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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Homo / ??!! NOT EVEN JOKING: Michelle Shocked Is Playing 2013 San Francisco Pride

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM

Professional attention-seeker and onstage ranter Michelle Shocked has announced she will return to San Francisco to play a free concert on Sunday, June 30th — the closing night of S.F. Pride festivities. Adding to the already bizzarre and controversial setup, Shocked's concert will coincide with a press blitz/egotrip coordinated across the SF Examiner and SF Weekly.

While many, including ourselves, hoped Shocked's dubious relevance would fade once her tour was cancelled and the retweets died out, the alt-folk singer thrust herself back into limelight late last week. She took to Twitter on Friday to announce the free concert, the SF Weekly exclusive, a treasured spot in the 2013 Pride Guide spread and a forthcoming opinion piece in the Examiner.

Is this really necessary? Does anyone care if she tries to explain herself? Especially at Gay Pride? Especially in San Francisco, the gayest city that ever gay-gayed? I really look forward to NOT reading her interview in the SF Weekly.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Homo / Fashion / Merch / Love Are You a Fag? Are You a Fag With a Guitar?

Posted by Kelly O on Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:12 PM

Then shirt is for you! See also, this insanely hilarious rock logo shirt, by artist Peggy Noland. Oooh, and this "Lather Daddy" tee. All and more at wackywacko.com. I kinda want one of each.

www.wackywacko.com

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Homo / Hetero Owner of Village Green Nursery Regrets Friday's Michelle Shocked Performance

Posted by Derek Erdman on Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:30 PM

After last month's shocking Michelle Shocked debacle, the Stranger was surprised to receive info that the show had been rescheduled at a plant nursery in White Center. The new venue happened to be a back yard on the same property where the owner of the original venue lives. Over the weekend, the close-knit community drama unfolded on the Meander's Kitchen Facebook page, and the Village Green Perennial Nursery Facebook page. It appears now that most of the dramatic posts have now been deleted.

Vera Johnson, the owner of the Village Green Perennial Nursery, contacted me about having a platform to express her feelings about Friday's show.

Do you regret having Michelle Shocked play?
Yes, I regret that after talking with Michelle that I did not take some time to separate myself from the situation and think it through. I did not have enough facts. After the show was cancelled, it dropped off my radar and I went on with my own life. Michelle showed up at my business, during work hours and persuaded me to allow her play here and answer people's questions. Under no circumstances did I intend to imply that I support bigotry or hatred. I apologize deeply to anyone that this has offended.

Derek Erdman
Huh?

Do you stand by your decision to have her perform?
NO. I think speaking to her would have been enough and should have been enough. But it happened, and I can't change it. It's a hard lesson that I can use to learn from. I understand the frustration that is out there about this situation. I am frustrated too. I can only speak my truth and learn from my misjudgement. That is truly what this is, a misjudgement that I own. From a place of honesty, I seek forgiveness from those who were hurt as I also work through forgiving myself.

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Homo / Hetero / Photo / #1 Fan Mo-Wave Festival Highlights, In Photos

Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:25 PM

Holy Ho-Mo! 'Mo-Wave totaled 33 bands, over three days, plus theater and a visual art show (which you can still see, through May 4th.) My head is still spinning. Here are some photos of the mostly musical highlights at Chop Suey. It was an incredible and inspirational weekend, to say the least...

Highlight #1: Rachel from the Needs drumming. Holy wow.

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Highlight #1: Rachel from the Need's drumming. Holy wow.

Highlight #2: This leather bikini pouch thingie, ala Ononos

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Highlight #2: This leather bikini pouch thingie, ala Ononos

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Homo / Party! / Tonight The Homosexual Agenda: A ’Mo-Wave Tsunami of Love

Posted by Adrian Ryan on Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:06 PM

MC QUEEN MOOKIE

FRIDAY 4/12

WAVES OF 'MO

Garrett Vance is a name you should know, respect, and grapple to your heart. First of all, WHOA. Can he ever wear a beard! And secondly, you've probably already stumbled across him more than once, even if you were quite unaware of it. NOT ONLY does he appear in the band Secret Shoppers (swoon!) and the brand-new band Night Cadet (double swoon! All moody and Portishead-y, I just love them), but you've also seen his handsome hairy mug marrying a filthy goat on the cover of this here tree-murdering rag for our marriage-equality edition last November.

