Another Celebrity DJing: Solid Pink Disco with Trixie Mattel
Trixie Mattel. Photo by Lauren Hernandez
“How’s my makeup? Do I look OK?” was my theme for the night. News flash: I looked great.
Describe my look in three words, you ask? Pink. ’70s. Glitter.
Describe the night in three words? “Sexy, pink and gay,” according to my girlfriend, Hallah.
In fact, when I asked her to review the night, she said, “I would say, overall, the whole show made me 2% gayer. And then, I mean, we watched Yellowjackets, and that made me minus 2% gayer, so right now we’re at the same level of gayness.”
Me? What did I think of Trixie Mattel’s DJ set at the Tech Port Arena? It was awesome!
How many songs did I know from the four or five hours of music? Maybe six.
Why did I decide to go see a drag queen I really know nothing about? Because my girlfriend wanted to!
When I got back home in the morning, my dad asked where I was, so I looked up “Trixie Mattel” on our computer, and he said, “Whoa! That girl is on our TV all the time!”
In other words, I photographed a star. How sick.
Was I wildly underprepared without the proper lenses? Yes.
But I didn’t just come to shoot the showI came to party. And I succeeded, sipping on several $20 margaritas in the process.
A pop star named Zolita opened for Trixie. She’s one of those famous lesbians you see on Instagram and Pinterest, always kissing other famous lesbians. Her vibe was very pop star, very camp, very horny. I’ve definitely never seen anything like it.
She was older than I expected.
Hallah described her as “very radio-pop, if we lived in a lesbian universe.”
She also noted, “She had her sister on stage with her as, like, a background dancer, but she was lowkey grinding on her so I don’t know if she, like, comes from the Midwest where that’s OK or…”
A DJ named A-Trak went on next. His visuals were boring, but the music was great. It consisted of a lot of Just Dance hits and modern-day club soon-to-be classics.
After so much waiting and watching dancers clad in sparkly spandex, Trixie finally made her way to the stage. She didn’t talk much.
The only quote I really remember was:
“Do you guys wanna know what I did today?”
“WHAT?”
“I went to the fuckin’ Alamo! It was so cool!”
Glad she reminded me because I had almost forgotten.
I found some long-lost friends in the crowd who said, “Yeah, we just found out on the way over here that she wasn’t doing a comedy set…”
But I don’t think anyone cared. It was Trixie, in San Antonio. No complaints.
Brooke (creative, lazy, cunt*) “had so much fun. We had so much fun.”
She found Trixie on YouTube. She usually listens to metal.
Brianna (silly, adventurous, creative) said watching Trixie walk out onstage was her favorite part.
Kaitlyn (determined, sexual, educated) loved “just being with my friends.” She’s been a huge Trixie fan for a while.
“It’s cool being surrounded by people who have the same interests as you,” she said.
The last time she had this much fun was probably at an Indie Night with her friends—or when she visited the Dallas Farmers Market.
Another trio was drunkenly waiting outside, leaning against a table, pondering the cosmos.
Two out of three agreed to an interview. The third questioned my intentions. I have none.
Xavier said, “I’m a really big EDM person, so the drag really brought back memories of going to EDM concerts… Being in the music, being lost in the music, was a lot of fun.”
Julian “was just really excited to see Trixie and be with my girls. I love them so much. We were just being sexy bitches, and I love that.”
Allen “was happy to see local drag queen Kylie (@kyliegorgeousdlux) on stage. I love Kylie so much—that was my absolute favorite part of the night.”
My favorite part of the night? Three words: My beautiful girlfriend.
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One more favorite moment? Watching the security guards in front of the stage look tired, annoyed and clueless as nearly nude dancers did their thing right behind them.
10/10.
*All adjectives used in parentheses were provided by the interviewees. I’m not being a bitch.
