Category Archives: Drag

Justin Bond in the New Yorker. Fabulous Pixels and Ink! Plus…vintage Kiki and Herb.

Posted on January 3, 2011 by | Leave a comment

At Joe's Pub

Friend of this site Mx. Justin V. Bond is featured in this week’s New Yorker magazine. Congratulations, Justin!

In “Justin Bond performs his life and ours”, theater critic Hilton Als runs through a history of Mx. Bond’s early history, focusing on the “Kiki and Herb” days, and reviews the current show at Joe’s Pub, before summing things up: “Bond’s message: we must celebrate diversity, or die.” Good words for today – or any day. New Yorker requires a subscription to read full articles on-line, but you can see an abstract of the article here.

In celebration of the past, enjoy this classic Kiki and Herb video of their vintage rendition of Total Eclipse of the Heart. Beautifully produced and directed by Victoria Leacok. For recent work, there is the very biting New Depression. A live version. And in anticipation of the future, check out Bond’s site. It’s been a ride. And it’s not over yet. Hang on tight!

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finding fabulosity between the holidays

Posted on December 31, 2010 by | Leave a comment

I am back from holiday travels, rooted in my studio in KCMO, resting for my date with Mr. Big & Beautiful on NYE.

I seem to be sitting on the post-worthy stuff of my holiday travels, so as a place-holder, I give to you, the glorious Ms. Mitzi Gaynor:

Ganked from the lovely Mr. Thombeau, who in turn ganked it from somewhere in Shaker Heights… LOL

Enjoy! Ms. Gaynor and the holidays…

*cross-posted to dapperkink.

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Sights seen at Scene Site: Dore / Up Your Alley San Francisco Street Fair

Posted on July 30, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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Lots to look at as always at this year’s Dore/Up Your Alley Street Fair.  Boys and men from the sublime to the ridiculous, Leathermen from the Old, New and Avant Guards, Uniform Buffs, Rubber Fetishists, Sadists and masochists, subs and Doms, Bondage Freaks, Dragsters, Masters, slaves, Merchants and Peddlers, Porn Stars, Activists in droves, a smattering of Tourists, and an assortment of more exotic permutations of perversion including furries, superheroes, cartoon characters and other kinks apparently generated in front of the television on some Saturday morning long ago. Photoevent: July 25th, 2010.

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Street Art seen at Dore / Up Your Alley Fair

Posted on July 29, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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New street Art seen during Dore weekend in San Francisco. South of Market. SOMA. Photo-event July 25th, 2010.

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Justin Bond blesses the beasts…and the children.

Posted on April 13, 2010 by | Leave a comment

San Francisco impresario Marc Huestis has posted a video clip from Justin Bond’s “Close to You” show at the Castro Theatre. Justin dedicates his cover of “Bless the Beasts and the Children” to Lawrence King, the 15 year-old gay Jr. High School student who was shot and killed by a 14 year-old classmate in Oxnard, California.

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