my new promo card

i recently had a little exercise in opacity and came up with this promo card/business card for myself with all my websites and how to get in touch with me....what do you think?

hire me....hire me now!

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writer's colony, a new comedy by david allyn

my friend christopher is in the cast!!! i'm going on wednesday night for any of you paparazzi that want to catch me out on the town...


Robert Grant is a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and the object of everyone's affections. But will he choose his former lover Nicole, so desperate to publish her memoir she's ready to destroy Robert and just about everyone else in the process? Or Elizabeth, a Yale-trained performance artist with a dark streak? Or maybe Jared, who is also busy hitting on Brad, a gossip columnist from You Magazine. And is Robert really who he's cracked up to be? Welcome to a sweet summer day at the Mountaindale Writers Retreat, where everyone's a critic and no one's as innocent as they seem.

Writer's Colony
A sparkling new comedy about six writers trapped in a writers colony in Vermont, each one more ambitious, less ethical and more sexually frustrated than the next.

Written by David Allyn
Directed by Jay Aubrey
Part of the Fresh Fruit Festival

Tues, July 14 @ 6pm
Wed, July 15 @ 9:30pm
Thurs, July 16 @ 9pm
Fri, July 17 @ 8pm

Purchase tickets at:

www.writerscolony.info


Cast:
David Beck*
Christopher Burris*
Alison Goldberg*
Kyle Minshew
Corey Tazmania*
David Mitsch*

*Appearing Courtesy of AEA

Produced by: Fresh Fruit Festival
Assistant Producers: David Allyn, Alyssa Nitchum
Graphic Designer: Scott Yardley
Assistant Director: Misha Polonsky
Stage Manager: John Steever

“[David Allyn] is a wicked observer of self-conscious people at their less than best.”
-- Bob Morris, The New York Times

the end of an era

hx magazine, long standing gay new york nightlife 'bible' of sorts, was sold at the end of june...wrapping up one final year of pride before sending all of its loyal employees to unemployment.  (i heard that they let them work the entire day and then told them at the end that they no longer had jobs...but hearsay is rampant especially when it comes to a gay themed, oftened gossippy magazine about nightlife).  here is the official announcement followed by a few photos of my appearances in the magazine over the years.  gosh...i remember when i first came out and hx was basically a pamphlet of black and white copy stapled together in the center by hand!

HX Media, LLC CEO Matthew Bank announces today that HX Magazine and the web site hx.com have been sold. The new owners of HX Magazine will be releasing details and information on their plans for the future of the title shortly. In the meantime, Bank and HX Magazine Publisher Gary Lacinski will be assisting them in the transition.

HX Magazine issue 931 dated July 10th, which will be released on July 3rd, will be the last one produced by HX Media and its staff.

"We've had an incredible time creating what we feel is the best local gay magazine the world has ever seen," says Bank, "and I am proud that even in this difficult economy we were able to ensure that this magazine that is dear to the hearts of so many readers will be able to continue under capable new ownership."

The terms of the transaction remain confidential.

HX Media, LLC still owns and operates The New York Blade newspaper and its Expo division, which produces the HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expos, HX Gay Life Expo, and HX Gay Erotic Expo. These businesses were not part of the sale.

pam ann terrorist!

this is truly brilliant!   check it out....also pam ann chats about none other than madonna haha

See how Mona, Donna, Valarie, Sarah and Lilly all deal with a terrorist on thier plane in thier own unique way!

green pink caviar by marilyn minter!

MARILYN DOES MADONNA: Madonna fans heading to the latest leg of her Sticky & Sweet tour, which kicks back off in London on Saturday, are in for a surprise. The opening song, “Candyshop,” will be performed under a pair of giant luscious, pink lips licking and sucking on sparkly gold, orange, silver and green goo. The nine-minute video, titled “Green Pink Caviar,” is a new addition to the tour courtesy of artist Marilyn Minter, whose photographic work is in Madonna’s personal collection. “When I heard Madonna might be interested [in the video], I said, ‘Wow, how much does she want me to pay her?’” laughs Minter, who was initially told it was too late to insert anything into the tour. Apparently it was too good to resist and became part of the show.

“Then [Madonna] actually paid me a bunch of money and sent tickets,” said Minter, who is on her way to the U.K. for her first-ever Madonna concert to see her video in action.



here's a short trailer of the short film....it's disgustingly amazing! haha

st. cloud @ south paw 7/9/09

ST. CLOUD @ SOUTHPAW!!
thursday, july 9th
southpaw
125 fifth avenue
brooklyn, ny
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
$10.00


my dear friend and former coworker, joy dragland, fronts the mesmerizingly brilliant band St. Cloud.  this thursday, they will be performing at southpaw in brooklyn for the very first time!  their songs are deliciously epic tales of love and life wrapped up in a colourful palate of folk, jazz, rhythm and blues and sheer, honest, flawless musicianship and craft.  the untouchable beauty of joy dragland can only be matched by her voice...when her mouth opens a rainbow of sonic sorcery exudes whether in the form of a somber, violet, understated coo all the way through to a vivacious, fiery red growl and every colour inbetween.   here's a little note from joy herself about the gig.  hope to see you there!

