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Torchy Taboo

Burlesque Vagabond...

About Me


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I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4By day, down-home tatooed country girl, a regular Georgia peach sittin' at the sewin' machine, by night red-hot party girl with a drink in one hand, an unattached pasty in the other, a song in her heart and something lofty and philisophical to say about EVERYTHING. THE Vamp of Savannah, spit-fire rough-neck goes glittering glam...with aim! I’ve been performing, teaching and producing shows, primarily Burlesque, neo-circus and performance art in Atlanta, NYC, Nashville and South Florida and across the country since I could vote! And in the last 10 years, I have worked tirelessly with the Burlesque Revival. I have a great talent and love for putting the right chemistry of performers in front of the right audience...usually with me right in the middle of Everything, but ya gotta do what ya love and I love attention...xoxoxoxo, dahlings...wink, snap, turn, wiggle...

My Interests

All the things that help me let you see the insane movie thats playing inside my head.....Dancing: Flamenco, Tango and Burlesque, .....Freaks and side-show acts, Fire performers, .....Pin-up art, Mid 20th Century style, tatoos, Tiki decor.....Make-up and rhinestones, beads and feathers, costume construction, lighting and stage design, .....Animals and Fish (live, stuffed, taxidermied, talking, non-talking, cartoon etc), .....Mythology and museums, art (Classic,folk, and Street or Underground), Pop-culture history, .....Interesting people

I'd like to meet:

People who are awake and paying attention, looking ahead to make the future bright and interesting, inspired creative people....those who are not content with the world they subscribe to on TV. Folks who understand the irony and pathos of knowing just enough to get yourself in trouble. Enourmous tatooed bald men with big big crazy hands and soul melting smiles...oh wait, that possition has been filled.........And talking animals.

Music:

Old school bump and grind with lots of blazing horns, Spanish guitar, Elvis, authentic Rockabilly, classic country and blue grass, Debussy, David Bowe, the Cramps, S.C.O.T.S., once upon a time the unparalelled Greasepaint, and all other Jim stacy projects, Eagles of Death Metal, Fisherman's Famous Burlesque and Ronnie Magritte, Joe Jackson, yutsy novelty acts.......these days I'd love anything I could hear from the bar at the Star Bar...Whatever makes me feel like dancing...openings available for possitions in my "College of Musical Knowlege"

Movies:

"Oh Brother, Wherart Thou?," "The Usual Suspects," "City of Lost Children," "Pennies From Heaven," "I Heart Huckabies," "Snatch," "Hi Fidelity," "What the Bleep Do We Know," "Strictly Ballroom," Tons of 1930s classics and Russ Meyer anything!!

Television:

"Deadwood," Ya f*ckin' c*nt! Jeapardy, So Ya Think You can Dance (not to be confused with "Dancing with the Stars, which sux more than words can describe)

Books:

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being,""Maps of the Mind" "The Axis of Eros"

Heroes:

Terry Gilliam, Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson, Johnny Depp, Martin Scorsse, Bernedette Peters, Josephine Baker, Dixie Evans, Lily St. Cyr, Jimmy Carter, Fred Astair, Mae West, Bette Midler, Michael Jordon, Richard Metzger, Christopher Walken, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, & Mr. Wonderful

My Blog

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School South Florida Debut!

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art SchoolSouth Florida Debut!Hosted By: Torchy TabooThurs, Oct 027:00-9:00The Mai KaiThe Tahiti Room3599 N Federal HwyFt Lauderdale, FL 33308$12 at the door$10 advanceIf you don't ...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:23:00 PST

Torchy’s Burlesque Resume

A list of some of my Burlesque credits in case your computer doesn't have Google capibility. I'm not trying to be a self-aborbed Creten...I just AM! ...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:06:00 PST

New York Burlesque Festival!

Don't miss the 6th annual New York Burlesque Festival! Three fabulous nights of glitter in Gotham featuring the best in Burlesque, with over 80 performers from around the globe!FRIDAY, 9/19 Premiere ...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:16:00 PST

Silliness, really SILLY!

I've made myself into a cartoon!! Ok, if you know me personally you're saying, "What's new 'bout that? You've ALWAYS been a cartoon to us!"She's like me as a Barbie! AND she's doing the Time Warp! Wel...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:21:00 PST

Torchy's Review for OOO La! La!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ERGXjtOcs Yep, that is is me before my tattoos...This really is me! Note to MS Paris at OOOH LaLa...you misspelled my name!I just so happened to be 4 months p...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:51:00 PST

Thanks to my new friend, Fanny!!

Boy, I gotta tell ya! Our show this weekend went quite well, thanks to the Boudoir Beauties, The Kevro Art Bar and our other guest (I was a guest myself) from Miami's brand new Burly-Q gals, Shameless...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:07:00 PST

resource factor vs the tip of the weinee

Never underestimate the resource factor! Especially not when you live on the tip o' the weinee...What the fuck am I talking about?! Well, from a very early age on I've always made what I needed and wa...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:05:00 PST

redneck Hell...

1. my feet hurt like a Waffle-house waitress2. had to work late, so...3. I am missing the world famous Star Communnitee Bar's Annual Bubbapalooza Festival in ATL including not one but 2 bands that fea...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Sat, 24 May 2008 07:36:00 PST

serious tree love!!!

10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World? "A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food,warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade tothose who wield an axe to cut...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:30:00 PST

cuteness

I have only very sporatic access to anything that helps me present my photos here on myspace, so I love to offer links to the lovely things I find out there in the wide world of googling...heres a fun...
Posted by Torchy Taboo on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:26:00 PST