I was racing upstairs from the bar. I thought I could get another round before Sherry Vine and Epiphany (pictured above) started their weekly installment of The Blonde Leading the Blonde at Vlada. I was wrong. They'd already launched into George Michael's "Freedom," harmonizing their way through the chorus.
I took my seat next to King Ralphy, Kyle, Baby Jane, and Eric Halliwell, sipped my cherry vodka, and snapped away. The second verse dissolved into mute smiles. By the time they found their way back into another chorus I wondered if I was only on my second round, after all. Watching them stand on stage without singing or moving seemed like a Dada happening, a kind of anti-performance performance. After the number, Sherry explained to the crowd, "We promised you new songs in 2010. We didn't say they'd be well rehearsed."
We all clapped and cheered. Sherry and Epiphany singing together is a fantastical treat, no matter how the songs come out. Or, if the microphones sound a bit muffled like they did Wednesday. It's not because the show is the only one in New York with two queens singing live. It's because the rapport they share is palpable. Just like every week, Wednesday's show was so much fun. Sherry introduced their signature encore Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"--"whether you want one or not," she joked--well before I was ready for it to be over. And that's not the vodka talking, or the Jack Daniel's in Epiphany's inspiration below.
Sherry didn't perform her parody of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," "I Sh!t My Pants," which as of this posting has over 1.8 million hits on YouTube; but DJ Johnny Dynell started off his set with it after the show. Stay tuned to PhDJNYC.com. I'm going to have a remix of it posted here soon.
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