Mr. Vance cornered me at Pony and chewed my little ear off in excited tones about 'Mo-Wave, the new queer music and arts festival, while it was still in its wee early planning stages several months ago. The event seeks to aggressively remedy "the vapid and self-deprecating gay culture that's televised and marketed." (I'm paraphrasing.) Garrett gushes, "Seattle finally has their first comprehensive queer arts festival! Secret Shoppers has played Portland's version, and it's great to have our own." The several-night, several-venue event kicks off tonight, and bounces us between PONY and CHOP SUEY. Pony will have some top-drawer DJing starting at 5 p.m., including Shenanigans and DJ K-Kost, but the lion's share happens at Chop Suey with MC Queen Mookie, DJ Bmorefree, our friends Amateur Youth, My Parade (an "all people of color dance punk band"!), Glitterbang, Ononos, the Need, and, of course, MORE! This is a very good thing. Pony, 5 pm, free, 21+; Chop Suey, 6 pm, $15 adv/$18 DOS, 21+.

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Homo / Tonight The Homosexual Agenda: A Dina for All Seasons, Scopes Collide, Homo-Town Hero

Posted by Adrian Ryan on Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:02 PM

FRIDAY 4/5

APRIL SHOWERS, HAIRY-BACKED FLOWERS

I shall waste not breath nor ink nor trees nor time nor the labors of even the teeniest suffering little brain cell left screaming in my skull trying to explain Dina Martina, to describe her, or convey her aspect, demeanor, or shtick in any way—at this strange juncture, you either Dina or you Don't. (And if you Don't? POSH! TISH! Away! I will have none of thee!) I am merely here to sound the clarion cry—Dina is back, with a rare and brand-new spring show, and that motherfucker starts tonight. Re-bar, 8 pm, $20 adv/$25 DOS, 21+.

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Homo / Books The Homosexual Agenda: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Tuck Rides Again, Jake Shears's Amazing Ass

Posted by Adrian Ryan on Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:15 AM

FRIDAY 3/29

MEETING MATTILDA

We are so busy this weekend! (Start chugging that Gatorade now, lady, or your liver is gonna petrify.) I think it's a nice idea to ease our way into it early with something calmer and lower-octane than we're generally accustomed to: How about a lovely book reading? How charming! How pointy-headed! How sexishly booky! A little literary prefunk to titillate our fagbrainz, starring a lovely new transplant from San Francisco who I'm just dying for you to meet: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of such winsome titles as Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? and Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity. Mattilda is a gender-fucking tower of pure pulsing purple fabulous, and tonight she will read from her newest work, The End of San Francisco, which they are calling "part memoir, part elegy." Mattilda is a thrilling addition to our queer little pond. I can't wait! (Neither can you!) Elliott Bay Book Company, 7 pm, free, all ages.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Homo / Politics / #1 Fan Willie Nelson On Same Sex Marriage: "People Are People Where I Came From"

Posted by Kelly O on Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:35 PM

Willie Nelson, age 79, is so fucking untouchably cool. From giving musicians "Willie Weed" every year at SXSW, to speaking out for marriage equality, in Texas Monthly, he is an 100% American gem. Read more about Willie's take
on same sex marriage here.

The Official Willie Nelson Facebook Icon

The Official Willie Nelson Facebook Icon

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Homo / Politics / Video New Wavves Video: Hating On Transsexuals?!?

Posted by Kelly O on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:06 PM

Huh. Buzzfeed reposted the new Wavves video yesterday, with the headline: "Wavves Troll Homophobes With New Video."

Correct me if I'm crazy, but after watching it, the plot of the video seems to play out just like this description:

I don't think I like this, Wavves. I don't think I like it, even one bit.

Video after the cut...

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Homo / ??!! / Politics Michelle Shocked: "God Hates Fags"

Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 2:32 PM

Last night in San Francisco, Michelle Shocked, onstage to her audience:

Michelle Shocked, known for living up to her surname, cleared out San Francisco club Yoshi’s last night, and shut down the venue, after she went on an anti-gay tirade, which she summed up by saying, ”You can go on Twitter and say ‘Michelle Shocked says God hates fags.’

“She said she lives in fear that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry,” tweeted one audience member.

Read more on Dangerous Minds. If you have tickets to see Shocked, here in Seattle, on Friday April 26th, at Meanders Kitchen, for the price tag of $23 adv/ $25 at the door, I THINK YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER ATTENDING.

