The Chicago show was incredible. I love Chicago. It is one of my favorite cities, with its beautiful old buildings and warm, affectionate and enthusiastic people with their cute accents. I always have a great time.
We are now on planes, and I miss the Dresden Dolls bus terribly. After several days of sharing bathrooms, bunks and dressing rooms, now I am feeling like I am hardly seeing them at all! And then all these folks have come to me to talk about how much they love Brian Viglione!!! I don’t know why, but I have become some sort of depository for Brian love. So many people have come to me to confess their feelings for him, as if I could put in a good word for them or something. What is amusing is that there seems to be no kind of person he doesn’t attract. All genders, all sexual orientations, all different people from all walks of life are having feelings for him. It is gay men, straight men, straight women, trannies, lesbians! You know you must be a hot guy if lesbians are falling for you! I love Brian too. He is kind of like the great equalizer. Everyone loves him. But I think I would rather find myself in bed with Amanda.
Rosie O’Donnell joined us for the Chicago show and she was amazing. I love to watch her perform! She is truly one of the greatest standup comics of all time. I am glad to have the opportunity to watch her work; it is an honor and a privilege and worth the price of admission alone. The audience loves her so much and she just destroys every time. I love her message and her way of delivering it. She has tremendous power as a performer, which has made her a great talk show host and actress, but I love the purity of her comedy, because when she does standup – I don’t have to look at anyone else! It is just all about her! I am hoping since she is rocking the crowds so hard, she will be inspired to go on another standup comedy tour. Standup comedy needs her badly!! She is doing a bunch more cities on the tour, so you shouldn’t pass up the chance to see her. She fucking rules. All the other artists and I watch her sets every night just screaming laughing and looking at each other mouthing, “That rules, that rules!”
Here are some more pics from the road, by Diana Yanez:
