MISS CLEO'S A LESBO!
posted by Lady Bunny at Friday, September 29, 2006
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September 29, 2006
MARC JACOBS I'VIEW FROM GENRE MAGAZINE
In the THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, everyone goes ape shit over the new Marc Jacobs bag. You don’t get any hauter than this designer, who cranks out both his own top-notch line and Louis Vuitton’s. But unlike the monster bitch played by Meryl Streep in the hit fashion-themed flick, this fashion wunderkind is charming, intelligent, humble, amusing and down-to-earth. So obviously, he and I have nothing whatsoever in common! He doesn’t do many interviews and even turned down Oprah’s first request, so I was thrilled that Marc consented to take a break from his hectic preparations for the fall fashion shows to chat avec moi (that’s classy French-talk!) from his Paris office.
B: I'd like to start to start off with a fascinating rumor that's been circulating for years--that you bought transsexual NYC door girl Connie Fleming’s breast implants as a present for her.
B: What? Did I? I don't know.
B: I just love the idea of designer breasts!
M: I love the idea of it, too. I'm pretty generous to my friends and I don't remember Connie ever asking me to pay for her tits. But Connie did stay in my apartment a lot and take of my dog when I was away. I don't know if I paid her for it or just gave her money. That part of my life is a bit fuzzy because I was a little out of it in those days. But it's very possible. You should really ask her because I'm sure she'd tell you if I did.
THE DELICIOUS CONNIE FLEMING AKA THE CONNIE GIRL
B: Well, Marc here's why I'm asking: I need a double chin removable.
M: I'm sure we can work something out.
B: How much time do you spend in Paris vs London?
M: It's pretty much 50/50. I'm back and forth all the time.
B: Do you the Marc Jacobs stuff here or there--how do you split that up?
M: I do some of it in NY with my team in NY and some of it here, like the knitwear, the shoes and the bags. We do those fittings here. but it all overlaps because no matter where I am I'm always working on a little bit of everything.
B: How do you separate which design goes to Marc Jacobs an which to Louis Vuitton? If you have a really great idea do you give it to Louis or keep it for your own line?
M: I'ts not really that difficult. When my partner Robert Duffy and I put together the groups of people that work here at Vuitton or my team in NY, they are people that have like aesthetics--we're sort of similar and different. We all have some of the same ideas but they end up completely different. Like if I love the color red one season and they love it Vuitton too, we both do it, but in one place it may become a red bag and in another place it may become a red sweater. Or if we all love the idea of tight, long skirts, they just never look the same. I might shove a couple of ill-fitting crinolines underneath mine or they may do that. So even if the ideas are similar in the beginning, they manifest themselves differently.
B: You're now doing home furnishings, children's clothes, dog clothes, when do you run out of ideas?
M: Again, it's not just me. I'm really lucky that I work with such a great group of people. And I'm not like an egomaniacal control freak, so if someone comes in and says it "Oh it would be cute to do this " and I think it would and I'm (laughs) having I'm goo day) then I say "Yeah, let's go for it. And Robert works on creating all these small, less expensive things for the store and people love them--everything from swim caps to motorcycle helmets to surfboards. I come in and say we should do the cashmere sweaters for dogs and children just becuase while we're at the factory doing them we might as well do them for other creatures, too. And then somebody picked up on the fact that we were doing that and a children's wear company called and asked if we'd do a children's range inspired by Marc Jacobs. So then we brought in another designer with more expertise in the children's wear area and she's so into what we do that it]. So we put something out there in a small way and then if there's a reaction to it, we get in the kind of necessary reinforcement and help to push it forward.
B: Well speaking of forward, what's coming up? What's hot? Genre readers are mostly slutty gay males and I'm sure that they're all delighted by the snug-fitting trousers that are so in for a season or two.
M: I don't think I do too well in the Adonis gay world or in the slutty female world either, because we don't make really trashy, slutty, sexy vulgar show-it-all clothes. It's actually more like the opposite. I LOVE that they may be underneath, but I don't like it overtly shown. It's never really been my taste to show it all off, but I do like stripping down those layers and finding it underneath.
B: Tell me about your new Hausfrau chic--my mom never knew she was so au courant ! Do you show those with the white Keds sneakers with no laces like she use to wear to Kmart?
M: No, we show them with worn-down oxfords. But I find beauty in imperfection. I don't mean to sound pretentious or anything, but I just think--I know it sounds really corny but that's the way I am--I like people and their personalities. I think clothes are great and they're really great for dress up and you can do and be whatever you want through clothes. But what I find aesthetically interesting is always something imperfect or something that the world doesn't necessarily look at as something to aspire to. I'm not about making aspirational fashion where like you'll woo a millionaire in this dress, or guys will be tripping over themselves. at the gym if you wear these shorts. That's just not my thinking. I just think the sweet guy in the corner whose drawers are droopy and doesn't have the right sneakers on and doesn't know where Chelsea i is much cooler.
B: Tell me about your Al Gore t-shirt--are you a big Gore supporter?
M: Actually, I’m kind of a go-along politician with Robert. I’m definitely a democrat and would love to see a democrat in office, but Robert is a big Al Gore and Hillary Clinton supporter. Robert’s in charge of the statements we make in the windows in our West Village store. We can’t stand the Bush guy.
B: I was really shocked to see Hollywood A-lister Faye Dunaway on a short-lived reality/competition show The Starlet. And then I was watching Project Runway and I noticed that well-respected designers Michael Kors and Kate Spade were judges. Is that something you ever see yourself doing?
M: No, I would never do it. In fact, I was approached. I can’t be a judge, I can’t be a bitchy queen—
Well that’s what they want. And Michael Kors sure can be!
M: I’m pretty TV shy. Well, not shy, but I pick and choose really carefully. I don’t have the time or patience and I don’t want to be cruel to people—it’s just unnecessary. If it makes entertaining viewing, then fine.. But let somebody else do it. I’m not about puffing myself up at somebody else’s expense emotionally.
B: Broadway shows now star sitcom actors and fashion mags have Jennifer Aniston on the cover, who in my opinion is neither beautifulnor elegant. Is that a symptom of fashion’s being dumbed down like everything else?
M: I always find that there’s an irony and a perversity to all this. When I look at some of the magazines and see The Star—it’s not like that in Paris. In the states people are completely glued to their television sets. If any of those actresses tears her dress or has toilet paper hanging out of her leggings or whatever, they just go completely insane. What they’re wearing? Where they got it from? Who’s their stylist? I think it’s all the same.
I prefer to see fashion’s unique characters on magaine covers. Like Alex Wek, who is certainly not girl-next-door pretty (unless you live in Africa) but who’s extremely elegant than Jennifer. But I guess the flip side is that this makes fashion more accessible to the masses if rap stars are name-checking high fashion designers.
M: I think it spreads the word faster. When you have something on a celebrity people do notice it, so more people learn your name. And that’s great. But I think the magazines put celebrities on the cover because it sells more issues—it’s really that fundamental.
B: But when a celebrity cover model for Vogue isn’t even chic—
M: It doesn’t matter. When people say “Sex sells”, It doesn’t have to be good sex.. Sex sells whether it’s good or bad. Good sex may sell more.
B: So that’s where I went wrong with my ill-fated career in prostitution!
M: A really great actress who is elegant may sell some issues, but Jessica Simpson may sell the most because she’s pop culture and many people will buy anything with her face on it. I’m not putting her down, I’m just saying that it has nothing to do with their performance or their intellect or their style or
grace.
B: Speaking of celebrity models, Li’l Kim—
M: Who I love…
B: She’s from the hood but she seems so sweet. Have you been in touch and heard any tales from the slammer?
M: Yeah! I wrote her every couple of weeks and she wrote me back. She sendt me two beautiful drawings that she did with the sweetest notes. In the first letter she told me about playing volleyball and the inmates were so great to her. They made her a high heel stiletto-shaped cake out of Jolly Rancher candies and Oreo cookies. So apparently they were all loving her in there.
B: (Thinking) I’ll bet they did!
M: An she was very gung ho on making her volleyball team the #1 team in the prison. She was in good spirits, but she also wrote to me an said how hard it was dealing with her family life and professional life while she was in there. But she’s out now. She’s really smart and she’s really talented. I love people who are kind of fearless andjust have a voice and say what they want to say.
B: Did you get to design anything in the Louis Vuitton/Mariah Carey video?
M: Everything in that video was Louis Vuitton. That was really, really exciting. Mariah was here in Paris and I got to meet her for the first time—I’m a huge fan. The storyboard for the video was that she wanted to be in the Vuitton store shopping and indulging herself. I went over to her hotel room just to meet her while they were doing fittings. They shot it in Paris all day and all night for a couple of nights and then they went to LA because I guess Snoop couldn’t make it.
B: Maybe for the same reason he can’t go back to England.
M: I get so excited to meet these people. It’s like a different world. I do listen to their music at work and it does keep me energized all day. So it’s great to meet your heroes.
B: Is Mariah cool?
M: Such a sweetheart. She’s so lovely. Again, I’m not the type to say something bad about someone even if I didn’t like them, but I wouldn’t go on about how sweet they are if I didn’t like them. She was great—absolutely lovely. Also, I don’t really meet people when they’re in their divadom/abusive mode. If they have those moods, they don’t show it to me. Kim’s been sweet, Mariah, and when I worked with Jennifer Lopez, all the bullshit about how she carries on—she was so not like that with me or any of the people from our crew.
B: As long as you all arrived in white cars, wearing white and holding freesia-scented white candles in each hand. I just purchased your entire line of Louis Vuitton bags...on Canal Street! I’m kidding! Any thoughts on counterfeiting?
M: Well, there’s my line and the company line. Obviously, Vuitton is a billion dollar company and they don’t believe in counterfeiting—it’s illegal. So they do everything they can to protect their logos and the bags we create. But some of it does get by..like the stuff on Canal Street.
B: Do you think it might even spread Vuitton’s appeal as status symbols? The originals are not going to be paraded through lower income neighborhoods too often, so it almost creates a demand.
M: What I told you before is the company line. I feel that the reason it’s being copied is that there’s such a huge demand for it. And a lot of people cannot afford to buy a Vuitton bag, which aren’t produced in mass quantities like the counterfeits. For me and my design team, it’s flattering that we’ve had an idea that so many people want that it’s being copied. So on a design level it’s flattering. Again, I think this is just logic: any woman who can afford to buy a real Vuitton bag is going to buy a counterfeit one because it’s less expensive. And I don’t think anyone who buys a counterfeit bag because it’s less expensive…if she had the money she’d opt for the real thing. It’s not like you’re on your way to Louis Vuitton and decided you’d just go an get it at Canal Street because I on’t think you’d be satisfied with a fake if the real thing is what you wanted. If I wanted a Rolls Royce I wouldn’t be satisfied with a Volkswagen that looked like a Rolls Royce.
B: Do you think snobby types think “Everyone has one—these are too common. I guess that’s why you have a new season twice a year!
M: Everything is copied. The Marc Jacobs bags are knocked off. Balenciaga, everything Gucci, Fendi, and Chloe does. Going back to your thing about celebrities. If some celebrity goes to a supermarket and she’s carrying a certain bag, then there’s going to be a huge part of the population that wants to carry that same bag or one that looks like it, to the supermarket.
B: Did you design that beautiful white background bag with the colored letters?
M: Yeah. I worked with a Japanese artist named Kashi Morakame (sp?) and we created that together.
B: It was stunning! I’d like a caftan in it, size 22, with matching accessories and luggage delivered to my…Hello Marc? Marc? You still there?
B: I'd like to start to start off with a fascinating rumor that's been circulating for years--that you bought transsexual NYC door girl Connie Fleming’s breast implants as a present for her.
B: What? Did I? I don't know.
B: I just love the idea of designer breasts!
M: I love the idea of it, too. I'm pretty generous to my friends and I don't remember Connie ever asking me to pay for her tits. But Connie did stay in my apartment a lot and take of my dog when I was away. I don't know if I paid her for it or just gave her money. That part of my life is a bit fuzzy because I was a little out of it in those days. But it's very possible. You should really ask her because I'm sure she'd tell you if I did.
THE DELICIOUS CONNIE FLEMING AKA THE CONNIE GIRL
B: Well, Marc here's why I'm asking: I need a double chin removable.
M: I'm sure we can work something out.
B: How much time do you spend in Paris vs London?
M: It's pretty much 50/50. I'm back and forth all the time.
B: Do you the Marc Jacobs stuff here or there--how do you split that up?
M: I do some of it in NY with my team in NY and some of it here, like the knitwear, the shoes and the bags. We do those fittings here. but it all overlaps because no matter where I am I'm always working on a little bit of everything.
B: How do you separate which design goes to Marc Jacobs an which to Louis Vuitton? If you have a really great idea do you give it to Louis or keep it for your own line?
M: I'ts not really that difficult. When my partner Robert Duffy and I put together the groups of people that work here at Vuitton or my team in NY, they are people that have like aesthetics--we're sort of similar and different. We all have some of the same ideas but they end up completely different. Like if I love the color red one season and they love it Vuitton too, we both do it, but in one place it may become a red bag and in another place it may become a red sweater. Or if we all love the idea of tight, long skirts, they just never look the same. I might shove a couple of ill-fitting crinolines underneath mine or they may do that. So even if the ideas are similar in the beginning, they manifest themselves differently.
B: You're now doing home furnishings, children's clothes, dog clothes, when do you run out of ideas?
M: Again, it's not just me. I'm really lucky that I work with such a great group of people. And I'm not like an egomaniacal control freak, so if someone comes in and says it "Oh it would be cute to do this " and I think it would and I'm (laughs) having I'm goo day) then I say "Yeah, let's go for it. And Robert works on creating all these small, less expensive things for the store and people love them--everything from swim caps to motorcycle helmets to surfboards. I come in and say we should do the cashmere sweaters for dogs and children just becuase while we're at the factory doing them we might as well do them for other creatures, too. And then somebody picked up on the fact that we were doing that and a children's wear company called and asked if we'd do a children's range inspired by Marc Jacobs. So then we brought in another designer with more expertise in the children's wear area and she's so into what we do that it]. So we put something out there in a small way and then if there's a reaction to it, we get in the kind of necessary reinforcement and help to push it forward.
