Month: July 2013

Jen Rainwater
Artists/Designers

Jen Rainwater

Monday, July 29, 2013 Chris Charles 0

If you’re an Oakland Athletics fan and a regular at O.co Coliseum, then you’re probably at least casually acquainted with Jen Rainwater, known among A’s fans as the “Oakland A’s Socks Girl.” Even to say Jen’s a die-hard A’s fan

Tristan Risk
Dancers

Tristan Risk

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Chris Charles 5

I‘ll admit, I’d never heard of Tristan Risk until I saw the movie American Mary, in which she played Beatress Johnson (yes, “Beatress,” not “Beatrice”), a stripper who had 14 surgeries to become a real-life Betty Boop look-alike.

Calamity Chang
Dancers

Calamity Chang

Saturday, July 13, 2013 Chris Charles 0

When American burlesque was in its heyday, Asian striptease performers were practically unheard of. However, with the emergence of “neo-burlesque” in the mid-1990s, a few Asian ladies have taken to the stage, doing the retro “bump ‘n grind” acts. One

TV Shows

Pink Lady

Monday, July 1, 2013 Chris Charles 0

Pink Lady was a popular Japanese singing duo comprised of Mie (Mitsuyo Nemoto) and Kei (Keiko Masuda), who will always be best remembered (in the US, anyway) for their very short-lived 1980 NBC TV show Pink Lady (aka Pink Lady and Jeff).