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Shien Lee

Nobody's Sweetheart

About Me

"The world is an ass, and we are its farts.
Each of us stinks in his own way- that is the spice of life."
-Anita: Tanze des Lasters

Salut! I was born in Taipei, raised in Honolulu, schooled in Prague, and relocated from Montreal to New York in 2007. When I'm not tickling apes, I enjoy playing the erhu and organizing events under the banner of Dances of Vice .
For more information, please visit http://www.dancesofvice.com, or our Myspace page listed on my Top Friends below.
LJ Rattengift: http://rattengift.livejournal.com

My Interests

secret identities, sleeping late, travel, spontaneous recovery, tap-dancing, chinese opera, costuming, absurdism, looney tunes, puppeteering, collecting antiques, victorian fashion, medieval studies, german expressionist cinema, rococo fashion, 18th century fashion...

I'd like to meet:

Godot.
I love to meet new creative people and other fellow beauty-seekers, but random friend requests sent without so much as a greeting will most likely be disregarded, as I rarely check my friends request page.

Music:

ragtime, russian folk, vintage jazz, blues, chinese opera, baroque opera, german cabaret, tango, asian folk, medieval, neofolk - camerata mediolanense, ruth etting, nick cave, klaus nomi, bix beiderbecke, adam ant, sparks, in gowan ring, tom waits, spinal tap, sparks, zbigniew preisner, &c.

The Deadfly Ensemble

Movies:

samurai cinema, silent film, slapstick comedy, martial arts films, wong kar wai, zhang yimou, stephen chou, chinese cinema, laurel and hardy, japanese cinema, fritz lang, josef von sternberg, rosa von praunheim, chistopher guest

Television:

Bric-a-bracker, firecracker, sis boom bah! Bugs Bunny, Bugs Bunny, rah, rah, rah!

Heroes:

Ostap Bender, Pan Jinlian, Bugs Bunny..
"Monsters are such innnnteresting people!" -Bugs Bunny

My Blog

SHANGHAI VICE at The Montauk Club, 7/5/08

 July 5th: "Shanghai Vice" at the Montauk ClubOn Saturday, July 5th, Dances of Vice returns to the venerable Montauk Club (25 Eighth Ave, Brooklyn) - for an evening of pleasure and decadence insp...
Posted by Shien Lee on Tue, 06 May 2008 01:43:00 PST

4/26/08 - DOV Photos by Steven Rosen Photography

      All Images © Steven Rosen PhotographySee the full set at: http://www.stevenrosenphotography.comPassword: MontaukI've just received some gorgeous pictures taken...
Posted by Shien Lee on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:38:00 PST

Dances of Vice in the New York Times, 3/3/08

NY Times Link here.Enlarged article HERE.Thanks to Bianca Alexis for scanning and sending it in to me!...
Posted by Shien Lee on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:30:00 PST

Tribute night to The Threepenny Opera at The Montauk Club, April 26th

Dances of Vice presents...April 26th: A tribute to The Threepenny Opera An Evening at the Montauk Club(Flyer link) DATE & LOCATION:Dances of Vice has been invited to take place on Saturday, A...
Posted by Shien Lee on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:43:00 PST

The Cat With Hands, Robert Morgan

A Robert Morgan filmUnited Kingdom, 20013:30 Minuteshttp://www.lovefilm.com/view_dvd.php?dt_id=49513Also available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GojP4Fe2OlIFollow the link to watch "The Cat With H...
Posted by Shien Lee on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:44:00 PST

Some Little Bug

Some Little Bug Composed by Roy Atwell & Benjamin Hapgood BurtIn these days of indigestion it is oftentimes a questionAs to what to eat and what to leave alone.Every microbe and baci...
Posted by Shien Lee on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:31:00 PST

west and wewaxation at wast...

After a tweacherous day, and even more stwessful days to fowwow, I just need some Wooney Tunes and a tall stwawbewwy-banana butterscotch wipple smoothie. Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat by Leon R...
Posted by Shien Lee on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:26:00 PST