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Kitten On The Keys

kittymusic.com, www.cabaretnewburlesque.com

About Me

Meowalicious Treats await! NEW CD SALTY MEAT GIRL http://www.cdbaby.com/kittenotk3Sassy and classy.Goofy and gummy wormie. Cupcakey with marshmellow smiles blended with sick and twisted howler monkey shenanigans.Miss Kitten on the Keys started out as a Christmas Angel in the Church Pageant at 3 years old, got kicked out of tap and hula for being a spazz and wearing corrective shoes on the wrong feet, played in high school cover bands, recorded with the psychedelic girlie White Stains at SF State, became disalussioned and addled while playing with Sugar Baby Doll in 1985 w/ Courtney Love, Kat Bjelland, and Jennifer Finch.Demoland. PLayed in Senior Citizen's homes in vintage get ups and found her bippy boppy Tin Pan Alley sound trying to keep the old folks awake! She joined forces with San Francisco's Premiere Burlesque Troupe, The Cantankerous Lollies and SF's Famous Burlesque Orchestra in the late 1990's and started touring as Kitten On the Keys solo a wee bit later. Kitten on the Keys is the name of a 1922 RAGTIME Novelty song.She played with Devotchka on Burlesquefest Tour of Canada and the USA starring Catherine D'Lish. Her comedic timing won her awards from The SF Weekly and The New York Burlesque Festival and MORE! She won Best Costume at the Miss Exotic World Pageant 2005.( thanks Monique Motil and my Glue Gun!)She's been to France 4 times performing with the fabulous show, Cabaret New Burlesque! All this lil pony girl wants to do is sing, tinkle the ivories, stroke her uke, squeeze her accordion , make costumes and travel!She has 4 CD's under her belt. Her latest can be found on CD Baby and on her own website.She uses great artists for her promo-Joshua Ellingson is a fave! www.joshuaellingson.comShe is also a pro musical MC for large events like Burlesquefest, Teaseorama Hollywood and San Francisco, Miss Exotic World Legend's Night and Pageant , Little Minsky's, Madame Maraschino's , Teaseorama or Bust, Cabaret New Burlesque in France (Nantes, Lille, Paris) and much much MORE! www.cabaretnewburlesque.comShe is so proud to be in the beautiful French coffee table book "Striptease" by Remy Fuentes and the premiere issue of Shimmy Magazine.She has performed with hilarious novelty musician Dr Elmo of Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer fame.....hey that song has been 1 in the X-mas charts over White Christmas for YEARS!Her current work includes a tragic biographical one woman show about her failed crack whore life called "Does This Piano Make My Ass Look Big?"Hear her playing on Vinsantos' new CD. myspace.com/vinsantos. Produced by Bauhaus legend Mr David J. She also played for David J live in SF and LA. She just provided backing vocals for excerpts from the show "Chicago" with Huey Lewis as Billy Flynn at Teatro Zinzanni in SF.Kitten on the Keys returns to France Summer 2007 http://www.myspace.com/newburlesque and the UK at Candy Box Burlesque Birmingham with Palookaville Orhcestra, Imelda May, Missy Malone, Leyla Rose, Miss Exotic World 2007 Immodisty Blaze and Dirty Martini to name a few!See her on a deck of cards....www.pokerburlesque.comCome play in her litterbox o'fun! www.kittymusic.com ..This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor™ V2.5

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/10/2004
Band Website: kittymusic.com
Band Members: Miss Kitten on the Keys is a one Mam BAND! She's a frisky pianist and songwriter. She strokes her ukulele,squeezes her accordion! She performs at Cabaret , Vaudeville, Punk Rock, Art and Film Festivals and Burlesque Shows across the country and in France! She loves Tin Pan Alley Flapperette faves and writes her own naughty dirty cabaret ditties! She has a panache for deconstructing Punk Rock songs into her own genre.......she's been dubbed the Punk Rock Betty Boop by the French Press! Bill Picture of the SF Chronicle calles Her..." A San Frencisco Punk Rock Burlesque Gem" Listen and purchase her songs at www.cdbaby.com or www.kittymusic.com
Influences: Annette Hanshaw Betty Boop Queen Sex Pistols Mae West Shirley Temple Marlene Dietrich Betty Boop Siouxsie Sioux Diamanda Galas Antony and the Johnsons Bowie Dolly Parton Kitty Wells Memphis Minnie Pink Floyd Kiss Kate Bush Nick Cave Tindersticks Led Zepplin I guilty pleasure STYX Tom Waits Liberace Alice Cooper Black Flag Hilo Hattie Hapa Haole Hawaiian Songs Tiny Tim Polkacide ELO and YES The Cure Daniel Johnston
Sounds Like: A gal hopped up on too many moonpies! This gal plays all her own instruments on her CD's-a true one Ma'AM Band! Pianocenntric plinkity plunks with ukulele strums and accordion omm pah pah Naughty sassy lyrics Baby voiced and husky kookiness Creepy yet funny Wounded Inner Child Exhibitionist on crank Creepy and CUTE Ballsy and Blusey Punk Rock Betty Boop Mae West Swagger Kinky Cute and Clever 3 Fave Female Role Models:Freddie Mercury, Alice Cooper, Liberace
Record Label: Rug Burn Records San Francisco (her own label!)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour in the UK

It's COLD!I can't phone home but I am having a great time hanging with Mi Mi and Missy and the DAMNED.....the shows have been fun!Check out the dates onwww.officialdamned.comNew photos on www.flickr.c...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:27:00 PST

David J sings Bowie’s Time Kitten plays piano and MORE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvY1cnHifMgDavid J of Love and Rockets, Bauhaus, and Jazz Butcher fame sings Bowie's TIME in LA at the Rock and Roll strip show put on by Ming Dynatease, Kitten de Ville...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:20:00 PST

Kitten on the Keys on Burlesque Pod Cast!

Kitten on the Keys is delighted to be on Lili von Schtupp and Chris Beyond'sBurlesque Podcast! They caught up with her in LA after the Rock and Roll StripShow -Listen how Kitten on the Keys got her st...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:34:00 PST

10/23 Wet Spots, Muddflappers, Kitten on the Keys SF

10/23/2007 08:00 PM - Center for Sex and Culture with the Wet Spots from Canada! Mission Street at South Van Ness San Francisco, California US 20.00Description:The WET SPOTS are coming from Canada-in ...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:41:00 PST

10/20 Kitten on the Keys in LA Rock and Roll Strip Show

-->~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> THIS SATURDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 2OTH GET READY FOR THE BEST ROCK N ROLL STRIPSHOW EVER! Tired of the same old sHIT? Seen it all, been everywhere? need a new kick? WE'VE...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:48:00 PST

The Damned Twisted Cabaret UK Tour 11/28-10/20

Mi Mi Le Meaux Burlesque from San Diego Missy Malone  Burlesque from ScotlandKitten on the Keys Musical Hi Jinks and MCand a lucky  local talent showcase winner on the UK dates-Open for Lege...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:57:00 PST

Kitten on the Keys on www.bust.com homepage 4 Teaseorama

WOW- Kitten on the Keys is deeeeeeeeeeeeelighted to be on the www.bust.com homepage in honor of Teaseorama 2007 in San Francisco! Come on down to Bimbo's 365 Club and check out www.teaseorama.com for ...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:09:00 PST

Lady Monster, Doe, Angel, Kitten-OH MY! On the RADIO

I am honored to be on Lady Monster's Show Today! The Lair of Lady MonsterSaturday 2:00 - 4:00 California Time (PDT)87.9FM in San Francisco and Los Angeles, 104.8 in Berlin, Germany ANDstreaming online...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:33:00 PST

KItten on the Keys on the BOOB TUBE natl geo ch TONIGHT!

Airs TONIGHT! National Geographic Channel9/28 Check your local listings Hey kids-Kitten on the Keys was contacted by Emmy Award winning film maker Anna Fitch last year for this documentary with a lil ...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:58:00 PST

Candy Box Burlesque New Home for Videos!

New Candybox Site for Videos! http://www.veoh.com/channels/thecandybox Kitten on the Keys portion of Yankee Doodle Candy: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1184460qTd7p7HG Enjoy the links!XXXXOOOKITTEN and...
Posted by Kitten On The Keys on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:00:00 PST