B: Well speaking of forward, what's coming up? What's hot? Genre readers are mostly slutty gay males and I'm sure that they're all delighted by the snug-fitting trousers that are so in for a season or two.
M: I don't think I do too well in the Adonis gay world or in the slutty female world either, because we don't make really trashy, slutty, sexy vulgar show-it-all clothes. It's actually more like the opposite. I LOVE that they may be underneath, but I don't like it overtly shown. It's never really been my taste to show it all off, but I do like stripping down those layers and finding it underneath.
B: Tell me about your new Hausfrau chic--my mom never knew she was so au courant ! Do you show those with the white Keds sneakers with no laces like she use to wear to Kmart?
M: No, we show them with worn-down oxfords. But I find beauty in imperfection. I don't mean to sound pretentious or anything, but I just think--I know it sounds really corny but that's the way I am--I like people and their personalities. I think clothes are great and they're really great for dress up and you can do and be whatever you want through clothes. But what I find aesthetically interesting is always something imperfect or something that the world doesn't necessarily look at as something to aspire to. I'm not about making aspirational fashion where like you'll woo a millionaire in this dress, or guys will be tripping over themselves. at the gym if you wear these shorts. That's just not my thinking. I just think the sweet guy in the corner whose drawers are droopy and doesn't have the right sneakers on and doesn't know where Chelsea i is much cooler.
B: Tell me about your Al Gore t-shirt--are you a big Gore supporter?
M: Actually, I’m kind of a go-along politician with Robert. I’m definitely a democrat and would love to see a democrat in office, but Robert is a big Al Gore and Hillary Clinton supporter. Robert’s in charge of the statements we make in the windows in our West Village store. We can’t stand the Bush guy.
B: I was really shocked to see Hollywood A-lister Faye Dunaway on a short-lived reality/competition show The Starlet. And then I was watching Project Runway and I noticed that well-respected designers Michael Kors and Kate Spade were judges. Is that something you ever see yourself doing?
M: No, I would never do it. In fact, I was approached. I can’t be a judge, I can’t be a bitchy queen—
Well that’s what they want. And Michael Kors sure can be!
M: I’m pretty TV shy. Well, not shy, but I pick and choose really carefully. I don’t have the time or patience and I don’t want to be cruel to people—it’s just unnecessary. If it makes entertaining viewing, then fine.. But let somebody else do it. I’m not about puffing myself up at somebody else’s expense emotionally.
B: Broadway shows now star sitcom actors and fashion mags have Jennifer Aniston on the cover, who in my opinion is neither beautifulnor elegant. Is that a symptom of fashion’s being dumbed down like everything else?
M: I always find that there’s an irony and a perversity to all this. When I look at some of the magazines and see The Star—it’s not like that in Paris. In the states people are completely glued to their television sets. If any of those actresses tears her dress or has toilet paper hanging out of her leggings or whatever, they just go completely insane. What they’re wearing? Where they got it from? Who’s their stylist? I think it’s all the same.
I prefer to see fashion’s unique characters on magaine covers. Like Alex Wek, who is certainly not girl-next-door pretty (unless you live in Africa) but who’s extremely elegant than Jennifer. But I guess the flip side is that this makes fashion more accessible to the masses if rap stars are name-checking high fashion designers.
M: I think it spreads the word faster. When you have something on a celebrity people do notice it, so more people learn your name. And that’s great. But I think the magazines put celebrities on the cover because it sells more issues—it’s really that fundamental.
B: But when a celebrity cover model for Vogue isn’t even chic—
M: It doesn’t matter. When people say “Sex sells”, It doesn’t have to be good sex.. Sex sells whether it’s good or bad. Good sex may sell more.
B: So that’s where I went wrong with my ill-fated career in prostitution!
M: A really great actress who is elegant may sell some issues, but Jessica Simpson may sell the most because she’s pop culture and many people will buy anything with her face on it. I’m not putting her down, I’m just saying that it has nothing to do with their performance or their intellect or their style or
grace. B: Speaking of celebrity models, Li’l Kim—
M: Who I love…
B: She’s from the hood but she seems so sweet. Have you been in touch and heard any tales from the slammer?
M: Yeah! I wrote her every couple of weeks and she wrote me back. She sendt me two beautiful drawings that she did with the sweetest notes. In the first letter she told me about playing volleyball and the inmates were so great to her. They made her a high heel stiletto-shaped cake out of Jolly Rancher candies and Oreo cookies. So apparently they were all loving her in there.
B: (Thinking) I’ll bet they did!
M: An she was very gung ho on making her volleyball team the #1 team in the prison. She was in good spirits, but she also wrote to me an said how hard it was dealing with her family life and professional life while she was in there. But she’s out now. She’s really smart and she’s really talented. I love people who are kind of fearless andjust have a voice and say what they want to say.
B: Did you get to design anything in the Louis Vuitton/Mariah Carey video?
M: Everything in that video was Louis Vuitton. That was really, really exciting. Mariah was here in Paris and I got to meet her for the first time—I’m a huge fan. The storyboard for the video was that she wanted to be in the Vuitton store shopping and indulging herself. I went over to her hotel room just to meet her while they were doing fittings. They shot it in Paris all day and all night for a couple of nights and then they went to LA because I guess Snoop couldn’t make it.
B: Maybe for the same reason he can’t go back to England.
M: I get so excited to meet these people. It’s like a different world. I do listen to their music at work and it does keep me energized all day. So it’s great to meet your heroes.
B: Is Mariah cool?
M: Such a sweetheart. She’s so lovely. Again, I’m not the type to say something bad about someone even if I didn’t like them, but I wouldn’t go on about how sweet they are if I didn’t like them. She was great—absolutely lovely. Also, I don’t really meet people when they’re in their divadom/abusive mode. If they have those moods, they don’t show it to me. Kim’s been sweet, Mariah, and when I worked with Jennifer Lopez, all the bullshit about how she carries on—she was so not like that with me or any of the people from our crew.
B: As long as you all arrived in white cars, wearing white and holding freesia-scented white candles in each hand. I just purchased your entire line of Louis Vuitton bags...on Canal Street! I’m kidding! Any thoughts on counterfeiting?
M: Well, there’s my line and the company line. Obviously, Vuitton is a billion dollar company and they don’t believe in counterfeiting—it’s illegal. So they do everything they can to protect their logos and the bags we create. But some of it does get by..like the stuff on Canal Street.
B: Do you think it might even spread Vuitton’s appeal as status symbols? The originals are not going to be paraded through lower income neighborhoods too often, so it almost creates a demand.
M: What I told you before is the company line. I feel that the reason it’s being copied is that there’s such a huge demand for it. And a lot of people cannot afford to buy a Vuitton bag, which aren’t produced in mass quantities like the counterfeits. For me and my design team, it’s flattering that we’ve had an idea that so many people want that it’s being copied. So on a design level it’s flattering. Again, I think this is just logic: any woman who can afford to buy a real Vuitton bag is going to buy a counterfeit one because it’s less expensive. And I don’t think anyone who buys a counterfeit bag because it’s less expensive…if she had the money she’d opt for the real thing. It’s not like you’re on your way to Louis Vuitton and decided you’d just go an get it at Canal Street because I on’t think you’d be satisfied with a fake if the real thing is what you wanted. If I wanted a Rolls Royce I wouldn’t be satisfied with a Volkswagen that looked like a Rolls Royce.
B: Do you think snobby types think “Everyone has one—these are too common. I guess that’s why you have a new season twice a year!
M: Everything is copied. The Marc Jacobs bags are knocked off. Balenciaga, everything Gucci, Fendi, and Chloe does. Going back to your thing about celebrities. If some celebrity goes to a supermarket and she’s carrying a certain bag, then there’s going to be a huge part of the population that wants to carry that same bag or one that looks like it, to the supermarket.
B: Did you design that beautiful white background bag with the colored letters?
M: Yeah. I worked with a Japanese artist named Kashi Morakame (sp?) and we created that together.
B: It was stunning! I’d like a caftan in it, size 22, with matching accessories and luggage delivered to my…Hello Marc? Marc? You still there?
posted by Lady Bunny at Friday, September 29, 2006
144 comments
September 28, 2006
DINA MARTINA NAILS IT!
It's hard to describe the tragic magic that is DIna, the Seattle-based queen who's currently wowing them until this Sunday at The Cutting Room. It's even hard to photograph her during her high energy performance of new material like the forgotten "gem" ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK to a couple old fav's like THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA. All, of course, filtered through Dina's delightfully demented delivery, choreography and props, with her totally insane banter between.
Dina does frequently venture offstage to interact with the audience, and the result is a rare blend of hilarity and actual fear when she makes a sudden movement. Dispensing with gifts (that's with a soft "g"), Dina had no sooner pulled out a headshot of THREE'S COMPANY star Joyce Dewitt than Joyce herself appeared onstage, as perky and pretty as ever. Promoter Chip Duckett had really done his homework. Naturally, the crowd went nuts for the pair.
I snapped them after the show and realized that both superstars have the exact same hairstyle! (You may notice the brown pipe-cleaner broach Dina's wearing to remind folks of the fight against "rump cancer.")
And if this pair wasn't heavenly enough, out of nowhere Joe Kovacs and Madame appeared out of thin air. (Actually it was out of a dingy knapsack.)
Dina's last NYC performance of SOFT PALATE, HIDDEN ARCHES is October 7th. FOR MORE INFO: SPINCYCLE
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 28, 2006
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FLOTILLA UPDATE
Gay City News has confirmed that Flotilla is being held by police for "allegedly assauting" a couple at APT on Sunday. According to an anonymous witness, the couple seemed drunk. Flotilla does not drink a drop or take any drugs--other than those prescribed by Dr. Scholls. I certainly hope the mysterious witness is right in that Flotilla did not start the fracas. And though they were hurt, I'm glad that the girl's eye wasn't hanging out of it's socket as some folks were rumoring. Though I suppose one might describe the couple after the incident as being rather "well-heeled." As far as Flo's shoe being vouchered as a "deadly weapon", she doesn't usually wear spikes, but she does take a rather large ladies' size. And of course, there is the shoes' smell to consider, which might up their "deadly" quotient. Seriously, Flo is a beloved NYC performer who I've enjoyed working with for over a decade and I hope that she's proven innocent. And I'm glad the bond isn't the $30,000 which was being batted about, but a mere $1,500, which Flo could easily rustle up by performing a quick 30 bookings.
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posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 28, 2006
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RARE GRACE JONES CLIP
The diva is singing (or synch-ing) I NEED A MAN from her first album PORTFOLIO, which featured the loveliest photo of her ever taken. The song is kinda cheesy, but she recorded a quite a few of these faggy disco numbers (including SEND IN THE CLOWNS) before she hit her stride with her slower, funkier smashes like PULL UP TO THE BUMBER.
Does anyone know who designed her gown in this? And check out that triangle-shaped rouge!
YOUTUBE
VJ TOM YAZ AT THERAPY THIS SATURDAY!
I love youtube cuz you can watch what you want when you want it. I'm so rarely excited by anything on TV that it's like a goldmine to me. But if you are tired of the clips, don't enjoy watching them on a tiny screen, or just need to get away from your computer for a second, my VJ friend Tom Yaz is headed to Therapy this Saturday with his incredible clips which you can enjoy with a cocktail and maybe get some trade, gurl! Many of his carefully guarded clips aren't found on youtube and he brought the house down at SHOWGIRLS in P'town this summer with some very kooky vintage ads and THE SILENCER by Joi Lansing. I'd never even heard of Joi until Tom turned me on to her. Here's the platinum goddess performing WEB OF LOVE. Warning! The set, art direction and costuming might cause heart palpitations!
JOI LANSING SMOULDERS IN WEB OF LOVE
WATCH: WEBOFLOVE
For more campy Scopiotones videos visit their site: SCOPIOTONES.COM
A STILL FROM SCOPIOTONE'S GALE GARNETT SINGING WHERE DO YOU GO TO GO AWAY?
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 28, 2006
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MEET FRANSEXUAL!
She's the transexual trannie hooker named Frances. Living in London, she writes well and chronicles her "work" in the holesale business discretely.
Here's a sample passage:
"Summer is a busy time of year for me with my ‘Arab’ clientele, as they all fly over to London for to escape the fierce heat of summer back home, like 45 degrees…phew...! Some will arrive family in tow; the wives go off shop shop shopping to Harrods, whilst their hubbies pop along to Frances’ shop front. Then there’s the ones who’ll come alone, book into some swank West End hotel and then it’s ‘Playboy’ time until the sun comes up; for some, that's due to the mounds of coke one sees in their hotel suite. You see, Arabic culture, due to the heat there, doesn’t come alive until the late cool of the evening and that’s how they behave here too, thus I get a lot of late night calls. I’m always sure to have plenty of Jonnie Walker ‘Black label’ in stock at the ‘Office’; they love that stuff...! As for smoking, good God, were they chimneys in a previous life?"
READ MORE: FRANSEXUAL.BLOGSPOT
Here's a sample passage:
"Summer is a busy time of year for me with my ‘Arab’ clientele, as they all fly over to London for to escape the fierce heat of summer back home, like 45 degrees…phew...! Some will arrive family in tow; the wives go off shop shop shopping to Harrods, whilst their hubbies pop along to Frances’ shop front. Then there’s the ones who’ll come alone, book into some swank West End hotel and then it’s ‘Playboy’ time until the sun comes up; for some, that's due to the mounds of coke one sees in their hotel suite. You see, Arabic culture, due to the heat there, doesn’t come alive until the late cool of the evening and that’s how they behave here too, thus I get a lot of late night calls. I’m always sure to have plenty of Jonnie Walker ‘Black label’ in stock at the ‘Office’; they love that stuff...! As for smoking, good God, were they chimneys in a previous life?"
