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Devine/Edith Massey
Back in the late 70's,I lived in Fell's Point.An old town on Baltimore's Harbor.I was good friends with Devine as well as Edith Massey!Edith managed a thrift store,Pink Flamingos directly cattacornered across from my house on Broadway,the main street in Fell's Point.I would take my borderline collie,Max,over and he loved Edith!She owned a HUGE orange tabby cat and kept her on a leash.The cat sat on the counter and was not to be pet by straingers,she'd scratch,hiss and bite them.John Waters,After Hairspray's release,would sign hundreds of cans of Aqua-Net haispray and Edith sold them for $8/can.All proceeds went to A.I.D.S reseach.
Devine could be a real bitch if she had enough to smoke or sniff or drink!I was lucky to be one of her chosen friends and she'd call me to go thifting or try to start some trouble with randomly sellected victims!When she died,I was so depressed because,unlike most people who claimed to know her,I knew her before she got to be so popular.Devine's fame though never made her change our friendship.She was sorry to see me leave Fell's Point and move downtown but would call or stop over to "catch a buzz"on the weekend just before my friends and I would get ready and go out "twirling and whirling"on the dance floor of the "Hippo"a great gay club on E.Eager and Charles St.Numeous times,Devine would be "lit"and go to the Eager St.side of the Hippo and lowdly read people putting them in their place whether they liked it or not.I remember one night,she was all dolled up and looked quite severe.She heard a customer at the Hippo say she looked like a fairy in he momo outfit!She waisted no time spiining around to face this unknown twink saying"Fairy!!You say I'm a fairy??!!Than poof you little bitch!,Now you're a pile of shit!"The entire room of queers went histerric in laughter and the person who made the mistake of trying to read Miss Thang,melted into nothingness.What a blast!
Back in the late 70's,I lived in Fell's Point.An old town on Baltimore's Harbor.I was good friends with Devine as well as Edith Massey!Edith managed a thrift store,Pink Flamingos directly cattacornered across from my house on Broadway,the main street in Fell's Point.I would take my borderline collie,Max,over and he loved Edith!She owned a HUGE orange tabby cat and kept her on a leash.The cat sat on the counter and was not to be pet by straingers,she'd scratch,hiss and bite them.John Waters,After Hairspray's release,would sign hundreds of cans of Aqua-Net haispray and Edith sold them for $8/can.All proceeds went to A.I.D.S reseach.
Devine could be a real bitch if she had enough to smoke or sniff or drink!I was lucky to be one of her chosen friends and she'd call me to go thifting or try to start some trouble with randomly sellected victims!When she died,I was so depressed because,unlike most people who claimed to know her,I knew her before she got to be so popular.Devine's fame though never made her change our friendship.She was sorry to see me leave Fell's Point and move downtown but would call or stop over to "catch a buzz"on the weekend just before my friends and I would get ready and go out "twirling and whirling"on the dance floor of the "Hippo"a great gay club on E.Eager and Charles St.Numeous times,Devine would be "lit"and go to the Eager St.side of the Hippo and lowdly read people putting them in their place whether they liked it or not.I remember one night,she was all dolled up and looked quite severe.She heard a customer at the Hippo say she looked like a fairy in he momo outfit!She waisted no time spiining around to face this unknown twink saying"Fairy!!You say I'm a fairy??!!Than poof you little bitch!,Now you're a pile of shit!"The entire room of queers went histerric in laughter and the person who made the mistake of trying to read Miss Thang,melted into nothingness.What a blast!
