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10/20/2004
Sorry for the press-release/form-letter style of
this episode. We just got in from the desert and boy are our livers tired! But
we got a heck of a review of all points southwest coming soon. If you’re
interested, your editor’s birthday is Friday and we’ll be celebrating at Echo
Lounge for El Vez. Then Halloween week starts early on Saturday with the L5P
parade and a mess o’ events listed below, though for me nothing could be scarier
than turning yet another year older…
"Age, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still
cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit."
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
EAR PLUGS
I heard a rumor that while I was gone 9 Lives Saloon was closed, "Was bought.
All upcoming shows cancelled." Anyone got the scoop on this? Their web site,
www.9livessaloon.com, says simply:
9 LIVES SALOON IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR THE SIX YEARS OF ROCK-N-ROLL IN
ATLANTA.
Here’s a little somethin’ from degenerate SN:
Wonderin’ what to do with yer Saturday night after you’ve napped off yer
afternoon PBR’s from the StarBar during the Little Five Points Halloween
Festival? Well, sir…how’s about a lil’ HULAween party Tongo-stylee?
Lime-suckin’ plank polisher Pirate Red Rickets (aka Jim Stacy) and everyone’s
favorite blue primate Sass Parilla the Singin’ Gorilla join Tongo Hiti this
Saturday at Trader Vic’s for a haint-ridden taint-ridin’ installment of Tiki
Kiliki’s Tiki Torch Nights. Dames Aflame Zombie a Go Go will provide the
terpsichorean titillation. Shane Morton will transmogrify the thatch with
horrific décor. Exotic prizes will be raffled (including the ever enticing
Temptation Potion!). Costume contest at Midnight!
Here’s the ‘ticulars so you got ‘em:
Sat. Oct. 23rd at Trader Vic’s in Hilton Downtown
Party starts at 9 p.m.
$5 cover
Sass Parilla the Singin’ Gorilla in Vic’s Lounge at 9:30
Tongo Hiti and Dames Aflame Zombie Go Go in Puka Room at 10:30 (seating limited)
Costume Contest in Vic’s Lounge ‘round Midnight
Parking in the Hilton hotel basement is free (just remember to get a validation
sticker from the Vic’s hostess).
If you have yet to visit Trader Vic’s on a Tiki Torch Night, check out this
detailed account from a wise and worldly degenerate who attended last month’s
event. Bein’ Hulaween and considerin’ the rangy cast of characters on board,
this next show promises not the usual subterranean oasis in paradise…this show
could get downright scary!
http://degeneratepress.com/vault/tongo_hiti_9_2004/index.html
Aloha! (mmm-whaaa-ahh-ahh-ahh)
http://www.kingsized.biz
http://www.damesaflame.com
http://www.tikikiliki.com
In other burlesque news, I got this off one of the burlesque bulletin boards
online:
Calling all Atlanta performers, anyone willing to travel too!!
This is your official invitation to perform in the 1st Annual Var-Eye-A-Tease
Benefit for Exotic World at the Star Bar on Friday, Nov. 12th. You're invited to
do your act, along with any other
performers you know who are ready, willing and able to help us raise awareness
for the Atlanta Burlesque scene, raise some eyebrows, raise a few tents (if ya
know what I mean, heh, heh) and raise a few dollars for a great cause. If you
perform Burlesque or are interested in starting, and don't know about Exotic
World, well, you should! Here's the site. Going out to the Museum is a
real trip to stripper's Meca, I tell ya!
http://www.exoticworldusa.org/
Rocket 350 is also on the bill and donating their time and energy. This will be
a fun and easy show to do and everyone is invited to do their bit. This is a
project that started through the Atlanta
Meet-ups Group, which can be found at
http://burlesque.meetup.com/15
This group is a great way for new gals to find a way to get started!
I'll be sending more detail along soon... you can just E-mail me to sign up with
your act.
Cheers,
Torchy
FILM FLAM
Bush's Brain
One Night Only!
Filmmaker In Attendance!
Image Presents An Exclusive Atlanta Screening:
A documentary by Joseph Mealey & Michael Paradies
Q&A with Michael Paradies following the screening!!
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
931 Monroe Drive
9:30PM. $8 Admission.
Meet Karl Rove, the most powerful political figure America has never heard of.
Until now...
If you were haunted by "Fahrenheit 9/11", BUSH'S BRAIN will give you nightmares.
One of the most explosive documentaries about American politics in a decade,
Bush's Brain is based on the book of the same title by Wayne Slater and James C.
Moore, Joseph Mealey and Michael Paradies Shoob, who turn a critical eye on
White House political director Karl Rove and his relationship with President
George W. Bush. The political marriage of these two men is one of the most
unique in modern history. Rove's influence in the White House marks a
transcendent moment in American politics: the rise of a consultant to a position
of unprecedented power. The film traces Rove's roots in the College Republicans
and in Texas politics, illuminating his behind-the-scenes machinations and his
masterful way of driving perceptions. Interviews featured are from prominent
politicians and journalists from around the country who have been touched by the
Rove brand of politics. You too might ask: Is Karl Rove the first co- president
of the United States?
"'Bush's Brain' has been cracked open and exposed for the world to see... we
learn that Rove had his eye on the White House long before Bush ever did." -
Christy Lemire, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Learn More About IMAGE Film & Video Center
MAKE A NOTE
Don't forget that IMAGE has moved:
IMAGE Film & Video
535 Means Street
Suite C
Atlanta, GA 30318
IMAGE is now open for business at their Means Street location.
Learn more!
Contact Us
phone: 404-352-4225
web: http://www.imagefv.org
BLASPHEMY
Here’s a response to last episode:
Your characterization of hippies is a bit stereotypical don't cha think. Like
calling blacks lazy, or Latinos hotblooded? Hippies come in many varieties. I
bathe regularly, believe that a fight is sometimes necessary when other avenues
have been exhausted, and I am not particularly fond of jambands, although i
havebeen known to listen to bands that jam. To borrow from The Jerk, "You, sir,
are talking to a hippie!" I would also like to point out that you are not
exactly the type to storm the Bastille, although I am sure you would have a lawn
chair out and be sipping on rum drink to watch the action. You are not so much
aggressive as passive-aggressive. You have been known to support such causes as
sexual freedom, legalized drugs, socialized medicine, and anti-consumerism. Fly
your freak flag high, mein dictator!!
Degenerate JH
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