READ MORE: FRANSEXUAL.BLOGSPOT
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 28, 2006
26 comments
JAMES MCGREEVEY SUCKS!
At truck stops, no less! Or who knows, maybe he got sucked instead.
Michael Musto's latest column brands former disgraced NJ governor Jim McGreevey as "the schmuck of the year." Apparently, he claims in his new book to always have used condoms at his visits to truck stops and Michael doesn't believe him. Well, I've used condoms in public sex venues, so I don't find THAT so hard to believe. However, I did pick up the NEW YORK magazine issue with an excerpt of Jim's new book in it. I find this quote very tough to swallow--as hard to swallow as the semen trapped in a condom on a truckdriver's cock at a truck-stop tryst. At this point in his book, the shit has hit the fan and Jim's lover has gone to tattle to the press after falling from favor with his gay lover/employer. Jimmy's in the governor's mansion fessing up to his inner circle. His words? "I'm coming out...I'm a gay American."
Hogwash! If these words ring true to you, then you're a gay Polak.
Michael Musto's latest column brands former disgraced NJ governor Jim McGreevey as "the schmuck of the year." Apparently, he claims in his new book to always have used condoms at his visits to truck stops and Michael doesn't believe him. Well, I've used condoms in public sex venues, so I don't find THAT so hard to believe. However, I did pick up the NEW YORK magazine issue with an excerpt of Jim's new book in it. I find this quote very tough to swallow--as hard to swallow as the semen trapped in a condom on a truckdriver's cock at a truck-stop tryst. At this point in his book, the shit has hit the fan and Jim's lover has gone to tattle to the press after falling from favor with his gay lover/employer. Jimmy's in the governor's mansion fessing up to his inner circle. His words? "I'm coming out...I'm a gay American."
Hogwash! If these words ring true to you, then you're a gay Polak.
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 28, 2006
28 comments
September 27, 2006
BOATHOUSE ROCKS
On Monday I high-tailed it to the gorgeous Puck Building to spin at AMFAR's annual BOATHOUSE ROCKS AIDS charity event. It's more of a eat-a-thon than a dance-a-thon, since chi-chi restaurants provide tasting booths which feature their truly delectable wares. If I do say so myself, I positively sparkled in a gold holographic assymetrical caftan, a silhouette which suits my newly ampler figure.
LIGHTS! CAMERA! JENNY CRAIG!
Franklin Fry, one of the events coordinators, was kind enough to greet me when I arrived, and alert me to the fact that I had a postage stamp stuck to the side of my wig! That wig is going places but I removed it cuz I didn't want to look like a mail. (Whew! Cheap puns are my specialty!) One must look one's best at these socialite-heavy affairs, and I'm always delighted to see the Imperial Court of New York drag queens out en masse and dressed to the nines. Catch the necklace on former empress Robyn Kradles!
Rumor has it that this bejeweled creature will be next year's empress.
Demi Tasse, who creates the coiffures for many of the courtiers, was on hand, in a stunning jewel-encrusted coiffure festooned with thick, glossy braids. She had even thicker braids under her arms!
Demi was kind enough to indulge me with a side view:
This queen, whose name I don't know, was extremely well turned out, with a black lace-front bouffant and a button nose that many real women would kill--or at last chop for!
Eating in a girdle is no picnic, but I simply couldn't resist the lip-smacking smorgasbord of delicacies on display. But I stayed within my Atkins guidelines of no liquor, desserts, and only a few bites of marinated tuna. (Though I realize that fish eating fish could be considered cannibalism.)
Of course, that's not to say I wasn't tempted. Check out the name of this bakery! Ain't that just hateful?
I actually had to jump behind this eatery's table to create a Bunny sandwich, flanked by two yummy latino cooks. Queso for days! Of course my sad line "What's cookin' good lookin'?" was in heavy rotation that night.
And look at this tasty tiger!
I was thrilled to see Kevin Aviance at the bash--no bashing pun intended--and in excellent spirits with a free-form hooded ensemble. He's pictured here with Honey Dijon out of drag. I'm kidding! Honey is a sex change who no longer gets "out of drag." Let's just say that "she" and Kevin's old pal Dexter may have visited the same, uh, "doctor."
And here's Kevin with QUEER EYE's Carson Kressly, who's always a hoot.
TOKEN STRAIGHT COUPLE:
Party animal Zandra Fox, who's graced the event for each of the 5 years I've dj'ed at it, got everyone else on the dancefloor going. (Literally going! As in leaving the building!)
Here's the event's founder, who confided to me that she conceived that she conceived of the event 10 years ago on ecstacy at The Tunnel. I confided to her that I'd sold it to her!
Even the waiters joined in for a delirious moment which could only be described as TRAY CHIC.
And with that tragic excuse for a pun, I'll bid you adieu-dieu.
LIGHTS! CAMERA! JENNY CRAIG!
Franklin Fry, one of the events coordinators, was kind enough to greet me when I arrived, and alert me to the fact that I had a postage stamp stuck to the side of my wig! That wig is going places but I removed it cuz I didn't want to look like a mail. (Whew! Cheap puns are my specialty!) One must look one's best at these socialite-heavy affairs, and I'm always delighted to see the Imperial Court of New York drag queens out en masse and dressed to the nines. Catch the necklace on former empress Robyn Kradles!
Rumor has it that this bejeweled creature will be next year's empress.
Demi Tasse, who creates the coiffures for many of the courtiers, was on hand, in a stunning jewel-encrusted coiffure festooned with thick, glossy braids. She had even thicker braids under her arms!
Demi was kind enough to indulge me with a side view:
This queen, whose name I don't know, was extremely well turned out, with a black lace-front bouffant and a button nose that many real women would kill--or at last chop for!
Eating in a girdle is no picnic, but I simply couldn't resist the lip-smacking smorgasbord of delicacies on display. But I stayed within my Atkins guidelines of no liquor, desserts, and only a few bites of marinated tuna. (Though I realize that fish eating fish could be considered cannibalism.)
Of course, that's not to say I wasn't tempted. Check out the name of this bakery! Ain't that just hateful?
I actually had to jump behind this eatery's table to create a Bunny sandwich, flanked by two yummy latino cooks. Queso for days! Of course my sad line "What's cookin' good lookin'?" was in heavy rotation that night.
And look at this tasty tiger!
I was thrilled to see Kevin Aviance at the bash--no bashing pun intended--and in excellent spirits with a free-form hooded ensemble. He's pictured here with Honey Dijon out of drag. I'm kidding! Honey is a sex change who no longer gets "out of drag." Let's just say that "she" and Kevin's old pal Dexter may have visited the same, uh, "doctor."
And here's Kevin with QUEER EYE's Carson Kressly, who's always a hoot.
TOKEN STRAIGHT COUPLE:
Party animal Zandra Fox, who's graced the event for each of the 5 years I've dj'ed at it, got everyone else on the dancefloor going. (Literally going! As in leaving the building!)
Here's the event's founder, who confided to me that she conceived that she conceived of the event 10 years ago on ecstacy at The Tunnel. I confided to her that I'd sold it to her!
Even the waiters joined in for a delirious moment which could only be described as TRAY CHIC.
And with that tragic excuse for a pun, I'll bid you adieu-dieu.
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
65 comments
TOOTHLESS DISABLED IN A WHEELCHAIR WANTS TO SUCK
I am toothless, big bellied, Disabled and in a Wheelchair. I want to suck your cock while my wife is at work.
Bring a non lubed condom and hand it to me. Drop your pants and I will do the rest while I sit in my wheelchair, or you can lay on the bed while I do it. Then you can leave satisfied, no recip needed, unless you want to then that would be fine too.
I can host from about 9AM to 3PM week days.
I am clean and DD free, you be too.
Original URL: http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/m4m/212018983.html
Contact: Sweetie
Bring a non lubed condom and hand it to me. Drop your pants and I will do the rest while I sit in my wheelchair, or you can lay on the bed while I do it. Then you can leave satisfied, no recip needed, unless you want to then that would be fine too.
I can host from about 9AM to 3PM week days.
I am clean and DD free, you be too.
Original URL: http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/m4m/212018983.html
Contact: Sweetie
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
11 comments
FLOTILLA DEBARGE: BEHIND BARS?
FLOTILLA AS STAR JONES IN A PETA AD
Apparently, the NYC drag legend was partying at APT on Sunday night. The reports are varied, but it seems she got into a very bloody fight with a couple, beating up the guy and drawing blood from his girlfriend's eye with the heel of her pump. Flo can have quite temper--I know this for a fact. Does anyone know any more of the facts? I'm told she's being detained and doesn't have her bail money. I've left her a message on her home phone but she may not have not wanted to use her one phone on me. I would appreciate any info on how to contact her if anyone knows. I've spoken with another old friend of hers but Central Booking can't release any info without her birthdate and real name, which no drag queen publicizes. Any clues? I'm not trying to be dishy--I just want to try to get help to a friend if she needs it.
Apparently, the NYC drag legend was partying at APT on Sunday night. The reports are varied, but it seems she got into a very bloody fight with a couple, beating up the guy and drawing blood from his girlfriend's eye with the heel of her pump. Flo can have quite temper--I know this for a fact. Does anyone know any more of the facts? I'm told she's being detained and doesn't have her bail money. I've left her a message on her home phone but she may not have not wanted to use her one phone on me. I would appreciate any info on how to contact her if anyone knows. I've spoken with another old friend of hers but Central Booking can't release any info without her birthdate and real name, which no drag queen publicizes. Any clues? I'm not trying to be dishy--I just want to try to get help to a friend if she needs it.
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
27 comments
ARE THESE DOLLY'S ORIGINAL BOOBS?
Singing DUMB BLONDE on a 1968 TV show, they seem a good bit smaller than they are now. Not that she's ever hidden her cosmetic surgeries. At any rate, I love the B-52's-ish bouffant with a ponytail!
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
11 comments
READ, MISS OLBERMAN!
MSNBC's Keith Olberman is on a roll, tapping into the outrage all Americans should be feeling and defending Clinton's Sunday outburst on FOX. Warning: It's a long clip, but very powerful: TRUTHOUT.ORG
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
14 comments
BLOODY HEEL!
BILLIE RAY MARTIN: THROW YOUR BLOODY LEGS AROUND ME
No, it wasn't her period. But it does match her shoes!
Forwarded email:
"Billie's gig in glasgow last sunday ended up to be an Iggy fest! Whilst pogoing during the first song (rollerskates) Billie fell over a monitor and landed somewhere by the side of the stage. She got up and continued .....the crowd howled but started pointing at Billie's leg worriedly. A large open would gushed blood all over the leg,pouring out of her shoes. Billie made some jokes about it and carried on much to everyones delight.
After the show staff briefly attended to Billie's leg, shocked at the extend of the injury.....however Billie rushed off to the dj booth where she djed for about an hour, leaping about some more. Then she was rushed off to a local hospital where the wounds were cleaned and glued. Rock 'n' roll or wot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
No, it wasn't her period. But it does match her shoes!
Forwarded email:
"Billie's gig in glasgow last sunday ended up to be an Iggy fest! Whilst pogoing during the first song (rollerskates) Billie fell over a monitor and landed somewhere by the side of the stage. She got up and continued .....the crowd howled but started pointing at Billie's leg worriedly. A large open would gushed blood all over the leg,pouring out of her shoes. Billie made some jokes about it and carried on much to everyones delight.
After the show staff briefly attended to Billie's leg, shocked at the extend of the injury.....however Billie rushed off to the dj booth where she djed for about an hour, leaping about some more. Then she was rushed off to a local hospital where the wounds were cleaned and glued. Rock 'n' roll or wot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
14 comments
SAVED BY THE DING-DONG
Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the SAVED BY THE BELL, is all grown up and out of his awkward adolescent phase. He actually looks kinda handsome in this pic. And according to Rush and Molloy of the DAILY NEWS, has quite a hidden "talent."
Porn star's name may ring a 'Bell'
"Sex education Dustin (Screech) Diamond will be appearing in a way many of his
fans hoped never ever to see him.
He may have played nerdy eighth-grader Samuel (Screech) Powers in the sitcom
"Saved by the Bell." But former TV geek Dustin Diamond can now take his place
with Colin Farrell, Tommy Lee and Kid Rock as the star of his very own sex tape.
Everyone who remembers Diamond as a lovable putz is in for a shock once they see
a 40-minute video in which he engages in a kinky three-way with two women,
sources tell us.
We can't get too graphic here, but word is that the action includes some bodily
functions and an act known as a "Dirty Sanchez."
Phoenix-based agent David Hans Schmidt, who has brokered some of Hollywood's
biggest celebrity-skin deals, confirms that he's acquired the rights to a tape
featuring Diamond.
"Just when you think you have seen everything in this business," he tells us,
"mankind has raised the bar another notch. Or lowered it."
Schmidt is in L.A., shopping the tape to Hustler's Larry Flynt, Vivid's Steven
Hirsch and other major distributors of adult video.
Now age 29, the 6-foot Diamond is much brawnier than you may remember him. He's
a black belt in karate, and, four years ago, he defeated Ron Palillo (Horshack
on "Welcome Back, Kotter") on Fox's "Celebrity Boxing 2."
Diamond's manager, Roger Paul, said his client has become a successful standup
comic and will appear on the ABC sitcom "The Knights of Prosperity."
"I haven't seen the tape," Paul told us. "I've heard rumors. Dustin has been
trying to escape the Screech typecast. So this may help me get more bookings."
In 1996, former "Saved by the Bell" sweetheart Elizabeth Berkley bared all in
the Paul Verhoeven-Joe Eszterhas trashterpiece, "Show Girls."
The sex vid's working title is "Saved by the Smell." Ewwwww."
Porn star's name may ring a 'Bell'
"Sex education Dustin (Screech) Diamond will be appearing in a way many of his
fans hoped never ever to see him.
He may have played nerdy eighth-grader Samuel (Screech) Powers in the sitcom
"Saved by the Bell." But former TV geek Dustin Diamond can now take his place
with Colin Farrell, Tommy Lee and Kid Rock as the star of his very own sex tape.
