Everyone You Meet Is God in Drag
If the art of drag has taught me one thing, it’s that I am not unique.
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Posts Tagged: Performance
The Dark Lady
In my imaginings, Ava was always a woman driving at night, a face behind glass in a shiny speeding vehicle, motoring down the road.
...moreFKA twigs at Pitchfork Music Festival
Although the performance was over a month ago, a gorgeous video of FKA twigs’s set at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago was recently released online. The artist has not performed much beyond the festival circuit this summer, meaning if you, like us, tend to avoid large crowds, this video is worth a watch. Check it out after […]
...moreRemembering the Boxing Poet
He flipped similes and metaphors like a battle rapper holding court in a cipher that was his and his alone. Even his jabs were like couplets that told you more about yourself than you could have ever hoped to know. NPR reflects on the legacy of the late Muhammad Ali, an artist who fought for […]
...moreJoanna Newsom on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Joanna Newsom performed “Sapokanikan” and “Anecdotes” from her recent album Divers on Jimmy Kimmel this weekend, Stereogum reports, playing the former on the show itself and the latter as a web exclusive. Watch videos from both after the jump.
...moreDrake Returns to SNL
The artist delivered a plea that he is “more than a meme” during his host’s monologue on SNL this week before performing “Once Dance” and “Hype.” Catch all of the videos via okayplayer.
...moreRock Show at the Sistine Chapel
It happened—we’ve entered a new dimension: there has been a rock concert at the Sistine Chapel. It was the Edge, it was a benefit, and Leonard Cohen was covered, Stereogum reports. Watch a clip of the performance after the jump.
...moreThe Weeknd Performs with Lauryn Hill
The Weeknd and Ms. Lauryn Hill performed together on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, joining up to sing “In the Night” from The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness, Vulture reports. Watch the video after the jump.
...moreThis Week in Posivibes: Sir Elton John
In a demonstration of why he embodies the very essence of posivibes, Sir Elton John gave a surprise concert for London commuters in the city’s St. Pancras Station. The performance marked the release of the artist’s Wonderful Crazy Night, reports the Guardian. Whether or not critics think the album stands up to some of his greats, there is […]
...more“Performing” Toxic Masculinity
Genevieve Valentine explores the performance of toxic masculinity for Strange Horizons. Valentine uses the horror movie The Guest to deconstruct both the camp and the too-real danger of toxic masculinity: The film’s most suspense-generating disconnect is between the degree to which toxic masculinity viewed from afar is hilarious, and the degree to which toxic masculinity viewed […]
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Karrie Higgins
The more narratives that approach reality “differently” get treated as “insane” or “unreal,” the less readers are exposed to them, and the more “unreal” or “insane” they seem. It’s like a feedback loop.
...moreThe Sad Girls’ Triumph
Emily Gaynor writes for Weird Sister on the performative aesthetic of Internet “sad girls,” who use their work to explore the boundaries of acceptable/unacceptable public displays of emotion for women: Performing sadness is a self-indulgent practice, and that’s part of what makes it radical. The act of using public space instead of a private diary […]
...moreApplause, Applause
Is there, perhaps, something in your life which begs applause? Or maybe you want to help break a world record, or affirm strangers, or do you just like clapping? Rumpus contributor Dustin Luke Nelson is putting on two hours of unbroken applause at the Walker Art Center’s Open Field in Minneapolis on Thursday (6/26) from 5:30-7:30. […]
...moreStage Diving and Snap Decisions with Beth Lisick
Back in December we interviewed the talented author, performer, and storyteller Beth Lisick. Read her new interview in Poets & Writers about the art of giving a reading. Here’s what she has to say about pleasing a crowd: I don’t know that I have a crowd-pleaser. In between the poems or stories I’m reading, I […]
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The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium: Interview with Keren Katz
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work. Open to the public, it meets Tuesday nights from 7 to 9 PM EST in New York City.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #52: Chris Abrahams Riffs
There are not so many great bands anymore, not like there once were. But there’s still Australian experimental jazz trio the Necks.
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The Rumpus Interview with John Hodgman
Comedian, writer, and performer John Hodgman sits down with The Rumpus to chat about channeling Ayn Rand, his Secret Society shows, giving himself permission to open up, and being a product of the Internet.
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The New York Comics Symposium: Interview with R. Sikoryak & Kriota Willberg
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work.
...moreTHE EYEBALL, The Rumpus DVD Column: #24 Nicolas Roeg’s First Five Films
Years ago I happened upon a series of arresting images on cable. There was a young Mick Jagger cavorting in a bath tub with two svelte beauties. A child wearing a fake mustache. A still image of Jorge Luis Borges rising out of a gunshot wound to the head.
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