The Gem Sweater Lady
I stumbled on this website via a Boston blogger who's moniker is Honey Bunny: The Honey Bunny Blog
Leslie Hall And Her Gem Sweater Lady Links:
http://www.lesliehall.com/index8.html
http://www.lesliehall.com/8-sweaters3.html
She also has a video:
http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=437
All I know is that she's passing through this area sometime in early July with her traveling show of gold stretch pants, collection of gem sweaters and synthpop Elvis impersonations. Watch for her as Leslie & The Ly's.
The funny thing about all of this, (from my experience) is that so many times the pomegranate martini drinkers will be standing around, sipping, and saying "Oh isn't this a biting satire on the 80's," and then you delve deeper, and it turns out the person isn't aiming for satire at all, but rather has some long-standing, deep-seated obsession for the bling of sequined sweaters.
A good example of this phenomenon is the singer Tiny Tim from the 1960's. Tiny (real name, Herbert Khaury) was picked up as a camp item during the '60's for his ukelele renditions of 1920's-30's song classics, plunked while swaying in a plaid sports coat and long, unruly hair. The hip elite picked up on it and thought "how clever....so witty," when in truth he had been bumming around for some time, obsessing over music of that era. He was singing Al Dubin songs before he was discovered, while he was discovered, and even after he was dropped in the public mind and reduced to playing State Fairs. Tiny Tim Memorial Site
So who knows with Leslie, the sweater girl. She may be doing this as an art statement reflective of her culture....or, she may just really be into bejeweled sweaters.
2 comments:
wait! my AIM name worked here! YIPPEE!
(it's Honey Bunny : http://thehoneybunny.blogspot.com)
if you get the chance to see leslie and the ly's, do it! seriously. i haven't seen her in person, but one of her band mates came into my fiance's store (they live in boston) and went through his check out line ;) how's that for knowing someone who saw a band member? :)
i'll check out the rest of your blog as the day goes on. glad you enjoy mine! have a good weekend!
-honey bunny
Honey: Thanks for adding more to the article. It gives a more complete picture. I've enjoyed your blog and your entry into Bostonist on Tom Cruise. He's supposed to be "so" appealing, yet just about everyone I know finds him repugnant.
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