#Dr.A.G.

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yeah...

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Legendary Queens Gather for Re-Release of dr.a.g. Coffee Table Photo Book

If you're in NYC tomorrow (Oct 9th), join Maddelynn Hatter, Joey Arias, a whole slew of fashionistas, club kids, queens, and more at the Drama Book Shop for the relaunching. 

Read more here. 

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Review: dr.a.g. by Christopher Logan ( a photographic journey)

Review: dr.a.g. by Christopher Logan ( a photographic journey)

Rating: 4.75 stars out of 5

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“It’s amazing what a man can accomplish when he’s wearing the right dress.”

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Love Drag Queens?  Find the diversity found among today’s drag performers wildly intriguing as  well as fascinating?  Here is the perfect book for you!

Christopher Logan reveals the many faces of drag in this marvelous photography collection. From well known drag…

[wiremagazine]

Celebrating The Re-Launch Of dr. a.g.

By Rafa Carvajal 

They are icons of the gay community and the entertainment world, beloved by many, and a steady presence on television and at clubs of all stripes around the world.

Of course, they've also been known to cut a bitch when the need for it arose.

"They" are the fantastical, brilliant illusionists known as drag performers, or drag queens or just plain divas. And for countless fans, they are incredible hard-working performers whose lives on and off the stage are the subject of fascination – and occasionally, a little envy. It's the shoes.

Having helped define today's world-class drag performers in his first collection of curated photos of drag performers, Christopher Logan is re-releasing his remarkable coffee table book of the world's most celebrated drag superstars by the industry’s leading photographers. The photos in dr.a.g. represent a wide spectrum of drag icons from earlier generations when drag poked fun at iconic Hollywood divas to today’s drag queens who strive to be celebrities in their own right. Included are Nina Flowers, Jimmy James, Raja, Lady Bunny, Joey Arias, Jackie Beat, Jeffree Star, TP Lords and more. This new edition of dr.a.g. features 20 never-before-seen images.

I took the opportunity to discuss the new collection with Christopher, the process to see it published and his own interest in the subject.

Rafa Carvajal: Why did you decide to curate and publish your first dr.a.g. book?

Christopher Logan: I was looking for a way to raise funds for a drag movie, and wanted the funds to come from people who support and love drag as art. I've seen a lot of projects slide away from their original intention when the funding had strings attached, or funding wasn't connected positively. I never expected to be able to get as many of the top performers as I did. As the book came together, it just kept getting better and better.

RC: What was your inspiration for a second edition of dr.a.g.?

CL: Our first publisher fell into bankruptcy, and the book died before really getting off the ground. During the first year, I didn't realize they were having financial issues and just thought, as a first-time author, I was expecting them to push the book more. I picked up the phone and started calling stores across the U.S. and Canada, and sent digital galleys of the book to the managers. Then, I connected them with the local distributor and ended up getting the book into more than 200 stores. It's because of all that work with the distributors that they were excited about my re-launch with a new edition, and took me on to get this edition out there.

I believed in the beauty of the book and that there is a huge audience out there for it. I couldn't let it just die.

RC: What does it take to curate and publish a book like this?

CL: A lot of trust building, emails and phone calls. And Facebook. Every person I contacted, I started with Facebook. It was that easy, first, casual connection that let me approach people I hadn't yet met. I simply asked if they would be interested in being in the book and then followed up with information and got things started.

It was when Larry Edwards (Vegas) came on board that we really started rolling. Larry believed in the project and got a good sense from me, so he connected me with Frank Marino, Mr. Kenneth Blake, Elaine Lancaster, and suddenly the book had some credible name recognition. With that, it was easier to approach Jackie Beat, Lady Bunny, Coco Peru, etc. We became a real book in the eyes of everyone else, and not just a possibility.

I was always surprised when people wrote back and ended their emails with, "Oh, and loved you in that movie." I'd forgotten that most of these performers would be familiar with Connie And Carla, in which I played a drag queen.

RC: What's new in this edition?

CL: There are 20 added pages with new faces and photos, including Courtney Act, TP Lords from Miami, Maddelynn Hatter and Acid Betty from New York, Morganne LaMorte from Chile and Morgan McMichaels from LA. Yara Sofia joins the book and introduced me to the gorgeous photography of Edwin Irizarry. We included others he'd shot from Puerto Rico, Queen Bee Ho and Valeria Mendez.

I wanted the new additions to all be big, bold and brightly colorful, and Edwin's photos really brought that to life.

RC: How does this edition relate to the previous edition?

CL: [This edition] has all the original 160 pages plus the added 20. It's a re-launch to get the book back out and into the hands of so many who couldn't find it once we lost the original publisher.

RC: What first got you interested in this subject for your work?

CL: I'm an actor and have always played the characters that get into the makeup, hair and costume in a big way. I played a lot of over-the-top parts over the years, but it's always those elements that help bring the character to life. Drag is that in a big way. Personalities exploding into view. I'm just drawn to it.

I was enamored of a drag performer named Myria LeNoir, from Vancouver. She could capture so much in a simple gesture or a look. Everything was big and bold, and she was in complete control. She was the inspiration for the drag film I wrote, which started this whole ride.

RC: What surprised you about creating dr.a.g.?

CL: It started as a small idea and just grew and grew and grew. It seems to have taken on a life of its own. First, a film fundraiser becomes a stunning book in its own right, and now we've birthed a company (Bookthefilm Publishing) that will continue to produce books that celebrate diversity and raise funds for independent film. In the spring, our second book, Burlesque will follow dr.a.g.

It all starts with drag, so it's no surprise it became larger than life.

RC: Was this a fun project on which to work? Why?

CL: Very much so. I would get so excited poring through the photos. Discovering a new person for the book, or finding that perfect photo is always exciting. I'm a huge fan of the photographers and what they do and every new photo gave me a thrill.

RC: What's the secret to capturing the essence of these diverse performers?

CL: Keeping it them. Every performer has spent many years developing their own style and craft. I just chose photos that were true to their signature styles and maybe showed another side of them as well. Each spread is very individual and my designer, Mamio Marais, did amazing work. She kept each performer's identity, and still made a cohesive book.

RC: How do you feel about both the subjects in this edition as well as the photographers you recruited?

CL: It's the mutual society of hedonism! I was honored to be able to use their images, and they felt respected by the outcome and how the book came together. We're fans of each other. Future editions will use many of the same photographers. We've built good relationships.

Austin Young's cover of Jeffree Star still stuns me each time I see it, and I adore Magnus Hasting's glamorous shoots.

RC: How would you describe the mood of the photo shoots?

CL: Most of the photos were already taken. Re-purposed art. I'd start by finding a photo I wanted, and usually the photographer would have a better suggestion, or know of something not previously seen. The back cover image of Jimmy James as Marilyn was originally shot by Walter Melrose for a calendar, but never used.

RC: What do you hope people take away from dr.a.g.?

CL: I'd like people to see the art of it. With images this size, you can really see everything and how much goes into each shot. It's the best of the best and is beautifully shot. A book of what drag is and can be. I see it as inspirational.

RC: Is there a statement you are trying to make with this book?

CL: Every other book I've ever seen on drag has dissected it. It's been an explanation or examination of why people do it. This is not asking questions, but just a joyous celebration. It's why there are no boy shots in the book. We respect the art of it and don't give the game away.

I am that kid who wanted to be lost in Oz but never meet the wizard. Never pull back the curtain. Look up to the fantastic.

RC: In three words, how would you describe this book?

CL: Big, bold and beautiful.

RC: What reactions have you received so far from the book?

CL: It's been amazing. Everyone has embraced the book, and especially makeup artists and hair people. It's become their go-to gift. I think we've reached a point where this book can be open on a coffee table in anyone's home. It fits in the mainstream, but still honors the fringe.

