BEAUTY AND NOISE.: Interview with Creator Kook Teflon

BEAUTY AND NOISE.: Interview with Creator Kook Teflon: Had the chance to catch up with a great artist/creator Miss Kook Teflon from Seattle,WA Here is what she had to say! Kim Acrylic:Hello ...

Summer 2012 - loss and rebirth- my heart is open for all of you to see

Hello everyone! I haven't blogged for a many many many month's! My life has changed since the spring, my insides have ached and i have been in a "Limbo" I could say it changed on May 30th the day two very important people in my world were taken violently/senseless/too soon from our lives.````` But when i sit and truly think about it, this change started to occur the week of my birthday which is Beltane. Its funny how life is, how things fall into place, people enter our lives or things will happen for a reason........... I could not have gotten through any of this without the support and love from my friends. ////////My band really saved me all summer////// along with my great job where i get to escape, lead tours through Pike Place Market and tell stories of the ghosts and history of the many beautiful, wild & tormented humans that have existed in the area...... Now in the past 15 years I have had over a dozen friends pass away yet, Drew n' Joes death really threw me into outer space. (I spent 2007-2009 mostly with them any social outing, cafe racer breakfasts or in their basement. along w/ Armitage and my cancan family).They all made me feel confident,thankful and inspired, I owe so much to all of them (talk about a "soul retrieval) After May 30th I drank everyday ,didn't eat and was in a numb state!My soul ached, I would lay in bed *and cry * and cry* and cry, The final straw of my limbo occurred on June 28th my band had a show at ReBar and the night ended in a safe house but i was found by my Teflon Sister sitting in an ice cold tub staring at the wall in the dark, not in my body anymore, It was a wake up call to get myself back. And let Mazacca know that "we cannot party together anymore" So i decided on 30 days no liquor or sadness.........It is now Sept 13th and I have had maybe six drinks since June 28th........ and i still cannot listen to any music by my boys....not yet............ I started to feel like KOOK again which means sewing, creating, having fun with my family, and waking up early! My mother decided to visit from California (she hadn't visited for over two years, we always go to her) so I was super excited and needed the company of my mother after such a long hard few months (my husband and I were also on very rocky roads). She could relate to how i was feeling because three of her friends had been murdered when she was in her early 20's. We just hung in my cave, watched Treme',she had me BOUNCE dance for her and talked about spending time together in New Orleans. She had lost 87 pounds in a years time, i was so proud of her determination and drive to get healthy..... I always had a very young,full of life mom when i was growing up. She was the type of mom all my friends would hangout with in high school, she'd always tell us her experiences in the paranormal. When I was 14 she started having me take spiritual retreats, tarot classes, dream analysis classes, self-defense (yes Tai Kwon Do) and past life recognition workshops. When my grandfather passed away that year we inherited his witchcraft library so i was reading all of those books too. I owe alot of who i am to my mother and my ancestors, i was always told to love, always follow your gut instincts and be open to new things.......... July 2012 -Originally my mother said she had "a open ticket" to visit us and would be here for a few weeks, but after 5 days decided she really needed "to get back home" so on the seventh day of her visit, SailorHank n I drove her to the train station helped her check bags & hugged her goodbye. This would be our last time ever seeing her! The following Saturday I received the phone call that she had unexpectedly passed. I still cannot believe it, though i am soo grateful that she visited it was just way to soon, she was only 57!!! She had some minor health scares but it seemed she was on the road to a healthy path.I had texted her last year that we still have so many things to do together, that she still needed to walk through the french quarter with me and i wanted her to go to Commanders Palace....so many things!!! I had told her if she lost 100 pounds i would take her & Darby to Paris!! Of course her spirit and energy are still here but really i miss her!!I miss her calling me dozens of times a week always "checking in", me teasing her replying with " I'm okay , if i'm not , it'll be on the news". She drove me nuts , since she was so young we were always more like sisters, she would always tell people " Me and Cheyanne grew up together" i could tell her anything, she always knew instinctively if i was sad, she'd call and say " I had a dream about you, are you okay"?, and any exciting coinsurance in my life she was really the first person i would tell.-------- I have been comfortable in my room, being social right now is just -out of the question-, i know this will all pass and I will be out and about, smiling,laughing,dancing and living. But for now i must grieve. ---I must save my marriage----- I must make a great home for my children------I must create---- I must breath----- I must love--------I must LIVE!!!!!! I also want to thank all of my wonderful wonderful supportive community of friends! NEW ORLEANS or BUST.....

Coven Journals issue 2 by The Witches Titties (Seattle)

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do you dare know Kooks thoughts?

I had my (Tarot)therapy session on Thursday with my tarot sister!
I have so many changes occuring, new paths to explore it is quite overwhelming!The cards were right on "as usual".

I sometimes wanna just throw my hands up and completely stop it all, everything!!!!!
I ask myself why?
why am i compelled to create?
I joke with others and tell them that it is to "disguise my insanity"! if it was really 1927 i would definatley be institutionalized.
Sometimes i feel i love to much, care to much and worry about the happiness of others, my tarot reader said that is my blessing and partly why i am so prolific.

But again the question is why?

When I let Miss Oblivious go and let Kook Teflon in it was a releif! Though many still look in my eyes and call me "Miss O' she is gone and left a huge impression on my persona and my work. She developed my art.

I swear to never be jaded, to embrace everything life has to offer! I never dreamt in a million years i'd be a mother, a wife , a rational thinker, all that has always frightened me. I was the young queer,non-breeder, gonna blow up the world kinda gal!!!!!

i am still 2 out of 3 which ain't bad for an almost 39 year old lady.

My birthday is in about 3 weeks (May Day), i stand back every-year and reflect on who i was, who i am and who i want to be, well never that planned out, but the older i am, the more i realize i have kept alot my ideals/inspirations, but mostly i am still here documenting my beautiful friends their costumes,past times,performances,aging and ideas. Basically I proudly worship all my friends, yet I can honestly say I only relate to a handful, I love having friends with different ideals and habits.

I didn't turn 30
and give up on thrifting,
i don't yearn to be a home-owner,
I can care less whats new at Target or at the mall,
i still don't try to be pretty ( I'm just a sea hag on the prairie in love with the swamps),
i still dye my hair,
i still dance with death looking it deeply in its dark eyes and handle bar moustache,
i still seek strange experiences and
i will always be surrounded 100 % by wild woman,drag queens and curious children.
They keep me breathing!

At times I unveil a side of myself most have not met. I allow the "ancestors","ol timey spirits" to live through me. It normally ends in shame and a fog.

As a child i was told by a celebrity psychic (my moms friend from the Enquirer) that this would happen, she put her hands on my 10 year old face and looked deeply into my bright blue eyes as the sun shined brightly behind her which made her angelic as she sincerely told me , "You will outshine and break many hearts without intent". I have lived many lives in this state.
Dancing around the fire, enticing the outcasts , protecting the misunderstood, placing a pedastool beneath the most couragous freaks. Again they keep me breathing.

I really hate it when people tell me "oh you like everyone" no! i just don't judge everyone!!! I accept you "as you" , not what I think you should be or who you know, there is a huge difference, again i see and i feel the beauty within. Unless your a homophobe,child abuser,womanizer or rapist I will give u a chance!

I really don;t know where i am going with this rant?
oh yeah my cards from my reading the other day (excuse my emotional rollarcoaster I am listening to HOLE)

Its my retrograde "KOOKs"-So i am arriving at a 4 way intersection when I am taking a different route, some new projects? reviving some old ones? I will be producing a few music videos over the summer(i took 2 years off) I am ready to film again, also I am starting a new zine that will be titled " REGAL HAGzine" I don't wanna reveal to much yet but I will say that I have some pretty amazing confirmed contributors so far! I plan on releasing the first issue for Pride Weekend!!

DOLLS DOLLS DOLLS of course! I am working on an installation for "The Punk Rock Museum" July 15th in Hollywood

I am thrilled that my efforts with Vockah Redu are moving forward! I went to my first (sissy)bounce show in 2009 in New Orleans with Big Freeda/Rusty Lazer/Sissy Nobby and my mind was blown, in 2010 I happened to have a shared night with Vockah Redu at The Allways Lounge and he became a close friend and I was determined to get him some manger/production assistance. BOOM!! by 2011 he was signed to the Fred agency and I am very proud of the video produced and am looking forward to all his success he is truley a shining star filled with spirit magic and sweetness!!!

The teflon Sister zine 2 is complete and available!

I wanna live in New Orleans soooo bad, but I don't wanna leave the NW either, and SF/LA is home and oh so alluring. It is difficult and emotional I have such strong bonds and they pull at my heart!
I am in a lull, I am numb at times and then i feel alive with thunder! I AM A MIXED TIME BOMB!!! hahaha

I have my new music project that really excites me! The Witches Titties!!!!!!

my question is "what will happen with all my photographs, documentation"? Sometimes I feel noone really cares, i will never be good enough or as good as "soandso", then the big part of me says "FUCK 'em" i don't wanna be like anyone else anyways .................................

So as I enter my 39th year in this shell- in this body- in this form, i will love my beautiful family with all my heart & soul, cherish my friends and document it all in the meantime....

and if your still reading this "Bless you"

yours truly,
Kook Teflon

The Coven Journals episode 1 The Witches Titties Zine

We will haVe a zine at each show we play free for the first 35 attendees-

The Coven Journals episode 1 The Witches Titties Zine

We will haVe a zine at each show we play free for the first 35 attendees-

The Witches Titties- frantic garage no wave witches with heartache

dancing in the mud with glitter and champagne



We live together in a broken mansion next to the river into making noise & dancing ....oh and we love Carnival Drag










Here are photos of my new amaze amaze music project here in Seattle- queer artsy witches unite!!!! and these are some of our influences-
Castration Squad,
full moons,
old slips with rips,
spells,
striped stockings,
botanical alcoholic concoctions,
dr.johns gris gris,
swamps,
voodoo rituals,
late night garage parties,


NEXT SHOW is Beltane Ashes May 3rd

The Witches Titties- Kooks new music project

We live together in a broken mansion next to the river into making noise & dancing ....oh and we love Carnival Drag






Here are photos of my new amaze amaze music project here in Seattle- queer artsy witches unite!!!!

Donations for art sales by Kook

I wanted to blog about my decision on donating to a cause with part of my art earnings which isn't a whole lot every month( around $25-50 to give ), to be honest after month's and month's of contemplating and researching, I felt weary of were to donate that I decided to pay it forward,
I will donate to peoples Kickstarter Fundraisers. Fellow peers that are working hard towards a goal.So this month I have donated to 3.
Each month I will pick a few that I believe in and know the artist/performer will receive directly!
Just a thank you to the universe for having such a blessed life and surroundings!!!


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Hello everyone, I have had a full schedule since Feb 14th I spent 2 weeks in New Orleans for Mardi Gras with the fam and some close friends. What a beautiful experience. I returned home and Vockah was in Seattle along with Alice Bag. Two people I work closely with so i was extremely busy with good times and shows.The sad part is that for both of Vockah's performances i was ill. Also I have a new music project and we are called "The Witches Titties", we had our first show at THEIN on March 1st, plus I just hug a show in Ballard at the very chic n hip salon BABA LOUISE. So yeah I have been crae crae!!! Plus sick!!! YUCK

The Witches Titties next show will be a part of the event "Beltane Ashes" May 3rd

Donations for art sales by Kook

I wanted to blog about my decision on donating to a cause with part of my art earnings which isn't a whole lot ( $25-50 )a month, to be honest I am sooo weary of were to donate that I decided to pay it forward, I will donate to peoples Kickstarter Fundraisers. So this month I have donated to 3. Each month I will pick a few that I believe in and know the artist/performer will receive directly! Just a thank you to the universe for having such a blessed life and surroundings!!!


uPDATE-

Hello everyone, I have had a full schedule since Feb 14th I spent 2 weeks in New Orleans for Mardi Gras with the fam and some close friends. What a beautiful experience. I returned home and Vockah was in Seattle along with Alice Bag. Two people I work closely with so i was extremely busy with good times and shows.The sad part is that for both of Vockah's performances i was ill. Also I have a new music project and we are called "The Witches Titties", we had our first show at THEIN on March 1st, plus I just hug a show in Ballard at the very chic n hip salon BABA LOUISE. So yeah I have been crae crae!!! Plus sick!!! YUCK

The Bearded Lady Lou Batiste of Mission SF queer/feminista doll

This dolly was created in 2008 by Miss Oblivious now KOOK Teflon,

LOu is the bearded lady that you cannot help but have a crush on,

she has a sassy mouth that has cost her 3 teeth,

she wears a crushed blue velvet dress with scarlet buttons,

always with a smoke in her hand cause her aunt said its sexy .......
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Lou has been in L.A the last few years and is ready to be adopted,

remember she gets board easy and loves load music in smoke filled rooms.

available at

My passion "Americana Haunting s"

Since I can remember I have been surrounded by unexplained supernatural experiences, heard stories that involved me as a child, also been extremely motivated and inspired by haunted situations from Poe to Rozz Williams to Victorian era rituals.


(Me and my mommy her nickname was "Witchy")

When everybody at my school in 1988 was dressing in Espirit and Guess Jeans I was embracing my inner witch, when other 14 year old girls were bonding with their mothers through bowling, lunching or selling AVON , my mother and I were attending Psychic Fairs, past life circles, flea markets(for antiqued attire), Janis Joplin and studying books from my grandfathers witchcraft library. So this is not a trend, fashion statement or phase for me it is truly a way of life.


(My Christmas Ball 1988)


Yes I do come from many generations of spiritual practitioners, my mother conducted "lil Tupperware type" parties, instead of plastic containers these gatherings were filled with tarot and dream analysis. I learned from a young age how powerful intention can be. And have always respected my ancestors.And am passionate about people treating others and your surroundings with kindness and sincerity.

As i reached my 20's I lived in very active homes, experiences that most of my guests , roommates or lovers could not explain.

Right before my 33rd birthday I moved from California into the Pacific NW.This is when i realized the electricity and importance of sharing my past. I had the realization that it was time to share my research, passion and knowledge with my peers and the community!


Through my dolls i feel that spirits and energy flows through my creativity. Telling the history of people in dollform, I also hosted a live show at The Rendezvous as
" a mourning victorian" teaching the audience the rituals and the honoring of loved ones that passed on at the turn of the century, I also was one of the founders of "The Mourning Market" I produced a TV show "Ill Famed Spirits" with a local psychic , finding 6 other woman to trust and practice with "Teflon Sisters", i also travel and research the history of the south.Our family road trips are always filled with cemetery visits and antique malls. I love Americana Hauntings, folklore and photographs....

My most current en devour is my dream job as a tour guide with Market Ghost Tours! History,ghosts and talking!!! I am good at all 3 of these! I am also a certified paranormal investigator and a member of AGHOST......

Tonight i begin taking private tours on investigations into the mortuary/chapel believed to be one of the most haunted buildings in the NW! my life is blessed with adventure, dreams coming true and access to this gorgeous building filled with Seattle's dark past!!!!I'd like to think i have done something right. hehe

I wanted to post some photos that were captured on my tour last week, after 6 monthes and almost a 100 tours under my belt this was thee most active week thus far!! Here are the images tell me what u think?

Also if you are in Seattle and would like to take a tour with KOOK here is the link http://www.marketghost.com/

(this photo was taken on my Friday Feb 3rd tour ) in the window of the empty pre-school--------------



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(these photos were taken Saturday Feb 4th, 2012 consecutively all four in under a minute)in the same window at the empty pre-school