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Awesome Blog Post from Sparkly Devil!

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Above: The awe-inspiring and amaze-inducing Sparkly Devil. I freakin LOVE Sparkly Devil, and have been fortunate to know and love her long time. She's a fierce and gorgeous and super smart lady, and you should read her blog! Below, one of my favorite recent posts: "The heyday of burlesque was cultivated in simpler times, when the 4-martini lunch ruled, computers were giant hulking beasts that only the government owned, and phones took forever to dial 9 and were connected to a wall. "As the burlesque revival has grown since the late ‘90s, it’s been fundamentally shaped by the technological innovations that our generation has access to. Today, we can pick a concept, do a keyword search on iTunes, order the costume on eBay, promote the new act on Twitter, videotape the performance from our phone and then post in on Facebook – in less than a week’s time. "That said, having the tools to create an act readily available at one’s fingertips does not mean a great ac...

A Note from Sparkly Devil

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lovely ladies -- google just released a ton of images from the LIFE photo archives, many that have never before been published: Life Magazine Images on Google if you search for "burlesque" "pinup" "vaudeville" etc it turns up some really delightful old gems! enjoy! xoxox, sparkly "Gypsy Rose Lee (C, Front) receiving help from Florence Gailey (L) while performing a reverse strip-tease act." Click the photo for more information. I'm sorry I haven't been posting for myself! This is the longest I've gone without blogging or something like it in nine years! Just wait until I get unpacked. Posted by Jo Weldon, Headmistress of The New York School of Burlesque , for burlesquedaily.blogspot.com .