Rockabilly Event - Part Two

Hairspray, corsets and greasers, oh my! I decided to go with a more metal-rock sound for my rockabilly burlesque routine, though there was definitely banjo in it! The song was Black Betty by Spiderbait. It was a knee high leather boots and crop meets hot pink sequined show girl ensemble and it went a little something like this:

Photo by Brad Mazur

Photo by Holly Halftone

Photo by Holly Halftone

Photo by Brad Mazur

Photo courtesy of Joel Nickel

This one is awesome because if you look closely my reflection is also blowing a kiss on the big screen. Look ma! I'm on TV! ;)

Photo courtesy of Joel Nickel

Photo courtesy of Joel Nickel

Left-Holly Halftone  Right-Brad Mazur

Photo by Holly Halftone

It was really interesting dancing on the same level as the audience. Usually you're higher up with blinding stage lights in your eyes. This time I could see every face of every person watching me ... and they were five steps away from me at any time. This turned out to be to my advantage, however, when I sped up my routine! Oops. I guess I was just so excited I frenzied myself out of tempo. However, a little improvisation and a lot of flirting-which Meg got the brunt of- managed to end the last little bit of the song on a credible note. Thanks for playing along Meg!

If you could take a minute to go and show these wonderful photographers some love I would be incredibly grateful. Brad Mazur, Holly Halftone and Joel Nickel do amazing work.

Stay tuned for more sass!

Saucily yours,

Miss Scarlet

RAMMSTEIN

WOW this post is so late! Rammstein played at the MTS Centre Thursday May 10th. I forgot I had archived this to finish later. To summarize this post: Rammstein was AMAZING.

One of the things I love most about metal concerts (besides the fantastic music) is that everyone wears whatever they want without having to feel self conscious about it. I was head to toe in black lace with the exception of my leather knee high boots. I definitely couldn't get away with wearing that to work.

Another thing I love about concerts is learning new things. For example, I'm more of a devil horns waving in the air sort of person. The Boyfriend prefers to head bang his way through the tracks. Now I'm not saying that one is better than the other but I do know that I didn't have to take muscle relaxants for my neck after the concert. :-P That's not all I learned though. Rammstein are amazing showmen and here's why:

1. Fire. Seriously. Pyrotechnics makes everything better.

2. Chucking things at the audience. Audience interaction keeps people involved and ups their enjoyment of the show. Even though I wasn't in the pit I got a huge kick out of one of the members being passed around on an inflatable boat while he pretended to paddle. And everyone wants to be the lucky one to grab a drumstick.

3. Lights, video and costumes are all well and good (in R's case, phenomenal) but the way they got into character made it a show. They walked across a burning bridge in solemn procession to begin the concert. They went back across the bridge, four of them on their hands and knees in bondage gear and one behind them cracking a whip. And of course they had the most amazing props.

You could also tell they were dedicated because they did THREE encores! Apparently they were surprised by how much love Winnipeg had for them. <3

As we left steak lightning lit up the sky, in one of those in-drawn breath sort of moments before the rain begins to pour. The heavens were getting in on the pyrotechnics too. I couldn't have asked for a better night.

Stay Saucy,
Miss Scarlet