12/17/2022 0 Comments Struggle session jdb fired![]() ![]() ![]() You write it and then you write another thing and then you have to go back and read it all again, and then you have to make sure the commas and periods are in the right place. It’s like a very long therapy session, but you don’t just do it once and then move on. That’s when we did the bulk of the work on it. What about the writing process?Ī: It was definitely largely a quarantine baby. “My name’s yours, what’s Alaska” was the first thing you hear on my very first album, Anus, and I thought, “Wow, that’s a really good name for a book.” The publishers originally thought it was a misprint and wrote “My Name’s Alaska” and I was like, “No, no, no, no. It’s stolen from Rose’s Turn and is just an old show biz saying and so I wanted to invert it and make it like, I don’t know, make it stupid. It was a crazy, weird, niche, underground thing and I was just really obsessed with it and wanted to be a part of it.Ī: Well. Drag was not a viable career choice when I decided I wanted to throw myself into this world. Drag is a huge part of that and it was very organic. It’s called My Name’s Yours, What’s Alaska? It basically follows my whole life, from being born until now. I like taking things apart and looking under the hood.Ī: Funny you should ask! You should pick up a copy of my new book, which will tell you all about that. I always liked that and I think it’s why I like drag because drag is beautiful and it is fashion and it is glamor, but it’s also kind of dissecting fashion and beauty and glamor. It feels like a theme to me: You’re always trying to have a comment on a comment.Ī: Yeah, for sure. JdB: One of the things I’ve noticed throughout your whole career is how it feels like there’s a meta layer of commentary and self-reflection, which I saw play out in the special, which was very much about the process of recording a special and reconsidering it amidst a pandemic. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |