Asian Faces
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Here are some glamorous photos from a new book called “Asian Faces,” which is all about makeup for Asian ladies:
Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category
Hedwig in Korea
Monday, August 20th, 2007Here are some amazing photos from my good friend John Cameron Mitchell. He went to Korea and performed for thousands and thousands of Hedwig fans. He is even wearing a traditional Korean braided wig! It is so amazing! I love him!!
Cherry Blossoms
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007I can’t get enough cherry blossom tattoos. These are by Barnaby from Mom’s Tattoos at the Pomona Fairplex this past weekend.
Erasure
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Here is a shot I took of Andy Bell of Erasure at their show at The Grove in Anaheim on Saturday. Erasure are the greatest! I miss seeing them every night on the True Colors Tour.
I still can’t believe True Colors is over, but I did get to open for Erasure in Anaheim. Look at how cute!!
True Colors in LA
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Me and Lucas:
The Amazing Cyndi Lauper
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Pics by Diana Yanez:
with Knox Chandler
with Rosie O’Donnell
True Colors Photos 3
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007More photos from the road, by Diana Yanez and Andy Bell!
at The View
at Radio City Music Hall
Amanda Lepore and me
Beth Ditto and me
Amanda Palmer and me
True Colors in Boston
Sunday, June 17th, 2007The Boston and Atlantic City shows were awesome. In Atlantic City we were joined by The Gossip! I love them! They are incredible!!!
And last night in Boston, Rufus Wainwright brought his adorable stars and stripey looking band to the show. I love him!! I love everyone.
Photos of The Gossip, by Diana Yanez:
True Colors in Atlantic City
Friday, June 15th, 2007Diana and I walked around the Borgata until we found some True Colors crew…Yay! This is us partying in the B Bar. What are all those orbs and smoky images? None of those were there when we were in the bar… hmm….ghosts at the bar?
I am not tired anymore. Now I am homesick, which is weird because I travel all the time. But I haven’t been home in a while! I miss my family and I am having a hard time sleeping without my dogs! I put all these pillows on top of my body at night in order to replicate my dogs’ sleeping bodies, but it isn’t the same! Oh why don’t they have dog prostitutes! What about dog groupies?! I am sure that there are some dogs out there who are big fans of my work and would like to sleep with me!!!!
True Colors Photos 1
Thursday, June 14th, 2007Some nice photos from Diana Yanez!
Me:
True Colors in Columbus
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007The tour is making a stop today in Columbus, Ohio, and I know I said I was tired before but I really didn’t know what I was talking about. I have never been so exhausted in my life and my ‘t’ key is sticking. Ttttttttttttttrying to get it to work is making me even more tired.
I took a walk in the afternoon looking to buy some new shoes because I have grown completely sick of the ones I have brought. It isn’t a tremendous hardship, having to wear the same shoes every night, but when you are this road weary, everything gets on your very last nerve. I walked through a huge empty parking lot and as I walked this girl all the way on the other side of the lot was shouting at me, “Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!” and when I saw her, a tiny dot of a far away person wedged between beat up cars, she said, “Bitch!”
It’s just that kind of day.
More pics from the road, by Diana Yanez:
In Vegas, I had my breasts plastered for “Keep A Breast Foundation,” a nonprofit that raises money for breast cancer education and awareness:
True Colors in Chicago
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007The Chicago show was incredible. I love Chicago. It is one of my favorite cities, with its beautiful old buildings and warm, affectionate and enthusiastic people with their cute accents. I always have a great time.
We are now on planes, and I miss the Dresden Dolls bus terribly. After several days of sharing bathrooms, bunks and dressing rooms, now I am feeling like I am hardly seeing them at all! And then all these folks have come to me to talk about how much they love Brian Viglione!!! I don’t know why, but I have become some sort of depository for Brian love. So many people have come to me to confess their feelings for him, as if I could put in a good word for them or something. What is amusing is that there seems to be no kind of person he doesn’t attract. All genders, all sexual orientations, all different people from all walks of life are having feelings for him. It is gay men, straight men, straight women, trannies, lesbians! You know you must be a hot guy if lesbians are falling for you! I love Brian too. He is kind of like the great equalizer. Everyone loves him. But I think I would rather find myself in bed with Amanda.
Rosie O’Donnell joined us for the Chicago show and she was amazing. I love to watch her perform! She is truly one of the greatest standup comics of all time. I am glad to have the opportunity to watch her work; it is an honor and a privilege and worth the price of admission alone. The audience loves her so much and she just destroys every time. I love her message and her way of delivering it. She has tremendous power as a performer, which has made her a great talk show host and actress, but I love the purity of her comedy, because when she does standup – I don’t have to look at anyone else! It is just all about her! I am hoping since she is rocking the crowds so hard, she will be inspired to go on another standup comedy tour. Standup comedy needs her badly!! She is doing a bunch more cities on the tour, so you shouldn’t pass up the chance to see her. She fucking rules. All the other artists and I watch her sets every night just screaming laughing and looking at each other mouthing, “That rules, that rules!”
Here are some more pics from the road, by Diana Yanez:
True Colors in Denver
Sunday, June 10th, 2007Stayed up late on the bus watching “Jackass” with The Dresden Dolls crew, and then slept the sleep of a rock star on the road without a groupie. I needed it badly. This tour is pretty grueling. I am sure I wouldn’t be so tired if I didn’t insist on rocking out to every band on the side of the stage. It is a long show and not only do I have to perform between each act, I am unable to stop myself from dancing! My whole body is sore from jumping up and down like a crazy fool.
There were many highlights from the show last night in Salt Lake City. First of all, we were joined by The Cliks! I love them and they rocked!!!! I am trying to convince them to join us for the entire tour…hopefully they will. Ohmigod they are total babes and their music is amazing!!! I am shooting the video for their new single “Eyes in the Back of My Head,” which is basically them on this tour being the band that everyone wants to see. I will put it up as soon as it is done.
There were a million other incredible moments from the show, but my favorite was when Andy Bell ended the Erasure set with the gorgeous “Oh Lamour.” As soon as he started the song, I heard this incredible wave of screaming and applause from the huge crowd. It was like 20,000 people collectively swooning. Beautiful.
Today we are in Denver, CO at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The sun is coming down hard and I am hiding up in the dressing room trying to figure out which underwear is clean enough to wear.
It is weird to be living on the bus because you have to have a method to your luggage which I haven’t mastered. Also, one of the rules of the bus is no solids in the toilet. It is a no poo zone, which is tremendously practical, but I also keep forgetting. I peed and then tossed some toilet paper in, then I remembered the rule. I had to reach back in and drag out the now soaked paper. Why am I telling you this? I guess I want you to see that being on tour with a rock band isn’t always champagne, cocaine and cock. It sometimes means reaching in where you don’t want to reach.
True Colors in SLC
Saturday, June 9th, 2007Seriously, I am so tired I am freaking out. We had an amazing opening night in Las Vegas, and now we are just outside of Salt Lake City at the USNA Amphitheatre and it is going to rock!
We left late last night on The Dresden Dolls bus. I never toured on a bus before and I feel like such a rock star. Everyone has their little bunk and it is very peaceful and quiet. It kind of reminds me of those sci fi shows like “Lost in Space” where everyone has their own cubicle. Danger Will Robinson. Each band is like its own spaceship, and we are all headed where many bands have rocked before. I am loving it…
True Colors in Vegas
Friday, June 8th, 2007Note: sorry for the late entry - part of being on the road!
The True Colors Tour kicks off today. I have been in Las Vegas for the last two days rehearsing and getting ready and hanging out with everyone. Here are a few pics from dinner taken by Diana Yanez.
Here is me with Rob Roth, the director, left and Jonny Podell, right:
Here is Cyndi looking beautiful and thoughtful with the cute boy of the moment, Brian Viglione, from The Dresden Dolls:
and here is my new tattoo all healed!!
