The always entertaining Mr. Wainwright.

Rufus never disappoints in the drama dept.:

Rufus Wainwright knows all too well what it's like to go blind from drug abuse.

The flamboyant cabaret-pop singer, who turns 31 next week, says a lethal combination of crystal meth, Ecstasy, special K (ketamine) and cocaine robbed him of his sight — but it wasn't all darkness.

"I saw about 10,000 video screens of gay porn featuring Jerry Garcia, and the soundtrack was that instant message sound," he says, referring to AOL's fairydust IM noise.

"I couldn't speak. I was moaning. I didn't know if I'd return to the real world."

But he did — and then he wept for three days straight.

"Every 15 minutes I was Anna Karenina all over again," says Wainwright, never at a loss for theatrics.

So naturally, he turned to Sir Elton John for help...

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Props to Stereogum for the link.