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Oracle of DelphiSqueezebox brings drag to the big screen
April 10th 2008 00:57
During the turbulent reign of Giuliani in the 90s when Times Square was being sold to Disney and sex clubs were shuttered in favor of fast food chains, there was a brief shining moment when drag queens rocked New York nightlife.
The epicenter of that moment was SqueezeBox, a weekly pansexual rock and roll party at Don Hills night club.
Started as a refuge for gay rock and rollers who felt like outsiders in both the gay and rock worlds, the party grew to become a landmark event in nightlife history. By bringing together two seemingly contradictory worlds, SqueezeBox engendered a spirit of universal acceptance for everyone who passed through its doors.
What transpired for seven years on the corner of Spring and Greenwich was an often hilarious, always rocking, and frequently debauched assemblage of everything from the ridiculous to the profane. Using the SqueezeBox stage as a testing ground, artists were encouraged to bring to the stage anything they could imagine, spawning acts as diverse as the glam rock Toilet Boys to the off-Broadway sensation Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
'Squeezebox' the movie, re-creates the chaotic, frenetic, and unapologetic energy of the club and spotlights the people and the times that demanded something original in an ever increasingly capitalistic world.
Squeezebox premiers at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, April 25th.
If drags your thing, don't miss it!
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