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Thursday, July 21, 2011

1,825 days in Seattle


1,825 Days in Seattle as Seen Through Photos Captured by Miss Oblivious





When asked what events one has proudly participated in over the last five years, most would mutter something about a promotion at work, some sort of commencement at school, or the final payment on some mundane material possession. Miss Oblivious, on the other hand, has spent the last five years in an uninhibited pursuit of those events in life that permeate one with indignant awe.



1,825 Days in Seattle is a collection of photographs taken by Miss Oblivious during her tenure in the Rain City ; during which she was given access to the unique world of Seattle ’s antiestablishment arts. Always with her camera hand, Miss Oblivious is just as comfortable participating in the events as she is photographing them, including creating hand-sewn dolls for performances by Circus Contraption, hosting parlor events at The Seattle Cabaret Festival, adorning Bellydance troupes as tarot cards, and crafting curios for The Can Can cabaret. Beyond the photography of events and performances, are her collection individual portraits that seem to capture the true temperament of her eccentric Seattleite subjects. If there is one event you should proudly participate in, make it 1,825 Days in Seattle .



Event:



!,825 days + 30 Years of fliers with Lady Krishna

curated by DAMEBUIDER

Thursday August 11th, 2011 6-9p.m.

Fred Wildlife Refuge

127 East Boylston

Seattle WA 98101

9-midnight

included in the evening will be live performances and DJ's

Stella Rose//Eliza Rickman//SistaFIST//DJ Amateur Youth//DJ LA Kendall//J9 Fierce

plus more TBA



Featured Artist:



Miss Oblivious, a part-time resident of Seattle , lives in a world of perpetual ruinous glamour and, as the Seattle Times so elegantly inscribed, is the official documentarian of the Seattle cabaret scene. A doll-maker, photographer, painter, writer, film-maker, promoter, producer, and art instructor, she is inspired by people and events that embody the underbelly of society including, but not limited to, the dust-bowl glamour of traveling sideshows and circuses, the dark history of Gold Rush era Seattle and New Orleans’ French Quarter, and the unacknowledged icons of queer culture. Although Miss Oblivious has had her dolls and photographs exhibited in New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco , and New Orleans , she is a regular participant of art and photography exhibits in Seattle.

Miss Oblivious and her inspiring art work were the subject of a January 2010 feature article in Seattle ’s Sinner magazine. She has unashamedly introduced Seattle to "New Orleans PopRockNeoVock" Vockah Redu & tha Cru, Miss Oblivious is one of the co-founders of the ongoing annual Seattle Cabaret Festival. She is currently available for commissions and photo shoots and would like her collectors to know that she places a eucalyptus nut from 19th century trees planted in the San Francisco estate of former New Orleans resident and civil rights advocate, Mary Ellen Pleasant in most of her dolls.

Lady Krishna-
30 Year retrospect in fliers from NYC - Seattle....
Lady Krishna (Natasha) is a true artist with every step & breath she takes. This artist helps to inspire generations. The unspoken and yet infamous mayor of Capitol Hill she embraces her spirit which aids her surroundings into meditation and yoga. Enlightening her peers to embrace their inner beauty with strength, living un-selfish + so eager to enlighten.

Lady Krishna is the artist that will be written about in historical terms for the future youth.
Notorious and yet personable, giving yet gifted, she paints and collages master pieces that the elite can relate to.
She lives for her dreams....we shall all take note and engulf this experience....

Lady Krishna has her Peppermint Lounge in which she summons all the outcasts,hunks,unique chique , and passion from within a community to dance with an angelic vocal sound that seduces her audiences.

pHATIMA...Lee Rude is divinity


I adore this human being. artist. performer .alien.one-of-a-kind beauty!!!!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

the epic dreams of GUM dolls in New Orleans May 6th at Deity

"Juicy Fruit"


I had a continuous dream the week of February 14,2011. It entailed century old secrets from William Wrigley Jr. founder of the infamous gum corporation.

The dreams lasted for three nights, each one in hearty detail of how Mr.Wrigley titled his empire of chewing gum names.

Juicy Fruit

Double Mint

Big Red

The first night featured his treasure "Juicy Fruit", he informed me that he spent every October in the french quarter and fell head over heels for "Juicy Fruit", she worked in a tea house with the others....Juicy Fruit is what her late night patrons called her,the den was tucked away in a basement around 732 Toulouse .next to the French Opera House.

William and Juicy Fruit had a deep love for one another, yet she had refused to live in Chicago, so they were never able to spend more than a few weeks together.She always told him "I was born here, I'll die here" speaking of the French Quarter, supposedly the farthest she had ever ventured was City Park at the end of the dueling oaks. Juicy Fruit also was in charge at the Tea-House which a very generous lover had given her when he passed away in 1892. Her sister Abbie Reed was furious and they never spoke again.Abbie was told by this lover on Basin street she would inherit the property, yet the paperwork claimed Juicy Fruit as the inheritor of such said property at 732.



Though he was spiritually forced to move on, the "Double-mint Twins" (or the DM Twins)caught his fancy next, those two (Siamese twins) could party for days on end, their hair was always an emerald green which they claimed was from their secret color enhancements found in moss only available in the Louisiana Swamps.The two were always sipping on mint julep's which gave their breath a minty essence, plus they were always in minty colored attire and giggled through any conversation.



Big Red was an infatuation for Mr.Wrigley they would chat for hours and have one Pimms Cup after another. She had claimed to help him with the key elements for his everlasting flavor ingredient in the GUM recipe. She always wore Red and White, to match the interior of the great elliptical auditorium in the French Opera House next door, which she was lucky, one of her admirers "Humphrey" would take Big Red to every opening night and purchase her a new blood red velvet gown adorned with pearls.

Big Red was born a hermaphrodite,her parents were European gypsy's and felt like she was thee golden child. They had come to New Orleans when Big Red was 14, they were both taken by yellow fever in 1905.Big Red was never the same after that.



to be con't



to purchase or see these dolls in person please follow the link



https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193977400647037

Friday, April 22, 2011

The Eyes Of Laura Kendall: Spotlight On: Kook Teflon (Formerly Miss Oblivious...

The Eyes Of Laura Kendall: Spotlight On: Kook Teflon (Formerly Miss Oblivious...: "So, one of my favorite discoveries, and newfound friends in 2010, just happens to be this KOOKY lady, Cheyanne Payne , formerly known as Mi..."

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

other pulchritudinous retrievals that were in order for this next chapter



Meditating with
Bhakti Baby (Lady Krishna)
Plus some other pulchritudinous retrievals that were in order for this next chapter.
By: Kook Teflon
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From my recollection the time Miss O had felt she was ready to vacate had began in the summer of 2010. Female Front had fulfilled her desires and she had been depicted in the highest honor thus far on her journey. A cherished soul had taken time to make a drawing of Miss Oblivious as Hecate’ (goddess of all witches & protector of outcasts), which was soon inked onto her shoulders as to “watch her back * heart*path”, Miss O stated she was tired and needed solitude, she had done all she could on this course. I was fine with that, the zine had completed issue 40 on this tour, the obstacle was “who would/could/should take her place? These are big bloomers to fill.
Along the trail Kook n’ Grace entered the story while Miss O was in New Orleans in October.( Next step?) When would the flux take place? In my experience it is not wise to plan ahead with these types of transitions.
Teflon filled the air and the oracle set in place Kook Teflon was ready to be …to be what had been prior yet never before,
a mature episode of chaos, ruffling feathers, truth, lavender and grace.
Unexpected! Wednesday February 23rd, while in SF after ingesting molded enhancements, Miss O sat in the midst of a horn, upright bass, duo gender vocals and a goddess of thunder on drums, in a space off of Howard with the accompaniment of a cherished chum, Miss O realized it will never get better than this for her…through Hecate’ I felt a thousand tingles as she left, guided by the “Queen of the Night” herself and Kook jumped right in! Kook cannot believe what a chimera she is about to live and be a part of!
Kook couldn’t attend Mardi Gras this year, as luck would have it a date with Lady Krishna was the next best thing. They’re first date on the morning of Fat Tuesday sipping hand picked perk (espresso), and strolling around.
The following Tuesday would be their next rendezvous, the agenda to do portraits of one another. Kook had a bad case of the flu 6 days prior and felt disembodied, ears plugged sinus a mess.
Lady Krishna suggested that she & Kook meditate prior to their captures in art form. Immediately after the holy ash was gently placed on Kooks third eye her sinus’s cleared and 30 minutes of sitting face to face, east - west Kook was rejuvenated and ready to conquer her path with all the wonderful clarity.
Thank you Bhaki Baby…..

