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jo-jo baby ·
i was asked to give the wedding dress to cloey for her wedding coming up, this is something i thought you might like to know.so that she could wear it, or cut it up for a her wedding quilt.
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Cloey, Thank you SO MUCH for your post. I never, ever thought that when I started this topic that we would get such a touching look at Greer's life told by her own family members. I am just floored (and grateful) that you shared this with us. I know I'm going to be returning to your post to read it again and again. My reason for starting this topic was that there was so little information available about Greer online. My biggest fear was that her memory would not be kept alive. Now I don't...
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Gigi Deluxe ·
JoJo - You were REAL FAMILY to Greer and have every right to keep the dress. The Both of you shared a bond that transends titles and blood. You do not need to be sorry or apologize to ANYONE .... You have honoured Greer, and her memory, and her amazing gift, by not only taking great care of what you have of her-but in your own art and by unselfishly sharing it with others since Greer died, thus keeping Greer, her memory,and her Art alive. XOXO-Gigi (P.S. Don't Fuck with My JoJO )
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dragboy (Guest) ·
That is really cool Jo Jo that you were the only student of Greer Lankton. I love the art that I have seen at the matress factory. You are so right to care for her art and take good care of it. And you really have a big heart give the niece the dress to wear in her wedding. That is very kind. I bet Greer would be happy about it too. Just make sure she wears it and doesn't cut it! GL is probably watching over you and continues to guide you. I think spirits stay with us and what a force you...
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jo-jo baby ·
i told you on the phone, i dont have many things of greer's.and to take the most prized of my collection.would just be too much,you have everything, and you told me so. why be greedy,you never even offered giving me something in its place? and i wont settle for just anything.you have a dream and so do i.i will take muffin out of the andy worhol show and sissy from your grandparents....nothing else....sorry, i saw greer work on both these dolls , and they mean alot to me, and sissy is not...
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TonyaKnudsen ·
Actually, Jo Jo, I think that is a very fair solution. Cloey – would you consider leaving muffin and sissy with Jo Jo while you borrow the dress? This way you can use the dress, and Jo Jo can spend some time appreciating these dolls that mean as much to him - obviously as much to him as the dress means to you? If the dress is returned in the same condition as it left, I am sure Jo Jo would return the dolls. And if you need to alter the dress for your wedding, then you should keep the dress...
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bobby ·
I agree with Tonya. And I also understand how JOJO feels. But for Greers memorys sake at least make an effort to come to an amiable agreement.
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jo-jo baby ·
well, the dress is in fine shape,gi-gi has said she will come over to photograph it so all of you can see it,the train of the dress was cut in half, but is still beautiful,i know for a fact sissy is at your grandparents house i saw him there,he will just be my fantacy, as will be GREER'S dress.everytime someone comes into the gallery they say" that bride looks likes she has been left at the alter".and my greer doll is very happy to be wearing it....on another note i have just bought two...
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jo-jo baby ·
thank you gi-gi,god shes quick
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jo-jo baby ·
these photos were taken a month to two weeks before greer died, she is in her instalation" its all about me, not you"!she is above a bed where a dool called "20cc more please" is sleeping, and all of greer's old perscriptions are all over the bed, i have some of these too,greer would give me paint in them.she would be proud how skinny she looks in this photo,i think she was 80 pounds when she died
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jo-jo baby ·
right, i have won,this wedding dress is the same one from all of the nan golden photos.you are so silly cloey,and like the rest of your family- stupid!because you cant have it , you knock it now.i also was remembering that the first time greer's name was mention at her memorial was by me everyone else refered to her as my dead son , greg, sad!even nan golden came up to me at the memorial and said" thank you".and then you told me you were still mad at greer because she got more attention then...
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jo-jo baby ·
if you look behind the greer doll,there are two water colors that greer did of me and her,and two of her sculptures candy darling and the bllue babe.i dont have the jewelry from the wedding, paul monroe has it still...i wish he would put it on here,its beautiful and he made it.
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paul monroe ·
i don't understand why there are all these personal family letters printed here. should not the LANKTON FAMILY save them for a more personal FAMILY web page? the reason these letters bother me so much, is due to the fact that they are so filled with LIES. i don't understand why the LANKTONS choose here to paint their distorted portrait of GREER. so if i may, please let me correct a few statements that they have made. All of my information is based on what Greer personaly told me, and from...
