Jan 13, 2020
To think of New York City burlesque is to think of NYC fabuloso Fem Appeal. Foreparent of the neoburlesque scene via fifteen years of solo work plus the longrunning Kitty Nights, which ended in 2014. She has 5 Silver Tusk Awards as of release: Most Utterly Ridiculous (2019), Geek of All Media, Unconventional Conventionist (2018), Least Like Dita, Class Clown (2017) out of a total 15 nominations.
...topics: coffee and tea, swearing in front of parents, off the turnip truck, the end of Kitty Nights, Abraham Lincoln, the weirdo Halloween shit, mercenary burlesque, being classic, upping your game for Helsinki, Miss Galapagazonga, spelling names wrong, playing dudes since junior high, Emma Peel, history repeating, tropes, the janitor act, alcohol and sobriety, AA, 2009 vs 2019, spidermonkey, Lando and James Brown, Black Mask, finding the right music, drag, identities, performative outrage, negative attention, relevance, the Dresden Dolls thru Avril Lavigne, the cat, Maz Kanata, taglines, controversy, bad people and good art, fandom divide, horror and sci-fi, inappropriate at Halloween, black Hollywood, auditions, political climate
...shout-outs and acknowledgments: Bambi the Mermaid, Pat and Tony, Gal Friday, Maine Attraction, Taradise, Mr Gorgeous, Magdalena Fox, Murray Hill, Femme Brulee, Femme Fae la Butche, Tansy, Broody Valentino, Atticus Stevenson, Imogen Kelly, Nasty Canasta, Lil Miss Lixx, Epic Win Burlesque, The Cakeboys, Faux Pas le Fae, Stormy Leather, Bastard Keith
...recorded: January 8, 2019 / relased on January 13, 2020
...keep in touch: IG: @femappeal ... give love to the pod at patreon.com/weburlesque and see capsule reviews of previous episodes at http://www.weburlesquepodcast.com
... intro/outro music: "On A 45" This Way to the Egress (http://www.thiswaytotheegress.com) ... used with permission ... download it at: https://www.amazon.com/This-Delicious-Cabaret-Explicit-Egress/dp/B005D1GROO ... Check out: Viktor Devonne presents 2 Night Stay at Qhttp://www.2nightstaypod.com ... interlude music: "Chromatic Rag" (Mini Vandals) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ .. see us live: http://www.weburlesque.com/upcoming-shows ... follow us: @weburlesque @viktordevonne on instagram and twitter & talk to us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1576 73948280099