Catching up with Prince Poppycock

[Editor's note] You may remember my outrage last year over the winner of America's Got Talent. It was clear to the hearing and sighted people of the world that Prince Poppycock was robbed of the title. But, bygones.

Lyndsey Parker of Reality Rocks writes:

The fact that so many American viewers picked up the phone for a foppish fringe-dweller like Poppycock was an encouraging sign in this "It Gets Better" age, and I certainly believe his platform shoes kicked opened some doors for reality television performers, and singers in general, who desire and aspire to stray from the norm.

I finally got a chance to talk at length with His Royal Awesomeness backstage after his recent headlining show at the Grand Lucayan resort in the Bahamas, an exotic setting that of course provided the glamour factor that any Poppycock interview so obviously warrants.

There, resplendently clad in his Poppycockian resort-wear of midriff-baring gold lederhosen, the Prince reflected on his uniquely bizarre AGT experience, shared his lofty plans of recording a concept album, discussed his impressively high-brow artistic influences, and pondered why male androgyny isn't accepted now in pop the way it was back in the glam-rock '70s and new-wave '80s.

You can watch the 2-part interview here.