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La Bruja

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About Me

I can resist anything but temptation.-Oscar Wilde THESE LINES ARE TRANSLATED ENGLISH TO SPANISH FOR THE READING EASE OF (MOST) OF MY FRIENDS SO BE PATIENT...THANKS!
Cosas que hay que saber de mi de entrada....Things that you have to know about me to begin with
*No quiero ni busco problemas...pero no los consigo escapar..../ *I don't want or look for trouble but i can't seem to escape it!
*Soy española y soy bruja...de las buenas claro./I am spanish and a witch...a good one of course
*Siempre seré un freak de carnaval aunque ya no trabaje en ello./i will always be a carival freak,even if i no longer work as one
*Soy pirata/I am a pirate
*y como cualquier pirata decente,puedo atar buenos nudos./and like any decent pirate y can tie good knots
*Bailo burlesque porque llevo el ritmo de los tambores voodoo dentro de mi/I dance burlesque because i have the rhythm of the voodoo drums inside me
*Estoy tatuada y soy tatuista.I am tattooed and I am a tattooist
*Soy bailarina de bailes latinos retirada y toco la conga./I am a retired latin dancer and i play the congas
*me encantan los animales...cuanto mas salvajes y libres mejor../I love animals,the wilder and more free the better..
*oseaque hasta que tenga mas espacio./so until i have more space
*Tengo dos gatos negros.....I have two black cats
....
*Canto en una banda....bueno,empiezo una nueva banda dentro de poco porque la mas reciente esta en punto de "hyper-sueño"./i sing in a band....well,im starting a new project soon as my last band is in hyper sleep for now
*Me encanta el agua,es donde mejor estoy..el baño o preferiblemente la playa/I love the water,it is where i feel the best...in the bath or preferably in the sea


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My Interests


sideshows y el arte de carnavales/sideshows and carnival art
1900s style posteradvert by James G.Mundie

Johnny Meah-The Czar of Bizarre

sunny buick

Modificacion Corporal y el arte que lo rodea
...por ejemplo el gran artista mexicano Dr.Lakra/
Body Modification and the art surrounding it
...for example the great mexican artist Dr.Lakra

Fotografía/Photography:Man Ray,AlbertoGarciaAlix,
Helmut Newton,david Bailey,Henri Cartier-Bresson,annie liebowitz,Bob Gruen,David LaChapelle
y muchos mas/and many more......incluyendo algunos en mi Top24/including some on my Top24.....

-DavidLaChapelle

-Alberto Garcia-Alix

-HenriCartier-Bresson

-Leee Black Childers
ropa de muchas epocas pasadas y visiones de como sera en el futuro/clothes from many past eras and the future vision of what they will be like.....
60's/70's concert posters and Record cover art/posters de conciertos de los 60/70 y arte de fundas de discos

iconos religiosos y calacas de El Dia de los Muertos y otras formas de arte folklorico/religious icons and day of the Dead skulls and alters and other forms of folkloric art.....cualkier cosa mexicana/anything Mexican

Novelas de Ficcion "Pulp"/Pulp Fiction Novels

Cultura Tiki,La Vida "Lounge", y Barras Cocteleras/Tiki Culture,Lounge Living and Cocktail Bars

Beach Life....Vida de Playa....Surf!!!!

Brujeria/Witchcraft

Salir a conciertos de todas clases y Bailar:todos los estilos..all styles

Sailor Jerry flash,traditional and true tribal tattoo designs

soy antropologa cultural y siempre me gusta aprender mas sobre costumbres tribales/i am a cultural anthropologist and always want to learn more about tribal customs

bailo flamenco y hay muchos que me consideran gitana...por mi espiritu y porque me encanta viajar/i dance flamenco and some people consider me a gypsy.because of my spirit and because i love to travel

Arte tradicional y original del "Pinup" desde los años 20 a los 70/Traditional and original Pinup Art from the 20s to the 70s

en el fondo soy una beatnik y me gusta el jazz..pero del salvaje/down deep i am a beatnik and i love jazz..but the wild kind

estudio el kamasutra y el yoga Kundalini/i study the kamasutra and kundalini yoga

me gustan los coches makeaos y los chicos que los conducen...peromas conducirlos yo!/i dig custom cars and the boys who drive them..but even more driving them myself

colleciono kimonos y diseños de telas de kimonos,me flipa todo lo japones...menos la pesca del tiburon y la ballena!!!/i collect kimonos and kimono fabric and i love anything japanese...except the shark and whale fishing!
bailo el chachacha,el tango,el swing,la samba,la rumba,claqué,y flamenco y a veces doy clases/I dance the chachacha,tango,swing,samba,rumba,tap and flamenco and sometimes i teach them.

me gusta fumar...aunqu elo he dejado por un rato(menos ci salgo a bailar!)..y las dos cosas a la vez es el no va mas!..y las motos viejas/i like to smoke...(although ive recently given it up(except when i go out to dance)..and old motorbykes..and the two things at once is the most cool!

me encanta comer...i love to eat...cosas extrañas/strange things
me gustan los cactus y los higos chumbos/i like cactuses and cactus pears

y pulpo a la gallega/and octopus galician style

I'd like to meet:

mi idea del paraiso es algo sobre estas lineas:yo y un pirata en una isla desierta con mucho ron/My idea of paradise is something a long these lines....me and a pirate on a deserted island and lots of rum

sueño con vivir en el caribe..un estudio de tatuajes,una banda de rockanroll garajero blues,un chiringuito en la playa,un camion y un barco/i dream of living in the caribbean...a tattoo studio,a rocknroll blues garage band,a shackbar on the beach,an old pickup truck and a boat

any time soon id like to meet.....:
Noel Fielding.....in a park or in a spaceship

DENIS LEARY....with lots of tobacco and time on my hands.....

ANTHONY BOURDAIN.....travelling on the road....a little shack in Thailand......or in a kitchen

John Waters........anywhere
Y si tuviera una makina de tiempo.entre otros/as:/And if i had a time machine,amongst others:
ELVIS PRESLEY in Hawaii

RUSS MEYERS AND HIS PUSSYCATS....in las Vegas

JONHNNY CASH.....in a cabin by a lake

TALLULAH BANKHEAD sipping mint juleps and smoking havanas

BORIS KARLOFF on a film set

VINCENT PRICE AND PETER LORRE....with a pitcher of bloody mary and an old film projector

JESUS OF NAZARETH...I have some questions,ese!

and of course,anybody who wants to get tattooed with an original piece of art or tribal marking
or wants a thoroughly researched custom design for a tattoo,poster,flyer or whatever....
musicians,photographers,filmakers,carnies,dancers and artists wanting to collaborate in anyway with me
...drop me a line!!!!!
para los que tengais fotolog aqui esta el mio: Fotolog de la Bruja Pirata
Un enlace a posters de cine mexicano de terror,posters de cine de Santo y el Blue Demon,y revistas de caricaturas satíricas y comics/A link to mexican horror movie posters,Santo and the Blue Demon film posters and satyrical caricature magazines and comics:
Click and go...where life is cheap,dubbing is bad and good guys wear silver masks.....

SANTOSTREET.COM
CLICK FOR LINK TO THE BEST NIGHT OF LUCHALIBRE AND DANCING GIRLS LOS ANGELES HAS TO OFFER:LUCHA VAVOOM!!!!/CLIKEAR PARA LA MEJOR NOCHE DE LUCHALIBRE Y CHICAS BAILARINAS QUE OFRECE LOS ANGELES!!!!!

Para aprender mas sobre el formas de arte moderno y clasico:/To learn more about various classic and modern art forms
click here:
THE TATE MUSEUM
Click on this link below
for one the best places to find just about evrything about independent,underground,
vintage,Bmovie,horror,film noir and even cartoons..posters,info,trivia,synopsis,purchasing.... Bitter Cinema.com
For 50's/60's rock-n-roll,hotrod,surf Movies galore....words can't describe just how groovy this site is!!!!Click and READY,SET?...GO!GO!GO!
THE VIDEO BEAT
NEXT:FEAST YOUR EYES ON..........
PASEN Y VEAN........
ONE OF MY FAVOURITYE WEBSITES EVER!!/UNO DE MIS WEBSITES FAVORITOS.....
Click and Get lost in IT.......

