Heklina pouring champagne toasts at the LAST Trannshack EVER!

Oy vey. My summer in San Francisco is coming to a close, but I thank my lucky stars I was in town for the LAST Trannyshack Tuesday EVER in San Francisco. And what a momentous evening it was last night! Jackson and I arrived VERY early, as we knew it was going to be slammed that night. There were so many amazing performances that I sadly could not get all on tape! They were just phenomenal. I kept filming and then deleting and then filming and deleting as my memory card kept filling up. I've got some good moments on film, though.

As you may know, Trannyshack is known for the event's hostess, Heklina, who quickly gained a reputation as a salty, punky emcee who enjoyed rimming cute boys on stage. There was some debate on whether to both rimming anyone last night, but Peaches Christ insisted. It was the last night, and it had to happen. So Heklina scoured the crowd for the right boy, and picked out James, a straight boy just here for the entertainment. James looked scared shitless. The video is priceless. You can see Peaches Christ and Putanesca to the right:

But I'm getting ahead of myself. I do have the full footage of the opening number, Heklina's last opening performance EVER at the Stud. She performed Pat Benetar's classic, "Love is a Battlefield." It's fierce. And, as always, the number is preceded by the opening song to the original "The Muppet Show." Lovely:

Following Heklina's performance was a ridiculous number that featured TVs being smashed on stage. Sadly, I couldn't fit the number on my memory card. I swapped it out for this performance from a faux-king (a man performing as a woman performing as a man) and her troupe of players (including Princess Kennedy and many others). They performed Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" in full Victorian drag:

Great costumes! Sadly, I only caught part of the final performance on camera. It featured all the queens coming on stage drinking "poison," and falling dead on stage -- only to be revived for a "Last Dance." You can see a number of Trannyshack's most well-known queens: Glamamore, Suppositori Spelling, Metal Patricia (the one who shoots himself in the head), and of course Heklina:

Wish I had more on tape! There were two GIGANTIC film cameras there, so I'm sure it's all on high quality video somewhere. Any idea what will happen to those tapes?

Finally, for good measure, here's Jackson giving the camera head as we waited at the foot of the stage for TWO GAY HOURS for the show to start. Phew! It was worth it. The video begins with a bit of the Trannyshack video montage prepared for the audience:

And here's some lovely photos from the event! Enjoy!

Heklina Before the Show!