Everyday of this Weekend, we got you covered!
Friday is New Years at The Mile High Club! It’s free and it’s a party so come on down around 10pm!
Saturday at Bottom of the Hill: it’s The Flakes and The 5,6,7,8’s! Also with The Bobbyteens and The Fevers!
Sunday, good ol’ Chris France (known to most of you as Sailor Billy) is shooting the last scene needed for his film. AND he needs extras to be at The Mile High Club @ 1pm. You can email him for more details at notsotemporaryinsanity@hotmail.com.
12.29.2004
It’s that no-man’s-land time of the year.
The week between Xmas and New Years seems to belong to neither this year nor the next. It’s this odd limbo state where people float by your desk and say “Happy Holidays,” but then you go outside and already see abandoned Christmas trees in the gutter. (BTW, how come nobody ever sets those on fire? I can’t be the only one who thinks about that…little bonfires every three houses…Nice!)
There’s a lot to look forward to in January (the Tahoe hot-tub getaway with the East Bay gang) and some stuff I’m not looking too forward to (surgical procedure…bleeach!) and lots of plans and ideas for upcoming events and shows.
But for now, it’s time to get all introspective and shit…Does anyone really deserve cancer? Do my super-human powers have limits? Why is it that no matter what I manage to accomplish, I can’t seem to get over the rejections that people have dealt me? Is that related to a vitamin deficiency? Do I need more or less Prozac? Why does my coat smell like wet dog?
It’s also time to reflect on the words of others:
QUOTES OF THE YEAR:
“We have same DNA!” – Aunt Lucy
“Those laugh lines made me think you were older” – Guy in bar
“L.A. is full of Jews.” – Zeus, in conversation at our 10 year reunion.
“This is so cool…it’s the Scott Peterson/Amber Frey tour of Fresno!” - Brett, whilst in Fresno for my 10 year reunion.
“It’s not like anyone reads it.” -- Someone at work about the newsletter I produce for the department.
“…who runs SpeakEasily with the sass and self-deprecation of Carol Burnett in a blond wig.” – The Chronicle about Odessa Lil.
“I want a press conference.” – Sailor Billy
“Sobriety is like ketchup…it goes so well with everything.” - Clive
AND it’s time for me to give YOU this nice collection of fun LINKS (yep, it’s been a while since I did that) to enjoy…and no, you can not return them for a refund.
BLORT!
Although I’m a huge Mad Magazine fan, Don Martin’s drawing have always freaked me out. It’s the floppy shoe, I think. But this Don Martin Onomonopiac Dictionary is pretty rad!
One of my favorite people to look at online, Bianca Abel, has added a new galary to her website of herself in Josephine Baker-face! These pictures are quite outstanding.
Sta-Prest!
Dig this groovy collection of 1960’s trouser ads.
This blogger writes about stuff he eats that no one should eat…like Urkel-O's cereal and Beggin' Strips dog food.
In the WHAT THE HELL department…
Here’s an email I got today:
____________
From: "Prosiest Q. Terrarium"
To: "Audra"
Subject: defaming
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:32:41 -0500
Prevaricated
___________
Anyone care to elaborate?
Zzzzzz
The week between Xmas and New Years seems to belong to neither this year nor the next. It’s this odd limbo state where people float by your desk and say “Happy Holidays,” but then you go outside and already see abandoned Christmas trees in the gutter. (BTW, how come nobody ever sets those on fire? I can’t be the only one who thinks about that…little bonfires every three houses…Nice!)
There’s a lot to look forward to in January (the Tahoe hot-tub getaway with the East Bay gang) and some stuff I’m not looking too forward to (surgical procedure…bleeach!) and lots of plans and ideas for upcoming events and shows.
But for now, it’s time to get all introspective and shit…Does anyone really deserve cancer? Do my super-human powers have limits? Why is it that no matter what I manage to accomplish, I can’t seem to get over the rejections that people have dealt me? Is that related to a vitamin deficiency? Do I need more or less Prozac? Why does my coat smell like wet dog?
It’s also time to reflect on the words of others:
QUOTES OF THE YEAR:
“We have same DNA!” – Aunt Lucy
“Those laugh lines made me think you were older” – Guy in bar
“L.A. is full of Jews.” – Zeus, in conversation at our 10 year reunion.
“This is so cool…it’s the Scott Peterson/Amber Frey tour of Fresno!” - Brett, whilst in Fresno for my 10 year reunion.
“It’s not like anyone reads it.” -- Someone at work about the newsletter I produce for the department.
“…who runs SpeakEasily with the sass and self-deprecation of Carol Burnett in a blond wig.” – The Chronicle about Odessa Lil.
“I want a press conference.” – Sailor Billy
“Sobriety is like ketchup…it goes so well with everything.” - Clive
AND it’s time for me to give YOU this nice collection of fun LINKS (yep, it’s been a while since I did that) to enjoy…and no, you can not return them for a refund.
BLORT!
Although I’m a huge Mad Magazine fan, Don Martin’s drawing have always freaked me out. It’s the floppy shoe, I think. But this Don Martin Onomonopiac Dictionary is pretty rad!
One of my favorite people to look at online, Bianca Abel, has added a new galary to her website of herself in Josephine Baker-face! These pictures are quite outstanding.
Sta-Prest!
Dig this groovy collection of 1960’s trouser ads.
This blogger writes about stuff he eats that no one should eat…like Urkel-O's cereal and Beggin' Strips dog food.
In the WHAT THE HELL department…
Here’s an email I got today:
____________
From: "Prosiest Q. Terrarium"
To: "Audra"
Subject: defaming
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:32:41 -0500
Prevaricated
Anyone care to elaborate?
Zzzzzz
12.23.2004
O Silent Night, O Deadly Night
In this hollandaise seasoning, allow me to thank HE who collects art in heaven for the invention of the B MOVIE! Yes, December 28th is the official release date of Evil Eyes, a movie I managed to mooch a bit role in as Udo Kier’s secretary! I mean EVIL secretary!
I saw the DVD for the first time last night (thanks to Eric Caselton and Jose). Mark Atkins did a great job with the cinematography, but unfortunately he did not edit the film. There were some odd choices made in the editing, but all in all it is a fun, gross, good time. Adam Baldwin and Udo Kier make the movie worth watching despite the chock-full-o-holes plot (editing again?). AND I’m really proud of Eric who totally holds his own as an actor alongside B Giants Kier and Baldwin. Eric’s got a good future in schlock.
And me? Underneath all that quasi-goth make-up is a real face…I think. There’s more of me in the blooper reel (DVD extras) than in the film proper, but I think I make a believable secretary of Satan.
WHOA! Evil Eyes is available on Netflix too!
In this hollandaise seasoning, allow me to thank HE who collects art in heaven for the invention of the B MOVIE! Yes, December 28th is the official release date of Evil Eyes, a movie I managed to mooch a bit role in as Udo Kier’s secretary! I mean EVIL secretary!
I saw the DVD for the first time last night (thanks to Eric Caselton and Jose). Mark Atkins did a great job with the cinematography, but unfortunately he did not edit the film. There were some odd choices made in the editing, but all in all it is a fun, gross, good time. Adam Baldwin and Udo Kier make the movie worth watching despite the chock-full-o-holes plot (editing again?). AND I’m really proud of Eric who totally holds his own as an actor alongside B Giants Kier and Baldwin. Eric’s got a good future in schlock.
And me? Underneath all that quasi-goth make-up is a real face…I think. There’s more of me in the blooper reel (DVD extras) than in the film proper, but I think I make a believable secretary of Satan.
WHOA! Evil Eyes is available on Netflix too!
12.19.2004
SpeakEasily in the news:
WOW! We're in the Style section of today's Chronicle! If you can't run out and get a paper right now, read it online here! There's some great pictures of our regular gang of performers and regulars as well. NICE!
WOW! We're in the Style section of today's Chronicle! If you can't run out and get a paper right now, read it online here! There's some great pictures of our regular gang of performers and regulars as well. NICE!
12.16.2004
Lofty Ambitions in Fresno! Hey, I went to high school with Reza! I guess Fresno is going the way of the loft. Why not?
12.15.2004
Can't figure out what to do on New Years? Why chose? Let me chose for you:
Don't be BORED on New Years. Let's play some BOARD games, dance, and drink a bunch at The Mile High December 31st - January 1st. That club deserves a party, seeing as how it is the last official night and all.
And it's FREE. And it starts at 10pm. And it's just a party! There probably won't be any NUDE WOMEN. Scrabble may take the place of DEATH DEFYING ACTS. Cool DJs will be spinning all our schizoid favorites instead of some LIVE BAND. I know our own Lisa Nola will be DJing as well as good 'ol Brett (of The Flakes fame) and a few other people of fine taste too...but I can't remember who. THAT's how relaxed this event is! I WILL NOT be Mistress of Ceremony-ing, but I will be bringing the board games. MAD MAGAZINE GAME anyone? OH YES! Please bring your own games to add to the fun too.
Directions here: http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com
Here's what Lisa says:
New Years Eve Party @ The Mile High Club
* Nothing Fancy but Your Clothes
* We're Free
You + DJs + Dancing + Spirits + Good Times
10pm and right into 2005
We are uncertain where the mile high will be in 2005
but we will be open here and there. We do, however,
want to celebrate these past 6 months with friends all
around...so please join us if you can.
