Music That Made WE

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Music that made WE #46: Mimi Hurricane

The fantastic natural force that is Mimi Hurricane comes to Music That Made WE for the season 3 finale.  Now living in Atlanta, this neoburlesque producer and performer shares stories of emo youth, mental health advocacy, Harley Quinn, nerdlesque, and the songs actually tattooed on her body. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For…

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Music that made WE #45: Dulcita Leon

Dulcita Leon learned the sexy grooves early; it just took some time to contexulize it! From some of the dirtiest Christina, Donna Summer, Janet, and Madonna tracks, this playlist will have you feeling some kind of way by the time of reprieve of the sweetest Billie Holiday standards. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track.…

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Music that made WE #44: Cherry Valentine

Cherry Valentine, 2021 Silver Tusk Award winner for Pop Culturalist, is a photographer, model, burlesque performer, and cosplay enthusiast. From the hard rock queens to the musical theatre passions, Cherry shares stories of her career in New Jersey and beyond. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation,…

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Music that made WE #43: Kyla

NYC’s Kyla comes down from the lyra to share formative music from her career in dance and burlesque.  From ballet to spinning in hoops, Kyla is an entertainer regularly seen at The Box and The Slipper Room. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our…

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Music that made WE #42: Thorne fka Jimmie Swagger

Chicago’s Thorne is returning to the burlesque stage after a hiatus and rebrand both personally and professionally.  From their beginnings in Boy Toy Pocket Cabaret as an athletic showperson, to a slow burn maestro, Thorne shares with Viktor some of the formative aural connections to their life, including complicated family life, competitive cheer (how accurate…

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Music that made WE #41: Texas TeaCake$

Just starting her burlesque career, Texas TeaCake$ sits with Viktor Devonne to talk about starting her career on the stage, embracing multiple genres, feeling oneself as an entertainer, and looking to the future. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com — all episodes…

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Music That Made WE #40: Foxie Danger

Foxie Danger is a recent transplant from NYC to Portland, OR. A burlesque entertainer, tarot reader, and crafter, Foxie engages in the supernatural, murder ballad, and seedy underbelly both on stage and off.  Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com — all episodes…

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Music That Made WE #39: Zyra Lee Vanity

Zyra Lee Vanity is a stunning burlesque entertainer living in Montreal, and recipient of the Silver Tusk Award for Clothes Horse Triple Crown (Achievement in Wardrobe, Dressing, and Costume Design.)  After a whirlwind few years, including a stunning debut on the Burlesque Hall of Fame stage, Zyra sits with Viktor to discuss adolescent dance crazes,…

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MusicThatMadeWE #38: Miss Lady Legs

Miss Lady Legs performs sultry burlesque in Los Angeles, CA. From punk shows to female empowerment via pop and hip hop, and beyond; Legs goes on the record on early acts, formative tunes, and iconic jams. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com…

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MusicThatMadeWE #37: Rex Halligan

The buff history buff Rex Halligan (NYC’s Fire and Fury; IG’s Shirtless History) sits with Viktor Devonne to bring a supersize collection of tunes ranging from political angst, funky bops, seminal hip hop, mournful Irish war anthems, and classical music with cannons. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of…

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MusicThatMadeWE #36: Dorienne Dreadful

Dorienne Dreadful is a NYC enchantress and burlesque showgirl. From inheriting a loaded pop music namesake, exploring self love, and pouring hox wax on herself for cheering crowds, she and Viktor gab about life on and off the wicked stage. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation,…

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MusicThatMadeWE #35: Curly Bright

Curly Bright is a nerdlesque and cosplay burlesque entertainer out of Washington DC. From convention hall stages to clubs internationally, find out the music that inspires and motivates her, whether it’s parted love, her Filipino heritage represented in pop music, or exploring the perfect track to emulate a wolf goddess. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden…

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MusicThatMadeWE #34: Mr. Valdez

Mr. Valdez is a burlesque performer out of Colorado Springs, CO. For Music That Made WE, we discuss loss and triumph, old relationships and things to come, first acts and backstage notes. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. For the extended VIDEO version of this presentation, please visit our Patreon.com — all episodes of…

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MusicThatMadeWE #33: DJ Villainess/Bella la Blanc

DJ Villainess, also known as Bella la Blanc is a Marylandian spinner of records and still occassional ecdysiast. From Miami to DC, Bella shares important cornerstones in his journey, with memories of loss, triumphs, and dark nightclubs. Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast…

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MusicThatMadeWE #32: Dahlia Kash(Season 3 Premiere!)

Dahlia Kash from Olympia, WA is a smokin’ star in burlesque and drag.  For the season 3 premiere, Kash and Viktor Devonne chat about childhood lullabies, chanteuse favorites, 90s love jams, grunge, and the first performance.  Stick around for Viktor’s hidden bonus track. The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network,…

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MusicThatMadeWE #31: Mary Widow (Season 2 Finale)

1 hour, 35 minutes (audio only version)2 hours (Patreon exclusive version) Released: October 1, 2022Recorded: April 6, 2022 Actual rockstar, Boston’s Mary Widow is a true creature of the night, from performing with Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, stripping in ridiculous and glorious costumes in burlesque shows, and recently completing the horror film MAIRZY…

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MusicThatMadeWE #30: Oliver Swisskey

1 hour, 41 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 4 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: September 17, 2022Recorded: July 20, 2022 Oliver Swisskey, known as the Boy Next Door… to the Brothel, hails from New Jersey and provides ten selections necessary to his development. Mr. Swisskey won the Silver Tusk Award for Most Marvelous Muppet in 2020. Content…

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MusicThatMadeWE #29: Juicy D. Light

1 hour, 6 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 33 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: September 3, 2022Recorded: March 16, 2022 Juicy D. Light is the performance artist, burlesque dancer, and speaker out of Oakland, CA. Providing a glimpse into her eclectic inspirations, Juicy selected 10 songs that mean the world to her. The Music That Made WE…

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MusicThatMadeWE #28: Doll Body

1 hour, 37 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: August 20, 2022Recorded: May 31, 2022 Doll Body shares the music that brought her to the various stages in NYC. The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produced by Viktor Devonne. Listen to this episode: In this edition…

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MusicThatMadeWE #27: Esmerelda May

2 hour, 30 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: August 6, 2022Recorded: May 31, 2022 Doll Body shares the music that brought her to the various stages in NYC. The Music That Made WE is a creation of WEBurlesque Podcast Network, produced by Viktor Devonne. Listen to this episode: Today on the…

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MusicThatMadeWE #26: Teasy Roosevelt

2 hours, 19 minutes  (audio only version)2 hours, 40 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: July 23, 2022Recorded: March 5, 2022 Hail to the chief of Americana nerdlesque, it’s Teasy Roosevelt out of upstate New York. Coming of their win for Fashion Geek 2022 at the Silver Tusk Awards, this Albany Pop Culture Provocateur walks us through…

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MusicThatMadeWE #25: Beau Britches

1 hour, 27 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 55 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: July 9, 2022Recorded: February 23, 2022 Crooner drag king Beau Britches recently transplanted from the New Jersey/NYC area to Houston.  He and Viktor Devonne discuss the change in location, and the formative years through the soundtrack of his life–and kind of bending the…

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MusicThatMadeWE #24: GiGi Holliday

2 hours, 11 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 31 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: June 4, 2022Recorded: April 5, 2022 A glamorous showgirl with moves you must prepare yourself for, GiGi Holliday shares the music that brought her to our stages and continues to inspire her. Now residing in New York City, GiGi traces her start in…

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MusicThatMadeWE #23: Anja Keister

1 hour, 41 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 16 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: May 21, 2022Recorded: February 13, 2022 The New York Times called her the Sexiest Nerd in NYC, she’s won Silver Tusk Awards for Backstage Mom, Geek of All Media, and Makeup Maven. Anja Keister has shown grace and range on stages from The…

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MusicThatMadeWE #22: Hazel Tart

2 hours, 11 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 52 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: May 8, 2022Recorded: February 18, 2022 Hazel Tart aka Creasetoefurr aka Chris is a podcaster and Twitch streamer with roots with White Elephant Burlesque’s Rockbar residency.  They and Viktor catch up on old times while talking Hazel’s backstory thru to today. Expect fun…

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MusicThatMadeWE #21: Lady Mabuhay

1 hours, 16 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 45 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: April 23, 2022Recorded: February 20, 2022 On this episode of The Music That Made WE, Viktor talks with Lady Mabuhay, NYC basedburlesque performer. Lady Mabuhay is a delightful New York City performer with an extensive dance background, from Kathak to showgirl realness. She…

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MusicThatMadeWE #20: Dick Jones

1 hours, 16 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 45 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: April 8, 2022Recorded: March 5, 2022 New Orleans producer and performer Dick Jones returns to WEBurlesque to chat out the music selections that have informed their work, style, and offstage life. Expect to catch feelings. On this episode of The Music That Made…

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MusicThatMadeWE #19: Lucky Charming

1 hours, 20 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 59 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: March 26, 2022Recorded: February 11, 2022 Boston’s (by way of NYC by way of Grand Rapids) Lucky Charming tells stories about the songs that make him up, from his slut soundtrack, to favorite concerts, depression, gogo picks, and of course, the boy bands…

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The Music That Made WE #18: Lottie Ellington

1 hours, 20 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 59 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: March 11, 2022Recorded: February 4, 2022 The extraordinary Lottie Ellington is a burlesque entertainer from Detroit, MI.  She plays her deep cuts and classic jams from the pivotal points in her life, from depression to victory, to reminders to self to encouragement for…

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The Music That Made WE #17: Regina Stargazer (vol. 2 premiere)

2 hours, 23 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: February 26, 2022Recorded: November 28, 2021 Whether you know her as Regina Stargazer, Cream Victoria, Virus the Clown, Jayson Mustachio, or that weirdo that is doing the weirdo shit, this entertainer has been thrilling and captivating for nigh on 16 years with White…

