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One of the "types" which kept me in denial for decades cuz that wasn't me, I couldn't identify, and I never wanted to be like that with the flames spewing out.
 
My hair is more fabulous than hers! Mine is naturaly blonde and every three months,I get a perm. I used to shave it all off when I lived in Florida but got tired of the nozey people asking about the major scar on my left side from the surgery I had in '89.Once it was long enough,my stepsister,Julie permed it real curly like I used to get when I was a "Baltimoron"I actualy go mine done at "The Eldorado" Cosmotology school which is in the original movie"Hairspray" with Devine. Eric was my stylist and he(major drag queen that he was) always use "Applepectun" perm by Helene Curtis and would cellophane my hair.It made my hair smell like apples for days! I'd always have it maintaned once every two weeks.Everybody there was great and because it was a school,the price was no more than $20 for a perm and $7 for a shampoo,cut and blow dry.I'd have it done on wednesday and on thusday night(men's night at the Hippo)I'd get the cruziest stares and lots of free drinks just standing at the bar or going out on the dance floor with my bandana and daizy dukes on.They sold the building(The Eldorado) and the owner retired in 1992 just before I left B'more.I have yet to find such a great place to get my hair done.The Hippo? Still thriving after 40 years in business.
 
Hey, nothing wrong with being queenie! It takes confidence and audacity, two qualities i admire! Too many timid people out there worrying about what everyone else thinks.

Unfortunately, you dont have to be witty or original to be a screaming queen. This queen here is the perfect example.
 
Growing up, my father taught me that the more a guy got it in the butt, the more effeminate he became. My mother believes gay people don't even exist. Instead, she simply claims some people are afflicted with a disease: "gender identity disorder".

It's amazing I didn't wind up blowing my brains out, but I think their influence does account for my inability to be around queenie guys for longer than a few minutes at a time.
 
He does have

good timing and that makes him very funny to watch. He is a natural entertainer once he gets a broader perspective he'll be another Eddie Izzard!

Jeff I have a hard time being around over affected anybodys, wether its queens or super macho dudes its all too much.
Years ago I worked with this guy who had this saying for all these overly affected types when they would come into the restaurant-- he just look at them and say "Stop the Drama". It fit them all.

But William is entertaining I think becuase his reach is to OUR experiences not his and that is what make it entertaining to me.
 
Wih Devine and John Waters being daily encounters in Fell's Point(my past neighborhood in Baltimore,Md.)either at the Broadway Market or over the phone,I truly know all about what the gay word"queen"is all about.
Devine would call me early saturday morning sometimes 3AM !!!She'd sound frantic wanting to run the allies behind the row houses in town to go trash hunting.She'd meet me and we'd drive all through the allies and find treasures.She'd grab the women's clothes and I'd grab the appliances.other times,we'd go to either the old Edmondson Village flea market at he old Edmondson Village drive-in theater on Rt.40 west or hit the Disabled American Veteren's stores on North ave.or the one in West Baltimore.
After our triumphant digging and searching,we'd take everything either to my place or the thrift store she and Edith Massy (another star in some of John Water's movies.She played the Egg Lady in one)ran for years to sort throgh everything and take whatever needed to be laundered to the Fell's Point Licensed Westinghouse Laundromat on Fleet St.There,they had the true Laundromat washers and drycleaning machines.We'd then catch a buz and go to the Hollywood bar up Broadway and have a few "slippery nipples"then shoot a few games of pool.
It never failed.When Devine had had a few "nipples"or smoked a "doobee",she was lit and ready to read anyone who dared to come into her path.This older tramp came in for a beer and she read him deep!He was dressed like a cowboy in all acrilic,double knit clothes including a plaid shir with double pockets,a white hat and cheap fake aligator boots.By the time Devine was finished wih him,he squirmed out like a snake and nobody ever saw him again!Such a true queen,what a sad story about her death.
Devine had two words for those who were either truly ugly"Brick!"or not real fasion consious"Wilber!"She'd scream it to them loud enough to get everyone's attention.
 

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