12.13.2004
What it's all about:
Pat McCarthy captured many of the finest moments from last SpeakEasily- a virtual play by play of shtick, T&A, and the beautiful fezed people. This is what it's all about, people.
and in other news...
The Chanukah vs Hanukah debate lives on:
Both my sister and Jim sent this to me today: Hanukah-Heyya. You've probably seen it a million times too, but why not again since we're nearing the end of this year's festival of lights?
Friday I was part of another Fierce Couture fashion show. This one was part of The Rickshaw Stop's Club ID and involved The Peels and Sean Allen Fenn in some way. After hours of make-up and having my hair ratted to un-g_dly rat-tastic heights , my part was easy...hang out with various fetish models back stage (including the fascinatingly hyper KumiMonster), put on some awesome space clothes, and then try to model through a crowd of drunken 80's kids. As soon as that part was over and the latex was peeled off, I had to jump in a cab and go over to the Parkside to see Cracker Jack Salteen, Phantom Surfers, and The Bippies!
I missed Salty, but I did walk in just in time to see The Bippies setting up. (I hear Jack killed, though.) My hair was still huge and Brett didn't recognize me, even though I was wearing a shirt he gave me. Later when he figured out it was me, he said that I should keep my hair like that. While they were playing and Russell was hitting his head with a tambourine, a fellow at the bar (who was a little sloshed) tried to guess my age:
"I'm a lawyer and so I'm real good at reading people. I can tell you everything about you."
"Uhm, uh-huh."
"Like you're probably about 34, right?"
"Uhm, no."
"33?"
"Uhm, younger."
"32?"
"I'm 28!"
"Oh? Those laugh lines made me think older."
That's a good one, boys. Don't forget that while trying to score a few points next time out at the bar.
Saturday was The Flakes show at The Mile High. It's really going to be a shame to see that place go! But each time we go, we're all creating great memories...like the one moment during The Flakes show that everyone went ape-shit. Brett says it happens at everyone of their shows and he's probably right. All at once everyone lost their minds: beer can tap shoes, broken ornaments, weird fans going right up to the stage and making faces at the band...it was a good way to end the night.
Pat McCarthy captured many of the finest moments from last SpeakEasily- a virtual play by play of shtick, T&A, and the beautiful fezed people. This is what it's all about, people.
and in other news...
The Chanukah vs Hanukah debate lives on:
Both my sister and Jim sent this to me today: Hanukah-Heyya. You've probably seen it a million times too, but why not again since we're nearing the end of this year's festival of lights?
Friday I was part of another Fierce Couture fashion show. This one was part of The Rickshaw Stop's Club ID and involved The Peels and Sean Allen Fenn in some way. After hours of make-up and having my hair ratted to un-g_dly rat-tastic heights , my part was easy...hang out with various fetish models back stage (including the fascinatingly hyper KumiMonster), put on some awesome space clothes, and then try to model through a crowd of drunken 80's kids. As soon as that part was over and the latex was peeled off, I had to jump in a cab and go over to the Parkside to see Cracker Jack Salteen, Phantom Surfers, and The Bippies!
I missed Salty, but I did walk in just in time to see The Bippies setting up. (I hear Jack killed, though.) My hair was still huge and Brett didn't recognize me, even though I was wearing a shirt he gave me. Later when he figured out it was me, he said that I should keep my hair like that. While they were playing and Russell was hitting his head with a tambourine, a fellow at the bar (who was a little sloshed) tried to guess my age:
"I'm a lawyer and so I'm real good at reading people. I can tell you everything about you."
"Uhm, uh-huh."
"Like you're probably about 34, right?"
"Uhm, no."
"33?"
"Uhm, younger."
"32?"
"I'm 28!"
"Oh? Those laugh lines made me think older."
That's a good one, boys. Don't forget that while trying to score a few points next time out at the bar.
Saturday was The Flakes show at The Mile High. It's really going to be a shame to see that place go! But each time we go, we're all creating great memories...like the one moment during The Flakes show that everyone went ape-shit. Brett says it happens at everyone of their shows and he's probably right. All at once everyone lost their minds: beer can tap shoes, broken ornaments, weird fans going right up to the stage and making faces at the band...it was a good way to end the night.
12.09.2004
But wait, there's more:
Lisa's photos from the So-Long Oakland Fez Fiesta at SpeakEasily!
These really say it all!
ALSO, Friday night I'll be doing another fashion show for Fierce Couture at the Rickshaw Stop. Here's the info.
BUT, meanwhile it's HIROSHIMANIA! at Thee Parkside: The Bippies, Phantom Surfers, Adam Carlson Band, and our own Cracker Jack Salteen, all in honor of Hiroshi of The Poontang Wranglers! I'm going to try to catch the last 30 seconds of it all if I'm lucky.
