tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post7159652856552428043..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: Shameless Saturday Camp Explosion: Drag RantMuscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-79374937807926598292013-08-26T14:13:01.640-04:002013-08-26T14:13:01.640-04:00We aim to please... JxWe aim to please... JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-90469651171311668382013-08-26T13:21:16.733-04:002013-08-26T13:21:16.733-04:00me thinks you just posted those for me? xxme thinks you just posted those for me? xxnormadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-55410868443519802722013-08-26T13:07:36.538-04:002013-08-26T13:07:36.538-04:00Miss Drip as Miss Ross and as Monsterfat... Jx<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKZskR7K9Bk" rel="nofollow">Miss Drip as Miss Ross</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdzLo1A3ZX8" rel="nofollow">as Monsterfat</a>... JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-89214312931760060932013-08-26T12:50:01.610-04:002013-08-26T12:50:01.610-04:00jon, i'd never recall the name of the act, but...jon, i'd never recall the name of the act, but i love freddy & monsterfat as backup!normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-80392345228007175042013-08-26T06:03:24.847-04:002013-08-26T06:03:24.847-04:00Not sure if the act you saw in LA was indeed her, ...Not sure if the act you saw in LA was indeed her, but the UK's own Lizzy Drip has been doing the lethal Miss-Ross-with-extending-arms act for a good twenty years or more. Indeed, she still does it (along with Montserrat Caballe and Freddy Mercury (as a puppet); and Dolly Parton with singing tits). Some formulae are worth keeping going, it seems. JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-30791685534149855492013-08-25T21:27:10.084-04:002013-08-25T21:27:10.084-04:00i love "drag race." i get bored with all...i love "drag race." i get bored with all the stupid, talentless girls that must be endured until they sashay away, but endure i do. i think my very favorite part of the show is when the girls come out on the runway & we HEAR ru & the judges dishing. obviously this dish is done post, but that's fine. it is that dishy & often clever innuendo that i most adore. i also love the smart girls that win or come close. the girls don't realize it isn't how pretty they are, it's all about smart & clever.<br /><br />i've been to only a few drag shows in my entire life (gasp!). jimmy james was briliaint back back. i did see one in LA back in the 80s. "diana ross" with extra long monkey arms that emerged from beneath her chiffon froth, begging us all to reach out & touch. not sure that would fly today.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-52215249524497610232013-08-25T13:48:20.624-04:002013-08-25T13:48:20.624-04:00I've mentioned her on my blog a few times, nee...I've mentioned her <a href="http://jon-doloresdelargo.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Crystal%20DeCanter" rel="nofollow">on my blog a few times</a>, needless to say... JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-35219428152811683732013-08-25T09:20:23.002-04:002013-08-25T09:20:23.002-04:00The British tradition really is different, as you ...The British tradition really is different, as you point out closely connected to Music Hall and concert-party traditions that we don't really have a direct parallel to. Drag is much more prominent in UK comedy, of course (Monty Python's pepperpots come to mind, not to mention Bubble DeVere) and in some part at least less tied to notions of glamor. When I was first in London - rising 30 years ago - I remember more than one wild night at the old Madam JoJo's, which I was sad to see is still going on as what now seems to be rather a hen-party sort of joint. And I <i>really</i> must find out more about this Crystal deCanter - exactly my point about those names!Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-77629785996095106332013-08-24T23:54:57.075-04:002013-08-24T23:54:57.075-04:00PS Rihanna, to be unkind, is not even Little Peggy...PS Rihanna, to be unkind, is not even Little Peggy Marsh... JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-51798400420192447992013-08-24T23:53:03.304-04:002013-08-24T23:53:03.304-04:00Drag, lip-synch style, seems to be the regular for...Drag, lip-synch style, seems to be the regular format in the US. I've rarely found it "entertainment". Over here, in London and Brighton in particular, there is a fine and long-standing tradition of drag artistes who actually sing - it's a proud legacy of the old-time Music Hall, I suppose. Much better value.<br /><br />Drag-as-"artform" has never been healthier in our fair city, with numerous pubs frequented by gentlemen who are light on their loafers having drag shows every night of the week. They are, of course, of varying quality and talent, but there is certainly a plethora: Bette Rinse, Maisie Trollette (still going at 80), Rose Garden, Mrs Moore, Crystal deCanter and Kelly Mild to name but a few.<br /><br />Jim Bailey and Charles Pierce were legends, but then we had Mrs Shufflewick, Lily Savage and HIH Regina Fong...<br /><br />JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-11732589978423792792013-08-24T15:58:04.772-04:002013-08-24T15:58:04.772-04:00In the '70's, I had a Jim Bailey album. I...In the '70's, I had a Jim Bailey album. I filed it neatly between the male and the female vocalists. One day I was at a friend's home, looking at his record collection, and filed neatly between the male and the female vocalists was the exact same Jim Bailey album. <br /><br />Gay World has never been a big place.George W. Tushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13050905945846094987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-57611564394326088082013-08-24T13:24:50.784-04:002013-08-24T13:24:50.784-04:00In a culture (and I use the term quite loosely) th...In a culture (and I use the term quite loosely) that allows not one, but a whole herd of, Kardashians to thrive as celebrities or entertainers (these terms are even more loose), what is left to celebrate or send up? <br /><br />There is precious little drive to exhibit true talent or real accomplishment. Showing up gets you a Little League trophy these days. Teachers are badgered and blamed if Johnny doesn't get a "B" or better. <br /><br />As noted in Sontag's quote, it's not camp if there's no passion. If drag isn't camp, why bother?Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851297819829806798noreply@blogger.com