Cabaret Diosa, unseen since 2006, joined KGNU’s D Rider for an interview. Cabaret Diosa enthralled audiences across the globe with their intoxicating concoction of Latin rhythms, theatrical pageantry, and psych-rock sensibility. They will reunite for one night only at the Boulder Theater on November 1st! (Interview date: 10/3/2024)
D Rider: I want to tell you, I moved to Boulder in 2000, and I heard this fantastic band called Cabaret Diosa. They played Latin music, kind of performance shows, just a fantastic, wild, danceable show all the time. And after going to a number of their concerts, they just stopped playing in Boulder and Denver.
Then it was in 2010, I think it was on one of those mystery crime shows like Dateline. The announcer said, “It’s Boulder, Colorado, and the world-renowned band Cabaret Diosa had just finished a tour in October of 2006 when they mysteriously disappeared. Had they been spirited back to Cuba to secretly play their new mambo for the dictator? Or maybe, they had fallen off one of those high peaks in Colorado? We’ll never know.” The reason I bring this up is because on the line, I have two people that say they were members of Cabaret Diosa.
Let me play a tune that was on their first album. Let’s see, it’s Hi-Fi Latin Exotica.
Okay, on the line, I have two members who say that they were members of Cabaret Diosa, and who am I talking to?
Cabaret Diosa: Hello world. It’s me, Montana del Fuego.
D Rider: Can you tell me what that first song was?
Cabaret Diosa: I do believe it was the Kiss of Fire. Which was the name for venereal diseases back in the ‘70s.
D Rider: I was wondering where that name came from. Okay, I guess Cabaret Diosa may be back in business. Is that right?
Cabaret Diosa: We’re getting the band back together.
D Rider: So what happened back in 2006?
Cabaret Diosa: It’s hard to say. We had these prismatic automatic adjustable sleep chambers that we got used from Walt Disney. It was like our holistic caretaking routine. We used to take naps between sets. Anyway, what we think might have happened is that one of them may have malfunctioned.
We have a double. It’s a full size, not a queen. We couldn’t afford the queen size. We got a full, and we think that might have malfunctioned due to the fact that I stole an enchanted mood ring from the House of Blues Green Room. Don’t forget the magic eight ball, right? The eight ball was magic.
That was some good eight ball, and we’re not sure how it all worked out. I don’t know if this is happening in the future or if everything’s already happened together. We’re not sure. We’re gonna try to sort it out this November 1st at the Boulder Theater as we go into the Mambo Verse.
D Rider: Mow is it coincidental that that’s a day after Halloween?
Cabaret Diosa: This is the time to have revivals. It’s Dia de los Muertos, veils are the thinnest. It is the time to commune. Thin veils are beautiful, right? They’re the best. And you can really communicate properly through a good thin veil. You know what I’m talking about?
November 1st is Dia de los Mambos. Also, Halloween costume contest. Did I mention costume contest? Prizes galore. All kinds of prizes for the best costume. Also, people who don’t come in costume, after you walk through, we’ll kinda shake our heads and pity and we’ll say, man, I wish that guy was wearing a costume. Nah, we’ll put you in costume. We’ll have costumes available for people who just wanna take it off. You know what I’m talking about? Make your own costumes before the show starts. We’re having a workshop with feathers and veils.
D Rider: What you’re saying is that people that don’t have costumes, you’ll have something there, but will they have to change into those costumes on stage?
Cabaret Diosa: We’re gonna have invisible costumes available for people for a small fee at the merch table.
D Rider: Okay. I really enjoyed all of your shows and it’s performance art and dance centric. You wanted me to play the new Mambo tune called “Mambo Verde”. Why don’t we do that and we’ll come right back.
Cabaret Diosa: I like that one. This was written when pot was illegal. It’s a pot revolution song.
D Rider: Yeah, I haven’t been smoking, but I still appreciate this song.
So that’s a taste of what everybody’s going to hear when they show up in the Boulder Theater on November 1st.
So I have a question for Juan and Montana. Is this a one and done concert?
Cabaret Diosa: It is.
D Rider: Oh no, say it isn’t so.
Cabaret Diosa: We are coming back to save the planet. For one night only.
D Rider: And you think that’s all it’s going to take? We’ve got the election coming up. So is this an anticipation of also saving the planet?
