Retro: Arcade Fire - We Exist (Official Music Video)

This video features actor Andrew Garfield.

Retro: The Odds

From 1993, it's "Heterosexual Man" featuring video appearances from some members of Kids in the Hall. Spoiler: towards the end of the video the entire band femulates. 

Here's an image of Dave Foley from the video. 

Retro: David Bowie

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel • Top of the Pops. Anyone know of a live action video that feature's the song's story?

 

Retro: Lou Reed

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side, with help from some of Andy Warhol's superstars.

 

Amateur Hour

I love stumbling across attractive gurls who are neither drag queens nor post-op transgurls. Don't get me wrong, I often appreciate their web content too, but "amateur" videos and photos have a particular appeal to me -- a fellow amateur, at best.

In this video, young Sherri Brown dances and lip-synchs to Madonna's Like a Prayer. Sherri is/was so petite and feminine! With great legs!

I wrote "is/was" because Sherri's first video was posted 11 years ago, according to YouTube. And in that video she is in the same room and she looks the same as in the original recording. Over the last 2 years, Sherri has posted a number of other short videos that are from that same room and time. It looks like a trip through the archives, but I'm loving it anyway. 

Maybe soon Sherri will post some more recent footage -- or images. 

Right now she has 580 subscribers. Can we get that to 1000 ASAP?

Update: after 48 hours her subscriber count is up by 77 -- that's about 13%!

Kuba Szyperski

It's a new season of Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo and Kuba Szyperski is already the breakout star. Over at the The Cover Gurlz, I posted a couple of recent videos of Kuba singing as 2 female vocalists. Great voice! Apparently Kuba has performed in feminine/drag roles in Kinky Boots and Chicago. The Instagram page has pics. 

Here's Kuba performing as Celine Dion, which is a third impersonation:

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Singer on TCMS

This is Mario Vaquerizo as Paulina Rubio singing 'Boys will be boys'.



Ignore the voice, focus on the energy -- and the look.

Mario also performed as Lola Flores and other singers on the program.

Pavel Arambula on The Switch II

As I've written in the past, Pavel Arambula can really sing. This song is Por Amarte Asi, performed on a Chilean TV show called "The Switch." In this drag show, the contestants have to sing. It's the second edition of the program:

 

Lucero (singing Cuentame):

 

Hizaki

Over on the Cover Gurlz, I once blogged about Japanese guitarist Hizaki. Usually, Hizaki performs in long flowing gowns, somewhat reminiscent of a Parisian gothic look. Just peruse this Instagram account for proof.

With a little digging, however, there are other more modern pics out there, such as this 2016 Halloween image:

#halloween #HIZAKI #nurse

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This is apparently from a 2012 calendar:

This is a sexy look from a photobook:

Gender and Race Transformation?

This is Jerzy Grzechnik performing as Diana Ross on the Polish television program Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo. How do we feel about the blackface?

 

 Jerzy has already appeared on the show as Adele and Britney Spears.

Will someone please notice Dixie?

I cannot believe Dixie Lynn Cartwright isn't yet a starlet. She's tall, thin and leggy like a supermodel -- and she has a terrific feminine singing voice. Plus, she's funny.

Dixie experiments with her look quite often, trying everything from glam to trash. This leans more to the latter:

Do these horizontal stripes make my hair look big? #drag #dragqueen #instadrag #chicagoqueen #dlc #dixie

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Here's a snippet of her singing, with a much more glamorous look:

A little snippet of my winning performance at the Bailiwick Chicago Drag Talent Show! Yes, this is "Home" from The Wiz. And yes, it's a part of a mash-up with "On My Own" from Les Miz. Oh, and yes, it's also about masturbation. The full version is on my YouTube channel. Go check it out. #drag #dragqueen #dragqueens #instadrag #chicagoqueen #bailiwickchicago #thewiz #home

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Here's a sample of her comedy and singing:

 

'tis the Season

The lovely Courtney Act with Willam and Alaska.

Emma: Music Teacher?

I'm not sure this blog has ever featured the lovely Ms. Ballantyne. This photo makes me see Emma as a teacher. Does she play that guitar?

 


I also like this photo, which proves that you can bring Emma home to meet the family at the holiday:

   


About that guitar...

 

Timur Rodriguez Singing

Yes, I've been on youtube again watching various versions of "Your Face Sounds Familiar" from around the world. The Russian version offers some particularly entertaining videos.

Timur Rodriguez in the image of Ani Lorak:


Here is the singer as Diana Ross, performing in English:



And as Lyudmila Gurchenko

Boy's Day

I'm not a big fan of lip-synching, but this Korean "supergroup" is entertaining:



In case the video is ambiguous:

Putting together the ′pretty boys′ from different groups, Boy’s Day will include BTOB’s Min Hyuk, NU’EST’s Ren, VIXX’s Hong Bin and A-JAX’s Seung Jin. They will be parodying Girl’s Day from head to toe, including hair and make-up, in order to present their own version of Something.

This is the Girl's Day performance they are mimicking:

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Finally, here are some side-by-side pics comparing the members of Boy's Day and Girl's Day.

Update: Just noticed the Jaye Kaye has lots of great photos on her terrific tumblr.

Singer: Julio Iglesias Jr. as Amy Winehouse

This is from a Spanish television series "Tu cara me suena," often known around the world as "Sing Your Face Off." Supposedly, ABC is bring a version to the United States.

In addition to this blog, I started The Cover Gurlz blog in July 2007. Six and a half years later, Rupaul presents an album by that name. The performers are apparently the gurlz on this year's Drag Race. Here's the advertisement for the recording:



One of the performers is the lovely Aussie Courtney Act:




Courtney was first featured on The Cover Gurlz in August 2010, but appeared again in May 2011. And of course, I mentioned Courtney's singing talent here at Gossip Gurl in December 2011 -- and provided a swimsuit photo from Flickr in April 2012.

Merry Christmas

For those who celebrate the holiday, please enjoy Dixie Lynn Cartwright's version of "O Holy Night."

Cristina Bugatty

Today, I wish I could understand Italian.

The lovely and talented Cristina Bugatty has been posting some terrific videos to YouTube lately. From what I can tell using Google Translate, Cristina has been famous in Italy for about 10 years. She was originally known as a singer (those linked songs are in English) and was controversially cut from the San Remo Festival back in 2003. The news stories of the time called her a "transsexual," but her YouTube profile is Italia Crossdresser and she has posted in comments "No, I do not live full time as a woman...I enjoy to change identity often :))."  She has also commented, "I studied acting, I'm an actress, or at least I try .... a bit 'as Tootsie .."

If you look around on YouTube, you can find any number of impressive videos featuring Cristina. None, so far as I can tell, are "transformation" videos that show her putting on makeup. Nor does she simply wiggle around in front of a camera once fully clothed (though she has posted this). I'm grateful for her creativity and artistic sense.

For a good example of her work, watch this surprisingly sexy video of her exiting a train station and walking to her car:



Cristina does have the advantage of location. This is her Venice video:



Cristina has been featured frequently as a guest on a television program called "Lilit." and her Facebook photos page includes video from some sort of television series. Spoiler: much of the comedy turns on the fact that she is observed exiting a Men's room.

Finally, this video is a collection of photos from her career.



Note: If you want to watch this interview, but don't speak Italian, check out this transcript.

Silver Summers Singing

Silver Summers is sometimes singing with the Supreme Fabulettes. That link takes you to my other blog, The Cover Gurlz. Here's the purpose of that blog:

In this band-yet-to-be, "cover girls" should be as attractive as models. Members will play and sing cover songs previously made famous by female artists and groups... And they'll be boys, under-cover as gurlz.

See Silver Summers live up to those standards here:



And because she's a looker, here's a pic: