Excerpt from the Tila Tequila World Domination Interview with www.PunkTV.ca. by Dixon Christie:
Perhaps some might say that Tila Tequila may be an unlikely subject choice for PunkTV.ca, or so I am rebuked on similar points by www.PunkTV.ca's more outspoken readers from time to time. People can draw their lines in the sand with their emo and their screamo and their cores, and bangs and broken hearts and miles of dead eyes; they create their borders, their flags, their castes, and classes, and it is often these divisions that eventually brings people down but that's never been what PunkTV.ca was about. We've always aimed to break down those walls that cause oppression, and blur those lines of what one person says is punk, so the word gets reduced to the stoic shell that begat it; a symbol of DIY, doing it yourself, building something from nothing, intestinal fortitude, inner strength, and accomplishing shit on your own terms. That's what punk is about for us. Creating the biggest network of fans on My Space is punk as hell, and that's one of the reasons that I sought out Tila. (Perhaps the most punk of all is Tom, the guy that did it all from his basement, without rules, without anti-corporate sentiment, without any of that and now he is rich as hell and can write his own definitions).
Tila Tequila has done it all on her own, and definitely on her own terms. She's an internationally known star who has built her network of fans literally, one friend at a time. What's more, she has the email addresses of all of her friends, who wouldn't want that sort of access to their fans and crew? It wasn't always so easy for Tila though, growing up in Houston, she actually lived in a Buddhist Temple with a gated community of few. By age 16, her tomboyish attitude got her kicked out of school and eventually landed in a boarding school. She had already been in a adult relationship for a few years, and was using her sister's ID to break into the club scene. Eventually tiring of Houston, she made her rounds to New York, and Texas where she experimented with drugs and a hardcore lifestyle. Tired of her all female menage et trois relationship, she headed to Los Angeles where at 18, she was scouted by Playboy, and eventually became their first ever Asian Cyber Girl of the Month.
Never more than now has celebrity been celebrated so unbrokenly, no unabashedly, and so much without merit. Being famous now has become it's own reward. Consider American Idol, and ridiculous and addictive shows that somehow instantly translate stardom into celebrity. Tila Tequila has used simple, and some might agree Punk DIY ethics to create her stardom, one fan at a time. Not only is she the hottest property in MySpace, which means she's one of the hottest women in the world, but she's almost finished her debut album, and on the crest of an ever rising wave. She is featured on the new My Space compilation album alongside AFI, The Hollywood Undead, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional and Weezer amongst others. It was great fun talking to her and despite the celebrity, she was super down to earth and will probably be a friend of PunkTV.ca for some time......
To read the Tila Tequila World Domination Interview in its entirity go to http://www.punktv.ca/?c=105&a=1201
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