When I was doing the show at View Bar, I met this guy named Kris Landherr who would write and perform his own songs. He had an incredible committment to the queer music scene here in New York and tried to produce music nights called "Fagapalooza". The show was always great but Kris had the worst luck in venues - they'd close overnight or just do something foul.... I emceed a couple of shows for him and always had a blast.
At one point I met his boyfriend Troy, a nice guy but for a long time I didn't know Troy very well... until a night during the summer of 2005 when I hosted Fagapalooza with a drag queen named Charmagne. I had never met Charmagne but Kris assured me that we'd be great together.
So I showed up at the venue and this lovely, busty, vibrant person burst into the room - it was Charmagne who said hello to me and I nodded that kind of polite hello that one nods when one isn't sure what to say to someone that they just met. She was all charming but with business on her mind and was running around getting the artists into place. I saw Kris and he was busy too so I thought I'd go hang out with Troy until showtime but didn't see him anywhere. It wasn't like Troy to be late for Kris' events.. and so I asked Kris where Troy could be. You know what's coming of course. Kris looked at me and said "he's right there" pointing at Charmagne. And yes, I said "no, that's Charmagne.. not... OH!!"
Then we hosted the show together and from then on I was Charmagne's biggest fan. She did Bingo a couple of times and here's a pic from a night on September 28, 2005 that she did with me. LOL
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