Chesty Bond

We are going to see the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, tonight, so we just thought we would post a little reminder of why Daniel Craig makes such a good James Bond. We will try to put up a review before we go on our cruise (!!!).

Drag Photo of the Week - Number 6

For our photo this week we have the one and only Miss Shelley Lee caught in full flight at our joint birthday party last year. We will let you guess how old we turned :(
We were truly honoured to have the fab-u-lous Miss Lee entertain us and our guests. We are hoping Miss Lee will be able to make an appearance in Nigel's next video.

Coming soon.....

What is that thing above? It's just one of the strange but fabulous items which will be featured in our upcoming new regular posting - Paul's Toy of the Week (name subject to confirmation)- in which Paul will feature one of the pieces in his toy collection. This feature will be introduced once we get back from our cruise. Oh, did we mention we're about to go on a cruise?

R.I.P. Ringo

Drag Queens of Death would like to bid a fond adieu to Ringo (named due to his likeness to a yellow submarine) who bid farewell to this mortal world, and to our fish tank, sometime between between feeding time last night and the discovery of his body this morning. Ringo was our favourite little fishy, full of personality as he zipped around the fish tank, hovering in his strange way, and nibbling on your fingers when you put them in the water.
Farewell fine fishy, may marine heaven be full of your favourite activity, feeding time.

Drag Photo of the Week - Number 5

Due to overwhelming popular demand we have published another photo of Lucy Wind, this time with her glamourous friend Sylvia Sonter. A garden party with these two is always a special occassion!

Dying Breed - Movie Review

The moment we saw the controversial movie poster above, we knew we had to go see Dying Breed.
Dying Breed is an Australian horror movie which follows a similar storyline to many American horror movies, such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wrong Turn. The movie follows a group of young people who go off the beaten track in Tasmania and stumble across a group of cannibal hillbillies.
Although a bit overly familiar it is great fun to see this story in an Australian setting and the cast and crew do a great job in the acting, effects and cinemaphotography. There are some genuinely "icky moments and the movie is a lot of fun whilst still genuinely chilling. It is not recommended for the feint of heart or people who have just finished a meat pie. Featuring stars from Wolf Creek and Saw, Dying Breed is another excellent Australian contribution to the horror genre.
3.5/5 wigs.

DQOD meet Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert

Last night we went with our friends Jamie and Lyndsay (seen above with Paul enjoying radioactive cocktails) to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical at the Lyric Theatre, Star City Casino in Sydney.
It was our third time seeing the show (Jamie and Lyndsays' fifth) but the first time we had seen it since the musical returned from Melbourne. There had been a few changes since we saw it, some extra brief scences, an hilarious appearance by Bindi Irwin and a great improvement to the Alice Springs Casino performance. We were also pleased to see there is now a cast recording available.
The lead role is now being performed by Todd McKenny who did a great job. He didn't have his trousers on the whole time though, so I hope he had someone responsible looking after them. The real star of the show though is still Tony Sheldon as Bernadette.
The show is spectacular and lots of fun even the third or fifth time around. It's only on for a limited time so make sure you go see it!

Witch Queen of Death!

This photo was taken by Robert's business partner Pauline at Rose Hall in Montego Bay, the home of Annie Palmer the "White Witch of Jamaica". She was born to white parents in Haiti and after she was orphaned, her Haitian nanny brought her up. Her nanny was a voodoo and witchcraft practitioner and taught Annie all she knew. Annie then moved to Jamaica, marrying a rich white sugar plantation owner. She murdered him and two subsequent husbands. She had a number of lovers after that - all slaves on her plantation.

Eventually she was murdered by one of her lovers. She also had a nasty pastime of hanging slaves who'd displeased her in the back yard - for entertainment. After she died, the slaves burnt all of her things. All that remains of her belongings at Rose Hall are her mirror (in the photo), a bell-pull, a day bed and a chandelier. There is a painting that is said to portray her and some children (shown above). Spookily, her whole head (not just the eyes) seems to move and follow you as you walk through the room!

Apparently Annie's ghost still haunts the mansion. After being told that Annie's face sometimes appears in photos of the mirror Pauline and her husband Jiri both took photos of it. Nothing appeared in Jiri's photo, but the spooky outline of a face appeared in Pauline's. She assures me there was nothing opposite that could have caused the picture. Creepy!

Melbourne Cup

Today is Melbourne Cup Race Day. Paul has taken the day off work (and another day to recover) to go to the racetrack in Sydney for the Cup celebrations, and Robert is having an office lunch. To celebrate the day we thought a picture of a jockey might be appropriate. We googled images for "jockey" and came up with the 2 pictures above. We couldn't decide which one was more appropriate, so enjoy them both!