January 30, 2014. 24 photos.
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This week’s The Good Eye profiles musician and stand-up comic Daniel Webb, who sometimes performs under drag names Drone Collins and Toyota Lopez. -
A longtime musician, amateur artist, and raconteur, Webb has recently added stand-up to his repertoire.Back to column. -
Like everything else in his house, his music equipment is vintage.Back to column. -
Webb inherited this antique toy piano from his great-grandmother. It’s named after her.Back to column. -
Webb on nails: “My nail polish is like my dresses – sparkle only. If you put a darker color of glitter near the cuticle, and blend with a lighter shade at the tips, it looks like champagne kisses.”Back to column. -
Webb on shorts: “Nobody should be wearing shorts that go to the knee. Unless you’re a short man, or actually on the beach.”Back to column. -
Webb prefers to perform both music and comedy barefoot. “I like to move around.”Back to column. -
As Drone Collins, Webb eschews makeup. “She’s from the future. A cyborg, or a time traveler. I like her to be natural.”Back to column. -
Drone Collins’s instrumentals have a haunting, submerged quality due to the distorted tones of the 1973 Fender Rhodes.Back to column. -
Webb grew up in Fort Worth, a fourth-generation North Texan on both sides. “As children, we got a big trash can full of my cousin’s old dance costumes, which were all dresses. I was Carmen Miranda in a talent show when I was nine, and my mom found the dress and hat for me. So that’s not new at all. My family has seen me parade around in a dress.”Back to column. -
Sparkles in unexpected places.Back to column. -
Webb on drag persona Toyota Lopez: “She’s a hot mess. She usually has a beard.”Back to column. -
Like Drone Collins, Toyota performs barefoot – but always with a pedi. “There’s a place on South First where men do it, and it’s BYOB. It’s called Great Nails. They really work your feet – they mash your legs.”Back to column. -
On pedis: “I’ll shove my ugly man foot in another man’s face, no problem. I’d feel bad if it’s a woman.”Back to column. -
Toyota Lopez walks the dog, Bear, in style. Back to column. -
Good dog.Back to column. -
How does Toyota stay glam, even on laundry day? Tips to follow!Back to column. -
Toyota’s Tip #1: “To look less hung over, don’t wash off your eyeliner from the night before.”Back to column. -
Toyota’s Tip #2: “Wear your hair in a sock bun overnight, and you get movie star hair in the morning.”Back to column. -
Sock Bun Tutorial: Clip the toes off a sock, preferably one you’ve been wearing for several days.Back to column. -
Roll sock into a donut shape. (You can buy one ready-made at Sally’s, but isn’t this more authentic?)Back to column. -
Put hair in ponytail; push the ponytail through the center of the donut.Back to column. -
Roll until glamour is attained.Back to column. -
Toyota’s Tip #3: “If somebody tells you you have lipstick on your teeth, just look straight at them and say, ‘I’m not wearing lipstick.’ And move on.”Back to column.