SISTER CODIE RAVIOLI EATS OUT GERALDO

and check out Kabuki Starshine's exquisite blue war-paint! (I'm color-blind--is it blue?)

AND I JUST GOT USED TO GLBT!

Legendary literary lesbo Sappho is still making waves!



FROM HUFFPO:

ATHENS, Greece — A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world's gay women.

Three islanders from Lesbos _ home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women _ have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name.

One of the plaintiffs said Wednesday that the name of the association, Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece, "insults the identity" of the people of Lesbos, who are also known as Lesbians.

MORE

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

Shalamar! Dig Jodie's opening look--actin so seditty in her white fringe number. Love it!

JOEY HEATHERTON AND PAUL LYNDE

A very wacky skit from The Dean Martin Show:

NYC DRAG HAPPENINGS

(ClLICK PIC TO ENLARGE)





NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES NEWS

THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC PRESENTS
NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES 18: "NIGHTBIRDS"
FRIDAY MAY 9, 2008
THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM
431 WEST 16TH STREET NYC
DOORS OPEN 9 PM - 4 AM
$25 - Advance tickets strongly suggested
18 TO ENTER, 21 TO DRINK (I.D. REQUIRED)
BOX OFFICE

NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES is the biggest and best-loved STEVIE NICKS fan event in the world, one of those great New York City nightclub spectacles that spark travel from all around the globe. For this year's 18th annual edition, our largest NOTS stage EVER will host a record number of performers in three sets.

Returning LEGENDS OF STEVIE REALNESS include perennial show-stoppers THE HO-HOs (Cathy Cervenka and Jill Pangallo), "Shortbus" star JUSTIN BOND, founding performer JOEY ARIAS, master puppeteer BASIL TWIST and "LITTLE STEVIE", BELLADONNA (Santa Barbara), GYPSY WILD, SHERRY VINE, BILLY O, LIZZIE DAVIS (Flower Mound, TX), SWEETIE, JAZMEN FLOWERS (Jackson, Miss), MISS GUY, D.D. SPARKS (Des Moines), JONNY TINGLE, THE DIVINE GRACE, PREL (of Atlanta's "Blue Lamp" events), CHARLENE CORAN (Reno), JESSICA RABBIT and AMBER RAY DOMINATION. Our "Stevie Total Method Go-Go" troupe includes ABSINTHE and VANGELINE DOMINATION, MISS KELLY WEBB, PAIGE STEVENSON and DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA.

NOTS 2008 debuts will include choreographer JULIE ATLAS MUZ, who opens the show with THE PIXIE HARLOTS and LAURI HOGAN, legendary firecracker MISTRESS FORMIKA and second-generation STEVIE NICKS performer THE POETESS BROOKE ALYSON from Houston (whose mother was also a STEVIE Songbird). More newness: rising trans-stars LINDA JAMES and OUR LADY J, singer/songwriter ADAM JOSEPH and JOHNNY DARLING and THE POST-MODERN HORROR. The evening features four "All-Stevie, All-Fleetwood DJs" - longtime NOTS rockers CRAIG SPENCER and POISON EVE, DJ JOEL (Harrisburg, Pa) and NOTS newcomer SAMMY JO (SCISSOR SISTERS tour DJ and MOTHER alum). Enchantresses of Ceremony CHI CHI VALENTI and HATTIE HATHAWAY are also the show's producers, with JOHNNY DYNELL (Art Director) and THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC.

Suggested Dress: Nightbird Glamour In Black And Blue, Capes, Cloaks And Enchanted Eveningwear, Eye Makeup Dark And Careless, Hand-Held Decorated Birds, Stevie Nicks Boot Fetish (All Summer Long), Black Glitter Tambourines, Coq Feathers And Cokespoons, Midnight Blue Velvet, Moonstone Amulets, Lindsey Or John McVie Prince Of Darkness Interpretations, Victorian Mourning Hankies or Black Chiffon Wings

Inspired by the haunting STEVIE NICKS song NIGHTBIRD, NOTS 18 is dedicated to the memory of founding performer DEAN JOHNSON, who died under tragic and mysterious circumstances in late 2007.



FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF DEAN JOHNSON PRESENT
ROCK N ROLL FAG BAR 2008
THE BENEFIT CONCERT

DON HILL'S
511 GREENWICH STREET (AT SPRING) NYC
FROM 10:30 PM
$10 IN ADVANCE, $15 AT DOOR
21 AND OVER, I.D. REQUIRED

On what would have been Dean Johnson's 47th birthday, his many friends, cohorts and fellow musicians join for an epic celebration of New York City's recently lost Star. The towering Johnson was a pioneer in many ways, helping to shape the NYC gay and transgendered nightscape with his parties ROCK 'N ROLL FAG BAR and HOMOCORPS. Best known as songwriter and lead singer for two influential NYC bands, DEAN AND THE WEENIES and THE VELVET MAFIA, he will be remembered that way tonight. Both bands will take the stage for extended sets with guest artists from Dean's many nocturnal circles performing his most classic songs. At presstime, they are AMANDA POLLOCK, BEBE BUELL, BONNIE BOWERS, COREY TUT, DAZZLE DANCERS, DUELLING BANKHEADS, EUNICE HOLLAND, JENNY MAUL, JOEY ARIAS, KEVIN AVIANCE, MELISSA TIERS, MICHAEL "FORMIKA" JONES, MISS MANDY LEMONS, NURSE WANDA (JEAN WALSH), PERRI MASCO, PHOEBE LEGERE, THE GIRLS FROM PLANET MUFF, WORLD FAMOUS *BOB* and XAVIER. DJs are Dean's longtime collaborators CLARK RENDER and TENNESSEE

Besides celebrating Johnson's cultural legacy in video and song, the evening also nods to his big heart - 100% of proceeds after show expenses will benefit SYLVIA'S PLACE, providing shelter for homeless GLBT youth in NYC. The night is being produced by Dean's sister BETH JOHNSON with three of his longtime co-producers - CHI CHI VALENTI (THE JACKIE FACTORY) and JOE BIRDSONG and HATTIE HATHAWAY of RAPTURE EVENTS. ROCK N ROLL FAG BAR 2008 is also being planned with the help of visual and musical curators ALICE O'MALLEY, LESLIE STERNBERGH and ADAM ALEXANDER, STUART KLINGER (THE WEENIES) and SUSANNE HASSENSTEIN (THE VELVET MAFIA).

ADVANCE TICKETS NOW ON SALE via Credit Card, Debit Card or Paypal Balance.
Online box office will close at noon on 5/30 or before if sold out. If available, tickets will cost $15 at the door, in cash only.



Created by Joey Arias &  Basil Twist: a bejeweled cabinet of curiosities

After a triumphant six-year run in Las Vegas with Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity, Joey Arias returns to his true  home, New York City.  For the 10th Anniversary of the  Dorothy B. Williams Theatre Basil Twist returns to his home at HERE.

Two epic imaginations are unleashed to conjure a modern and intimate fantasy.  Twist's  signature magic envelopes Arias'  legendary voice, transporting us to unpredictable worlds, channeling ecstatic desires, lavish nightmares and bizarre premonitions that can only be found in one of downtown's last enclaves for bohemian New York style, HERE Arts Center.

JUNE 12 - JULY 13
ARIAS WITH A TWIST, starring Joey Arias
Directed and Designed by Basil Twist

Featuring wardrobe provided by  Thierry Mugler, musical arrangements by  Elliot Gordon and  Jean-Francois Houle, Sound Design by  Greg Duffin, Video Design by Daniel Brodie, Lighting Design by  Andrew Hill, and Alex Gifford of 
"The Propeller  Heads" contributes original songs.

extremely limited seating
TO BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW call 212-352-3101

Arias With a Twist will play at HERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Avenue)
Schedule: Wednesdays & Thursdays @9pm
Fridays & Saturdays @9pm & 12 Midnight
Sunday at 8pm

HMMMM....

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright couldn't have done more damage to Barack Obama's campaign if he had tried. And you have to wonder if that's just what one friend of Wright wanted.

Shortly before he rose to deliver his rambling, angry, sarcastic remarks at the National Press Club Monday, Wright sat next to, and chatted with, Barbara Reynolds.

A former editorial board member at USA Today, she runs something called Reynolds News Services and teaches ministry at the Howard University School of Divinity. (She is an ordained minister).

It also turns out that Reynolds - introduced Monday as a member of the National Press Club "who organized" the event - is an enthusiastic Hillary Clinton supporter. ...

