Reverend Spooky & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls's Interests
General
Burlesque,New Orleans,New Orleans Burlesque,pin ups,musicals,the art of the striptease,comic books,movies,good music,Tease O Rama, the New York Burlesque Festival,Burlesque Hall of Fame,Satan's Angel is our hero!
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie For Theaters,Superman Returns,Pride & Prejudice(Keira Knightly),Sense & Sensibility,All About Eve,Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,The Long Hot Summer,The Big Sleep,Margie,Meet Me In Las Vegas,Pal Joey.
Television
Dr. Who,Heroes,The Dresden Files,Smallville,Battlestar Galactica,Jem & the Holograms,Lady Lovelylocks,Gummi Bears,My Little Ponies,G.I. Joe,He-Man,the Getalong Gang,Pound Puppies,All My Children,One Life To Live,General Hospital,the High Mountain Rangers,American Gothic.
Books
Absolute Watchmen, Preacher, Y:The Last Man, Fables, Ex-Machina, Origin of Species, A Clockwork Orange, American Gods, Good Omens, The Graveyard Book, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Time Quartet, the Spoon River Anthology & many more......
Heroes
Wonder Woman & Superman, Blaze Starr,Satan's Angel,Dixie Evans,Dirty Martini,Miss Astrid,Catherine D'Lish,Michelle L'amour,Gypsy Rose Lee,Barack & Michelle Obama,Joe Biden,Hillary & Bill Clinton,Rosalind Russell,Ginger Rogers,Bette Davis,the City of New Orleans.
Reverend Spooky & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Ethnicity:
Other
Religion:
Agnostic
Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio
Smoke / Drink:
Yes / Yes
Education:
Some college
Occupation:
Burlesque Dancer
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Reverend Spooky & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls's Blurbs
About me: I have been getting a lot of people asking me about the origins of the name of Rev. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls. So I have decided to give the people what they want. Here it is......
BILLION DOLLAR BABY DOLLS: ORIGINS--
As a burlesque dancer, I am obsessed with researching the history of burlesque. Not just as it pertains to real life, but also in the form of movies & music from the 1930's on. In my extensive research, I began to notice a pattern of strong,creative long names. Miss Adelaide & Her Hot Box Chickies, Mama Rose & Her Toreadors, Baby June & Her Hollywood Blondes, etc. (the list goes on and on!). I had also been performing in a group called the Storyville Starlettes, which had piqued my interest in the life & times of the Storyville Red Light District here in New Orleans. I purchased this really great book called "Storyville" by Al Rose. It is the only definitive history of our notorious red light district. The story in this particular book is that the black prostitutes of Storyville, who called themselves the Million Dollar Baby Dolls, used to get together on Fat Tuesday dressed in all their finery, with garters stuffed full of money & armed with bottles of champagne, and would march in Zulu. I loved that story so much and it aggravated me that these women have been all but forgotten in New Orleans' effort to clean up the history of our fair city. So I decided I was going to call my new group the Million Dollar Baby Dolls to pay tribute to these forgotten women. When discussing my decision with my husband (the fabulous Clockwork Elvis, himself!), he thought about it for a minute, then he said maybe I should take inflation into account and change it to the BILLION Dollar Baby Dolls. So I added "Rev. Spooky LeStrange & Her" to the title to pay tribute to Gypsy's roots & "Billion Dollar Baby Dolls" to pay tribute to the "Million Dollar Baby Dolls". And the rest, as they say, is history!
Are you looking for salvation? Let Reverend Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls heal your troubled souls and uplift your yearning hearts! The right Reverend and her “Angels of Mercy” are just the dolls to quench your desire like cool water for a parched spirit; let Reverend Spooky and her luscious libations serve you up a sexy cocktail of dynamic dance, rubanesque ribaldry & sassy sensualists. “It’s like a Fellini film come to life!”
Now introducing our bevy of new, as well as nubile, burlesque beauties along with the sexiest & most dangerous band in burlesque, The Swaggers!
Welcome Ladies & Gentlemen!
Reverend Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls are a rotating cast of seasoned local New Orleans burlesque dancers, out of town burlesque performers, and aspiring burlesque hopefuls. We have performed with Clockwork Elvis opening for El Vez, go go danced with Andre Williams for his upcoming documentary, participated in the Ponderosa Stomp (Even got to dance a little for Jay Chevalier). We have performed with quite a few local New Orleans bands such as the Kitty Lynn Band, MC Tracheotomy, Clockwork Elvis, and DJ Soul Sister, as well as performance artist Heather Weathers. Reverend Spooky LeStrange has performed at Voodoo Fest 2003,2004 & 2008,Tiki Oasis IV, the New York Burlesque Festival 2005,2006 & 2008 (solo twice, and with the Storyville Starlettes once),Tease O Rama 2005,2007 & 2008,Exotic World 2006 & was accepted into the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival 2007. She has been a guest performer with the Panty Raid Dames(Nashville),Starshine Burlesque(New York), the Coney Island Sideshow(New York) & with the Syrens of the South(Atlanta, Georgia). Rev. Spooky LeStrange is the only female member of the Valparaiso Men's Chorus and is also a member of the Daughters of Lir. The Billion Dollar Baby Dolls were proud to donate their talents to NOLA Pyrate Week-"Take what you can-give something back!". Reverend Spooky also dances for the Sophisticats as a Sophistikitten.
Ms. Felix Roxx
Dorian Faust
Rev. Spooky LeStrange
The Billion Dollar Baby Dolls permanent lineup consists of: Rev. Spooky LeStrange, Nola Areola, Saturn Spin, Ms. Felix Roxx, Muffins Maloney, Luzianna Sunshine, Starry Nightshade, Dorian Faust, & MC Spackle Mc Crackle.
Panty Sniffers: Abby & Sara
The Swaggers: DC Harbold-Drums, Dan Cooper-Guitar, Jason Goodman-Guitar/Vocals, Greg Schatz-Upright Bass
Former and current guests include: The Good Goddamn Variety Show, Natasha Fiore', Madame Mystere, Claire de Lune, Moxie Sazerac, Roulette Rose, Ked Dixon, Joseph/Sebastian St. Altered, Rasp Thorne, Miss Dank, Rita Von Fawn, Ionna Cherry, Kitty Twist, Foxy Flambeaux, Perle Noire, Dante & Lady Lucerne(NOLA), Dottie Lux(New York), Pigeon Von Tramp(Seattle), Syrens of the South(Atlanta), Lula Licious(Nashville)& Miss Lolly Pop w/ Larry the Panty Boy(Nashville).
Former employees: Ann Marie a.k.a. Kiki Daire (Yes! The infamous retired porn star!), Hellacious Honey a.k.a. Helena Honeypot, Miss Tiger Lily O'Toole a.k.a. Nona Narcisse & Dakota Collins (sometimes of the Collins Kids)
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Burlesque Makes Bay Area Comeback http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around_town/nightlife/35...
The Huffington Post July 29, 2009
Jo Versus the Zombies: A Burlesque Fight for Healthcare
This has a festive ending, so please bear with the lead. Four years ago New Orleans became a canary in the coal mine for common decency as stranded citizens waited five days in the Convention Center with no drinking water, let alone medical help, when our levees failed. My brilliant friend Barry Cowsill was last seen there, waiting for the help that came too late. Fast forward to this year and Charity Hospital still has not re-opened. Its existence could have prevented the way we lost the vibrant Cayne Miceli. Nationally, reform is long overdue as American life expectancy and infant mortality rates become an international disgrace. Katrina vanden Heuvel notes here on Huffington Post that 72 percent of Americans are in favor of universal health care, no matter how many billions of dollars are poured into the lobby against it. I joined the ranks of the uninsured post-Hurricane Katrina, and have dodged doctor's visits so far (knock on cypress). It's easy to feel powerless in times like these.
So when my friend Joannie Hughes called and asked for help with her medical expenses, it was a relief to do something for someone who has been a rock of support. If Wikipedia had an entry for Good Person, it would show a picture of Jo. Three years ago she and her Voodoo Vixen troupe, along with the New Wave Brass Band and Playing for Change's Grandpa Elliott Smalls (pictured at right), welcomed Liverpool's Joe Topping who walked across the country raising awareness for the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund. Two years ago on the Hurricane Katrina Anniversary, Jo's son Jake wore a ReDefine 8/29 shirt and gave the most moving speech I've heard a 12-year-old come up with, right in front of Jackson Square. They both collect toys for Children's Hospital at Christmas, giving back because Jake was sick as a child. He's now a teen rocker sporting a "You Looked Better on MySpace" tee shirt, but shows the strength found in his generation of children who lost everything and keep going. Jake's mom is a special needs teacher, recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and they are handling it with grace.
Jo called to let me know she was rationing out desperately needed medication because her health insurance only covered half of the treatments she needs and she's in too much pain to work full time. I told her: "We're going to need dancing girls." Revisiting the go go dances of the '50s, burlesque is a major draw in New Orleans. Having seen Rev. Spooky LeStrange, Kittie Twist, Dorian Faust and Foxy Flambeau on Saturday I can see what all the fuss is about. It's further evidence that as benefit producer, my husband leads a charmed life. Foxy (at left) was the co-chair, and thanks to a cancellation we had a week to pull off an event at the Howlin Wolf. DJ Bob French invited us to promote it on WWOZ, NOLA.com let me link to the benefit, and DC Harbold of Clockwork Elvis brought in his bands including Kitty Lynn for a beautiful duet. We kicked in some Eye Been Framed vintage eyeglasses, Snake & Jakes Christmas Club Lounge donated a baby tee and Eye Candy auctioned off a tattoo, but the original artwork by L. Steve Williams, Jr. stole the show.
When Steve got word from Jo Tuesday that a Retro a Go Go Benefit for Jo was on for the weekend, he stayed up all night creating Jo Versus the Zombies. At the benefit, Jo described the poster in full teacher mode explaining that, 'Multiple Sclerosis attacks your brain." Brain eating zombies in a coffin shaped piece of artwork -- bent but appropriate. There was another comedic element to the night -- DC runs More Fun Comics and comedian in residence, Spackle McCrackle hosted with Andrew Healan as dancers in badass tattoos sold raffle tickets. All of this accomplished one very important thing. A special needs teacher in America will not have to ration her medication this month.
The outward signs are good -- she's out of the wheelchair and walking with a cane. But for next month? The girls are ready and Jo Versus the Zombies will soon be posted online at 504WhatStyle.com. I realize that in most of America you can't call in burlesque, bands, comedians and artists with a week's turnaround -- New Orleans is blessed that way.
But in one of the last civilized nations to deny universal health care to its citizens, just because we can put on a show, does not mean we should have to.
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Shits
and Giggles for the upcoming Dinglerization of America art show -
November 7th, 2009 (6-10 pm) at Coup D'Oeil - 2033 Magazine Street in the LGD.
Video by Crista Rock, Burlesque Performance by Bella Blue, Music by DJ
Stress and an interactive food installation by Melissa Levine. For more
info, http://www.michaeldingler.com/
We want to hire you! That’s right, BurlesqueCommunity.com will pay you to upload your photos and videos taken at either the New Orleans Burlesque Festival or the Montreal Burlesque Festival.
After two weeks traveling from festival to festival and sponsoring two great events the staff of BurlesqueCommunity wants your help sharing the fun with everyone in the community. Please upload your photos and videos from the New Orleans Burlesque Festival and the Montreal Burlesque Festival this week. As a special incentive for anyone who uploads a photo of a performer featuring one of the fashionable red & white canvas tote bags featuring the BurlesqueCommunity logo we are paying a premium.
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I am very excited to tell you we will making available the new track, "Vampires/Werewolves", for a limited time, and only on Myspace.com. The track will NOT be available for download, but you can hear it here: www.myspace.com/rotarydowns for two weeks - July 23rd to Aug. 6th.
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fifth annual OFF white linen / this saturday! six pm to ten pm 1061 Camp Street saturday august first
FEATURED ARTISTS mardi claw elaine gleason clara diaz ramona king corndog creations shmuela will smith mike stabile tamart elizabeth underwood kathryn wheat alan zakem
featured music O.L.D., Missy Meatlocker, Jim O and the No shows, Just robin, DJ Lingerie fashions by bonga-shop designs, Cree's Cheapchic!
Join us for an evening of Carnival Cuties, Burlesque Beauties, and Sultry Sideshow!! Step Right Up, Don't Be Shy!! The Memphis Belles Carnivale of Burlesque has arrived!!
There will be Contests, Prizes, DJ, and Surprises!! One lucky lady will leave with the grand prize of a seat in Pretty Things Pin-Up Class!! You will spend the day with some of the best in Pin-up & Burlesque - go-go Amy & Bettina May!! They will teach you the ways of Pin-up hair, make-up, and posing. At the end of the day, you'll be leaving with images from your own Pin-up photoshoot!
hello ladies! just wanted to show my support for what you're doing and for all the coolness happening in nola. glad to see it! thanks for adding me as a friend.
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