And below is a link to a never ending source of inspiration for me as an illustrator and tattooist,ENJOY!:

My Band:THE SCREECHES,click on the pic to go and add us if you wish

Music:

Como saben mis amigos,me gusta toda clase de music...soy una eccentrica ecclectica musicalmente hablando/....As my friends know i dig all sorts of music...musically speaking,i am an ecentric ecclectic..aunke me balanceo hacia ....although i swing towards blues rockabilly surf and sixties garage....Y aun con toda esta parrafada me faltan bastantes/And even with all this parragraph i am missing plenty!...Y no en orden alfabetico,muy raro en mi.../And in no particular order and very unlike me,NOT in alphabetical order:
WANDA JACKSON!!!!!

Patsy Cline

Patti Smith

The Cramps

Daughters of Eve

Peggy Lee

Nico

The Runaways

The Byrds

David Bowie

Velvet Underground
THE REMAINS

The Rolling Stones

THE SONICS!

the MusicMachine

LOS SAICOS!!!!Demoler,demoler!!!!la estación de tren!!

MC5

Os Mutantes

The Kinks

Eleanor Rigby

SCREAMIN JAY HAWKINS,Ethel Waters,Josephine Baker,Edith Piaf,Patsy Cline,Billie Holiday,BO DIDDLEY,Nina Simone,DIAMANDA GALAS,
The Dave Clark 5,The Shangri-las,The Hollies,13th Floor Elevators,The Stooges,the Action,The Who,John's children,TRex,
Burt BACHARACH,The Mommas and the Poppas,Cream,Doors,Thin Lizzy,BlackSabbath,Led Zeppelin,13th Floor Elevators,Jefferson Airplane,Francoise Hardy,Bob Dylan,The Band,The Flying Burrito Brothers
Moby Grape,Gram Parsons,The Seeds,Small Faces,Patsy Cline
the Spiders,BESSIE SMITH,Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, HOWLIN WOLF,Ella Fitzgerald,Gracie Fields,ELMORE JAMES,early Elvis,oh hell...ANY Elvis who am i kidding?,Frank Sinatra,Mancini
Dean Martin,Sammy Davis Jr.,Mel Tormé,The Andrew Sisters,Hank Williams,Blind Willy Johnson
Divine with The Cockettes(cabaret)

Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin

blondie,The Stooges,the Ramones,Dead Kennedys,Sonic Youth,Stiv Bators,Crass,Sex Pistols,The Clash,THe Gun Club,Las Vulpess
Peaches

The Slits!

Blondie

The Plasmatics

Xray Specs

GrandmasterFlash&The Furious Five

RUN DMC

Nick Cave&the Bad Seeds,Buzzcocks,New York Dolls,Television,The Pretenders,Madness,The Specials,Murphys Law,Nausea,The Ramones,Johnny Thunder
and the Heartbreakers,New yOrk Dolls,The Waitresses,B52's,

MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS,50'S PRIMITIVE TRIBAL RECORDS,VINYL!!!!78s,45s,33s whatever!,60s garage,surf,teen beat
THE GRUESoMES(keep rockin'my world)

THE STAIRS!!!!

EARLY ROCKABILLY,bluegrass,mississippi delta blues,70s punk,80s post punk and mod revival,CUBAN AND MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC,latin music of all kinds,flamenco,ORIGINAL SKA,
spanish yeye pop rock groups of the 60s,70s-80's LOS BRINCOS, los sirex,
LOS BRAVOS!!!!

LOS SALVAJES!!!!Los Navajos!!!!
Thee Cherylinas

LHASA DE SELA

LOS PEYOTES!!!!