Everyone who remembers Diamond as a lovable putz is in for a shock once they see
a 40-minute video in which he engages in a kinky three-way with two women,
sources tell us.
We can't get too graphic here, but word is that the action includes some bodily
functions and an act known as a "Dirty Sanchez."
Phoenix-based agent David Hans Schmidt, who has brokered some of Hollywood's
biggest celebrity-skin deals, confirms that he's acquired the rights to a tape
featuring Diamond.
"Just when you think you have seen everything in this business," he tells us,
"mankind has raised the bar another notch. Or lowered it."
Schmidt is in L.A., shopping the tape to Hustler's Larry Flynt, Vivid's Steven
Hirsch and other major distributors of adult video.
Now age 29, the 6-foot Diamond is much brawnier than you may remember him. He's
a black belt in karate, and, four years ago, he defeated Ron Palillo (Horshack
on "Welcome Back, Kotter") on Fox's "Celebrity Boxing 2."
Diamond's manager, Roger Paul, said his client has become a successful standup
comic and will appear on the ABC sitcom "The Knights of Prosperity."
"I haven't seen the tape," Paul told us. "I've heard rumors. Dustin has been
trying to escape the Screech typecast. So this may help me get more bookings."
In 1996, former "Saved by the Bell" sweetheart Elizabeth Berkley bared all in
the Paul Verhoeven-Joe Eszterhas trashterpiece, "Show Girls."
The sex vid's working title is "Saved by the Smell." Ewwwww."
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
6 comments
ADVICE ON CYCLING GEAR
CYCLING SHORTS LOOK BEST IN BLACK
LIGHTER COLORS, LIKE RED, CAN CREATE THIS EFFECT
AND WHATEVER COLOR YOU CHOOSE, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT SIZE!
LIGHTER COLORS, LIKE RED, CAN CREATE THIS EFFECT
AND WHATEVER COLOR YOU CHOOSE, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT SIZE!
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
12 comments
September 26, 2006
SHAKE IT UP TONIGHT
Cheryl Lynn's disco smash GOT TO BE REAL eclipsed her other great songs. But this heifer is really moving in the video for her minor hit from 1981, SHAKE IT UP TONIGHT. She is sooooooo overdue for a comeback!
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Tuesday, September 26, 2006
10 comments
LESLIE UGGAMS GIBBERISH
Lypsinka showed me this nutty clip years ago and I'm glad it's made it onto youtube. She's performing at some affair in DC and totally forgets the words to JUNE IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER. But bless her heart, she carries on with tons of pizzazz right to the number's big finish.
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Tuesday, September 26, 2006
23 comments
September 25, 2006
JACKIE BEAT/MINETTE DOCS
AND MY NAME IS MINETTE!
MY NAME IS JACKIE BEAT will be screened at the Newfest at the IFC Center on 11/13. But preceding Jackie, there's a 27 minute doc on Minette, a queen who started dragging up 60 years ago at age 14. And she'll be making a very rare appearance to introduce the film! For more info visit NEWFESTIVAL
MY NAME IS JACKIE BEAT will be screened at the Newfest at the IFC Center on 11/13. But preceding Jackie, there's a 27 minute doc on Minette, a queen who started dragging up 60 years ago at age 14. And she'll be making a very rare appearance to introduce the film! For more info visit NEWFESTIVAL
posted by Lady Bunny at Monday, September 25, 2006
8 comments
GAY HIP-HOP PODCAST
If you're into that sort of thing, check out DJ Baker and his Da Doo-Dirty Show at DDIRTYSHOW.
Sample: "He a crackhead. A crackhead be a crackhead. It's best to accept yourself as what you are. Yes. Alright."
"I'm HIV positive and I ain't got no sores on my dick."
posted by Lady Bunny at Monday, September 25, 2006
9 comments
JAMES HARRIES
Went from this:
to this:
From his tribute page:
James Harries was a cotton-candy-haired boy genius who first came to attention on the Wogan show in 1988. In his strained, lisping upper-class accent he spoke at length about both antiques and the state of the economy. Wogan got good mileage on the comedy of this poor sod of a boy, and he went on to entertain audiences all around the world, even appearing to be mocked in the US on Oprah. According to one commentator "his presence soiled everyone he came into contact with, because he was just a kid and we were all laughing our heads off at him."
READ MORE: TONGS.UK
to this:
From his tribute page:
James Harries was a cotton-candy-haired boy genius who first came to attention on the Wogan show in 1988. In his strained, lisping upper-class accent he spoke at length about both antiques and the state of the economy. Wogan got good mileage on the comedy of this poor sod of a boy, and he went on to entertain audiences all around the world, even appearing to be mocked in the US on Oprah. According to one commentator "his presence soiled everyone he came into contact with, because he was just a kid and we were all laughing our heads off at him."
READ MORE: TONGS.UK
posted by Lady Bunny at Monday, September 25, 2006
24 comments
PORTRAIT OF STUPIDITY
From the scourge of the Hudson Valley, Lady Esther Gyn:
posted by Lady Bunny at Monday, September 25, 2006
7 comments
THIEN THU THIEN NHAN
Which must translate to "the most beautiful Buddhist art dance ever conceived." It took ten years to choreograph and it's a wonder to behold!
More info on this marvel from my myspace pal Tora:
This dance is a famous Buddhist dance called "Bodhisattva" or "Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes". These dancers are artists from China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT). Following the leading dancer Tai Lihua, about 20 hearing-impaired girls come together to become one multi-armed goddess. Their performance became a nationwide sensation since they are synchronized and they can not hear the music!
YOUTUBE
More info on this marvel from my myspace pal Tora:
This dance is a famous Buddhist dance called "Bodhisattva" or "Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes". These dancers are artists from China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT). Following the leading dancer Tai Lihua, about 20 hearing-impaired girls come together to become one multi-armed goddess. Their performance became a nationwide sensation since they are synchronized and they can not hear the music!
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Monday, September 25, 2006
19 comments
September 23, 2006
MAD MADGE
As Madonna's Confessions Tour comes to an end in Japan this week, the artist has released a statement regarding the much talked about Crucifixion scene.
"I am very grateful that my show was so well received all over the world. But there seems to be many misinterpretations about my appearance on the cross and I wanted to explain it myself once and for all.
"There is a segment in my show where three of my dancers 'confess' or share harrowing experiences from their childhood that they ultimately overcame. My 'confession' follows and takes place on a Crucifix that I ultimately come down from. This is not a mocking of the church. It is no different than a person wearing a Cross or 'Taking Up the Cross' as it says in the Bible.
BUNNY NOTE: Excuse me sweets, but it is mocking the church when you place yourself on a crucifix in the same pose Jesus died in. And that's exactly why you did it, to mock the church and sell more tickets or make sure they tune into your concert's NBC broadcast.
My performance is neither anti-Christian, sacrilegious or blasphemous. Rather, it is my plea to the audience to encourage mankind to help one another and to see the world as a unified whole. I believe in my heart that if Jesus were alive today he would be doing the same thing.
BUNNY NOTE: 1) You don't have a heart.
2) She really thinks she is Jesus--see what happens when too many fags worship you?
"My specific intent is to bring attention to the millions of children in Africa who are dying every day, and are living without care, without medicine and without hope. I am asking people to open their hearts and minds to get involved in whatever way they can. The song ends with a quote from the Bible's Book of Matthew:
"'For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was naked and you gave me clothing. I was sick and you took care of me and God replied, "Whatever you did for the least of my brothers... you did it to me."'
"Please do not pass judgment without seeing my show."
BUNNY NOTE: I will be delighted to (try to) watch it for free on NBC and save myself hundreds of dollars.
"I am very grateful that my show was so well received all over the world. But there seems to be many misinterpretations about my appearance on the cross and I wanted to explain it myself once and for all.
"There is a segment in my show where three of my dancers 'confess' or share harrowing experiences from their childhood that they ultimately overcame. My 'confession' follows and takes place on a Crucifix that I ultimately come down from. This is not a mocking of the church. It is no different than a person wearing a Cross or 'Taking Up the Cross' as it says in the Bible.
BUNNY NOTE: Excuse me sweets, but it is mocking the church when you place yourself on a crucifix in the same pose Jesus died in. And that's exactly why you did it, to mock the church and sell more tickets or make sure they tune into your concert's NBC broadcast.
My performance is neither anti-Christian, sacrilegious or blasphemous. Rather, it is my plea to the audience to encourage mankind to help one another and to see the world as a unified whole. I believe in my heart that if Jesus were alive today he would be doing the same thing.
BUNNY NOTE: 1) You don't have a heart.
2) She really thinks she is Jesus--see what happens when too many fags worship you?
"My specific intent is to bring attention to the millions of children in Africa who are dying every day, and are living without care, without medicine and without hope. I am asking people to open their hearts and minds to get involved in whatever way they can. The song ends with a quote from the Bible's Book of Matthew:
"'For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was naked and you gave me clothing. I was sick and you took care of me and God replied, "Whatever you did for the least of my brothers... you did it to me."'
"Please do not pass judgment without seeing my show."
BUNNY NOTE: I will be delighted to (try to) watch it for free on NBC and save myself hundreds of dollars.
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 23, 2006
26 comments
DEATH BY VOMIT
Good thing I don't have kids!
FROM NY1: "A teenaged mother has been charged in the bizarre drowning death of her infant daughter.
Savarin DeJesus, 18, was staying at the Fox House, a city-financed home for young mothers in East Harlem over the weekend. Police say that after a night of drinking, DeJesus came back and vomited into a bucket. Her little girl was sleeping next to her.
When the young mother woke up, her 3-month-old, Niah Ford, was found inside the bucket. Police say she accidentally drowned. "
MORE: NY1
FROM NY1: "A teenaged mother has been charged in the bizarre drowning death of her infant daughter.
Savarin DeJesus, 18, was staying at the Fox House, a city-financed home for young mothers in East Harlem over the weekend. Police say that after a night of drinking, DeJesus came back and vomited into a bucket. Her little girl was sleeping next to her.
When the young mother woke up, her 3-month-old, Niah Ford, was found inside the bucket. Police say she accidentally drowned. "
MORE: NY1
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 23, 2006
10 comments
BAR-BRA STREISAND'S LOW-HANGERS
She's coming for Aretha! Appearing, tee hee, at Clinton's GLOBAL Initiative recently.
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 23, 2006
22 comments
SHORTBUS PREMIER
John Cameron Mitchell (of Hedwig fame) hs a brand new film and it kicks off this Tuesday!
The Delancey Lounge
168 Delancey (between Clinton & Attorney
Cover: $5.00
Including guests: The Dazzle Dancers, John Cameron Mitchell, Justin Bond, Dirty Martini, Murray Hill, Julie Atlas Muz, Gentlemen Reg, Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion, Dr. Donut, The World Famous *BOB*, Scott Matthew, The Wau Wau Sisters, Tiebreaaker, PJ DeBoy, Paul Stovall, The Fever, Jay Brannan, Sook Yin Lee, Ari Gold, Jaspar James, Raphael Baker, DJs Kevington and Theo (from Lunachicks and Skyscrapers), and much more!!!
For more information visit:
SHORTBUSTHEMOVIE.COM
myspace.com/shortbusthemovie
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 23, 2006
7 comments
LITTLE SUPERSTAR
James Brown never knew he had a pint-sized impersonator in India. (Hell, he never he had a crack adiction, either.)
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 23, 2006
10 comments
MRS. MOUTH IN DOODY
Whatever happened to this well-loved public access cable character? Does anyone know who she was or where she went? Her personality still jumps off the screen! She did post a comment on http://narcissism101.typepad.com/narcissism_101/2004/01/public_access.html which indicates she's gearing up for a come-back:
From NARCISSISM101
"Hi,
I am Mrs. Mouth. Yes, I am still round. I mean around. My reruns are even still on!!! Guess what...I am doing new shows. They will start airing in March. Don't you want to know what I have been doing? (I haven't done a new show in 10 years) I have a lot to say and I want you to hear it. Spread the word. New shows start February Thursays 12:00am channel 67. Gotta go, it's time for my snack. Tonight I'm having and Ensure and tofu milkshalk."
MRS. MOUTH IN DOODY
YOUTUBE
From NARCISSISM101
"Hi,
I am Mrs. Mouth. Yes, I am still round. I mean around. My reruns are even still on!!! Guess what...I am doing new shows. They will start airing in March. Don't you want to know what I have been doing? (I haven't done a new show in 10 years) I have a lot to say and I want you to hear it. Spread the word. New shows start February Thursays 12:00am channel 67. Gotta go, it's time for my snack. Tonight I'm having and Ensure and tofu milkshalk."
MRS. MOUTH IN DOODY
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 23, 2006
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September 22, 2006
September 21, 2006
BORAT'S MOVIE TRAILER
Opening this fall. Thanks to Jan for turning me onto this. I ain't got HBO so I sometimes forget how funny this guy is!
IMDB
IMDB
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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MEET BABY JANE!
Hailing from Cologne, Germany, she claims to be the world's littlest drag queen. Her outrageous look certainly seems to be somewhat SIster Dimension-inspired. And you must see her video if you like brain-dead drag. I guess the fact that you're here indicates that you probably do.
HER MYSPACE PAGE: BABYJANE
(That's her on the right.)
HER MYSPACE PAGE: BABYJANE
(That's her on the right.)
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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WHITNEY: LOOKING GOOD!
Seen stepping out with Clive Davis and looking kinda like Jessica Lange, as my pal and fellow blogger Corey Spears pointed out. Apparently, her cousin Dionne Warwick and CeCe Winans got to her and now she's off the drugs and downright "churchy", living in Nashville. She left her no-good man who's holed up with a hooker and finally working on a new album. Yay!
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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PARTAY!
Theres a fab new program called Right Rides, in conjunction with Zipcar, which has donated the vehicles. Every Saturday, from midnight to 3:00, gay, transgender and drag-identified people get a free ride to reduce their risk of sexual assault. What a great idea! Enjoying sexual assault as I do, I'll probably still be seen staggering around the streets of the city on Saturday nights. But for those of you who don't feel as I do, take down their # and stick it in your cellphone. Lest you get caught doing an unintended Kevin Aviance impersonation.
