Author: Linda Simpson
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Her Name was Queerdonna
Took a trip down memory lane yesterday when I met for a tea-time chat with long-time nightlife promoter Chip Duckett. Among the topics: Queerdonna, the obese Madonna-obsessed impersonator who Chip used to hire quite frequently in the mid-1990s. Talk about a novelty act!
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Too Cute to Give Away!
As a busy Bingo hostess, I’m forever on the hunt for crowd-pleasing prizes. Honey, I could write an entire book on where to shop in NYC for budget knickknacks, baubles and trinkets. I buy ’em and give away! Into my apartment and then out! But once in a great while an item will tickle my…
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Bite Size DQ Gossip
Did you catch RuPaul’s Drag Race on Monday? NYC’s Mimi Imfurst, unloved by her sister contestants, was commanded to sashay away. Her departure was not a surprise for NYC’s drag circuit…
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Broadway Bamboozle
Doesn’t it seem odd that the ads for the upcoming Broadway production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, features a trio of real girls? The musical is based on a 1994 Australian film about two drag queens and a transsexual.
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Sorry Christina Aguilera, You’ve Been Replaced
I’ve got an idea! For next year’s Super Bowl entertainment, how about replacing the usual over-exposed pop acts? I know! Madrid drag performer Prohibida would be perfecto! She’s sexy and energetic, and she can help lure in viewers from other parts of the globe.
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My Super Bowl Press Clipping
A Super Bowl fanatic I’m not. But I always had fun at the annual big-game bash that my pal Jody used to throw. Her Lower East Side apartment, which was quite big, would be packed with scruffy creative types snacking, drinking and sort of watching the game (The tacky half-time show was more popular).