Judi Nathan, who now insists on being called Judith and reserves a plane seat for her "Baby Louis"--ie a Vuitton bag. At least she's got one thin going for her, she could never be as vile as her hubby.



READ THE ARTICLE: VANITY FAIR

WHO YA GON' CALL?

MR. ZSA ZSA!

Prince Von Anhalt found naked, handcuffed

Three woman reportedly robbed him and handcuffed him to steering wheel

Access Hollywood
July 26, 2007



LOS ANGELES - Prince Frederic von Anhalt, husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, who made headlines earlier this year when he claimed to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter (Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead), was found naked and handcuffed to the steering wheel of his 2006 Rolls Royce Thursday morning, “Access Hollywood” has learned.

According to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department, the police responded to a 911 call from the prince at around 10 a.m., reporting a robbery. They arrived to find Von Anhalt in the 10600 block of Bellagio Road behind the Bel-Air Country Club.

Von Anhalt claims that he was driving along, when “three white women” in a white Chrysler convertible with Florida plates pulled up next to him, told him they recognized him from TV, and asked him if he would take a photograph with them.

He pulled over and got out to take fan photos. Then one woman allegedly pulled a gun, held it to his neck and said, “Give us all your money!” They also reportedly relieved him of his jewelry, all of his clothes, and proceeded to handcuff him to the steering wheel of the car.

Other than (presumably) his dignity, Von Anhalt was not injured.

The LAPD spokesman informs “Access” that this is an open investigation, but that “all we have to go on is three white women in a white Chrysler with Florida plates.”

“Access Hollywood” has placed calls to Von Anhalt for comment.

KEEP THIS PUSSY AWAY FROM ME!

By RAY HENRY, AP

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.

"He doesn't make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," said Dr. David Dosa in an interview. He describes the phenomenon in a poignant essay in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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SOBE'S ADORA MAKES A RARE NYC APPEARANCE

AT APPOLLONIA CRUZ'S BIRTHDAY ON 7/29. FEATURING A SICK XMAS IN JULY THEME, WHICH I ALWAYS LOVE FOR SOME STUPID REASON. AT LUCHO'S IN WOODSIDE, QUEENS. BOTH ARE SICK TRAMPS SO THIS SHOULD BE A HOOT.

SEX AND THE CITY PARODY

STARRING BEA ARTHUR as Sarah Horse-ica (looking like Bette Davis in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE), ALONG WITH SALLY STRUTHERS, THE ALWAYS FANTASTIC CHARLOTTE RAE AND THAT COMPLETE NUT FROM SOAP! So much better than the original series!

TVLAND

I didn't yet check out GRAY ANATOMY with MASH's Loretta Switt, but it's on the same page.

AIN'T NO OTHER MAN RE-INTERPRETATION

CLARKSON GOES HARDCORE

AMY WINO AND CHARLOTTE CHURCH

Amy seems drunk as a skunk on during this duetted cover of BEAT IT with Charlotte Church.

THIS QUEEN IS TOO SICK

She has other vids on youtube, but in this one, she's applying foundation from an empty bottle, onto an already finished and powdered face! While muttering to herself!

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EXCERPTS FROM HER 90's WORKOUT VIDEO, IT'S SIMPLE DARLING!



A 70'S COMMERCIAL FOR LAWRY'S SEASONING SALT



EATING FAST FOOD IN A LETTERMAN SKIT--NOT THAT FUNNY BUT IT'S STILL HER!

DITCH DEITCH PROJECTS

For years, I've recieved expensively printed, nicley art-directed, glossy invites from a gallery know as Deitch Projects. When I got one for the Dazzle Dancers' retrospective and debut of their new cover of THE LOVE BOAT, I knew I had to go out and support these nuts, who really carry the East Village's torch with their kooky, bare fashions and laughable, purposefully cheesy dance routines. The perfect opportuninty to check out the reportedly buzz-worthy Deitch gallery.

Of course, it was a sizzlah of a day, and the moronic midle eastern cab driver couldn't comprehend that when a big, sweaty, bewigged, begirdled, and support-hose wearing cow asks you to turn the a/c on, you don't leave the window open. Hello! Basic a/c principle??? To add to the fun, the funk from the driver was so in my face that I might has well have been chewing curried, undigested cardamom pods that I'd combed his ass hairs free of with my teeth. But I was still enthused for my pals' big show.

DOESN'T THIS LOOK FUN TO YOU?



There was a mob outside, and a suited doorman who had all the charm of a Garden City, NJ plumber, barking at us to stand back. "I'm their drug dealer!", I shouted. When that didn't work, I fanned myself and yelled that "I have AIDS." He didn't flinch.They claimed to be filled to capacity and weren't letting anyone in, even as a group of 5 came out. (One exiting gal said it wasn't worth the wait.) The goon could have cared less who I was or who backbones of the scene for a decade or more like Chloe, David Ilku, and John Roberts of Flaco, Octigrab and PuPu Platter fame were either. Occasionally, we'd get a blast of icy a/c when the door opened, just to tease us. But it didn't tease us as much as seeing the show starting, and the place was only 1/3rd full! Pathetic! If your occupancy # is so low, maybe you should take RSVP's or have a door person who knows who should be let in. Cherry Dazzle couldn't even get press people in! That isn't even in Deitch Project's interests.

ACTOR AND 1/2 OF DUELLING BANKHEADS DAVID ILKU WAS ALSO HORRIFIED, BUT I THINK HE STAYED. (There was an open bar.)



I spoke with an illustrator friend who had experienced the same thing at Deitch several times. What's the point, idiots? Huge clubs have already closed down because no one wants to deal wiith that tired door selection scene. Deitch might wanna be a little more hospitable. And a friend who did get in said that the tech guy operating the smoke machine kept it on so long that the Dazzles' entire number was shrouded in fog making only an occasional hand peeking through visible. He also said that after the first show, everyone left and there was no one in since they hadn't admitted enough people to begin wit! Duh! . I still wish the Dazzle Dancers the best, but unless a night of senseless disorganization is your cup of AZT, don't let the pretty invites fool you. Based on my experience, it is most definitely to be avoided. And a special FUCK YOU to the sponsor, Adidas. They probably sprung for the goons to make it look more exclusive. The fucking performers felt exclusive with no one to watch their 2nd show...

