Interview: Gay Henry returns to NorCal for festival performance
'Gay Henry' is a heterosexual millennial drag queen in Guerneville, a small town in rural northern California still populated by descendants of loggers. Gay Henry is especially unusual in this old frontier town; a family friend describes him as an "absurdly talented kid." In this picture, Gay Henry, whose real name is Guy Henry, is rehearsing and putting on makeup in his living room. Gay Henry is the performance moniker of Guy Henry Mueller, who grew up in Santa Rosa and has since relocated to Minnesota. After playing in bands for years, the format grew stale for Mueller, and casual [...]
Premiere: Antiphony and Gay Henry team up for experimental hip-hop video
Screenshot from KUMQUATS/LATTES/CIGARETTES Antiphony is a heady, playfully moody minimal hip-hop project based out of California's Sonoma County. Comprised of the producer/rapper alter egos of Anthony Jimenez, KUMQUATS/LATTES/CIGARETTES is six tracks of staticky excursions into angsty self reflection and fun shots at enemies and ex-lovers. The video debuting here is a six-minute piece spanning two of the EP's singles, "Acquaintance" and "Departure, Reeling In." The video is directed by Guy Henry Mueller, aka Gay Henry, a Bay Area artist well known for his drag-clad, lip-synced performances. Similar to his last venture into video directing, the emphasis is on visuals and their emotional content, rather [...]