June 30, 2009
VANITY FAIR ON SARAH PALIN
FASCINATING, IN-DEPTH ARTICLE BY TODD S. PURDUM. HERE'S AN EXCERPT OF IT CAME FROM WASILLA:
Another aspect of the Palin phenomenon bears examination, even if the mere act of raising it invites intimations of sexism: she is by far the best-looking woman ever to rise to such heights in national politics, the first indisputably fertile female to dare to dance with the big dogs. This pheromonal reality has been a blessing and a curse. It has captivated people who would never have given someone with Palin’s record a second glance if Palin had looked like Susan Boyle. And it has made others reluctant to give her a second chance because she looks like a beauty queen.
ANOTHER EXCERPT:
"When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig’s condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God’s, and signed it “Trig’s Creator,
Your Heavenly Father.”
PUKE!
Another aspect of the Palin phenomenon bears examination, even if the mere act of raising it invites intimations of sexism: she is by far the best-looking woman ever to rise to such heights in national politics, the first indisputably fertile female to dare to dance with the big dogs. This pheromonal reality has been a blessing and a curse. It has captivated people who would never have given someone with Palin’s record a second glance if Palin had looked like Susan Boyle. And it has made others reluctant to give her a second chance because she looks like a beauty queen.
ANOTHER EXCERPT:
"When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig’s condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God’s, and signed it “Trig’s Creator,
Your Heavenly Father.”
PUKE!
DERRICK BARRY AS BRITNEY
HE ACTUALLY LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE HER! I'M NOT A FAN OF BRITNEY, BUT HE'S DAMN GOOD!
AND HERE HE IS ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT:
AND HERE HE IS ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT:
ANOTHER THEATER TWEED FRACTURED CLASSICK
IN CASE YOU DON'T GET THE REFERENCE, THE TITLE REFERS TO THE KIM NOVAK'S PICNIC. IT WILL BE FUN TO SEE SWEETIE PLAY AN 18 YEAR OLD!
The TWEED Fractured Classicks Series presents original interpretations of great American plays and movies. Call it parody. Call it satire. But don't call it camp! These productions are deceptively reverent, yet hilarious spins on classic American dramatic literature.
This particular dinosaur emerged in the early fifties and ran away with most of the season awards - including the Pulitzer! The performance features drag legend Sweetie in the lead role, Broadway's comic diva the peerless Julie Halston, and TWEED faviorites, Jay Rogers, Bradford Scobie, Steve Hayes, David Ilku and Greg Wallach, with a special turn by Bree Benton in her TWEED debut. Stephen Pell, of Ridiculous Theater fame, adapted the script, and Kevin Malony directs.
This one night only performance will be held at The Abrons Arts Center, the New York theater scene's best kept secret - but not for long.
Get your tickets now. Click here to purchase Tickets. Tickets are $20.
The TWEED Fractured Classicks Series presents original interpretations of great American plays and movies. Call it parody. Call it satire. But don't call it camp! These productions are deceptively reverent, yet hilarious spins on classic American dramatic literature.
This particular dinosaur emerged in the early fifties and ran away with most of the season awards - including the Pulitzer! The performance features drag legend Sweetie in the lead role, Broadway's comic diva the peerless Julie Halston, and TWEED faviorites, Jay Rogers, Bradford Scobie, Steve Hayes, David Ilku and Greg Wallach, with a special turn by Bree Benton in her TWEED debut. Stephen Pell, of Ridiculous Theater fame, adapted the script, and Kevin Malony directs.
This one night only performance will be held at The Abrons Arts Center, the New York theater scene's best kept secret - but not for long.
Get your tickets now. Click here to purchase Tickets. Tickets are $20.
GOD HATES THE WORLD
SUNG TO THE TUNE OF WE ARE THE WORLD. THESE ARE THE FREAKS WHO SHOW UP AT SOLDIER'S FUNERALS TO DAMN THE US BECAUSE OF OUR SINS--ESPECIALLY HOMOSEXUALITY.
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A CONVERSATION W/ LADY BUNNY AND LARRY KRAMER
THIS SEGMENT APPEARED ON PBS'S LONG RUNNING GAY NEWS MAGAZINE IN THE LIFE. I STUPIDLY FORGOT THE AIRDATE! BUT HERE IT IS ON YOUTUBE. IN THE LIF ASKED ME WHO I WANTED TO INTERVIEW AND I IMMEDIATELY SAID LARRY! I STILL HAVEN'T HAD THE NERVE TO WATCH IT BECAUSE I AM NOT NEARLY AS SMART AS LARRY! PLUS, MY WIG IS WEURD. IF YOU WATCH IT, LET ME KNOW HOW IT IS! I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL OR THE BRAVO A-LIST AWARDS YET. BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT I WILL BE APPEARING AS MYSELF ON TORI AND DEAN: HOME SWEET HOLLYWOOD ON THE OXYGEN CHANNEL ON TUESDAY JULY 21ST.
EXORCIZiNG THE HOMO DEMON
THIS WOULDN'T BE SO SHOCKING IF IT WAS IN TEXAS, BUT IT'S IN BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUTT, WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL! I HATE TO BREAK IT TO THIS "MINISTRY", BUT IF YOU CAN WRITHE ON THE FLOOR FOR THAT LONG AND KEEP YOUR SWEATER TUCKED IN, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A GAY. AT THE VERY END, A GUY SAYS "NO MORE FREDERICKA", SO I WONDER IF THIS POOR GAY IS A DRAG.
June 26, 2009
HURTS SO GOOD
MY FAV CATTY QUEEN REPORTER MIKE DIAMOND DECIPHERS FOLSOM STREET EAST LEATHER FEST. THE MOST SHOCKING? AN UNRECOGNIZABLY THIN CHI CHI LARUE!
THE SINGING DOMINATRIX
NICK CANNON'S IDIOTIC COMMENTS ALMOST RUIN THUS ADORABLE PERFORMANCE. AND IS SHARON OSBOURNE HAD THE FERGIE SURGERY? SHE'S LOOKING MORE AMPHIBIAN IN HIS CLIP.
"THE PITIFUL-EST"
TELEVANGELIST JAN CROUCH GOES OFF ON A TRIP TO ISRAEL! JIMMY JAMES WAS WATCHING THIS ON TV IN SAN ANTONIO WHILE WE HOWLED OER THE AUDIO. APPARENTLY SHE WAS WEARING WHITE BOOTS, AS ONE WOULD IN A FIELD. JAN IS OFTEN KNOWN TO BREAK DOWN IN HYSTERICS WHILE "MINISTERING".
HOT NEW WIG LOOKS!
THESE WERE FORWARDED TO ME SO I DON'T KNOW WHO STYLED THEM. BUT THEY DESERVE AN AWARD. THESE THRILL ME MORE THAN ALMOST ANYTHING I'VE SEEN IN A MUSEUM!
AND SPEAKING OF HOT WIG LOOKS....
MEET SUBMISSIVE TV ROBERTA RAE ON HER MYSPACE PAGE!
AND SPEAKING OF HOT WIG LOOKS....
MEET SUBMISSIVE TV ROBERTA RAE ON HER MYSPACE PAGE!
MJ MEMORIAL? WHOOPS!
FROM POPBITCH.COM:
"On the corner of Hollywood and Vine sits a star
along the "Hollywood Walk of Fame," with loads
of flowers, candles and pictures, surrounded by
fans of Michael Jackson. (Pictured in almost
every newspaper this morning). The star they have
been surrounding all day is marked with the
name, Michael Jackson. But the star does not
belong to The King of Pop, it belongs to British
born radio host Michael Jackson, who has been
an L.A. radio personality for over 30 years.
Seems the other Michael Jackson’s star has
been covered since early Thursday morning.
Covered by a red carpet. A red carpet
leading to The Chinese Theatre Hollywood
premiere of Bruno."
"On the corner of Hollywood and Vine sits a star
along the "Hollywood Walk of Fame," with loads
of flowers, candles and pictures, surrounded by
fans of Michael Jackson. (Pictured in almost
every newspaper this morning). The star they have
been surrounding all day is marked with the
name, Michael Jackson. But the star does not
belong to The King of Pop, it belongs to British
born radio host Michael Jackson, who has been
an L.A. radio personality for over 30 years.
Seems the other Michael Jackson’s star has
been covered since early Thursday morning.
Covered by a red carpet. A red carpet
leading to The Chinese Theatre Hollywood
premiere of Bruno."
June 25, 2009
SHEE HEE!
A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband.. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded, " Rome ? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome . How are you getting there?"
"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"
"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late. Where are you staying in Rome ?"
"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome 's Tiber River called Teste."
"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks it’s gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump"
"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."
"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a million other people are trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."
A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome .
"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "Not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28 year old steward who waited on me hand and foot.
The hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"
"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."
"Actually, we were quite lucky. As we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."
"Oh, really! What'd he say?"
=0 A
He said, "Who fucked up your hair?"
"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"
"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late. Where are you staying in Rome ?"
"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome 's Tiber River called Teste."
"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks it’s gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump"
"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."
"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a million other people are trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."
A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome .
"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "Not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28 year old steward who waited on me hand and foot.
The hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"
"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."
"Actually, we were quite lucky. As we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."
"Oh, really! What'd he say?"
=0 A
He said, "Who fucked up your hair?"
WORK IT OUT GIRL!
Police: Man dons bustier, can't skirt drug charges
June 25, 2009
TUSTIN, Calif. - Police say a California man donning a bustier and watching porn on a computer in an apartment complex gym was arrested after officers found drugs in his backpack.
Sgt. Todd Bullock says 45-year-old Stephen Murdoch of Tustin was arrested early Tuesday after a security guard spotted him in a workout room that was supposed to be closed and locked.
When police peered inside, they saw Murdoch - also in a miniskirt, fishnet stockings and heels - hiding behind exercise equipment and watching an adult film on a laptop.
Officers noticed Murdoch was sweating profusely and talking quickly. They arrested him on suspicion of drug possession after allegedly finding marijuana, methamphetamine and pipes in his bag.
Murdoch did not return a call seeking comment Wednesday.
June 25, 2009
TUSTIN, Calif. - Police say a California man donning a bustier and watching porn on a computer in an apartment complex gym was arrested after officers found drugs in his backpack.
Sgt. Todd Bullock says 45-year-old Stephen Murdoch of Tustin was arrested early Tuesday after a security guard spotted him in a workout room that was supposed to be closed and locked.
When police peered inside, they saw Murdoch - also in a miniskirt, fishnet stockings and heels - hiding behind exercise equipment and watching an adult film on a laptop.
Officers noticed Murdoch was sweating profusely and talking quickly. They arrested him on suspicion of drug possession after allegedly finding marijuana, methamphetamine and pipes in his bag.
Murdoch did not return a call seeking comment Wednesday.
BOYS BEWARE!
1950's ANTI-HOMO PROPAGANDA--HAPPY PRIDE! AS USUAL, IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO CONFUSE HOMOSEXUALS WITH PEDOPHILES--AN THAT'S AN INSULT TO US PEDOPHILES!
TWIST CELEBRATES IT'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY
JAN CROUCH
MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S LOCATED IN THE HEART OF SOUTH BEACH WHERE GORGEOUS LATINO AND NON-LATINO STUDS ABOUND, OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF 15 YEARS OF NO COVER IN AN INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE SOUTH BEACH. BUT TWIST IS CELEBRATING THEIR 15TH ANNIVERSARY AND FOR SOME REASON, THE LOCAL NBC WEBSITE USED THIS PIC TAKEN OF ME IN LA TO MARK THE DATE. I LOOK LIKE A RELATIVE OF EVENGELIST JAN CROUCH. WE BOTH HAVE A TOUCH OF THE PEKINESE IN US!
June 24, 2009
3 NYC PRIDE SHOWS TO CATCH!
MORE INFO/TIX
Thursday, June 25 at The Gramercy Theatre
Legendary comedian JOAN RIVERS kicks off Gay Pride Week as she presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous riffs on Hollywood, pop culture, celebrities, and award show fashions at The Gramercy Theatre (127 East 23 Street at Lexington Avenue). 2 Shows: 7:30 and 9:30pm. Tickets are $25-40 with net proceeds going to Joan Rivers' favorite charities: God's Love We Deliver and Guide Dogs for the Blind. Special Golden Circle packages are available with backstage meet & greet and photo op. Doors open one hour before showtime, with a full bar available.
Friday, June 26 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, June 27 at 10pm:
JACKIE BEAT: WITHOUT ME YOU'RE NOTHING! (The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street)
Big and ballsy drag icon Jackie Beat is bullying her way back to New York for her first Gay Pride show in a decade. Look forward to a spectacular night of self-involved entertainment, scathing song parodies, and blistering comedy.
Saturday, June 27 at 7:30pm:
DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY (The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street)
2008 Drama Desk Award nominee DIXIE LONGATE returns to NYC for 1 night only! The evening is presented just like a traditional Tupperware party, but fast-talking Dixie just can’t stop telling anecdotal stories from her colorful life -- from her failed marriages, to tips on child rearing, to stints at various women’s correctional facilities. Dixie details how she became the number one Tupperware seller in the world as she educates her guests on some alternative uses for her plastic products.
DIXIE LONGATE IS OUT HER MIND!
Thursday, June 25 at The Gramercy Theatre
Legendary comedian JOAN RIVERS kicks off Gay Pride Week as she presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous riffs on Hollywood, pop culture, celebrities, and award show fashions at The Gramercy Theatre (127 East 23 Street at Lexington Avenue). 2 Shows: 7:30 and 9:30pm. Tickets are $25-40 with net proceeds going to Joan Rivers' favorite charities: God's Love We Deliver and Guide Dogs for the Blind. Special Golden Circle packages are available with backstage meet & greet and photo op. Doors open one hour before showtime, with a full bar available.
Friday, June 26 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, June 27 at 10pm:
JACKIE BEAT: WITHOUT ME YOU'RE NOTHING! (The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street)
Big and ballsy drag icon Jackie Beat is bullying her way back to New York for her first Gay Pride show in a decade. Look forward to a spectacular night of self-involved entertainment, scathing song parodies, and blistering comedy.
Saturday, June 27 at 7:30pm:
DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY (The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street)
2008 Drama Desk Award nominee DIXIE LONGATE returns to NYC for 1 night only! The evening is presented just like a traditional Tupperware party, but fast-talking Dixie just can’t stop telling anecdotal stories from her colorful life -- from her failed marriages, to tips on child rearing, to stints at various women’s correctional facilities. Dixie details how she became the number one Tupperware seller in the world as she educates her guests on some alternative uses for her plastic products.
DIXIE LONGATE IS OUT HER MIND!
MALE LACTATION
I'VE HEARD THAT FEMALE HORMONES WILL MAKE TRANNIES LACTACTE, BUT I GUESS SOME MEN ARE JUST NATURAL MILKERS. THIS VIDEO IS REALLY STRANGE WITH THE VOCAL EFFECT, BUT THERE ISN'T EVEN A SCANT HALF TEASPOON!
THIS GUY USES A PUMP TO SQUIRT OUT HIS MAN MILK. FOR SOME REASON, EMBEDDING THIS VIDEO IS FORBIDDEN. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY!
YOUTUBE
THIS GUY USES A PUMP TO SQUIRT OUT HIS MAN MILK. FOR SOME REASON, EMBEDDING THIS VIDEO IS FORBIDDEN. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY!
YOUTUBE
THE FIRST BLOND GUY JOKE
An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work high up on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building..
They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, "Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I'm going to jump off this building."
The Mexican opened his lunch box and exclaimed, "Burritos again! If I get burritos one more time I'm going to jump off, too."
The blonde opened his lunch and said, " Bologna again! If I get a bologna sandwich one more time, I'm jumping too."
The next day, the Irishman opened his lunch box, saw corned beef and cabbage, and jumped to his death.
The Mexican opened his lunch, saw a burrito, and jumped, too.
The blonde guy opened his lunch, saw the bologna and jumped to his death as well..
At the funeral, the Irishman's wife was weeping. She said, "If I'd known how really tired he was of corned beef and cabbage, I never would have given it to him again!"
The Mexican's wife also wept and said, "I could have given him tacos or enchiladas! I didn't realize he hated burritos so much."
Everyone turned and stared at the blonde's wife. The blonde's wife said, "Don't look at me. The idiot makes his own lunch."
June 23, 2009
SING IT, GLADYS!
GLADYS IS A TRUE TREASURE. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAS CANCELLED HER SHOW EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN IN VEGAS! BUT THAT VOICE! IT'S LIKE AN OLD FRIEND.
HERE SHE'S STILL RULING IN '05 DOING A MEDLEY OF HER OWN HITS.
GLADYS PERFORMS HER SLOW COVER OF I WILL SURVIVE--A DRAG CLASSIC!
HERE, A DRAG LIPS YNCHS TO THE ALBUM VERSION, WITH THAT BRILLIANT SPOKEN INTRO:
HERE SHE'S STILL RULING IN '05 DOING A MEDLEY OF HER OWN HITS.
GLADYS PERFORMS HER SLOW COVER OF I WILL SURVIVE--A DRAG CLASSIC!
HERE, A DRAG LIPS YNCHS TO THE ALBUM VERSION, WITH THAT BRILLIANT SPOKEN INTRO:
LADY GAGA NOT A LADY?
THIS IS PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS IF IT'S TRUE, BUT I CHECKED LADY GAGA'S BLOG AND DIDN'T FIND ANY SUCH QUOTE SO IT'S IFFY. ADN THE PIC PROVES NOTHING--I'M NO EXPERT ON PUSSY, BUT SOME GIRLS JUST HAVE LARGER, JUICER ONES, I GUESS.
She's got a pretty solid Poker Face, but she's finally been caught bluffing...about her gender. That's right folks, Lady Gaga is a hermaphrodite. Rumours abounded after photos got released of her with what resembled a tiny penis in her pants, and these rumours were apparently confirmed by the sexually confused superstar on her blog:
Its not something that I'm ashamed of, just isn't something that i goaround telling everyone. Yes. I have both male and female genitalia, but i consider myself a female. Its just a little bit of a penis and really doesnt interfere much with my life. the reason I haven't talked about it is that its not a big deal to me. like come on. its not like we all go around talking about our vags. I think this is a great opportunity to make other multiple gendered people feel more comfortable with their bodies. I'm sexy, I'm hot. i have both a poon and a peener. big fucking deal. - L8d Gaga <3>
I WAS WAITING FOR A LADY GAGA CLONE TO APPEAR ET VOILA! MEET LITTLE BOOTS, A THIN BLONDE WITH OUTRAGEOUS OUTFITS AND SYNTH POP/DANCE GROOVES WHICH ACTUALLY SOUND PRETTY GOOD. HERE'S HER "SIZZLE REEL":
She's got a pretty solid Poker Face, but she's finally been caught bluffing...about her gender. That's right folks, Lady Gaga is a hermaphrodite. Rumours abounded after photos got released of her with what resembled a tiny penis in her pants, and these rumours were apparently confirmed by the sexually confused superstar on her blog:
Its not something that I'm ashamed of, just isn't something that i goaround telling everyone. Yes. I have both male and female genitalia, but i consider myself a female. Its just a little bit of a penis and really doesnt interfere much with my life. the reason I haven't talked about it is that its not a big deal to me. like come on. its not like we all go around talking about our vags. I think this is a great opportunity to make other multiple gendered people feel more comfortable with their bodies. I'm sexy, I'm hot. i have both a poon and a peener. big fucking deal. - L8d Gaga <3>
I WAS WAITING FOR A LADY GAGA CLONE TO APPEAR ET VOILA! MEET LITTLE BOOTS, A THIN BLONDE WITH OUTRAGEOUS OUTFITS AND SYNTH POP/DANCE GROOVES WHICH ACTUALLY SOUND PRETTY GOOD. HERE'S HER "SIZZLE REEL":
A NOLA QUEEN STOLE FLOTILLA'S ACT!
Beating with gold lame boot brings five-year term by Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune
The weapon was one gold lame boot.
The victim: An early-morning patron at a French Quarter bar known for welcoming drag queens and their paramours.
The perpetrator: Walter Black, 41, of Belle Chasse, who had already racked up convictions for robbery and extorting some $10,000 from a priest he was having sex with and blackmailing in 2001.
Black's latest escapade has him headed back to prison. On Friday, an Orleans Parish judge sentenced him to five years for using his gold boot to beat a man outside the Double Play bar, 439 Dauphine St., at 3:37 a.m. Oct. 25, 2008.
MORE: NOLA.COM
The weapon was one gold lame boot.
The victim: An early-morning patron at a French Quarter bar known for welcoming drag queens and their paramours.
The perpetrator: Walter Black, 41, of Belle Chasse, who had already racked up convictions for robbery and extorting some $10,000 from a priest he was having sex with and blackmailing in 2001.
Black's latest escapade has him headed back to prison. On Friday, an Orleans Parish judge sentenced him to five years for using his gold boot to beat a man outside the Double Play bar, 439 Dauphine St., at 3:37 a.m. Oct. 25, 2008.
MORE: NOLA.COM
CATHOLIC PRIEST IN DRAG HITS BILLBOARD CHARTS!
Ohio Catholic Priest Comes OUT as a Drag Queen with a Billboard Dance Hit
Father Anthony is "Big Mama Capretta" - Gigantic vibrations are growing even larger with Big Mama Capretta's new hit single 'Big Mama's House' currently #25 on the U.S. Billboard Club Play dance chart.
In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Big Mama Capretta reveals the surprise truth about her identity. By day, Capretta is none other than Father Anthony (aka Vincent Capretta), a proud practicing Catholic priest from Columbus, Ohio. By night, Big Mama Capretta is one heck of a fun drag queen performing for her minions!
Big Mama Capretta
"It's Big Mama y'all! And, I am no longer afraid to come out of the closet as a gay Catholic Priest!" shouts the 'out-and-proud' Big Mama Capretta aka Father Anthony Capretta.
"Thank you everyone for buying, playing and charting 'Big Mama's House.' I am living proof that a person can do anything they set their mind to. We have to love and enjoy ourselves in this world. And, I am enjoying my life being who I am and who God intended me to be! Now, let's DANCE y'all!"
MORE: POSTCHRONICLE
HERE'S THE VIDEO AND MISS THING HAS SOME OF THE TOP REMIXERS FROM EDDIE AMADOR TO DAVE AUDE RETOOLING HER TRACK!
I'm sure the church is furious, and here's article which points out that Father Anthony is NOT a member of the Roman Catholic church. Their priests like to commit their homosexual acts in private, not out in the open with videos and such!
Father Anthony is "Big Mama Capretta" - Gigantic vibrations are growing even larger with Big Mama Capretta's new hit single 'Big Mama's House' currently #25 on the U.S. Billboard Club Play dance chart.
In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Big Mama Capretta reveals the surprise truth about her identity. By day, Capretta is none other than Father Anthony (aka Vincent Capretta), a proud practicing Catholic priest from Columbus, Ohio. By night, Big Mama Capretta is one heck of a fun drag queen performing for her minions!
Big Mama Capretta
"It's Big Mama y'all! And, I am no longer afraid to come out of the closet as a gay Catholic Priest!" shouts the 'out-and-proud' Big Mama Capretta aka Father Anthony Capretta.
"Thank you everyone for buying, playing and charting 'Big Mama's House.' I am living proof that a person can do anything they set their mind to. We have to love and enjoy ourselves in this world. And, I am enjoying my life being who I am and who God intended me to be! Now, let's DANCE y'all!"
MORE: POSTCHRONICLE
HERE'S THE VIDEO AND MISS THING HAS SOME OF THE TOP REMIXERS FROM EDDIE AMADOR TO DAVE AUDE RETOOLING HER TRACK!
I'm sure the church is furious, and here's article which points out that Father Anthony is NOT a member of the Roman Catholic church. Their priests like to commit their homosexual acts in private, not out in the open with videos and such!
June 21, 2009
June 18, 2009
A GLIMPSE INTO MY FUTURE....
Truck driver spooked by 'pervert' at rest stop (with 911 calls)
A South Daytona man was arrested Monday at an Interstate 4 rest stop near Daytona Beach after a trucker called the sheriff's office saying a man was soliciting him for sex.
"A pervert tried to get in my truck and do something with me," a trucker said in a recorded 911 call.
Deputies arrested Jordan Lewis, 59, for trespassing because Lewis had already been warned twice previously for hanging out in the rest area.
"He's kind of cruising the truck line," a woman told a 911 dispatcher in another recorded call. "He's heading over to another truck right now."
MORE: ORLANDOSENTINEL
HEAR THE 911 CALL
A South Daytona man was arrested Monday at an Interstate 4 rest stop near Daytona Beach after a trucker called the sheriff's office saying a man was soliciting him for sex.
"A pervert tried to get in my truck and do something with me," a trucker said in a recorded 911 call.
Deputies arrested Jordan Lewis, 59, for trespassing because Lewis had already been warned twice previously for hanging out in the rest area.
"He's kind of cruising the truck line," a woman told a 911 dispatcher in another recorded call. "He's heading over to another truck right now."
MORE: ORLANDOSENTINEL
HEAR THE 911 CALL
June 17, 2009
HONEY DIJON'S B'DAY THIS SUNDAY
Ms Honey Dijon Birthday Bash at Hiro Sundays w/ Honey Dijon, Quentin Harris, Amanda Lepore, Erich Conrad, Drew, Mack
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 10:00pm
Hiro Ballroom, The Maritime Hotel NYC 363 West 16th street
Join us this sunday to celebrate one of the Best Djs in NYC history,, Miss Honey Dijon, in a night like any others, we will have Amazing Dj Legends, one from here ( the one and only Quentin Harris) and a huge surprise from Chicago, performing house Classics, an event not to miss!
AND STOP BY SPLASH FROM 7-11 FIRST. BOTH NIGHTS ARE FREE!
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 10:00pm
Hiro Ballroom, The Maritime Hotel NYC 363 West 16th street
Join us this sunday to celebrate one of the Best Djs in NYC history,, Miss Honey Dijon, in a night like any others, we will have Amazing Dj Legends, one from here ( the one and only Quentin Harris) and a huge surprise from Chicago, performing house Classics, an event not to miss!
AND STOP BY SPLASH FROM 7-11 FIRST. BOTH NIGHTS ARE FREE!
DRAG'S IN THE HEADLINES
THE COVER STORY OF TODAY'S DAILY NEWS!
Cops: Brooklyn man impersonates dead mother to collect $115,000 in Social Security, rent subsidies
READ THE REST: DAILY NEWS
Cops: Brooklyn man impersonates dead mother to collect $115,000 in Social Security, rent subsidies
READ THE REST: DAILY NEWS
SOME GRACE IN YOUR FACE
FROM THE UK'S MIRROR:
It wasn’t the most Graceful behaviour at the James Bond afterparty.
But watching ex-Bond girl Grace Jones go nuts when a fan stepped on her fur coat had us cackling into our vodka martinis.
The eccentric singer caused ructions in the VIP area of the Battersea Power Station bash when a poor guest accidentally trod on her fluffy number.
Grace kicked off big time, becoming incandescent with rage. Leaping away in fright, the 007 fan got both barrels as Grace started shrieking and shouting. At one point it looked like she was going to knock The Living Daylights out of him.
MORE: MIRROR
GRACE WILL APPEAR JULY 27TH AT LA'S HOLLYWOOD BOWL AND AT NYC'S HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM ON JULY 30TH!
TICKETS
It wasn’t the most Graceful behaviour at the James Bond afterparty.
But watching ex-Bond girl Grace Jones go nuts when a fan stepped on her fur coat had us cackling into our vodka martinis.
The eccentric singer caused ructions in the VIP area of the Battersea Power Station bash when a poor guest accidentally trod on her fluffy number.
Grace kicked off big time, becoming incandescent with rage. Leaping away in fright, the 007 fan got both barrels as Grace started shrieking and shouting. At one point it looked like she was going to knock The Living Daylights out of him.
MORE: MIRROR
GRACE WILL APPEAR JULY 27TH AT LA'S HOLLYWOOD BOWL AND AT NYC'S HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM ON JULY 30TH!
TICKETS
BRUNO GIVES STYLE TIPS
AN EXCERPT:
Dear Brüno, can men wear heels? When and why?
Of course. Some guys look great in heels—ze singer Pink, for example. Alzo, mein last boyfreund, Diesel, vas a genuine Pygmy only three eight, so ich made him vear heels so he could give me plow jops mitout me having to bend mein knees.
MORE: MEN.STYLE.COM
Dear Brüno, can men wear heels? When and why?
Of course. Some guys look great in heels—ze singer Pink, for example. Alzo, mein last boyfreund, Diesel, vas a genuine Pygmy only three eight, so ich made him vear heels so he could give me plow jops mitout me having to bend mein knees.
MORE: MEN.STYLE.COM
HOME VISIT WITH SIMON DOONAN
FROM THE NEW YORKER BY ARIEL LEVY:
JONATHON ADLER AND SIMON DOONAN
"Palatial gay fantasia" is how Simon Doonan described his apartment in Greenwich Village the other night, as he swept past two garden gnomes crouching under a bright-orange lacquered console in the foyer. "Glamorous romper room," he continued, heading toward a paisley-patterned Ping-Pong table in the living room.
"Because Johnny and I are very infantile." Nesting on bookshelves and tabletops were scores of ceramic animals designed by Doonan's spouse, the homeware baron Jonathan Adler. ("I'm just a simple potter!" Adler insisted.) A burlap bust of Napoleon was tucked into the fireplace, and about a fifth of the room was taken up by a huge black statue of a foot. "This is the antithesis of the two-room flat where I grew up," Doonan said.
Doonan's picaresque journey from ration books in Reading, England, to palatial gay fantasia is the subject of the British television show "Beautiful People," which was about to make its American début, on the Logo network. The show is adapted from Doonan's memoir "Nasty: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints." "When the book was optioned, everyone thought I'd start flying to work in a mink-lined helicopter," Doonan said. In reality, his compensation was a bit more modest; he wouldn't say how much he was paid, but allowed that it was "better than a poke in the eye with a dirty stick."
Fortunately for Doonan, he has never depended on the material rewards of writing. Since 1985, he has had a day job as the creative director of Barneys, an arrangement that he defends passionately. "If Virginia Woolf had had two days a week at the ham counter at Harrods, she mightn't have offed herself," he said. Doonan offered his visitor a drink from a recessed bar in the wall, lined with glasses bearing skull-and-crossbones decals and labelled "Arsenic," "Strychnine," "Cyanide," and "Wood Alcohol." "We don't drink at all," Doonan said, "but we have this faux masculine-"
"It's mantique-y," Adler said, indicating the bar and a large leather hippopotamus nearby. "You are the ultimate mantique," Adler told Doonan, who, at fifty-six, is fourteen years his senior.
"Cinquante-six," Doonan said. "Ever since I passed fifty, I'm aging in French. It's more glamorous."
MORE: NEWYORKER.COM
JONATHON ADLER AND SIMON DOONAN
"Palatial gay fantasia" is how Simon Doonan described his apartment in Greenwich Village the other night, as he swept past two garden gnomes crouching under a bright-orange lacquered console in the foyer. "Glamorous romper room," he continued, heading toward a paisley-patterned Ping-Pong table in the living room.
"Because Johnny and I are very infantile." Nesting on bookshelves and tabletops were scores of ceramic animals designed by Doonan's spouse, the homeware baron Jonathan Adler. ("I'm just a simple potter!" Adler insisted.) A burlap bust of Napoleon was tucked into the fireplace, and about a fifth of the room was taken up by a huge black statue of a foot. "This is the antithesis of the two-room flat where I grew up," Doonan said.
Doonan's picaresque journey from ration books in Reading, England, to palatial gay fantasia is the subject of the British television show "Beautiful People," which was about to make its American début, on the Logo network. The show is adapted from Doonan's memoir "Nasty: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints." "When the book was optioned, everyone thought I'd start flying to work in a mink-lined helicopter," Doonan said. In reality, his compensation was a bit more modest; he wouldn't say how much he was paid, but allowed that it was "better than a poke in the eye with a dirty stick."
Fortunately for Doonan, he has never depended on the material rewards of writing. Since 1985, he has had a day job as the creative director of Barneys, an arrangement that he defends passionately. "If Virginia Woolf had had two days a week at the ham counter at Harrods, she mightn't have offed herself," he said. Doonan offered his visitor a drink from a recessed bar in the wall, lined with glasses bearing skull-and-crossbones decals and labelled "Arsenic," "Strychnine," "Cyanide," and "Wood Alcohol." "We don't drink at all," Doonan said, "but we have this faux masculine-"
"It's mantique-y," Adler said, indicating the bar and a large leather hippopotamus nearby. "You are the ultimate mantique," Adler told Doonan, who, at fifty-six, is fourteen years his senior.
"Cinquante-six," Doonan said. "Ever since I passed fifty, I'm aging in French. It's more glamorous."
MORE: NEWYORKER.COM
MUSTO REVIEWS THE AMFAR BASH
FROM LA DOLCE MUSTO:
Fashion, showbiz, and charity collided at amfAR's Honoring With Pride benefit, where they toasted activist Cleve Jones, stylist Patricia Field, and drag DJ Lady Bunny for being cultural characters with cojones. "But what have you done for AIDS aside from spreading it?" I cracked to Bunny at the event. "Isn't that enough?" she replied, chortling. "These organizations wouldn't be able to exist without all I've done! By the way, I used to be a flight attendant, and I went to Africa under the name Patient Zero."
READ MORE: VILLAGEVOICE.COM
HERE'S MY OUTFIT FOR THE NIGHT FROM STYLE.COM: STYLE.COM
When I catch a breath from my travels I will post my own pics.
ALSO OF NOTE IN THIS ISSUE OF THE VOICE:
Dear Savage Love: so I sucked this guy's cock and later I find he's shit my couch. What should I do? Dan Savage has answers to this and many other household problems. Dan Savage has the answer.
Fashion, showbiz, and charity collided at amfAR's Honoring With Pride benefit, where they toasted activist Cleve Jones, stylist Patricia Field, and drag DJ Lady Bunny for being cultural characters with cojones. "But what have you done for AIDS aside from spreading it?" I cracked to Bunny at the event. "Isn't that enough?" she replied, chortling. "These organizations wouldn't be able to exist without all I've done! By the way, I used to be a flight attendant, and I went to Africa under the name Patient Zero."
READ MORE: VILLAGEVOICE.COM
HERE'S MY OUTFIT FOR THE NIGHT FROM STYLE.COM: STYLE.COM
When I catch a breath from my travels I will post my own pics.
ALSO OF NOTE IN THIS ISSUE OF THE VOICE:
Dear Savage Love: so I sucked this guy's cock and later I find he's shit my couch. What should I do? Dan Savage has answers to this and many other household problems. Dan Savage has the answer.
STONEWALL 40TH ANNIVERSARY TRANS HEROS
I AM HONORED TO BE INCLUDED IN A LONG LIST OF TRANS HEROS BY THE MPERIAL COURT. THERE WILL BE A PARTY TO CELEBRATE ALL THE OTHER HONOREES FROM STONEWALL VETERAN SYLVIA RIVIERA TO RUPAUL TO LADY CHABLIS TO CHI CHI LARUE TO MELISSA SKLARZ TO JAMISON GREEN TO WAAAAAAAY TOO MANY TO NAME HERE. A PARTY'S SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH AT THE STONEWALL BAR ON CHRISTOPHER STREET.
VIEW ALL AND MORE INFO: IMPCOURT.ORG
RANDY JONES' NEW BOOK!
THE FORMER COWBOY FROM THE VILLAGE PEOPLE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK AND IF IT'S ANYWHERE NEAR AS FUN AS HE IS, IT'LL BE A MUST-READ!
Hayne Suthon & Randy Jones invite you to celebratele Macho Man: The Disco Era and the Coming Out of Gay America, the book by Randy Jones (available at AMAZON.COM)
and Hayne Suthon's super birthday party
at MARFA NYC Restaurant
There will be a WILD WEST SHOWDOWN between Macho Man and The Lovely Ladettes of Lucky Cheng's
A special performance of Y.M.C.A.
by Randy Jones and the Ladies of Lucky Chengs as the Village People
Libations and Food
Hayne Suthon & Randy Jones invite you to celebratele Macho Man: The Disco Era and the Coming Out of Gay America, the book by Randy Jones (available at AMAZON.COM)
and Hayne Suthon's super birthday party
at MARFA NYC Restaurant
There will be a WILD WEST SHOWDOWN between Macho Man and The Lovely Ladettes of Lucky Cheng's
A special performance of Y.M.C.A.
by Randy Jones and the Ladies of Lucky Chengs as the Village People
Libations and Food
June 16, 2009
June 14, 2009
LT. UHURU GOES GHETTO ON TRUCK TURNER
FROM YOUTUBE:
Nichelle Nichols plays in "Truck Turner" as the QueenB and is putting a hit on Truck Turner (Issac Hayes) after he killed her man/pimp. Now is left in charge of looking after the stable of hoes and finding a new pimp for protection.
Nichelle Nichols plays in "Truck Turner" as the QueenB and is putting a hit on Truck Turner (Issac Hayes) after he killed her man/pimp. Now is left in charge of looking after the stable of hoes and finding a new pimp for protection.
June 13, 2009
PRIDE 2009
THE VIDEO FOR THIS NEW SONG WAS REJECTED BY LOGO, BUT I QUITE LIKE THE HISTORICAL FOOTAGE--THEY CERTAINLY COVER A LOT OF GROUND. INTERESTING COMMENTS ON YOUTUBE ALSO.
REMEMBERING HOWELL HEFLIN
FROM POLITICALWIRE.COM:
Swampland has this blast from the past: "My favorite press release of all time. It is dated July 19, 1994, and was issued by then-Senator Howell Heflin's office. That morning, the Senator had been dining in the Capitol with some Alabama reporters, and suddenly felt a sniffle coming on. The reporters were aghast when the Senator reached into his pocket, pulled out a bit of fabric and began to wipe his nose with ... a pair of ladies underwear."
Here's the press release:
STATEMENT OF SEN. HOWELL HEFLIN
HANDKERCHIEF
JULY 19, 1994
I mistakenly picked up a pair of my wife's white panties and put them in my pocket while I was rushing out the door to go to work.
Rather than take a chance on being embarrassed again, I'm going to start buying colored handkerchiefs.
Swampland has this blast from the past: "My favorite press release of all time. It is dated July 19, 1994, and was issued by then-Senator Howell Heflin's office. That morning, the Senator had been dining in the Capitol with some Alabama reporters, and suddenly felt a sniffle coming on. The reporters were aghast when the Senator reached into his pocket, pulled out a bit of fabric and began to wipe his nose with ... a pair of ladies underwear."
Here's the press release:
STATEMENT OF SEN. HOWELL HEFLIN
HANDKERCHIEF
JULY 19, 1994
I mistakenly picked up a pair of my wife's white panties and put them in my pocket while I was rushing out the door to go to work.
Rather than take a chance on being embarrassed again, I'm going to start buying colored handkerchiefs.
DANNY LA RUE OBIT
AN EXCERPT FROM THE ECONOMIST.COM:
Looking fabulous was all her money was for. A cool £10,000 was budgeted for her frocks at the Palace, and £30,000 when she played Widow Twankey in “Aladdin”. One mirrored train cost £7,000; one wrap involved £8,500-worth of fox-fur. He spent his earnings on houses, a stately home with 76 bedrooms, a Rolls Royce and fine porcelain. Fire, and a fraud into which he innocently stumbled in 1983, destroyed almost all he had saved for. He started again, doggedly doing the rounds of clubs, pier-ends and provincial theatres, the outposts of a disappearing world.
MORE: ECONOMIST.COM
Looking fabulous was all her money was for. A cool £10,000 was budgeted for her frocks at the Palace, and £30,000 when she played Widow Twankey in “Aladdin”. One mirrored train cost £7,000; one wrap involved £8,500-worth of fox-fur. He spent his earnings on houses, a stately home with 76 bedrooms, a Rolls Royce and fine porcelain. Fire, and a fraud into which he innocently stumbled in 1983, destroyed almost all he had saved for. He started again, doggedly doing the rounds of clubs, pier-ends and provincial theatres, the outposts of a disappearing world.
MORE: ECONOMIST.COM
June 12, 2009
June 11, 2009
DAYTONA'S BILLIE BOOTS!
FROM YOUTUBE:
A brief clip from my documentary QUEENS FOR A NIGHT. This excerpt features the late Billie Boots, a drag performer headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. To purchase this film, go to http://www.upstairsmedia.com/umistore
A brief clip from my documentary QUEENS FOR A NIGHT. This excerpt features the late Billie Boots, a drag performer headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. To purchase this film, go to http://www.upstairsmedia.com/umistore
TIMES SQUARE IN 1950
THIS PRE-DISNEYFICATION PIC IS A MUST-SEE. THE MOST PROMINENT SIGN IS FOR SCHAEFER BEER! AND IT HAS NO LIGHTS ON IT!
VIEW: 1.bp.blogspot.com
VIEW: 1.bp.blogspot.com
ARTSY EMAIL FORWARD "JOKE"
A thief in Paris planned to steal some Paintings from the Louvre.
After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van.
However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas.
When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, "Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings---
I had no Monet
To buy Degas
To make the Van Gogh."
See if you have De Gaulle to send this on to someone else.
I sent it to you because I figured I had nothingToulouse ....
After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van.
However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas.
When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, "Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings---
I had no Monet
To buy Degas
To make the Van Gogh."
See if you have De Gaulle to send this on to someone else.
I sent it to you because I figured I had nothingToulouse ....
June 10, 2009
I BLAME OBAMA FOR THESE
GHETTO LOVIN' (GREASE'S SUMMER LOVIN' PARODY)
LILSHOWSTOPPA DEAREST
LILSHOWSTOPPA DEAREST
Lilshowstoppa Dearest - watch more funny videos
TIME OUT QUIZ
DO YOU BELONG IN NEW YORK?
TAKE THE TEST YOURSELF: TIMEOUT.COM
WARNING: IT'S LONG!
AND ALTHOUGH IT INCLUDES A QUESTION FROM ME:
Asks Lady Bunny (drag queen):
"Can you stomach having mice and roaches as pets? You don't have to feed them or clean up after them or have a friend babysit them while you're out of town."
Yes
No
I GOT A 10, WHICH MEANS GET OUT, YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. SORRY, BUT I'M A LIFER!
TAKE THE TEST YOURSELF: TIMEOUT.COM
WARNING: IT'S LONG!
AND ALTHOUGH IT INCLUDES A QUESTION FROM ME:
Asks Lady Bunny (drag queen):
"Can you stomach having mice and roaches as pets? You don't have to feed them or clean up after them or have a friend babysit them while you're out of town."
Yes
No
I GOT A 10, WHICH MEANS GET OUT, YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. SORRY, BUT I'M A LIFER!
DRAG SHOW VERITE 3
DRAG VIDEO HODGE PODGE AT LICOLN CENTER--AND IT'S FREE!
Drag Show Video Verite
Thursday, June 18, 2009
6pm
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue (between 64th and 65th Streets)
New York, NY
Admission: FREE!
Dress: Optional
MOE INFO: NYPL.ORG
(212) 642-0142
It’s the ultimate New York City drag show… on video tape.
Drag Show Video Verite screens rare film and video footage that captures the faces and places, past and present, of New York City’s vibrant drag scene.
See a trailer for the 2009 edition:
Now in its third year, Drag Show Video Verite premieres a new edition of all new footage each June during Gay Pride at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium. The 2009 edition premieres June 18, 2009 at 6 pm. Admission is free. Dress optional. Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for seating.
Drag Show Video Verite’s video mash up offers a who’s who of NYC drag over the past 50 years. A full list of the male and female impersonators featured in the 2009 edition is provided below.
Of special note in this year’s line up are recently discovered and never before screened out takes from the landmark pre-Stonewall drag documentary The Queen (1968) with commentary by the film’s star Flawless Sabrina and the world premiere of Tie Biz with Murray Hill, directed by Mary C. Matthews and produced by Murray Hill. Also of note is rare footage of Divine (backstage and onstage in The Neon Woman at Hurrah’s) and Jewel Box Revue lead performer Mr. Lynn Carter. This material is part of The Emerald City, a 1970s NYC public access cable television program that covered the gay community.
As has become a tradition at each edition’s premiere, concert pianist and drag diva Jacqueline Jonee will open the screening with a performance on the Bruno Walter Auditorium’s grand piano accompanying a slide show of NYC drag photographs. This year’s featured photographer is Ves Pitts. Previous featured photographers have included Ande Whyland and Derrick Little.
“Ranging across New York’s unique drag heritage...much to stimulate and provoke.” The Guardian
GUARDIAN
“Brings back those halcyon , hairsprayed days and nights.” Time Out New York
TIMEOUT.COM
Drag Show Video Verite 2009 features rare and never before seen footage of:
Adrian, All The Kings Men, Joey Arias, Bebe Sahara Benet, Lady Bunny, Mr. Lynn Carter, Circus Amok, International Chrysis, Lavinia-Co-op, Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, Flotilla DeBarge, Agnes de Garron, Storme DeLaviere, Divine, Dred, Ethyl Eichelberger, Epiphany, Flloyd, Zondra Foxx, Oswaldo Gomez,Murray Hill, Harlow, Britney Houston, Mimi Imfurst, The Imperial Court, Ivan the Terrible, Marsha P. Johnson, Needles Jones, Jelly Joplin, Robert LaFosse as Isadora Duncan, Charles Ludlam, Lypsinka, Dina Martina, Brini Maxwell, Rumi Missabu, Raven O, Rollerena, Peppermint, Everett Quinton, Radical Faeries, Rollerena, RuPaul, Flawless Sabrina, Linda Simpson, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Eve Starr, Sweetie, Sydicious, Sylvia Sydney, Tabboo!, Tigger, Tish, Ann Tique, Lahoma VanZandt, Miss Vera’s Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, Sherry Vine, Gusty Winds, Rose Wood, Holly Woodlawn and many, many more.
Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for seating.
Drag Show Video Verite
Thursday, June 18, 2009
6pm
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue (between 64th and 65th Streets)
New York, NY
Admission: FREE!
Dress: Optional
MOE INFO: NYPL.ORG
(212) 642-0142
It’s the ultimate New York City drag show… on video tape.
Drag Show Video Verite screens rare film and video footage that captures the faces and places, past and present, of New York City’s vibrant drag scene.
See a trailer for the 2009 edition:
Now in its third year, Drag Show Video Verite premieres a new edition of all new footage each June during Gay Pride at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium. The 2009 edition premieres June 18, 2009 at 6 pm. Admission is free. Dress optional. Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for seating.
Drag Show Video Verite’s video mash up offers a who’s who of NYC drag over the past 50 years. A full list of the male and female impersonators featured in the 2009 edition is provided below.
Of special note in this year’s line up are recently discovered and never before screened out takes from the landmark pre-Stonewall drag documentary The Queen (1968) with commentary by the film’s star Flawless Sabrina and the world premiere of Tie Biz with Murray Hill, directed by Mary C. Matthews and produced by Murray Hill. Also of note is rare footage of Divine (backstage and onstage in The Neon Woman at Hurrah’s) and Jewel Box Revue lead performer Mr. Lynn Carter. This material is part of The Emerald City, a 1970s NYC public access cable television program that covered the gay community.
As has become a tradition at each edition’s premiere, concert pianist and drag diva Jacqueline Jonee will open the screening with a performance on the Bruno Walter Auditorium’s grand piano accompanying a slide show of NYC drag photographs. This year’s featured photographer is Ves Pitts. Previous featured photographers have included Ande Whyland and Derrick Little.
“Ranging across New York’s unique drag heritage...much to stimulate and provoke.” The Guardian
GUARDIAN
“Brings back those halcyon , hairsprayed days and nights.” Time Out New York
TIMEOUT.COM
Drag Show Video Verite 2009 features rare and never before seen footage of:
Adrian, All The Kings Men, Joey Arias, Bebe Sahara Benet, Lady Bunny, Mr. Lynn Carter, Circus Amok, International Chrysis, Lavinia-Co-op, Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, Flotilla DeBarge, Agnes de Garron, Storme DeLaviere, Divine, Dred, Ethyl Eichelberger, Epiphany, Flloyd, Zondra Foxx, Oswaldo Gomez,Murray Hill, Harlow, Britney Houston, Mimi Imfurst, The Imperial Court, Ivan the Terrible, Marsha P. Johnson, Needles Jones, Jelly Joplin, Robert LaFosse as Isadora Duncan, Charles Ludlam, Lypsinka, Dina Martina, Brini Maxwell, Rumi Missabu, Raven O, Rollerena, Peppermint, Everett Quinton, Radical Faeries, Rollerena, RuPaul, Flawless Sabrina, Linda Simpson, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Eve Starr, Sweetie, Sydicious, Sylvia Sydney, Tabboo!, Tigger, Tish, Ann Tique, Lahoma VanZandt, Miss Vera’s Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, Sherry Vine, Gusty Winds, Rose Wood, Holly Woodlawn and many, many more.
Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for seating.
ROCKIT! FRIDAYS!
I'M BACK AR ROCKIT! THIS WEEK--THE HOT FRIDAY NIGHT PARTY AT AMALIA IN HELLS KITCHEN. IT'S FREE AND THERE IS AN OPEN BAR FROM 10:00-11:00. I HAVE A BLAST EVERY TIME I SPIN HERE AND THAT IS NOT JUST EMPTY PROMO TALK. THE UPSTAIRS DJ, KEO NOZARI TAKES CARE OF THE POP TARTS AND I GET TO SPIN ANYTHING FROM NEW HOUSE TO PEACE IN THE VALLEY AND DEEE-LITE. LOTSA FUN I A BEAUTIFUL CLUB CALLED AMALIA.
THIS IS CALLED BONE STRUCTURE
A HANDSOME FRIEND FROM PARIS WHO SHOWED UP OUT OF NOWHERE
TIANA (RIGHT) AND FRIEND
MY BOSS BRANDON VOSS (RIGHT)
SOME OF THE CUTEST ARE ALREADY TAKEN!
PUKE! ANOTHER COUPLE!
ANOTHER STUNNER!
ORDINARILY, I DON'T GO FOR BLONDS, BUT...
MORE MY TYPE!
THE BEST LOOKING GUY THERE (LEFT) WOULDN'T LOOK AT THE CAMERA
CAN WE DISCUSS THE GUY ON THE LEFT'S EYE AND LIP SIZE? AND HE'S 7 FEET TALL! THINK HE MIGHT BE HORSE-HUNG?
EVEN THE BAR STAFF ARE INTOXICATING!