--Lady Bunny, a Deitch Reject

THRILLER FROM MANILA!

The inmates at the Cebu Detention Center are at it again. This time, their prison-yard choreorgaphers have taken on Michael Jackson's THRILLER, which begins with a balding sex change with tits and a ponytail taking the lead!

BLANKET JACKSON

NOT THE BURQINI!

The very latest in muslim beach attire! (VIA HUFFPO)



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BEAST OF BURDEN

Gay PETA VIP recalls his "committed" life for Atlanta audience

By ZACK HUDSON SOVO



A memorable ambush by anti-gay bullies reduced an adolescent Dan Mathews to a gasping, flopping jumble on a school floor.

Sometime later, on a boat during a family fishing trip, Mathews opened his eyes to the realities of the fish he and others reeled in. The fish were sprawled in bloody recoil from the hooks, and they were writhing, flopping and gasping to breathe.

Mathews was pretty sure he knew how they felt.

HE HATED FISH! I mean read the rest! SOVO

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

LATEST OLBERMAN RANT

Olbermann: Go to Iraq and fight, Mr. President

Bush’s latest choice of scapegoat— Hillary Clinton — boggles the mind


Blame Hillary?
July 19: Keith Olbermann says the choice to scapegoat Sen. Clinton is unfathomable — go fight your war yourself, Mr. President.

It is one of the great, dark, evil lessons, of history.

A country — a government — a military machine — can screw up a war seven ways to Sunday. It can get thousands of its people killed. It can risk the safety of its citizens. It can destroy the fabric of its nation.

But as long as it can identify a scapegoat, it can regain or even gain power.

The Bush administration has opened this Pandora’s Box about Iraq. It has found its scapegoats: Hillary Clinton and us.

The lies and terror tactics with which it deluded this country into war — they had nothing to do with the abomination that Iraq has become. It isn’t Mr. Bush’s fault.

The selection of the wrong war, in the wrong time, in the wrong place — the most disastrous geopolitical tactic since Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia in 1914 and destroyed itself in the process — that had nothing to do with the overwhelming crisis Iraq has become. It isn’t Mr. Bush’s fault.

The criminal lack of planning for the war — the total “jump-off-a-bridge-and-hope-you-can-fly” tone to the failure to anticipate what would follow the deposing of Saddam Hussein — that had nothing to do with the chaos in which Iraq has been enveloped. It isn’t Mr. Bush’s fault.

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HAIR APPARENT

GOOD NEWS! (And I'm in excellent company right between Ross and Winehouse.)

Towering tresses are back in the spotlight, thanks to 'Hairspray' and 'The Simpsons Movie'

BY GEORGEA KOVANIS, DETROIT FREE PRESS


With "Hairspray" on the big screen and "The Simpsons Movie" opening next week, big hair is on our minds. It's also on the heads of many, many people. From Marie Antoinette to Nikki Blonsky (and John Travolta) and Don King to Marge Simpson, here's a look at some famous big hair.

• Nikki Blonsky. Stars as Tracy Turnblad, a plump girl with big hair in 1962 Baltimore who tries to integrate a television dance show. John Travolta plays her mother, big-haired Edna Turnblad.
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• Marie Antoinette. Historians say she never said, "Let them eat cake," but one thing is true: Marie's big-haired head rolled Oct. 16, 1793, when she met the guillotine.

• Marge Simpson. Wife, mother, cartoon character makes big blue hair cool.

• Lenny Kravitz. Singer, songwriter, cool guy, once appeared on "The Simpsons."

• Dolly Parton. Also appeared on "The Simpsons!" She once said of her early days in Nashville, "I had this piled-up mop of blond bleached hair, and these boobs sticking out, and my clothes skintight. That was a country girl's idea of what glamour was."

• Dusty Springfield. Singer, recorded "Wishin' and Hopin' " in 1964. Among the oh-so-telling lyrics: "Show him that you care just for him/ Do the things he likes to do/ Wear your hair just for him."

• Detroit's Aretha Franklin. "I'm a big woman. I need big hair," she has said.

• Lyle Lovett. Musician, sometime actor, proud Texan. Judging by his hair, it seems everything is indeed bigger in Texas.

• Boxing promoter Don King. His hair is a real knockout.

• Audrey Hepburn. Wore the most elegant big hair of all time in "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

• Carrot Top. Known for his enormous mass of big red hair, this comedian's birth name is Scott Thompson.

• Ben Wallace, former Detroit Piston. He doesn't fear the 'fro.

• Detroit diva Diana Ross: "Hair has always been important," she has said. We totally agree!

• Lady Bunny. The DJ and drag queen is founder and hostess of Wigstock, a New York festival of drag queens and music. It was canceled this year, but Lady Bunny says it'll be back. Let's hope she's not a big tease.

• Amy Winehouse. The singer has big hair and, it appears, some big problems. According to Rolling Stone, she recently spit on fans during a concert and beat herself with a microphone.

STICKTORIA BECKHAM AND TAMMY FAYE

I am sad to say that I actually caught a few sickening minutes of Posh's "reality" show tonight. There are plenty of other reviews bashing it so I won't bother writing another. What's so pitiful is that she's supposed to the most photographed woman in the world! It actually angers me that her and her husband are well-known enough to have nicknames. I could care less about either of them. A former Spice Girl? So? She's nothing more than a haircut. Of all the bobbleheads, she may be the most bobbly--that really thin neck emphasized by implants and her large head. The most photographed woman in the world is soooo undeserving.

But I forget that she married well. I gather that her husband has sports skills, but I don't give a crap about American sports, much less foreign ones. He's a fine specimen of a man, but just because soccer stands to be a new marketing opportunity, some english couple is being crammed down my throat and I'm already sick of it. Well, I guess I wouldn't mind having him "crammed" down my throat. But Mrs. Beckham just seems like a dull snot. This is from the UK's Guardian:

The show - originally planned as a six-part series for which the Beckhams were reportedly going to be paid $10m - was cut down to a one-hour "special" after NBC realised there wasn't much to go on.

Wow. So the most photographed woman in the world doesn't even have enough talent or charm to warrant a mini-series. I guess I can't blame her for wanting the paparazzi to follow her--while pretending to scowl at them--but I can blame everyone else for creating the demand. So I promise never mention her wothless over-hyped ass again.



In contrast, I also watched the Larry King Tammy Faye Baker interview. Tammy requested the interview since she's dying of cancer. At 65 pounds, she looked horrific and was in considerable pain. But even though I denounce her religion as practiced in this country, it's funny how an aging evangelical with garish make-up and a week to live has more charisma than...well, I said I wouldn't mention her name again. Tammy joked, looking like a skeleton, joked optimistically that she'd gained 5 pounds.

I can't help but love Tammy. She said the pain was in her back and "tummy"--so adorably southern! And she wants to be cremated "so the bugs won't eat me." Bless her heart, she still had her customary warpaint on, minus the lower lashes. She even had a kind word for the gays: something to the effect that "When PTL fell, the gays were the ones who came to my rescue." Maybe they remembered that she discussed AIDS on The PTL Club before then president Reagan would even uttered the word, much less addressed blossoming epidemic. It was hard not to cry when the eternally perky, upeat Tammy laughed. A sunny spirit to the end. I'm not writing her off--maybe there will be a miracle!

I don't understand her faith--if she's are "in God's hands" as she claimed, why is he rewarding years of proselytizing with a painful, fatal illness?--but I'm not going to kick her religion while she's down. (Not today, anyhow.) It's a shame to see someone who has been constantly warm, nutty, and entertaining die a long, slow death. I guess she requested the interview to connect with her fans one last time and wish them peace and joy. If she were merely vain and wanting to self-promote, she would never had appeared looking so haggard. As if she'd forgotten, her husband did pipe up at the end to urge people to buy her book, but he's rich and so they can't need the money. She just has a desire to connect. So Tammy, I wish you peace and joy right back.

TONIGHT!

FOREVER ANDY: THE LAST STUDIO PORTRAITS OF ANY WARHOL BY CHRISTOPHER MAKOS 6:30-8:00 RALPH PUCCI 44 W. 18TH



DAZZLE DANCERS RETROSPECTIVE AT DEITCH GALLERY--W/ MURRAY HILL AND PAUL ALEXANDER. GORG INVITE!

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THELMA'S 1ST ALBUM IN 17 YEARS!

Thelma Houston is incredible an I can't wait to hear this! I've seen her live a few times, and not only is she still lovely, she's a dynamite entertainer with a powerful set of pipes and energetic stage prescence. I've seen her version of DISCO HEAT/ MIGHTY REAL and she doesn't disappoint covering these hard to top Sylvester tunes.



The press release:

Los Angeles, CA – Thelma Houston, the dynamic voice behind the disco anthem “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” is back with her first album in over 17 years. In a clever twist, Houston uses A Woman’s Touch (in stores August 14th via Shout! Factory/Sony/BMG Dist.) to transform songs made famous by some of the biggest singers – male singers - in R&B and pop.

Conceived and Executive Produced by Thelma Houston in association with Stephen Ford of Diva Central, Inc. A Woman’s Touch is filled with songs she has long been a fan of. “They are songs I always wished I had recorded,” she explains, “and I loved doing them from a woman’s standpoint.” But Houston doesn’t just put a female spin on the lyrics, she takes over and completely reworks the songs through soul, R&B, blues and dancefloor filters. “Ain’t That Peculiar” and Sting’s “Brand New Day” get bluesy, sassy makeovers, while “Disco Heat/Mighty Real” (a nod to Houston’s disco past and tribute to her old friend Sylvester) starts out a poignant gospel song and closes with Studio 54-era exuberance. Houston revisits another friend from her early career, covering Jimmy Webb’s “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” (Webb wrote and produced Houston’s 1969 debut album), rebuilding it with incredible old school R&B flair. And then there’s Thelma triumphant return to her dancefloor roots with a fierce version of Luther Vandross’ “Never Too Much”.

Release Date: August 14, 2007
MYSPACE/THELMAHOUSTON (Preview the NEW track "Wake Up" here)


A Woman’s Touch Track Listing:
1. Wake Up Everybody (Gene McFadden/John Whitehead/Victor Carstarphen)
2. Never Too Much (Luther Vandross)
3. Brand New Day (Sting)
4. Ain’t That Peculiar (Warren "Pete" Moore/Smokey Robinson/Robert Rogers/Marvin Tarplin)
5. By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Jimmy Webb)
6. Distant Lover (Marvin Gaye/Gwen Fuqua/Sandra Greene)
7. Love And Happiness (Al Green/Mabon "Teenie" Hodges)
8. Disco Heat / Mighty Real (Victor Orsborn /Eric Robinson) (Sylvester/James Wirrick)
9. That’s The Way Of The World (Charles Stepney/Maurice White/Verdine White)
10. Please Send Me Someone To Love (Percy Mayfield)

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BASSEY AT GLASTONBURY

The Dame is in fine form doing BIG SPENDER in a fab pink gown at a massive outdoor festival. And whoever commented on my earlier post that the short wig is her real hair, I think you're right after seeing this!

CAZWELL'S NEW VIDEO

REALLY CUTE VIDEO! Very catchy song, too. I'm glad Caz is singing the chorus, cuz I'm just not the biggest rap fan. WATCH MY MOUTH features that funky-ass HEARTBEAT sample which certainly worked well in and a cameo by the luscious Amanda LePore.

JODY WATLEY I'VIEW

By my crazy sister Dayna Da DIva. I, too, was mesmerized by Jody on Soul Train. And the girl's still kicking with her recent cover of Choc's I WANT YOUR LOVE hitting #1. Here's a pic of the two of us in Chicago last summer. She's still gorgeous and as sweet as pie!



DISCOMUSIC.COM

TODAY'S PRAYER

GRACE JONES W/ PAVAROTTI

Is there not coke snot under her nose towards the end of this number?

PS: Shirley Bassey covers SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM on her new album!

THE TRANSGENDERS

by Greg Scarnici

THE PART THAT HURT

A group of guys and one girl are sitting together at a baseball game. During the game the guys notice the girl knew just as much about the game as themselves, and are really impressed. After the game they ask her, "How is it that you know so much about baseball?"

She says, "Well, I used to be a guy and got a sex change."

The guys are amazed, but very curious about the process. "What was the most painful part of the process? Was it when they cut IT off?"

"That was very painful, but was not the most painful part," she replied.

"Was it when they cut off your balls?" asked the guys.

"That was very painful, but was not the most painful part," said the girl.

"What was the most painful part?" the guys asked.

She answered, "The part that hurt the most was when they cut my salary in half!"

DON'T MESS WIH THE PAGANS!

First that British TV show gave Long Man a sex change by adding pigtails and boobs. Now a doughnut-wielding Homer Simpson is drawn next to another ancient pagan icon?



Author unknown--this was forwarded to me.

The Cerne Abbas Giant is used to having things his own way. Not only does he wield two mighty clubs - one military, one anatomical - but he stands 55m tall, and has been considered a fertility symbol for four centuries. Indeed, so potent is the Giant's chalky mojo, that couples struggling to conceive are still said to visit his hillside home for a grassy liaison.
But yesterday there was a new alpha male in North Dorset. He wields a doughnut instead of a club and his unmentionables are, mercifully, covered by the world's largest pair of Y-Fronts. His name is Homer Simpson.The work required 200 litres of biodegradable white paint and was the brainchild of the publicity team behind The Simpsons Movie, which premieres in Britain next week.

But not everyone is happy. Pagans, who believe the Giant is a spiritual icon, are dismayed by this bold new artwork, and, in particular, the accompanying encouragement for young couples to "do it in the doughnut". "It's very disrespectful and not at all aesthetically pleasing" said Ann Bryn-Evans, joint Wessex district manager for The Pagan Federation.

LOOK OUT, SHAKIRA!

There'sa new belly dancer in town--and it's a he! Jamil, from Sydney. The song is wild--sometimes the beat reminds me of that grating percussion on Roni Griffith's fag disco classic, THE BEST PART OF BREAKING UP.

DOLLY PARTON IS A HEATHEN!

Thankfully, some christian freak has exposed her as the Satan-worshipper she really is. The first tip was her recent gospel-inflected cover of Led Zeppelin's STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN on her last album. It didn't take this fundamentalist super-sleuth long to connect The Queen of Country with...gulp...master of the black arts, ALEISTER CROWLEY!

THE DOLLY LLAMA

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"GIRL, YOU AIN'T GO NO ARMS!"

This is insane! The really sick thing is that today, anyway, there is a McDonald's ad banner above the article. You'd think that an international chain could handle a handicapped customer. I regularly ride through McD's drive-throughs dressed as a clown to pick up my Chicken McNuggets for my act. Though I'm not (physically) handicapped, a young trainee, unschooled in the wicked ways of transvestism, might see me, hunched down in an enormous coiffure, as imposing, threatening, scary, unsavory, etc. But how simple and rude do you have to be to you squawk "Girl, you ain't got no arms!"? How dumb do you have to be to think a physical deformity could be contagious? As someone in one of those endless online forums wrote, "She should have been served, hands down." Another commenter asked:

"How does she drive with no arms?"

Answer: "Horribly! She's a woman!"

Rockford Woman Sues McDonald's After Allegedly Being Denied Food By Marissa Alter 13 News



A Rockford woman claims she was denied service at two local McDonald's because of her disability. Now she's filed a lawsuit against the fast food chain. 13 News sat down with Dawn Larson to talk about the suit.

Dawn Larson was born with Holt-Oram Syndrome, a genetic disorder which causes abnormalities in the hands, arms, and heart. Her tiny hands are about 6 inches from her shoulders, so she does most things with her feet.

Dawn says her disability's never stopped her from leading a normal life. "I do everyday things like everyday people." But on November 3rd, she says that changed. Larson pulled up to the McDonald's drive through on Kishwaukee Street and ordered food for her and her sons. She drove to the first window, gave the cashier her credit card with her foot, and pulled up to get her food. Dawn says, "The first girl said, 'Girl, you ain't got no arms' and the manager said she couldn't hand me her food and she just kept sticking to the fact that I didn't have no arms and she was disgusted by it. I had the right to eat my dinner and feed my kids and they took that away from me."

Larson says the manager eventually agreed to hand Larson's son the food. But she says an incident 3 and a half moths later at the McDonald's on 11th Street didn't end that way. Larson claims an employee there refused to even do that. "I paid to be discriminated against and I paid to be disrespected and I paid to not even have the right to eat my food."

Larson says McDonald's sent her a 10 dollar gift certificate in response to her complaint. Now she's suing the fast food corporation to prevent anyone else from going through what she did. "That's saying McDonald's condones and urges people to treat the handicapped that way. I don't want that message to come across. I want to fight for my rights and my kids rights and have these things changed."

13 News' calls to McDonald's were not returned.

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CRAZY EGG COMMERCIAL

With one of the most irritating singers I've ever heard! I LOVE EGG

THE LOOK AND FEEL OF REAL

THE V-STRING! The Bladder V even allows you to pee through it!

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SEPARATED AT BIRTH?

Or should that read separated at menopause?



FORMER FIRST LADY AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE ADVOCATE, ROSALYNN CARTER

ONE OF WARHOL'S FIRST LADIES AND A FREQUENT RECIPIENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE, HOLLY WOODLAWN

WAL-MARTS FAITH-BASED TOYS

PUKE! These are on a trial run this August. I know I'm a sinful bohemian who is divorced from the rest of the country with my wicked NYC ways, but I would really be shocked if these toys took off. What little girl wants to play with an old bearded man doll? And somehow, Mary's Dream Hut doesn't quite have the same ring to it as Barbie's Dream House. I hope the Sampson figure at least comes with retractable hair!

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OVERPOWERED

New song from Moloko's Roisin Murphy.

PILLOWIG

For the tired drag queen who has everything! Might come in handy for napping during my performances or dj gigs. Nah, that's the audience's job!



