In November, I interviewed Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara. I had prefaced our discussion, saying I didn’t know which twin was going to call me. So I told Tegan that I had prepared a bunch of goofy questions and asked if she’d play along. She said yes — but then obviously forgot about the agreement.
Even though she gave the crappiest answers, I just kept firing away. One question that seemed to set readers off was, Had she ever seen twin porn?
That question inspired an article about commodity of queer twin erotica, which is big business. But the question also caused the Tegan-Sara army to write letters to the Voice. And one was a death threat.
And if that wasn’t enuf: Tegan later did a radio interview and went off about how my questions “insulted” her alternative-artist sensibilites. (Is she such a humorless music geek that she forgot that she’s supposed to be a young rock star?)
Anyway, my cultural antennas are always tuned into queer twins. But now we have TRIPLETS — check out the Visconti Brothers: Jason, Jimmy and Joey. The Hungarian siblings have a fan blog, and they’re coming out in a new DVD, “Brotherhood Secrets,” $49,99, Elite Male.
More on queer clones — meet the Visconti Triplets!
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I’m not part of the Tegan and Sara fandom, but you have to admit that you are a little bit of a loser. The fact that you had to post a this blog in the first place is an indicator.
Hey, it sounds like you have a lot going for you. The “community newspaper for gay and lesbian Dallas” is in good hands. Other artists will surely find your questions witty. “Do you menstruate at the same time?” Genius.
Ha! Wow… is this an honest effort to redeem yourself? Or perhaps it’s another puerile attempt at “goofiness”? Either way, it’s just not working. Triplets, twins, or twitty blogging, it’s downright sad.
Perhaps your “cultural antennas” aren’t so “tuned in”. Enjoy your job while it lasts.
Unique talent should be asked unique questions unless you are looking for a gay Larry King sort of interview. Until these chicks reach a Madonna or
Annie Lennox status, they should be happy with any press they can get. They are hardly at a point have creative control of press interviews.
One way they can avoid goofy or annoying questions is just to continue playing in bohemian coffee shops. However, if they are talented, they should loosen up and have fun with their career. They are not going to cure cancer or stop the war. People don’t really care what their favorite color is.
That’s my girl, Jack E.. Jett!
The man who wasn’t afraid to ask Belinda Carlisle, “Were all five members of The Go-Go’s on the rag at the same time?”
And this was an interview that Dallas Observer blog honcho, Robert Wilonsky, hailed as “stellar.”
Interesting this article was signed -DallasVoice and not by an individual writer.
I have to admit if someone asked me about sibling porn… I wouldn’t be too keen either. It’s just creepy. If Tegan was a boy and Sara was girl would the twin porn question had come up (no pun intended)?
ummmm, do siblings normally watch porn together? I think you just wanted to bring up the Visconti Bros/ I can see why; they are gorgeous. But I am not about to buy their dvd and take it over to my brothers house so we can watch together. weird, very weird.