Books, music and dvds I recommend:

 

http://www.westword.com/1996-04-25/music/pearls-before-swine
The first show I ever saw! Jane Blevin as Evangeline the Oyster Girl.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html
Library of Congress American Variety Stage. Vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870-1920. Lots of vaudeville and burlesque films, recordings, scripts and pictures.
http://burlesquehall.com/
Formerly know as the Exotic World Burlesque Museum - The Burlesque Hall of Fame is the home of costumes, jewelry, shoes and thousands of photos of burlesque performers.
http://burlesquedaily.blogspot.com/
Jo Weldon is a self-proclaimed "burlesque groupie" and performer and this is her blog. It's a really fabulous and very complete site dedicated to all things burlesque- modern groups, cool sites and articles on burlesque. She has a great post of resources: http://burlesquedaily.blogspot.com/2013/06/burlesque-resources.html

http://burlycon.org/
The only all teaching burlesque conference. If you want to learn burlesque or learn to be a better burlesquer, git yer butt to Seattle in the fall!

http://www.burlesquestars.net/
Like your own little private burlesque theatre, right at your finger tips! There's a massive amount of burlesque videos on Youtube too.

http://www.donspiro.com/photography/burlesque/burlesque.html
Don has been there since the early days of the new burlesque and has captured it all. He was a contributor to my book and has an incredible body of work.

http://www.edbarnas.com/
NYC photographer has tons of great picts of the burlesque stars of today, plus he has a helpful and consistently unpdated calendar of the bounty of burlesque happening in and around Manhattan.
http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/newindex.html
Der Dumboozle? Popular culture excavation site Stuff on French stage star, Mistinguett, burlesque Queen Sally Rand and a buried scandal 'the Pie Girl Dinner'. (plus Geocities still exists? Wow!)
http://www.coneyislandusa.com/
The one, the only Coney Island - burlesque is back at Coney: "a blend of old style Burlesque, new Vaudville and the bizarre.
http://www.bust.com
Modern feminism at its finest - check it out for a girl-tastic experience. Has covered the new burlesque scene since way-back-when.
http://www.crowned.org/
The amazing and ever changing site of H.D. Reynolds, the designer of my first sites!
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