The Black Hollies

PJ HARVEY,S.M.U.T.,The Long Boards,PINK MARTINI,Fumestones,Derrumbes,Heavy Trash,
Mouldy Peaches,Boss Hog,The Makeouts
CAKE

Les Negresse Vertes,Mano Negra,the Gerry Alvarez Odyssey,John Spencer BLues Explosion,LOS SUPER ELEGANTES,LOST ACAPULCO,ULTRASONICAS!!!!Black Lips,YeahYeahYeahs,Graham Coxon,The HaraKiris,
CHIXKS ON SPEED,crazy girl,juliette and the licks
The HangeeV,Les Cappuccino,Kings of Leon,Noisettes,queens of the stone age
THE GRAVES BROTHERS DELUXE,BlackRebelMotorcycleClub,BuenaVistaSocialClub,mad juana,THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS,
some of my fave spanish bands:THEE TUMBITAS,Villanos de Boraville,the Tora Tigers
Lee y los Harakiri,Wau y los Aaargh....
be your own pet,The Hives,Long Blondes,Gore Gore Girls
smoosh,LOBO ELECTRICO,Electric Lights Flashing Very Fast
LOS CHICOS!!!,MISSISSIPPI ALLIGATORS,los parafiliacs,THE 5.6.7.8's
The PASSADENAS,Juanita y los feos,the PORTUGAL JAPAN,negative waves,moustache,PSYCHO A GO GO
SEñOr NO,LOBO ELECTRICO
Rojo Omega,Lascivos,MEGAPURPLE SEX TOY KIT

The Dark Marbles,SUGUS,Las culebras,LOS GUAPOS!!!!
Los (kinky)PEANUTS

and many of the bands with whom my band shares the sewers of Londontown:
Urban Voodoo Machine,Los Fumadores,Black Moses,the DeBretts,Lucifer Star Machine,Tits Of Death,Girls on Top,Blood Safari,Chinese Lungs,UrbanShock,VivaLasVegas
The Eraserheads,Jamie T,The Sessions,Dragster,Naked Ruby,thee Exciters,The phobics,KID HARPOON...and so many more i will add as my memory returns..
and one of my favourite bands to dance to:
The Staggers

Movies:



Cualquier pelicula con:/any movie with:
Christopher Walken,Tim Roth,John Malkovitch,Gary Oldman,Johnny Depp, Jean Reno

o por:/or by: Jim Jarmusch

John Waters

Tim Burton
THE TENTH VICTIM(La Decima Vittima)

Faster PussycatKill Kill Kill

Un Chien Andalou(Un Perro Andaluz)by Luis Bunyuel and Salvador Dalí
Viridiana...a film written by my uncle and Luis Bunyuel

all Luis Bunyuel films,2001 a space oddisey,Blade Runner,Freaks,SHE,
dr.goldfoot and the girlbombs,star creatures from outer space,Frankenstein,Metropolis
Russ Meyers movies,tarantino flicks(written directed and or produced),Hammer Films,Trees Lounge,Quadrophenia,Clockwork Orange,Alfred Hitchcock films
Performance,Blow out,warhol's Candy,deep throat, Behind the Greendoor
The Night Porter,cabaret,Rocky Horror,Monster Movies
and im searching for this one.....so i can see it finally....help!?

Television:

The One and Only

THE MIGHTY BOOSH!!!Two of the
funniest men ever....funny is HOT!

The Twilight Zone

bewitched,mod squad,batman,johnny quest
tales of the unexpected,Hammer House of Horror,
Batman!!!!!!!!!Kerpowwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!

Vintage Star Trek,The Prisoner,
The Ray Bradbury Hour
Lost In Space,Space 1999,
Battlestar Galactica,Nature/
History/Crime ..aries
man from UNCLE,SecretAgentman,
Hawaii5-O,The Saint
Sesame Street,The Electric Company,
The Amazing Spiderman
Saturday Night Live,Laugh In,
Gidget,Beverly Hillbillies
Deadwood,Carnivale,The Sopranos
Six Feet Under,Weeds,Monty Python,
Young Ones,Blackadder,Benny Hill
and most of all Hannah Barbara cartoons
My favourite:My Idol:PATAN!!!!!(Muttley)jeeejeeejeeejeee!

