cruel intentions never sounded so good!

what happens when you blend simian mobile disco and one of the sexiest, grittiest and soulful voices to pop onto the scene in years?   a filthy masterpiece!

here's beth ditto guest vocalizing on a new smd track...it is ferosh!

enjoy!

doesn't beth look like she's on her way to audition for a john waters film?  i love her!

cruel intentions

johnny vicious has a 'celebration'

bear : hugs is finally here!!!

Hot off of the success of "Beetlejuice" @ Nowhere Bar, a fun and frisky look back at the late 80's and early 90's that takes place the first Sunday of every month, DJ Chauncey D kicks off his newest monthly party tonight in Williamsburg! The newest hunky habitat to be is Hugs on North 6th Street...just a short walk from the Bedford stop on the L train. Tonight, August 13th marks the debut of Bear : Hugs, Chauncey's pre-weekend bash for dancing bears and their admirers! For more info please visit the facebook event page here

excerpts from my upcoming book of original poetry!!!!!!!

so i recently got reconnected with my dear friend (and sister) roman (who used to go by miranda to my lucinda) and i sent him a gigantic file filled with poetry i had written years ago that was just sitting and collecting virtual dust on my hard drive.  he read all of it...several times might i add...and sent me back a healthy amount of them that would fit properly together and within the same binding.  i'm so excited!  i'm going to be publishing my very first book soon!!  yikes!

here are a few excerpts that i found interesting...especially reading them after over 8 years...hope you enjoy!!

“The Cyborg”

Peaceful bliss
Without a rocking chair
Without a recliner
I feel the absent raindrops
Fall upon my naked flesh
In the center of my
Imagination field

Like those before me
And for certain those
The future’s children
I have become a cyborg
With dangling remote controls
And scanners and swipers
Satellite weather forecasts
And windshield wipers
We have become the cyborg

Only in my room
On a not too hot
Not too cold night
I can hear reality
Without the television
In the darkness of my
Silent silence

Like those before me
And for certain those
The future’s children
I have become a cyborg
While sustaining life
With chemical spills
And fascinated gadgets
Exploding electric bills
We have become
With dating games and refrigerators
Heart monitors and baby monitors
Telephone calls and water purifiers
Jackhammers and sewing machines
We have become
Protected sex and airbags in the dashboard
Alarm clocks and washers and dryers
Hair dye and cellular modems
Newspapers replace the town crier
We have become
The cyborg


“Un-zero”

Positive
Double positive
Elevation without negotiation
Oranges and apples both grow on trees
This time I’m a saint
That time I was a devil
But I’ll spend forever on my knees

Negative
Double negative
Salvation without condemnation
The difference between weeds and flowers
This time I’m a rich man
That time I was a whore
Let me show you my magical powers


“Codependency”


What am I to do?
Now that you’re gone

All it took was my name
And then nine everyday words
Nothing intellectual
Nothing that required a dictionary

And now I’m set off
A spiral
A zigzag
A circle
All in different directions

I am amputated
With the soleful purpose of regeneration
From both pieces

These things happen all the time
But I let a villain win
I spoke when I shouldn’t have
I shared my secrets with tattletales

I never trusted
Yet I feel betrayed
You were the only constant in my life
Now I am in limbo


'due'

TALK OUT LOUD
DON’T WHISPER
THE WORDS WILL BE UNDERSTOOD MORE CLEARLY

REMARKABLE VELOCITY
YOUR SANE IS MY INSANE
IRREPLACEABLE
MY PASSION IS YOUR FAMINE

READ ALOUD
THE PROPHECY
TAKE HEED IN THIS VALIANT SACRAFICE
THE DARKNESS HAS ARRIVED

I HAVE BEEN IN WHAT I BELIEVE
TO BE HEAVEN
I HAVE BEEN IN WHAT I BELIEVE
TO BE HELL
I HAVE BEEN IN WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE
LIMBO
NOW I AM
IMPREGNATED

“And I Will Go On”

…….so you asked him why he shot him in the subway
and he said,
    “Because he stole a dollar from my magic guitar case.
There’s a lot of noises in my head
The kind of chalk your pills can’t erase…”

I will go on
Without myself
I will tend to the garden
And harvest the finest flowers

These are my children
These are the cups that hold my tears
Will you drink from my chalice?
It is overflowing

It shall all be different from now on
I shall all be powerful from now on
I shall all be different from now on
It shall all be beautiful for you to see

“So when they say I can’t live in the light
I think I’ll laugh
And when they lock the door I can see through
I think I’ll laugh
And when they say my behaviour is good
I think I’ll spit in their faces
And when they say I’m free to go
I think I’ll untie my laces”

“Everyday Distractions”


I hate myself more than I’ve ever hated myself before

Could that possible mean
That I’ll possibly make those changes I’ve been talking about
For almost twenty years

I’m so unconfident
That I’m making up words
I’m so angry
I can’t even look in the mirror
Why am I so frustrated?
I can’t stand anything anymore

It would be so easy to give up
Searching for the fight I should be fighting for
And become a normal American

Anyway
I’m almost home
My doors will open soon
And besides…
There’s someone staring at me
From across the train…


untitled

Determination has its privileges
Where did I go wrong?
Drama has its consequences
Sing me a silly song
I just want to sleep so long
Waste a couple days in wild dreams
And the rest of the week I’ll spend
Trying to remember them
Trying to figure out what they mean
Inadequacy has its fallacies
Congratulations on your newborn child
Maybe I should try painting…

I used to walk along the water
Long before that prophet could walk on land
And my talismans cut through mountains like dynamite
Before the scientists could understand
My hands calmed the seas with separation
And my shadow was reveled in royalty
The dinosaurs roared and the flowers bloomed
Just to display to me their loyalty
But that was all so many years ago
Now I’m imprisoned with hands and feet
Spending my nights supplying my shelter
And my days searching for something to eat
Loneliness and Passion infect my insides
And danger is truly danger
I have danced uncontrollable in ecstasy
And have walked through the swamps of anger
I used to be a superstar
My children the lights that lit the night
Now I am here to mirror you to teach you
Behold us and watch us take flight

dj chauncey d's definite eleven

if you know me...you know i like to set myself apart from the rest and my top ten listing is no different haha...that's why i have a 'definite eleven' because sometimes ten just ain't enough right? i also decided that instead of just posting the list, i have written a little blurb about each song letting you know the reason behind my admiration for these tracks...in no particular order...my definite eleven

easy going - fear (serge santago re-edit)
aliens came to visit and this was the track playing from their dashboard the other day...
serge santago has always been very high on my list and his progression has been quite exciting to witness...in the most perfect way he pulls from the moroder library juggernaut and serves you with some 'i feel love' style chords and sensations to wonderfully juxtapose the paranoia underlying the track. sheer electronica perfection!

la roux - bulletproof (larry tee & alexander technique blogula remix)
the world is seperated by people who love larry tee and those who hate him and this is the reason...some love what he and alexander have done to this track...i kinda love it and have a soft spot for the early nineties house music sound but i'll let you decide...it's definitely a total reworking of the original and has an uber gay vibe to it...

royksopp f. robyn - the girl and the robot (joakim remix)
the collaboration between robyn and royksopp was genius to begin with but harboring a fugitive like joakim to remix the instant classic was a brilliant move. joakim takes the track into unadultered new wave sexiness and definitely earns my vote as top remix of this song out there.

liquid liquid - optimo (optimo espacio remix)
i've always had a love for optimo espacio's remixes and this one is no exception...dance music with live instruments...can you believe it? o.e. always adds a hippieish meets trance vibe to their reworkings and that's why i love them.

camille jones - difficult guys (rix del rio remix)
who is camille jones? she is this generation's veronica...getting to lay her vocals over some of the hottest popular but borderline underground electronic tracks around. she always manages to have those guilty pleasures that you know the guidos and guidettes are rocking in their iroqs somewhere in new jersey. this song, remixed by the fantastic rix del rio, is a blueballing, cock tease of a refiddle that drives you to the point of insanity wondering when the beat is going to drop and what the beat shall look like when it finally does...definitely a twist for this one but in a wonderfully unexpected direction.

my mine - hypnotic tango
take one part italo disco and a pinch of wacky new wave and you have this fantastic song by my mine. it's a little stinker i love to play because it either makes people smile or it makes people finish their drink faster and leave...my favourite kind of weapon of a song!

jeppe - big boy (ssion's bang bang remix)
the title drew me in of course...being a big boy myself and with ssion attached to it i knew it would be left of center brilliant and it did not fail to impress. jeppe has done a few other tracks i've enjoyed if i recall and this one has a generous amount of gritty electricity to get you to another level in your set.

camille - home is where it hurts (david rubato remix)
a much different track completely than what sits on the rest of the list, but that's why i have a definite eleven instead of a top ten because there's always a song that might not necessarily make it to the dance floor but makes me extremely happy nonetheless. i'm going to let this one speak for itself...it's an almost perfect blend of all the elements that give me a musical thrill.

valery gore - shoes of glass (kidstreet remix)
a subtle dance track with incredible lyrics...the kind of song you can hang glide to. valery has a sweet voice reminiscent of edie brickell for some reason and i love her vocal stylings matched with the interestingly groovy yet somewhat cold production

n.a.s.a. - way down (dan sena remix)
the kanye west, santigold, lykke li and whoever else can fit in the studio at one time project has hit gold again with this dance floor monster remixed by dan sena. it starts out with a dreary, melancholy warble and then elevates a thousand miles an hour into a metallica like guitar driven frenzy that will be sure to raise blood pressures from dance floor to dance floor.

ebony bones - the muzik (the krays aka yuksek & brodinski remix)
a cunty, slimy bitch track that has a little bit of early crystal waters spice sprinkled throughout with a very modern touch. the faggot in me will never forget his dance music roots and needs to give props for the classic house revival that is appearing in all styles of musique today.

click on the mini chauncey to download a whole box of sweet chauncey treats!

alternative 'beetlejuice' flyer and 'bear hugs' teaser!!

well welcome to america...myspace deleted my other 'beetlejuice' flyer for my madonna tribute because it showed her little bum in the photo i used...i was planning on making a couple different versions of the flyer anyway so i quickly made the one above to get the word out on myspace as soon as i could....what do you think?


and below is the teaser promo for my newest monthly party in williamsburg at hugs called...'bear hugs' haha....go figure!

the kiki twins are 'geometry in motion'!

often times, when a relatively new act hits the scene the very first things that occur are comparisons to other artists and rants about their absence of originality, devilishly trying to discount talent and transform it into theivery.  with the kiki twins, that party has no power!  there are obvious references to poignant moments of popular culture in their fashions, purpose and poses but lt and ac feed you with their fierce performances and musical style with the meatiness of pure joy and fun (which happens to be the name of their upcoming album), marinated in a deliciously unhealthy amount of cunt and camp.  the serious fact that they don't take themselves too seriously is what keeps the kiki alive!   are you listening lady gaga?

the new video for the kiki twins' newest single is finished and it is brilliant!
check out their site here
and now...commence the kiki!

First Look @ Madonna's 'Celebration'

Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business First Look: Madonna, Celebration

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the new beetlejuice flyer is ready!

click me for a retro madonna chauncey treat

queen (a portrait of madonna) by candice breitz

Strike a pose

Madonna fans become stars of a mesmerizing video installation at the MFA

by Laura Bennett from www.boston.com

At the Museum of Fine Arts, rowdy verses of “Like a Virgin’’ drift through the halls like a siren song. On one wall, dozens of Madonna fans sing lustily in a grid of video screens as museum visitors pause to gape. Some passersby stare in a slack-jawed trance. Some chuckle and tap their feet. Some cringe in vicarious embarrassment at the off-key renditions of “Justify My Love.’’ But everyone is rapt, hypnotized by the rows of faces and the dissonant strains of familiar tunes.

The installation, created by South African video artist Candice Breitz, is part of the exhibit “Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs,’’ which runs through Feb. 21 at the MFA. Called “Queen (A Portrait of Madonna),’’ the piece features 30 Madonna superfans - each filmed individually by Breitz - singing along to all 73 minutes of the pop icon’s “Immaculate Collection’’ album. Since we hear only the voices and not the music, the pauses between songs are particularly weighted; the people in the videos abandon their antics and become themselves again, laughing sheepishly or smoothing wayward strands of hair. The overall effect has the raw voyeuristic magnetism of reality TV - with a beat.

“I have no idea what it means,’’ says Nash Hott, 18, of Indianapolis, his eyes glazed as he watches the screens. “But I can’t turn away.’’

The videos - each with a life-size face positioned in front of a white curtain - present a colorful array of characters. Some add their own vocal flourishes, sassy “ooh-whoas’’ and “oh yeahs.’’ Others brandish such props as magic wands and feather boas. A man in the center, swaying as he sings, sports a voluminous mohawk, bright streaks of blush, and iridescent blue eye shadow. A heavily-bronzed woman jabs her fists to the beat, while another with a wild mop of hair tosses her head fiercely. A guy in a cowboy hat casts come-hither looks at the camera.

“If the music’s pumping it will give you new life,’’ they sing, embodying the theme of “Vogue.’’ “You’re a superstar, yes, that’s what you are, you know it . . .’’

“This piece is about our relationship to celebrities,’’ explains William Stover, the exhibit’s curator. “When you see these people onscreen, you understand the influence Madonna has had on them. [Breitz] keeps her own intervention to a minimum and lets the fans be who they are, and that’s liberating for us to watch.’’

Breitz is fascinated by the faceless swarms of people who consume pop culture fanatically and build their lives around it, Stover says. While the icons they emulate can be seen everywhere, the fans remain invisible.

To find her subjects, Breitz published ads in Italian newspapers and on Madonna fan sites. She filmed them in Milan, and many don’t speak a word of English except the lyrics to “The Immaculate Collection.’’ But amidst the spectacle of shimmying shoulders and belted high notes, their Italian origins aren’t obvious.

