An acquaintance that I worked for many years ago, when I was in my mid 20's who was playing bass on stage came to give me a hug. He might have been tipsy. He said, you and those grandma glasses:: You act so good. I know you ain't!
I'm like, what? Yes I am. I'm just the same old girl you always knew. I said, "I'm just the girl next door."
It was weird. I was thinking, wtf is he talking about? I'm thinking he must be talking about the photos. The art photos I do with Wolfson and some of the other art photog's I work with that are periodically posted on FB and wherever. Mainly Wolfie's. They can get rac-y, but never any boob or anything even! They suggest a sexuality. A sexuality that exists in every human being! LoL.
Regardless, let me tell you:: this might be a surprise if you don't know me. That is a character. That is not me. Just like the character I present on stage. I mean, it's ME but not really.
It's an ACT PEOPLE.
I'm an entertainer and that is part of the entertainment. I move like a dancer cause I am a dancer, and sometimes that is sexy.
allow me to use this phrase again: 'Let me tell you' I am a human being. I am a sexual human being like all others. But I have said before, I'm more Woody Allen than Karen O. I am NOT wild. I am not terribly adventurous. I'm not even an extrovert though I fear I'd be more successful if I were. I have had to cultivate a character that is interesting to me, for the stage, for photos, so I can sing my songs and be interested in it myself.
Maybe it's interesting to me cause it is SO different than me. DD Dagger is NOT Allyson Lipkin. It is a part of her, and that name is so not me I can't believe I have stuck with it and I don't know why I have chosen it.
It maybe suggests a strength that I have had to muster. A fighting sense. Have I mentioned being a live performer (but particularly a front-woman songwriter) is a challenge in ways that are psychological? Kind of like challenging yourself to a very hard-core cross country biking trip or a marathon. A marathon with no end....
I know some wild people. I have a dominatrix that lives at the corner of my block. She has a slave for a boyfriend! LOL I have no clue to these things. I wrote and recorded an album called EROD-ICA. Crossing erotica and eroding together. Come on.
I'm just a nice Jewish girl! LOL Well, just another Jewish Priestess.
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| Photo: last month: the incredible undeniable Todd V Wolfson Austin, TX |
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| photo: ed verosky: NYC 2014 |
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| a pair of the infamous grandma glasses at the old Austin City Limits |
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| photo by Ed Verosky: NYC 2014 |
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| PHoto Jerry Milton |
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| photo: Raindogg Brooklyn |
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| another pair of the infamous grandma glasses. Photo: Jerry Milton this week in Austin, TX |
You go Ally!!!
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I totally understand what you're saying. As a male musician, I don't feel the need to be quite as sexy... but I still put on a show. That hooligan you see dancing, jumping, hollering, waving his trombone around? That's really not me. I consider myself to be mostly a shy introvert. If you ever see me at a dance club (you won't), it's a very awkward experience. But during a performance, it's all part of the act.
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