Crank up the Sound!

What's not to like about Opera?

I have always been crazy about Opera, have tried many times to shows others what an exciting experience it is. After a good performance, I feel a buzz of energy that stays with me for days. All the elements come at you at once: the music, singing, text and story coming together with the movement on stage. There is not another experience with the same power for me.
Gay people are well tuned to unusual experiences, the strangeness of Opera has a very "queer" element!!
A great intorduction to Opera is La Traviata, the new DVD from Salzburg is a very exciting performance.
Here is short preview:

Discovering Charles Busch

A while back through one of La Cieca's podcasts, I heard about a movie called Die Mommy Die. La Cieca calls this the funniest version of The Oresteia of Aeschylus. I had to see for myself!

Well, this is a true Gay Classic. Angela Arden is down on luck, with a brute of a husband, a singing career on the skids and 2 harassing kids that steal her men. A lovely bonus is the bare butt of Jason Priestly.

Poor Angela, it is a hilarious to see the poor thing's downfall. Every Queen can relate.


Charles Busch is at the forefront of the great gender-bending tradition. He plays Angela so "straight" I am sure that many (non-gay) people wouldn't see the deception. The gender deception makes the "female" problems both an inside (gay) joke and touching.

Explore Charles Busch here.