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Showing posts with label Sharon Needles. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
YouTube Treasures: Sharon Needles - Dracula
Let the magical marathon begin! Celebrate Halloween all October long
Saturday, February 14, 2015
YouTube Treasures: RuPaul's Drag Race's 28 Days of Drag / Shady Saturday
Let the February countdown to Rupaul's Drag Race Season 7 begin...
with a daily dose of drag.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
YouTube Treasures: Bianca Del Rio and Sharon Needles
Let the February countdown to Rupaul's Drag Race Season 7 begin...
with a daily dose of drag.
Monday, October 27, 2014
YouTube Treasures: Alyssa Edward's Secret - Halloween Special
Monday's are a drag...
Let the bloodbath begin! Celebrate Halloween all October long
with a new vampire post every day! Who's your favorite?
Sunday, February 9, 2014
YouTube Treasures: Sharon Needles ~ Dressed To Kill
Let the February countdown to Rupaul's Drag Race Season 6 begin...
with a daily dose of drag.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
YouTube Treasures: Sharon Needles ~ This Club Is A Haunted House
Let the February countdown to Rupaul's Drag Race Season 6 begin...
with a daily dose of drag.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles
Aaron Coady (born November 28, 1981), better known by his stage name Sharon Needles, is an American drag performer and recording artist. A self-described "stupid genius, reviled sweetheart, and PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon) princess," Needles rose to prominence on the fourth season of the Logo reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, where he quickly became a fan favorite and was subsequently crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar" in April 2012. He has been candid in discussing his childhood years growing up in Iowa as a difficult time when he faced anti-gay and anti-"outsider" harassment, which prompted him to drop out of school before he could complete his high school education. In 2004, Needles moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he began working as a professional drag performer in nightclubs and various other venues with the drag troupe "The Haus of Haunt", which Needles describes as "one punk rock, messy mash up of very talented, fucked up weirdos."
In November 2011, it was announced that Needles had been selected to compete as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. The series premiered on January 30, 2012, and Needles was an instant stand-out for his "ghoulish" fashion sense and unconventional make-up choices. On the night of the premiere episode, Entertainment Weekly columnist Tanner Stransky hailed Needles' macabre style as "drop dead genius" and rhetorically asked "Is Sharon Needles the most 'sickening' (a drag term for 'fabulous') contestant ever?"
Throughout the fourth season of Drag Race, Needles endeared himself to audiences and became a favorite of the media, judges, and viewers alike for his quick wit, confidence, and humility, as well as for his "transgressive" aesthetic. However, Needles himself admitted that he was ambivalent in believing that he could win stating, "Being a comedic, campy, shtick queen and seeing how far those types of queens made it in past seasons, I would have been shocked if I made it past the first day."
Needles became a horror host in October 2012 when he began presenting horror and suspense films airing on the Logo network under the series title, Fearce!
Aaron Coady (born November 28, 1981), better known by his stage name Sharon Needles, is an American drag performer and recording artist. A self-described "stupid genius, reviled sweetheart, and PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon) princess," Needles rose to prominence on the fourth season of the Logo reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, where he quickly became a fan favorite and was subsequently crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar" in April 2012. He has been candid in discussing his childhood years growing up in Iowa as a difficult time when he faced anti-gay and anti-"outsider" harassment, which prompted him to drop out of school before he could complete his high school education. In 2004, Needles moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he began working as a professional drag performer in nightclubs and various other venues with the drag troupe "The Haus of Haunt", which Needles describes as "one punk rock, messy mash up of very talented, fucked up weirdos."
In November 2011, it was announced that Needles had been selected to compete as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. The series premiered on January 30, 2012, and Needles was an instant stand-out for his "ghoulish" fashion sense and unconventional make-up choices. On the night of the premiere episode, Entertainment Weekly columnist Tanner Stransky hailed Needles' macabre style as "drop dead genius" and rhetorically asked "Is Sharon Needles the most 'sickening' (a drag term for 'fabulous') contestant ever?"
Throughout the fourth season of Drag Race, Needles endeared himself to audiences and became a favorite of the media, judges, and viewers alike for his quick wit, confidence, and humility, as well as for his "transgressive" aesthetic. However, Needles himself admitted that he was ambivalent in believing that he could win stating, "Being a comedic, campy, shtick queen and seeing how far those types of queens made it in past seasons, I would have been shocked if I made it past the first day."
Needles became a horror host in October 2012 when he began presenting horror and suspense films airing on the Logo network under the series title, Fearce!
Let the witchery begin! Celebrate Halloween all October long
with a new witch post every day! Who's your favorite?
with a new witch post every day! Who's your favorite?
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Rupaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons 2013
Rupaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons at Gramercy Theater
September 6th, 2013
This has been the Summer of Drag Queens. Despite having been a fan of Rupaul's Drag Race since the first episode aired and living in the New York / New Jersey area my whole life, I honestly have to confess that I had never before been to a drag show. Pandora Boxx popped my drag queen cherry with "Lick This Box" at the Laurie Beechman Theater on May 24, 2013 (see my post), and now I can't seem to get enough. It's definitely become one of my guilty pleasures, along with Apple Martinis. Since then, Brighton and I have gone to see "The Vaudevillians" starring Jinkx Monsoon as "Kitty Witless", and Major Scales as "Dr. Dan Von Dandy" (see my post), Alaska Thunderfuck in "Red for Filth" (see my post), celebrated my youngest niece's 18th birthday at LIPS (her idea), and have tickets to see "The Vaudevillians" yet again in October!
Rupaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons hosted by Michelle Visage was nothing short of a Drag Queen Extravaganza full of Glamazonian Eleganza! I had been able to snag VIP Meet & Greet tickets, so we were able to get some lovely pictures with everyone as souvenirs of the evening. Brighton was initially a little starstruck (as was I), but I am so very grateful for the absolutely amazing time we both had. Everyone seemed so genuinely friendly and approachable which made the night that much more memorable and magical for us.
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| Brighton and I with Alaska Thunderfuck |
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| Carmen Carrera and I (along with a few ghost orbs) |
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| Sharon Needles and I |
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| Detox Icunt and I |
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| Miss Ivy Winters and I |
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| The magnificent Jinkx Monsoon and I being brilliantly photo-bombed by Michelle Visage |
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| Michelle Visage and Brighton (I can't get enough of this picture!) |
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| Michelle Visage and I |
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