Dec 30, 2019
Viktor Devonne and Lilith Lore chat after seventeen years of friendship, as Rocky Horror castmates to burlesque compatriots to road trip buddies. ... topics: post-9/11 RHPS, Boston, Groot and mossy corduroy, Richmond burlesque, Chocolate Factory and the Candyland Brothel, The Brian, out of state choreography, foo-doo-shoots, bar shows vs convention shows, Bizarre Bushwick, we used to use CDs, studying diphthongs, theatre, being spooky, Morticia Addams, "you're not really strippers" and "you're so brave," sideshow, watching burlesque, storytelling, always once in a while, even false things are true, consent, fairytales, Sleeping Beauty, children vs The Sims, the Nightingale and the rose, Oscar Wilde, Hans Christian Anderson, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, fashion history repeating, corsets, faux-rsets, Blue Star Wicca, Comedy Sports Richmond improv, the fitness industry, looking fit enough ... shoutouts: the Home of Happiness, Oberon, Lucky Charming, Anja Keister, Sugar Shack South, Runaround Sue, Lottie Ellington, Femme Fae la Butche, Ellie Favola, Brian Viglione, Little Miss Rollerhoops, Sasha Velour, Gretchen Violetta, Lillian Bustle, Mat Fraser, Regina Stargazer, Brass Ring Academy and Cabaret, This Way to the Egress, Them Damn Hamiltons ... recorded: August 20, 2018 in a car outside Rockbar NYC ... notes: Viktor misrembered the order of events; the Candyland Brothel was in February of 2009, and Amanda Palmer's album Who Killed Amanda Palmer came out earlier, in September of 2008. ... Lillian Bustle talks the relationshop of burlesquers and the word "brave" during her TEDxJerseyCity talk; it can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME-c0l8oTkY ... read the Nightingale and the Rose here: https://genius.com/Oscar-wilde-the-nightingale-and-the-rose-annotated ... read some theories on Hans Christian Anderson's sexuality via The Little Mermaid at: https://bookriot.com/2017/03/28/queerness-little-mermaid/ ... Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/weburlesque and get bonus material ... keep in touch w/ WEBurlesque @weburlesque @viktordevonne on instagram and twitter; Lilith can be found at www.lilithlore.com @alluringlore on instagram ... you can see White Elephant Burlesque every Wednesday at Rockbar NYC - see http://www.weburlesque.nyc for more -- 2nd Saturdays at Middletown Cabaret in Middletown, New York (next up: September 8th!) - Second Tuesdays: #WEBoylesque at Bizarre Bushwick (next up: September 11, 2018!) - see http://www.weburlesque.com/weboylesque/ for cast details ... 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 ... interlude music: "Comparsa" "Fast Talkin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ...