ROMA! RETURNETH TO THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM
Friday, August 5, Roma! makes a triumphant return to the Highline Ballroom. New songs! New theatrics! New weapons! And yes, new lingerie!
Tickets available right here, right now.

Friday, August 5, Roma! makes a triumphant return to the Highline Ballroom. New songs! New theatrics! New weapons! And yes, new lingerie!
Tickets available right here, right now.
The debut of Roma! at the Highline Ballroom, through the lens of Sebastian Piras.
Check out Roma!'s gleefully unorthodox cover of the Beatles' "Polythene Pam" for The Beatles Complete on Ukulele project, masterminded by the brilliant (and slightly mad) David Barratt – who also supplied the ukulele. Roma! afficionados will appreciate the shout out to Joseph Moncure March's The Wild Party in the third verse.
Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good-looking but she looks like a man
Well you should see her in drag dressed in her polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeah yeah yeah
"Madelaine True" is the third song by Roma! Like "Queenie" and "Kate", it was produced by David Barratt and inspired lyrically by Joseph Moncure March's 1928 epic poem, The Wild Party.
Take a look take a look take a look look
At Madelaine True
Her body is a marvel is a marvel
But her mouth is so cruel
"Kate" is Roma!'s second song. It's about a redhead. Like "Queenie," "Kate" was produced by David Barratt and inspired lyrically by Joseph Moncure March's 1928 epic poem, The Wild Party.
Kate by RomaTheBand
She’s vicious
Capricious
And ever so delicious
She’s rakish
And tallish
Expressive-lipped and smallish
This holiday weekend...
If you're not rich enough to go to the Hamptons...
Or gay enough to go to Fire Island...
Come see Roma! at the Highline Ballroom. Friday, July 1 at 10:15 pm. Stick around for a set by our comrade-in-arms, James Armata, at 11:00 pm.
Tickets still available here.
Flyer by Simplissimus.
"Queenie" is Roma!'s first song. It's about a blonde. "Queenie" was produced and cowritten by David Barratt. If the lyrics sound familiar, it's because many of them were taken from The Wild Party, an epic poem by Joseph Moncure March that was published in 1928. Female vocals courtesy of Calavera.
Queenie was a blonde
And her age stood still
When she danced twice a day
Twice a day in vaudeville
Grey eyes
Lips like coals aglow
And her face a tinted mask
A tinted mask of snow
What hips
What shoulders
What a back she had!
Legs built to drive men mad
And she did
And she did
And she did
And she did
Queenie had a man
She had a man named Burrs
He was a clown of great renown
Three-sheeted all over town
Oh yes
Burrs he was a charmer
Who only loved Queenie as much
As much as he could harm her
One grin
One gesture
And the house would yell
But his eyes were mean as hell
'Cause he was
Yes he was
Just because
Just because
And when Sunday comes
Queenie's up like a shot
And though it ain't quite noon
It's already too hot
So tired
That her eyes stay shut
And when she calls her man
Her man calls her a slut
They fight
Then she says
Babe to make this right
Let's throw a party tonight
So they did
Yes they did
And they did
Yes they did
Stiletto: Vocals
Beretta: Bass
Katana: Guitar
Armada: Drums
Calavera: Keys
Photography by Nadia Itani.
Hair + Makeup by Yuui Ogawa.
Styling by Katharine Polk.
Jewelry by Gregg Wolf.