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Title: His words are his bond
Post by: Shana A on February 23, 2010, 07:30:04 AM
His words are his bond
STEVE DOW
February 6, 2009

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/his-words-are-his-bond-20100223-ouv5.html (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/his-words-are-his-bond-20100223-ouv5.html)

Kiki, that bitter old chanteuse who sang her tortured torch songs with her pianist, Herb, has kicked the bucket it seems and from the ashes has emerged . . . Karen Carpenter!

Well, not quite. Justin Bond, the tall, androgynous Maryland-born New York habitue who created alter-ego Kiki in San Francisco in 1993 - and is also known for playing himself as the keeper of the all-you-can-eat sex salon in John Cameron Mitchell's 2006 cult film Shortbus - has reinvented himself as a singer-songwriter.