Best NIghtlife Meltdown

-This is reserved for a tragic moment of insanity from a nightlife personality

i.e. -That time Livanda Bridges got drunk and tried to gouge out the eyes of a taxi driver in front of The Cock

Worst Beat on a Drag Queen

This is for that queen that probably had a hard time coloring in the lines as a child.

Worst Dressed

This is for that person that's always full of fashion WTFs.

Best Hole In The Wall

This is for that bar the you can't imagine how they passed health inspection, but you love to drink there anyway.

Most Drunken Mess

I don't think I need to explain this one

Best Public Fight or Breakup

We've all seen it happen, now let's talk about it

i.e.- That time Shavana Bangcock pulled Gogo Terry's jockstrap down then he uppercut her into the lube pool below the stage.

Best Show To Sleep During

This is when a show is really bori. . . . sorry I fell asleep. Where was I?

Maybe You Should Lip Synch

Just Because the mic works doesn't mean you need to torture us wit your voice

Worst Newcomer

What better way to be hazed int o the nightlife than having everyone tell you "YOU SUCK! ! ! ! ! !"

How Did YOU Get A Show?

I guess they'll give anyone  gig in NYC?

Most Watered Down Drinks From A Bar

Umm. . I said vodka Margarita not Waterita.

Hot Tranny Mess

She is the hottest mess in all of NYC. 

Cunt Of The Year

This is the one you all want.

The State of "The State of Drag"

    Finally got around to reading Next Magazine's annual "State of Drag" issue. People are up in arms about this whole thing. I would like to go on the record saying that I am a non biased outsider in reference to this issue of Next. I was not in any of the articles, nor was I in the photo essay done by Santiago Felipe. The article that really got under everyones skin was "A Tales Two Scenes" by John Russell. Several drag queens have taken to Facebook to slam the magazine for doing a shitty job of capturing the NYC Drag Scene for what it really is. 

    A lot o people are upset because of Russell's attention on the divide between the Brooklyn girls vs the Manhattan girls. Why is everyone acting like this is the first time they have ever heard of this? Even though the whole "Brooklyn vs Manhattan" drag queen rivalry is mostly steeped in playfulness that doesn't mean that it isn't a thing. Maybe it's because an "outsider" brought it up on such a public level. 

    You know people don't mind their dirty laundry being aired out, as long as it doesn't happen in front of company. I don't think the article was spot on, but I don't think I would have had the reaction that everyone else had when they read it. There is, and will be for some time, a tension between drag queens and Next Magazine anyway. They couldn't have gotten it right if they wanted to. Note to the world. DRAG QUEENS ARE HARD TO PLEASE! ! ! ! If you do the splits. . . "Is that all she can do?" If you cut yourself on stage. . . "Ugh Anastasia Orleander already did that" If you change your drag name. . . "Ugh. . .  that doesn't make any sense!" You can't please drag queens, even if your Lady Gaga, Cher, or Madonna.

    I do think the article could have been a better, but to be honest I didn't read anything that I haven't heard at West Way Dinner at 4:00 AM on a Wednesday morning.

    In reference to Santiago Felipe's photo essay, "Glamour and Grit" I'm no expert in photography, but the pictures look good enough to me. Except Coco De'ball's pug on page 16 looks like he is being held hostage. Can someone call animal care. "If you're in danger stare frightened into the camera"

   Well. . . there's always next year. . . . Try and again Next Magazine, but something tells me these girls won't be happy no matter what.

PS. You could stand to have a few more queens on the cover, but I get it. . . sex sells.