This is an excerpt from an interview with Drag Artist/Performer/Newly Crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar Sharon Needles from socialitelife.com
SL: Speaking of Amanda Lepore, I heard that at the reunion party in New York on Monday, you staged a mock funeral for yourself (with Amanda and Raja as pallbearers). What did that signify exactly?
Sharon: The theme for this season (of Drag Race) was “This is the beginning of the rest of your life” and I just wanted to close the chapter on something that has dominated my life for an whole year, which is this campy, cheesy show mocking reality TV by taking men and putting them in dresses and mocking the reality TV formula. It has been such a dominating thing in my life that I just wanted a night to let it go and give it to the world and spin it back into outer space and the satellite it was sent from and embrace what is about to come into my life and to own my life a little bit more and to separate myself a bit from the phenomenon that is RuPaul’s Drag Race. I walked into the workroom wearing a witch hat saying “I wish I was Amanda Lepore” and I ended it in a $4,000 witch hat with Amanda Lepore – so it was a great, full circle way of showing my growth and showing my progress and also burying this pop sensation that is season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and allowing me personally to move on – and to work my f–king ass off to stay relevant and to stay important to pop culture. I’ve had a taste…pop culture to me is like blood to vampire – you get a taste and you must have more. And I have a feeling I’ll be sucking on the neck of pop culture for quite some time.
This is why I love Sharon so much. He’s smart and like Raja (and many other performers I love), brings a more interesting element to drag with some social commentary or message, not just lip-synching the latest Top 40 pop song.
P.S. This photo was taken by Austin Young who I have loved for so long since seeing some of his work with Jeffree Star and others from way back.
I decided since I had the apartment to myself tonight because David was out camping for a school thing, I’d watch a movie I’ve been dying to see for awhile now.
Lars Von Trier’s “Melancholia”. Honestly I didn’t know too much about it but had seen the trailer so long ago and was just blown away by the visual style. I love movies that have breathtaking cinematography, it’s like they just transport you to this surreal other world. The film definitely impressed. It was so rich with symbolism, meaning and things to say. I know this director has been VERY controversial in the past but this movie definitely gave me some respect for his work so maybe I’ll have to see some more.
The film revolves around two sisters. The first being a woman named Justine who is a woman suffering from depression and the other being Claire, the “normal” one who follows societies plan of how your life should be. The movie has the sister’s dealing with Justine’s wedding, then Justine’s immersion into her depression and finally the two sisters dealing with the end of the world as a planet hidden behind the sun previously, follows a path straight into earth. It is an absolutely gorgeous film dealing with fear, how people cope, what is normal, depression and so many other things.
I would highly recommend it. Amazing.
The Scissor Sisters’ new album “Magic Hour” comes out at the end of May and it can not come fucking soon enough.
Until then I can enjoy their beautiful new single “Only The Horses”… on repeat.
Fav. band of all time.
My dreamboat man, Jake Shears from the Scissor Sisters on set of a recent music video shoot.
What do you even say for this amount of sexual attractiveness?
Woof!
So the Mass Effect 3 ending has me conflicted. It’s definitely not how I would want it to end but at the same time I understand why they would maybe want to end it that way. I personally would have liked something more tied together, optimistic and definitely more character driven. Maybe finding out what happens to them after the fallout or something, seriously bitch! That’s why I love Mass Effect so much, it’s because of the characters! I’m just a sap and want a less destructive end I guess. Plus I would want to keep Shepard around because he is the heart and soul of this game and I love him so much. <3
One thing I can take comfort in is the fact you can be gay in Mass Effect 3. Kaidan and Shepard’s strangely attractive computer generated man bodies together will make me feel better. Tear tear. I’ll cling to this more quality, tiny little image.
No matter what Madonna does, it gets people riled up and talking. I seriously love that.
She has such immense creative power and I love the journey she takes us on with her music. There are highs and lows but no matter what she does I have so much respect for her. She gets people thinking, talking and knows just how to push their buttons.
At the end of the day she is a multifaceted entertainer with a very rare ability and star power.
I can’t wait for MDNA to come out (I like listening to albums in full so I’ll wait for it to come out to give all the songs a listen) but until then I will enjoy her sultry and fun new video!
P.S. Shout out to one of my FAV male models (who I have definitely blogged pictures of before) Jon Kortajanera for being all kinds of sexy in her video.
P.P.S. Those high heeled dancer boys better wurk!
