Bearded Lady at Megastore
Devendra Banhart ad for September 13 Union Square Virgin Megastore performance, now keeping Yo La Tengo good company in the Name-Oft-Mangled-By-Promoters Sweepstakes. Though as far as I know, Ira, Georgia and James never had their genders reassigned (however they did do a cover of the man who wrote "Lola" at their Virgin store appearance). One can see some confusion on Richard Branson's part; after all, he has employed quite a few questionable-gender-in-appearance artists (Boy George, David Bowie, Geri Halliwell), but come on. Spend less money on building that Megastore on the moon and keep some copy editors around for your ads.
...though i'd love to be a fly on the Megastore wall when the disgruntled Devendra Banhart fans clash with the disappointed Sandra Bernhard fans.
Posted by: Gaylord Fields | September 08, 2005 at 05:57 PM
But Sarah Bernhardt's been dead for over 80 years!
Posted by: Krys O. | September 09, 2005 at 12:25 PM