RC: What's next for Christopher Logan?

CL: I'm knee-deep in the second book in the series, Burlesque, and touring, getting the word out about the dr.a.g. re-launch. Just did a launch at Book Soup in LA, having one in Vancouver in early August, and hopefully headed to New York in September/October.

We've just gotten a European release for the book in October, so I may head there for a launch event, and also to work on a documentary on Polari, a gay language. It will be the first film from the film side of Bookthefilm.

RC: Where is the book available?

CL: It's available through any bookstore or online bookseller, or people can order direct from www.bookthefilm.com.

RC: Is there anything else you would like to share with Wire Magazine readers?

CL: I'm actually a fan of the magazine. I was introduced to it by Elaine Lancaster, drag socialite of the Miami scene and one of the stars of the book. I guess I'd like people to know that if you respect the process and the people along the way, a small idea might just become the next big thing.

This article was originally published in Wire Magazine Issue 30, 2014

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Drag Divas. The queens serve us their best Babs, Liza, Madge and Marilyn 

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Coy & Coited

Do any Wichita P.D. who attended highschool with me want to smoke some dope with me & watch/broadcast a video of my grade school coach forced into a dress, sodomized by underaged illegal immigrants and executed for global terrorism? Big fat secret. I am in no way from a big city. I know my way around equine activities and hail from a small town called "Olpe". I grew up there if you ask some. Truth be told, we moved out of town when I where still just a pre-teen & to be retired as a prostitute. Prostitutes are to be retired by the age of 9, we aren't to be yanked out of retirement at the age of 44.

I might rather enjoy smoking cocaine & watching a television broadcast with Officer Rusco. She a ho, dontchya know riding she hår-se impeding traffic, all over the ghetto.

Too: I could use a pistol of my own.

We have to work for W.B. on this note. My aunt sort of cashed out corporate stock in Warner Bros to pay for a funeral or three in the area of Emporia that I never attended. When she does this kind of shit, it puts me under slave contract to work for them: which often becomes just throwing an idea at corporate.

Then corporate has to do it & see if it would make for good television or not. Should the original film be rejected: it must be repeated in society until something good for television pops up. I am sure we can find enough egotistical jackasses in & from Kansas who've had my name in their sodomous pork eating mouths to force into a dress, rape up the ass, kill on stage, beat their women half to death, leave them in the streets with their identities stolen and credit maxed out: and call it "groovy" until the general American public are laughing.

and call the global broadcast...

Just Therapy

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My name is clear...

I couldn't be arrested if I tried...

Even though I sassed the authority and called a child of Baron Samdi as well as Jesus a "nigger"

and I am still good to go, all systems check. Everything is perfectly racist and perfectly racist in ways that landed everything in my favor. Such racism can will and often does result in France, Spain and Italy called "Gaul" at which point my first courthouse co-wife Diane Lucifer becomes designated as but KWIEN of central Europe.

Gimme money. Gimme passport. Gimme firearm.

I seem to own 19 Cathays Caerdydd...

Which would deplete the Crown of Snowdonia for me to sit there on the toilet smoking cigarettes and eating nachos and being a fat rude American who never leaves the house or bothers to visit distant cousins or friends online, yet bounces around HAPPY to speak to the psychologist who would happily have an opportunity to practice her Spanish linguistic, even whilst in England, and when visits as insisted are made: they always result in the sharing of microbes, disease, and amoebas and this and that. Drug abuse would be the suggested social activity, which means gallons of liquid aspirin and nitrous oxide dear.

I swear to fucking god, these people live in perfect oppression when and where "granny panties" are considered to be the norm or when and where they the suggested DR.a.g.

