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Stephanie

Shake! It's great!!

About Me

Hello everyone my name is Stephanie Crabe, I am a photographer. I have a book out called "MOTEL BIZARRE Tales From the No-Tell Motel". The photographs that are a part of the Motel Bizarre series are illustrations of the seedy and hidden world that lies behind closed doors. The work is sometimes horrifying, sometimes glamorous, sometimes down right DIRTY. YOU CAN ORDER MOTEL BIZARRE NOW!!!! PICK YOUR POISON:




MOTEL BIZARRE: Tales from the No-Tell Motel
by Stephanie Crabe - $29.95
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Ltd. Pillowcase Edition of MOTEL BIZARRE!
Signed, numbered edition of 33 copies. Comes with a silk screened custom vintage pillowcase and pin-up photo! $45.00
(image above is a mock-up and final edition will vary in appearance)
You can check out some of my photographs and a preview of the book "MOTEL BIZARRE" at.... SCAPEGOATPUBLISHING.COM ~*AND*~ STEPHANIECRABE.COM ~*AND*~ Feel free to blog about it at MOTELBIZARRE.COM ~AND~ You NEED to make "friends" with MOTEL BIZARRE! on myspace!I have shown my photographic work in several galleries in the U.S. including New York City as well as....BALTIMORE EROTIC ARTS FESTIVAL! ~AND~Here's some press the work has gotten... "GUTTER MAGAZINE review" and "NO TELL MOTEL"
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I live and have a photo studio in the great city of BAYONNE New Jersey. If you plan on being in NJ and would like to visit the studio or participate in any of my photo projects feel free to contact me! We'd be happy to have ya!Along with all my other accomplishments I am also proud to be a Priestess in the Church of Satan .

My Interests


I love Christopher, my cat "Little Man", our dog Bosco... our cat the Stymie, my vintage Ouija board colletcion and my vintage Kewpie doll collection. I also love my 1962 Chevy Impala, when it runs!
In the summer I spend most of my free time on some boardwalk in New Jersey playing the Skill Crane, Pin-ball, or Skee-Ball. I also spend a lot of time in Coney Island eating hot-dogs, riding the Cyclone, or watching a SideShow .
We love to jump into the car and drive for hours just to find cool new spots to hang out in or go back to old fave's...

I'd like to meet:


I'd like to meet human oddities of all kinds. I like anyone who has stuff to offer. I also like people with REAL character NOT made up cultivated identities.
I like men who are real men. Men with a little bit of class. Men who wear suits to the supermarket.

I like women who do NOT feel the need to expose themselves, I like women who DO feel the need to expose themselves.

I like people who act on impulse and do not over-think things, I like random acts of desperation.

I like people who take weekend trips to Vegas and don't sleep a wink till they get home. I like when people over-eat at the buffet.

I like people who walk the line between "right" and "wrong". I like when men disappear for 50 years after they tell their wives they need to go to the store to buy a pack of smokes.

I like extra-terrestrials and people who mortgage their houses on that last roll of the dice.

I like people who are not afraid to have a drink, people who eat their meat RARE, people who enjoy life and do not let it control them.

Music:

I love music, all kinds, but mostly 70's-80's bands like AC/DC, the Cramps, the original MISFITS with DANZIG, FEAR, the New York Dolls, the Stooges, the Dammed, T-Rex, the Sex Pistols, the Gun Club, The Birthday Party, Alice Cooper, Velvet Underground, the Bad Brains, Black Flag, X, The Tube Bar tapes, Black Velvet Flag, Tom Waits, the Mummies, the Pillage People, the Residents, Boyd Rice & DEVO. I also love older stuff like Elvis, Roy Orberson, The Man In Black, Jerry Lee Lewis, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Andre Williams, Hasil Adkins, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Little Richard, the Revels, the Champs, the Trashmen, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, and all the unsung heroes of Rock N' Roll. I enjoy the "Wavy Gravy" and listen to "*FOOLS PARADISE*" . You should too...

Movies:


I spend A LOT of time watching movies. My favorite movies are Taxi Driver, Night of the Hunter, the Killers, the Shining, Mad Love, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Texas Chainsaw (the first one!!), PSYCHO!, The Filth and the Fury, The Undertaker and His Pals, Return of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, FRANKENHOOKER, the Warriors, Fatso, Repo Man, Pollyester, Rain (1932), Five Minuets to live, Tomorrow's Children, Shadow of a Doubt, the Decline of Western Civilization (1&2), The Jerk, The Sadest, They Live, The Hills Have Eyes, Soylent Green, the Omega Man, Full Metal Jacket, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory, Son of Hitler, Conan the Barbarian, Freaks, Grindhouse, Death Race 2000, Scum of the Earth, El Topo, Santa Sangre, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Motel Hell, a Clockwork Orange, Frankenstein, Goodfellas, Satan's Rejects, Who's that Knocking on my Door, King of Comedy, the Show, the Man Who Laughs, Chubby Rain, and Carnival of Souls to name a few...

