Music In The Morning: Dear God

Last night's fund-raising extravaganza at the Powerhouse was a huge success; we raised well over 500$ for Project Inform! Win!

Strangely enough, the highlight of my evening was a conversation i had in the back room with a handsome young man about faith, and how i miss it.

Me and Jesus used to be tight. Like, long-evenings-of-braiding-each-other's-hair-and-talking-about-our-hopes-and-fears tight. And even though these days i'm agnostic bordering on atheistic, i sometimes miss it; the certitude, the ritual, the unshaken knowledge that i was part of a PLAN. That everything was gonna be okay because GOD was On My Side, and... that was nice.

Don't get me wrong, give me the choice and i'll take the Red Pill every time.

But i remember Faith... and it was sweet.

Music In The Morning: Egypt is Burning

Shit is going down in Egypt. Hot on the heels of uprisings in Tunisia which toppled a dictatorship almost as old as me; protests in Cairo, Alexandria, and Giza are close to bringing the Mubarak regime to a close.

Confirmed reports are few and far between. But twitter is on fire with rumors that the Egyptian National Museum is burning, Police and Soldiers are clashing in the streets of Cairo, and that the government has blocked access to the internet.

For breaking news check out Reza Aslan's Twitter feed.

Music In The Morning: Chumbawumba

I awake remarkably unscathed after dollar tequila shot night at Truck (though i don't think most of the members of my household can say the same thing). I swear, sometimes i feel like this town is designed, from the ground up, to punch big gapping holes in your liver.

I think i'm gonna lie low until STEAM on Friday. I'll be scantly clad, slinging jello-shots for Project Inform.

The stuff i do for charity...

And Now a Brief Word From Our Sponsors

This mash-up of Black Swan and Showgirls is making my morning.

Where I'll Be Drinking: MLK Weekend

Greeting Fellow Travelers! And brace your livers, this is gonna be a rough one.

Tonight at the Powerhouse is CHICKENBEAR; the in-between party for everybody in-between. Not only is it the birthday of my good friend Mica, but this is the spot where i'll be making my Go-Go boy debut... so come put some slip some dollars in my panties.

After that I'll be running down to Truck where the whole team at COCKTAILGATE is going to be Roasting Suppositori Spelling (bring a splash gaurd, 'cus this is gonna get messy).

And finally i'll be bringing it all home to the Honey Soundsystem's MLK&HNY where our favorite discaires will be joined by Ghostly International's Mike Servino. Just a room full of my favorite people, music to move my soul, and a dream...

lets see if my kidneys will hold up under the excitement.

Music in the Morning: If It Makes You Happy

It's not like i necessarily deserve any better.

I've been a cheater, and a bastard.

I've been careless with gentle hearts.

I deserve the hand i've been dealt, and so much more.

But I wan't to change, I want to be a better man.



I'm will be a better man.

Music in the Morning: Sun of a Gun

Greetings fellow travelers!

I hope your week was half the nonstop adventure mine was (though if you drank half as much as i did this week, i applaud the resilience of your kidneys.).

I've got pictures and stories that i'll be posting later this evening, but for now i's just like to share a new treasure with you...



(okay, i'll admit it; this video makes me want to do drag... who wants to teach me how to do make-up?)

Music In The Morning: OH!

It's time once again for everybody's favorite party for dirty dandies...

DJ Taco Tuesday has been busily scouring the internets in search of fresh and dirty beats to feed to all you hungry children (and i still haven't even worked out a look...)

Music In The Morning: Gold Dust Woman

I spent a good chunk of last night telling the guy i'm digging on, "I don't know why i put up with you," with a smile on my face.

His response? "I don't know why you put up with me either,"

I think the answer lies somewhere in the fact that he keeps a smile on my face.

Hindsight: Cocktailgate Jan/9 (Drama's Birthday)

(Trixie and Spaz getting their Heathers on)

Cocktailgate at Truck is almost always an awesome show, but this week's celebration of Drag Director Drama bin Laden's birthday was particularly delicious. Every number was a tribute to Drama. Either a number he had written, choreographed, or even in a few instances just a number that he had inspired. I was lucky enough to have a seat right up front, next to the birthday boy himself. And i got to experiance all the love and appreciation being showered in his direction. Not only that, but i was the beneficiary of a fair number of birthday shots that otherwise would have seen Drama in the hospital with a nasty case of food poisoning.

(Virginia Suicide gives us some live music realness)

(nothing good comes from shopping at Target)

It's not for nothing that Cocktailgate won Best New Drag Show in 2008. Suppositori Spelling (Spaz to her friends) Is a hilarious hostess, and a tireless performer. Not only that she knows how to curate a great show; mixing fresh new faces with veterans of the stage, and live musical performances alongside performance art pieces and traditional and experimental drag. Spaz calls the whole concoction "Guerrilla Drag" (and there are times you feel like you are in the presence of rebel fighters in lipstick and heels).

This show was extra special. Drama bin Laden is a huge part of our community, and it was plain for anyone to see that in his short time in Cloud City he's made a significant impact on the lives of everyone he knows.

(Trixie Carr shares her Rotisserie Booty)

By the second number i was pretty much in my cups, so i would feel right giving a break down of each number but i've selected some of the choicest of the pics..

(yes Drama, you.)

(did i mention there was pie?)