last performance / exhibition for awhile...

New toys for sale!

Last week I made some handbags a new line of "kids" pillow toys called "Sleepy Squares". I don't have a camera so..sorry, you're gonna have to go down to The Hive Gallery (7th and Spring downtown L.A.) where they're shacked up with Marcel Dejure's Cinnamon Roll gang to see them (you'll know its my section by the broken velcroe sigils)...and then you should buy one too please. thank you.

..but if you don't live in Los Angeles, new stuff will be up on my etsy store soon..

Algae and Fungus installation up at Homeroom

I am going to perform my "Algae and Fungus" play here on January 25, 2011 10 pm.
Theres the house and a few familiar fungus faces..the disease was too big for this space,  but nothin a little grapefruit seed extract and algae can't fix;).  http://homeroom101.org/gallery/plush

"Algae and fungus" installation/play r1

I wish i had videotaped this performance, or at least gotten a picture, but heres a picture of the house built on a disease (inside is the suicide club..uh oh!).

PERFORMING LIVE on ITUNES and MAGIC MONSTER RADIO Monday, 0ct 24 8pm

I will be in your house at greg-n-ray's house LIVE on Itunes tomorrow night on one of my favorite poddycasts on my favorite station.
577 NORTH KENMORE AVE on Magic Monster Radio (Itunes-->Alternative) or www.magicmonsterrecords.com
this Monday, 8pm

Alt Noir Magazine Shoot w/Marianne Williams

read it

Impromtu interview..with myself.

EX ANOTHEN = BEGIN AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING

I did this video in school to the first song i wrote/recording i made on guitar in 2001, i recorded it onto a tape recorder, the drums and synths all off a casio. fun stuff. just added a few things to it the other day, i think you'll be able to tell which:).

NOW PLAYING! "The mythology of broken velcroe land" Cabaret Show..a comedy of errors

 

NOW PLAYING!! THE CABARET SHOW: a genre-blending cabaret comedy of errors that magically inverts reality into fiction and fiction to reality so that My 

Velcroe can get out of Broken Velcroe Land and live happly ever after...LETS HAVE FUN NOW!!!

TWO DATES ADDED-now there's four more!!! different show every night.  July 8th, July 9th (abridged set) & July 15, July 16 (abridged set)-----8 pm @1549 sunset, los angeles 90026

it soldout last week, be there early to get in! $5-$10 sliding scale

"it's just so dark we cant stop laughing out, this joke is drier than your moving mouth.." --from "favorite game" (the one where im screaming through a golden megaphone )

..after the show many ask WHAT WAS REAL AND WHAT WAS SCRIPTED? who cares really?? just enjoy it--we do. i say, when the world has a false impression of your reality feed it to them on a plate. after last week's show, I heard the band members were cornered by concerned friends and fans asking how they put up with my abuse..hmm why has nobody has ever asked me if the triad of villanous exes around me makes me want to kill myself in real life? wtf? and btw,  ITS A FUCKING PLAY PEOPLE! fact is, we're a bizarre little family and after that show, colin ambulance, rocio, jefferton and I continued to play  music together for eight more hours for fun  (and i unearthed my secret guitar shredding skills !) until i went home and cried alone because by 6 am it became apparent the riddle that parallels my reality would never be solved. (see next post). but whatever, we are good friends and like to hang out together. thats what we do. so all of you with "opinions" about how i treat my band. you're fools and you're also mean for talking shit about me when i'm just home sewing to keep from crying. fucking jerks. i hope im never famous.

In the next set of shows (JULY 8TH, 9TH, 15TH 16TH) I think Emily will now change her focus off of Haunted Tiger stealing heaven away with their unwelcomed crash landing that freezes time and stops the purification process.. and just start enjoying the frozen scenery..maybe some tap dancing drum beats or manifesting of lovley company to hang out with whilst they are trapped in Broken Velcroe Land.  Maybe she'll call on friends Native Fauna, or Carissa Bianca Melado, or maybe emily will learn a trick to change that jefferton villan into a nice girl.  That'll take an extraordinary amount of magic, but in broken velcroe land you can manifest anything you say aloud. Maybe even a new solution to the riddle.

"sorry i caused all these problems with this sigil"

                                           I  didnt know magic was real

                                                                   here, watch this:

now u get it? its supposed to be funny.

 

SHOW #2: Sold out! good thing i bought this slutty thing.

photos by amy darsa

SHOW #1 photos by Marianne Williams

black and white stripes are non-ohmic--so when you wear them its telling the world you have little resistance... our little joke.

