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Re: Dean Johnson - Death of a Legendary Legend
This just out: Daily Intelligencer Edited by Jesse Oxfeld and Chris Rovzar with Michael Idov intel@nymag.com Intel 9/28/07 5:00 PM Promoter and Queer Icon Dean Johnson Dies Photo: Patrick McMullan Downtown icon and gay performing artist Dean Johnson died last week, friends just learned. The 6'6" promoter was found dead by authorities in Washington, DC, but remained unidentified until this week. Police are still investigating the cause. Johnson, 45, founded the iconic weekly party Rock and...
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Re: Dean Johnson - Death of a Legendary Legend
One more time, details for tonight Please forgive me if you have heard about this over and over, but I am still getting email from people asking about Dean's memorial celebration tonight at Rapture. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3 DEAN JOHNSON MEMORIAL CELEBRATION RAPTURE CAFE & BOOKS 200 AVENUE A (BETWEEN 12-13 STREETS) DOORS 8 PM www.rapturecafe.com Wednesday, October 3 would have been the season opener for DEAN JOHNSON'S smash literary series "READING FOR FILTH", at RAPTURE CAFE & BOOKS.
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Re: Dean Johnson - Death of a Legendary Legend
From c1950sboy on http://www.yehoodi.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=888044&si...ea2e9b3250591cb27e4c Rapture Cafe was packed to the rafters last night for a spectacular memorial to Dean Johnson as reports of his suspicious death are finally beginning to appear in the Wash. D.C. and New York media. Sure was great to see how many people loved and respected him. M C Hattie Hathaway had to break up the tributes into several shows, so many people wanted to speak, so I only stood through one round...
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LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
LOVIN’ OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert For Queer Rising New York, NY – Queer Rising will host LOVIN’ OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert For Queer Rising on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 7:00pm at Santo’s Party House nightclub (96 LaFayette St., between Walker and White Sts; 4,6,J,N,Q,Z train to Canal Station). $10 advance (via Facebook RSVP or online donation)/$20 at the door. NOTE: ONLY "I'M ATTENDING" WILL GUARANTEE REDUCED ADMISSION! A true variety show-style event, tonight’s all-star cast includes:...
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Zuni Mountain Sanctuary - High Mountain Desert Delights
Ahh, my Motherboarding Family! Greetings from New Mexico! I began a road trip in February, ended up here (my fourth year visiting), and have signed on to stay here through the next year with trips back and forth to NYC. Zuni Mountain...
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Sedation Thursdays presented by Biohazard Promos
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9th BIOHAZARD PROMOS PRESENTS.... JOE COZZO Vinny Vice Greg G Jason Price LADIES FREE BEFORE 12GUYS $5 BEFORE 11$10 BEFORE 12$15 AFTER BUY TICKETS FOR $10 BOTTLES OF GREY GOOSE FOR $200! ...
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Halloween - J60 FURTHER and Click + Drag host THE WITCHING HOUR
JACKIE 60 FURTHER and CLICK + DRAG present THE WITCHING HOUR A Halloween Ball After ANNE RICEThursday, October 31 CBGB'S GALLERY (BOTH FLOORS) 313 Bowery (1-2nd Street)$15/$10 with invite, web printout or ankh. 18 to enter/21 to drink - I.D. required...
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Quentin Crisp: The Naked Bon Vivant! A 100th Birthday Extravaganza!
The fabulously flamboyant and witty gay icon Quentin Crisp (who died in 1999 at age 90) gets a party fit for a queen. The lively literary salon includes readings, recollections and performances by some of Crisp’s most ardent admirers.The event...
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Oh! You Pretty Things : Bowie and Elvis Birthday Bash - Sunday January 20th MLK Weekend
Michael T, Benjamin Ickies, Laura Rebel Angel, and Twig the Wonderkid present Oh! You Pretty Things : Bowie and Elvis Birthday Bash Sunday January 20th Martin Luther King Weekend Oh! You Pretty Things is proud to present a birthday bacchanalia for...
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The HOWL! Arts Project 2009 Benefit Performances In September
HELP (HOWL! EMERGENCY LIFE PROJECT) OF THE ACTORS FUNDis a wonderful new community resource created to support artists who have made or continue to make their careers in NYC's East Village and Lower East Side and are in need of emergency...
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'Reading For Filth' Returns to NYC on Tax Day, April 15th, 2010!
Thursday April 15th 2010, 8PM-10 PM ONLY Reading For Filth Returns: Teabag This! at PussyFaggot at The Delancey 168 Delancey, at Clinton Street, Downstairs $5 admission Readings By: Chadwick Moore, Max Steele, Mr. Joe, Glenn Marla, Dominick & Shelly Mars Hosted By Hattie Hathaway Music by Baby K The line up at the latest 'Reading For Filth': A journalist-turned-pornographer, a silver-tongued literary sexworker, a glamorous Trans-Mister, a porno 'zine publisher/performance artist, and one of...
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PUSSY FAGGOT! Penny Arcade Hosts 4/15 @ The Delancey
It's another installment of the sprawling 3-story party recently censored by Facebook. That's PUSSY FAGGOT! OKAAAY?? Two floors of performance, DJs and legendary performance artist Penny Arcade cracking the whip as your mistress of ceremonies, plus...
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Dean Johnson Memorial Concert 5/30 @ Don Hill's
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF DEAN JOHNSON PRESENTROCK N ROLL FAG BAR 2008THE BENEFIT CONCERTDON HILL'S511 GREENWICH STREET (AT SPRING) NYCFROM 10:30 PM$10 ADVANCE TICKETS (ON SALE 4/24)/$15 AT DOOR21 AND OVER, I.D....
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SMack! Annual Halloween Fetish Ball Oct 31st w/The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black!
this year's SMack! Annual Halloween Fetish Ball on Oct 31st will prove to be one of our best ones yet! with a Special Live concert by THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK featuring Kembra Pfahler, Samoa, Gyda Gash, Michael Wildwood plus Cornelius Loy and a Special Introduction by LYDIA LUNCH ! Performances by RAINBOW BLIGHT & Team Circus MISS VIVIAN JUSTIN ‡ SYMBOL 10 DJ's in Multiple Rooms: Xris SMack!, Johanna Constantine, Dr, Octo-Pussy, Ian Fford, Cliff Cage, Chris #2, Stalagmike,...
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The Motherboards at 15
It's hard to truly take in that the Motherboards turns fifteen years old today, April Fools. These boards, begun in 2001 just to keep our club community together after our venue MOTHER closed, have outlived even the decade-long club that spawned them. Here some thank yous and news of our anniversary party coming in late May.
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Memento Mori Halloween Edition: Thursday, October 26th!
Resident DJs Malefic , Ana Vice , Bela ( Alejandro ), and Stalagmike with special guest DJ Joe Hart (Procession, Svmmon) spinning a variety of outstanding classics, obscurities and new developments! Rusted Autumn will be vending macabre and unique creations! https:// www.rusted-autumn.com/ FREE from 10PM until 4AM. 21+ and please bring valid ID. Dress code: Goth, Vampire, Witch, Ghoul, Sinister Dandy, Dark Glam, Edwardian, Victorian, Deathrock, or basic black. NO blue jeans, caps, sneakers,...
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Re: Kate Bush
Yes.. birds. When she released the cover art, a while back, people noticed that the photograph of rocky outcrops reflected in water resembled a waveform. And so the most obsessed converted that waveform into an audio file which appears to be (it can now be revealed) slowed down birdsong... chirp! see & hear it here
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Re: 2008 Presidential Elections: Who Will Lead America Next?
This guy Huckabee just gets crazier and sleazier; he pushes a parole board to free a serial rapist simply because one of his victims was a distant Clinton cousin, despite pleas from many other victims of this same monster (and the guy went on to rape and kill again). Now, he says gay marriage will destroy civilization as we know it. I know many right-wingnuts decry this from rooftops all over, but his Q&A with GQ on the topic (and the accompanying Daily Kos crtique), just gives me the...
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Re: Rapture Events: Beyond Brick & Mortar...
The HOWL! Festival and More Rapture Events! "Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse! Holy the jazz bands marijuana hipsters peace & junk & dreams!" "Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!" --Allen Ginsberg, "Footnote to Howl," Berkley, 1955 The HOWL! Festival, which began in 2002and was named after Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking 1955 poem, Howl, celebrates the East Village and Lower East Side's role as a preeminent locus of culture,...
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Re: Rapture Events: Beyond Brick & Mortar...
Rapture Events Presents 'Reading For Fist,' and more! Saturday, October 11th, 8pm Reading For Fist... All Naked! At The Woodshop 24 Ninth Avenue, 5th Floor $5 cover Subway: A, C, E, L train to 14th Street/8th Avenue In honor of the yearly kinky festival of "brew and bawd", Octoberfist!, we are proud to bring you another ALL NAKED Reading For Filth... In fact we're going to be so anally-oriented tonight, that we'll be calling it "Reading For Fist!" Tonight: Everyone's favorite fist-for-rent,...
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Re: Queer SOS! and the American Equality Bill (ongoing)
October 26, 2010 President Barack H. Obama White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama, Thank you for your service to our country these past two years. I recall the night of November 4, 2008 so clearly. Having voted early with my boyfriend in Manhattan, I opted to spend the winter with friends in northwestern New Mexico, and arrived by Amtrak the night before in Gallup, NM. My friends picked me up at the station, and drove me back, an hour by car, to the...
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Re: LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
Thanks, Pretty! We're quite excited. Really, a lot of stellar artists coming together. Attached is the e-flyer...
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Re: LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
Let me ask you how to RSVP if one is not on Facebook.
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Re: LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
Seven! You can always donate directly to the Queer Rising group via their web site, queerrising.org/donate no later than 12noon on Sunday, Feb. 13. Treasurer(s) are tracking those. If that's not an option, e-mail me directly. Yes, Sneed. Dangery!
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Re: LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
Thanks Joe. I think I will just cough up the full price at the door to support the whole thing. It's an amazing line up.
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Re: LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
Since I am planning to attend AND MCing the Vampire Ball there the night before, I will be seeing more of Santos than my home next weekend! xxoo Mr. Joe, please post any rough timetable as we get closer, would hate to miss Hattie or a few others..
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Re: LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
Hi Motherboarders! We're a few days away, and the lineup looks as follows: 7p - 8p: DJ Baby K and Drumming 8pm: Alberto Cortes Mike Albo M. Lamar Hattie Hathaway (plus 3 Teens Kill 4 members) DJ Baby K music break 9:30pm: Lindsay Abromaitis-Smith Pamela Sneed Hooray For Goodbye Transgendered Jesus We look forward to seeing everyone come out on Sunday. Thanks again for supporting this important group!
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Re: LOVIN' OUT LOUD! A Benefit Concert for Queer Rising
Thanks for posting timetable of the nite. This helps me to decide the hight of heels that I wear! BTW, I found Hooray for Goodbye at the last event you organized, and I really liked them, Thank U
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Re: AIDS turns 20
*Screen Door* -Benefit for God's Love We Deliver & TweedTheatreWorks- (Monday Feburary 18, 8PM, $25, $45, $75, $100-includes postshow reception, $250-reception, priorty seating, gift bag. After party at Jack Rose.) Campy staged reading of classic Hollywood film, "Stage Door", who's cast included starlets Katherine Hepburn. Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, and Ann Miller. Given a down to earth (with a chuckle) new title-"Screen Door" and with one of today's most happening downtown club...