#49: Drag Enigma: Meeting Ash Blight

Drag performer Ash Blight now runs Jump Shark, restarting in May 2019 at the WOW Cafe Theater in Manhattan. Ash has worked with multiple venues and shows, including QAIFY, Yell Club, D20 Burlesque, and Mx. Nobody. They were nominated for the Silver Tusk Award for Creepy Creature Cutie in 2019.

... topics: an enigma, Jump Shark, open mic drag queer performance space, wood nymph, Switzerland and France, trance state, nongendered femme aesthetic, they or he, non-binary path, deconstructing drag, packaging drag for the straights, competition and best-at drag, truth, lip syncing to someone else's voice, music, Florence + the Machine, Stevie Nicks, shawl heavy, on stage nudity, earthiness and decay, Boy Witch, oh that's a gender, notable great local performers, responsibility of queer artists, quietly loud, Planned Parenthood, trans identity, pronouns, I don't want to talk to babies, give all trans people tasers 2019

... shoutouts: Mr. Lee VaLone, Sasha Velour, Vylette Tendency, Ragamuffin, Lewd Alfred Douglas

... recorded: February 13, 2019

... footnote: read Persephone the Wanderer by Louise Glück here; https://thefloatinglibrary.com/2009/10/03/persephone-the-wanderer-louise-gluck-2/

... intro/outro music: "On A 45" This Way to the Egress (http://www.thiswaytotheegress.com) ... used with permission ... download it at: https://www.amazon.com/This-Delicious-Cabaret-Explicit-Egress/dp/B005D1GROO ... interlude music: "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival Prelude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ... Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/weburlesque ... .. see us live: http://www.weburlesque.com/upcoming-shows ... follow us: @weburlesque @viktordevonne on instagram and twitter; Ash is @elaphaia and @jumpsharkshow ... talk to us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/157673948280099