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Bringing back my favorite character for the first time in almost a year! Lou Weed: Rock & Roll Drag Rebel Kings shows are every first and third Wednesday! Wednesday, November 20th Cover at the door: $5.00 Doors open at 8:00 PM Show starts at 9:30 PM WhiteHorse Bar 6551 Telegraph Ave. Oakland California Flier by Becca Jones-Starr Event info on Facebook

Lou Weed: Rock & Roll Drag Rebel Kings shows are every first and third Wednesday! Wednesday, November 6th Cover at the door: $5.00 Doors open at 8:00 PM Show starts at 9:30 PM WhiteHorse Bar 6551 Telegraph Ave. Oakland California Flier by  Becca Jones-Starr

Way, way more Lou Weed photos here!  Last month marked the 2 year anniversary of me performing drag with The Rebel Kings  at The White Horse . It's crazy to think that much time has gone by. It sounds cliche, but it does feel like yesterday. I still get excited and nervous every time before I perform...maybe that's why it still feels new. I watched The Rebel Kings shows quietly sitting in the back row for at least a couple years. I've had many different layers of shyness that I have been peeling away at through my life--and this way another one. I debuted as David Bowie (my signature character) and have performed as him at least 5 times since. In the past 2 years I have performed as David Bowie, Joey Ramone, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Paul Weller, Sid Vicious, Chris Robinson, Marilyn Manson, Davy Jones and haven't forgot to represent the ladies of rock: Wendy O Williams, Joan Jett, Shirley Manson, Karen O, Courtney Love and many more. My favorite character to play wi...

Lou Weed: Rock & Roll Drag Rebel Kings shows are every first and third Wednesday! Wednesday, October 16th Cover at the door: $5.00 Doors open at 8:00 PM Show starts at 9:30 PM WhiteHorse Bar   6551 Telegraph Ave. Oakland California Flier by  Becca Jones-Starr

This past Gay Pride weekend was a lot of fun. I got to see my San Francisco friends that I rarely see, and my reflectively white skin got some sun for a change. I'm always paying attention to the music around me, and at these kind of festivities the music is impossible to ignore. Every time I am at a Gay Bar, club or event the only music I ever hear is beat heavy techno. It always stands out in a kind of offensive way to my ears. I just don't get that kind of music, simply put. Within the LGBT community, it's everywhere. There's a stereotype about that, but it's also kinda true. You'd be hard pressed to enter a gay bar in the Castro San Francisco without there being blaring electronic music. I even wrote a blog about a remix I heard there, really really loudly.  Being openly transgender, third-gendered, what have you, I feel comfortable making these observations. For the past almost 2 years I have been performing regularly in a drag troop called " The...

Lou Weed: The rock and roll drag king performer  I made a website for my drag character "Lou Weed." It's pretty simple and has upcoming events and performance photos!

 I rarely care to talk about my personal life in my mostly music blog. But since my 'coming out' of being transgender recently has sparked a lot of questions from friends. Most of the questions I get are totally understandable ones, but I also get more than enough stupid questions. You wont believe some of the things people have assumed or wondered. I'm not going to be shy, I'm going to put it on the table. I'd rather have a conversation about something and actually address it than deny it and pretend like it doesn't exist.  One of the things I actually do like about my generation is these days it is much easier to discuss things like sexuality, instead of denying what is. I call it "The Talk Show Generation." No matter how you feel about Oprah and the rest, they did open up the world to a discussion. This is for the clarification of all, and for me to continue to be honest about who I am, not to mention proud. How I feel about gender, or more i...