Rocio is tired of hearing "how can you play with emily she's so mean and hard to work with..." because frankly that is not true..despite my paranoia she's not really twofaced and we may give eachother hard times but we r both tough bitches and ITS A FRIGGIN PLAY PEOPLE!!  Sure i get shreiky at times but do you know how hard it is to wear every hat but the boating hat? thank god i dont need a boating hat too. they must be getting their  info from a spiteful ex. i wont name names. anyone ever read Fountianhead? yeah.

Presenting: Maccubbins the mime! several years ago the two of us sat in a basement being pissed off we didnt have superpowers. then colin maccubbin decided to be a mime. this is his first gig. he's great!!

jefferton quilting playing his favorite game

we were hungry and tried to manifest pizza but what we got was a guest appearance by NVR-NDR

                                           dear person who gave me wine: thank you, i had cotton mouth.

i dunno but broken velcroe land wouldnt feel right without d.bene there.

i failed at my magic trick so the magic box manifested a guest appearance by Lucas Lanthier with a great magic act!

colin ambulance. yes that arguement was as real as always...he must really like playing in My Velcroe to have been fired rehired and quit and rejoin so many times.. but it'd be weird if he werent there with us.

 

tookie binky isnt that imaginary! she's been helping me hang the set and keep sanity the whole way!

                         i met dallas in oregon the same week i was inventing and writing the background story on these guys....weeeiiirrrd.

Moral this week: sometimes when you expliot reality like its fiction..fiction turns into reality and when you're a bunch of dreamers, everybody wins! I love my friends im glad they are trapped here in Broken Velcroe Land with me (but dont tell them that they might think i brought them there on purpose to try and make them famous with magic.)

plush cabaret costume

i love it when staying up all night rewards you in the morning... a head/shoulder piece for the plush purgatory cabaret..

Magic Trick! or, this is how I waste my Saturdays.

well, this act is in progress...

La Carmina rocking Broken Velcroe accesories in Belgium TV documentary!

hey look! there's la Carmina rocking a Broken Velcroe head piece (with the 3 orange roses) in belgum! she does it so well.
------>NEW TRAVEL HOSTING JOB: BELGIUM TV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SAKURA SEASON! ARI OG PER PROGRAM WITH ARI BEHN.

ENTER ANDROID

did a fanabulous photoshoot with friend marianne williams in her pink room with my new costumes! she's good. 'nuff said... check out her site!

NVR-NDR Release!!

My Velcroe collaborator [TLR] released his new ep this week............

http://nvr-ndr.bandcamp.com/album/extreme-hyper-impact  or  www.nvr-ndr.com
"NVR-NDR, pronounced “Never Ender”, is a imaginary universe portrayed through music, visual art, and live performance. Creative mastermind and frontman Taylor Shechet, AKA [tlr], dons magical pizza armor to battle the forces of evil with a arsenal of synthesizers in a reality inspired by anime, videogames, and m-theory.  Drawing from a diverse array of influences including Breakcore, Eurobeat, and Happy Hardcore, Shechet created MAGICORE, a genre which combines extreme electronic dance music with the over-the-top epicness  of fantasy metal bands like Dragonforce." So go download it!!!

Fancy Space People record release

Yes, it is me, that mysterious blonde in Fancy Space People who came and went. Dispite rumours the decision to leave was all mine and 75% personal. Well, they just released their first Vinyl E.P., recorded at Coldwater Studios (Smashing pumpkins studio) and released on Starry Records. It looks and sounds great, and yes I think that's me singing backup. That was nice of Don (or maybe not, who knows?) to put the face of this ex-band member all over the album. I don't know where to buy it, mine was free, but heres a link to a single:
http://fancyspacepeople.bandcamp.com/

My Velcroe Presents: Noise Costumes Vol.1

Snowboarding with my imaginary friend

Seems no matter where I go one of my imaginary friends pop up:) Apparently this guy is a pretty good skiier. We didnt get much footage, as my camera froze up, but theres still a bit of fun inside. The song on this video is one off of the upcoming EP and in collaboration with NVR-NDR.

ive nothing to say but this month sucked

(this image is from the Residents website )

crafting till the break of dawn

Hanging out with KatieB on the floor of my room making stuff out of stuff i have laying around, and theres a lot of it... yesterday colin ambulance gave me a bunch of broken junk jewelery and i have now stayed up all night with my glue gun and copper wire to create these lovely new refurbished steampunk-y peices of junk, fun stuff. i think they will all be presents... if you want one, ask and ye shall have.

In loving memory of Y's house

Recently the house burnt down of our friend Y, a devistation. Last summer we filmed the "bucket" video there, i was tickled because he had so much fun plush stuff there like the pink fuzzy phone we used, he also filmed it with his fantastic camera. it was a fun day, so this is for you Y, in loving memory of your house and to new beginnings...