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It’s Only a Movie… Sleepaway Camp at Midnight Mass with Peaches Christ
Jun 13th
Having arrived a bit tipsy from a brief evening out with friends, I quickly got my ticket from the box office, said hello to familiar faces, and situated my happy self near the front of the theater for the pre-show. Peaches Christ has had Sleepaway Camp on her wish list of dream horror cult classics since Midnight Mass’s inception in 1998. The trouble was obtaining a print of the film which she found in the hands of Zach Jackson via the internets. Zach, coming all the way from Phoenix, made an appearance on stage, and much to his chagrin Peaches gave him a warm and humiliating Midnight Mass welcome.
I was a Sleepaway Camp virgin. I really had no idea what the movie was about at all. As a kid growing up in the 80′s I knew of the film. I had seen the poster on the cover of the VHS at my local video store that I frequented weekly. I think as a kid, who went to summer camp every year, I unknowingly avoided seeing it, thinking that it would totally freak me out… well it did. And in a very good way. This movie was ridiculous: boys in short shorts, horrendous acting, amazing deaths, and a finale that defies anything that I thought could have been possible to show in a theater in 1983. I loved it, and I think you will too.
Trannyshack Halloween 2010
Nov 20th
Heklina and Peaches Christ played hostesses to a fantastic Trannyshack Halloween Party at the DNA Lounge. Peaches dressed like Chuckie from Child’s Play, and Heklina as Regan MacNeil from the Exorcist. They were joined by Exhibit Q, Kim Burly, Coco Canal & Hugz Bunny, Sandra O. Noshi-Din’t, Cockatelia, Syphilis Diller, Elijah Minelli, Raya Light, Cousin Wonderlette, and special guest Julie Brown! Now that’s scary!
My buddy Ben Wa has edited a wonderful video of highlights from the show.
Halloween 2010 TrannyShack Video Brew from Ben Wa on Vimeo.
SOME THING Solid at The Stud Sold Solid Gold
Nov 4th
Solid Gold. Solid. SOLID SOME THING boogied into the night with disco inspired numbers and avant-garde interpretations of the word SOLID. I really didn’t understand the night or my assignment as I joined Opalteen on stage for our version of SOLID by Ashford and Simpson. It was a very special moment for me in my life. It was a lot of fun ;]
Photo by: Eric Harvieux
For a show about disco there sure were a lot of unusual non-disco songs.
A lot of songs featuring poop.
Solid Poop. Solid. And SOLID SOME THING pooped all over the stage… or it could have been chocolate. It’s difficult to judge.
:] faux king awesome xo
OPALTEEN & FAUX KING AWESOME
JORGE
COCO CANAL
APRIL MEI JOON
VIVVY ANNE FOREVERMORE
PHATIMA
DONNA PERSONNA
LADY BEAR
VIVVY ANNE FOREVERMORE
MUTHA CHUCKA
GLAMAMORE
VOTE Anna Conda for District 6 Supervisor!
Oct 17th
San Francisco.
I love my city.
It’s got a great climate, beautiful views, fresh air, clean water, amazing food, hot boys, pot and drag queens everywhere. It’s basically heaven for a guy like me. And I love all the other crazy things that come with The City: Folsom Street Fair, Bay to Breakers, The Tenderloin, Gavin Newsom’s hair grease, and sourdough bread, oh and I love tourists too! But the one thing we got that you probably can’t find anywhere else is a viable progressive candidate running for one of the highest offices in the city who is also a drag queen.
Anna Conda.
After shuttering her weekly drag show Charlie Horse at the Cinch after a five year run due to ridiculous complaints from those living in the new expensive condos built next door she decided to run for office. Now running for office sounds kinda easy right? Well it’s not, in fact it’s exhausting, stressful and expensive, but she managed to run a tight campaign, garnered all kinds of support and volunteers in a very short time and now she finds her campaign turning some heads that did not really consider her candidacy noteworthy.
If you live in District 6 (Tenderloin, SOMA, Treasure Island) and you are able to vote, then please, please throw your support for Anna Conda. She’s the real deal. She talks like a real person, one concerned with finding solutions to problems rather than just pointing them out and grandstanding for attention and political gains. She is a progressive candidate supportive of the poor, down and out, and middle class. She wants to fight to keep our city for the people who love to live here and participate in the community, not those who sweep in with their dollars and buy up real estate to have some second, third, or fourth elitist perch on the pacific coast. Those are not the real San Franciscans. We are.
Vote November 2nd.
:] xoxo
¡SOME THING Doble Quinceañera!
Oct 17th
Ambrosia Salad hauled her lettucey house up to The Stud for a special SOME THING with Dressing to celebrate and fundraise for her Doble Quinceañera on 14 de November. For the non-Spanish-speakers that means your 30th birthday, kinda.
I really loved every number that evening. Each was very entertaining, even Primadonna Reed, who had me laughing so hard I could barely hold the camera steady. Highlights were lips syncing in Spanish (especially Stanley Frank Sensation’s spot on telenovela sync, and Glamamore’s Spanish hog reina), Oxana Olsen and Tess Tickle’s American Gladiator fight, and Vivvy Anne Forevermore and Elijah MIneli’s amazing, ripped right from YouTube, rendition of the Olsen Twins’ “Gimme Pizza.” Priceless.
Enjoy the videos below and stay tuned for more info on Ambrosia’s Doble Quinceañera.
