Craig & Friends

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156: Hunter Crenshaw! Oct 13, 2021

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The pithy, dashing and positively-pessimistic momager of The House Of Avalon joins me to talk Mama’s Family, codependency, a rocky childhood, cardboard people, emotional intelligence, “The Wizard Of Oz”, Symone on Kimmel, raising your parents, Opal (who runs salad), meeting Marko, the gift of gay, retail poisoning, Sugar Tank, “Batman Returns”, the magic and horror of Los Angeles, Avalon TV, southern charms, learning from low times and much more!

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155: Movie Club (With Alaska) “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead” Oct 01, 2021

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Alaska Thunderfunz joined Craig for this previously Patreon-only episode to talk Club Chico, Christna Applegate, drag queen car thieves, Rose Lindsay, Swell, Kock Doggin’, living in Pittsburgh, Craig’s return to the clinic, toxic masculinity, consumption duties, Lady Gaga, the humble majesty of Sandy Bullock, movies that make us cry, listener questions, and more!

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154: Love Connie! (Part 2) Sep 24, 2021

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Love Connie & I continue chatting and talk workin’ at Chess King, aerobics, Andrew Crispo, Don Hill’s, Grace Jones, sentimental moments, Elvis Presley, Heritage USA, family dissonance, living in Texas, the light and frothy work of Paul Schrader, “52 Pick-Up”, coming out over the phone, naked Pat Boone, Kristy McNichol, Vanity Vs. Apollonia, L.I.S.A, the most winningest monsters, Tuesday Weld, plus movies, films AND cinema.

Connie Photo by William August

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Rubber Child’s Transition Assistance GoFundMe

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New Orleans Hurricane Relief

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153: Love Connie! (Part 1) Sep 17, 2021

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Legendary lady of stage and screen Love Connie joins me to talk Cybill Shepherd, growing up in Louisiana, religious fanatics, isolation, living in New York, leather bars, the origins of Connie, The New Beverly, inappropriate material, the Nellie Olesons, moving to LA, Boz Scaggs, getting back to performance, Casita Del Campo, Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Blondie, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and more. This is part one of a full day of taping, look for part 2 coming soon.

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Rubber Child’s Transition Assistance GoFundMe

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New Orleans Hurricane Relief

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152: John Cameron Mitchell! (Encore) Sep 10, 2021

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As this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of “Hedwig & The Angry Inch” hitting cinemas, here’s my 2019 chat with John Cameron Mitchell. The Craig & Friends Hedwig Movie Club (featuring Mike Potter, Stephen Trask, Frank DeMarco & Tranna Wintour) is coming soon 💋

John joined me in NYC to talk Dr. Gunt, John Cassavetes, Squeezebox, the art of self-creation, Robert Altman, the binarachy, “All That Jazz”, angles on appropriation, Michael Schmidt, heterosexual competence, David Bowie, finding hope in the bleakest of situations, “Hedwig & The Angry Inch”, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, “Yuri On Ice”, Radical Faeries, queer representation in the media, Jake Shears, The Origin Of Love Tour, Harry Hay & The Mattachine Society, living with Alzheimer's, Lady Bunny, addiction, New York City, “Shortbus”, the true nature of the military, Ayahuasca, Karis Wilde, family matters, American healthcare, Dunkaroos, “Band Of The Hand”, Amber Martin, and John’s narrative musical podcast “Anthem: Homunculus”.

Craig

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New Orleans Hurricane Relief

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https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_6bd82252-09c8-11ec-8a30-e3af537ba9eb.html

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151: Rosy Thorn! Sep 03, 2021

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The angelic Rosy Thorn joined me the day after Rubber Child to talk family matters, moving to LA at 18, discovering drag, the dancing life, Puerto Vallarta statistics, The Q Club, Sugar Tank, the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, meeting the other House Of Avalon divas, Fake IDs, growing up in New Jersey, fast food love, dating and hookups, Sex & The City, Moulin Rouge on acid, and more!

