a rebellious little pony

I featured this guy on flickr a long time ago, but I’m still diggin’ his work. Some of it is a little out there but this is a great pop culture piece.

I first met Mr Noel McKay when I was working as a gay Maori guy nursing up in Auckland NZ & he worked in Hugh Wrights elegant gentleman’s menswear shop in Queen Street. He was an excellent salesman selling top fashion & designer clothes. On weekends he would appear in the Auckland nite clubs; two of them being Montmatre in Lorne Street & Peter Pan in Upper Queen Street as a full female impersonator. He dressed very elegantly in mens suits only during daytime. He had a class drag act & sang on the stage for an hour at a time. His female costumes were very classy & he loved fancy black underwear & high heels & feather boas. He was born in either Oamaru, North Otago or Waimate, South Canterbury, South Island, NZ. He was a loner & only mixed with elegant classy friends. He sang a mix variety of songs often sitting on a stool or at the piano which he played. One of his songs I do remember was “My body is More Important than My Mind”.

-Queer Music Heritage.

A Date with Noel McKay.

I mentioned face artist & drag queen James Kuhn a few days ago (maybe a week?). He does sweet paintings, a la the Simpsons. I thought I had hit the jackpot, but alas, this video is probably his biggest accomplishment to date. Watch & see more here and here.