“This piece looks very American,’’ says Christopher Doyle of Salem. “There’s such a variety of backgrounds.’’

The crowd at the museum late one afternoon is almost as diverse as the videos. Children wander in and gawk. Older couples look on bemusedly. Teenagers huddle and point, snickering. Masae Kellog, 35, of San Francisco, bounces her shoulders along with the music. “This makes me forget about all the stress in my life,’’ she says. “It’s so upbeat and refreshing.’’

Lena Sawyer, 16, of Colorado Springs, smiles and shakes her head. “I can’t stop looking to see which one is me,’’ she says. “I think I’d be that girl.’’ She points to a subdued brunette singing demurely in a corner screen.

William Norris, a retired lawyer from Northampton, crosses his arms and peers over his spectacles. “You really get a sense of community watching this,’’ he says. “I’m neither a Madonna fan nor not a Madonna fan. But this is like a chorus, and it almost makes you feel as though you’re part of it.’’

Vihann Kong, of Watertown, grins as he looks from screen to screen. “This piece is fundamentally 21st century,’’ he said. “Everyone puts videos online to showcase themselves these days. But do these people even know that anyone is watching them? They’re just having fun, singing out loud. I’m not sure exactly why, but it makes me really happy to watch.’’

Some think the power of the piece comes from the collective charge of 30 voices joined in clumsy unison. Some feel that it’s the disorientation of hearing Madonna’s songs revamped and reassembled, filtered through so many different personalities. And others say it’s the dual illusion of privacy and performance: the way the people on the screens seem to be at once mugging for the camera and blissfully unaware of our ogling. But whatever the reason, the effect is mesmerizing.

“It’s different from some modern art where you think, ‘Hmm, I don’t really understand that,’ ’’ Kong says. “But here, everyone knows the words. Everyone understands.’’

And then, as the gallery swells with the chorus to “Like a Prayer,’’ Kong starts to sing along.

Laura Bennett can be reached at lbennett@globe.com.

city of water day 2009 on governors island saturday, july 18th!

i just found out that i am going to be volunteering this saturday, stage managing the performances!

governors island will be the new fire island in my book...once the gays catch on and trust me it has begun...next sunday is 'bears on the beach' check it out at the woofington post haha

it's a magical place filled with the ghosts of a young new york city and a fetal america...i highly recommend visiting at least once!

 

Fun with a Purpose

Imagine a day when all metropolitan area residents can not only get to a stretch of waterfront -- once there, they can enjoy it and use it. Realize the promise of our waterfront on July 18 when the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance presents City of Water Day on Governors Island.

Last year, City of Water Day drew more than 7,000 people and 200 boats -- the biggest one-day crowd of visitors in the island's history. This year is sure to be even bigger. In demonstrating our harbor's potential for recreation, education, jobs and transportation, City of Water Day realizes, if only for one day, much of the Waterfront Action Agenda. For example,

1. The goal of Blue Highways is demonstrated by food and supplies being brought in by barge and visitors coming by ferry, kayak and sailboat

2. The promise of A Green Harbor is strengthened by all City of Water Day boat tours fueled with biofuel, all food waste composted and all bottled water in biodegradable bottles

3. The vision of A Waterfront Town is realized with new docks utilized for this event

Read on for highlights of the astonishing -- dare we say ridiculous -- array of free entertainment.

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Hundreds of kayakers, canoers, and sailors converging on the island from launch points throughout the region

Fun and FREE boat tours*** on historic and educational vessels—City of Water Day Festival boat tours are booked.  But please come take part in all the day's exciting waterfront activities and enjoy a beautiful day on Governors Island. 

Delicious food from Vendy Award winning vendors from the Street Vendor Project
An exciting line-up of local bands

Special children’s activities, like the fishing, arts and crafts, rides, and a Kids Race sponsored New York Road Runners

The Waterfront Action Fair, where you can learn how to do your part for the waterfront

A special kick-off event headlined by VIP speakers at Pier 17 (the South Street Seaport).
***All boat tours are booked, but come anyway!! There's lots to do.
For Directions to the Event, click here.

happy birthday hedda lettuce!

in honour of the great hedda lettuce's birthday...here's an ad for boy butter she made...when the gigs get fewer as you get older...the infomercials start sliding in....it happens to the best of them...

happy birthday hedda! thank god they invented crispers!!

annie lennox - backwards/forwards

click the graphic above to go to dj earworm's brilliant official site.  thank you spatchula jones from facebook for introducing me to this masterpiece!! 
i posted the video for the song below so just in case it gets removed you'll know where to find it.  this might be the best editing job in history.  it is a perfection three punch... aurally, visually and annie lennoxly haha...