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Reverend Jen

Gidget Meets Henry Miller

About Me



I am an elf that lives in a troll museum above a shoe store with a pixie queen trapped in the body of a chihuahua. I am an art star, author, troll museum curator, punk rock perfumer, columnist, guru, open mike host, ambassador to the otherworld, ASS Magazine founder, underground movie star, Voice of the Downtrodden and Tired and Patron Saint of the Uncool.I was born on the same day as Zelda Fitzgerald and Amelia Earhart. I want to conquer the world while simultaneously inhabiting an imaginary one.

My Interests

My chihuahua: Reverend Jen Junior, trolls, elves, the art stars, hosting my open mike (the Anti-Slam) last Wed. of every month at Bowery Poetry Club, designing dresses, doin' it, hanging at open mikes, perfumery, making artists' books (www.printedmatter.org), Budweiser, dancing , monkeys, pizza, Picasso, Goya, John Singer Sargent, Van Gogh, Egyptian art, Arthurian legends, gangsta rap, druidism, tantric sex, shopping, daydreaming, learning elvish, doing drawings and paintings, making movies, swimming, decorating, reading, giving tours of my troll museum, writing stuff for artnet.com, doing strange workout videos, making electra elf (www.electraelf.com), creating liberated dance zones, posing for pictures, throwing parties, writing books, grooving with the eternal now, troublemaking...

I'd like to meet:

Wolverine, Batman, Spiderman, Aquaman, Wonderwoman, David Hasselhoff, pirates, baby animals, venture capitalists, Merlin

Music:

the Who, T. Rex, Led Zeppelin, the Ramones, the Dammed, Banana Splits, Danny Kaye, Dave Clark Five, the Partridge Family, the Kinks, Ish Marquez, the Fools, the New York Howl, Brer Brian, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, MC5, the Beatles, Black Sabbath, Otis Redding, the Muppet Movie soundtrack, the Wishnik Family album, Hank Williams, Generation X, the Velvet Underground, Milk Kan, the Trachtenburg Slide Show Family Players, Tiny Tim, Johnny Thunders, NY Dolls, The Archies, the Yardbirds, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, the Animals, Priestess, Langley School Project, the woman who can sing in elvish that I met on Houston Street

Movies:

The Wizard of Oz, Foxes, Grand Hotel, the Dark Crystal, Troll, Alyssa Milano's Teen Steam, Lord of the Rings, Zapped, Urban Cowboy, Saturday Night Fever, the Spongebob movie (a religious experience), la dolce vita, a Year Without a Santa Claus

Television:

The O.C.!!!!!!!!! Spongebob, the Young Ones, Scooby Doo, Smackdown, Banana Splits, Beverly Hills 90210, When Animals Attack, the Adventures of Electra Elf, Alf

Books:

The Tao Te Ching, The complete works of George Bernard Shaw, Diary of a Drug Fiend, Valley of the Dolls, the Success and Failure of Picasso, Illuminations, 120 Days of Sodom, Wuthering Heights, Pimp, TV Guide,And my own books, which you should probably own: Reverend Jen's Really Cool Neighborhood, Sex Symbol for the Insane, Beer is Magic, Magical Elf Panties, I'll Never Wash this Vagina Again: the love poems of Reverend Jen, Elf Panties: Audio Visual Fun, Be Careful What You Wish For, Reverend Jen Junior Groovee Paper Dolls, Rev. Jen Paper Dolls, Reverend Jen's Trip to the Hospital, People Who Don't Like my Work are Bad People, Treasuries of the Troll Museum and more...

Heroes:

Spongebob, Gandalf, the Fonz, Saint Brad Prowley, Reverend Jen Junior, Cher, Alfred Jarry, Alf, Pippi Longstocking, Coco Chanel

My Blog

Performance in Munich Next Week!

To my buds in Germany and anyone who might happen to be in Germany next weekend,I'm coming back next week to perform my epic puppet show, Les Misrahi (probably not all 60 pages) and to do some other c...
Posted by Reverend Jen on Sun, 25 May 2008 09:25:00 PST

Reverend Jens Really Cool Neighborhood, Episode Two!!!!

We even know our lines this time.  And the show will be followed by other great performances including a set by The Fools and a reading from my new book! Reverend Jen's Really Cool NeighborhoodEp...
Posted by Reverend Jen on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:48:00 PST

My Latest Article

A new piece about heartbreak, mental disorder and healing:http://www.nerve.com/personalessays/millerjen/seekin gasylum/index.asp?page=1
Posted by Reverend Jen on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:39:00 PST

Trailer For the Greatest Film Ever Made

I can't stop watching this:http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/beverlyhillschihua hua/trailer_large.html
Posted by Reverend Jen on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:31:00 PST

Rev. Jen’s Really Cool Neighborhood, Episode Two!

Reverend Jen's Really Cool NeighborhoodEpisode Two: "Rock 'n' Roll"Written by Reverend JenDirected by Robert PrichardStarring Reverend Jen, Reverend Jen Junior, Faceboy, Mangina, Mike Amato, the O'Deb...
Posted by Reverend Jen on Tue, 06 May 2008 11:12:00 PST

F’ing Craigslist Stalker

My stalker posted several ads supposedly from me on Craigslist yesterday in the "casual encounters" and "rants and raves" section. Please disregard them. I am not looking for or taking applications fo...
Posted by Reverend Jen on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:19:00 PST

Puritans Needed

I need some actors to play Puritan witch-hunters in my live show on May 10th. Actually you don't have to be an actor, just a person who has black clothing and will act crazy.
Posted by Reverend Jen on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:10:00 PST

Puritans Needed

I need some actors to play Puritan witch-hunters in my live show on May 10th. Actually you don't have to be an actor, just a person who has black clothing and will act crazy.
Posted by Reverend Jen on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:10:00 PST

Prof Sec Day Madness! Tomorrow Night!

Another friendly reminder that the high holy day of underachievers is tomorrow! We'll be celebrating Professional Secretaries' Day starting at 10, Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery). Three dollars gets y...
Posted by Reverend Jen on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:42:00 PST

Prof Sec Day Madness!

REVEREND JEN’S 12th ANNUALPROFESSIONAL SECRETARIES’ DAY EXTRAVAGANZAAt Bowery Poetry Club (F to 2nd Avenue)Wednesday, April 23rd, 200810 pm, performers get 6 minutes3 dollarsWhether you ca...
Posted by Reverend Jen on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:57:00 PST