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Sister Spit Seattle 2011

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Last night was Sister Spit in Seattle, I hadn't seen Michelle Tea in 15 years, we were never really friends per say but had some of the same peers & were at the same shows when she started Sister Spit in SF around 1994. She had invited me to come read my juvenile zine at the time "Cunt Fear" 1994-1999, but since I was usually a drunken mess, I almost always arrived after the show was over, I would then end up at my Sunday night comfort zone "Muffdive" inside the Casanova and seemed to always miss my chance to grace the stage at Sister Spit.

Every week she seemed more and more excited about Sister Spit, it was so cool to see Michelle 15 years later just as thrilled and in love with her event, a rarity. I get so tired of jaded people over 30. "Jaded" Michelle is not , thank the goddess above and below. She is filled with light and energy.

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I asked Sterling Snow publisher of "Death of Nibo" a voodoo fanzine to accompany me, along with Grace Teflon and Faith.
Sterling
(yes those are vintage gems encrusted on the lapel ,collar n sleeves of his dress coat)
"so sheik"


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We all met at Lisa Orth's new shop Alleged Tattoos opening party (Lisa is over there on the left) the shop was packed of cuties & hotties..then the four of us headed to the HUGO house to secure primo seats at Sister Spit.
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Within 10 minutes I had to use the bathroom "aunt flo" arrived it must've been all pheromones in the room. _a sure fire sign i was in the right place._ Plus sharing a table with my dear galpal Fucshia Foxxx and darling Kammee Mam...


Mz.Tea defiantly put together a treasury line-up, consisting of talented writers. Each one had their own charm plus had the audience rolling in laughter.





Amos Mac (original Plumbing Zine)
presented a slide show for his new quarterly magazine due out in Summer 2011 "TransLady Fanzine" featuring a series of images he captured of ZACKARY DRUCKER it really moved me.
I felt emotional,enraptured and inspired.Zackary resembles Greer Lankton and the photos were set in her east coast home. Please keep an eye out for the issue this summer.
Exquisite...







Michelle ended the night with a biop from her blog about some of her favorite female writers which was hilarious and enlightening (Bukowski had a daughter that is now an author Marina Louise Bukowski)

Monday, March 21, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4WeKmvPYws

"TransCentric" Art Exhibit curated by Kook Teflon in honor of Greer Lankton display gala July 8th in Los Angeles

photo of: Squeaky Blonde
by: Austin Young




(Dollmaker,zine queen & photographer)
Kook has some splendorous schemes up her knickers...

Recollecting about many of the prominent figures in her life, Kook realized the influences of her drag/trans idols and peers seem to be outcasts from the mass typical drag/queer/trans community.
Each one re-inventing self-expression and becoming leaders in the art society
world wide through music,film and make-up artistry...

Such as:


*Divine
*lEIGH Bowery
*Boy George
*jAMES ST JAMES
*Jayne County
*Phatima Rude(SF)
*Peaches Christ
*Squeaky Blonde
*Marilyn
*Greer Lankton
*Jackie Beat
*Ginger Coyote
*Claude Cahun
(to name a few)


Kook was hit with the thought to pay HOMOage to them and curate a show inspired by their disguises,persona's and transitions from ordinary to extraordinary.
Another element of inspiration was the upcoming "Greer Lankton" exhibit occurring the following day on:

Friday July 9th in Hollywood:
ONE archive Gallery Museum (626 N Robertson Blvd).

Greer (1958-1996) was a portrait dollmaker and trans-gender punk artist. Her portrait dolls reflected such warholian stars as Candy Darling, anorexia beauties and obese side-show esque females.

Kook hand-picked some of her favorite artist to participate in this installation which will take place in L.A's bohemian neighborhood "Silverlake":

Transcentric
Friday July 8th
MonkeyHouse Gallery
2874 Rowena Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90039


Featured art in
doll-form,paint,canvas,photography and mosaic tiles by:

Tennessee Loveless

Austin Young

Jer Ber Jones

Adam Ansell

Sheri DeBow

Kook Teflon (Miss Oblivious)

Lee Kyle

Vinsantos


Squeaky Blonde

with a live performance by Seattles notorious
Jackie Hell