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July 2
News from the gutter
Incase you didn’t hear, I died. That’s why there were no updates for a week. But hey I have some juicy goss to mark my return.
If you were at The Court Wednesday night you would have witnessed a huge public discretion between a certain resident drag queen and a member of the audience. The conflict came from one side, and it didn’t involve your everyday drag banter; it was a full on verbal tirade with no regard for slander or libel laws or microphone volume. The amateur drag audience was all watching.
There’s a backstory to this incident and we can all learn a lesson from it: never become friends with benefits with a dried up drag queen, because later when you don’t feel like having sex with her anymore, she’ll try to blackmail you with those raunchy webcam videos you took. Then, if you try to blackmail her back, she’ll try to make a fool of you on stage at The Court (and fail). Man, I never would have expected such things in innocent ‘lil Perth.
xoxo Gossip Girl
June 18
Media bits
Queen of Tupperware and gatekeeper to Perth’s drag empire, Val Nourished, has arranged herself onto page 2 of today’s West Australian. She’s there to talk about storage containers and lap bands, which I guess are sort of the same thing.
Props to Matthew for nabbing this great publicity - page 2 is a real effort. No points for The West editors who seem to have mixed up their gender prepositions, calling Val Nourished a ‘he’. Hrm. I guess they don’t understand the concept. You can read the whole article here.
Extended shopping hours are up in Parliament this week, and the big retailers are being very vocal. Myer said they have no immediate plans should the extended hours be approved, which must be a major blow to gays bois Perth-wide. Myer have a great business opportunity staring them in the face: simply turn Myer Basement into a mini-club on Friday nights. Every gay boi in Perth is already there anyway, might as well get them to stay, drink alcohol and buy more clothes. Then again, I already have enough trouble trying to find S sized garments in there - damn gays have already raided them all!
Finally, going back to The West Australian: That certain gay bar owner recently featured in a very oversized article publicising her engagement. Uhhhh. No comment from me, but here’s a facebook status update that was brought to my attention:
———- loves that Bree Maddox is getting hitched while the gays who pay her way can’t.
June 10
Interview: Voix de la Ville
Voix de la Ville is a new cabaret evening for new and established performance artists to showcase their work. Premiering on 28 June at The Castle, the show encapsulates a range of live acts, music and performance pieces. To explore the concept I shot some questions towards the mastermind and mistress behind Voix de la Ville, Ash Baroque.
What can show-goers expect from Voix de la Ville?
The night will be a variety type show with burlesque, drag, cabaret and some spoken word. There will also be installation.
A lot of discussion on the event’s promo page has been about the myths of drag performance. What is ‘real drag’ all about?
DRAG is short for “dressed as girl”. This is from the shakespearean times when women were not allowd to act on stage. Everybody always has an opinion. Voix de la Ville is a proposal of ideas, by individual artists, taking you on a journey through their exploration of performance.
It’s seems like 3 minute pop performances are being pumped out like a commercial product in Perth’s gay venues - how do you break away from this mould?
To escape this mould, a performer must simply use their intellect. A friend recently said to me that the youth should focus on entrenching themselves in history by refrencing the past. Leave the pop songs for the likes of our elders, as they will be touched by richness and experience. I say you can pull off anything as long as you have conviction.
May 6
amateur drag is dead
Don’t bother going to amateur drag at The Court tonight. If you’ve seen a couple of amateur drag performances you’ve seen them all. Nowadays in Perth it’s all about the amateur drag service station hold ups! Finally things are getting fierce!
POLICE are hunting a cross-dressing bandit who robbed a Merriwa service station at gunpoint. A man wearing a blue dress and a pink wig entered the BP service station in Hester Ave at 9.30pm and threatened staff and customers with two silver handguns while making demands for cash.
The wanted man is described as Caucasian, about 175cm tall and aged between 40 and 50. He had dark facial hair and was wearing jeans and a white shirt with a blue or grey dress over the top as well as a pink wig…
… and answers to the name Feminem Hygiene. This is the first time I’ve heard of a drag hold up in our innocent little city. Frankly I got a little excited. I mean… yes it’s terrible for the people who have been traumatised blah blah blah, but an amateur drag robber… now that’s something. The bar has been set, ladies… you’ll have to do something really outrageous to top that. Personally I would like to see one of Perth’s established drag queens bungy jump from the top of the Perth ferris wheel.
Detective Vanderwiel said “Whether or not it is a costume or perhaps it’s his regular attire, I don’t know”.
Oh you policemen just CRACK ME UP.
The image above is from one of my all time favourite movies, Pink Flamingos.
May 2
tupperware with val
She’s conquered the world of drag performance, the world of proper nourishment, and her alter ego has created a Perth floristry empire. Now Val Nourished is on her way to becoming Australia’s number one Tupperware lady.
If you want to earn a little on the side, get a group of friends together for a Tupperware party with none other than Val Nourished as your sultry storage solution demonstrator! Val tells me the Host rewards for holding your own party are fantastic and well worth your while.
If you think that you’d love a fun and frivolous gathering surrounded by friends, Tupperware and a ‘real’ woman, shoot Val an email with your details. The lady is in high demand, so contact ASAP.
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