MORE FROM HUFFPO

MORE FROM HOTGHETTOMESS.COM

SYLVESTER: GRATEFUL

Can we discuss the Two Tons of Fun's headdresses??? And I love those quick edits--so exciting!

SEPARATED AT BIRTH?

by Reavis Eitel

JULIE ANDREWS TURNS 70

To commemorate her birthday , actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP.

One of the musical numbers she performed was 'My Favorite Things' from the legendary movie 'Sound Of Music'. Here are the lyrics she used:



Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cadillacs and cataracts ,and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the pipes leak, When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.

Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.

Back pain, confused brains and no need for sinning',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinning',�
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.

When the joints ache, When the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad.

(Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores.)

Bunny note: But girl, be honest. You were balding since your twenties!

NO ONE CAN OUT-KOOK THE JAPANESE

COLLAR QUEEN?

Craig's List is a hoot. Here's a recent entry (perhaps inspired by the Pope's visit) forwarded by a friend:

Priest Cruising Me at Papal Mass, Sat AM - m4m - 29 (Midtown East)

Reply to: pers-648568768@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-04-19, 4:29PM EDT


Hey, Father, I saw you giving me the eye before Mass with the Pope at St. Pat's...I know your b/f who showed me your pic, but you don't know that yet...Hit me up and lets see if we can connect too (your b/f says you and your priest friends love younger guys). Major collar queen here...I know you guys read Craigslist...please e-mail!

I also was cruising the tranny prostitute section to check out my competition and found this odd pic for a hooking ad. I mean, she's really cute, but the argyle sock with a g-string and wife-beater posed by a pool table is just too many things! LOVE IT!

!

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE YOU FREAK

A tribute to Leigh Bowery and choreographer Michael Clark:

PAPER MAG'S DRAG PANEL

I edited this video a few years ago, and finally got it online with some help from my webmaster. It was my first attempt at video editing, and since the panel was so lively, it was very difficult to chop it down to a watchable (or so I believed) length. Paper's editor, David Hershkovitz presided, and the panelists included John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Musto, drag king Murray Hill, Boy George, and myself. The sound quality isn't top notch, and the editing (2 cameras) isn't exactly stellar. I know that Boy George is not gonna like the constant side angle we used on him, and I thank Satan that my double chins aren't shot from that angle. However, I do think that Boy George will be delighted at how insightful and funny he comes across. He'd been living in NYC for about a year at the time this was shot, and was totally part of the downtown gang, so he felt quite free to insult us all, especially me! Besides the intro which I narrate, the only other B-roll footage is a quick shot of the luscious Amanda LePore. I felt the need to include it since at the time this was recorded (2003?), she had not yet sky-rocketed to international fame. Anyway, it's a little long--in 2 parts--so wait until you have a little time to check it out. I would love to know what you guys think of my fledgling directorial effort! And thanks to Paper for letting me combine their footage with mine. And for arranging the whole thing at the downtown W Hotel. And to the wine sponsor, which freed our tongues quite successfully.

PART ONE



PART TWO

CATHOLIC LIGHT SWITCH

I don't think they thought this one through...

ENDORA'S GOWNS FOR SALE

Agnes Mooehead's evening gowns are being auctioned here. I wonder if wearing this high-collared gown gave BEWITCHED's casting department the idea of using her as Endora.



And check out these creations from Marlene Dietrich's and Liza Minelli's wardrobe!

MARLENE:



LIZA:

THIS SHOULD BE FUN

MILLIE JACKSON LIVE!

Singing her bombastic cover of IF LOVIG YOU IS WRONG in 1984. I've seen many soul divas perform, and none of them hits every stop with a hand movement like Millie does. I guess that's why her music is for popular for drag queens to synch to.



And here she is in a video for an 80's duet with Elton John which I'd never heard of.

CANDY CANDLES

From the Electric Company--dig those weird harmonies!

WHITNEY CONCERT IN TOBAGO

Wearing a white gown with a single shoulder strap, Houston skipped around the stage and continuously shouted to the crowd: "I love you Trinidad !'

Unfortunately, the concert was in Tobago! Locals shouted back each time: "This is Tobago!"