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Psychic Minds, Sadomasochism & 12 Step Meeting Halls

To

Kimberlyaa65@hotmail.com

(who's email has already obviously been hacked & compromised)

Hello,

My name is J.C. Lambert. I've found a black book in the city of Witches written in the language of angels. The writer: was using the Roman phonetic system and is suspected of being afflicted with a case of humanity. It was dropped in the Delano District by a local kleptomaniac who's been working with identity thieves from Oregon/Washington. They've been working the local human syndicate in the 12 Step Meeting halls. Infact, he's the same person who stole my bag, and left me homeless in the streets of Wichita. They're the same grouping of psychosocial people who robbed me blind and kept me kidnapped and homeless in Portland Oregon.

Hi. I'm John. I'm kidnapped. I am carrying a nuclear arm. I've been prescribed cannibal byproduct. Thank god I'm familiar with the city. Thank god I attended highschool here. Thank god my classmates are mostly police.

The book, has your email and what might be a password in it.

It has a page ripped out that says "Humana Member" and confirmation numbers.

It has your mother's medical prescription list. 

Based on the medication she's taking: it sounds like she drank heavily. I would suggest she only consume garlic and onion butter with every meal (such as pizza, with a garlic dipping sauce) and drink liquid aspirin by the pint. This should clean out her blatter and reduce all pain. Opiates can easily be replaced with liquid NSAIDS. Liquid NSAIDS, are sort of how and why I have a few scars. I made the mistake of working with fire a month after drinking a quart or two.

However: it also looks like she might die if she quit taking key pills. You know, it's one of those situations where she might need to go to Narcotics Anonymous.

He's non-human & a non-person. So, he really has no name. Short Aryan Semite, brownish hair usually black due to the soot and silt he lives in. He has dark eyes and usually smells like pee. Usually you can find him camping beneath the bridges or in the woods near North High. In the meeting halls: you will usually find him in the corner sucking down all the coffee. He never shares in a meeting and he will usually panic attack if and when you make direct eye contact. I am starting to wonder about his status as a non-human non-person and what traditionally he would be called on a racist level. In today's age: we call those monkeys. When I identified as human, a long time ago, when it was common to kidnap anyone, force them to attend classes with other children, and brainwash them to human identify, long before the racewars between Hanuman and Humanity when Hanuman where only at war with Christianity (mostly Catholicism): I worked as a phone psychic. I took drugs from plants that where illegally imported and not evaluated by the FDA. So, I am often drilled into a parallel dimension that is commonly used by thieves and various forms of what humanity describes as "freaks" or "devils". 

Police should just position themselves outside the Maize Road machine that you insert cellphones into that just shits out cash. Based on how much he has stolen anything sacrelidgeous, black and reflective (such as Dr.A.G., B.O.S. & cellphones) I am sure he would be arrested quickly there. Too: police truly do need to attend meetings with us. We could also use more so silent and somber types. You know, the kind who dont feel "special" or "loved" until they've killed something or someone. Sort of like the guys who have to be drenched in blood to gain a phallic erection and have to be in dire pain to ejaculate. What do they call those? Oh that's right: Sadomasochists.

He was seen at Quik Trip in the Delano with a stolen coffee can from Parklane Alcoholics Anonymous.

Due to the situation, we have decided to relapse and stage a massacre. Said massacre will effect the meeting halls heavily. I am unable to get to my 12 Step Meetings. I go to S.K.A. It's a 12 Step Program for those who have grown addicted to causing the death of other people: and it does count even if they are a non-person or non-human. Which, that reminds me: I have to do my 8th and 9th step on non-mortal persons who commonly get used as a replacement vice or enabler.

Usually the only way I kill people, is simply by tattling to the authorities or causing someone else to have a psychotic episode that results in rape, torture and murder. Me? I do not put my hands on other people or their things. I let other people do that. That's how I stay "perfectly innocent", by reminding authorities that they often enforce policies that keeps me in the company of felons: most of whom are serial killers, drug addicts, drunks, thieves, frauds, religious and social programmers, and other forms of human/sub-human trash. This is why I seldom seek human company.

Where can I drop the book off at?