WEBurlesque Podcast Network

The Music That Made WE volume 4 continues with Chicago stunner Shimmy LaRoux. Headlining all over, an actual international Playboy centerfold, and a podcaster (The Slow Burn -- find it on your podcast app), Shimmy also recently won the Silver Tusk Award for Glamour Pussé in 2024. She's chosen 10 songs that make up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Kirk Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton, and Ozzy Osbourne. & Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.

The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produced by Viktor Devonne.

For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com — all episodes of this series are available under the $1 threshold. that's patreon dot com slash we burlesque

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Produced by Viktor Devonne, reigning Mr Hollywood Burlesque Produced by Viktor Devonne, reigning Mr Hollywood Burlesque WEBurlesque Podcast Nework is the creation of Viktor Devonne.

The Music That Made WE volume 4 continues with Chicago stunner Shimmy LaRoux. Headlining all over, an actual international Playboy centerfold, and a podcaster (The Slow Burn -- find it on your podcast app), Shimmy also recently won the Silver Tusk Award for Glamour Pussé in 2024. She's chosen 10 songs that make up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Kirk Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton, and Ozzy Osbourne. & Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.

The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produced by Viktor Devonne.

For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com — all episodes of this series are available under the $1 threshold. that's patreon dot com slash we burlesque

[Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.] –

Produced by Viktor Devonne, reigning Mr Hollywood Burlesque Produced by Viktor Devonne, reigning Mr Hollywood Burlesque WEBurlesque Podcast Nework is the creation of Viktor Devonne.

Volume 4 premiere! The Music That Made WE volume 4 begins with Cleveland's burlesque queen Bella Sin. A Mexican, queer, nonbinary immigrant Bella is a beacon in the industry for activism and advocacy, as a historian dedicated to intersectionality within the scene. They've chosen 10 songs that make up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Sneaker Pimps, Nina Simone, La Lupe, and Nine Inch Nails. & Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.

The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produced by Viktor Devonne. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com — all episodes of this series are available under the $1 threshold. that's patreon dot com slash we burlesque [Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.] –

Volume 4 premiere! The Music That Made WE volume 4 begins with Cleveland's burlesque queen Bella Sin. A Mexican, queer, nonbinary immigrant Bella is a beacon in the industry for activism and advocacy, as a historian dedicated to intersectionality within the scene. They've chosen 10 songs that make up their story, with a soundtrack that includes Sneaker Pimps, Nina Simone, La Lupe, and Nine Inch Nails. & Stick around for Viktor's hidden bonus track.

The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produced by Viktor Devonne. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com — all episodes of this series are available under the $1 threshold. that's patreon dot com slash we burlesque [Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.]

"Bringing Queen City [Burlesque Festival] to life had a lot to do with wanting to apply what I had learned from being on the road. I volunteered at the Burlesque Hall of Fame for several years in a row as a tech assistant; I've volunteered at the Vancouver Burlesque Festival a few years in a row as well, and I've performed there; many of my friends are producers. It was really important to me to elevate what I was seeing, or what I wanted to bring to the table, and really offer exponential and incredible, sensational art for not only for [other burlesque performers] but obviously for the theater-goers. I want people to come to a burlesque show and realize this is art, that this is passion and it's an experience; and it's not just being at a bar and everyone being hammered and taking their clothes off; it can be that and that is its own thing, [but] that [theatre] environment is what I thrive on, that is what I love to create, to offer diversity and the talent."

Burlesque artist Déjà Louve has been thrilling audiences in British Columbia for more than 9 years. She and Viktor Devonne talk about ancestry, languages, accent marks, and running one's own festival, The Queen City Burlesque Festival. (this conversation was recorded November 21, 2023)

• website: https://dejalouve.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/dejalouve/
• more Déjà: https://linktr.ee/dejalouve/

Silver Tusk Awards 2024 round 1 voting is OPEN: http://www.silvertuskawards.com

footnotes:

- About preserving the Sinixt language; https://sinixtnation.org/content/language

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: – patreon.com/weburlesque – venmo: @viktor-devonne – paypal: [email protected] – cashapp: $weburlesque All donations at $25 or above will get a signed 8×10 of Viktor Devonne, covered in flour.

— WEBurlesque Podcast Network is the creation of Viktor Devonne. Episode 210 call hook by Lola Loveletter. Podcast artwork by Logan Laveau, WEBurlesque the Podcast cover art photography by Atticus Stevenson. Theme song, "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress, used with permission. Incidental music via pixabay.com under fair use. Visit weburlesquepodcast.com for notes on this and every episode. Follow @weburlesque and @viktordevonne on just about every platform, and support the podcast via patreon.com/weburlesque or via Venmo @Viktor-Devonne. Don't got the cash? Please follow, subscribe, and give 5 stars on every platform you can get your hands on. It really does help. All original material is owned by Viktor Devonne and White Elephant Burlesque Corporation; all other materials property of their respective copyright. No infringement, while likely, is intended.

"When it comes to my work, I'm not going to make stuff that's so esoteric and so personal and emotional that no one can access it; that's not entertainment... I've tried doing pieces where I was very weird and abstract and it's not satisfying. It's very satisfying if you can get somebody hooked in, if you can challenge somebody's thoughts about what what burlesque is; I think that's great. But I really can't get down with 'Well this is my art and these are my feelings and I'm just going to explode all over the stage and you're just going to have to watch'' I just don't think that that's thoughtful. I think you have to be thoughtful about your audience if you're going to go in front of an audience."

Red Rum is a shocking talent based in Chicago, known for burlesque recreations of some of horror's greatest hits (Hellraiser! The Thing! Star Wars! They Live! The Dark Crystal!) as well as ooky spooky original creations. This 2023 Siler Tusk Award winner for Monster Smash and Viktor talk taglines, makeup, sacred material, real life villains (her pantheon of Baddies) and what's 'too soon,' getting denied by Uber drivers, audience members doing the sign of the cross, what's actually scary, feeling sexy, and whether we'll ever see her on Dragula. (this conversation was recorded November 12, 2023)

• website: https://redrumperformanceart.com/home.html
• https://www.instagram.com/redrumperformanceart/
• more Ginger: https://linktr.ee/redrumperformanceart

Silver Tusk Awards 2024 round 1 voting is OPEN: http://www.silvertuskawards.com

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: – patreon.com/weburlesque – venmo: @viktor-devonne – paypal: [email protected] – cashapp: $weburlesque All donations at $25 or above will get a signed 8×10 of Viktor Devonne, covered in flour.

— WEBurlesque Podcast Network is the creation of Viktor Devonne. Episode 208 call hook by Desiré D'Amour. Podcast artwork by Logan Laveau, WEBurlesque the Podcast cover art photography by Atticus Stevenson. Theme song, "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress, used with permission. Incidental music via pixabay.com under fair use. Visit weburlesquepodcast.com for notes on this and every episode. Follow @weburlesque and @viktordevonne on just about every platform, and support the podcast via patreon.com/weburlesque or via Venmo @Viktor-Devonne. Don't got the cash? Please follow, subscribe, and give 5 stars on every platform you can get your hands on. It really does help. All original material is owned by Viktor Devonne and White Elephant Burlesque Corporation; all other materials property of their respective copyright. No infringement, while likely, is intended.

"I love anything glam. I am very much that person who I wants to add glitter and rhinestones to absolutely everything I can. Even in my professional work, any time we're doing a show or they're like 'let's add some glitter' I'm like mu-ha-ha, you asked for it."

Ginger Snaps is a glamourous circus person, spinning majestically in Austin, Texas! She and Viktor Devonne discuss America's Got Talent, IVF (content notice; fertility talk), being the inspirational chubby person, dexterity, reproductive rights, hypermobility disorder, and more about the french horn than this podcast usually gets into. (this conversation was recorded November 10, 2023)

• website: https://www.gingersnapsburlesque.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/gingersnapsburlesque/
• https://canvasrebel.com/meet-ginger-snaps/
• more Ginger: https://linktr.ee/gingersnapsburlesque

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: – patreon.com/weburlesque – venmo: @viktor-devonne – paypal: [email protected] – cashapp: $weburlesque All donations at $25 or above will get a signed 8×10 of Viktor Devonne, covered in flour.

— WEBurlesque Podcast Network is the creation of Viktor Devonne. Episode 208 call hook by Madame E. Podcast artwork by Logan Laveau, WEBurlesque the Podcast cover art photography by Atticus Stevenson. Theme song, "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress, used with permission. Incidental music via pixabay.com under fair use. Visit weburlesquepodcast.com for notes on this and every episode. Follow @weburlesque and @viktordevonne on just about every platform, and support the podcast via patreon.com/weburlesque or via Venmo @Viktor-Devonne. Don't got the cash? Please follow, subscribe, and give 5 stars on every platform you can get your hands on. It really does help. All original material is owned by Viktor Devonne and White Elephant Burlesque Corporation; all other materials property of their respective copyright. No infringement, while likely, is intended.

"I guess I've always been like a champion for the misfits, those who just don't belong; whatever that is. And I hope that people who see our show will feel that they can do it too, that they can take chances, that they can be naked; they don't have to hate their bodies just because society tells them [to.]... I just want people to smile, to feel good."

Mika Romantic from Lehigh Valley, PA shares her story with Viktor, from the beginning of doing glove reveal classes for housewives to now running her own production company. We go in on topics like the Pussycat Dolls, her first act with the New York School of Burlesque which was an ambitious six minutes, awful dressing rooms, Harley Quinns that count, identifying as otaku, the desired MGM spectacular, feeling aged out, everyone fighting with each other, and embracing "the rotting phase." (this conversation was recorded November 4, 2023)

• website: https://www.mikaromanticandco.com/
• https://burlesquegalaxy.com/listing/mika-romantic/
• https://www.instagram.com/mikaromantic/
• https://www.instagram.com/mikaromanticandco/
• https://www.tiktok.com/@mika_romantic?lang=en
• https://21stcenturyburlesque.com/21-questions-mika-romantic-burlesque/

footnotes: more about Pussycat Dolls' origins can be found at https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/pussycat-dolls-buttons/

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: – patreon.com/weburlesque – venmo: @viktor-devonne – paypal: [email protected] – cashapp: $weburlesque All donations at $25 or above will get a signed 8×10 of Viktor Devonne, covered in flour.

— WEBurlesque Podcast Network is the creation of Viktor Devonne. Episode 207 call hook by Kevin Honey-Bunz. Podcast artwork by Logan Laveau, WEBurlesque the Podcast cover art photography by Atticus Stevenson. Theme song, "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress, used with permission. Incidental music via pixabay.com under fair use. Visit weburlesquepodcast.com for notes on this and every episode. Follow @weburlesque and @viktordevonne on just about every platform, and support the podcast via patreon.com/weburlesque or via Venmo @Viktor-Devonne. Don't got the cash? Please follow, subscribe, and give 5 stars on every platform you can get your hands on. It really does help. All original material is owned by Viktor Devonne and White Elephant Burlesque Corporation; all other materials property of their respective copyright. No infringement, while likely, is intended.

"I just want to hopefully help end erasure in our scene and for everyone to have a moment of self-discovery and self-ideology and a moment of 'let me check myself, let me go ahead and try to go ahead and learn about this' and then spread that knowledge to somebody else."

Bella Sin returns to the pod to discuss the project Decolinizing Burlesque, which is being made available for FREE this November, aiding in the amplifciation of BIPOC and queer burlesque performers in history who are often forgotten. Bella Sin is a powerhouse in Cleveland, Ohio as an entertainer, a makeup mogul, festival producer, and educator. They attained The Mentor Award distinction at the Silver Tusk Awards 2023. (this conversation was recorded October 29, 2023)

• previously w/ WEBurlesque: https://weburlesque.wordpress.com/2019/09/02/63-cleveland-queen-bella-sin/
• website: http://www.bellasincle.com/
• make-up and more: https://thebellasin.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellasincle/
• more Sin: https://linktr.ee/Bellasin

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: – patreon.com/weburlesque – venmo: @viktor-devonne – paypal: [email protected] – cashapp: $weburlesque All donations at $25 or above will get a signed 8×10 of Viktor Devonne, covered in flour.

— WEBurlesque Podcast Network is the creation of Viktor Devonne. Episode 206 call hook by Harlem Nyte. Podcast artwork by Logan Laveau, WEBurlesque the Podcast cover art photography by Atticus Stevenson. Theme song, "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress, used with permission. Incidental music via pixabay.com under fair use. Visit weburlesquepodcast.com for notes on this and every episode. Follow @weburlesque and @viktordevonne on just about every platform, and support the podcast via patreon.com/weburlesque or via Venmo @Viktor-Devonne. Don't got the cash? Please follow, subscribe, and give 5 stars on every platform you can get your hands on. It really does help. All original material is owned by Viktor Devonne and White Elephant Burlesque Corporation; all other materials property of their respective copyright. No infringement, while likely, is intended.

"I think we're a generation that recognizes that acknowledging and shining a light on people is important--to them, and to us. It makes me feel better when I can shine a light on someone and say 'Look what they did.'"

Desiré D'Amour has been stripping since the 90s, and in burlesque for nearly 24 years. Telling tales from the San Francisco strip club to the legendary goat ranch years of Exotic World to the current incarnation of Burlesque Hall of Fame (and its spectacular Weekender), Desiré shares with Viktor thoughts on bridging the gap between historical burlesque and its present incarnation, proper pronouncing and advocating for correcting others, jealousy, diversity versus tokenism, learning from Harvest Moon and the Cantankerous Lollies, that famous backbend, what is and is not and is and is not burlesque (and being open to reconsidering), the evidently contentious response to the royal court of Miss Exotic World 2023, technology affecting burlesque and industry connection, the purpose of Ranch Undressing, and maybe a glimmer of what's to come. (this conversation was recorded October 21, 2023)

• Instagram: @thedesiredamour
• https://www.facebook.com/desire.damour.9
• http://www.desiredamour.com/
• learn more about BHOF at https://burlesquehall.com/

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: – patreon.com/weburlesque – venmo: @viktor-devonne – paypal: [email protected] – cashapp: $weburlesque All donations at $25 or above will get a signed 8×10 of Viktor Devonne, covered in flour.

— WEBurlesque Podcast Network is the creation of Viktor Devonne. Episode 205 call hook by Miss Brawling Beauty. Podcast artwork by Logan Laveau, WEBurlesque the Podcast cover art photography by Atticus Stevenson. Theme song, "On a 45" by This Way to the Egress, used with permission. Incidental music via pixabay.com under fair use. Visit weburlesquepodcast.com for notes on this and every episode. Follow @weburlesque and @viktordevonne on just about every platform, and support the podcast via patreon.com/weburlesque or via Venmo @Viktor-Devonne. Don't got the cash? Please follow, subscribe, and give 5 stars on every platform you can get your hands on. It really does help. All original material is owned by Viktor Devonne and White Elephant Burlesque Corporation; all other materials property of their respective copyright. No infringement, while likely, is intended.