I LOVE Film Noir. Some of my faves are; Public Enemy, Nightmare Alley, the Sweet Smell of Sucess, FURY, M, Detour, Ace in the Hole, They Made Me a Fugitave, Blade Runner, Sunset Blvd., and Touch of Evil.
I LIKE Lee Mavin, Earnist Borgnine, Richard Widmark, James Cagney, Peter Lorre, Martin Scorcese, Edward D. Wood Jr., Stanley Kubric, Robert Mitchem, Harvey Keitel, Mae West, Jean Harlow, Paul Rubens, Claira Bow, Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, David Lynch, Ida Lupino, and Marlon Brando.

Television:



I like Hogans Heroes, Our Gang, the Honeymooners, the Addams Family, the Uncle Floyd Show, In Serch Of, Cooking With Merrill Howard Kalin Show, Tales from the Crypt, Benny Hill, the Land of the Lost, Batman (Adam West), the Prisoner, The Twlight Zone, Pee-Wees Play House, Jerry Springer, Morton Downey JR, Geraldo (80's), COPS, and Americas Most Wanted.I also like to watch old cartoons like Merry Melodies, Popeye, Tex Avery stuff, and Betty Boop,
When I was 10 years old I was voted "Viewer of the month" on the Uncle Floyd Show.

Books:


Some of my favorite books are.... Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr., Low Life and Evidence by Luc Sante, Wisconsin Death Trip, Tales of Times Square, Gangs of New York, Pimp, Bloodletters and Badmen, Coney Island Lost and Found, old medical encyclopedias, Catcher in the Rye... I love SEXCATS by Christopher Mealie and I think every woman should read the Satanic Witch by Anton LaVey.

I read A LOT of True crime novels and books about NY history particularly the time period between 1870-1910.
I own over 200 vintage cook books (1883-1965). I not only enjoy looking at the great lithograph illustrations within I enjoy trying out the recipes! Mmmmmmmm!

Heroes:

My only hero is my Pop.

My Blog

Come to my next showing!!

Hi gang!If you are in the Baltimore area come down and check out some of my photographs being shown at THE BALTIMORE EROTIC ARTS FESTIVAL! I will be showing two prints from the MOTEL BIZARRE series. ...
Posted by Stephanie on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:47:00 PST

R.I.P Carl Minnerly AKA Earl

HI Gang.I am sad to say that on April 5 Carl Minerly known to Motel Bizarre fans as "Earl"-Died. Carl will be missed by all of us who worked on the Motel Bizarre project and he will be remembered as ...
Posted by Stephanie on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:16:00 PST

for a good time....

Hi Gang!Last week for my birthday Christopher and I spent some time down in Atlantic City. I LOVE Atlantic City for many reasons so Christopher treated me to a trip there as part of my gift. We did ...
Posted by Stephanie on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:04:00 PST

THE ONLY RECORD YOU NEED!!

THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER!! ONCE YOU OWN THIS RECORD YOU WILL NEVER EVER NEED TO EVER BUY ANOTHER RECORD AGAIN!!Go buy it NOW!!!~Crabbie...
Posted by Stephanie on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:48:00 PST

2 Scoops please... Hold the tongue!!!

mmmmm- my favorite flavor... SEVERED TONGUE!!!Enjoy!~Crabbie...
Posted by Stephanie on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:53:00 PST

My next showing!!

Hi Gang! I will be showing one print from the book Motel Bizarre in this years Dirty Show! Come up and see us up close and personal! For more information go to www.dirtyshow.orgEnjoy! x...
Posted by Stephanie on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:15:00 PST

Jersey City... The 8th wonder of the world!!

Hi gang! When I was a kid growing up in the 80's here in Bayonne NJ we used to take the 10 bus up to Journal Square in Jersey City and hop on one of the "Tubes" (now called PATH trains) and go over t...
Posted by Stephanie on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:03:00 PST

Strange Art

Hi gang!I want you all to know that I do NOT frequent McDonalds. However, I do walk past one several times a day when on the job. Once wile walking by I looked over and spotted this strange work of...
Posted by Stephanie on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:02:00 PST

Oooopsy!!

Hi gang!! Imagine my surprise when I came home the other day and found a letter from the City of New York containing the fowling images and a violation inside! Thanks Osama! Now I can't even run a ...
Posted by Stephanie on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:20:00 PST

My favorite place to be!!

Hi Gang! Now that summer is here it's time to go to all those nifty places that were closed for the winter months. Take for example my favorite restaurant THE CIRCUS DRIVE IN! It's my all time favor...
Posted by Stephanie on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:51:00 PST