Hmm, Michelle doesnt look like she knows ANY lesbians, on this album cover, does she?

Hmm, Michelle doesn't look like she knows ANY lesbians, on this album cover, does she?

UPDATE: Meander's Kitchen, via FB, has canceled the Seattle show.

Hiya, folks. Meander's Kitchen will not be hosting Michelle Shocked for her April 26th performance in Seattle due to her homophobic performance in San Francisco last night, during which she actually said "God Hates Fags". I'll post more about this later. But no. Just, no.

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Homo / Tonight The Homosexual Agenda: Willam Slaps Some Dick, Jinkx Kicks Some Ass

Posted by Adrian Ryan on Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:07 AM

FRIDAY 3/15

PLACES TO GO, DICKS TO SLAP

What was born as a protest against police harassment two-ish years ago has become a booze-and-lust-fueled adventure in perversion. Delicious! And Nark Magazine, the producer of the event, has invited special guest Willam from RuPaul's Drag Race to host-slash-perform. Haute Toddy from San Francisco will man the decks (as 'twere), and DJ Nark himself has promised to spank your bottom if you're naughty. And you are. Seattle Eagle, 10 pm, $10, 21+.

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Homo / Love Joey Arias Tonight (And Tomorrow Night!)

Posted by Kelly O on Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:53 PM

This weekend, two nights only, at Re-bar. Read Christopher Frizzelle's Suggest. And more about this show, with Kristian Hoffman, "Lightning Strikes," from FB:

Two veterans of the fertile East Village Art Scene of the 1980's,
Joey Arias and Kristian Hoffman, share the stage for the first time since they both appeared at seminal New York venues like Club 57, Mudd Club and CBGBs.

Borrowed from the title of a Klaus Nomi song, "Lightning Strikes" marks the first collaboration between Arias and Hoffman - both of whom were close friends and collaborators of the late German counter-tenor. Nomi and Arias famously backed up David Bowie on Saturday Night Live in 1979 and the two were close friends up until the time of Nomi's death.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Homo / Sort of News / Love Headline of the Day: "Man Hits Boyfriend In Face With a Plate For Listening to Alanis Morissette"

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:54 AM

...When police asked 24-year-old Allen Blair Casey if the cause of the plate attack was because his boyfriend was listening to Morissette's music, Casey replied, "That's all that motherfucker listens to."

Alleged dinner plate wielding face smasher, Allen Casey

Alleged dinner plate wielding face smasher, Allen Casey

Read more on Florida's WTSP.com, and the Calgary Herald. Confidential to my friend Tyler: Be careful with that Sheryl Crow!

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Homo / Tonight / Upcoming Mo Wave Queer Arts Fest Might Have a Very Special Guest!

Posted by Kelly O on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:54 PM

Dance, Dance, What's That In Your Pants?

The upcoming Mo Wave Music and Arts Festival may have just gotten a whole lot more New Yorker-y! Living legend Joey Arias will
be in Seattle, and one of Mo Wave venues is possibly set to host the official Joey Arias
after-party.

Read an excellent recent interview with Arias right here on Huffington.

Also, if you're here and you're queer, right now, you should go to GAYWAD! tonight—the second fundraiser for Mo' Fest that starts at 8 pm, at the Wild Rose.

A group calling themselves the Fucking Dyke Bitches will perform. Whoah, girrrrrls!

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Homo / Hetero / Sex New Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The NSFW Video

Posted by Kelly O on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:41 AM

How has YouTube not put the smackdown on those BARE BOOOOOOBIES at the 3:54 mark?! Not that I *want* them to, but I've been kicked off of YouTube twice, on lesser boob violations. I guess YouTube is less strict, as long as
it's straight—no homo? Actor Ray Winstone even puts said bare boobie IN HIS MOUTH at 4:09 mark.

Also... Nick Cave is back? I like this song! Yah?

Video after the jump...

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Homo / Upcoming The "Year In Queer Aggro" + The Upcoming Mo-Wave Queer Music & Arts Festival

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:30 PM

Reading about how Nu Sensae and Gaytheist have made OUT Magazine's 'Year In Queer Aggro' music list reminds me—are you getting excited, yet, about the 1st Annual, first-ever, Seattle Mo-Wave Festival? Whaaaaaaaat?! You don't know about it? It's happening April 12-14, at Chop Suey, Pony, Wildrose, and
the Cockpit. Look at the frickin' lineup!