To find out more about this visit RIGHTRIDES or call 718-964-7781.
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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BUNNY, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Or should that be Bunny, Queen of the dessert? OINK! Anyhoo, Bunion's headed east in a Lilly Pullitzer shirtdress tomorrow for a rare Palm SPrings appearance, where I'll host at perform at the christening of WOMEN WITH ISSUES, a gallery show of vintage photographs from the late 1960's at the M Modern Gallery. The photos include famous, original prints of beauties like Sharon Tate, Veruschka, Twiggy and Raquel Welch, below. Part of my pay is a photo of Raquel, not autographed like this one, from this very photo shoot which features her sexiest mane ever! The other part is crack cocaine!
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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THE DIVINE DAVID
English royalty, giving beauty lessons, from World of Wonder. Wholesome, amily fun!
YOUTUBE
THE DIVINE DAVID'S WEBSITE: MEMBERS.TRIPOD.COM
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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TRANS IRAN
GIRL, WHAT'S YOUR TEA?
Just as interesting as Felicity Huffman's TRANSAMERICA, this video short explores trannies in the muslim country. Because the Qu'oran denounces homosexuality but doesn't specifically denounce transsexuality--probably because they didn't know what it was or how to perform that or any other operation when the book was written--transsexuals are legal. In other words, it's ok to be a fag if you chop your dick off. Or dykes can't eat pussy unless they transform themselves into men. What a choice! You must fit into society's two boxes of either straight man or straight woman or your homosexuality is punishable by death. I'd say get the fuck out of that hellhole. But the good news? It's really easy to pass when you are covered head to toe in flowing robes (no binding girdle or cumbersome hip pads!) and headwraps (no pesky, expensive, hot wigs!) And the one m-f trans in this piece works a trick which is favored by transsexuals worldwide: oversized glasses to mask the more pronounced male brow ridge!
BIGQUEERBLOG
DOES SHE OR DOESN'T SHE...STILL HAVE HER COCK?
Iran now the sex change capitol of the world? Caroline Mangex from The Independent thinks so:
An unlikely religious ruling has made Tehran the sex-change capital of the world. Caroline Mangez went to meet the brave souls who have swapped gender in this rigidly conservative city, where women wear the chador and homosexuality is punishable by death...
MORE: TRUTHOUT.ORG
Just as interesting as Felicity Huffman's TRANSAMERICA, this video short explores trannies in the muslim country. Because the Qu'oran denounces homosexuality but doesn't specifically denounce transsexuality--probably because they didn't know what it was or how to perform that or any other operation when the book was written--transsexuals are legal. In other words, it's ok to be a fag if you chop your dick off. Or dykes can't eat pussy unless they transform themselves into men. What a choice! You must fit into society's two boxes of either straight man or straight woman or your homosexuality is punishable by death. I'd say get the fuck out of that hellhole. But the good news? It's really easy to pass when you are covered head to toe in flowing robes (no binding girdle or cumbersome hip pads!) and headwraps (no pesky, expensive, hot wigs!) And the one m-f trans in this piece works a trick which is favored by transsexuals worldwide: oversized glasses to mask the more pronounced male brow ridge!
BIGQUEERBLOG
DOES SHE OR DOESN'T SHE...STILL HAVE HER COCK?
Iran now the sex change capitol of the world? Caroline Mangex from The Independent thinks so:
An unlikely religious ruling has made Tehran the sex-change capital of the world. Caroline Mangez went to meet the brave souls who have swapped gender in this rigidly conservative city, where women wear the chador and homosexuality is punishable by death...
MORE: TRUTHOUT.ORG
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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September 20, 2006
JIMMY JAMES' NEW ALBUM
Performing for the past 20 years, vocal impressionist Jimmy James has made a small fortune with his uncanny impersonations of female divas like Barbra, Judy, Marilyn, Bette, Eartha, Macy Gray and Cher. But now Jimmy singing his own songs on a new album called JAMESTOWN, which is available for $9.99 on itunes. Jimmy wrote or co-wrote all the tracks on this dance-flavored album which was produced by the studio whiz behind IO's 2000 dance smash RAPTURE. Check it out. I haven't heard all the cuts but the first single FASHIONISTA got some play and the album is the follow-up. You may remember as a Kevin Aviance meets Bette Davis meets Jimmy James hollering on dancefloors this summer; "No ugly people allowed." But I always left after he said that so I never even got to hear the rest of FASHIONISTA.
Or if you prefer his stunning vocal impressions, Jimmy has several of those albums on his site JIMMYJAMES.COM. His Christmas album features the deeply demented Bette Davis version of FELIZ NAVIDAD which is a real scream at dull Xmas parties!
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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GALLO'S HUMOR
Vincent Gallo, the abrasive director/actor of films like BUFFALO 66 and THE BROWN BUNNY (in which Chloe Sevigny blows him) has a new line of merch on his website. It includes his services as an escort:
"I, Vincent Gallo, star of such classics as Buffalo 66 and The Brown Bunny have decided to make myself available to all women. All women who can afford me, that is. For the modest fee of $50,000 plus expenses, I can fulfill the wish, dream, or fantasy of any naturally born female."
Well, that let's me out! But you might also be interested in his sperm, for a cool million. Before you laugh, please hear his sales pitch:
"There are no known genetic deformities in his ancestry (no cripples) and no history of congenital diseases. If you have seen The Brown Bunny, you know the potential size of the genitals if it's a boy. (8 inches if he's like his father.) I don't know exactly how a well hung father can enhance the physical makeup of a female baby, but it can't hurt. Mr. Gallo also presently maintains a distinctively full head of hair and at the age of 43 has surprisingly few gray hairs. Though his features are sharp and extreme, they would probably blend well with a softer, more subtly featured female."
But not every millionaire is privy to the sperm sale:
"Mr. Gallo maintains the right to refuse sale of his sperm to those of extremely dark complexions. Though a fan of Franco Harris, Derek Jeter, Lenny Kravitz and Lena Horne, Mr. Gallo does not want to be part of that type of integration. In fact, for the next 30 days, he is offering a $50,000 discount to any potential female purchaser who can prove she has naturally blonde hair and blue eyes. Anyone who can prove a direct family link to any of the German soldiers of the mid-century will also receive this discount. Under the laws of the Jewish faith, a Jewish mother would qualify a baby to be deemed a member of the Jewish religion. This would be added incentive for Mr. Gallo to sell his sperm to a Jew mother, his reasoning being with the slim chance that his child moved into the profession of motion picture acting or became a musical performer, this connection to the Jewish faith would guarantee his offspring a better chance at good reviews and maybe even a prize at the Sundance Film Festival or an Oscar."
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS: VGMERCHANDISE
"I, Vincent Gallo, star of such classics as Buffalo 66 and The Brown Bunny have decided to make myself available to all women. All women who can afford me, that is. For the modest fee of $50,000 plus expenses, I can fulfill the wish, dream, or fantasy of any naturally born female."
Well, that let's me out! But you might also be interested in his sperm, for a cool million. Before you laugh, please hear his sales pitch:
"There are no known genetic deformities in his ancestry (no cripples) and no history of congenital diseases. If you have seen The Brown Bunny, you know the potential size of the genitals if it's a boy. (8 inches if he's like his father.) I don't know exactly how a well hung father can enhance the physical makeup of a female baby, but it can't hurt. Mr. Gallo also presently maintains a distinctively full head of hair and at the age of 43 has surprisingly few gray hairs. Though his features are sharp and extreme, they would probably blend well with a softer, more subtly featured female."
But not every millionaire is privy to the sperm sale:
"Mr. Gallo maintains the right to refuse sale of his sperm to those of extremely dark complexions. Though a fan of Franco Harris, Derek Jeter, Lenny Kravitz and Lena Horne, Mr. Gallo does not want to be part of that type of integration. In fact, for the next 30 days, he is offering a $50,000 discount to any potential female purchaser who can prove she has naturally blonde hair and blue eyes. Anyone who can prove a direct family link to any of the German soldiers of the mid-century will also receive this discount. Under the laws of the Jewish faith, a Jewish mother would qualify a baby to be deemed a member of the Jewish religion. This would be added incentive for Mr. Gallo to sell his sperm to a Jew mother, his reasoning being with the slim chance that his child moved into the profession of motion picture acting or became a musical performer, this connection to the Jewish faith would guarantee his offspring a better chance at good reviews and maybe even a prize at the Sundance Film Festival or an Oscar."
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS: VGMERCHANDISE
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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DINA MARTINA'S BACK!
in her new vehicle, SOFT PALATE, FALLEN ARCHES at the Cutting Room starting 9/22--don't miss this kook! Playwright Craig Lucas is also a fan. He writes:
"Once in a great long while, the planets align and all of nature conspires to come up with the previously unimaginable, the wondrous and newly beautiful, the awe inspiring. And some people are lucky enough to live in a time when such a creative vision appears in their midst. Now is such a time, we are the lucky ones, and Dina Martina is it."
I agree!
SPINCYCLE
"Once in a great long while, the planets align and all of nature conspires to come up with the previously unimaginable, the wondrous and newly beautiful, the awe inspiring. And some people are lucky enough to live in a time when such a creative vision appears in their midst. Now is such a time, we are the lucky ones, and Dina Martina is it."
I agree!
SPINCYCLE
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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COMIX GRAND OPENING
Last Thursday, I dj'ed at at the after-party for Comix, a new comedy club in the meat-packing district last week. This slick, new venue is set to blow other comedy clubs out of the water. It's beautifully layed out with a perfect size of about 250 seats, and a dressing room so fancy that it has a flat screen TV as a backstage monitor so that you can watch who's on before you, and hear their digs to determine how hateful your set will be! They pulled out all of the stops with the sold-out opening night cast, including Kathy Griffin, Triumph the Insult Dog, Sarah Silverman and David Spade.
DAVID SPADE SPOTTED NEAR LARGE OPENING (MINE), PROBABLY THINKING "HEATHER WHO?"
David and I were among the first ones there and chatted briefly before the show. I'm not sure he's hung...out with too many drag queens so he seemed a bit nervous with me. What? Don't real women pluck their nose hairs and shave their backs in the dressing room mirror before they go on? But he did ask me about the line-up saying "And there's that insult dog, what's it's name?" "You mean Kathy Griffin?", I replied, coquettishly. Just shoot me! It's a comedy club opening and look out: I was on fire!
The theme was Laughter is the best medicine, so waitressess as nurses passed out jello shots in white pill cups.
A sexy Dr. Feelgood was also on hand, seen here boogieing down. Of course I must have told him 15 times "No, I don't want no scrubs!" Whew! The comedic gems just keep on coming! But I'm just warming up! Hey, is this thing on?
WE LOVE A BEAMING TALENT COORDINATOR IN A BOUFFANT WITH A HEADSET WALKIE TALKIE!
The dressy affair felt very uptown but some notable downtowners showed up.
MAN ABOUT TOWN MR. MURRAY HILL AND BURLESQUE QUEEN DIRTY MARTINI
SIRIUS RADIO'S FRANK DECARO WITH HUBBY JIM COLUCCI, AUTHOR OF A NEW GOLDEN GIRLS TRIVIA BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED QT'S FLANKING BEIGE PROMOTER ERICH CONRAD AND IN THE REAR, MY WIGSTOCK PARTNER SCOTT LIFSHUTZ
ALEX BORSTEIN, THE GENIUS BEHIND MAD TV'S MRS. SWAN
I missed her set, but got to meet funny lady Kathy Griffin, who was very sweet. I'm not really a stand-up fan, so when I like a stand-up act, they must be pretty fucking funny. She was on a tight schedule and leaving at 5:00 AM for Florida the next day, but she didn't mind posing for a few pix. The girl knows her audience and the other comic ribbed her about her gay following.
TRIUMPH WAS SLEEPING WITH SESAME STREET'S ERNIE BACKSTAGE!
Triumph the Insult Dog ripped the (formerly?) gay neighborhood with lines like "Not that fists inside asses are anything new in this neighborhood." Also enjoyed his "Kathy Griffin's had more lifts than David Spade's shoes." The stand-up world has a very straight guy feeling to it, but one guy who has a totally different take is Josh Blue. His take? I'm a crippled stand-up, which leads to all kinds of comic possibilities. One bit I loved was "I voted Republican." Crowd boos. Pause. "I didn't mean to. I was like".....Josh's gnarled hand mimics attempting to pull a voting booth lever...."Oh fuck!" A hoot! He also flirts with mild discomfort by coming on to female members of the audience, which forces us to realize that most people don't wan't to fuck someone handicapped. A really odd feeling to be enjoying someone so much but having a bit of the sad truth creep in, but I'm glad he is using it to his advantage. Everyone backstage was complimenting Josh on winning NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING recently and he's back at Comix 9/28-8/1.
THE HILARIOUS JOSH BLUE
Also hysterical was Sarah Silverman. She's SO pretty (without even a stitch of make-up=I'm SO jealous) that she just kills with her vulgar, edgy humor because you just don't expect it to come out of that sweet, nice Jewish girl's mouth. But does it ever! She walked out to some rock tune and says "Great song, right? As a child I was raped to that song." (Huge laugh for child rape.) Sarah on having kids. "It's a little too late for me. Statistics prove that the best time to get pregnant is when you're a black teenager."
Varla Jean Merman played Maggie in a Theater Tweed adaptation of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, for a one-night gig on Monday night. To check out their schedule, check out COMIXNY
I hope they book that bawdy battle-axe Lisa Lampanelli from the Comedy Central roasts. A friend just caught her act in Nashville and was gasping at her barrage of un-PC filth. Sample: She approached a fag with "You look like you've seen more discarded fluids than an airport transit screener!"
DAVID SPADE SPOTTED NEAR LARGE OPENING (MINE), PROBABLY THINKING "HEATHER WHO?"
