The goodness of drag is now only a click away

This morning, while stumbling around the Internet looking for fresh gossip, I ran into my new favorite YouTube channel, WAD (a.k.a. What A Drag). Thanks to modern technology, we no longer need to pay a cover, buy gag-tastic well drinks, or wear a necklace of Mardi Gras beads to enjoy the fine art of drag performance.

Below I've posted a few of my favorite clips so that you can see exactly what all the fuss is about.

> Here's Chrissy Present "singing" Robyn's hit "With Every Heartbeat":

I love how even though Chrissy appears to have been caught up in a radioactive sewage spill on her way to the WAD studios, causing anything she touches to swirl in tie-dyed electricity, she remains a professional and will let nothing stand in her way of expressing how distraught she is over the tragic demise of her relationship.

I'd also like to venture a guess that this video would be highly enjoyable after an evening spent ingesting large quantities of high-quality psychedelics.

> Next up is Violet Trakmarxx "singing" Tori Amos' "Big Wheel":

I never cared for this song until I saw this video. Something about Violet's ability to sassily load a dishwasher makes listening to Tori's misguided attempt to go country downright pleasurable! The girl gets big bonus points for her literal interpretation of the line "I've been drinking down your pain" at a minutes and 50 seconds into the video. Props sometimes seem like superfluous bric-a-brac, but in the world of drag they can mean the difference between going home with a wad of singles or a bra stuffed full of fivers. I love that Ms. Trakmarxx carries that little touch over to the cyber realm.

> Finally, no drag show -- live or not -- would be complete without a performance of Heart's "Alone," here performed by Amber Vision:

With its black-and-white palate, wind machine, and fog rolling in from off screen, this is certainly the most dramatic of the three clips. It reminds me of the videos for Madonna's "Vogue," Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now," and the Divinyls' "I Touch Myself." No hysterical flicker of the eyes is too much for Amber to conjure, no saucy pout is too much for her to emote. And the bellow she unleashes at two minutes and 14 seconds into the clip is the stuff drag fairy tales are made of.

-- NOAH MICHELSON

Comments

[Andrew]

I love these girls, great entertainment.

These girls need to have a DVD.

These girls need to have a DVD.

[Andrew]

Good stuff

WOW! These vids are amazing!

Are they going to release a Dvd? When?