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WISDOM FROM THE WEB

ANGER MANAGEMENT by ?

When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know.I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I'd forgotten to make. I found the number and dialed it.

A man answered, saying "Hello."I politely said, "This is Chris. Could I please speak with Robyn Carter?"Suddenly a manic voice yelled out in my ear "Get the right f***ing number!" and the phone was slammed down on me. I couldn't believe that anyone could be so rude .

When I tracked down Robyn's correct number to call her, I found that I had accidentally transposed the last two digits.After hanging up with her, I decided to call the 'wrong' number again.When the same guy answered the phone, I yelled "You're an asshole!" and hung up.

I wrote his number down with the word 'asshole' next to it, and put it in my desk drawer. Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills or had a really bad day, I'd call him up and yell, "You're an asshole!" It always cheered me up.

When Caller ID was introduced, I thought my therapeutic 'asshole' calling would have to stop. So, I called his number and said, "Hi,this is John Smith from the telephone company. I'm calling to see if you're familiar with our Caller ID Program?"He yelled "NO!" and slammed down the phone. I quickly called him back and said, "That's because you're an asshole!" and hung up.

One day I was at the store, getting ready to pull into a parking Spot. Some guy in a black BMW cut me off and pulled into the spot I had patiently waited for. I hit the horn and yelled that I'd been waiting for that spot, but the idiot ignored me. I noticed a "For Sale" sign in his back window, so I wrote down his number. A couple of days later, right after calling the first asshole (I had is number on speed dial,) I thought that I'd better call the BMW asshole, too.

I said, "Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?"He said, "Yes, it is." I asked, "Can you tell me where I can see it?" He said, "Yes, I live at 34 Oaktree Blvd, in Fairfax. It's a yellow ranch, and the car's parked right out in front."

I asked, "What's your name?" He said, "My name is Don Hansen," I asked, "When's a good time to catch you, Don?" He said, "I'm home every evening after five."

I said, "Listen, Don, can I tell you something?"

He said, "Yes?"

I said, "Don, you're an asshole!"

Then I hung up, and added his number to my speed dial, too.

Now, when I had a problem, I had two assholes to call.

Then I came up with an idea. I called asshole #1. He said, "Hello." I said, "You're an asshole!" (But I didn't hang up.) He asked, "Are you still there?" I said, "Yeah," He screamed, "Stop calling me," I said, "Make me," He asked, "Who are you?" I said, "My name is Don Hansen." He said, "Yeah? Where do you live?" I said, "Asshole, I live at 34 Oaktree Blvd, in Fairfax, a yellow ranch, I have a black Beamer parked in front." He said, "I'm coming over right now, Don. And you had better start saying your prayers." I said, "Yeah, like I'm really scared, asshole," and hung up.

Then I called Asshole #2. He said, "Hello?" I said, "Hello, asshole," He yelled, "If I ever find out who you are..." I said, "You'll what?" He exclaimed, "I'll kick your ass," I answered, "Well, asshole, here's your chance. I'm coming over right now."

Then I hung up and immediately called the police, saying that I lived at 34 Oaktree Blvd, in Fairfax, and that I was on my way over there to kill my gay lover.

Then I called Channel 9 News about the gang war going down in Oaktree Blvd. in Fairfax.

I quickly got into my car and headed over to Fairfax. I got there just in time to watch two assholes beating the crap out of each other in front of six cop cars, an overhead news helicopter and surrounded by a news crew.

NOW I feel much better. Anger management really does work.

BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

1/20/09: The End of an Error

That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberties
Anyway

Let's Fix Democracy in This Country First

If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to
Iran

Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber.

If You Can Read This, You're Not Our President

Hey, Bush Supporters: Embarrassed Yet?

George Bush: Creating the Terrorists Our Kids
Will Have to Fight

America: One Nation, Under Surveillance

They Call Him "W" So He Can Spell It

Whose God Do You Kill For?

Cheney/Satan '08

Jail to the Chief

No, Seriously, Why Did We Invade Iraq?

Bush: God's Way of Proving Intelligent Design is
Crap

Bad President! No Banana.

We Need a President Who's Fluent In At Least One
Language

We're Making Enemies Faster Than We Can Kill
Them

Is It Vietnam Yet?

Bush Doesn't Care About White People Either

Where Are We Going? And Why Are We In This
Handbasket?

You Elected Him. You Deserve Him.

Impeach Cheney First

When Bush Took Office, Gas Was $1.46

Pray For Impeachment

The Republican Party: Our Bridge to the 11th
Century

What Part of "Bush Lied" Don't You Understand?

One Nation Under Clod

2004: Embarrassed
2005: Horrified
2006: Terrified

At Least Nixon Resigned

MUST BE FOR A RECIPE

SKIDOO!

I've never seen this rare Otto Preminger flick starring Carol Channing, but judging from the title song's lyrics, it's a smash hit in my book! Sung by Carrol in pirate drag which including a long platinum wig which she removes to kiss Jackie Gleason, here are some nutty sample lyrics:

And if power's all they really understand,
We take the power of the flower
And the power of the dove
And we put them both together and we love them together!
Shah! Shah! Shah! Shah! Shah!

SKIDOO THEME SONG Carol Channing
Uploaded by NilbogLAND

BASSEY: GET THE PARTY STARTED

Dame Shirley Bassey covers Pink's recent dance hit in this fun video. I'm kinda liking her short, spikey wig.

(Thanks to Chip Duckett for sending me this one!)

AMY WINEHOUSE DRAG

This little baby queen is adorable! You can tell from the first kick that she's got show business in her blood and she finally gets Amy's eye-liner on by the end!

SHEMAR LESS?

Well, he did just come out of the water! Hell, with that incredible face and body, I wouldn't throw this one back! So please spread the word that I would consider mercy-fucking Shemar Moore. He might be the first "She" that I've been with!

Besides, it just wouldn't be fair if that god had face, body and a donkey dick like my friend pictured below! Pray on it and I'm sure you'll agree in time.



PS: Thanks to Jordy from VIRTUAL MATTERfor the link! Jordy's blog is fantastic. Today he's featuring the music video for IF MADONNA CALLS, oddly shot without an appearance by geniusly shady Franklin Fuentes and while we're on my favorite subject of Madoodoo, Jordy has a quote from Morissey's recent concert in Virginia which I'd like to share with you:

"I wouldn't be surprised if she [Madonna] made that African boy into a coat and wore him ... for 15 minutes, and then threw it
away."

OUCH!

PHYLLIS DILLER ART SHOW IN LA

She IS art,so this is a little redundant, but the beloved, bewigged comedienne will have an "art party" to hawk her paintings and book--going cheap. Love this hag--too bad she's a republican!



THE INFO;

You Are Invited
To a
Phyllis Diller Art Party
At
163 S. Rockingham Avenue
Los Angeles 90049

Sunday, July 29th
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.


RSVP by July 25th Bring your friends
Karla Thomas
(310) 476-3091

All art purchases are by check or cash
(no credit cards or debit cards)

Hard-cover books “Like A Lampshade in a Whorehouse” will be available for purchase for $10.00 each, CASH ONLY
no checks, no credit or debit cards

Cameras will only be allowed while you are with Miss Diller. No photography of the house or the grounds will

Here are a couple examples of her work.

RED ROSES WITH PERKY GREENS



WEEPING WILLOW WITH WHITE DOG

SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THIS WATER BALLET

Check out this video: Japanese Trained Goldfish



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SPEAKING OF FISHY!

HUMAN "CANNIBALISM" IN JAPAN!






From popbitch.com:

CRYSTAL GETS A BOOTY BUMP

ON JUDGE JUDY!

WHAT UP, SHAWTY?

LESBIANS WILL LOVE THIS ONE!

MASTURBATING PUSSY...CAT

STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE: JOLENE

Yes, the Dolly Parton song!

WHAT IS THIS????

WAISTED!

Meet Cathie!



VIEW MORE OF CATHIE: CATHIEJUNG.COM

ANOTHER PETITION REQUEST

But it's a big one! AND THERE ARE ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT TO DEMAND NET NEUTRALITY. Even if you aren't concerned about coprorate greed on principle, do it just to save yourself some coins! There were enough signatures last time they tried this shit to make the FCC agree with US. But the lobbyists for the big corps are at it again and we have to become our own lobbyists. Strength in numbers--please sign and spread the word!




Click HERE to sign or here's more info from http://www.savetheinternet.com/yourstory

What is this about?

When we log onto the Internet, we take a lot for granted. We assume we'll be able to access any Web site we want, whenever we want, at the fastest speed, whether it's a corporate or mom-and-pop site. We assume that we can use any service we like — watching online video, listening to podcasts, sending instant messages — anytime we choose.

What makes all these assumptions possible is Network Neutrality.

What is Network Neutrality?

Network Neutrality — or "Net Neutrality" for short — is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.

Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.

Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service on a non-discriminatory basis without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data — not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.

Learn more in Net Neutrality 101.

Who wants to get rid of Net Neutrality?

The nation's largest telephone and cable companies — including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner — want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won't load at all.

They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. They want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services, and streaming video — while slowing down or blocking their competitors.

These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of an even playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services — or those from big corporations that can afford the steep tolls — and leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road.

The big phone and cable companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to gut Net Neutrality, putting the future of the Internet at risk.

Is Net Neutrality a new regulation?

Absolutely not. Net Neutrality has been part of the Internet since its inception. Pioneers like Vinton Cerf and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, always intended the Internet to be a neutral network. And "non-discrimination" provisions like Net Neutrality have governed the nation's communications networks since the 1930s.

But as a consequence of a 2005 decision by the Federal Communications Commission, Net Neutrality — the foundation of the free and open Internet — was put in jeopardy. Now cable and phone company lobbyists are pushing to block legislation that would reinstate Net Neutrality.

Writing Net Neutrality into law would preserve the freedoms we currently enjoy on the Internet. For all their talk about "deregulation," the cable and telephone giants don't want real competition. They want special rules written in their favor.

WORK!

Jack Nicholson's idea of a vacation! Genius and more power to him cuz the old pussy magnet doesn't give a shit!



From the Daily Mail:

He's got a paunch and he's now 70, but Jack Nicholson is still a lady-killer

The Jack Nicholson workout ...

By NEIL SEARS

It takes a very special sort of fitness regime to keep Jack Nicholson in his current shape.

Exercise One: Take an extra-large baguette stuffed with your favourite filling and raise it to the mouth. Lick lips. Eat.

Exercise Two: Wash it down with a Diet Coke.

Exercise Three: Light up a cigarette. Exercise Four: Do some gentle stretching exercises (not too vigorous, now) watched by bikini-clad lovelies.

WHOLE ARTICLE WITH MORE PIX: DAILYMAIL

ELIMINATE ELIMINATION SHOWS!

Let's pit them all against each other and then kill the producer of the winning show!

I LOVE what Jamie Lee Curtis has to say about "reality" shows. Though she's an actress, she's in films and obviously pays even less attention to TV than even I do. But recently a TV set in a bar caught her eye by chance one day, and she was confused and unsettled by what she saw. I'll just let her tell the story, but whether it's models, interior designes, singers, or chefs who are competing, why do Americans put such a mean-spirited emphasis on competiton? Gotta be #1--it's so Texas! (And ain't we had about enough Texan influence to last our drastically shortened lifetimes?) Can't there be 3 or 4 talented singers who are great in 3 or 4 different ways? And as I'm sure Jamie recognizes from her acting experience, since when did a competition become a substitute for a good script? And at what point did it rot our brains out so much that we don't even crave anything decent as entertainment anymore? At the point where we are trying to alert our blog readers about non-existent telemarketing schemes aimed at our cellphones? (See the blog entry which follows to comprehend this gibberish.)

I am as ignorant of Jamie's film career as she is of current TV programming, but her heart-felt, insightful piece inspires me to the point where I even feel guilty about giggling about that rumor that she was born a hermaphrodite. I'm now a big fan of Jamie Lee--uh Miss Curtis--and I urge you all to read every word of this brilliance!


WHAT'S NEXT, BROADCASTING EXECUTIONS? By Jamie Lee Curtis

I went to a bar last week. To say goodbye to a young friend of mine going to start her new life in Paris. At the bar, there was a TV playing without sound, some reality show about cooking. I need to admit that I don't watch TV...have never seen a single episode of Cheers, Friends, Seinfeld, American Idol..well, you get the idea. I don't even know how to turn on my TV as there is now something called... Input 1 or 2 or 3 and I have no idea what to do.



There I was trying to celebrate with my friend when my eye kept being pulled to the set on the wall. There were some chefs on the screen, all standing with their hands clasped behind their backs, at attention, as a panel of people (who are they?) told them mostly bad things about, I assume, their food. I knew they weren't nice supportive comments as the camera was close on the chefs' faces and they looked scared and sad. They were then marched in and out as a group until one woman was asked to leave. She was crying, packing up her knives. It made me so sad and sick to watch. Why was I drawn to this? I didn't want her to lose...did I? Do I? I don't even know her. Why would I wish her harm?

I understand there are many of these shows now. All "elimination"-based and faux reality. Real like a firing squad. I understand there is a good side, a jubilant winner getting their shot at fame and fortunes, but the bulk of the watching, I gather, is some communal elimination where the audience gets a hand in the stone-throwing. It begs the question of why we feel the need to watch this. Are we all so unhappy in our own lives we need the fix of watching another human go into the gladiator ring and come out a bloody, eviscerated mess? What does Russell Crowe scream in Gladiator -- "Are you not entertained"?

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM

DEATH TO TELEMARKETERS!

PLEASE DISREGARD--SNOPES DONE DEBUNKED IT! THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW!

Hi! Telemarketers will have your cell phone # in 12 days.. REMINDER....12 days from today, all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. .....YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone:

888-382-1222.

It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time.

It blocks your number for five (5) years.

You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked.

You cannot call from a different phone number. You must call from your cell phone.

RANDI RHODES IS BACK TODAY!

She's been on vacation during the whole Scooter Libby pardon--sorry, his "commutation"--and all this other mess. If you want an entertaining earful on today's politics from the Goddess of Radio, today is THE DAY to tune into her show. In NYC, she's on from 3-6 on AIR AMERICA. Or you can click and listen to it online if she's not available in your area. SHE WILL BE ON FIRE, I PROMISE! This is talk radio at it's absolute best. Actually, I can't even say that because she's the only host I've ever tuned into regularly! But if you need someone to break it down with a wicked sense of humor, she's your gal!

SIT DOWN, NO NO!

Everyone agrees that "diva" is an overused word. This theater critic from Sign On San Diego thinks that standing ovations are doled out way too easily nowadays. I tend to agree, but since I'm often seeing friends' shows, I've actually leapt up and started a few in an attempt to be supportive. And I have to admit, a few time, I've risen at a stinker just totry to rectify the embarassing situation which has just unfolded for two hours. Maybe we should be more discerning...

An excerpt of FOR A SHOW THAT'S TRULY WORTH IT, PLEASE RISE by Anne Marie Walsh:

Fast-forward 10 years to 1986 at San Francisco's Curran Theatre. This particular evening, another husband to my left rose vociferously to his feet to lead the cheering for his wife, Carol Channing.

The show was “Legends,” a dog of a piece if ever there was one, and this audience at the Curran Theatre rose far more reluctantly, though eventually lemming-like at his lead to cheer and clap. Their ovation was surely not for the play, or even the performances, but was a nostalgic salute to the stars – Channing and her sublimely different foil, Mary Martin.

Whether kicked off by adoring husbands savvy about star-power and the box office, or by fans merely eager to express their enthusiasm, the standing ovation once was a mark of the audience's discernment. And why not? Artists who give lifetimes to refining their craft and who offer unusually good performances sometimes deserve a special, vigorous and standing response.

But the standing has become so standard in San Diego that it's meaningless.

READ THE REST: SIGNONSNDIEGO

BUNNY ON PEPPERMINT

Interview reprinted from an HX Gay Pride guide:

HX’s Drag Queen of the year Peppermint Gummybear is a breath of fresh air in the Manhattan drag scene—like the cool, minty sensation you get when biting into a York Peppermint Pattie! And bite your tongue before you assume she’s another typically bitchy queen—she’s just as sweet a confection as her name suggests! Young, pretty and talented, she really gave me an inferiority complex—I mean a great phone interview!



B: My name Lady Bunny was a bad joke from the '80's which kind of stuck until
it was too late to change it. Peppermint Gummybear is also a rather unusual
name. How did it come about?

P: I had a crush on a boy who gave me the name because he saw me at home in Delaware as a teen, standing in front of 7-11, pigging out on Gummy Bears and Peppermints. I couldn't resist the name and the rest is history. But I may drop the Gummybear to cut down on calories.

B: You recently lost a good bit of weight, you bitch! I'm soooo jealous! Is it
all those peppy dance routines--cuz I know you haven't slowed down any on
those high-caloric cocktails! How much did you lose and what's your secret?

P: It's no secret! I am so happy to be a walking commercial for Weight Watchers. I was actually talking with Cashetta and Gusty Winds and since THEY had success on the diet, they encouraged me to try it. I admit it was hard--I live in Harlem where the only food to eat is fried chicken and Chinese. But I shed a big chunk of weight ( I don't like to say how much exactly, otherwise the police might recognize me!)

B: Now that you have been voted HX's drag queen of the year, I sure that thousands of career possibilities will be opening up for you. But until then, what is on Peppermint's weekly plate?

P: Wow a lot of chicken (grilled not fried) and veggies! I am so happy and blessed that I was able to leave my darker side behind, and I am very thankful for the chance to work and play in nightlife. Right now I am enjoying my gigs all over the city at Rated X , Motherfucker, Barracuda on Mondays, Lips, Sing Out Sister at XES (which was since named # 1 Karaoke in New York) Therapy and until recently Area. This summer I'm hoping to have some time to spend out on Fire Island with the boys.

B: Do you still have your day job at M.A.C, too? You always do gorgeousmake-up! I'm constantly amazed at the way you cover all those zits on youR back.

