(continued from page 42) lot of artists without it being pretentious at all. Everyone has a separate life, and everyone has a creative side… but it doesn’t have to be the only thing we talk about. What I didn’t love about Brooklyn was that there were a lot of creative people who were busy talking about how they were creative and less busy about creating. I wanted to do more creative things, and I found such a good group of people to start that part of my life with. Cudzoo started with four girls who drank too much and wanted to throw parties. We started insisting we were a band, and we weren’t a band yet. We wanted Cudzoo to be like a girl group. It needs to be like the Ronettes, or the Supremes, or the Shirelles. It needs to be fun or over the top. It didn’t take long; we were pretty motivated and started playing out right away. I’m in a new band with my friends Liisa and Sarah called the Spinsters. I’ve never had such a free, creative project before. It’s a little bit country and I love that about it. I was really flattered that they asked me. I have a new project called Esthekitchen. Mamrie had a meeting with some people that were looking for someone to bring a fresh new approach to wellness in video format. The webisodes are 3 minutes long and it’s shot like a cooking show. It’s simple easy solutions; home care remedies and beauty products. We made it approachable, easy, funny and fun. It’s on www.ulive.com I need to start going back to the kitchen and whipping up some new recipes. Between Cudzoo, starting a new project, Esthekitchen and working—I work full time at the Boom Boom Brow Bar—I’m pretty busy. In 5 years I want to own my own business in the beauty industry. I love what I do, so it doesn’t matter how I get to participate as long as I get to participate. Check out Jessica’s music at http://www.cudzooandthefaggettes.com/ and her Esthekitchen series at http://www.ulive.com/esthekitchen Lizabeth Nieves is an Astoria-based photographer who also interviews the creative people of Queens. Check out more of her interviews at glitteranddoom.com THE ARTS 44 | BOROMAG.COM | OCTOBER 2013
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