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Wednesday, June 29, 2005Miss Indigo BlueSeattle Miss Indigo Blue is a notoriously inventive comic ecdysiast. As Artistic Director of Seattle's BurlyQ: A Queer Cabaret, Miss Indigo has assembled the sexiest, funniest, and most outrageous performers the town has to offer. A delightful soloist in her own right, Miss Indigo has been performing her unique brand of erotic humor since 1994. She has performed in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Amsterdam. Her "Wonder Woman" routine left audiences in paroxysms of desire at last year's TeaseORama in San Francisco. Miss Indigo is also the CTO (Chief Twirling Officer...) of TwirlyGirl.net, the company truly dedicated to decorating the decolotage of the planet. Miss Indigo Blue currently holds the "Most Beautiful" title from the Golden Gams Miss Exotic World 2003 Competition. 2004 
Tuesday, June 21, 2005Bella BerettaSeattle "What good is famous if it's not INFAMOUS?" A volatile moltov cocktail of glitter and gutter built with just as much Tennessee Williams as Gypsy Rose Lee Bella Beretta has taken aim and carved out a bullet riddled niche as neo-burlesque�s most notorious bad girl. Founder and former �Benevolent Dictator� of The Gun Street Girls of Seattle. In 1999 Miss Beretta brought a different vision of glamour and sought to push the limits and definition of burlesque and what it encompassed. Infusing her performances with a uncommon array of cultural references-ranging from Tom Waits and Firewater to the art of Edward Hopper and Alphonse Mucha, Miss Beretta mines from the past, takes from now and looks to the future. Now a resident of Hollywood Miss Beretta assumes her role as "The Shooting Starlet" continuing to wave the banner of "D.I.Y. T&A" for the opera drunks and circus punks and bring spectators a spectacle that is just as much fairy tale as it is pulp fiction. Vintage Zeitgeist www.bellaberetta.com2004
Wednesday, June 15, 2005Fritzi CollinsNYC Like the burlesque revival, performer Fritzi Collins has resurfaced. This fine dame, a titillating innovator of the whole "stripping as high art for low brows" attracted the eye of the infamous Tom Collins. The scandal of the notoriously unattached Fritzi saying "yes" to Tom - paired with their lavish Vegas wedding - inspired the cocktail bearing Tom's name. After the wedding, this wicked Svengali forbade his burlesque bride to perform. Fritzi spent years locked behind a white picket fence deep in the suburbs, severed from the stage and her adoring public. While everyone thought she had turned her back on burlesque, the frustrated flower drank, took pills and with the help of an unsuspecting slew of gardeners, pool cleaners and Culligan men, orchestrated a devil's workshop of routines based on shattered romantic ideals. True to burlesque tradition, Fritzi prefers to work with live musicians. Only live music conjures the magic that is Fritzi Collins. She has teamed up with sultry chanteuse Lex Grey to punctuate her act with the power of the BLUES. You must experience Fritzi Collins. There's nothing like seeing her peel off that sugar coating, revealing the earthy spice that is pure woman. A New Yorker, Fritzi performs at venues throughout New York City.2004
Tuesday, June 14, 2005Miss Mitzy CreamDon't be fooled by her sweet smile and sparkling eyes, Miss Mitzy Cream is never exactly what she seems This voluptuous beauty can't decide weather she want to be good or bad. She can play the seductive temptress or the innocent girl next door. Mitzy hates routine and strives to be a chameleon with her repertoire of ever changing acts you will rarely see her perform the same number twice. A curvaceous kitten Mitzy will mesmerize the audience with her tantalizing tassel twirls not to mention her scandalous bumps and grinds. Never to be forgotten this generous creature will often leave you with some little trinket perhaps glamorous diamonds or playful candy depending on her unpredictable mood. But weather you like sugar or spice this contradiction vixen will charm the pants off ya. 2004
Friday, June 10, 2005Sparkly Devil www.sparklydevil.com at Flickr yahoo group Sparkly Devil is Detroit's glittering diamond in the rough, a sparkling burst of energy pulsating through the ashes of urban decay. A whiplash collision of pinup class, vintage sass and that patented Deee-troit attitude, Sparkly has been twirling her tassels and hypnotizing audience across the continent for five years now. With her Cheshire cat grin and knock-em-dead curves, you won't know which set of cheeks to pinch! Sparkly performs constantly in Detroit and beyond, and has appeared at Miss Exotic World 2003, the Las Vegas Rockaround, the third annual Tease-o-Rama in Los Angeles, Burlesk Goes North in Toronto, and last year's New York Burlesque Festival. She's appeared in the LA Weekly, Venus magazine, Juxtapoz magazine, Style Monte Carlo of Monaco, London's The Mirror, on CBS New This Morning, and is also a featured starlet in the new burlesque rock 'n' roll film Broad Daylight. -New York Burlesque Festival 2005 Sparkly Devil is Detroit's glittering diamond in the rough, a sparkling burst of energy pulsating through the ashes of urban decay. This mischievous minx has been twirling her tassels and hypnotizing audience across the continent for four years now, and her patented blend of saucy sex appeal and goofy humor is the epitome of classic vaudeville. With her Cheshire cat grin and knock-em-dead curves, you won't know which set of cheeks to pinch! Last year, this darling Devil appeared at the Miss Exotic World Burlesque Pageant (where she promptly passed out from heatstroke), the Las Vegas Rockaround, and the third annual Tease-o-Rama. She's thrilled to make her debut at New York Burlesque Fest, and thanks her wonderful boyfriend in advance for letting her break a bottle over his head on stage. For more info, visit -New York Burlesque Festival 2004
Thursday, June 09, 2005Diamondback AnnieLA Diamondback Annie's swingin' tribute to the King of rock and roll puts the "pelvis" back in Elvis! Let her genderbending gyrations set your mind a-whirl as this burnin' hunk of love sets the stage ablaze with a sizzling rendition of the King in all the overblown, karate-choppin' spangled glory of his Vegas heyday. Marvel at the sordid history of the spectacular 70's jumpsuit handcrafted by Elvis' own tailor, Bill Belew.for a young and nubile Donny Osmond. And all you luscious ladies out there-get up close and personal with Annie and she might choose to decorate your beauty with one of her monogrammed silk scarves, stained with sweat from the unlikeliest of places!2004
 Photos like the one above provide us with another example of the realization of the sexual revolution's goals. Fortunately, equality in sexuality is becoming more and more the norm with each successive generation. The woman in the photo feels liberated enough to assume an assertative role. The man feels confident enough to allow the woman to assume that role. Positive body acceptance is revealed by their lack of clothing. Confidence in sexual behaviour is exhibited by their openess to display their behaviour in public. The positive consequences for the couple are a continuing development of a healthy mutual sexual life. Negative consequences only occur to other people uncomfortable with this realistic, positive and honest behaviour. The religious community attacks this behaviour because it threatens the continuation of their specific traditions and the religion itself.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005Black Cat BurlesqueBoston Raising pulses (and the dead) since the summer of 2003, Black Cat Burlesque is dedicated to putting the BUMP back into the night! Using the framework of classic burlesque to mine the depths of their twisted psyches, this scream team blends striptease thrills and spookshow chills to push the boundaries of the art form and explore the dark, cobwebbed corners of neo-cabaret. Conceived in the back of a hearse by that tassel-twirling dynamo (and former mortician), Miss Firecracker and monster man-at-large, illustrator Mister Reusch, Black Cat Burlesque is quite possibly the only burlesque troupe to build its ranks in a funeral home… During a particularly portentous embalming, our devilicious Miss F met fellow undertaker J. Cannibal. Over blood and formaldehyde, he revealed his nasty little secret: namely, a penchant for voodoo and one Miss Mary Widow-horror movie obsessed choreographer and gore-gore girl extraordinaire. Thus, our creepy coven was complete and what ensued has left a trail of broken hearts and resurrected corpses across the Eastern seaboard. Specializing in , but not limited to horror, and B-movie themed acts, BCB's cauldron bubbles over with influences that include: Famous Monsters of Filmland, Edgar Allen Poe, Russ Meyer, Hammer studios, animation, comic books, the Misfits, Phantom of the Paradise, theatre of cruelty, Maxfield Parrish, Alice Cooper, German expressionism, Grimm fairy tales, European folklore, giant Japanese monsters, Edward Gorey, Monty Python, Grand Guignol, masked wrestling, musical theater, Scooby Doo, the candy aisle, and of course, mortuary science. We have produced the now infamous burlesque horror spookshows at the Coolidge Corner Theater, Spooks A-Poppin' and the Spookalicious Horror Sideshow for the Annual 13 hour Horror Marathon. Along with DJ Vinny, we have also co-produced the sixties themed Zombies A Go-Go, Born to be Wild and the Russ Meyer Tribute nights at the Milky Way Boston. We are currently sequestered in our underground laboratory, hell bent on making Mister Reusch's ghoulish paintings FLESH for an upcoming retrospective of his work in October and an entirely Edgar Allen Poe themed spookshow for the Halloween season. Our own Famous Monsters have appeared in venues and events such as: NYC Burlesquefest 2003, 26th Annual SciFi Marathon, NELA Fetish Ball, the Slipper Room, Garters & Lace Convention, LadyFest DC; and with such acts as Jonathan Richman, the Groovy Ghoulies, the O'Debra Twins, Beat Science, 4 Piece Suit, Downbeat 5 and Electrolux. BCB has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, Pitchforkmedia.com, Stuff@Nite, the Weekly Dig, and some particularly nefarious pages of the Necronomicon. Join the spooky fun at: www.blackcatburlesque.com and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blackcatburlesque2004
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