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HE'S BAAAACK...: Sat 10/30 dumpy glassblower Dale Chihuly showed up at the Neptune for the 7 pm showing of Being John Malkovich. The Artist, fashionably late, walked in during previews -- when he couldn't find a seat, he lumbered up into the balcony. Guess Dale's back from Jerusalem, where he gifted those lucky souls with a $100,000 disappearing "metaphor": a 40' x 8' x 3' wall of ice, shipped all the way from Fairbanks, Alaska. Surprisingly, some Jerusalem locals were unimpressed with Dale's "gift" -- how many hungry folks could he take out to dinner with that kind of dough?
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TV SCHTICK: Our hero Dan Savage slayed 'em Thurs 10/28 on ABC-TV's Politically Incorrect, where he gabbed with Mariel Hemingway, comic Larry Miller, and anti-gay activist Bill Horn. Sav reports that host Bill Maher "said not a word to me," while Mariel and Larry were "very nice." After the show Sav and nemesis Bill Horn shook hands, and Horn admitted, "You're good." (Hello? Bill? He made you look like a BOOB!!) Sav gamely replied, "It was fun sparring with you," though he notes, "It's all schtick and performance. If Bill Horn truly believed gays were evil, he wouldn't be on jokey TV shows with gays." And he wouldn't have worn that purple necktie either!
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RITCHIE! RITCHIE! RITCHIE! I lied last week when I said architect Lance Manyon was designing a house for a Backstreet Boy. But Manyon insiders confirm that globe-trotting Lance is actually in the employ of Richard Neville -- a.k.a. "Ritchie" from hottie-hot Brit boy band Five (5ive). Ritchie -- formerly of the band Anal Beard... really! -- has his heart set on a techno-futuristic loft in London's artsy Barbican district. I ask you: Why Lance Manyon? Word is Ritchie's got a Seattle fetish -- he adores all things "cyber," and his "childhood hero" was Pearl Jam darling Eddie Vedder!
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MEANWHILE, THE BACKSTREET BOYS nearly crushed innocent teenage driver Luke last Tues 10/26! Luke claims he was "just about killed" on I-5 when the Boys' entourage of buses, vans, and big-rigs ran him clear off the road! Hey, when you're that popular, what's one fan, more or less?
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VISIT THE COLONEL: In September, Heidi Wills, the city council's perkiest candidate, told The Stranger that KFC was her faaaavorite restaurant in the Rainier Valley! However, a phone tip suggests that at a recent "dog-leash forum" Heidi declared herself a vegetarian! Puh-leeze! No veg-head with taste buds is going to prefer KFC to any of the Valley's many Ethiopian diners! Or... has Heidi been away from her beloved Valley lately? Her office could not be reached for comment.
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KINKY, KINKY, KINKY!! Don't miss the Washington State Leather Ambassador contest, Sat 11/6 at Neighbours. (Proceeds benefit the Bill Jefferson Memorial Charity Fund.)
Shakin' your bon-bon since 1997. shirley@thestranger.com
