RuPaul, Florida, Maude, & More

Good Golly.

A friend of mine posted this, which is good enough by itself.



That however led me on a 20 minute hunt for the Me & My Shadow routine - which sure isn't labeled very well. Fanboys! Work on your metadata! This, my friends, is genius. And even includes a Hitchcock reference!



(Start the proceedings at the 11 minute mark or just click here to skip all the preceding skits)

In conclusion, a lovely Wednesday night was had by all.

Someone Put Time Into This

Someone put time into this, and I can't get it together to take a bag of old clothes to Housing Works.

Heads, Tails, We're Dancing

This is the most beautiful ballet I've seen since that all-boy performance of Swan Lake.

The Perfect Costume For The Day

Happy Birthday America from Ptown!

Them Heavy Peoples

It's been a while since I found a good tumble. And then, I found this one here, one of the more aptly-named sites on this here world wide web.

Some of the pairings are classic Hollywood, but ones I might not have seen before - Bacall, Bogie, Monroe, for example.


Some I have seen before, but are just too awesome to pass up. James Dean & Eartha Kitt taking dance class together? Thank you.

Sometimes, it's the Colonel and Alice Cooper. What would they have been talking about? I'm thrilled.

Along the same lines, what did Andy Warhol say to make Hitch laugh? Were they talking about James Brown?
Anyway, here's the one I'm submitting, which is certainly timely. I had such a good time with Pearl Bailey & Carol Channing at the Tony's that year.

Internet! Thank you.

Dancing On His Own, Iceland-Style

OK, remember Seth? Of course you do.

He did this. Why? Because he saw a funny looking white-haired man dancing.


What? Good job Seth. Mostly I post pictures of Kitties and Divas, according to some people.

Here's the video:


More of his music here.

Some Days I Just Play on Google Image Search

Bears AND Boobs.
A dame and a pistol, WITH a pistol.
(remember how great this song is?

And then this happened

The Naranjo River stole my zapato. I guess someone has to fall out the boat when you white-water raft.

Walken On By

So I'm Walken back from the bank at lunch today, and I hear a very familiar voice behind me. I froze, then thought of fear, then of dancing, then of staying away from the side of the boat.

Turned around - yep. I don't get super-excited by celeb sightings, but in this case it was the celeb hearing that got me goosed. Whatta voice. I'd pay to listen to him read the phone book to Michael Caine.

Also? He was talking about Toscanini, which he pronounced Toska-ninny. What a world.

Dancing, Underpants

Me? I'm overwhelmed with work leading up to my Germany trip.

My sister? "Nothing much happening here, just potty training and dancing."

I'd say for September 2010 it's CRD 0, Sister 1.

The Watermelon Dance

So this weekend I had two 8 hour travel days to spend about 36 hours with my family, including my nephew.

This here video? With him calling my name at the beginning? Makes it all worthwhile.



I guess babies are OK after all.

Dance Of The Seven Rues

Yesterday was a bit stinkypants at work, and the worst of it is I didn't really give Rue McClanahan a proper send-off.

You can click around the interwebs to find Golden Girls highlights. Now for something completely different.

God Bless, B movies. And Doolittle.

Summer of Death, Part 2 - we're ready for you.

Discipline.

I always like this blog. Today, more than ever.

"She's disciplined, like all those ballet dames."

- Humphrey Bogart on Audrey Hepburn (1954)

Department Of The Obvious, Minnelli-Style

"Some have labeled me as a gay icon. Well no shit, Sherlock." —Liza Minnelli

Today's a long day. This was nice.

Lemme Have A Tightrope, Not A Window Seat

Yeah yeah, the Erykah Badu video is getting all the attention, and it is real good, as is the song, but if you are wondering what video I like to watch, it's this one:



I think if I can learn Janelle's dance moves, and combine them with my Trololo singing, I could be a STAR.

(the Big Boi rap is kinda dull, but whatevs)

Das Hope!

Not since Heisser Sommer have I been this intrigued by a German musical with a political message.

Hope!: Das Musikal is a singing & dancing & Teutonic presentation of the Obama's story and the 2008 election - mit der Jazz hands! Achtung!

Hier ist der Sarahpalindanzer, zum biespiel:

I dunno man. This has gotta be good.

Roll tape!

Booze Hound

One thing I haven't done so good this week is blog.

However, this here sure is something, eh?

Kinda makes me want to go to Bristol and pick up some liquors.

Nothing Like A Dame

I was very excited to find an email from an old friend in my Inbox.

Yep, that's right, Dame Shirley Bassey emailed me herself (including the honorific!) to let me know that her new LP, The Performance, is available for sale in the UK.
I dutifully visited her website, where I was pleased to see I could download a free track, and learned more about the record. Seems like she took a play from her old chum Nancy Sinatra, who released an album a few years back with songs written for her by Morrissey, Bono, Thurston Moore, Jarvis Cocker, etc. Anyway, Dame Shirl has some new tunes by Gary Barlow, Rufus Wainwright, the Pet Shop Boys, and more.

I first discovered Dame Shirl as a wee tot with a record my parents had called Shirley Bassey Belts The Best!, which was a collection of Broadway songs.

I still associate "Everythings's Coming Up Roses" and "If Ever I Would Love You" with Shirl. It wasn't until many years later when I read an article called "Sassy Miss Bassey" that I deduced the correct pronunciation of her last name.

Now, I never forgot ol' Shirl, but I sure was glad to be in a Gentlemen's Bar a few years ago and see a video of her covering Pink. I think my jaw may have dropped, but we'll let the history books decide if that's true or not.

Some fink turned off embedding for that video proper, but here she is cutting it up live:




She sure is a fun one. I'm so excited to wait patiently for the new album to be released legally in the US in a few months!

In the meantime, here's the lady visiting our mutual friends, The Muppets, for a little Goldfinger action.

I'll be giving thanks for Dame Shirley this Thanksgiving, for sure.

Dancing Spooky Awesomeness!

Hee hee. Since I'm not allowed to have gourds according to everyone who forwarded me this, I guess this is my lone Halloween / Autumnal decoration. Good thing I love it so.

Also? These Are A Few Of My Scariest Things

Who knows if Canada has internet! I may not be able to blog tomorrow.

So just in case, here are previews to two of the scariest movies I know.

Here's one...



And the other...



Oh Dame Julie, you frighten me so.