It's the longest running Public Access cable show in US history! ‘DeAundra Peek’s Teenage Music Club,’ which aired on Georgia Public Access Television from 1988-2004, is getting the retrospective it deserves at the Creative Space for Lease in Los Angeles SATURDAY NIGHT (August … [Read more...]
WOW Presents Clips: A Look Back at Queerdonna, the Legendary Madonna Impersonator (on Manhattan Cable, 1991)
Oh! What a sweetheart! I remember Queerdonna performing at clubs like the Limelight, Red Zone, and the Tunnel – dazzling the crowd with his fabulously perverse brand of Madonna idolatry. And then of course there were his jaw-dropping talk show appearances in the late '80s and … [Read more...]
The Top Ten Aretha Franklin Songs You MUST STOP AND WATCH RIGHT NOW
One of the top performers (if not THE top performer) of all time. We truly lived in the age of giants. With Aretha's passing today, the word feels a little emptier, a little sadder, and a whole lot quieter. That woman had a pair of LUNGS on her. And nobody could straddle musical … [Read more...]
#RIP: The Queen of Soul Inspired the 44th President
I am old enough to have been on the Aretha Franklin ride from the beginning of her mighty career, starting with The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962), a gift from my parental units when I was eight-years-old. Yet, when I heard the news of her passing this morning, the first … [Read more...]
FlashBack67: The Story Behind “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”
In January 1967, Aretha Franklin chose not to renew her contract with Columbia after six years with the company, and she moved over to Atlantic Records. She went next to NYC to try to jump-start her career. No one could have known at the time, but the first song that Franklin … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Madonna
August 16, 1958 - Madonna Louise Ciccone: ''I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." A talented, slightly hairy little Italian girl by the name Madonna Louise Ciccone was born in Detroit on this day. I am fascinated by, and I … [Read more...]
OMG Yay: Wigstock Is BACK – Thanks to Lady Bunny and… Neil Patrick Harris?
YES! Hallelujah! Wigstock, the legendary outdoor drag festival, will be returning to New York for the first time in almost 20 years (2001, to be exact). Lady Bunny, of course, is spearheading the revival alongside Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka who, according to … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Performer, Rose Marie
August 15, 1923: Rose Marie: "I love everything I have done. If that’s being conceited, I guess I am! I wouldn’t be in it this long if I didn’t love it. It was a beautiful life. In fact, I always say, if I had known how beautiful it was, I would have paid more … [Read more...]
The London Critics Agree: “Little Shop of Horrors” Remake Soars with Vicky Vox as the Man-Eating Plant!
LOCAL GIRL MAKES GOOD! LA-based drag queen Vicky Vox is wowing the Brits in a new production … [Read more...]
The Lineup for Bushwig 2018 Has Been Announced and It Looks Like Every Drag Queen EVER Will Be Performing
It was just announced that Bushwig, the world's largest queer drag and music festival, will be held at the Knockdown Center in Brooklyn, September 8th & 9th, and will feature two stages with 23 hours of non-stop drag performances. Fabulous! Get your tickets [Read more...]
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