David and I were among the first ones there and chatted briefly before the show. I'm not sure he's hung...out with too many drag queens so he seemed a bit nervous with me. What? Don't real women pluck their nose hairs and shave their backs in the dressing room mirror before they go on? But he did ask me about the line-up saying "And there's that insult dog, what's it's name?" "You mean Kathy Griffin?", I replied, coquettishly. Just shoot me! It's a comedy club opening and look out: I was on fire!
The theme was Laughter is the best medicine, so waitressess as nurses passed out jello shots in white pill cups.
A sexy Dr. Feelgood was also on hand, seen here boogieing down. Of course I must have told him 15 times "No, I don't want no scrubs!" Whew! The comedic gems just keep on coming! But I'm just warming up! Hey, is this thing on?
WE LOVE A BEAMING TALENT COORDINATOR IN A BOUFFANT WITH A HEADSET WALKIE TALKIE!
The dressy affair felt very uptown but some notable downtowners showed up.
MAN ABOUT TOWN MR. MURRAY HILL AND BURLESQUE QUEEN DIRTY MARTINI
SIRIUS RADIO'S FRANK DECARO WITH HUBBY JIM COLUCCI, AUTHOR OF A NEW GOLDEN GIRLS TRIVIA BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED QT'S FLANKING BEIGE PROMOTER ERICH CONRAD AND IN THE REAR, MY WIGSTOCK PARTNER SCOTT LIFSHUTZ
ALEX BORSTEIN, THE GENIUS BEHIND MAD TV'S MRS. SWAN
I missed her set, but got to meet funny lady Kathy Griffin, who was very sweet. I'm not really a stand-up fan, so when I like a stand-up act, they must be pretty fucking funny. She was on a tight schedule and leaving at 5:00 AM for Florida the next day, but she didn't mind posing for a few pix. The girl knows her audience and the other comic ribbed her about her gay following.
TRIUMPH WAS SLEEPING WITH SESAME STREET'S ERNIE BACKSTAGE!
Triumph the Insult Dog ripped the (formerly?) gay neighborhood with lines like "Not that fists inside asses are anything new in this neighborhood." Also enjoyed his "Kathy Griffin's had more lifts than David Spade's shoes." The stand-up world has a very straight guy feeling to it, but one guy who has a totally different take is Josh Blue. His take? I'm a crippled stand-up, which leads to all kinds of comic possibilities. One bit I loved was "I voted Republican." Crowd boos. Pause. "I didn't mean to. I was like".....Josh's gnarled hand mimics attempting to pull a voting booth lever...."Oh fuck!" A hoot! He also flirts with mild discomfort by coming on to female members of the audience, which forces us to realize that most people don't wan't to fuck someone handicapped. A really odd feeling to be enjoying someone so much but having a bit of the sad truth creep in, but I'm glad he is using it to his advantage. Everyone backstage was complimenting Josh on winning NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING recently and he's back at Comix 9/28-8/1.
THE HILARIOUS JOSH BLUE
Also hysterical was Sarah Silverman. She's SO pretty (without even a stitch of make-up=I'm SO jealous) that she just kills with her vulgar, edgy humor because you just don't expect it to come out of that sweet, nice Jewish girl's mouth. But does it ever! She walked out to some rock tune and says "Great song, right? As a child I was raped to that song." (Huge laugh for child rape.) Sarah on having kids. "It's a little too late for me. Statistics prove that the best time to get pregnant is when you're a black teenager."
Varla Jean Merman played Maggie in a Theater Tweed adaptation of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, for a one-night gig on Monday night. To check out their schedule, check out COMIXNY
I hope they book that bawdy battle-axe Lisa Lampanelli from the Comedy Central roasts. A friend just caught her act in Nashville and was gasping at her barrage of un-PC filth. Sample: She approached a fag with "You look like you've seen more discarded fluids than an airport transit screener!"
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 20, 2006
7 comments
QUINCEANARA AND LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE
If you are sick of paying $11 for crappy movies, these are two which are truly delightful and worth every penny! At both, the audience applauded, which I haven't heard in quite some time. I was disappointed to hear through grapevine that THE BLACK DAHLIA wasn't so hot after loving the trailer and seductive poster image--any of you guys seen it? Spill the beans and save a ho $11!
Speaking of beans, QUINCEANERA is the story of a Mexican-American girl from LA's Echo Park are turning 15, and the family issues that surround her coming of age party, which doesn't exactly go as planned. Doesn't that sound great? Not from my crappy synopsis, but throw in gay sex scenes with a cholo hunk who's so hot that he'll make you re-think your views on immigration, a fun soundtrack, charming, traditional quinceanera scenes and the feel-good ending of the year, and you have a real winner. There's room for improvement with some of the acting in the kid's scenes, but that's my only kvetch.
WATCH TRAILER: APPLE
I'm not sure how wide QUINCEANERA's release is, but LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE has been running since I was in P'town a month ago. I only just saw it after raves from Cashetta, Dan Matthews and others. It's a hootenanny about a misfit family on a road trip to get their chubby daughter, against some very odd odds, to a beauty pageant which they'll never win. Olive, the daughter, is one of the most endearing screen personalities of all time! This little lady is either just being herself, or fully comprehends her role and plays it to the hilt with flawless timing! Full of surprises, belly laughs and dementedly touching scenes with a cast of characters which includes a drug-addicted gramps, a suicidal fag uncle and Greg Kinnear in the only role I've ever liked him in, DO NOT miss this one! It even winds up in pre-teen beauty pageant with oodles of bewigged Jon Benet lookalikes! Senasational!
WATCH TRAILER: YOUTUBE
Speaking of beans, QUINCEANERA is the story of a Mexican-American girl from LA's Echo Park are turning 15, and the family issues that surround her coming of age party, which doesn't exactly go as planned. Doesn't that sound great? Not from my crappy synopsis, but throw in gay sex scenes with a cholo hunk who's so hot that he'll make you re-think your views on immigration, a fun soundtrack, charming, traditional quinceanera scenes and the feel-good ending of the year, and you have a real winner. There's room for improvement with some of the acting in the kid's scenes, but that's my only kvetch.
WATCH TRAILER: APPLE
I'm not sure how wide QUINCEANERA's release is, but LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE has been running since I was in P'town a month ago. I only just saw it after raves from Cashetta, Dan Matthews and others. It's a hootenanny about a misfit family on a road trip to get their chubby daughter, against some very odd odds, to a beauty pageant which they'll never win. Olive, the daughter, is one of the most endearing screen personalities of all time! This little lady is either just being herself, or fully comprehends her role and plays it to the hilt with flawless timing! Full of surprises, belly laughs and dementedly touching scenes with a cast of characters which includes a drug-addicted gramps, a suicidal fag uncle and Greg Kinnear in the only role I've ever liked him in, DO NOT miss this one! It even winds up in pre-teen beauty pageant with oodles of bewigged Jon Benet lookalikes! Senasational!
WATCH TRAILER: YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 20, 2006
12 comments
CLIMATE CONTROLLED WHITE HOUSE
The administration claims it wasn't telling scientists what to say about climate change; e-mails obtained by Salon prove otherwise.
READ MORE: SALON
READ MORE: SALON
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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September 16, 2006
September 14, 2006
PETA'S DAN MATTHEWS: GO "GHOULFRIEND"!
Dan Matthews was just interviewed by Tucker Carlson on why PETA disapproved of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. Dan let Tucker's rotten republican no-rhythm ass have it! It's the top video on MSNBC.com, but if you are like me and are too simple to download the necessary programs to view it, here's the transcript.
[TEXT CUT]
And the outrageous backlash against "The Crocodile Hunter." Why PETA
says Steve Irwin's death was "no shock at all," and it gets uglier.
[TEXT CUT]
And finally the reaction by some animal rights activists, following the
death of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin that deserves an explanation
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he represented a movement towards nature
protection. And I always liked that abut him and I think at least most
Americans that I know picked up on that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARLSON: Of course not everyone shares the sentiments of that crocodile
hunter fan. PETA, in fact, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,
has branded Irwin a cheap reality TV star. The group's spokesman, Dan
Matthews, says Irwin's death last week by a stingray comes as no shock,
considering that Irwin made a career, as Matthews put it, of
antagonizing wild animals.
So how could an organization that wants to be taken seriously, that is
PETA, publicly celebrate the death of a human being? Let's ask the man
who said, Dan Matthews, himself. He's the PETA spokesman. He joins us.
Dan Matthews...
DAN MATTHEWS, PETA SPOKESMAN: Good afternoon.
CARLSON: Why in the world would you appear to gloat over the death of a
human being? That's repulsive.
MATTHEWS: We are not gloating. You have kids, don't you?
CARLSON: We have been through this before with PETA.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I am not going to get into my personal life with you. So what's
the point?
MATTHEWS: OK, well, anybody out there who has kids, every wildlife
agency in this country has a really tough job trying to convince people
to not harassing wildlife. Steve Irwin's show went against the advice of
every wildlife agency, not only in this country, but around the world.
His message was really, to go in, disturb animals, harass animals, and
be on TV about it. If you compare his show to Jacques Cousteau, it's
more like jack ass than Jacques Cousteau. He was not a wildlife advocate
in the sense that Jacques Cousteau and Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey
were. He went and disturbed these animals. That's why I think anybody
with a brain would not be surprised that swimming down a stingray would
result in his death. It's a tragedy.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I don't know if you're a marine wildlife expert. I doubt it.
But as far as I know, it was surprising that he was killed by a
stingray.
MATTHEWS: Well, it is surprising...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: Stingrays are very gentle animals. They have to be provoked to
attack like this. So what we are saying is that the intelligent message
to get from his death isn't oh, what a great guy, but instead to just
leave the animals alone. His whole career was made on harassing
wildlife.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: What do you mean harassing wildlife?
MATTHEWS: Have you ever watched his show?
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: ... jumped on animals, jumped on snakes, jumped on
crocodiles...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I don't know how much time you spend in the great out of doors.
I suspect not a great deal. But animals spend their lives...
MATTHEWS: A great deal.
CARLSON: I'll take that on faith though. It's not obvious by the way
you're talking because in fact animals spend their lives bumping up
against things and eating each other. So, the idea that if you pick up
an animal, you're somehow harassing it, as compared to what?
MATTHEWS: His whole TV show is based about invading an animal's habitat,
jumping on an alligator, wrestling an alligator, taking a snake with a
stick out of their dens. It's just not the same kind of thing that true
wildlife advocates advocate.
CARLSON: True wildlife advocacy...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: Anybody that takes a look at his record.
CARLSON: That's the problem with PETA. OK, look, you have people that
love animals who have a lot of animals like me, who spend a lot of time
with animals. I'm a perfect candidate for a PETA supporter. I would send
you money, except you hate people and that's what makes me dislike PETA.
That's why I don't send you money. Because you don't stop...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: You mock people who get killed. You made fun of Rudy Giuliani
when he got prostate cancer.
MATTHEWS: We're not mocking people.
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: We're voicing the concerns of a lot of people, especially
concerned parents out there who never liked the message of Steve Irwin,
basically through his TV show, telling people to go and attack wild
animals.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: OK, but the guy died. All right? He's got children. He's got a
couple kids. He's got a wife. I imagine -- wait, let me finish my
question. You can, I would think, find better ways of getting your
message out there than piggybacking on the tragic news of this guy's
death and making his family feel bad. What kind of ghoul are you anyway,
Dan?
MATTHEWS: We said the same things about how he harassed animals and the
bad messages sent to kids about harassing animals in the wild. We said
it while he was alive. And when asked, we responded after his death.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: That's the difference. The guy is dead now, so you back off.
Look, there are a lot of people who I don't care for, when they die I
pull back. I am not like, you know what? I am glad he died.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: Because I have a sense of restraint, unlike you.
MATTHEWS: Well, Tucker, the whole word is watching. It's our
responsibility as an animal advocacy group to talk about the real
message here, which is to leave wild animals alone. To portray him as an
animal advocate is, pardon the expression, a crock.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: You know what? Your absolutist attitude doesn't help animals at
all. There are tagging programs, for instance. People who care about
wildlife, I think as...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: They tag animals...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: This show is like "Fear Factor." This was not a tagging
program. This was not a nature lover's show. This was a show about
harassing wildlife. That's a very dangerous message to send to kids. And
responsible parents and animal advocates all agree that this is a bad
thing to glorify.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I don't care whatever some phony (UNINTELLIGIBLE). The fact is
the guy got people interested in the great outdoors. Kids, you know, get
them to stop playing computer games and actually get outside and meet
the animals.
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: That's like saying a good way to get people interested in
women's issues is having a TV show in which the host goes out and
attacks women. It's not the same thing. This is a bad show. It's a bad
message to kids. It's bad for animals. And that's why PETA exists...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: It was a game defense. You guys are too mean, though. That's
your problem. But I appreciate you coming on. Thanks.
MATTHEWS: It's responsible. Thanks.
[TEXT CUT]
And the outrageous backlash against "The Crocodile Hunter." Why PETA
says Steve Irwin's death was "no shock at all," and it gets uglier.
[TEXT CUT]
And finally the reaction by some animal rights activists, following the
death of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin that deserves an explanation
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he represented a movement towards nature
protection. And I always liked that abut him and I think at least most
Americans that I know picked up on that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARLSON: Of course not everyone shares the sentiments of that crocodile
hunter fan. PETA, in fact, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,
has branded Irwin a cheap reality TV star. The group's spokesman, Dan
Matthews, says Irwin's death last week by a stingray comes as no shock,
considering that Irwin made a career, as Matthews put it, of
antagonizing wild animals.
So how could an organization that wants to be taken seriously, that is
PETA, publicly celebrate the death of a human being? Let's ask the man
who said, Dan Matthews, himself. He's the PETA spokesman. He joins us.
Dan Matthews...
DAN MATTHEWS, PETA SPOKESMAN: Good afternoon.
CARLSON: Why in the world would you appear to gloat over the death of a
human being? That's repulsive.
MATTHEWS: We are not gloating. You have kids, don't you?
CARLSON: We have been through this before with PETA.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I am not going to get into my personal life with you. So what's
the point?
MATTHEWS: OK, well, anybody out there who has kids, every wildlife
agency in this country has a really tough job trying to convince people
to not harassing wildlife. Steve Irwin's show went against the advice of
every wildlife agency, not only in this country, but around the world.
His message was really, to go in, disturb animals, harass animals, and
be on TV about it. If you compare his show to Jacques Cousteau, it's
more like jack ass than Jacques Cousteau. He was not a wildlife advocate
in the sense that Jacques Cousteau and Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey
were. He went and disturbed these animals. That's why I think anybody
with a brain would not be surprised that swimming down a stingray would
result in his death. It's a tragedy.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I don't know if you're a marine wildlife expert. I doubt it.
But as far as I know, it was surprising that he was killed by a
stingray.
MATTHEWS: Well, it is surprising...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: Stingrays are very gentle animals. They have to be provoked to
attack like this. So what we are saying is that the intelligent message
to get from his death isn't oh, what a great guy, but instead to just
leave the animals alone. His whole career was made on harassing
wildlife.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: What do you mean harassing wildlife?
MATTHEWS: Have you ever watched his show?
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: ... jumped on animals, jumped on snakes, jumped on
crocodiles...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I don't know how much time you spend in the great out of doors.
I suspect not a great deal. But animals spend their lives...
MATTHEWS: A great deal.
CARLSON: I'll take that on faith though. It's not obvious by the way
you're talking because in fact animals spend their lives bumping up
against things and eating each other. So, the idea that if you pick up
an animal, you're somehow harassing it, as compared to what?
MATTHEWS: His whole TV show is based about invading an animal's habitat,
jumping on an alligator, wrestling an alligator, taking a snake with a
stick out of their dens. It's just not the same kind of thing that true
wildlife advocates advocate.
CARLSON: True wildlife advocacy...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: Anybody that takes a look at his record.
CARLSON: That's the problem with PETA. OK, look, you have people that
love animals who have a lot of animals like me, who spend a lot of time
with animals. I'm a perfect candidate for a PETA supporter. I would send
you money, except you hate people and that's what makes me dislike PETA.
That's why I don't send you money. Because you don't stop...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: You mock people who get killed. You made fun of Rudy Giuliani
when he got prostate cancer.
MATTHEWS: We're not mocking people.
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: We're voicing the concerns of a lot of people, especially
concerned parents out there who never liked the message of Steve Irwin,
basically through his TV show, telling people to go and attack wild
animals.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: OK, but the guy died. All right? He's got children. He's got a
couple kids. He's got a wife. I imagine -- wait, let me finish my
question. You can, I would think, find better ways of getting your
message out there than piggybacking on the tragic news of this guy's
death and making his family feel bad. What kind of ghoul are you anyway,
Dan?
MATTHEWS: We said the same things about how he harassed animals and the
bad messages sent to kids about harassing animals in the wild. We said
it while he was alive. And when asked, we responded after his death.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: That's the difference. The guy is dead now, so you back off.
Look, there are a lot of people who I don't care for, when they die I
pull back. I am not like, you know what? I am glad he died.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: Because I have a sense of restraint, unlike you.
MATTHEWS: Well, Tucker, the whole word is watching. It's our
responsibility as an animal advocacy group to talk about the real
message here, which is to leave wild animals alone. To portray him as an
animal advocate is, pardon the expression, a crock.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: You know what? Your absolutist attitude doesn't help animals at
all. There are tagging programs, for instance. People who care about
wildlife, I think as...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: They tag animals...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: This show is like "Fear Factor." This was not a tagging
program. This was not a nature lover's show. This was a show about
harassing wildlife. That's a very dangerous message to send to kids. And
responsible parents and animal advocates all agree that this is a bad
thing to glorify.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: I don't care whatever some phony (UNINTELLIGIBLE). The fact is
the guy got people interested in the great outdoors. Kids, you know, get
them to stop playing computer games and actually get outside and meet
the animals.
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: That's like saying a good way to get people interested in
women's issues is having a TV show in which the host goes out and
attacks women. It's not the same thing. This is a bad show. It's a bad
message to kids. It's bad for animals. And that's why PETA exists...
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: It was a game defense. You guys are too mean, though. That's
your problem. But I appreciate you coming on. Thanks.
MATTHEWS: It's responsible. Thanks.
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 14, 2006
27 comments
ESPECIALLY ZINGY MUSTO COLUMN
An excerpt:
"I had whinily expressed trepidation that Rosie might saunter back into the closet under BABA WAWA's watchful gaze, but I'm thrilled to say I was more wrong than DAVID GEST in thinking he might get herpes from LIZA. (You can't get it from a toilet seat, honey.)"
VILLAGEVOICE.COM
"I had whinily expressed trepidation that Rosie might saunter back into the closet under BABA WAWA's watchful gaze, but I'm thrilled to say I was more wrong than DAVID GEST in thinking he might get herpes from LIZA. (You can't get it from a toilet seat, honey.)"
VILLAGEVOICE.COM
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 14, 2006
8 comments
TWO FATHERS
A kid has two gay dads and sings a song (in Dutch) about it. The feel-good cut of the year. Too bad they cut the verse about the nightly molestation.
YOUTUBA
YOUTUBA
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 14, 2006
9 comments
R.I.P. ANN RICHARDS
What a loss! The charming ex-governor was the first female elected in Texas for 50 years, overcame her hard-drinking and smoking ways, and lordy, cracked on the Bush family like no one else could. Also quite lovely, something (the Texas-sized hair, maybe?) tells me she must've been a helluva a fag hag. She always stood up for women and minorities and wanted it written on her tombstone that she helped people rather than "I cleaned house." George W. beat her for the governor's seat, but Ann was so popular in Texas that he dared not smear her in his campaign. (As the republicans prepare to spend every penny they have on negative advertising against the dems in the mid-term elections.) Just imagine if she'd beaten W and went on to the White House instead of that turd. A woman's compassion is exactly what the world could use right now.
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 14, 2006
13 comments
September 13, 2006
September 12, 2006
WHAT A CROC!
On 9/4, I shared a ride to the Sacramento airport with Lance Bass's "husband" Reichen Lemkuhl and TRL's Tyler after we'd all appeared at their gay pride festivities the day before. Both were upset over the death of The Crocodile Hunter. Crikey! I had no clue who Steve Irwin was until he died. I guessed he was sort of a poor man's Crocodile Dundee. From all of the footage which aired for a week after his fatal freak accident, he was extremely annoying, though I guess, to his credit, he advocated wildlife and nature preservation. But seeing him joust with a crocodile holding his newborn baby in one hand? And we called Michael Jackson a freak for dangling his brat off of a German balcony? At least MJ wasn't dangling his brat into the jaws of a huge reptile he was aggravating at the time! I can't believe that a crocodile, alligator or anything that looks remotely like one is going to be my friend. Maybe if I'd watch Steve's shows I'd have a greater understanding and come to love large, snapping monsters. But honey, I'd prefer not to acquaint myself with anything that beastly. (Chi Chi LaRue excluded.) I'm sorry the guy died and I don't think he was "asking for it" or it was the animal kingdom avenging itself against Steve, but I was interested to see a viewpoint which differed from the praise of 8 year olds from his fellow countrywoman Germaine Greer. Apparently, she was not a fan. An excerpt from Germaine's article on him in THE GUARDIAN:
"The only time Irwin ever seemed less than entirely lovable to his fans (as distinct from zoologists) was when he went into the Australia Zoo crocodile enclosure with his month-old baby son in one hand and a dead chicken in the other. For a second you didn't know which one he meant to feed to the crocodile. If the crocodile had been less depressed it might have made the decision for him. As the catatonic beast obediently downed its tiny snack, Irwin walked his baby on the grass, not something that paediatricians recommend for rubbery baby legs even when there isn't a stir-crazy carnivore a few feet away. The adoring world was momentarily appalled. They called it child abuse. The whole spectacle was revolting. The crocodile would rather have been anywhere else and the chicken had had a grim life too, but that's entertainment at Australia Zoo.
Irwin's response to the sudden outburst of criticism was bizarre. He believed that he had the crocodile under control. But he could have fallen over, suggested an interviewer. He admitted that was possible, but only if a meteor had hit the earth and caused an earthquake of 6.6 on the Richter scale. That sort of self-delusion is what it takes to be a "real Aussie larrikin".
What Irwin never seemed to understand was that animals need space. The one lesson any conservationist must labour to drive home is that habitat loss is the principal cause of species loss. There was no habitat, no matter how fragile or finely balanced, that Irwin hesitated to barge into, trumpeting his wonder and amazement to the skies. There was not an animal he was not prepared to manhandle. Every creature he brandished at the camera was in distress. Every snake badgered by Irwin was at a huge disadvantage, with only a single possible reaction to its terrifying situation, which was to strike. Easy enough to avoid, if you know what's coming. Even my cat knew that much. Those of us who live with snakes, as I do with no fewer than 12 front-fanged venomous snake species in my bit of Queensland rainforest, know that they will get out of our way if we leave them a choice. Some snakes are described as aggressive, but, if you're a snake, unprovoked aggression doesn't make sense. Snakes on a plane only want to get off. But Irwin was an entertainer, a 21st-century version of a lion-tamer, with crocodiles instead of lions.
In 2004, Irwin was accused of illegally encroaching on the space of penguins, seals and humpback whales in Antarctica, where he was filming a documentary called Ice Breaker. An investigation by the Australian Environmental Department resulted in no action being taken, which is not surprising seeing that John Howard, the prime minister, made sure that Irwin was one of the guests invited to a "gala barbecue" for George Bush a few months before. Howard is now Irwin's chief mourner, which is only fair, seeing that Irwin announced that Howard is the greatest leader the world has ever seen.
The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin, but probably not before a whole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing 10 times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo-owners in their turn."
What is really insane is that now, out of vengeance, Irwin's fans are now butchering stingrays in Australia! He certainly instilled a love of wildlife in these fans, didn't he?
From TIMESONLINE.UK
"At least ten stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia’s eastern coast in the last week in what conservationists believe could be revenge attacks for the death of Steve Irwin, the popular naturalist and television personality."
"The only time Irwin ever seemed less than entirely lovable to his fans (as distinct from zoologists) was when he went into the Australia Zoo crocodile enclosure with his month-old baby son in one hand and a dead chicken in the other. For a second you didn't know which one he meant to feed to the crocodile. If the crocodile had been less depressed it might have made the decision for him. As the catatonic beast obediently downed its tiny snack, Irwin walked his baby on the grass, not something that paediatricians recommend for rubbery baby legs even when there isn't a stir-crazy carnivore a few feet away. The adoring world was momentarily appalled. They called it child abuse. The whole spectacle was revolting. The crocodile would rather have been anywhere else and the chicken had had a grim life too, but that's entertainment at Australia Zoo.
Irwin's response to the sudden outburst of criticism was bizarre. He believed that he had the crocodile under control. But he could have fallen over, suggested an interviewer. He admitted that was possible, but only if a meteor had hit the earth and caused an earthquake of 6.6 on the Richter scale. That sort of self-delusion is what it takes to be a "real Aussie larrikin".
What Irwin never seemed to understand was that animals need space. The one lesson any conservationist must labour to drive home is that habitat loss is the principal cause of species loss. There was no habitat, no matter how fragile or finely balanced, that Irwin hesitated to barge into, trumpeting his wonder and amazement to the skies. There was not an animal he was not prepared to manhandle. Every creature he brandished at the camera was in distress. Every snake badgered by Irwin was at a huge disadvantage, with only a single possible reaction to its terrifying situation, which was to strike. Easy enough to avoid, if you know what's coming. Even my cat knew that much. Those of us who live with snakes, as I do with no fewer than 12 front-fanged venomous snake species in my bit of Queensland rainforest, know that they will get out of our way if we leave them a choice. Some snakes are described as aggressive, but, if you're a snake, unprovoked aggression doesn't make sense. Snakes on a plane only want to get off. But Irwin was an entertainer, a 21st-century version of a lion-tamer, with crocodiles instead of lions.
In 2004, Irwin was accused of illegally encroaching on the space of penguins, seals and humpback whales in Antarctica, where he was filming a documentary called Ice Breaker. An investigation by the Australian Environmental Department resulted in no action being taken, which is not surprising seeing that John Howard, the prime minister, made sure that Irwin was one of the guests invited to a "gala barbecue" for George Bush a few months before. Howard is now Irwin's chief mourner, which is only fair, seeing that Irwin announced that Howard is the greatest leader the world has ever seen.
The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin, but probably not before a whole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing 10 times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo-owners in their turn."
What is really insane is that now, out of vengeance, Irwin's fans are now butchering stingrays in Australia! He certainly instilled a love of wildlife in these fans, didn't he?
From TIMESONLINE.UK
"At least ten stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia’s eastern coast in the last week in what conservationists believe could be revenge attacks for the death of Steve Irwin, the popular naturalist and television personality."
posted by Lady Bunny at Tuesday, September 12, 2006
10 comments
BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR
From www.skrufff.com:
Heads Roll On Mexican Dance Floor
Masked gangsters dressed in black burst into a packed Mexican nightclub and
started shooting last Wednesday night, before tossing five severed human heads
onto the dance floor.
During the midnight raid, the gunmen left a note saying 'the family doesn't kill
for money. It doesn't kill women and it doesn't kill the innocent. Only those
who deserve it die. Let it be known: This is divine justice', which press
reports said indicated the crime was related to Mexico's ever escalating drug
war.
The gruesome incident took place at the the Light and Shadow Club, in the city
of Uruapan and followed reports earlier this year of drug gangs like the Zetas
feeding victims to lions. UK spinner Steve Lawler was also terrorized in a
Mexican club in Guadalajara, 18 months previously, when he refused to play a
request for the owners and ended up being frog-marched back to the decks after
attempting to leave with his girlfriend and manager.
"This was a very scary incident that I never want to find myself in again,"
Steve said in a statement released after he escaped.
