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Re: Does Anyone Remember SCISSORS or VHKB at Plaid??
I couldn't possibly forget! Can you believe Garo's show on Sundance? I am a mix of inspired and proud! Also just saw Ms Nicks at the Fillmore, SF a few days ago. During Edge of Seventeen, during her stage walk, I got to hold her hand for a sec, and she looked right into my eyes and said "Thank You!" I have never seen her look more lovely or sound more flawless. That made me think of you, and the good old days. Love to Johnny and all of the magical nightlife luminaries!
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Re: Danny Tenaglia's Debut @ District 36 [Sat 10.22]
District 36 Presents Danny Tenaglia Oct. 22nd Danny Tenaglia fans, you're in luck! The Grammy nominated producer is coming to none other than District 36 on Saturday, October 22nd. Danny will be spinning his bold, internationally recognized beats within a 14,000 square foot systemized sound space - the nightclub heart of the Garment District. Step inside District 36 today, it's almost impossible to believe this chic and gorgeous dance club was once a clothing factory. The transformation is...
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Re: Straight To Hell (Sex Stories)
When I was 13, my mother and father took a day trip to Ohio to see my uncle and my brother closest to me in age was suppose to keep an eye on me while they were away. He did a really good job by getting me totally stoned. Later in the evening he had his girlfriend named Andrea come over, and they went downstairs in our family room where my brothers best friend Chris and I could hear her getting the life fucked out of her from where we were upstairs in the livingroom. Well at 13 almost...
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Re: Miss Understood's Hi from Thailand
Missy, you deserve an award for your journalism. We are so impressed. In fact, the Empress wants to go next year. So do I. You make it sound so great. And now that I've got the whole toilet thing figured out...
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Re: I lost a tiny baggie in the bathroom about three years ago...
Why does that sound all too familiar, I knew those girls were a bad crowd!
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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?
Myself I don't care for labels since they suggest a digital (e.g. binary!) world. Humans are so analog (continuous and varying). "I would really like to know if you feel we could FOSTER GENUINE SUPPORT for ANY PERSON has had been made to feel different or ashamed or scared about who they are in terms of gender. " After reading the whipping post in the tea room targeted towards Gloria Wholesome I have my doubts. In fact I have received the most support from Gloria! She has been an advocate of...
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Re: East Side, West Side, All Around The Town
There was a followup story on NY1 tonight saying that residents and businesses in the affected area - which was huge - West Side from Battery Park to 14th Street West of Broadway - are being asked to conserve power with the new heat wave coming this week. It seems that power for that sector that was controlled by the blown-up transformer has to be coming from somewhere else for a few weeks while it is rebuilt. And they don't sound that confident about the somewhere else. If you didn't lose...
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Re: RIP, VIP
Next to Quentin Crisp, one of my favorite New Yorkers was an uptown girl whom I belatedly learned passed on. I was visitng the NYTimes obit section for the first time in many months and discovered Daphne Helman, had passed away this summer very close to if not on Warhol's birthday.) She was listed as a name on the bottom of the page but the link wasn't working. Later that day I was on the Motherboards in the Versailles section and was reminded of the RIP VIP which I've also avoided far too...
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Re: Rice Queens - The Anne Rice topic
I have many great things I wish to accomplish today (as every day). But I wanted to share my copy of Pandora with Mother's Rice Queens -- especially in timing with this coming event. This book means a great deal to me. In addition to it's amazing beauty, the purchase of it taught me one of the most valuable lessons in my life with regards to appreciating the quality of my life. Like most actually, I grew up quite poor. The year before I went to college (1989), my mother made $2000 for the...
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Re: Straight To Hell (Sex Stories)
Damn boys, with their unwashed hair and shabby, tattered faded Levi's, sauntering around the concrete jungle reminiscent of a slimy serpent slithering in between the cracks of right of wrong, black from white. Blood stained lips sucking the last haul from the butt end of a borrowed cigarette, flipping the nicotine stick with a snap of the wrist into the chaotic heart of a hectic intersection, legs spread eagle on a gravel sprinkled sidewalk, drumming a filthy boot on the ground to the sound...
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Re: David Wojnarowicz - Artist
This may be a lead for you, but it's in German, so perhaps, someone can interpret for us ... Perhaps see also Transgender-net.com ---------------------------------- For the rest of you I've found some new references and perspectives ... And on the Exhibition front ... check out ... "The Fales Library" at the New York University Library - Downtown Collection - David Wojnarowicz Papers And also a great 1986 mention that should not be omitted from this topic ...
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Re: Party Monster - Michael Alig
Hey Miss Bridgette Bad You sound so interesting, after reading your last post I felt it was my obligation to inform you that there is actually a growing, eclectic group of new, colourful, nightclub personalities running around the clubs, it may be pretty different from the stars of the 80's/90's scene but don't despair, we do exist [This message was edited by Andro Genetic on 01-22-03 at 12:39 AM.]
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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!
This fasting is no vacation! I just finished my 3rd day and I feel like I've been doing it for a month! Can you imagine how stange it would sound to an person who is poor and hungry that Westerners will pay money to someone to starve them? Gee, what if I lose weight and my new clothes don't fit? Oh, by the way, I'm constantly running into European and Australian travelers that are HORRIFIED with our war mongering shit-for-brains president! Being from America has NEVER been more embarassing.
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Re: Miss Understood's Thailand 2003!
WOW.... am reading your posts out to my co-workers and we are ALL jealous of your travels... the fruits sound amazing...the fasting sounds awful!.... Keep shopping, can't wait to see all the new outfits... business in NYC is getting worse and worse... war fear on the rise... lay offs even more... but the snow and the trash on the telly is warming the cockles of our hearts - AND your tales!! Glad you met Alex, hope he was fun an useful!? enjoy!
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Re: Mondo Internet (Part 2)
Oh I am LOVING this new website... www.greatboyfriends.com Its chicks recommending their ex-fellas to date.. some real funny ones... theres a bloke in Ewing NJ that looks MY speed totally.. (oh jeez how desparate do i sound)..... i think we should start posting some of the freaks that we know on that board just to shake things up a bit!
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Re: Beams To Bobby Part 2
I recieved your phone message my pet. It was wonderful hearing your voice. You sound like a 14 year old girl, fine lady! I think before you consider performing at HIGH LIFE, you should check the place out. It is it's own brilliant animal, but it is a Saturday night affair, and has 500 fags with the attention span of a house fly. 15 minutes of colorful, high energy razzle dazzle in a show is about as long as they can hold on before they start fidgeting. I have a very hard time booking talent,...
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Re: Diamanda Galas
yes, from what i understand, Diamanda's one of the very few singers in the world who can hit such glass-shattering octaves(& range). the only album i have of hers is "The Singer"...i was purely freaked!! her cover of the late "Screamin'" Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You" sent shivers up & down my spine.. ...not to mention other goodies on there like, "Judgement Day", "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord", & Balm In Gilead/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". ..who'd of thunk negro...
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Re: RIP, VIP
Sandman Sims, 86, Tap Dancer and Fixture at the Apollo, Dies By DOUGLAS MARTIN (text from The NYtimes accuracy under scrutiny) Sandman Sims, the celebrated tap dancer and Apollo Theater legend, died on May 20 in the Bronx. He was 86, although he long maintained that his age was "a matter of opinion." For decades he was "executioner" at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, chasing unpopular acts off the stage on amateur nights, sometimes with a toy gun. He told disconsolate losers about how he...
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Re: ARCADIA! Opening Night Gala May 30 at CBGB Gallery
Congratulations to everyone who sent up Arcadia. The living imagery was very steep and celebratory. My only suggestions, (and suggestions for the sake of nudging the production in to even better form than it was, not for the sake of criticism) would be to get the sound for live vocals a bit better on the board. I'm not sure if the problem is with the configuration of the gallery space or the actual board mix, Jade's MC'ing was particularly clear but the stage mics weren't delivering as well...
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Re: Internet Radio
Internet radio is great. Chi Chi will you post your favorite stations? I did a bit of research about creating a station. It seems the easiest method is to use the SHOUTcast plugin for Winamp which allows you to add files to your playlist and click play to broadcast. You can also broadcast from a mic or mixer plugged into your sound card. (crosses fingers for Verbal Abuse in the afternoon) You will need a server to host your stream. You can host your own server with additional SHOUTcast...
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Re: Internet Radio
Um, Anna the radio station isnt going to have anything to do with Daddy. He has too many projects now and cannot take on any music related hobbies... Ive long wondered what to do with this incredible audio pandora's box that we have accumulated over the last 25 years, everything from unreleased tracks that were created for big shows and have been seminal in some way but never released, to 90 minutes of the original "World Famous Supreme Team" show, straight out of Newark in the early 80s and...
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Re: RIP, VIP
Johnny Cash, one of country music's most iconic figures, has died at the age of 71. Cash died at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, "due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure", said Lou Robin, his manager. The announcement shocked fans, who had been relieved to hear that Cash had been released from hospital on Tuesday after three weeks of treatment for an inflammation of the pancreas. Although Cash had been hospitalised frequently over the past several...
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Re: Party Monster - Michael Alig
I still haven't seen it yet, I've been so busy lately. But Nowhereboy I can tell you as someone who DID live in NYC during the Alig years, there was soooooo much more going on around town that had nothing to do with the club kid movement whatsoever, and the general public will not be seeing that portrayed in Party Monster (and, on artistic grounds, I can certainly understand why the producers chose to focus on one specific scene). Those other scenes however are what I tend to remember more.
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Re: boy george
So I was sitting in an Internet cafe in Prague wen I see Zazoo and Satori's post about a live Internet chat w/Boy and Rosie. Unfortunately the computer had no sound, so I couldn't watch it. I did send in a question. I just found out that my question got in! You can see the chat here: http://209.10.179.98/clientpages/taboo_09032003/public/index.asp You have to give an email address to watch it. You all need to have that Hotmail or Yahoo account for these things.
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Re: East Side, West Side, All Around The Town
Thanks for posting the link, Randella. For all its hype about the new clubs opening, somehow this article was not very encouraging. The best thing about the article was reading how the local community board was -- for once -- powerless to stop all these clubs from opening. That's refreshing to hear, and more power to the new entrepreneurs who are trying to make a difference, forge ahead and reinvent the nightclubbing experience. David Rabin once again shows everyone what an asshole he is by...
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Re: JC Leroy (as Terence put it)
I'm looking forward to reading that interview... and Glammy I really enjoyed our conversation pro & con JT the other night. I wish there were more negative opinions here, I really don't want to sound fatuous... But I haven't run across ANY negative reviews in re the prose yet. Just people hating the hype -- well who doesn't. Bobby, I finished "Running With Scissors" which you recommended as per a memoir of perverse childhood... I was pretty well-entertained by how stunningly stupid the...
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Re: RIP, VIP - Chapter 2 (3/5/04++)
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES GUITAR HERO DIES SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES and MAGAZINE guitarist JOHN McGEOCH has died in his sleep at the age of 48. The punk veteran was also famous for his work with Sex Pistol John Lydon's Public Image Limited. Steven Severin, bass player for the Banshees, said in a statement on his website: "I was shocked and saddened to hear that John passed away in his sleep last Thursday. Although we hadn't worked together for a long time and I hadn't seen him for a couple...
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Re: DAVID BOWIE
I was just reading the posts in this category, and noticed the vast majority speak only of Davids more recent work and ignore his stuff from the early 1970's, which I consider his most inspired work (Space Oddity; The Man Who Sold the World; Hunky Dory; The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; Aladin Sane). David Bowie has been a major influence on my life. Like many artists, it is difficult for those who weren't around when the artist first began influencing music to...
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Re: Jo-Jo Baby - DollMaker
Jo-Jo I am so happy to hear that you're doing well. You sound like your recovering nicely. Good to hear that you're creating. I keep meaning to make enlargements of that poster that you liked. I promise to get it sent off to you really soon. (You know what I'm talking about?) Keep it up dah-ling! (Your recovery that is.)
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Re: THE JACKIE 60 MOVIE!
MORE! MORE! MORE! The clips are incredible. If they are anything to go by I, as one who came too late to take a bite out of Jackie 60, am so excited. I remember after one of my performances at Magique Chi Chi said I had the Jackie flavour. Watching the clips now I realize the magnitude of the compliment. This movie is going to be so valuable to many walks. Now with the wonder of DV I think nightlife can be captured in a way never possible before. I listened to the clips with my headphones...
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Re: My Night of 1000 Stevies 14 review
Oh Jenny... Sorry you and your Mom had such a bad time. Obviously this night is not for you. In "The Big City" Jenny, people go out a little bit later. Actually, a show that starts at 10:15 in a nightclub is pretty early. Also, in New York we don't take things as literally as you do in Danbury. We can watch a video without the sound for instance. The video is atmospheric, you're not supposed to stand in front of the screen and watch it all night like "Friends". It's decor. And we didn't put...
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Re: My Night of 1000 Stevies 14 review
Jenny, your description sound familiar. Did I meet you? As to your club experience, Abby recently said to me that a promoter can create a venue, hire performers, establish a mood, but the party goers have to make the party. Even if you met one or two interesting people, and could hang out with them for a half hour or so, the party would be worth going to.
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Re: My Night of 1000 Stevies 14 review
Sorry I was a little rough on you Jenny but we work very hard on this night. And by most accounts it was one of, if not THE best NOTS ever. It's hard to hear complaints like, "there was no sound to the video" and "the show didn't start till 10:15". I know clubbing is not your thing and to be fair the Jackie 60 experience is pretty advanced even for jaded New Yorkers. So I'll lighten up if you'll just keep an open mind. Don't be like one of those "Ugly Americans" who go to another country and...
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Re: Mondo Internet (Part 2)
"Audio Hijack" is a program that works like a digital tape recorder. You can take sound off of any program and turn it into an mp3. It's geat for lifting music off of DVD movies or recording Internet radio. It may just be for Macs but I'm sure there are similar PC programs. I made the DVD of the Pearl Bailey/Carol Channing TV special into one spectacular audio track! Also, I suggest we all get one of these new fangled "Gmail" accounts with 1 gigabyte of storage. We can use them to email...
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Re: Swept Away part 2
Is she gonna change her accent as well(again)?? and sound like Fran Drescher or something like that????
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Re: Oh, no, here come The Republicans!
No, seven, I never saw your post til now, and I am fed up with this hee-haw-snicker-snicker attitude that Republicans will actually walk out onto the sidewalks of Manhattan, to visit restaurants, movies, plays or any form of sex worker! Everyone I know is staring into dead air. Everything is going to be called into their hotel rooms! (Or rather, smart sex-workers are already booked into the hotels!) No, no-one's dainty foot need touch the ground... Here in the 20-30s between 6th and 7th...
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Re: RIP, VIP - Chapter 2 (3/5/04++)
I forgive Johnny for turning into such a Republican Pro-Bush Jerk. His guitar playing sounded so good! They're all dying so close to each other in years!!! Joey (totally unique vocals and stage stance), Dee-Dee (despite a dumb personna, quite witty and funny) and now Johnny. I loved them so much when I first heard them, and they sound as good now as they ever did. THey got so little respect when they were a vital band from the mainstream. I heard so much bullshit about them from people who...
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
Hi Bobby darling, Happy New World Disorder 2005! Apropos of fighting against the machine, I just saw the East Village Art Show at the Chelsea Museum -- so major! It could have been ten times bigger... Paintings that are so fervent and wild. David Wojnarowicz's "Death of American Spirituality" is one of the most terrifying paintings seen in a long time. Overarching the experience is the apocalyptic drone of Sonic Youth from the video room. Sue Coe's "Car Hookers" is incredible as is David...
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
Though I liked a lot of the art at the New Museum show it was not actually about the art. As much as I liked the kooky dancing bee video for its low-budget, tres gay, faux MTV production value, Klaus Noami's video (with sound so lamentably under-amped), the Jack Smith AMAZING 1962 film -the show is about the scene and the people and not really about the art at all! Not too subtle about that either, since the whole upstairs gallery is devoted to 'class' pictures and headshots of the...
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Re: Farewell Charming Old New York
Oh, that is a beautiful question. I am STILL charmed. When I walk out of my East Village building near Avenue C and the first thing I hear from way up the block on a rainy early morning is the voice of Miguel Algarin, founder (along with Miguel Pinero and several others) of the still-in-existence Nuyorican Poets Cafe, as he sings a poem for no other reason than to greet the day, bounce sound off the buildings, and maybe, spark me to dance up the street into his embrace.