Twenty years ago I loved a good cocktail.
I also loved not-so-good cocktails.
It was less about the goodness and more about the liquor.
Vodka was my poison of choice at that time, preferably used in generous fashion in all sorts of blasphemous ‘martini’-type drinks. (A true martini is only and always made with gin.) But vodka had its moment in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I was fully on board for it.
One of the tenets of The Divine Diva Tour: A Fairy’s Tale is the idea of escapism, and nothing provided a quicker means of escape for me than sliding down the rim of a cocktail glass and into the possibility contained therein. It wasn’t an artistic elixir I was after, or a specific taste or flavor – I merely wanted to be sedated.
And alcohol, for all its party-themed folklore, was first and foremost a depressant, designed to bring one’s inhibitions and spirit down to a manageable level, and if you drank enough of it sedation would always and eventually be the end result. The downward slide to get to the bottom of the muck, where sleep seemed to hide, felt like the most fun trip to be had, and I raised my glass to all the glory there.
Back in 2005, booze still held its glamorous allure, and I was far from realizing how I was using it to mask and treat deeper and darker demons. I also genuinely don’t believe it was detrimental to my life, aside from the occasional lost night or morning-after, and in your 20’s that’s how life sometimes should be. If I didn’t get it out of my system then, I’d likely still be getting it out of my system now.
That did not mean there weren’t moments of crying over spilled martinis, and the drama inherent in a cocktail, which made it a punchy visual piece of The Divine Diva Tour (and foretold of future projects like ‘FireWater‘ and ‘The Delusional Grandeur Tour‘).
~ The Divine Diva Tour: A Fairy’s Tale ~
- Pink Frilly Fairy: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three
- Homage to Herb: Part One, Part Two and Part Three
- A Purple-Hued Interlude
- Style & Panache: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
- Purple Puff Confection: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
- A Blue-Hued Interlude
- Fuchsia Fabulousness: Part One. Part Two and Part Three.
- Bad Boy Bangs: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- Vanity Under Where: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- Sugar Plum Ballerina: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
- A Pool Frolic: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- A Cemetery Interlude: Part One and Part Two.
- Powder Blue Fur Doll: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
- A Milky Interlude
- Rock Out, Cock Out/ Hang Out, Wang Out: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