The Need (Reunion!) / Team Dresch / Gayethist / Big Dipper / Double Duchess / Magic Mouth / Shearing Pinx / Dick Binge / Ononos / Redwood Plan / Wishbeard / Glitterbang / Jenn Ghetto's S / My Parade / Erik Blood / Pony Time / Night Cadet / Eighteen Individual Eyes / Betsy Olson / Sundries / Adé

James Rexroad
But Gayethist don't LOOK aggro...

Mo-Wave still has a few spots to fill, too, so if you're in a queer band, send an email, and do it soon!

Nu Sensae also play, before Mo-Wave, at Chop Suey on Sunday, March 3rd.

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Homo / Hetero / Tonight TUCK is Tonight, with Pageant Queens, Butch Bois, Gender-F*ckers, Femmes, Bearded Ladies, Fish and... Vockah Redu

Posted by Kelly O on Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:17 PM

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Vockah: Before and After

Tonight, in the second installment of TUCK at Chop Suey, you can not only can basque in the glamour-glow of host BenDeLaCreme—alongside Ade, Aleksa Manila, Jackie Hell, Mama Tits, Robbie Turner, and fly girls MicKiki—you also get to dance with New Orleans Booty God, Vockah Redu:

I hear there's an advice booth THAT REALLY WORKS (!), and just like last time
(see photos), a chance to get a fabulous makeover by Miss Jackie Hell.

Photo by DJ Clam-Master J
Pretty baby: Jackie Hell makeover magic

Giiirl, what are you waiting for? There's outfits to prepare! Purchase tickets here. $10/ $8 in drag. Arrive before 10:30 and have your name entered in a raffle to win $100 cash. More info here!

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Hey You Fucking Kids! / Homo / #1 Fan Learn The Art of Drag With Jinkx Monsoon!

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:31 AM

Can this girl work it? You better believe it!

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Can this girl work it? You better believe it!

A Drag Queen “Work-It” Shop by Jerick Hoffer
Saturday, January 19, 2013, from 11 am - 4 pm
Balagan Theatre 1524 Harvard Ave. Seattle, WA 98122, ages 16+

$5 administrative fee, includes 2 comp. tickets to preview performances of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at The Moore Theatre. Reservations taken by Sarah Loritz, STG Community Programs Manager at 206.467.5510 ext. 1171.

The "Work-It" Shop
Jerick Hoffer, star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Season V of RuPaul’s Drag Race, will conduct a drag queen workshop. Presented by Seattle Theatre Group and Balagan Theatre, this class will teach developing students the art of Drag/Female Impersonation from internal process, character development, and movement to makeup analysis and consultation. Students are asked to provide their own makeup.

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Homo / Tonight The Homosexual Agenda: Bacon Strip Divorces Re-bar, Moves to Chop Suey

Posted by Adrian Ryan on Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:18 AM

Honey Bucket

There have been serious developments. These developments are shrouded thickly in mystery, conjecture, and terrible lies. (Mostly terrible lies—as usual.) The question: After roughly 20 zillion years there, WHY has Bacon Strip left Re-bar forever? What's the motive? What was the damn point? Was it Re-bar's roaming phantoms? The phantom smell? Was there some sort of "falling-out-of-bed," as 'twere? Bad blood? Moody blues? And who precisely is ditching whom for presumably greener pastures in this deal, if anyone is indeed ditching anyone at all, anyway? WHY, for the love of sweet holey-handed Jesus's lemon-scented urinal cakes, I ask you, WHY?! Nobody's talking. A mystery.

Some conjecture (i.e., "lies"): Jinkx Monsoon put a curse on it. Owner Carla Schricker is turning it into a Marriott. Sylvia has drag-queen dementia. (Caused by tight wigs.) They just can't get Dina Martina off the stage. THE FUCKING MAYANS AGAIN. All of the above.

The point: Bacon Strip is happening at Chop Suey now. Reactions to this rather serious move have ranged from "Huh?" to "I don't know what the fuck you're even talking about" to "OH SHIT! Please just kill me and end the pain," while some have noted Chop Suey's dreadful flow pattern and extra, extra ice cubes. (I have no idea what anyone is taking about, of course, but SOME people...)

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