Flamboyant Musician Dorian Electra Gives Masculinity a "Groovy" Makeover

In their debut tour, genderfluid artist celebrates camp

"...the person we’re really going to talk about: Dorian Electra, swaggering their way through their debut album tour –..."

Sept. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Sentimental Family Band, Leti Garza, Dorian Electra, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music

"...at ACL Fest 2021.   – Rachel Rascoe Dorian Electra..."

March 1, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

The Carmen Electra Continuum

What is up with all this Carmen and Joan dirt?

"...Butchest? Some are banking on rumors of the Carmen Electra/Joan Jett hook up, while others are sayin' it ain't..."

March 26, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Love

Gaspar Noé does the impossible: He gives us a boring, 3-D sex odyssey

"...an American film student studying in Paris. He meets Electra (Muyock), an art student of the tortured variety, and..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

This unasked-for sequel fuses the original concept with the well-worn formula of the family-vacation romp.

"...Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Eugene Levy, Piper Perabo, Carmen Electra, Eugene Levy, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling and Alyson Stoner...."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

"...Lisa Rotondi, Lucy Liu, Markus Redmond, Sharon Wyatt, Carmen Electra and Jack Kehler. A faux documentary about human reproduction..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Anthea, Terry Allen, the Greeting Committee, Hellfury, Dorian Electra, and Olson St. Clair

"...boys Scoundrels open up the party. – Robert Penson Dorian ElectraEmpire Garage, Sunday 20..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Saving Mr. Banks

Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star in this story about how Walt Disney convinced the prickly author of Mary Poppins to sell her creation to Hollywood.

"...is, until he does his homework and unravels the Electra complex troubling his reluctant collaborator...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jayne Mansfield's Car

This Billy Bob Thornton vehicle hits the skids with its confessional monologues and confrontational encounters, even though Robert Duvall provides some redeeming moments.

"...what seems like an eternity. Even the titular Buick Electra turns out to be a disappointing gimmick without purpose...."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Scarlet Diva

"...of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion (although why you'd want to rebel against a..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

"...up in an incomprehensible storyline revolving around Lara's unresolved Electra complex and the dreaded Illuminati, that mythological one-world-government cabal..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anywhere But Here

"...daughter is often a prickly one, as Clytemnestra and Electra can attest. In recent films -- Terms of Endearment,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Y2K Exits Stage Left & Turito Enters the Scene

Local queer DJ puts out first and last EP under the Y2K name

"...I headed to Cheer Up Charlies for a Dorian Electra show. We got drunk, danced, and I saw for..."

Jan. 5, 2023 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Tales of Goo And Bambi

The Avellan twins share tales of horror and big contact lenses.

"...While Electra and Elise Avellan (aka the Grindhouse babysitter twins) were..."

Jan. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...Scotland, then over to Archer City and up to Electra. This long pole I got from my boss measured..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Year of Sparkle and Desi Cration

Results and pictures from last night's Texas Rollergirls' Whammy Awards

"...winners of the night, as were Rice Rocket (five), Electra Blu (three), RadioActive, Lucille, and rookie of the year,..."

Jan. 19, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.

"...Harris, Shawn Lawlor, James Duval, Nick Mennell, Mircea Monroe, Electra Avellán, Elise Avellán, Arcadly Golubovich and Richard Tyson. Ever..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Boss's Daughter

Ashton Kutcher suffers the price of fame with the release of this previously shelved clunker.

"...Tara Reid, Jeffrey Tambor, Andy Richter, Michael Madsen, Carmen Electra, Terence Stamp and Molly Shannon. Opening weekend, Saturday night,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Scanlines

The Truman Show

"...Electra Glide in Blue..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature

Freud's Last Session

Fictional meeting between Freud and CS Lewis makes no breakthrough

"...anxiety, the origins of homosexuality, and the Oedipal and Electra complexes. Except for a potent scene in which Freud..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

The 50-year relationship between a legendary writer and his editor

"...Does the clackety-clack of a Smith Corona Electra 210 ping your ASMR pleasure center? It’s the very..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Digital Drag Review: Boiz of Austin’s “Are the Straights Okay?”

The Boiz revel in heteronormative absurdity

"...Dropping in with a killer lip-sync to Dorian Electra’s “Guyliner” was Alexander the Great. Everything in the performance..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District

Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.

"...The bisexual artist mentions queer cult star Dorian Electra as an inspiration for making big, full-blown sounds on..."

May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Catfish, outlaws, and armadillos

"...Electra Goat Barbecue and Craft Show May 11-12, Electra, www.electratexas.org..."

May 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Disaster Movie

We're running out of genres to spoof: This time it's disaster movies.

"...Crista Flanagan, Nicole Parker, Kimberly Kardashian, Ike Barinholtz, Carmen Electra and Tony Cox. There’s no nice way to say..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Meet the Spartans

The working title says it all: Not Another Scary Epic Teen Date Movie.

"...Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Starring: Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo, Method Man, Diedrich Bader, Jareb..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Epic Movie

The filmmakers are completely tone-deaf when it comes to the art of film parody, and their special form of sadism-as-punch-line leaves the audience in a perpetual cringe.

"...Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover, Carmen Electra, Fred Willard and David Carradine. What would you call..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Date Movie

What's left to spoof? Why, romance movies, of course.

"...Cox, Lil Jon, Fred Willard, Eddie Griffin and Carmen Electra. Boasting that your film features “two of the six..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Stephen shaves his head and goes Southern ... or at least South Austin. And this time, it's not even SoCo!!!

"...the smart little enclave with Swerve Coffee Shop, the Electra Beauty Lounge, Olive, and Baubles & Beads. Up in..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Girl Next Door

Surprise! The girl next door is an ex-porn star.

"...and former centerfolds like Anna Nicole Smith and Carmen Electra are now "rehabilitated" by reality television, but male nudity..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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