(UPDATED – I put a better mix of “Stay With Me” and made it downloadable)
Hey kids, I’ve been making a lot of “quick” cover tracks for my live weekly show “Unreal“, and I thought I’d post some for your perusal. Some caveats:

1. I already know I don’t have a technically amazing voice. I’m trying to learn as I go, rack up experience and aim for a more character-based sound a-la Mae West, Nina Simone or Marilyn — but based on MY character, of course, not theirs.
2. These quickie cover songs are made over the course of about two days… one day to lay down instrumental tracks and two or three vocal takes, and one day to mix said instruments and vocals.

These are a cover of “Addicted to Love”/”Simply Irresistible” sung with Detox Icunt, and my cover of Shakespeare’s Sister’s “Stay With Me”.

Stay With Me (Calpernia Cover) QuickMixXx by calpernia

Robert Palmer Mix (Calpernia and Detox Cover) by calpernia

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wW3z-6BFCI

The boys of Hamburger Mary’s WeHo and I went out on the West Hollywood nightlife scene to distribute some flyers and spread the gospel of UNREAL. We had a BLAST! See Tammie Brown perform Dusty Springfield, Samantha Starr hostessing and Calpernia being CRAZY!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ab0RDBVoMw

UNREAL was PACKED last night! The REAL Taylor Dayne sang along live as Detox and Eddie DeBarr performed her songs! She sounds absolutely AMAZING live… no warmup or anything, she just launched in and started singing along to her own song, sounding even better than the recording. It was (dare I say it?) UNREAL! Come see Detox & me again on Sunday night, 9pm at Hamburger Mary’s WeHo!

Oh, and here’s me doing “Whatever Callie Wants” LOL!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDMI_MlDmE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKU7EZh5_p0

I made a little music video for the Friday night UNREAL show, check it out! And come see us, every Friday 10pm at WeHo’s Hamburger Mary’s! Full schedule of entertainers, photos, videos and more at http://www.calpernia.com/unreal

OMG it’s already a new year, and even though Unreal only started two months ago, it has been AWESOME! Check out this slideshow by co-producer Jeffery Bowman of some of the top photos from Unreal and the Sunday show Follies Burgére!

Did you hear what happened?

Hey kids! I hope you’ll come tonight, we have a great cast. If you can’t make it at 10pm, come later! And send some friends, I need a big sloshed crowd to jiggle for!

In the last few weeks we have seen a table full of straight boys take off their shirts for Calpernia, broadway singing star Erin Quill from “Avenue Q” belt out a crowd favorite live and some of the most gorgeous, sexy and energetic drag performers in LA put on a show for cool kids like you and stars including Ugly Betty‘s Alec Mapa and Sordid Lives‘ Jason Dottley and Del Shores. And we’re only four shows in!!!

Facebook Event Page

Calpernia’s UNREAL page with schedule of performers

Calpernia Addams Presents UNREAL

Lina Lecaro of LA Weekly dropped by for the opening night of “Unreal”, and gave us a glowing review in her mag! Read the whole review at LAWeekly.com or see the highlights below, then COME ON OUT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT and see for yerself!:

GLAM HAM, THANK YOU, MA’AM
Promising a spectacle as juicy as the grub, Hamburger Mary’s new Friday-night offering, Calpernia Addams’ Unreal!, was on the to-do list for a few reasons: We’d never been to the rollicking, gay-friendly restaurant; we’d yet to see actress/showgirl Addams perform; and one of our favorite queens, Miss Barbie Q (door gal at clubs such as Shits & Giggles), was on the bill. Well, we were not disappointed, not by the eatery (disco balls in the bathrooms, a sequined high heel as the check holder … what’s not to love?), or by the performances. Addams in particular served up sights and sounds to behold. The gorgeous transgender singer (who coached Felicity Huffman for her role inTransamerica) is dry as a glass of bubbly, and she has the pipes too. The other performers offered hearty lip-synch action, climaxing with cross-dressing divas pulling it out for a Destiny’s Child medley, complete with Charlie’s Angels poses. Addams will have a variety of glossy “gals” taking the tiny, stripper pole–equipped stage each week, including the likes of Willam Belli (Cherry Peck from Nip/Tuck) and Detox Icunt.Mary’s looks to be expanding upon its successful live-show elements too, with the foxy Friday, a new Sunday drag show called Follies Burgérs, and its popular, long-running Wednesday bingo charity nights still going strong with surprise celebs calling the balls. In the house Friday to support their pal Cal’s show debut, the Boulet Brothers, the boys behind Miss Kitty’s Parlour, tell us their next bash will be a post–Thanksgiving night White Trash Party, during which Addams will show off her mastery of the fiddle. We hear her “Devil Went Down to Georgia” is smokin’.