Books:

I pretty much would eat books of i could......i love them....philosophy,history and ART!!!!!!!!Art/Design Books!!!TASCHEN ROCKS MY WORLD!!!
and more art........ subversive,classic,pop or otherwise........

Vintage "LoBrow"/Erotica Comics

Cookbooks,travelbooks,research books,any book really

and so many books i can't even begin.......La Virgen Roja,Fernando Arrabal;Bodas de Sangre,Federico Garcia Lorca;La Dama Duende,La Vida es Suenyo,Calderon de la Barca;Cuentos,Pio Baroja..Isaac Asimov..ray Bradbury..Burroughs...Kerouac...Ginsberg....Hunter S.Thompson...Samuel Pepys Diary of London during the Plague....Homer....Plato....Dante...Kirkegaard..Nietzche...t he Marquis De Sade....Shakespeare...Tennessee Williams..Dorothy Parker..Alexandra Dumas..Books about film and music.Comic Books.Marvel.Ray Bradstreet.

Heroes:

heroe es una palabra muy fuerte/Heroe is a strong word...no me gusta usarla menos en referencia a Batman o Spiderman/i dont like to use it unless referring to Batman or Spiderman...pero hay gente en este mundo que me hace sentir bien/but there are people in the world that make me feel good...por ejemplo/for example:
Mi hija/My daughter
Mis verdaderos amigos!!!/My true friends!
y porque alguien tiene que hacer el trabajo sucio/peligroso
and because somebody's got to do the dirty/scary work and i admire them for it:
basureros/garbagemen and bomberos/firemen
y por hacer del mundo un sitio mas bonito y divertido/ and for making the world a prettier and more fun place to be:
Charles and Ray Eames,Oscar Wilde,Frank LLoyd Wright,Man Ray,Ossie Clark,Dorothy Parker,Sailor Jerry,Tallulah Bankhead,Wanda Jackson,Stan Lee,Mary Shelley,Vincent Price,Lon Chaney,Boris Karloff,James Whale(the director of Frankenstein and other monster movies),doctor who(i wanna be a time lord!),Tim Burton rocks too!
Poison Ivy and Lux Interior.....como pareja y como musicos..me inspiran y me dan esperanza de ke es posible encontrar a tu pareja en el amor y en el arte en la misma persona/as a couple and as musicians..they are my inspiration and give me hope that it is possible to find your partner in love and art in the same person!
El Hombre Leon y todos los Frikis!!!!/The Lion Man and all the Freaks!!!!
Luchadores!!!!
Frankie!

Personas que saben meterse y salirse de situaciones dificiles
con elegancia/people who can get in and out of difficult situations with elegance
mouldbreaking artists/artistas que rompen moldes
Soledad Miranda
Louise Brooks
Theda Bara
Frida Kahlo
Maila Nurmi,A.K.A.Vampira....before:
and after....a bottle of black hair dye
ursula andress...kicks ass.
Emma Peel
Patti Smith&Robert Mapplethorpe
Anthony Bourdain-traveller&chef
Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits(pant pant)
Dogtown ZBoys
Geiger and Debbie Harry...aqui,juntos/here,together
Bonnie & Clyde
Barbarella
bikini girls with machine guns

My Blog

Smoking Nuns... AKA:Sisters with Bad Habits

Smoking NunsTwo nuns were in back of the convent smoking cigarettes, when one said "It's bad enough that we have to sneak out here to smoke, but it really is a problem getting rid of the cigarette bu...
Posted by La Bruja on Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:34:00 PST

PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES MANIFESTO

Hi friends!I wanted to share a link to a site that has provided me with hours of laughter......All of you U.K. residents may be familiar with the Emergency Pamphlet sent out by the U.K. government tel...
Posted by La Bruja on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Give that monkey some porn......

So yeah......i have been and am still to some degree an animal rights activist...or now at least a defender of sorts.....although i no longer am a vegetarian.. for health reasons..but procure to eat m...
Posted by La Bruja on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST