My intention was to post one of the great shots I took last night at the Sgt.Major III record release party at Columbia City Theater, but my camera was stolen… So it’s another Flashback! photo for you this week and probably for awhile, as a replacement camera in not in the … picture .. Rim Shot!!!!!!!! Anyway, I was drving to Exotic World and was asked to bring this beautful art work that Scott Ewalt had done of Tempest Storm for her to sign. I had it on the dashboard of my rental car and noticed that reflection in the windsheild kind of made for a great image. I beleive this was taken in 2005.
I am delighted that I could help facilitate the screening of “Arias with a Twist”: The Docufantasy at The Three Dollar Bill Cinemas : Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival- October 16th at The Egyptian Theater. This film Premièred at The Berlin Film Festival in January and was screened at the Tribecca Film Festival in May. I am so excited to have it here in Seattle this Fall while Joey Arias and Eliot Douglas are making their annual “Strange Fruit” appearance at The Triple Door October 12th, as part of my Gilded Stage season. Joey will be staying on to attend the screening and participate in a Q & A after the film.
“Arias with a Twist”: The Docufantasy is about the collaboration of Joey Arias and Basil Twist , and their creation of the International Award winning stage production “Arias with a Twist” and a biography of the artist themselves. The film was made by my friend Bobby Sheehan of Working Pictures, and it is his “ love letter to the arts and to the creative spirit that endures in artists like Joey Arias and Basil Twist”. Bobby grew up on New York City’s Lower East Side in the 70’s with his single teen Mom and knows the courage of people living outside the box first hand. “Arias with a Twist” : The Docufantasy “ is a tribute to all those people who somehow survive, create, entertain and inspire despite, or maybe because of, what life throws their way.”
Please enjoy this trailer from the documentary:
More information will be available about cross promotional tickets for these events soon.
The moon is hanging full and ripe in the August horizon like some exotic fruit waitng to be plucked and savoured. The air has a high note of chill, telling of the next season to come. The Pyracantha full with berries to feed the birds.
My dear friend Barbara Ireland created the image that you are looking at when she was … 16? 17?
I don’t’ remember, but the point is that because of this poster I met her 30 or so years ago! I saw it on a phone pole and was intrigued by the image and was drawn from my suburban Hell to the depths of Seattle to attend this event, where I met her and one of my many loves Ben, her brother.
How do we meet people? What brings us to them? Graphics are a powerful tool that convey so much and can speak to us on deep levels or simple convey information. I have always felt strongly about graphics, I studied them at The Cornish Collage of Arts. They are a language in and of themselves. For me it is more than the WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? Important things yes, But!
I have met some of the most exciting musicians and artist in Seattle …and the World for that matter from Graphics! I am grateful to have worked with so many amazing graphic designers, some are self-taught some are professionally trained. What matters to me is the language they speak, and I’ve had a few pretty great conversations going on for a while….
Check out my …on going, growing and improving on a daily basis poster page.
On an early dreary morning last week in my garden Trixie Little and Bambi The Mermaid had an adventure to my “Moonin Fort” wearing little more than Sausage Boas! Sadly they returned back to the East Coast just before the Summer weather returned to us. The blue sky would have added so much to this image.
The Evil Hate Monkey and Bradford Scobie take in The Gum Wall
Taking a break from rehearing and perfoming at The First Annual Seafarer Follies, I took my out of town talent on a Seattle Sight seeing tour which included one of The Worlds Top Germiest Attractions The Pike Place Market Gum Wall. They were mystified and properly discusted and were suprised by it’s odiferous nature…..