hello rainbow-catchers,
enriched with special guests: Leo Sidran, Bjorn Solli & John Hadfield, st. cloud will play at SOUTHPAW (so exciting) this thursday night at 9pm. if you've never been, southpaw is pretty much the most fabulous brooklyn nightclub out of my childhood Pretty in Pink fantasies....
complete with photobooth.

this is also the first show featuring a full drum kit, but don't worry...you will still be rocked softly, and yet; more completely than ever...plus there is a new song!
we are really excited about this show!!!

check out the facebook event page here

for the complete schedule of thursday night's performers and for directions to the venue please visit the southpaw website here

sticky & sweet 2.0

madonna's record breaking world tour has begun its second leg this past weekend and here are some fantastic clips of the show!   check out the massively reworked and sexified version of 'vogue' with her new hairdo and the most amazing addition...'frozen'!  the choreography is absolutely amazing and there's a nice little surprise during the bridge!  enjoy!  i wish she would come back to america with this new updated show...sniffle sniffle...

'beetlejuice' is a success!

last night....the kids came out to nowhere bar for my monthly 'beetlejuice' party in full force...and they stuck around and had a gay ole time! this month's theme was 'nowhere is burning' fashioned after gay cult classic documentary 'paris is burning'...a grimey look into the late 80s and early 90s voguing/house scene of nyc. the monthly party features music released strictly between the years of 1986 through 1995 and this film came out in 1990..smack dab in the middle. naturally, there was a voguing contest at midnight and the winner paul recieved a vintage record of mfsb's 'love is the message'...a song that was a voguing staple and also was heavily sampled for future voguing anthems including madonna's 'vogue'. whether is was busy or not last night was the deciding factor as to whether i would go forward and continue the party or not and i must say i have no choice but to keep trucking on with my quirky once a month soire! next month's party is on sunday, august 2nd. the theme hasn't been set but there will definitely be more of the same shenanigans and all around chill, relaxed good time to be had by all!

beetlejuice...beetlejuice...beetlejuice!!

here's a little video the tiger made of me and patrick singing jane child's 'don't wanna fall in love'...we were pretty sloshed at the time hehe

Beetlejuice 6.5.09 from Dan Cacioppo on Vimeo.

'holler & squall' and my unhealthy fascination with...

old, gloriously creepy dolls!!!


today and next saturday i am working at zak and gillette's new store in lovely cobble hill called 'holler & squall'. i used to work with both of them at housingworks thrift shop until they scurried off to ashville, north carolina. they returned a few months later and got hitched...kind of a weird form of eloping but not really. they are an amazing couple and truly perfect for each other. the store is about two weeks old and features some amazing antique and vintage furniture, collectibles, housewares and my favourite.....dolls! here's some pictures of the store and macabre photo essay of sorts featuring my favourite subjects...enjoy! (or at least try to haha)

the store is located at 71 atlantic avenue in cobble hill, brooklyn. definitely check it out sometime because there are some amazing pieces for sale at very reasonable prices and it is the perfect place to pick up a present for the person who has everything or some demented fool like me that likes really weird shit.









check out the holler & squall blog to find out all the other amazing things they have available!

neighborhood blogwatch : red threat & feel my bicep

http://redthreat.wordpress.com

http://feelmybicep.com





awesome blogs featuring some of the hottest tracks you can find online...check it out and bookmark it bitch!   they both also feature amazing artwork, concert dates and lots more.  these two sites certainly have my attention and inspire me to be a sharper and funkier blogger...

electronik supersonik!

Elektronik Supersonik - Zlad -

for mermaids and light!

GREAT SMALL WORKS PRESENTS….

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join us for a Spaghetti Dinner of shining radiance celebrating the Summer Solstice and Coney Island Mermaid Day!

Post MERMAID PARADE Party!

See! Hear!

Light shows!

Electrifying sights and sites!

Sparkling exploration of luminosity!

Serious sensual delights for the eye, ear, nose, and mind!

This cavalcade of thespians of the theater of light includes magic lantern shows, stunning projections, insane reflective lozenges, fantastic drag queen histories, illuminated scrolls, lantern processions, firefly effects, and a celebration of Brooks McNamara and Stefan Brecht’s illuminating words; all this performed by poets, drag queens and kings, mermaids, puppeteers, soul singers, dangerous architectural lighting designers, and other illuminati.

featuring...

TORCH SONGS by XAVIER with Avi-Fox Rosen

PROJECTIONS by Molly Ross, celebrated lantern procession
and magic lantern slide queen from Baltimore’s Nana Projects

DRAG SHOW VIDEO VERITE from Joe E. Jeffreys
rare footage capturing faces and places of New York City’s
vibrant male and female impersonation scene

LIGHT INSANITY by Tillett Lighting
world-famous street illuminators and closet light clowns

ILLUMINATED SCROLLS
from Great Small Works’ Rikers Island Academy Project

O. P. FANTASIA shadows
by puppet master Stephen Kaplin & Friends
rocking the overhead projector

A CELEBRATION of STEFAN BRECHT & BROOKS MCNAMARA
Poet and Illuminating Chronicler of the Theater of the City of New York
& Sparkling Historian of the Spectacular!

FRAGRANCES by Jennifer Harris

and MORE...

SATURDAY, June 20, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South, NYC
Info: 917-319-8104
Suggested Donation $15 (no one turned away)