Best of The Candy Gram: Books

The Candy Gram has had the best week ever and we hope you have a glittery Labor Day weekend. Our burlesquers dish up some great reading recommendations so you've got that perfect book to bring with you to the pool, beach or wherever you happen to be kickin' back.

Wonder Shows: Performing Science, Magic and Religion in America by Fred Nadis
Cell by Steven King
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Deception Point by Dan Brown
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Best Burlesque Sketches: As Adapted for Sugar Babies and Other Entertainments by Ralph Allen
T.C. Boyle Stories
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Satisfy your appetite for more Candy Grams: Paris Green, Jo Boobs, Jack Midnight, Heidi Von Haught, Diamond Minx, The Titillation Twins, Scratch, Creamy Stevens and Gina Louise.

Best of The Candy Gram: Super Powers

The Candy Gram is having such a super week we thought we'd bring you some super powers. When we asked our burlesquers' if they could have any superpower, what would it be, here's what they said:

I'd want to be able to teleport. Getting places would be so much easier and faster!
-- Paris Green

The ability to make internet trolls disappear by scratching my ass. Because internet trolls always suck, and my ass always itches.
-- Jo Boobs

Flight. So I could take off and go anywhere any time I wanted. I guess the freedom of it all would be the hook.
-- Jack Midnight

Oooh oooh! I used to obsess about Evie from Out of This World. She could freeze time by touching her finger tips together. I would get into trouble and then sit for hours thinking of how I could have avoided the trouble if I'd only had Evie's super power. One day...
-- Heidi Von Haught

I would want to be able to read and influence peoples' thoughts. I'm a very "what you see is what you get" girl and nothing perplexes me more than a person being two-faced, so I'd love to be able to know when it's happening and be able to perhaps re-direct that person's motives.
-- Diamond Minx

It would have to be reading people's minds. Yeah, then we would always know what the audience wanted!
-- The Titillation Twins

Time travel, baby. I'd love to visit the golden age of burlesque instead of just re-creating it!
-- Scratch

Laser beams that shoot from my eyes -- to smite my enemies of course.
-- Creamy Stevens

Oooh. Tough one. I was gonna say "fly," but honestly, I'd like to be able to clean my whole house just by wiggling my nose.
-- Gina Louise

Satisfy your appetite for more Candy Grams: Paris Green, Jo Boobs, Jack Midnight, Heidi Von Haught, Diamond Minx, The Titillation Twins, Scratch, Creamy Stevens and Gina Louise.

Best of The Candy Gram: Vacation Dreams

The Candy Gram is having the best week ever and as we approach the long Labor Day weekend we thought we'd tease you with our burlesquers' vacation dreams. When asked if they could go anywhere for vacation, here's what they said:

I'd go hiking in the Cusco region of Peru, to The Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
-- Paris Green

I don’t have vacations, but I fantasize about taking a four-day train ride through the Rockies. Although I don’t miss living in Colorado, it’s been too long since I saw the mountains. My voicemail would say, “I’m high up in the Rockies. I’ll return your call when I come down.”
-- Jo Boobs

I've never been to Australia. That would be cool.
-- Jack Midnight

Puerto Rico, where part of my family is from.
-- Heidi Von Haught

Egypt. It's been my dream for years to make it there.
-- Diamond Minx

Amsterdam! Especially if we could perform while we were there.
-- The Titillation Twins

New York City ... in 1928.
-- Scratch

New York in the 1950's
-- Creamy Stevens

The beach.
-- Gina Louise

Satisfy your appetite for more Candy Grams: Paris Green, Jo Boobs, Jack Midnight, Heidi Von Haught, Diamond Minx, The Titillation Twins, Scratch, Creamy Stevens and Gina Louise.

Best of the Candy Gram: Necessities

The Candy Gram is having the best week ever and it's certain to leave you inspired. When asked what three things they can't live without our burlesquers have quite a list. Here's what you'll need for that shimmying shopping spree.

Liquid latex
Hot glue gun
Red Lipstick
Wheeled Suitcases
Some good backing tracks
Nude thong
Rhinestones
Feathers
Peroxide
Double-sided tape
Eyelash glue
Wigs
Large bobby pins
Glitter, glitter and more glitter

Satisfy your appetite for more Candy Grams: Paris Green, Jo Boobs, Jack Midnight, Heidi Von Haught, Diamond Minx, The Titillation Twins, Scratch, Creamy Stevens and Gina Louise.

Best of The Candy Gram: Music

Each Friday, a different burlesque performer bares all in the Candy Gram. Well, forget VH1, this week the Candy Gram is having the best week ever. All week The Candy Pitch will bring you the best of the Candy Grams, starting with a soundtrack to get you in the mood. When asked what are your three favorite songs to perform to, burlesquers say everything from Led Zeppelin to Gwen Stefani to Etta James. Here's a jazzy, sultry playlist of a few of those songs.

Satisfy your appetite for more Candy Grams: Paris Green, Jo Boobs, Jack Midnight, Heidi Von Haught, Diamond Minx, The Titillation Twins, Scratch, Creamy Stevens and Gina Louise.