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Jaymi Hensley stars in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
For a while now, my friend Elisha and I have been saying that we wanted to relive our childhoods by going to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in person. It’s a show we both fondly remember from watching the Donny Osmond film version as children and now it was coming to Leeds and we thought we’d give it a whirl. Our expectations weren’t particularly high as we’ve always seen it as a ‘family musical’. We also thought it would be a tad dated and to be fair, it did come out in 1968 (51 years ago). However, as we were watching the show, we realised that the vocals had…
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The weird, wacky and WTF ‘Pride’ contributions in the name of capitalism
Strap on (no pun intended) your gayest garments because pride season is just around the corner! And you know what that means… brands are going to act as allies to sell merchandise! Hooray! As you know, LGBT month is prime time for brands to pretend their ‘inclusive’ by throwing some gaudy rainbows on whatever products they’ve got. There seems to be a lot of “pinkwashing” these days. There are a few things in life that boils my piss and seeing brands that don’t really do much for the LGBT community slap a rainbow on some that during pride month is one of them. Not only that but I think it’s really…
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*Field Notes by Robert J. Railton – Private View June 7th
I do love championing my friends and their escapades and this weekend I’ll be seeing my good friend Robert J. Railton‘s art exhibition in London. Robert and I first met many moons ago (I think 2012) at London Collections: Men (now London Fashion Week Men’s) in the little Topman sponsored pub. We ended up chatting for quite some time and since then we’ve headed to countless seasons and shows together. As well as being an incredibly fashionable chap, Robert is also a talented artist and I had the pleasure of being the subject of one of Robert J. Railton’s art pieces before. Robert and I bonded over menswear and I…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 11: Bring Back My Queens
Brace yourself because I have another rant brewing! You thought I was mad last week when Shuga was unfairly sent into the lipsync, well this week’s episode has had me all kinds of vexed. Why? Well, because *spoiler alert* Nina West was wrongly eliminated this week! But I’ll come back to that later, just know that I’m fuming at RuPaul and his illegitimate daughter, Silky, who he keeps saving from elimination. After Shuga’s unjust elimination last week, the queens now know that the competition is hotting up. And there’s nobody who knows that more than Silky after she got read for filth (but saved from lipsyncing… again). I’m going to rush…
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Jocks & Nerds Magazine – Svengali #ThrowbackThursday
Maybe I’m having a midlife crisis, maybe it’s Maybelline. I jest, I’m just reminiscing about the good old days and I thought they’d be worth sharing on my blog as a little ‘throwback’. I need to start sharing some of my old work a bit more as I never really broadcasted it. Anyway, today I thought I’d post a magazine spread of my first printed accreditation as a styling assistant. Way way back many centuries ago, not long after the Bible began, I met a great stylist called Karen Mason at London Collections: Men (now London Fashion Week Men’s). It was back in the early seasons of LCM when the…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 10: Dragracadabra
Before I get into the episode I’m going to start off with a *SPOILER* for this episode. You’ve all seen how it ends and I think it was a joke. Shuga 👏🏻 was 👏🏻 robbed 👏🏻 ! It was obvious that the show wanted to get rid of Shuga as they didn’t see her as finale material but I thought Silky or Yvie should have been in the lipsync. Am I wrong? Well, you know the answer to that. The decision was a farce. But hey, Vanjie’s skirted by in her bathing suits all season and Silky has just played herself in every acting challenge so I can’t say I was surprised. The episode…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 9: L.A.D.P.!
After that double save last week (which was absolutely deserved), the queens know knew that the stakes had been raised and there most likely wouldn’t be another chance at a double save. With the competition hotting up, the queens know they can’t slip up at any point, don’t believe me? Just ask Plastique *spoiler*. But jokes aside, I really felt like Plastique was robbed this week – yes, she didn’t wear a facekini this week but she had a much stronger track record than Vanjie and I felt with both lipsyncs being on par, the track record should come into play as to who stays in the competition. As you…
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A Brief Rundown of London Fashion Week Men’s Autumn / Winter ’19
London Fashion Week Men’s is over and done with for another season. I saw some really great shows, I saw some weird shit and I saw a hell of a lot of womenswear for a seasonal event called ‘London Fashion Week Men’s‘. But I’ll get into that pretty quickly, fear not. I’m going to keep this blog post short and sweet because I’m sure you don’t want to listen to my ramblings. LFWM was a bit of a last minute one for me. I was just finishing up at my old job and because I was waiting to be paid, I only booked my accommodation and my travel a couple…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 8: Snatch Game at Sea
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s the one you’ve all been waiting for – Snatch Game is finally here! The episode of episodes and a fan favourite for all where the queens battle it out with their best celebrity impersonations. But before we get into it, there’s some unresolved beef in the werkroom to address. Silky is still bitter that Yvie called her talentless, which I do get, but it’s obvious Silky straight up hates Yvie and that bit can’t be ignored. But it was Vanjie and Yvie that blew up on the red couch as they reentered after Ra’Jah’s elimination. Shit the bed, I know we all love seeing drama on…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 7: From Farm To Runway
I, like most of you reading this are still saddened by the outright criminal activity that was Scarlet being robbed last week. I mean, what the hell was RuPaul thinking?! She was definitely on some sort of trip – either that or Ra’Jah is her illegitimate son. The episode started with tensions as high the decibels in Vanjie’s ‘indoor voice’. Straight away, Ra’Jah was saying how she didn’t want to read Scarlet’s message and she just wanted to scrub it out and not give her the time of day. Firstly, that’s rude as hell – it’s the queens parting message to the other contestants, don’t be nasty. Ra’Jah was so damn…
