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Re: Remembering Terence Sellers aka Mistress Angel Stern
Open me up and find the perfect place to get lost. I offer you vicious beauty of my voice before the humans wanted it to make sense. Your voice, lit cigarette against pyramid on the dollar bill of my coronary muscle. My spirit runs along the ridges above the Gila River threading lightening strikes, laughing like cum you sweetly frightened. I blessblame that Miller girl for introducing us the way scar is seduced back beneath skin. A blame made of the scent of leather and pale pink roots of...
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Re: RIP, VIP
thanx empress... i hadn't looked at it until you said to. goddess bless those faeries! can they turn it out or what?? i can't wait to be back in new york with all of those/you freaks!!!! and i was so glad to see what looked like an INCREDIBLE turnout for someone who sounds like an INCREDIBLE spirit. RIP, VIP indeed. btw... the cute bearded boy (in the pic with the other boy closing his eyes) is aaron. he was at the whiz on my last night there. the one featuring eyelids is jan ("yon"). and...
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Re: Displaced Radical Faeries
I am sorry this post is a long and scattered but since it is fresh in my mind everything came out all at once. My tenses are screwey, and my spelling is a bit off, so patience please... Hey Mom, You would have loved it all! I am by no means a camper, and I dealt with it just fine. I was afraid it would be 200 homos huddled around a habachi (sp?) cooking an eggplant, but they have the system DOWN! Meals are regular 3 times a day. People are asked to participate any way they feel...
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Re: Can We Build a Less Prejudiced TG Sense of Community?
Sweetie - I love you - you always say the darndest things and I often find myself nodding 'uh-huh' with my mouth open. You also wouldnt be the first to wonder why 'we' cant find some common ground to stand on - at least one or two nights of the week anyway. Rose - that was a caustic little note - but I agree with the spirit, if not the letter of it - No one likes a hint of Male Privilidge - like "Liz is back in Bloomingdales" musking up the TG landscape. HOWever - as a 'transgendered' person...
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Re: Can We Build a Less Prejudiced TG Sense of Community?
I love it! I love it! I find this all so very fascinating. I loved April's post, especially her views on "gender expression". And on some weird level Bobby's need to assert his manhood in this room was just as valid. I have heard Bobby speak briefly about his time on hormones, and find it mind boggling that he always percieved himself as POSITIVELY male. I guess I can only speak from my experience. And thinking back when I felt my first pangs of womanhood, I certainly would not have...
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Re: The Cockettes
It is a chronicle of those who fancy-danced in heels, glitter, and feathers before us. Furthermore, it is a fascinating to see such a different era- hippie communes, free love, lots of potent LSD (and certainly not the kind of stuff I had in high school a decade later), and a brief time when gender wasn't really an issue (or so it seemed in the movie). At the same time, the scenes from the opening night of their performance in NYC show how some things never change- air kisses, snatchy...
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Re: Page
When I first arrived in the Blade Runner 'esuqe city that New York was in 1990, I remember seeing this tall "Woman" with a bleach blonde flatop, horned rimmed sunglassed, in the dark of night, and glitter red lipstick, while dressed in a retro new wave look about 10 years before anyone thought it was cool to bring that back. She waltzed up to me and said, "Hi, I'm Page...who are you ?" My eyes opened a little wider and what was possible in this life became a little broader and I saw the...
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Re: Can We Build a Less Prejudiced TG Sense of Community?
How I LOVE this topic - let me get sum! I love being a boy. I am a gay boy. I love gettin' awl up in drags and I looove performing - although my thing has never been 24/7...although I've been wearing makeup and dressing in "boy glam" since the 8th grade. Do I feel like part of the transgendered communuity? I love my trannies - i reallly do. While I am not transgendered or trans-identified - I guess I consider us all family on one spectrum because we are all lumped together...and it...
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Re: RIP, VIP
Was this the same Tara that was pretty big and would wear black rubber dresses? Often she wore a black Betty Page wig and I used to tell her she could totally win in a plus-size Betty competition. I used to see her at Mother and also Kitsch-Inn and I even have a picture of her somewhere. (without her wigs she had a shaved head) If it's the one I'm thinking of I had no idea she was even a tranny! I thought she was genetic girl all this time! Just goes to show you never know. Very, very sad.
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Re: RIP, VIP
With his sometimes crackpot notions and radiant, ecstatic, vision of the holiness of being queer, Harry Hay refused to play the model homosexual EVEN IN THE GLOW of its conservatism, America "” which was formed via revolution, after all has always taken a certain pride in its radicals. Even so, America prefers to remember its history-makers in sanitized versions with none of the messy, often embarrassing flaws that are usually inscribed on the souls who take it upon themselves to change the...
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Re: Burlesque Queen MISS KELLY WEBB Loses Everything in Tragic Thanksgiving Fire- PLEASE READ
Kelly is truly my sister, my greatest ally. She's a tireless performance artist in every sense, and has done so much work for our community. She worked very hard this summer on the Qwe're Musicfest graphics and logo, capturing the spirit with her own special flair. If anyone needs me to come and retrieve clothes or other supplies they would like to donate, please e-mail me (joe@birdsongnyc.com) or call 212.414.4222. One of my dearest friends on the planet, Miss Webb colors the way I look at...
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Re: Burlesque Queen MISS KELLY WEBB Loses Everything in Tragic Thanksgiving Fire- PLEASE READ
Kelly you're a lovely and talented girl very much worthy of all the above praise. Such energy, enthusiasm and a true kindred spirit who supports her community. I can't even recall at this point how many times I've looked out from the bright lights of a stage and seen your warm and giving presence looking back at me. My prayers are with you right now and I'll see you very soon. LEX
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Re: Burlesque Queen MISS KELLY WEBB Loses Everything in Tragic Thanksgiving Fire- PLEASE READ
I'm not sure if we've ever formally met or not... I'm sure we've probably bumped into eachother somewhere though... Anyway, reading your story reminds me of how much I love my doggie, Barney (Retriever/Shepherd mix) and how I don't think I could breathe with out him. Your loss must be hard for some people to truly understand unless they've owned a pet themselves, especially a cat or dog. On top of it all, you've lost almost all of your personal belongings. Sitting here with my thoughts,...
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Re: RIP, VIP
In Loving Tribute To Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Ellison 1971-2002 of the U.S.S. Northstar, N.C.C.- 10462 Whenever something happens to one of our own, we feel sympathy. Rarely do we realize until they are no longer with us, just how much of an impact, a single being can have on our ives....... Lieutenant Commander Teresa Ellison was a very special individual. She had a beautiful heart. A very humble and proud New Yorker with lots of attitude. She was truly a Diva with a conscience. Teresa was an...
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Re: Join us at Hooker's Ball 4 New Year's Eve
oh my! breaking the ice on a new year can always be a tricky proposition unless... one has the Mother community to rally around and let your freak flag fly with fellow banner wavers!!! wow - possibly the most fun my lady and i have had in quite a long time. Colleen - just magnificent to meet you and better yet hang out for most of the evening. what a lovely spirit you are, let's do it again, yes? Tonya - beautiful installation and a lovely way to plant the ArtMaker banner firmly in the...
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Re: Join us at Hooker's Ball 4 New Year's Eve
I had been believed that you guys had left before I got the ball since I arrived at 2am... but somebody said that she saw you two ! It should be your spirit of wanting to come to the ball !!! Glad that I had a start of New year by meeting up with those beautiful people*, Rose, Betty & Betty's Girl, Colleentv, Tonya(thanx for such a fascinating installation ! ) and... guess, missed speaking to others for my brain had been deeply marinated in Champagne at that time... Thank you very much...
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Re: tori amos
This is one topic where I find a lot of girls I know HATE her. I find it really interesting. I usually don't notice things like this (gender) but it's the intensity of the hatred that always astounds me. I don't find many boys who feel that way. I'm not a huge fan, I don't own any of her CD's but I do like some of her work. I also have a soft spot for her since I had to lip sync her "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover in the "Kurt, Courtney and Jackie" play at Jackie 60 years ago.
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Re: Party Monster - Michael Alig
I've never really understood how someone can watch "Party Monster" or have seen any of the other shows done about the murder and walk away thinking that Michael Alig is worthy of idolization or going to the extent of even almost worshiping him... I mean at the end of the documentary, James St. James even says that he's awful and has always been awful. Your dream sequences sound like how Nina Hagen speaks about her spirit inspiration Babaji. It kinda freaked me out when I read it. I don't...
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Re: Miss Understood's Thailand 2003!
"The first time I lay eyes on you I fancied us an a little one" but unfortunately I'm a pig that has to feed it's trough. I would love to be married to your mind and your spirit though because it so does intrest me(you sick motherf'r) I had no idea you were here since 1987.I really liked what you said about michael alig etc. I only shook his hand a few times I couldn't really add to anything. Enjoy thailand to the fullest......I hope I see you out soon!! Christopher
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Re: Miss Understood's Thailand 2003!
A message to all the New Yorkers working hard to resurrect live perfromance, Vaudeville, and Burlesque: it is alive and thriving here in the Viet Nam! I went to a club the other night. It was like some of the ones in Bangkok, it looks like a disco but people sit at cocktail tables and watch a show. We entered as a sexy girl pop singer was finishing her set. The next act was a slapstick comedy team that looked like they just stepped out of 1935. One guy was like a hobo W.C. Field. Every time...
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Re: Michael Moore
'Like the terrorists he fantasizes about, he's going to find out just how vulnerable one can be when brought out into the open.' this is a threat, honey. and kinda mean. it just don't seem like you got the spirit of the meaning of it all, whomever you are. seems like you have taken the GOP one party line here, where any differing comments or decent are considered unpatriotic. this is not the case on the MotherBoards. yah can't fault the man for taking the opportunity given, and not bailing...
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Re: ARCADIA! Opening Night Gala May 30 at CBGB Gallery
On Andy's Chest http://www.andyschest.com/weblog/index.shtml
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Re: RIP, VIP
Have been meaning to post about the death of Celia Cruz since Wednesday - what a tremendous spirit! Was so touched watching the footage of her body in Miami yesterday, where 75,000 turned out to pay their respects. She was reportedly wearing a blonde wig and a white gown.. Tomorrow (Monday) she returns to NY where 100,000 are expected, and Tuesday is her funeral mass at St. Patrick's and burial. The Queen is Dead - Long Live The Queen!
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Re: RIP, VIP
I was also very touched watching her funeral ceremonies in Miami yesterday. Whenever I saw her perform, it was like seeing this tremendous spirit, or Loa, celebrating life and living in all its passion. She was a Great Lady and a Great Spirit. I never failed to be moved by her and her performances. Her Spirit Moves On and is with us still.
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Re: International Chrysis
I was talking to Candice the other night and I was thinking to myself how brilliant it was to cast Candice as Chrysis in the DCI show. I don't think they ever met but her spirit is alive and well in our little long & leggy Candice Cayne! Candice Cayne walks as International Chrysis at the Downtown Costume Institute Show.
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Re: East Side, West Side, All Around The Town
The new clubs reported to be gearing up in Chelsea are more a reaction of opportunism. Although I am sure some backers and producers are really inspired and want to bring the city back to life partywise. The club going in to the old Twilo space, which is supposedly going to be called Spirit, would be the most different concept being put to the test, is actually a franchise from its Irish flagship, and if you ask me its ammenities ( a raw food restaurant, a resident dance company ) are a kind...
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Re: DAVID BOWIE
yes..."Hours" does it make for perfect sunday catnap music but "Heathen" which was released in 2002 showed both maturity and spirit...not to mention that the CD art was well done... I play it now and then... I wonder what drives David Bowie at this point... doing this for so many years what keeps him going? aside from admiring and respecting his work I keep up to see what is next... David Bowie is a master Chameleon... none can compare... Cactus from Heathen Sitting here Wishing on a cement...
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Re: Diamanda Galas
your highness... it has been a while... I hope you are well I always wanted to obtain some of Diamandas work, but it just never happened...but I have the feeling that her true strength is in her live shows... I do admire the passion/spirit that comes across from what I have heard... question...if you had to describe her in one sentence to someone who never knew of her what would you say? -- http://MetropolisNYC.com feed the fire of your desire...
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Re: Goin' To The Chapel: The Lesbian, Gay & T/S Marriage Topic
The extreme right is employing a number of faulty arguments in their fight against common sense civil rights. There are those who argue that San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom, has ignored the rule of law, setting the stage for rogue public officials across the country to plunge America into a state of anarchy. (California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, used the word "anarchy" when describing the state of affairs in San Francisco.) What is next, these hysterical thinkers ask? Will the...
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Re: tori amos
Not only does she play piano standing up, but she plays in heels. Believe me, I know how hard it is to work those pedals in a pair of pumps. And the left hand... I am impressed. And Glammy, I still dream about your emotive lip-synch of her version of "Teen Spirit." Still!
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Re: Mondo Internet (Part 2)
And on that note, intrepid surfers, part 2 is closed. Start Part 3 whenever the spirit moves ya!
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
What artist would not like to make a living doing what they love to do? I don't understand your contempt for those who are able to. If it makes you feel better, I do not believe that most of those painters are rich at this moment, but even if they were, this would not make them a bunch of whores. If they are now getting media attention and a place in history, that doesn't make them sell-outs. The Soho art scene was crowded then, and getting way too blue-chip and over-valued. The fact that a...
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
Dearest S'tan, actually I am not in any trap at all. If a person loves something creative that they do, or anything else, they don't have to make a living off it. That is not an idealization either, it is a fact of being alive. And in the 'art world' making things rich collectors buy means you are making things that necessarily flatter the tastes and opinions of those collectors. That act has nothing to do with being a creative person, is the opposite of creative freedom -is actually a...
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
Spirit has no value? ( Bobby scratches head here) I am sure you need to rethink that one. Other than that I am learning so much here on these "Mutterboards", he muttered.
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
Oh Bobby you know I mean no monetary, or in that sense, earthly value. And it is hard for me to say we should value spirit because that would be to sort of impose a kind of control on spirit. ( and you of all people know how much spirit figures in to my existence ) -anyway, this is getting in to a whole different discussion. You are so good at instigating these shifts in consciousness.
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
The "Only Money vs. Only No Money" thread here made me think of this... Odd that about 28 years ago I was having a very similar discussion one day in a loft on Mercer Street owned by a cocaine dealer friend of my brother's who had laundered his money by buying up a great deal of that neighborhood. Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word had come out the previous year and someone was playing a then-unreleased demo of a song by Joni Mitchell, composed as a response to Wolfe (The Boho Dance.) Naturally...
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
Farewell charming old lines outside of nightclubs! Finally, no more waiting around to get into all my favorites: Cielo, Spirit, et al. It's PartyBuddys! Yesterday's NYT had a fascinating story about a couple of alleged former Limelight habitues, who are putting their club-smarts to good use: PartyBuddys helps Joe and Jane Schmos bypass lines and gain instant access to VIP lounges at all of the city's top clubs -- for a fee. I am so down with the hire-a-paparazzo, too. A steal at $250/night.
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Re: RIP, VIP - Chapter 2 (3/5/04++)
Re: Hunter Thompson As often happens, Cintra Wilson put it beautifully in today's Salon
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
What's wrong with my computer, I don't see an Anya picture? Hatches that was my no makeup look... I know what you mean about the migrations. E.g.. Duncan came to NY with about 10 friends and no, they didn't all live in the same apartment together, like you'd probably have to now. Everyone got their OWN place, but would hang out together. You did used to meet whole groups of artists/performers/writers, who from their home town decided en masse to move here together. This inspired those left...
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Re: Provincetown
Who Was the Lady In the Dunes? One of the most enduring mysteries in Provincetown is that of the "Lady In the Dunes..." In 1974, the body of a young woman was found out by Race Point, the cause of death was blunt trauma, her face disfigured and her hands had been removed. For over 30 years she has remained unidentified and her killer has never been found. Now they have done a computer reconstruction of what her face most likely looked like, in the hopes that someone may finally identify her.
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Re: Iran executes gay teenagers
gawd, daddy, been following this one on the website http://www.365gay.com, what a tragedy of spirit and humanity. this is why merlin believes that many of the suicide bombers are gay or lesbians and like these two 'boys' are being treated so poorly that a martyr's death seems insignificant to being tortured and murdered by the state for being accused of of being gay. one of the palestinian boys that was caught with a bomb on him is quoted as saying he was being treated so poorly by his...
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Re: Beams to New Orleans
Chi, I am so glad to know your brother is safe. I hope Diego got out too. And Otter swimming away with the chihauhaus on her head!! Today's beautiful article in the Times about the New Orleans spirit: August 31, 2005 Where Living at Nature's Mercy Had Always Seemed Worth the Risk By PETER APPLEBOME After Hurricane Andrew huffed and puffed and then somehow veered away in 1992, the way the storms always seemed to do, the manager of a praline shop in the French Quarter mused on the mixture of...
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Re: Beams to New Orleans
The Interdictor, 9/2/05 The Interdictor blog (Jade also links to it above) refers to above is genius, far better than cable news for REAL information live from Pydras St. It is the very best use that the Internet can have married with the stubborn spirit of true New Orleanians. These people haven't abandoned their city yet, and I won't either. The Mayor's radio interview last night was GORGEOUS - CNN, "Mayor to Feds - Get Off Your Asses" ...
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Re: Beams to New Orleans
and the accompanying article: BUSH GIVES 'CANE VICTIMS BIG HUG AND A VOW: 'WE WILL MAKE IT RIGHT' By DEBORAH ORIN September 3, 2005 -- President Bush yesterday hugged refugees from Hurricane Katrina as he got a firsthand look at the human tragedy left by the storm and vowed that New Orleans and other stricken Gulf Coast cities "will rise again." Bush, who rarely admits mistakes and has come under sharp attack for the government's handling of the crisis, said the first federal response in...
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Re: Beams to New Orleans
The below is an update from the head of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau. It is a city government agency, (virtually all US cities have a CVB) in charge of all tourism and business-tourism matters pertaining to the city. As such it coordinates and acts as a central clearing house for information and arrangements in an in-depth network of all hotel, convention, public transportation, restaurant, nightlife, cultural, religious and civic organizations, in both the for profit and...
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Re: !BadAss! Burlesque commits Idolatry TONIGHT!
Time to give thanxxx to all of those who created the adventurous unity and powerful vibe last Anniversary !BadAss! 11/19. Thanks to everyone who came out to support & share our 1st year Anniversary Experience! A big thanxxx to the World Famous *BOB* who gave her ALL hosting and her infamous *BOB* number, honoring our 1st anniversary! Thank you to DJ's Madame Dollhaus & GothicHangman for giving us all music to jump & grind to with inovation & zeal! Super thanks to the staff at...
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Re: Mardi Gras in New Orleans 06: Krewe York
The weather was so perfect. The Saint Anne's parade was one of the largest, longest, and slowest moving versions of its incarnation ever, I'm told by oldtimers. The city's spirit was absolutely stellar. The Krewe York contingent got endless tribute by way of being a photographer-magnet and other revellers coming up close to scope the group out at length. Mr. Twist was highly popular, especially after the first several blocks when more than half his costume all of a sudden disappeared leaving...