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jo-jo baby ·
thank you , thank you, thank you... paul i love you, and i wish i worked at goo,but i love gi-gi, jay-jay and chicago too much.you should move here.thou you, i think might go kill the lanktons.i have two of greers trolls from the garbage too.her parents sent me "horny homer"{ homer simpson in drag} because they didnt like it.i also have timmy and tommy { siamesse twins}, and princess muffin from the mattress factory show.and a doll that was to be raegan{greer's transgender sidekick and...
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jo-jo baby ·
greer wanted to make a book of her dolls.and she was collecting polaroids of all of her dolls,i mean everyone of them, in shoeboxes. and these like many other things were in the garbage, and i was fighting with a homeless man for them, but i bet you can quess who won,i'm still sad to this day,i sometimes think i will find them under a bridge in chicago somewhere, i always check used bookstores, still after 9 years.i was always buying greer raggety ann and andys, because she was making a...
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jo-jo baby ·
sorry paul, i've lost your number and the photos you sent me,can you call again
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Cinni ·
As a fan of Greers, and someone just trying to find out more about her, I was glad to have found this site and group. But I was getting kind of depressed with some of the negative vibe. I also was wondering why all the personal letters would be posted publicly. I could see maybe a few quotes or lines, maybe a section or two, but whole letters with personal feelings etc. ? Just my opinion. I didn't know Greer, and I don't know anyone posting, family or friends, and I don't know who is right...
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jo-jo baby ·
i have been unpacking , and i forgot...i have a muppet, that greer made when she was with the muppets, its a teddy bear that has teeth and a tounge that you can move and hte eyes go back and forth, but jim henson hated it because it had a tounge and teeth,so she kept it,i found it in the garbage, thanks lanktons
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Paul, Thank you. Satori
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jo-jo baby ·
seeing the teddy brought back this story, jim henson had asked greer to come up with a story about toys being trapped in an attic for the holidays,well greer?,told of a story where the toys started hunting one another because they got hungry,teddy and raggety ann were the better hunters,but raggety andy was not but raggety ann protected him, thou she wouldn't feed him and he got so shriveled up,both raggety ann and andy are in the andy warhol show " its all about me , not you", mixed in with...
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Lorian (Guest) ·
I grew up in Park Forest, next door to the Lanktons. I knew Greer when she was Greg, the sweet, gentle boy-nextdoor, who was always ready and willing to help out with any problem. I remember running over to the Lankton's house one day when I was home alone and had received a frightening prank call, and how caring and comforting Cathy and Greg were. When Greg became Greer, my fundamentalist family was shocked and horrified. I, however, was secretly amazed and thrilled for her courage. I had...
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bobby ·
Thank you Lorian for sharing that story. Those of us who knew and loved Greer are so lucky for that experience. I think of her so very often.
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paul monroe ·
ten years ago tonight greer died- the only words that feel appropriate are those of patti smiths' ELEGIE i just don't know what to do tonight my head is aching as i drink and breathe memory falls like cream in my bones moving on my own there must be something i can dream tonight the air is filled with the moves of you all the fire is frozen yet still i have the will trumpets, violins, i hear them in the distance and my skin emits a ray but i think its sad, its much to bad that greer can't be...
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blehpunk ·
my thoughts go out to you on such a difficult night. All the best.
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Zazoo and Satori ·
A wonderful recent Memoir with some fantastic photos that I've never seen XXXOOO Satori ----------------------------- GREER LANKTON, A MEMOIR by Julia Morton At the funeral of East Village artist Greer Lankton, held just over ten years ago in November 1996, her grieving parents displayed a family picture showing an ordinary middle-class mother and father, brother and sister all standing on a beach in khaki shorts, tees and walking shoes. Their hair was blowing and their suntanned faces were...
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Thairin Smothers has just released a never before seen video of Greer and her work at 1995 Whitney Biennial Enjoy! XXXOOO Satori
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bobby ·
Thanks Satori for posting these two posts. It means so much to those of us who knew and loved her.
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paul monroe ·
i justed started a little greer lankton myspace page..search under display name Greer Lankton...i'm planning on filling it with pics of her and her work..take a peek at the brilliance..xpaul monroe
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Paul, Thanks for finding us on Myspace. We noticed your page for Green Chiffon Fantastic site! Can you tell us more about the book project? XXXOOO Z&S
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Hey We are happy to report that we scored a wonderful treasure off of ebay. A set of negatives from the estate of the late photographer Michael Chikiris. He shot Greer on the opening of her Matress Factory show in October of 1996. We just got the full set back today, and are going to have a select set enlarged and professionally scanned. We'll be sharing many more images later, but for now, here's one of our very favorites. It's Greer with "20CCs More Please." Enjoy! Satori
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Hapi Phace ·
Oh dear. Such sad news. Two of my old show-biz partners, Tabboo! and then Philly (notoriously famed for projectile vomiting in the Pyramid production of Attack of the Spider Crabs from Star Nebula), each called me yesterday to break the news about Dean. I'm so glad that someone here wrote about remembering his laughter in the Pyramid dressing room. I remember that too, and his different laughs. He had a slow snickering laugh that could build into a bigger, volcanic eruption of laughter, sort...
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Although we never knew Greer, she was a dear friend of a friend. There is very little on her life or her work online, so I wanted to start a topic for people who may have known her to remember her and her work. Here is the most comprehensive article I...
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Nicky London ·
Greeting LegendsMy name is Nicky London and I curently have been assisting a site called the Blitz Kidsfor the U.S section. In September we are doing a special on New York in the 80's featuring Terri Toye, Greer Lankton, Paul Monroe and the late...
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Chi Chi ·
HOWL! FESTIVAL AND THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENT LOW LIFE 7: BOWERY BOMBSHELLS SUNDAY JUNE 2, 2013 5-7 PM - FREE ADMISSION TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, NYC  mothernyc.com/lowlife howlfestival.com The storied history of the EAST VILLAGE and THE LOWER...
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Chi Chi ·
Beautiful piece about Greer by David Rat http://redcentpublishing.blogs...10/05/david-rat.html
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Zazoo and Satori ·
An update on "The Contortionist" video. Joyce Randall found it on Youtube and provided more information. Apparently there are more! Hi. I shot this around 1977 or so. We used a super 8 camera and bought black and white film for it. This is a stop action animation. Cable release click..click..click... It should run at 24 fps, but I transferred it to video which 30 fps. I only made two copies. I have one and Greer had one. I should try to find other movies Greer and I made together. Joyce
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Zazoo and Satori ·
I have some exciting news, and a favor to ask. Earlier in the month we had taken a long weekend trip to stay with Jojo, and he gave us a bit of a project... He's recently uncovered a VHS tape that someone had given him of Greer called "The Contortionist" it is prior to her operation and she's credited as "Greg Lankton" Jojo says Greer loved to tie herself up in knots and stay in contorted positions, so she and her sister created this home movie. It is really Greer in an impossible number of...
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tressels ·
Although I didn't know her, I think something ambient and brooding might work, something from Aphex Twin's selected Ambient works vol. II, such as "Stone in Focus", "Tassels", or "Radiator" maybe even "Domino"
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Hey Thanks for the suggestions! I've checked out all the tracks you've mentioned, and think that Donmino could be a contender. It has a similar melodic quality to the original music, and some of Greer's motions remind me of falling dominos. I think the best thing might be to get the original out there first so people could see it and be inspired. XXXOOO Satori
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Oberallgäu ·
You're right, having that visual would be the thing. I have been really interested ever since you posted about it and would love to see it. What a discovery and a treasure!
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tressels ·
I'd forgotten about this thread for a while. Any news on the Greer video?
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Hey Sorry, we've been in the process of moving to NYC, so this has stalled a little. Hoping to get it jump started soon.
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Sorry for the incredibly long tease. Here it is!: Enjoy! Satori
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tressels ·
It's really fascinating to see her, thanks for the video treat!
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d9 ·
Can you tell me what music you ended up choosing for the film? Thanks!
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Zazoo and Satori ·
The versions on YouTube now (two different speeds) have the original music in them. We haven't tried any new music combinations yet. ~S
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geishakittie ·
Please DON'T change the original music- it will change Greer's intent..
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Zazoo and Satori ·
Hey Actually, we're not sure if the music was chosen/integrated by Joyce Randall, or by Greer, but nonetheless point taken. Jojo Baby was keen on picking something a bit less dated... but we haven't gotten a big outpouring of other people wanting it changed. As a result, the versions that are up there now will probably remain out there as is. XXXOOO Satori
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