:] xoxo FKA
Primadonna Reed
Vivvy Anne Forevermore & Elijah Minelli
Glamamore
April Mei Joon
Stanley Frank Sensation
Oxana Olsen & Tess Tickle
Ambrosia Salad
Glamamore
SOME THING Celebrates Mr. David’s Birthday
Oct 15th
I can’t remember the first time I met Mr. David, and it’s prolly because he was dressed like Glamamore at the time. He seems to have always been there, looking out, watching everyone’s first steps, encouraging more and more from you. Now I may not remember the first time I met him, but I won’t forget the first time he burned me (on purpose) with his cigarette. And although I fretted, and scowled, and then blistered a tiny bit, I knew that it was some sort of initiation, a tough love, or perhaps I was just standing too close. I of course got over it, and now I can gaze upon the tiniest of scars on my wrist with affection. It’s fucked up, but it’s true. I love you granny.
I’ve always seen David as a drag mentor. He knows about the outfits, the makeup, the wigs, the moves, the lip sync, the style, the music, the look. He can talk to all of this; it’s really amazing to have so much wrapped up into one person. So the drag wonders at SOME THING celebrated Mr. David’s birthday with a special night of performances from some of his nearest and dearest, and newest friends.
Please check out performances below from Hoku Mama Swamp, Putanesca, Vivvy Anne Forevermore, Miss Rahni, Fauxnique, Suppositori Spelling Nikki Starr and more.
:] xoxo FKA
Hoku Mama Swamp
Vivvy Anne Forevermore
Miss Rahni
Phatima
Chi Chi Vargas
Alexis Blair Penney
Tina Benez
Suppositori Spelling
Kalisto
Monistat
Honey Mahogany
Suppositori Spelling… Again!
Putanesca
Katya Smirnoff-Skyy
Fauxnique & Stanley Frank Sensation
Nikki Starr
Fauxnique, Vivvy, Hoku, Puta & Spaz
Happy Birthday Mr. David
Trannyshack Lady Gaga Tribute 2010
Oct 12th
She’s really only been around a few years, and really only made it huge the last couple of years, but Lady Gaga has enough hits to make a drag show. The DNA Lounge played host to the Trannyshack Lady Gaga Tribute Night as Heklina and the gang pulled out all the stops to bring you a most spectacular event. Heklina’s 2009 Lady Gaga Tribute at the smaller Deco Lounge was filled beyond capacity so she had to move it to a bigger stage, what with all the avant-garde headwear and outrageous couture shoulders, she had no choice! Bravo!
Our friend Ben Wa put together a fabulous video mash-up to help celebrate the stylish and exciting night. Check it out!
:] xoxo FKA
SOME THING Gets Classy
Oct 4th
I rolled up into The Stud last Friday with a new bedazzled ZARA t-shirt that i swear my closet ate a month ago. The tags were still on it when I found it. I was sporting a giant can of Tecate in a reused Walgreen’s paper bag, soaked from the PBR i poured into it that I got from from the bar. I looked sleazy and offered everyone fruity mentos as I passed through the club.
“It’s SOME THING with Class,” I told them as I took a chug and popped a mento into their hands. “I didn’t plan to be this classy for the show.” I’m just always this classy.
Amazing performances from Martha The Failed Actress, Glamamore, Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, Mercedes Munro, Honey Mahogany, Kalisto, Turleen, Margaret Cholo, Elijah Minelli and April Mae Joon.
I got video below.
Martha The Failed Actress
Margaret Cholo
Kalisto
Elijah Minelli & April Mae Joon
Katya Smirnoff-Skyy
Turleen
Honey Mahogany
Mercedes Munro
Glamamore
Drowning Lady 2010 at Cocktailgate
Sep 16th
So if you were one of the millions (billions?) that went to Burning Man this year, and consequently helped to empty out San Francisco, considerably, then you missed the drag show Cocktailgate at Truck celebrating the anti-Burning Man: Drowning Lady. This night was originally started by Cocktailgate’s hostess Suppositori Spelling a few years back, but now that she’s a Burning Man convert the show has been taken over by my drag family. What follows is retarded, sexy and fierce.
Hoku Mama Swamp, Glamamore, hostess Vivvy Anne Forevermore, Mutha Chucka, Shakey Gibson, Virginia Suicide and more graced us with their wettest. Hoku made the most of the new shower installed next to the stage (see video below). It’s almost unbelievable, and only in San Francisco.
Here’s some photos of Mutha Chucka:
Here are a few video clips I got of Hoku, Glamamore, and Hoku again:
Trannyshack Siouxsie Tribute Night 2010
Jul 27th
In the mid-1970′s Siouxsie Sioux had gotten her start in the Bromley Contingent, as a teenage fan of the Sex Pistols. By 1976 she had formed Siouxsie and the Banshees. Their music (and her distinct voice) have influenced dozens of successful musicians and fashionistas (and drag queens). Siouixsie is not shy about her affection for the gays. She loves us all.
Mister Wa has again shot some fabulous video of the Trannyshack Siouxsie Tribute Night at The DNA Lounge. It features Heklina, Faunique, Trixxie Carr, Putanesca, Anna Conda, Suppositori Spelling, Jordan L’Moore, Valentine, Elijah Minelli, Fruitbomb, Jason El Diablo and Syphilis Diller. Enjoy this fierce tribute!
Stay tuned for the Bjork Tribute Night on August 27, 2010!
