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From the first time I say him singing backup along with Klaus Nomi for David Bowie on Saturday Night Live in 1979, to catching Strange Fruit, his evening of Billie Holiday songs at Seattle’s Rebar or one if his weekly shows at the tiny Bar d’O lounge in the West Village in the early 1990s, to his five-year stint in Las Vegas as mistress of ceremonies of Cirque du Soleil‘s erotic cabaret Zumanity, to his guest turns singing with Portland’s retro-orchestra Pink Martini, to Arias With A Twist, his astonishing collaboration with puppeteer Basil Twist in 2011, Arias has astounded me with his truly unpredictable career. Joey Arias is a performance artist, cabaret singer, drag artist, writer, comedian, and an incandescent star.