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"From the first time I saw his MySpace photo, he became the person I'd most like to meet. Then I saw him live - out of his royal drag - when he appeared as none other than Jesus Christ at the Steve Allen Theater's "The Beastly Bombing". I was in awe of his operatic skills, and flawless (and hairless) dancer's body. Then I saw him perform his brand of baroque pop in his pantaloons and powdered wig and was instantly converted into a hardcore disciple of the Poppy that is Cock! Thank goodness he found his way to Tinseltown and is confounding audiences with a new kind of hip - one covered in lace and pink satin. What better way to outrage the aging punk rockers?"
-By Ann Magnuson
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"Prince Poppycock Best In Show....Many of us would have paid double to hear more of Prince Poppycock. The powdered wigged crooner would've been a rock star in rococo France, complete with his marvelously custom made suit by the costumer for the Los Angeles Opera, gold sparkly stilettos from one of the hooker shoe shops in Hollywood, and a headpiece featuring the grandest cork ever. By night's end or top had been definitely popped!"
-By Rose Apodaca
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"Part randy dandy, part rock star, part drunken courtesan, Poppycock instantly owns the audience with but a glance and a wiggle of bedazzled pantaloons, and that's just the beginning. His operatic prowess, glamorous costumes and ostentatious prose leave not a heart unstirred. A masterpiece of self-transformation, the prince is also recording artist John Quale, but I'm secretly hoping Poppycock will take over completely one day, to reign supreme in a glittery victory of feathers and gold spandex."
By Zoetica Ebb
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"...glamorous, self-possessed, thoughtful...one of those disastrously beautiful boys who turn the heads of women and men in the street...that we call androgynous when we mean that he's beautiful before he is anything else, including male or female."
-By Geoff Tuck
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"John Quale shines as the glam vamp opera diva Prince Poppycock, a Louis XIV confection or occasional Nancy Sinatra-esque chanteur in gold glitter boots with world-class vocal talent. No lip-syncing for Mr. Quale, who is a true artist and transforms himself Klaus Nomi style once he graces the stage. Nina Hagen would be proud, as would Diamanda Galas... Prince Poppycock could surely out-diva Paris Hilton any day"
-By Roy Rogers Oldenkamp
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Frontiers Hot 25 of 2007
"Prince Poppycock is impossible not to keep your eye on"
-By Lenora Claire
"Memorable performances included the operatic trillings of androgynous, uber-sexy, powdered-wig-wearing Prince Poppycock (who capped off his performance by ripping off his silk pants to reveal some very skimpy ruffled pantaloons)."
-By Michael Lucid
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"Along with the chance of finding a topless organ player, a live mermaid revue or, if you're really lucky, Prince Poppycock, a 6-foot tall aristocrat-androgyne in brocade, silk and pantaloons."
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