Rosy Thorn: https://www.instagram.com/therosythorn

Craig

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New Orleans Hurricane Relief

https://ready.nola.gov/incident/potential-tropical-cyclone/donations-and-volunteer/

https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_6bd82252-09c8-11ec-8a30-e3af537ba9eb.html

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150: Rubber Child! Aug 20, 2021

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The glamorous, hilarious and always amorous diva known as Rubber Child hopped on the couch with me to talk soaking some curtains, sagittarius behavior, OnlyFans (R.I.P), growing up queer in remote upstate NY, Hunter Crenshaw, picking up the load for the lord, being prompt’n’padded, Grant Vanderbilt, Sniffies, Gigi Goode, Vaseline Alley, car dates, Caleb, accidental Slim Jims, Rip Taylor, Lisa Limbaugh, accidental meth, Symone, “Exorcist II: The Heretic”, joining The House Of Avalon, “Manhunter” Daddy’s Good Girls, Jeremy Scott, Miley Cyrus, Marko Monroe, dating habits, stabbing rumours, kissing styles, dick pics, Sugar Tank and MORE!

Check out Rubber's GoFundMe and help her move forward with the transition process: https://gofund.me/c2b3cd52

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149: Plasmic! Aug 06, 2021

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The fabulous singer, producer and artist Plasmic joins me to talk Orange County, the challenges of an independent queer musican\producer, Patrick Swayze’s fetish roller-routine in “Skatetown USA”, Brian Eno, Devo, Josh Hager, Dorian Electra, “Liquid Sky”, James St. James, the “Back to The Future” trilogy, Lethal Amounts & Sex Cells, internal and external gatekeeping, Anime revelations, Dream Nails, remixing The Mowglis, "Revenge", the high cost of figure skating, Elton John’s catering, Deven Green, Christeene, intrenalized shame, Allie X, Moonlight Rollerway, “The Runaways”, the queer awakening powers of Kristen Stewart, Cherie Currie’s solo albums, and MORE!

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148: Sam Sparro! Jul 30, 2021

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The outrageously talented and extremely charming Sam Sparro joins me to talk VHS collecting, breaking free of addiction, polizioteschi, singing for Chaka Khan at 12 and Giorgio Moroder at 13, the homophobia gaslighting and abuse in the music industry, PAPER magazine, Grindr action, "New York, New York", PTSD, wedded bliss, Isaac Mizrahi, “Velvet Goldmine”, deep'n'niche obsessions, LGBTQIA representation, The New Beverly, showbiz beards, breakdance films, Sam’s child actor days, Focus Video, Jake Wesley Rogers, following the muse, terrible films, Liza Minnelli, and more!

Hear Sam & I discuss the Isaac Mizrahi documentary "Unzipped" on the new Patreon-Only Craig & Friends Movie Club!

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147: Grant Vanderbilt! Jul 20, 2021

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The gorgeous, hilarious and legendary Grant Vanderbilt joins me to talk Dolly Parton, Christmas passions, Liquid Lock-In, Andy Warhol, Avalon TV, Rubber Child, icons, the drunk Judy tapes, Symone, Britney Spears, growing up in Arkansas, meeting Hunter Crenshaw, throwing the best parties, Caleb, the glory of Precinct DTLA, RAWDOG Uncensored, Marilyn Monroe, Gigi Goode, the House Of Avalon origin story, the ph balance in the Boom Boom Room, Rosy Thorn, bible trivia championships, Marko Monroe, Liza Minnelli, “Star 80”, the magic of “Sugar Tank”, and MORE!

Hear a taste of “Sugar Tank” at the end of our chat - and see you at Precinct on Sat 08.07.21 for the next one.

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Avalon TV: https://www.twitch.tv/houseofavalon

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Craig

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Photography By Lucas Francisco https://www.instagram.com/lucasfrancisco

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