P: Ha ha, you bitch! Those aren't zits! They’re beauty marks, all 149 of them! Anyway… That's actually what I was referring to when I mentioned my "dark side"--retail make-up. I'm actually still friends with the kids at M.A.C. I'm happy to still call it home and family and I do special events with them from time to time. But right now I am not working during the day, just shopping.and watching Oprah.



B: (God, this queen even leaves a job o good terms! Unheard of!) You've recently received honorable mentions--you put the "ho" back in honorable--from L and Paper magazines, graced both HX and Next mag covers and nabbed a slew of trophies at the last Glammy awards. Since I'm old and bitter and only go out to clubs that pay me, what is it exactly that you do?
I know that you emcee, lip-synch and have begun recording dance tracks like SERVIN' IT UP. As a multi-talented heifer, where do you ultimately envision your talents taking you?

P: I like to do whatever is fun! Although I went to theater school, I never dreamt that I would sing or dance or anything. Obviously as a queen, lip-synching comes naturally, and over time I started emceeing. But recently Johnny McGovern gave me the golden opportunity to perform my own music, and I’m hooked. The truth is I really enjoy being around people and having a good time. Creating my own music gives me another chance to connect with people I might otherwise not have had. As for the future, I'm not sure where it will take me but I am really excited to meet as many cool people and do as many new things as possible.

B: So you sing live, lip-synch and sometimes lip-synch to your own vocals. How do you choose?

P: I usually just ask the crowd, and whichever drunk answers first, that's what I do. haha. I actually just try to collect as many songs that I love from my past. Some of them are fun to sing along to, and some are best left to the expert vocalists. Although my voice is NOT the smoothest by far, I really enjoy being able to do different things on stage. And I think the audience picks up on that.

B: You have the reputation of being a sweetheart, which is kind of rare among drag queens. Have you experienced any jealousy as a result of your success? (This is your opportunity to read, gurl!)

P: Haha. I can't say that I have experienced any jealousy. except for the burning crosses, graffiti, and bricks with hate notes thrown through my window.

Seriously, not to sound preachy, but I think there is a thin line between bitchiness and hate, which are obviously way too easy to come by these days. Luckily those flavors are not really in my mix. Unless you are a shady cab driver! No, really I think I have felt a lot of support from my friends and family which overrides any bad vibes.



B: What's the toughest aspect to your job?

P: I think it changes. but right now the toughest aspect that I'm sure most queens can relate to, is the self support. I think a lot of people think we just throw on a dress and prance around, and while that is a HUGE PART OF IT, we are our own managers, stylists, directors, coaches, writers, accountants. I think we have some of the most demanding jobs in "entertainment" and NO health care. Not cute!

B: Do you ever see drag as a barrier to "making it"?

B: Yes and no. In obvious ways, being in drag is liberating and enables a person to say and do whatever they want. But on the other hand, a drag’s mainstream success is usually hard to come by. We get the glitz and glam, but we usually make a lot less tips than a GO-GO dancer. I think the only real barrier though, is what people associate with drag since there is an unspoken double standard. I have noticed a drastic difference in how the "hetero/mainstream" and gay communities relate to drag queens.

B: You mean the gays won’t let you blow them?

P: Quit talking about yourself—this is my interview! Seriously, there is a double standard. Straights may bash you on the street, but they may also treat you with more respect when hiring you. And gays can take the queens for granted. But they also pay our rent! In other words, don’t hit me and gimme your money! That’s all I ask!
.
The truth is, there are a lot of times when I can't get a cab dressed in drag, UNLESS the driver wants sexual favors. Then I give him YOUR number, Bunny, but they usually already have it...

B: Make sure they have my new cell! And the cab problem probably derives from your stiking resemblance to Danny Glover!

Around gay pride, there is often a mini-backlash against drag from conservative gays who claim that we pervert the movement. The conservatives tend to forget that drag queens started the fucking movement at Stonewall
and boo hoo when the press focuses on drag queens or scantily dressed leather men in photos from the parade. Have you ever experienced prejudice from within the gay community?

P: Not directly ( I don't think) but I remember being exhausted, leaving a club I had performed at with my girlfriend, and I was in a race AGAINST a cute gay boi to catch a cab. When my female friend and I got into the cab first, he started yelling at me calling me a prostitute and accused me of using the cab for a "trickl" WITH A FEMALE! I mean honestly...

I have been around long enough to remember the extreme backlash. Not long ago, queens weren't even allowed to enter some of our bigger clubs. and now we’re headlining every night of the week. But to take it to the next level, I’d like to see more drag on our gay networks.

B: As one of the older queens on the scene--I prefer "legendary" to "ancient"--I've noticed many changes in the nightlife scene. Nightlife veterans say that the club scene has died from a variety of ailments: drug crack-downs, high rents forcing bohemians out of Manhattan, or the dreadful "pots and pans" music in bigger clubs, which are closing down right and
left. Or just that fags avoid cover charges, cocktail prices and cab fares by staying at home trolling the Internet for sex. Relatively speaking, you're a new girl. But you've actually been working it for several years--in what ways have you noticed the scene change?

P:I haven't witnessed the full "rotation" yet, but I imagine that some change is normal, and that nothing lasts forever. I absolutely see the connection between gentrification, police crackdowns and the Internet, even within theater culture. I remember being so excited as a theater student to see a Broadway show that I‘d clap and scream and laugh the whole time.

B: Well that’s what happens when you can’t afford a ticket…

P: Ahem! But lately audiences, both Broadway and nightclub seem so reserved and way too posh. Certainly not very colorful. And while the "scene" has changed, the people in the scene have changed more. I do think people will start letting loose again, and that's when the "scene" will respond.

B: For out-of towners grabbing this guide, can your deliciousness be found online?

P:Yes, at www.PeppermintOnline.com. You can also visit LogoOnline.com and vote for my video, SERVIN’ IT UP. And keep your ears pealed for my newest single THOUGHT YOU KNEW, available on itunes.com now!

B: Aren’t you forgetting your other site, www.sloppypigbottoms.com?

Click. Dial Tone.

Hello? Peppermint?