Jeza And The Belles - Episode One

My attention rarely strays from music but I'm so obsessed with a new web-series that I had to spread the word. Jeza And The Belles is the show we've all been waiting for - a glorious action-comedy extravaganza about drag queens with superpowers. Jeza is the undoubted star with her Dolly Parton wig and gigantic jugs but Sue-She gets all the good lines and Badora (AKA Kelly Rowland's long-lost twin sister) provides the eye candy. I don't want to spoil it by going into more detail but brace yourself for the best show (not) on TV!

PS. How amazing is the theme song?

Courtney Act Is Back

Six long years after revolutionising pop music as we know it with the Oxford Street classic "Rub Me Wrong", Australian Idol's most fabulous graduate has finally released a second single! Courtney Act's latest musical triumph was unveiled while I was away but it deserves a belated post. The former Pop Panellist is a great friend of this blog and I'm ecstatic that she's returned to her pop roots after several years ruling the strip as Sydney's hottest drag queen. Admittedly, "Welcome To Disgraceland" is a tie-in to publicise the nightclub in which Ms Act holds court but I genuinely love this four minute trashfest. Let's face it, anything that name checks Lady Gaga, Oprah and Kate Moss was always going to push my buttons! I'm yet to venture out to Disgraceland since getting back but I hope Courtney's anthem is being blasted twice an hour. The video is predictably fabulous. It looks more expensive and professional than 90% of the locally produced film clips released this year and I can pick out half a dozen people I know, which is always amusing. The classy homage to Kylie's "Spinning Around" at the beginning is my highlight! Help keep Courtney in wigs by downloading the track from iTunes now.

Tranny Wars: La Chiquitta Vs La Prohibida

Someone recently implied that Pop Trash was becoming too high brow - a claim that I vehemently deny! Who else features stunning divas like Ayna and Lori Watt? But I guess I have been more preoccupied with mainstream acts than usual, mostly due to Kylie's big comeback and the flood of singles that keep being released from "Sasha Fierce". So in a bid to get back to my trashy roots, I thought I would feature two old favourites - Hong Kong's hottest tranny La Chiquitta and Spain's reigning drag icon La Prohibida. It's almost unfair to pit these delicious divas against each other. They are both too fabulous for words and their latest anthems are equally amazing. However, I love a bit of wig pulling and thought... what the fuck!

In the pink corner is La Chiquitta's mesmerising social commentary, "Tranny In The House". I featured the track in February but never got around to posting the amazing video (above). It's definitely been done on the cheap but Hong Kong's sexiest gender bender shows that wit and style go a very long way. I love the superhero special effects and the hilarious classroom scenes but my favourite thing is the ridiculous hand dance. I defy you not to join in! Oh and brace yourself for the sublime image of La Chiquitta lounging around with only face cream and a towel to cover her modesty. Ayumi and Utada could never!

"Tranny In The House" sets the bar pretty high but La Prohibida was responsible for one of my favourite albums of 2009. Check out my review here. "Sr. Kubrick, ¿Qué Haría Usted?" lifted drag-pop to unprecedented heights and "Terechkova" (an ode to the world's first female astronaut) is one of the highlights. I'm not sure why the Spanish sex symbol took so long to release it as a single and film a video clip but I'm glad she finally got around to it. Considerably more money (ie. at least 100 Euro) has been thrown into this and the result is fucking stunning. The art direction is clever and the special effects are very well done. I love La Prohibida's glamorous space suit and I've always admired her bent towards kitsch instead of camp. I was going to declare this the winner by a fake nail but I worship both of them. So, who is your favourite international drag sensation?