MORE: AOL NEWS

The article also mentions that by the 3rd tune into her set, Whitney's voice was a rasp. I just don't see how such a divine voice could disentegrate so fully. But I was in LA recently and someone show me some shocking footage in Turin where the former diva sounded awful. I had hoped that the drugs' effects on her chords would subside after she stopped using. But it may be a cumulative efect which has ruined some of her once stellar register for good. I hope not.

Here is a video of her Turin show. She sounds awful. And I hate the white gloves!

INSANE!

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.

Broderick Lloyd Laswell says he isn't happy that he's down to 308 pounds after eight months in the Benton County jail. He has filed a federal lawsuit complaining the jail doesn't provide inmates with enough food.

READ THE REST: UFFPO

NUTS IN THE ASS

WARNING: THIS IS TWISTED PORNOGRAPHY!

"AT LEAST IT'S A FRUIT PIE!"

SWEET! Notorious gay-basher Anita Bryant gets a pie in her face during an interview.




And here's drag legend Craig Russell imitating Anita at a 1980 Amsterdam show.

WORST RAP BATTLE EVER

HILARITY FROM SNL

SURPRISE PARTY

JAPANESE FORMATION VOGUING

STUNNING! AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE TALLER DANCERS AT THE END...(Now someone is telling me that they are from Thailand and deaf.)

SURGEONS REMOVE 6" CANNISTER FROM RECTUM

IN THE PHILLIPINES, WHILE THEY SURGEONS CHEER!

LIVELEAK

DINA MARTINA IN LONDON!

DO NOT MISS THIS HILARIOUS FREAK'S RUN AT LONDON'S SOHO THEATRE--BEGINNING 4/24!



MORE INFO AND TIX

A SERIOUS LINGERIE FETISH!

(AP)

Police: Man in drag rammed car into Mich. lingerie store

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police say a man dressed as a woman repeatedly crashed his car into a suburban Detroit lingerie store that refused to hire him.

Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe says Jeremy McIntosh, 27, was arrested Saturday outside Intimate Ideas. Damage to the store was estimated at $3,000.

McCabe says McIntosh was wearing "facial makeup, lipstick, blue Capri pants, red flip-flops, a flowery blouse and a matching flowery women's bra."

McIntosh told deputies he is homeless and wanted to go to jail because he had nowhere else to go.
McIntosh remained jailed after his arraignment Monday on charges including malicious destruction of property and reckless driving. McCabe says McIntosh doesn't have a lawyer yet.

FIERCE!

PROJECT RUNWAY SPOOF

LOST IN AUSTIN!

Y'ALL COME BY IF Y'ALL'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!


THEN I'LL BE PERFORMING IN PALM SPRINGS AT AZUL ON FRIDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY OF WHITE PARTY WEEKEND!

ANY JOB "OPENINGS"?

SLIP! DOUCHE! AAH!

BUN-BUN i'VIEWED BY GAY.COM

AN EXCERPT FROM THE INTERVIEW ON THE "NY GAY SCENE":


(photo by Sergio Kardenas)

GAYCOM: What are some great restaurants for a romantic gay date in New York? What about these restaurants appeals to you?

BUNNY: I'm a cock-hungry slut who normally only eats cock on a date. I mean, why would you want to throw up an expensive candle-lit dinner all over your man's cock after you ate?

CHECK OUT THE REST!

MA COMPUTER DONE BROKE!

And I'm on the road--so my blog will be on a (hopefully) short hiatus. --B

RANDI RHODES NEW GIG

The Nova M Radio Network is thrilled to announce the addition of “The Randi Rhodes Show” to its nationally syndicated talent offerings beginning this Monday, April 14, 2008.

Randi Rhodes is the #1 rated progressive talk radio host in the nation.

Nova M CEO John Manzo says, “I just can’t stop smiling - Randi is simply the biggest and the best. Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy under one roof – talk about TALENT!”

Randi Rhodes adds, “With Manzo at helm of Nova M, I am truly going to work for the best of the best. He is radio elite…and I am too . I’m home, I’m home, I’m home!”

“The Randi Rhodes Show” will air live Mon-Fri from 3-6pm Eastern on The Nova M Radio Network.

CELEB SEX DOLLS

Check here for more celeb sex dolls including JHO and Lindsay Fully Loaded at PIPEDREAMPRODUCTS.

WHAT WOULD A GAY TERRORIST LOOK LIKE?

