Art in many media from photography to music to living, breathing art (some favorites: Warhol, Avedon, Mapplethorpe, Witkin, Giger, Harring, Basquiat, Pollock, Helmut Newton, Dianne Arbus, Leee Black Childers, Anton Perich), Rock n' Roll photography, Heavy Makeup, Dandyism, drag queens, the desert, traveling, LA, NYC, glamour,haute couture, eccentricities, glitter, champagne, vegetarianism, MUSIC, records, dancing, tattoos, wigs, long fingernails, high heels, platforms, OMG shoes!,costumes, rubber, fishnet, Japanese culture & fashion, Sushi, hello kitty, pink, and of course BLUE, kitty cats, earl grey & peppermint teas, espresso, yoga, meditation, swimming, hiking, making an impact on and a difference in the artworld and the WORLD!
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...And my hot pink tights! I love cute shoes...
And sexy shoes!
Fun, honest, QUALITY new friends to do fun things with such as go dancing, to concerts, clubbing, fancy dinners, the movies, and who wants to play dress up, listen to records, go to art galleries, museums and art shows, and who has similar interests/music tastes as me. Also: Artists. Amazing Creatures. Walking art. Nick Rhodes, again. Gerard Malanga. Mount Sims. Warhol Superstars (have already met/know 3!). dandies. Other art freaks/chic freaks. Kiefer Sutherland, again.
In the Afterlife...(Film by Anton Perich, Photo by me at my party in East Village, NYC, "All Tomorrow's Parties" via projection)
Also this guy, if I haven't already...
The Invitation
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.â€
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.
-Oriah Mountain Dreamer
© Mountaindreaming, from the book The Invitation published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1999 All rights reserved
video by Dean Karr
Adam Ant
Adult
Air
Alien Sex Fiend
Steve Aoki
GG Allin
Marc Almond
Altered Images
Tori Amos
Aphex Twin
Arcadia
Armand Van Helden
B52s
Bad Religion
Basement Jaxx
Bauhaus
Beastie Boys
Beatles
Beborn Beton
Benny Benassi
Berlin
Bjork
Bloc Party
Blondie
Blur
Bodyrox
Book of Love
Bow Wow Wow
Angie Bowie
David Bowie
Kate Bush
Butthole Surfers
Cabaret Oscuro
Cabinet of Curiousities
Johnny Cash
Christian Death
the Clash
Client
Cocteau Twins
Concrete Blonde
Cowboy Junkies
The Cramps
Lenny Cravitz
Culture Club
The Cure
Cylab
The Damned
The Dandy Warhols
Dead Can Dance
Dead Kennedys
Depeche Mode
Devils
Dirty Sanchez
Dixie Chicks
Dresden Dolls
Duran Duran
Bob Dylan
Echo and the Bunnymen
Electric Six
Erasure
Felix da Housecat
Fischerspooner
Diamanda Galas
Garbage
Gorillaz
Nina Hagen
PJ Harvey
Juliana Hatfield
Haujobb
Head Automatica
Hefner
Human League
IAMX
Interpol
Jane's Addiction
Japan
Jem
Jesus and Mary Chain
Jimmy Eats World
Joy Division
KMFDM
Kraftwerk
Ladytron
John Lennon
Lords of Acid
Lords of the New Church
Love and Rockets
Madonna
Mates of State
Mazzy Star
Ministry
Miss Kittin
Missing Persons
Moby
Morningwood
Morrissey
Peter Murphy
Muse
My Chemical Romance
My Life with Thrill Kill Kult
Mylo
Rick Nelson
New Order
New York Dolls
Nine Inch Nails
Gary Numan
Paul Oakenfold
Peaches
Iggy Pop
Portishead
The Postal Service
Elvis Presley
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Princess Superstar
Psychedelic Furs
Pulp
Armen Ra
Redd Kross
The Ramones
Roxy Music
Sex Pistols
She Wants Revenge
Shiny Toy Guns
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sisters of Mercy
Skinny Puppy
The Birthday Massacre
The Smiths
Tommie Sunshine
Patti Smith
Social Distortion
Soft Cell
The Sounds
Specimen
T.S.O.L.
Tears for Fears
Tegan and Sara
This Mortal Coil
Thompson Twins
Tiga
Tones on Tail
VHS or BETA
Velvet Underground
Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Violent Femmes
Butch Walker
Weezer
White Rose Movement
Wolfsheim
Yazoo
Basquiat, I Shot Andy Warhol, Secretary, Frida, Edward Scissorhands, Lost Boys, Silence of the Lambs, The Wedding Singer, Freeway, DICK, Sid and Nancy, Clueless, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, 24 Hour Party People, Crash...
24, House, ANTM
Disco Bloodbath (Party Monster), The Invitation, Andy Warhol: from A-B and back again, Popism
SO MANY PARTIES...
NEW YORK
Muffinhead and Amber Ray at "All Tomorrow's Parties"
Sparkleteria, Constance, Joey Arias, Richie Rich at Happy Valley
Malkavich, Cindy Crawford, Miranda Moondust at the Stephen Knoll Party at Indochine
Dee Dee Luxe and Axle Rose at the Victoria's Secret party at Show
Traver Rains, Amanda Lepore, Richie Rich and Amber Ray at Happy Valley
Richie Rich and Susanne Bartsch at the Heatherette Party at Happy Valley
With Amber Ray at the Marc Jacobs Blondie/RnR Hall of Fame Party
Moodust, Patrick McDonald, and Malkavich at Indochine/Stephen Knoll party
Marlborough Gallery
Anton Perich and Taylor Meade at Galapagos
Leee Black Childers and Debbie Harry
LOS ANGELES - bluespace
With Dave Navaro at bluespace
Fetish Jade with David J
With James St. James at bluespace
Rikki Rockett and VK7 at bluespace
With Michael Pilmer and Mark Mothersbaugh at bluespace
Margaret Cho with Amber Ray at bluespace
With Steve Diet Geodde at bluespace
Muffinhead, Amber Ray, and James St. James at bluespace
Bluespace Crew with Nina Hagen at the gallery
Hot Chicks...Myself and Moonlyn
I shot this cover. Pretty Sweeeet, no?
Andy Warhol (Photo by: Anton Perich)
Nick Rhodes
And this one is from the "Out of My Mind" Video by Dean Karr- Nick in female dandy drag! Brilliance I tell you!
Richard Avedon
Leee Black Childers
Anton Perich
Penny Arcade - Photo by ME!
My big Merl AKA Merlin the Majick Kitty
by Sam Saturday- thank you!!
and the real Merlin... my dreamy kitty...