What Inspires Me Today - Hedwig and The Angry Inch

You know how there's always some pieces of music, words, plays, films that just hit you in the gut, grabs hold of you and work their way in until it becomes part of you, the way you think, the way you feel, gives you who you are as a person and artist.

Hedwig and The Angry Inch is a film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell about a Transsexual German Rock and Roll Singer fighting for her right to be acknowledged for her work but more importantly acknowledged for who she/he is. Plus the songs are awesome.

This film has this perfect chemistry, raw emotion, rock out rage and such beautiful, beautiful songs. 

Wicked Little Town is possibly my favourite with it's strong sense of melancholy yet there's this yearning for a connection in a strange and hostile world.

All other songs are great - love Wig in a Box, Midnight Radio, Tear Me Down but Wicked Little Town is the one I could hear over and over again.

Some critics say there's a bit of pretentiousness with the symbolism and gets heavy handed towards the end. Bollocks. Hedwig as a film deserved a cathartic ending and the whimsical, sharp direction was never not-entertaining.

And all those who say "nay" to this little rock musical film? 

"Fuck you, I'm going to Guam!"