Hello Mister Bobcat! I love your face. It looks a bit like my face when I’ve had my snoot to the grindstone for far too long, and am yearnin’ to don some tattered finery and tear it up. Oh, and didn’t I just? And how! This is how my face looks when I realize that [...]
These are some things making me extremely happy right now: I saw this taxidermied fetal miniature horse out at the antiques fair. He was hiding behind a fan and some other junk because the lady who had him didn’t want to sell him or for anyone to touch him- but she let me! He was [...]
Ahem! I will now turn back the calendar pages to February and continue revisiting my marvelous Mardi Gras visit.. Bear with me, faithful readers- it make take several installments, but I promise it will be worth the wait in juiciness and flavor.. These tales take time to ripen, and also- well, the present always has [...]
SX GADJO DISKO – BALKAN BOOTY BOUNCE BLOC PARTY! Minor Mishap Marching Band – Brass Attacks! – ATX Golem – Balkan Mayhem – NYC Big Freedia – Sissy Bounce Queen – NOLA DJ Rusty Lazer – NOLA DJ Chicken Kiev – ATX MADE FROM 100% RECYCLED CULTURE: IMMIGRANT PUNK – KLEZMER KHAOS – SLAVIC HIP-HOP [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Once again, Gadjo Disko swallowed me up in its glittering maw, only to spit me back up days later- dazed and wondering how to get this surgical adhesive off of my face.. Well, it’s really mostly off now- after many scrubbings. What a night. Words, as usual, don’t do it justice so here’s so pictures [...]
Monday, December 15, 2008
Last night we went to see the Golden Dragon Acrobats at the Paramount Theatre. Oh heavens, they were so incredible! I have rarely seen such feats of daring, grace and strength performed so playfully and (apparently) effortlessly. I want to be an acrobat when I grow up. (Nevermind that I don’t even know how to [...]
I was Salomé for Halloween this year, as in Dance of the Seven Veils, daughter of Herodias, and all that. I suppose I oughtn’t have been surprised at how many people I met had no idea who Salomé was.. All obscure biblical references aside- I mean, really? The favorite femme fatale of the fin-de-siècle! “In [...]
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The recent full moon and sudden turn in the weather has made everything extra witchy and strange.. I’m burning xoxoa incense I found in Barcelona (that inexplicably survived the hurricane three years ago..) and listening to Tones on Tail and wearing feathers in my ears. Everything is strange lately. Here is something that makes me [...]
I recently became aware that many people I’ve met here have never heard of the Mardi Gras Indians. Blank stares and misconceptions run rampant when the subject comes up, sadly- as this is a major part of New Orleans culture, and a tradition not found anywhere else. Rarely have I seen anything so inspiring and [...]
