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| Saturday, February 10, 2007 |
DragStar Burlesque Valentine's Day Show |
Nyssa, AZ, Rachel and I went to the DragStar Burlesque at Club Congress last night. It was supposed to be an anti-Valentine's Day show, and I suppose it's curious that, you know, we're married and all, but there you go.
It was an evening of near-nudity and much (but not all) lip-synching by a bunch of soft-butch cross-dressing chicks. It was awesome.
There was one line of conversation that veered suddenly towards the topic of my castration. They said it would be 'interesting.' "Yeah," I said, "interesting like the Holocaust was 'interesting'."
'Cos, you know, there's lots of books on it. On the Holocaust, not my castration.
Burlesque, for the uninitiated, is a series of short skits, 90% of which involved canned music, acted out with props and the like. There's also a good Wiki entry on it. They like to have 'inside joke' music, and relatively obscure stuff. My favorite was knowing that the Japanese chick dressed in a suit and smoking a cigar Vegas-style was lip-synching to 'You'll Have Time' by William Shatner.
The show was opened by Courtney Robbins, who played an acoustic guitar. I admit when she got onstage I was worried that I was going to get some Lillith-fair inspired sentimental drivel. Because let's face it - a lot of chick-with-a-guitar is drivel.
Instead, she rocked that guitar. It's been a while since I saw someone really rock out on an acoustic; she forever won my heart with a full-tilt cover of "Fat Bottom Girls," complete with harmonies from a friend. I knew the harmony part and sang along at full volume. With my cranky neighbor, I don't get chances to sing my lungs out as much as I'd like. It might even be what finally pushes me over the edge to record the vocals to my album...
MMMMmmmm fat bottom girls...
Sometimes skits are good ideas but don't physically work well because of unpredictable reasons - the backlit sheet that showed a couple getting it on for "Mr. Brightside" was a good idea but was a bit blinding after being in a darkened club for a few hours.
Others are stunningly effective because of the sheer amount of fun the people are having on stage - a honey bee going from flower to flower (highly sexual, of course!), or a stunning jazz singer.
One of the sketches involved a super-nerdy guy in suspenders, who brings an inflatable doll onto the stage and begins the wooing. Totally gets shut down. The problem is that AZ is wearing basically the same outfit. She is distraught; I assure her she is 'dork chic.'
I also danced - and it's been quite a while since I got to dance when not in my knickers at home.
Followed, of course, by Denny's. Felt kinda bad because Nyssa's odds of finding a good guy at that show were plenty slim: she was more likely to find girls dressed like boys than actual boys. She also has a place near the U that I'm intensely jealous of. Driving all the way across town daily to Dreamco is a drag.
But yeah, it was a very nice evening and I do hope to dance/sing/go out more as Rachel and I work our way out of debt.
Evening concluded, of course, with a visit to Denny's.Labels: burlesque, castration, Denny's, DragStar, lip synch, Valentine's Day |
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