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Femme and Sarah
Dougher Born Eugene, hippy schools, vocal jazz ensemble, prominent role in community theater "Godspell", violin and piano lessons, brother, sister, mom, dad. Austrian farm, college, learned Greek, Latin, protested many things, 6 string, taught English in Japan, sang "Chain of Fools" with jam band. Rode from Prauge to Athens on bike made by self. Moved to Texas. Formed band: Veronica. Got degree. Met Jon Nikki. Won battle of the bands with The Administration. Moved back to Portland, became Aunt. Free to Fight. The Lookers with sts and ali. Cadallaca with sts & corin. Crabs with jonn and lisa. Babies galore. Solo with Jon (is that really solo?). Meanwhile, teaching college, writing, still protesting. Sarah Dougher has recently begun playing in a new band, Cherchez la Femme, with Heather (the jicks) and Aubree (half seas over). They write songs about escaping arranged marriages on the open sea, the elusive word "forever," anger & frustration. Their main point, however, is dancing. They are available for parties. |
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Badass fatass jew dyke amputee, performance artist and activist. She'll be performing selections from her upcoming release, "Effigy," a collection of electronic pop hits interspersed with accordian stylings and other treats. Nomy co-wrote the rock opera "The Transfused" with The Need in 2000. She grew up in Olympia and doesn't live here anymore. |
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Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (her first name pronounced as to rhyme with the former Italian currency) was born on September 17, 1974 at her parents then home on Westview st. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The youngest of three, Mirah grew up mostly in Bala Cynwyd, a suburb of Philadelphia. In her waning teen years, Mirah moved to Olympia, Washington to attend The Evergreen State College and found herself, four funny years later, with a diploma in her hands and a festoon of flowers about her neck. Continuing to reside in Olympia following graduation, she began making music by default, teaching herself to play guitar and composing 'songs', releasing her first album (Storageland) on Yoyo Recordings in 1997. Proudly joining the roster of other fine artists on the K record label in 1999, she began to experiment with recording, producing some material by herself and also working with her close friend and favorite person to record with ever, Phil Elvrum. Two fantastic albums, You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This (KLP112) and Advisory Committee (KLP135), have since been released by Mirah on K. Known by herself and her friends to be mostly gay!, Mirah is modest and deliberate, preferring privacy to invasion and reconciliation to war. Her middle name means good day or holy day in Hebrew. In the fall of 2001 Mirah moved back to Philadelphia but spends most of her time on the road. |
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canít think straight with this shit hammering in my head. Images of bicycles
and gym teachers and feminism invade my brain and Iím starting to question my
sexuality. Who are these loud gay women who come to town and abduct narrow
minded corporate zombies and turn them into modern art fags? The answer is Emily
B. Kingan on guitar, sts on the drums, and together they are the Haggard. The
Haggard got their start in September 1998 in the town of Durham NC, home of
their label, Mr. Lady, and queer compatriots the Butchies.
Taking frequent trips up the east coast, they
played their very first shows with friends the Need, the Third Sex, and Harum
Scarum. Myth-
The Haggard are just as corporate as any other punk rock venture. Fact-
Emily is a co-owner of a cooperative bike shop and sts makes a living making
bike-tube bracelets. Myth-
Emily and sts are girlfriends. Fact-
They are just good friends. Myth-
The Haggard secretly drive their tour van everywhere! Fact- They rode their bikes from Portland to San Francisco for gay ride and upon their arrival, played two shows in one night. |
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San Francisco's own all-dyke, all-out, in-your-face, blade-brandishing, gang castrating, dildo swingin', bullshit-detecting, aurally pornographic, neanderthal-pervert band of patriarchy-smashing snatchlickers. |
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is from Providence, R. I. V for Vendetta has been playing their unique brand of math rock since 1998. V for Vendetta´s songs range from two sad sounding guitars with vocals to mathy drums and guitar duos to full band rock prog-rock epics! All songs are about feminism, analytic philosophy, punk rock politics, their hometown, and some other stuff. |
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blooze rawk gossipal punk fronted by take yer damn clothes off southern belle hell bitch beth ditto, guitared by nathan eat it up, beat dropped body rocked by cathy. you've never danced like this before- be prepaired to exchange sweaty bodily fluids with your neighbor cuz the gossip are swimmin in it. turn up the bass because this shit rips. |
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The Hollow Men are Betsy Kwo & Rachel Carns. There will be guest appearances by Donna Dresch, Wynne Greenwood, Alison Runyon, Corinne Sweeney & more! |
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recently relocated from Olympia to Portland, is a Piscean power. She consecutively runs a successful business, Queen Bee Creations, which specializes in uniquely designed fashion accessories, while being one of the northwestís most treasured folk artists. Her music is emotionally charged, audibly stunning and always audience capturing. Beautiful, compassionate and highly creative, Rebecca is, yes, happily attached. |
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Joshua Plague's Sanctuary Studios a strange cavalcade of vocal whimsy- classical chants, folksinging, costumes and special guests, no one knows what may happen. one part history and two parts fact. |
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Can you believe these boys came from Nebraska? I guess it does all seem to come from the heart(land). Raw and raucous, "drum 'n bass" punk bliss. Fagatron = a-s-s-k-i-c-k-i-t-r-o-n. |
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Sally from MeMeAmerica & Alison from Guilty Teachers together form a dark chaotic display of music & lights for your pleasure. |
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One of the cutest in town gives us a violin recital with Spider accompanying on piano. |
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emo for girls fused by the likes of wilson phillips gone cool and survived. sts on brush drums, bob and mary on guitar, they all sing vocals. learn the words, you too will belt it out shemotional harmony style. join them as they kick off their first cross country tour with mirah! |
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Robotic drummer channels beats from beyond the grave as we try to keep up. |
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look sharp! half-seas-over, from the gorgeous state of kentucky, have taken charge of the dance floor you've been neglecting. but it's ok because they're inviting you back for the party! in case you've been mislead, half-seas-over have beats that will kill you and the riffs to rub it in. do not fool yourself, when half-seas-over take control of the airwaves, you will have no choice but to dance. |
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The name "liar bird" may be one of the single greatest misnomers of the bay bird world & the greatest disservice ever done to the bay angler. Although there are instances in whichthese small terns are meaninglessly banging along like airborne mullet, there are also times when they are great indicators of the presence of minnows, shrimp & other forage. Never underestimate the eyes of a "liar bird." They often tell the truth. |
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shake to the lo-fi beats of a really cold basement + they move to the anti-fi "I want a gold tooth" of VHS And you want to be wearing a half-shirt that meets the skin in Technicolor. And you know what they say is true: They became a band when they saw your ghost + pawned it for a keyboard. This is an experiment in how to kill the living dead + then how to turn them on. Tracy takes the stage as the Queerion - the one you take home to mother |
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a body moving beat boxin hip hopin rock groovin lady loving gender fuckin lo-fi spaz dance duo from san fransico. people say robo sapian make good lovers and spegetti, and they're inviting you for dinner. |
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usasexual u is for untill forever, s is for someday, a is for always, s is for some way, e is for everyday, x is for x-ray, u is for unbelievably gay, a is for actually homoselectional, l is for love. |
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family outing jody choadie coyote bleyle and allen smackdown svendator bleyle bring back family music like a gay pair of hanson's. kid tested mother approved. are we having fun yet? |
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lip kandy lipkandy = melissa sunshine (guitar, bass and vocals) + melissa more (guitar and vocals) lipkandy is pop rock indie grrrl punk post riot neo trash. lipkandy doesn't fit their nice little indie stereotypes. |
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Spider's new solo project SUICIDE COLA, is a collage of video, music, and performance that was recently thrown together to tour the West Coast with fellow freak miss Nomy Lamm as "The Fat Slut's Tour". Spider's a singer, writer, performance artist, writing teacher and AIDS/Queer activist originally from chicago's south side. Her workshop "Heart Marks- a daughter's perspective of her mother's death from AIDS" has been presented all over the country, and she's been performing for the last 10 years or so. Highlights include performing with such fabulousness as The Transfused, as the dominatrix military leader and production manager, touring with Dr. Frockrockets vivifying re-animitronic menagerie and medicine show, playing scutterfest, doing spoken word all the place, and she'll be touring the US this fall Michelle Tea, Penny Arcade, and Annie Oakley with the Sex Worker's Art Show. |
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Donít let their logo of a silhouetted feline fool you, The Kitty Kill is a new breed, dynamic and talented Boston based rock band. The Kitty Kill is the sum of its parts and each member comes to the band with maturity, passion and skill honed with years in the Boston music scene. Their musical experience range from pop to punk and back to the roots of rock and roll. Sandy Merhy, vocals and lead guitar, Jenn Dagger, bass and vocals and drummer Jen Chouinard are The Kitty Kill. Formed from members of Chelsea on Fire and Uncool Niece, Jenn, Jen and Sandy came together in 1999 with a common desire to make music. The Kitty Kill was born. |
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The Sextional play agro-sex rock, a hazardous byproduct of a sexual environment. Emily Kingan of the Haggard, Tami Hart solo exdrodinare, and Nicki Nevlin of Rotophone met in Los Angeles one October night at a hot tub party. They shaped a powerful bond of love , sex, and music that cannot be quenched. The sound is strong, screaming, and smooth. Haggard growls and syrupy melodies play over punchy base lines, dissonant guitar and pounding drums. Now, when the time is right, the three meet again to rekindle their passion. |
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The fag has entered and the cypher is stalled. The anti-gangster aesthetic of quasi-Nationalist "conscious" hip-hoppers and bohemian MC thrift shoppers pave a space for D/DC to articulate its word play. They represent a political lyricism that does not take itself too seriously. they are the brave mavericks of a movement that some affectionately refer to as homo-hop. They are Oxymoronic "out" black queer Emcees the world says do not exist. They are the rumblings of a revolution that have for too long been silenced. Overstand? It's not that deep. |
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Hailing from Vancouver, B.C. Canada - but quite possibly from the futuristic world of Bladed Runner's off-world colony - the skinjobs come in style and presence. The skinjobs musicians play a set of over-the-top queer punk rock'n'roll that is clearly the backdrop to the true stars of the stage, the fabulous and outrageous skinjobs go-go dancers. You are warned - be prepared - the skinjobs promise to rock you a knew hole! Look for their new CD "Burn Your Rainbow" at the end of the year on Agitprop Records (www.agitproprecords.com) or contact the band via email: skinjobs@hotmail.com |
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a portland based, queer, feminist band that started playing about a year ago. our style is influenced by metal, jazz, emo, experimental/noise, psychadelic, pop, as well as other forms of music. we are: *winner* on guitar; terrica trouble on drums; and haley hellfire on bass. some of our likes include pre-1980's french gay porn, biking, and vegan treats. among our dislikes are everyday racism and george w bush's face. |
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sarah o :: the urban hermitt does queer hip hop sarah o is a glorious freestylin' boy dyke who currently homes in seattle. she is the creator of the urban hermitt fanzine, likes to take insanely stupid travel journeys that look good on paper, make fun of spoken word people who take themselves too seriously, and drink copius amounts of wine on porches and in tiny basement rooms. sarah o just got back from oakland, cali where she performed at a massive all queer international hip hop fest. she works as a recreational leader at the old fire house teen center. peas. |
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Squab is an endlessly mutating experiment in crossing The Germs with James Brown. They're hard to pin down but easy to love! They live in Long Beach, they like cats, they're multi-racial, multi-talented, quasi-androgynous and fully rocked up! Come see them at your local indie-rock hole in the wall, and remember folks - it's OK to sing along and shake your ass at the same time! |
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This isnt your ordinary when boy meets girl band. We must give great thanks to Chaka Khan who brought these two awesome talents together. With Rudy president of the East L.A. Chaka Khan fanclub and Dolly a fanatic with life club membership---we now have a "Hot n' Heavy" sound that keeps the crowd dancing and begging for more. There is no doubt why these two have such great chemistry--with Dolly's fine Jennifer Lopez style ass and Rudy Bleu's boyish good looks and charm (FYI: there's all man, no boy in the bedroom we hear) its a sound we've all been looking for in an electronic band. Hot n' Heavy sex does not compare to this Hot n' Heavy band....that is unless it's with one of these wild and crazy members. |
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Turning country music on its ear, the Dolly Ranchers have been compared to everyone from Patti Smith to Freakwater. Hailing from the high desert of northern New Mexico, this all girl alt-country quartet create ramblings on whiskey, passion, and the romance of the open road. The Albuquerque Journal rated the bands first recording 'Ten O'clock Bird', as one of the top ten New Mexico releases of 2000 saying, "Among other things that separate it forn the new country rabble are a lovely sense of melody and great vocal harmonies." The Dolly Ranchers bring to the stage and to their recordings that feeling of travel and adventure; a road show in an unexpected place, of hitchhiking on that lonesome sunny highway. And it is no surprise, in the end, that they are all circus performers with the One Railroad Circus of New Mexico. The group consists of Sarah-Jane Moody and Amy Bertucci sharing vocals, "twang that alternates between the gritty gravel and the sweet clouds", Marisa Anderson on guitar, "lightning fast and sweet as a peach", and Anne Cullerton holding down on the bass, "keeping the honkey tonk as tonky as it can be". |
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TJO is an international superstar, rock goddess, and producer extraordinare. With her new technology, new lover and new hair, she will once again revolutionize the world of music. TJO has been writing the rock world since 1992. she was in the bands RODAN, RETSIN, THE SONORA PINE and has been a satellite member of COME, IDA, PAPA M and THE NAYSAYER. She has two solo records, Peregrine, and In The Sun Lines on Quarterstick/ Touch and Go. Her new record, TJOTKO, on MR.LADY will be available for the first time at homoagogo. TJO hails from louisville KY and lives there with homo a go go bandmate, Kristina from half-seas-over (a TJO produced powerhouse). Maybe they will be moving soon to a time zone near you. Maybe she will be retiring, catch her before she catches the sun... |
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Kate
Bornstein Kate Bornstein, author of Gender Outlaw and My Gender Workbook, has three projects in progress: an autobiographical porn novel roughly based on Voltaire's Candide, called Hard Candy. Her new play, "Strangers In Paradox," opens in San Francisco's Theater Rhinoceros' 25th Anniversary Season, March 13th 2002. And Kate is working on a new book tentatively titled, "Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Teen Suicide." KATE BORNSTEIN presents "POST 9/11: WHAT'S QUEER GOT TO DO WITH IT?" Ever since September 11th 2001, the US has been rapidly reverting to its Puritanical roots. America's home-grown schoolyard bully culture is encouraged at more and more levels of society. Straight-appearing lesbian women, gay men, bi's and trannies can for the most part duck under the bully radar; but where does that leave the more radical queers? Kate Bornstein insists there's not only an answer to this conundrum; but that the queerest of the queers may in fact provide an important key to the next step in the evolution of the USA as a free society. Kate's electrifying and characteristically humorous presentation will be followed by a wide-open Q&A session for all attendees. |
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Sara Seinberg :: curator of spoken word events at homo a gogo sara seinberg is a 32 year old writer, performer and visual artist living and working in boston. you might think she would hate it there, uptight and swimming in khaki, but surprisingly enough, the quaint hood of jamaica plain is growing on her. plus, she has a 3 1/2 year old taurus dog named gus, and he just loves it there. he wags and wags. she sews together many jobs and works tirelessly on her masters that will never pay off her loans. she enjoys ginger ale, the falling of dusk, jenny holzer, peonies, fireworks, gillian welch, jd salinger, flying dreams (a rare and exalted place to be), the shapeshifting of memory, eileen myles, harold and maude, romy and michelle, thelma and louise, starskey and hutch, the stalwart smell of curry, the art of dusty lombardo, the things they carried by tim o'brien, michelle tea, the endless differences of humans, the long hot quest for integrity, her family, tube socks with stripes, and of course, the kitty kill, the best band in all of new england. |
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Lynne Breedlove :: from Tribe 8 and Sister Spit chief singer and songwriter for infamous dyke-punk band Tribe 8, has been performing throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe for over a decade. She has also toured extensively with the all girl spoken- word circus, SisterSpit. She currently teaches at the Harvey Milk Institute in San Francisco, where she lives. Breedlove hasn't touched any drugs or alcohol since 1990. Godspeed, out on St. Martin's press, is her first novel. |
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Marcus Rene Van :: spoken word artist Marcus Rene Van is a performance poet living in San Francisco. He uses poetry to fuse realistic tales about being a Transgendered poet of color with his love of hip-hop. He is s member of the San Francisco National Slam Poetry team for 2000 and 2001. Outside of slam, Marcus has traveled to venues all over the nine counties of the bay area and beyond, spitting bold lyrics to incense racist and homophobic minds. He has performed in San Francisco venues including: Theatre Rhino, San Francisco Pride Nectar Stage, Second Sundays at the Justice League, Poetry Above Paradise, and many others. Outside of the Bay, he was featured in Vancouver’Äôs Rock for Choice Festival, Michigan Womyn’Äôs Music Festival, and Providence and Seattle Nation Poetry Slams. Marcus also organizes benefits and shows to raise money to maintain artist spaces. |
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Miss Cookie LaWhore :: spoken word artist Miss Cookie LaWhore is Michael V. Smith. An MFA grad from the University of British Columbia, MVS was selected as one of Vancouver¼s Most Dangerous People by Loop Magazine in 2001. He produces the public sex åzine Cruising, has made a number of tranny prostitution videos which toured film festivals across North America and is the only Canadian novelist to perform stand-up improv audience-participation nudist drag. Cormorant Books in Canada published his first novel, Cumberland, to glowing reviews in the spring of 2002. |
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Sini Anderson :: spoken word artist Sini Anderson is a Performance Poet, Producer and Director living in San Francisco. From 1994 till 2002 Anderson has been the Co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of Sister Spit and Sister Spits Ramblin Road Show. She has performed Nationally and Internationally for the last decade, in such venues as New York's PS. 122, Seattle¼s Bumbershoot Art Festival, Lollapollza¼s music Festival, The Michigan Women's Music Festival, Vancouver BC¼s Rock for Choice, and on San Francisco Pride¼s Main Stage. In 2000 the San Francisco Arts Commission awarded Sini a individual artist grant for her muti-media spoken word show, she has been a featured artist in the National Queer Arts Festival for the past three years. Other organizations supporting her work include. The Horizons Foundation, Theatre Bay Area¼s Cash Program, Grants for the Arts SF, and the California Arts Council. . Sini is a Chief Curator for the National Queer Arts Festival, and a Producer of Nectar the women¼s stage at San Francisco¼s Pride. She is the Co-Chair of the board of directors for the Harvey Milk Institute, and is on the board of directors for the Queer Cultural Center in SF. Sini Anderson is in the process of forming a new Non-Profit, Queer Performance and literary organization to be announced in the spring of 2002! You can find her work in the award- winning anthology „ The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry „ Thundermouth Press 1999 and on any of the four Sister Spit CDs, she is releasing her second solo CD in the spring of 2002. |
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Letta Neely :: spoken word artist Letta Neely is a poet/playwrite out of the east coast. originally from indiana--land of big cars, flatlands, bad beer, and lesbian bars you must enter from the alley. she has two books: juba and here--both of which were finalists for the Lambda Literary Award. |
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Paige McBee aka mister snack, is a genderfuck from pittsburgh by of raleigh. She is about to graduate from Emerson college in boston, useless degree in tow. Currently, she is hanging out with her heroes and working on a memoir about abuse, girls, and drinkin', entitled The Milkman Theory. When she grows up, her mom thinks she'll be a coffee shop grunt and/or bartender. This is probably true, but she also hopes to work with abused kids and, of course, write. |
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Tara Jepsen is a 29 year old writer and performer from San Francisco, California. Originally Green Bay, Wisconsin. Scorpio (7th house), Taurus rising, Pisces moon (12th house). Her new short film Fumbling Toward Rock: The Miriam and Helen Story (Steakhaus Productions), co-written/directed/acted with Beth Lisick, recently premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco. She has traveled extensively with all-girl spoken word circus Sister Spit (1997, 1998, 1999) and likes to perform at every gay festival that will have her. Tara is currently collaborating with Ms. Lisick on a feature-length screenplay and a Tony Clifton-esque women's comedy team. |
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A 33 year-old Sagittarian mother of one, Beth Lisick enjoys wearing unflattering clothing in large crowds of people who are ready to party. She is excited to be attending this festival as her alter ego, comedienne Carole Murphy. For the record, Carole isn't out of the closet yet, but here's hoping something magical will happen this weekend. |
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a filmmaker from New York, New York- currently living in Oakland CA. She has been making short films for queer youth since she was a queer youth. Her films (Tumbleweed Town, Shari Shapiro's Slumber Party, Sorry Brenda, Corn Dog Kings) have been making queers and their straight friends laugh and cry in screenings from Australia to Saskatchewan. She is in pre-production on her first feature film, "Uptown by Midnight" a gawky, punk teen dramedy set in NYC 1984 (produced by Steakhaus Productions). Samara loves palm trees, John Waters, Beverly Hills 90210 and sneakers. She hates eggs, rodentia, sitting in the grass and the religious right. |
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Eileen
Myles is an indie poet, a transcontinental poet and a novelist too. She
lives in NY and San Diego. She is driving to SD this week. Skies and on
my way are her latest books of poems, Cool for you, her novel. Eileen's
a sagitarrius, her girlfriend Jordana is a Gemini, and their dogs who
she is coming west with are Rosie and Flora and cat, Avi. Hopefully the
dogs' travel diary "I See America" will be posted on
eileenmyles.com by time of this event. Am I supposed to be telling you
what I'm doing. I think reading some poems and either from Cool for You
or new novel I'm working on: The Inferno which is kind of a poet
boy/girl story, the hell of growing up writing. Visit the Eileen Myles Website
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gemini, novel writing ass slappin son of a bitch. Currently working on "The sad and terrible ballad of Haskal J. Lonesome". turn ons, trashy lingerie, hot shoes, and anything Dolly Parton wears. turn offs, straight folks mackin in public. eww. |
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Everything Else |
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k'vetsh :: all night open mic!!! bring you songs, words, freesylin hip hop, cover songs... san francisco & boston's longest running all queer open-mic comes to olympia. founded in 1996 by singer, heckler, and performer SASH SUNDAY and her pal SARA SEINBERG, the two "ladies" hosted k'vetsh for almost four years before each took their leave of the city. the festivities carry on now in the capable hands of TARA JEPSEN and LYNNEE BREEDLOVE. meanwhile, seinberg has started the whole thing up again in boston with her alternating amazing co-hosts mister snack cake, PAIGE MC BEE and the remarkable JUDITH MOMAN. the main thing about k'vetsh is, well, YOU. and here at homo-a-foo-foo, we are expecting a crazed and ridiculous stew of entertainment from ya'll. don't crap out on us. we scouted up some incredible featured performers for you so you do your part...bring your stories, your poims, your interpretive dances, your songs, your fashion tips, your flogging manuals, your knitting instructions, your guitars and your bodies... let's get it on, homos... and to inspire you, the international super diva from the home of the maple leaf, MISS COOKIE LA WHORE will astound you with her trashy brilliance and san francisco k'vetsh host and multi-talented beauty queen TARA JEPSEN will have you peeing in your specially selected k'vetsh pants.... but remember... you are the star. maybe you want a break from your band, do a solo song. cover an old reo speedwagon number. maybe you wanna impress a secret crush, or maybe it's time to really just rock the mic, your room won't do it anymore. come to the capitol theater. stand where kurt stood. be with your people. bitch and moan... come k'vetsh... |