Cabaret Diosa: It might have had something to do with our resurgence. We have been working, doing all our work to continue the work of the foreriders of the apocalypso. It’s as simple as that. We have decided that this is the time to come back and do the good work. And we’ve lost Juan del Queso.
D Rider: Oh, no. Is he back in the barrack chamber or something? Did he jump in early?
Cabaret Diosa: He’s back and he’s trying to call me back. Dennis, let me feed him back in here. He must have gotten separated in his cryogenic automatic sleepmatic chamber.
D Rider: Oh, no. Too early.
Cabaret Diosa: Yes. Just one moment. Let’s get him back on the line here.
D Rider: Okay, so I want to tell people that this Halloween is on a Thursday, so don’t put those costumes away, keep them for the show.
Cabaret Diosa: Oh Juan, if you’re there please contact us. We need you now more than ever. It is time to come out of hiding. It is time to do the good work of the four writers of the apocalypso and spread the message of love and the goddess of dreaming and beauty. And good fashion and good hair.
D Rider: Juan, eight years away is enough. If you could pick up, that would be appreciated. So I have a question for you, Montana. You had nine members before. How many people are going to be on stage this time?
Cabaret Diosa: I think there’s a solid 12 and maybe a 13th ghost rider coming in at the last minute. We’re hoping we’re gonna need all the strength and all the help we can get.
D Rider: Oh my gosh, I mean before with nine the whole stage was always full. And of course the music is fantastic and this is going to be a once in eight years performance, I think. I hope everybody remembers you back then. It’s not that long ago, but they were always treated to great shows.
Cabaret Diosa: Can I interject? I have a statement I’d like to read.
D Rider: Oh, he just came on to rejoin us for a statement. Go ahead.
Cabaret Diosa: I wanted to say that as ministers of the new Mambo Revival, We, the members of Cabaret Diosa, have returned, in these tumultuous times, to save the world from, and prepare the world for, the apocalypso.
Now is the time when we will all dance our way into the heart of the new electric Eden, where we will dance by the lights of a thousand tiki torches. Yes, we’ll dance as if it was our last night on earth. Amen. We will dance as if our parents were aflame with the fires of eternal desire.
D Rider: How long is this gonna go on?
Cabaret Diosa: The party?
D Rider: No. Your prepared speech here. I think everybody at KGNU land has got the message that this is going to be a fantastic performance. You’re recovering from all that candy high the kids brought home and you ate half of that, so you’ll be ready for this great show. November 1st, at the Boulder Theater.
Cabaret Diosa: It’s Into the Mambo Verse with Cabaret Diosa. There will be, of course, costumes galore, prizes galore, mystery, intrigue, and some people will just be dressed in their best lounge attire.
That’s acceptable. Silk pajamas are appropriate. Feather boas, always. I always wear a feather boa with my silk pajamas. I have a feather boa in every color. You need one in every color.
D Rider: So in keeping with what you just mentioned, there’ll be a prize contest. And the first prize is an all expenses paid tour to Mars, I think. Is that right?
Cabaret Diosa: We don’t like to go into the specifics of the prizes on air, but on the back of your ticket, in very fine print, the prizes are listed in order of monetary value, but of course we’re using a different currency. The Mambo Shekel.
D Rider: I think we can say that you are definitely with Cabaret Diosa, so it’s not a crank call.
Cabaret Diosa: We passed. We passed the test.
D Rider: Yes. And it’s going to be a fantastic show as if your regular shows back in the day up until 2006 weren’t spectacular enough. This is going to be beyond all those shows. So if anybody’s out there listening, get ready, get those costumes ready. It’s going to be fantastic. Maybe one and done, until another eight years when they come out as our cryogenic chambers again. So don’t miss this show.
Cabaret Diosa: What are we going to take them out on? You got a tune? Do you have “Baby Wants to Mambo” or “Mambo Cave”?
D Rider: This is off your Voodoo Pinata album, getting everybody ready. We’re going to welcome you to the show on November 1st. And while we’re playing that, I want to thank Juan and Montana for calling in and getting us all hyped up for the show.
Cabaret Diosa: Thank you. We’re excited for it. My probation officer has given me permission for a one night only thing at the Boulder Theater on November 1st. It’s a limited engagement to say the least.
D Rider: Thank you for calling in.