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The Music That Made WE #16: Miss AuroraBoobRealis (vol. 1 finale)

1 hour, 36 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 10 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: November 6, 2021Recorded: October 29, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube The talented writer, visual artist, and dancer Miss AuroraBoobRealis shares the music from her mosh pit past, waitressing for Ani DiFranco in the 90s, the goth club,…

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The Music That Made WE #15: Grandmafun

1 hour, 20 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: October 30, 2021Recorded: October 28, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube The beautiful goofball Grandmafun discusses her formative music soundtrack, from hyperromanticism, her move to NOLA, surviving Hurricane Ida, and singing too loudly for her dog.…

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The Music That Made WE #14: Frankie Eleanor

1 hour, 25 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 58 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: October 23, 2021Recorded: October 3, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube The newly crowned Miss Coney Island 2022 is our guest for the Music That Made WE, and discuss the songs that paved the way.  An…

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The Music That Made WE #13: Hank E. Panky

1 hour, 16 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: October 16, 2021Recorded: July 29 and 30, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Hank E. Panky tells stories to Viktor Devonne, featuring the music that shaped their life, from their time in the military to awkward…

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The Music That Made WE #12: Noctua

2 hours (audio only version)2 hours, 30 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: October 9, 2021Recorded: August 11, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Noctua is a drag artist and burlesque entertainer in New York City and surrounding burroughs.  Winner of the Silver Tusk Award for The Heart Wrencher All-Star in…

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The Music That Made WE #11: Ellie Favola

1 hour, 35 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: October 2, 2021Recorded: October 20, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Ellie Favola was resident chanteuse with White Elephant Burlesque for much of the last ten years, and has recently relocated to Atlanta, GA. She and Viktor discuss…

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The Music That Made WE #10: Raina Sinclair

1 hour, 30 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: September 25, 2021Recorded: August 3, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Raina Sinclair is producer of NYC’s nerdlesque revue Magical Girl Burlesque and today she is discussing her emo roots, riot grrl leanings, Jpop devotion, and bubblegum pop…

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The Music That Made WE #9: Seraphina Wilder

1 hour, 41 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 22 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: September 18, 2021Recorded: August 21, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Seraphina Wilder is a thrilling entertainer based out of Los Angeles.  She discusses the soundtrack to her life, from discovering industrial music, bizarro dance club…

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The Music That Made WE #8: GoGo Gadget

1 hour, 17 minutes (audio only version)2 hours (Patreon exclusive version) Released: September 11, 2021Recorded: August 16, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube GoGo Gadget is a dancer/actor/DJ based in New York City. He and Viktor Devonne discuss the music that brought him to his multiple heights as an entertainer,…

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The Music That Made WE #7: Kita St. Cyr

1 hour, 24 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 57 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: September 4, 2021Recorded: August 10, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Kita St. Cyr is one of the hardest working women in Brooklyn in the sideshow and burlesque scenes.  Seen all over as a stripteaser, emcee,…

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The Music That Made WE #6: Lewd Alfred Douglas

1 hour, 17 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 37 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: August 28, 2021Recorded: August 19, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Lewd Alfred Douglas is a talented digital artist and burlesque performer now living in Salem, Massachusetts. While discussing his formative music, we range between opera…

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The Music That Made WE #5: C’etait BonTemps

1 hour, 26 minutes (audio only version)2 hours, 10 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: August 21, 2021Recorded: August 4, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Viktor Devonne talks with C’etait.

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The Music That Made WE #4: Lilith Lore

1 hour, 26 minutes (audio only version)2 hours (Patreon exclusive version) Released: August 14, 2021Recorded: July 30, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Viktor Devonne’s very good friend and colleague, Willow, has begun her journey into Hearthcraft, merging the worlds of witchcraft and homemaking under the heading of Black Apron. …

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The Music That Made WE #3: Abby Fantastic

59 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 27 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: August 7, 2021Recorded: July 30, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Viktor Devonne speaks with burlesque performer Abby Fantastic, winner of the Silver Tusk Award 2021 for Princex Charming, honoring both their offstage congeniality and their on stage…

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The Music That Made WE #2: Viktor Devonne

1 hour, 22 minutes (audio only version)1 hour, 50 minutes (Patreon exclusive version) Released: July 31, 2021Recorded: July 27, 2021 listen to the audio only preview Amazon PodcastsApple PodcastsAudibleGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioLibsynSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTube Viktor Devonne speaks with guest host Matt Storm aka Stormageddon for Viktor’s own showing on THE MUSIC THAT MADE WE.  In this episode, we talk…

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The Music That Made WE #1: DJ Stormageddon

56 minutes (audio only version) / 1 hour, 27 minutes (Patreon exclusive version)Released: July 31, 2021 | Recorded: July 27, 2021 Viktor Devonne speaks with podcaster, DJ, Twitch streamer, and geek of several trades, Matt Storm aka Stormageddon for the inaugural episode of THE MUSIC THAT MADE WE.  In this episode, we talk about Matt…

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