JOHN ROBERTS' EMMY??!!??

Conrats! The kook from the NYC comedy troupe Pu Pu Platter actually won a daytime Emmy for his insane short in which he plays his mom. Read the interview and see the video HERE.

TRIED OUR RED SNAPPER?

WE LOVE A CREATIVE BUM!

DONNA SUMMER: BLACK POWER

Thanks to Jason for sending me this rare clip from some 1969-ish film. Donna's body looks amazing and she alsways sounds fantastic, but oddly, the Queen of Disco never really moved very well. I guess with that voice and those terrific songs, she didn't have to. But she does seem awfully bored to be singing Black Power. Wonder what this film was?

YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE

Check your Driver's License!

I definitely removed mine. I suggest you all do the same. Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the internet, including your own! I just searched for mine and there it was...picture and all!

Thanks Homeland Security! Go to the web site, and check it out. It's unbelievable!!! Just enter your name, city and state to see if
yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked 'Please Remove'.

This will remove it from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.

Please notify all your friends so they can protect themselves, too.

Believe me they will thank you for it.

LICENSE.SHORTURL.COM

CUCKOO!

IS THIS WHAT THEY MEAN BY "LOW-HANGERS"?

MAD TV'S KARDASHIANS

DJ TALLULAH'S TIMES OBIT

TIMESONLINE

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT COMMANDMENTS

SOME "DIRT" ON BETTY GRABLE

From Lypsinka:

From the bio "Ethel Merman" by Brian Kellow:


"The company for DUBARRY WAS A LADY was wacko - completely wacko," recalled Lewis Turner, a member of the show's dancing chorus....The "wacko" group of players also included Betty Grable, the vivacious blond dancer making her Bway debut after a discouraging nine-year stint in Hollywood...During a long run, a play's ensemble effort always deteriorates, and DUBARRY was no exception. One cast member whom Ethel observed from a somewhat critical distance was Betty Grable. Over the years Ethel would acquire a reputation for being tough on the beautiful girls in her shows. But it wasn't Grable's looks or popularity with the rest of the cast that unnerved her; it was her fondness for cutting up onstage. "Grable was happy to have a job," remembered Lewis Turner. "But she hated doing the same thing every night. It was just so boring to her. She would try to make everyone screw up somehow." One night, in the middle of a scene, Grable whispered in Lahr's ear, "How would you like to stick your cock up my ass and make some fudge?" Turner recalled that Lahr "couldn't remember the next line. The audience didn't know what was going on. He was hysterical."

HILLARY TAKES A CUE FROM SARAH SILVERMAN

I'M FUCKING O|BAMA

ELEPHANT PAINTS SELF PORTRAIT?

I'm now wondering if this touching video isn't fake. Since they never shoot the elephant from a wider angle, someone could easily be holding and maneuvering the trunk. Also, some animals have self-images an recognize themselves in mirrors, etc., so it's not impossible to believe that an elephant could paint itself. But how could it tell that humans would think a flower in the trunk would be a cute finishing touch? Hmmm.

NEVER PEE ON AN ELECTRIC FENCE

BIZARRE SEX HOW-TO RECORDING

DIANEPERNET.TYPEPAD.COM

CAROL BURNETT SHOW CLIP

THE CHURCH OF FUDGE

GET READY TO SHRIEK!

PENNY MCCLEAN: LADY BUMP

I hate this song except for the "Look at me" drum break, but it is insane to watch Penny shriek out that one weird note in this totally weird song which must have been written by non-English speakers. But I forgive Penny anything because she did actually record a song called DANCE, BUNNY HONEY, DANCE, DANCE.

LINDA CLIFFORD: RUNAWAY LOVE

The music video is so new at this point that the idea foor this one is shocking. But the artist (barefoot) on a fountain where there are already people watching--did they even get a permit?--and make it look as though the tourists who were already milling around the fountain are your audience. Cuckoo! And why oes she keep looking over to her right-at the director? But it's such a great song.



Here's Linda synching RED LIGHT from FAME in an early version of the MC Hammer doodoo britches which make her look positively deformed. And you'll never guess who pops up in the middle of this song!



And finally, here's her on some French Solid Gold-type show synch-ing IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW--backed by a horny spaceman????

SO STUPID I HAD TO POST

RENOWN CLOTHING COMMERCIAL: 1978