Hello m’dears, mOther here!
If patience is a virtue then clubbing must be a virtuosic pursuit, particularly with all the little dens and havens around town shuffling much anticipated dates around and back and… well, all over the place. So, mOther apologises on behalf of those whose events were plugged last issue but didn’t occur. They will happen… and just think how character building it might have been to be loitering in a back laneway in Northbridge dressed as a chicken, bowl of fruit or some similarly odd attire. Be patient little ones – the freaks shall inherit the Perth.
In the spirit of Anita Wax, why not Cher and Cher alike your innate desire to don a frock, apply some lipstick badly and then mime your heart out in a manner that’s far worse than the lippy you just applied. Yes, it’s a Seahorse Session. Dress up like a diva or a deviant for a spot of Amateur Drag Night at The Court Hotel every Wednesday night as DJ Feminem spins the discs for a midweek munt through the wardrobe. Expect every kind of drag diva to be at this event. Every kind…
For those who like to read books and words and, erm, clever literary stuff, well, there is finally a night for you. Yes, get your geek chic on and get ready to spit diction at Cottonmouth. This adventure into language is a night full of narrative art and spoken word performance. Yes, vocabulary is not just a big word. It kicks off at 7pm at Bar 459 at The Rosemount Hotel and features a host of different literary talents each month from such fields as new writing, fiction, sound art, poetry, hip hop and acoustic. With it occurring on the second Thursday of every month, it sets sail for a new axis of language on Thursday May 8. Head to www.cottonmouth.org.au to find out all the really, really big words… like xerostomia.
Death By Drag is about to begin, oh and how! It’s a Connections Nightclub talent show which will cut the queens from the commoners. This hedonistic search for fame and glory was meant to begin last month, but instead kicks off straight after A Girls Night At The Playboy Mansion on Friday May 9 at 1am. The format? This is what’s so exciting about this show – it incorporates all the excitement of reality television with bare-faced embarrassment as a bunch of baby drags get set a horrendous task to enact in public and ON VIDEO. Included in this bounty of blackmail material will be video diaries. Oh boo hoo – watch the baby drag die… err, I mean cry. Val and Delta Force host this horror show of hilarity where the only thing worse than the performance of the baby drags will be their make-up. So watch who wins, who wanes, who begins and who ends in this talent show that is sure to break more than just a few stilettos.
Back at The Court, and it’s music, sweet music, as live bands make an appearance on weekend afternoons. Watch out for Pink Corduroy every Saturday and Valentine Moon every Sunday, both appearing at 3pm, both rocking it out, both kicking musical ass and both followed, thereafter, by the DJs.
Girls, get ready to get it on at The Pride Women’s Sundowner which hits The Grapeskin on Wednesday May 14. This monthly point-of-reference for every lesbian in Perth is a general schmooze fest full of wine, women and wanton fun. Yes, a night where loose lips…hmmm, enough of that analogy. Be there for some Sapphic discourse and fundraising for local community body Pride WA. The she-nanigans start at 6:30pm. For boys and girls, one week later on May 21, the Pride Professionals watch the sun go down high above the city at C Restaurant.
Which leads us to the highly anticipated ZOO. This freak fest is all about you being whatever the hell you want to be. Got a hump? Throw a little glitter on it and go dancing! Yes, that hump, that hump, that lovely shapely hump could be all the rage at ZOO. There to oversee events will be Strykermeyer, The Holy Lady of the Lip Sync Ms Lizzie Chirpsworth, Space Ace and JaseWyrdom. The music is a mash of breaks, vocals, pop, electro and tech with a ‘Half Hour of Horror’ at midnight. Humour prevails, fun is the new god and fashion? Create your own! Yes, glue fridge magnets to your face if need be: mOther will be! ZOO kicks off on Sunday May 18 at BarOpen, with entry via the back laneway from 8pm until 1am. Ooooooh… and there will be performances!!!
Get your electro on! China Horse 2 comes a-galloping from yonder horizon and is so hot to trot you simply cantor resist. Yes, a cavalcade of MySpace bands and sound-smiths are converging and emerging at this audio axis of electronic sonicisms. A mouthful? Try an earful! So far confirmed are Electric Limosine, Tomás Ford, Voltaire Twins, Petrosex, Bend & Snap, Hickey and Rex Monsoon with more still to be confirmed. That’s a whole lotta disco! So, where is China Horse 2? Ah, that’s the charm of this gig. It’s a secret show, which means the location is unknown. Go online and visit www.myspace.com/chinahorse to find out more details.
Now go, have some fun, be little terriers and remember – do what your mOther told ya!