"I'm sorry for those of you that live there, but I will never again come to
Guadalajara; I will never step foot in that city again," he added
Flesh Records chief Mark Reeder, who frequently tours Mexico with Corvin Dalek
told Skrufff they've never had any problems, though admitted Mexico City is 'a
very desperate city- and you can certainly feel that, especially in the
evenings.'
"On our recent visit in May, we traveled around the country and didn't
experience any bad or scary things, in fact, quite the opposite. I suppose it
all depends on who you play for. I would always go back if asked, I love
Mexico," said Mark.
Heads Roll On Mexican Dance Floor
Masked gangsters dressed in black burst into a packed Mexican nightclub and
started shooting last Wednesday night, before tossing five severed human heads
onto the dance floor.
During the midnight raid, the gunmen left a note saying 'the family doesn't kill
for money. It doesn't kill women and it doesn't kill the innocent. Only those
who deserve it die. Let it be known: This is divine justice', which press
reports said indicated the crime was related to Mexico's ever escalating drug
war.
The gruesome incident took place at the the Light and Shadow Club, in the city
of Uruapan and followed reports earlier this year of drug gangs like the Zetas
feeding victims to lions. UK spinner Steve Lawler was also terrorized in a
Mexican club in Guadalajara, 18 months previously, when he refused to play a
request for the owners and ended up being frog-marched back to the decks after
attempting to leave with his girlfriend and manager.
"This was a very scary incident that I never want to find myself in again,"
Steve said in a statement released after he escaped.
"I'm sorry for those of you that live there, but I will never again come to
Guadalajara; I will never step foot in that city again," he added
Flesh Records chief Mark Reeder, who frequently tours Mexico with Corvin Dalek
told Skrufff they've never had any problems, though admitted Mexico City is 'a
very desperate city- and you can certainly feel that, especially in the
evenings.'
"On our recent visit in May, we traveled around the country and didn't
experience any bad or scary things, in fact, quite the opposite. I suppose it
all depends on who you play for. I would always go back if asked, I love
Mexico," said Mark.
posted by Lady Bunny at Tuesday, September 12, 2006
7 comments
FASHION WEEK'S HOTTEST DESIGNER
Wow! I knew that my friend Nico of design team Nico and Adrian, was talented, but I had no idea of his whopping hidden talent! Check out BEAUTIFUL.BLOGS.COM for several more pix from this revealing, squirt-worthy shoot. And then we need to see some more of his still stunning partner, Adrian, who was formerly known as Adrian Extravaganza.
posted by Lady Bunny at Tuesday, September 12, 2006
12 comments
GO KEITH OLBERMAN!
A biting commentary from MSNBC on remembering 9/11 and the president's perversion of it's memory as a photo op. It's a little on the long side but definitely worth the time. Grab a hanky!
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Tuesday, September 12, 2006
6 comments
September 09, 2006
ANN-MARGRET AS THE HUMAN PAINTBRUSH!
Occasionally, a day will go by when I don't think of Ann-Marget. What a mistake! Is she really that gorgeous and talented and sexy or did she just happen in the perfect period for her? Of course, she has a similar scene in Tommy years later and seems to have weathered several generations. I hope she watches herself on youtube! Of course, I guess she has the originals of all this! Ya gotta catch this magic clip:
FROM YOUTUBE: It's from the movie "The Swinger" from 1966, and it features as that blog calls her, "The Grooviest Chick in the World," Ann-Margret, participating in a "happening" with friends to freak out her men's-magazine editor suitor. Annie is a "human paintbrush" (ah, weren't the Sixties wonderful?), rolling around in paint years before she did a similar sequence (with chocolate and beans) in "Tommy." The movie is a rarity (and is only good when the director is fawning over Annie), but the scene definitely deserves to be included in any good collection of mind-bending Sixties moments (it was such a "revelation" to male viewers it wound up getting a Playboy layout).
YOUTUBE
And is if Ann isn't enough on her own, while googling, I found a page devoted to "fanciful, feminine" bouffants--with Barbara Eden, Ginger from GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, and Edie Gormet! Here's a magical Joan Collins from BATMAN. Her wide-set amphibian eyes were so magic in the 50's and 60's.
BEAUTYANDTHEBOUFFANT
FROM YOUTUBE: It's from the movie "The Swinger" from 1966, and it features as that blog calls her, "The Grooviest Chick in the World," Ann-Margret, participating in a "happening" with friends to freak out her men's-magazine editor suitor. Annie is a "human paintbrush" (ah, weren't the Sixties wonderful?), rolling around in paint years before she did a similar sequence (with chocolate and beans) in "Tommy." The movie is a rarity (and is only good when the director is fawning over Annie), but the scene definitely deserves to be included in any good collection of mind-bending Sixties moments (it was such a "revelation" to male viewers it wound up getting a Playboy layout).
YOUTUBE
And is if Ann isn't enough on her own, while googling, I found a page devoted to "fanciful, feminine" bouffants--with Barbara Eden, Ginger from GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, and Edie Gormet! Here's a magical Joan Collins from BATMAN. Her wide-set amphibian eyes were so magic in the 50's and 60's.
BEAUTYANDTHEBOUFFANT
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 09, 2006
10 comments
COMiX GRAND OPENING
Think fashion week is a joke? Me too! So stop by Comix's for a little laugh this Thursday. I can't invite you to the opening night's show portion of the evening cuz it's sold out, but I'll be djing the after-party so pop by and check out this adorable new venue in the Meat Market. They're opening with Sarah Silverman, Kathy Griffin and Triumph The Insult Dog, with Mo'nique the following night! Here's their calendar for more details:
COMIXNYC.COM
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 09, 2006
14 comments
BUSH JOKE IS A GAS!
A traveler is stuck in a traffic jam on the highway.
Nothing is moving.
He notices a few men walking down the shoulder, when
suddenly a man knocks on his window.
The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What's
happening?"
"Terrorists have kidnapped President Bush and are
asking for a $10 billion ransom -
otherwise they are going to douse him with gasoline
and set him on fire.
We're going from car to car to take up a collection."
The driver asks, "On the average, how much is everyone
giving?"
"About a gallon."
Nothing is moving.
He notices a few men walking down the shoulder, when
suddenly a man knocks on his window.
The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What's
happening?"
"Terrorists have kidnapped President Bush and are
asking for a $10 billion ransom -
otherwise they are going to douse him with gasoline
and set him on fire.
We're going from car to car to take up a collection."
The driver asks, "On the average, how much is everyone
giving?"
"About a gallon."
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, September 09, 2006
11 comments
September 08, 2006
TRAVOLTA'S NEW LOOK
FROM TOWLEROAD.COM. CLICK HERE TO SEE "EDNA" TRAVOLTA.
posted by Lady Bunny at Friday, September 08, 2006
12 comments
THE TURD TWISTER
The Earth is running out of resources. Our society is a wasteful one, and I feel that it's our duty to reuse resources much more than we do. If we don't change our ways, our over-consumption will destroy us.
So I believe in recycling and reusing to an almost ridiculous extreme. But as much as I'm an environmentalist, even I have to draw the line somewhere. There is one resource that just simply should not be reused. And since this is PoopReport.com, I'll bet you can guess which resource I'm referring to.
The Turd Twister comes with everything you see here. Part of your balanced breakfast.
The Turd Twister allows us to reuse one of our most abundant resources. Why waste money and raw materials creating modeling clay when we can easily tap an endless supply of ass Play-Doh? Millions of turds are going to waste every day. With the Turd Twister, we can reuse them.
The problem is, that's really gross.
READ ON:
POOPREPORT
So I believe in recycling and reusing to an almost ridiculous extreme. But as much as I'm an environmentalist, even I have to draw the line somewhere. There is one resource that just simply should not be reused. And since this is PoopReport.com, I'll bet you can guess which resource I'm referring to.
The Turd Twister comes with everything you see here. Part of your balanced breakfast.
The Turd Twister allows us to reuse one of our most abundant resources. Why waste money and raw materials creating modeling clay when we can easily tap an endless supply of ass Play-Doh? Millions of turds are going to waste every day. With the Turd Twister, we can reuse them.
The problem is, that's really gross.
READ ON:
POOPREPORT
posted by Lady Bunny at Friday, September 08, 2006
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FROM MOVEON.ORG
In a little over 48 hours, ABC will air a five-hour "docudrama" on the 9/11 attacks. The movie was written and produced by a right-wing activist who fabricated key scenes to blame Democrats and defend Republicans.1 It's so partisan that even Rush Limbaugh was surprised ABC decided to air it.2 And an FBI agent who was brought in to consult on the docudrama quit because, he said, "they were making things up."
Public outrage is mounting across the country, and Variety reports that ABC is now "mulling the idea of yanking the mini altogether."4 But we only have a little time to act. We'll start delivering this petition to ABC headquarters tomorrow at noon and continue as more signatures come in. So we're looking for 200,000 signatures TODAY.
Can you sign? Click here:
MOVEON.ORG
Then please pass on this message to folks you know who can help.
The Path to 9/11 appears to be part of a coordinated push—including speeches by President Bush and millions of dollars in advertising—to exploit the five-year anniversary of 9/11 for political gain. That's not acceptable from anyone—especially not a news organization like ABC.
It's not just that ABC's movie is slanted. Big parts of it are simply untrue. The producer himself even admitted to simply improvising a key scene which depicts the Clinton administration letting bin Laden go when they had him in their sights—a complete fabrication.5 Last night, the movie's star, Harvey Keitel, said "It turned out not all the facts were correct."6
It's really pretty simple: ABC shouldn't have any role in the political exploitation of 9/11. But this docudrama is designed to do just that—spreading a false message to millions of viewers across the country.
Sign the petition to tell ABC not to air partisan propaganda on 9/11. Click here:
MOVEON.ORG
Thank you for all you do.
–Nita, Eli, Carrie, Joan, Jennifer and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Friday, September 8th, 2006
P.S. For the most current information on the scandal involving this film, and for more information on the movie itself, please visit our friends at ThinkProgress:
http://www.thinkprogress.org
Sources:
1. "Writer of ABC's 9/11 'Docudrama' Is Avowed Conservative Activist," ThinkProgress, September 1, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2047&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=6
2. "Clintonoids Prepare To Attack 9/11 Movie," The Rush Limbaugh Show, August 30, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2049&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=7
3. "FBI Agent Who Consulted On Path to 9/11 Quit," ThinkProgress, September 7, 2006
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/fbi-agent-quit/
4. "Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini," Variety, September 7, 2006
http://www.variety.com/VR1117949675.html
5. Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher, MSNBC appearance, September 7, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2077&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=8
6. "Harvey Keitel speaks out on Path to 9/11: 'It turned out not all the facts were correct'", Showbiz Tonight, September 7, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2078&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=9
Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action is entirely funded by our 3.3 million members. We have no corporate contributors, no foundation grants, no money from unions. Our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. If you'd like to support our work, you can give now at:
http://political.moveon.org/donate/email.html?id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=10
Public outrage is mounting across the country, and Variety reports that ABC is now "mulling the idea of yanking the mini altogether."4 But we only have a little time to act. We'll start delivering this petition to ABC headquarters tomorrow at noon and continue as more signatures come in. So we're looking for 200,000 signatures TODAY.
Can you sign? Click here:
MOVEON.ORG
Then please pass on this message to folks you know who can help.
The Path to 9/11 appears to be part of a coordinated push—including speeches by President Bush and millions of dollars in advertising—to exploit the five-year anniversary of 9/11 for political gain. That's not acceptable from anyone—especially not a news organization like ABC.
It's not just that ABC's movie is slanted. Big parts of it are simply untrue. The producer himself even admitted to simply improvising a key scene which depicts the Clinton administration letting bin Laden go when they had him in their sights—a complete fabrication.5 Last night, the movie's star, Harvey Keitel, said "It turned out not all the facts were correct."6
It's really pretty simple: ABC shouldn't have any role in the political exploitation of 9/11. But this docudrama is designed to do just that—spreading a false message to millions of viewers across the country.
Sign the petition to tell ABC not to air partisan propaganda on 9/11. Click here:
MOVEON.ORG
Thank you for all you do.
–Nita, Eli, Carrie, Joan, Jennifer and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Friday, September 8th, 2006
P.S. For the most current information on the scandal involving this film, and for more information on the movie itself, please visit our friends at ThinkProgress:
http://www.thinkprogress.org
Sources:
1. "Writer of ABC's 9/11 'Docudrama' Is Avowed Conservative Activist," ThinkProgress, September 1, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2047&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=6
2. "Clintonoids Prepare To Attack 9/11 Movie," The Rush Limbaugh Show, August 30, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2049&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=7
3. "FBI Agent Who Consulted On Path to 9/11 Quit," ThinkProgress, September 7, 2006
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/fbi-agent-quit/
4. "Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini," Variety, September 7, 2006
http://www.variety.com/VR1117949675.html
5. Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher, MSNBC appearance, September 7, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2077&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=8
6. "Harvey Keitel speaks out on Path to 9/11: 'It turned out not all the facts were correct'", Showbiz Tonight, September 7, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2078&id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=9
Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action is entirely funded by our 3.3 million members. We have no corporate contributors, no foundation grants, no money from unions. Our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. If you'd like to support our work, you can give now at:
http://political.moveon.org/donate/email.html?id=8706-1644652-.Aa.Ygxi1o0SFtAJ6YLqBg&t=10
posted by Lady Bunny at Friday, September 08, 2006
7 comments
September 07, 2006
GAGGER FROM GAWKER
Celebrate 9/11's anniversary by shooting doves with the Republican Superintendent of Education wannabe. The symbol of peace? Pow pow!
GAWKER
GAWKER
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 07, 2006
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If you’re against the war in Iraq, you might as well consider yourself pro-slavery, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
MORE: BET.COM
MORE: BET.COM
posted by Lady Bunny at Thursday, September 07, 2006
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THIS IS NUTS!
And just in time for fall! A recipe for "squirrel melts" from something called "Huntress"--a channel I don't get, maybe?
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE
posted by Lady Bunny at Tuesday, September 05, 2006
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