AND, one can see Salteen's nice twin brother play with The Flakes at The Mile High on Saturday.
And then I hibernate.
A friend just called and said he was really drunk and felt like he was going to throw up. I wanted to help but he's about 2,900 miles away.
Lisa's photos from the So-Long Oakland Fez Fiesta at SpeakEasily!
These really say it all!
ALSO, Friday night I'll be doing another fashion show for Fierce Couture at the Rickshaw Stop. Here's the info.
BUT, meanwhile it's HIROSHIMANIA! at Thee Parkside: The Bippies, Phantom Surfers, Adam Carlson Band, and our own Cracker Jack Salteen, all in honor of Hiroshi of The Poontang Wranglers! I'm going to try to catch the last 30 seconds of it all if I'm lucky.
AND, one can see Salteen's nice twin brother play with The Flakes at The Mile High on Saturday.
And then I hibernate.
A friend just called and said he was really drunk and felt like he was going to throw up. I wanted to help but he's about 2,900 miles away.
12.08.2004
I just wanted to say a big huge gigantic thanks for making last night's So-Long Mile High SpeakEasily the best Nouveau-Vaudeville happening it could be. The spirit of SpeakEasily was certainly alive.
AND what can I say about the awesome presents from the Meter Dancers? I was touched...in a way I'd rather not be touched. Haw haw haw. But does anyone know who put cake icing all over the pair of merkin-esque underwear?
I'm still recovering from last night, but Brett and I were able to get his disposable camera processed today and below are a few good ones (note Brett's thumb in a couple). More to come real soon!
ALSO...check out the low-tech SpeakEasily website.
Happy Birthday to Lisa and Ali and everyone else who got on stage! One guy showed me his drivers license to prove that it was his birthday.
The volunteer Kazoo Orchestra.
Bombshell Betty and Kingfish.
Tippy Canoe and Sailor Billy.
Rose Pistola and Sailor Billy...or is it Sailor Billy and Rose Pistola?
Odessa Lil and Jack Salteen...or is it just Audra and Brett?
AND what can I say about the awesome presents from the Meter Dancers? I was touched...in a way I'd rather not be touched. Haw haw haw. But does anyone know who put cake icing all over the pair of merkin-esque underwear?
I'm still recovering from last night, but Brett and I were able to get his disposable camera processed today and below are a few good ones (note Brett's thumb in a couple). More to come real soon!
ALSO...check out the low-tech SpeakEasily website.
Happy Birthday to Lisa and Ali and everyone else who got on stage! One guy showed me his drivers license to prove that it was his birthday.
The volunteer Kazoo Orchestra.
Bombshell Betty and Kingfish.
Tippy Canoe and Sailor Billy.
Rose Pistola and Sailor Billy...or is it Sailor Billy and Rose Pistola?
Odessa Lil and Jack Salteen...or is it just Audra and Brett?
11.30.2004
Come one, come all to the SpeakEasily HOLIDAY AND SO-LONG OAKLAND SHOW AND FEZ NIGHT! It’s a regular Borscht Capades folks. Yes a day that will live in infamy! How long does infamy last, anyway? Never mind that.
We’ve got a lot to commemorate. For starters, it’s our last official show at The Mile High Club. Yes, we’ve reached the end of a short but golden era for ol’ Oaktown. After a lively run, the owners of The Mile High Club have decided to pass on the torch and go on to other vistas.
Also, there are birthdays to celebrate (Lisa Nola and Ali “Tabs” Tabatabai, among countless others I’m sure)!
AND let’s not forget that it’s an occasion to break out the fez, Mister!
SO make sure you’re there to send us off in style! I’m sure we’ll reemerge somewhere sometime soon at a dive near you, but until then:
SPEAKEASILY, Tuesday December 7th!
$6 ($5 with a Fez!)
COMFY CHAIR
The worlds last, and first, time traveling SLAMSWING band, COMFY CHAIR is a high voltage tribute to the Jazz Age.
Special guest appearance of TIPPY CANOE and her magical uke!
Solos from burlesque showstoppers and founders of The Diamons Daggers CHERRY LIX and VIDALIA PARADISE.
Nouveau-Vaudeville's own beauty queen, THE INDRA.
Creator of "Burlesquersize" -- BOMBSHELL BETTY.
SpeakEasily burlesque sweetheart ROSE PISTOLA.
PLUS
THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! GET THEM WHILE THEY’RE STILL HOT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these gold-diggers may waltz away with your hearts (check for your wallets too).
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
OUR WEBSITE IS SORTA UP…for pictures and other wacky info, see http://www.audrawolfmann.net/SpeakEasily.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World,
~Odessa Lil~
In other news...here's a photo from a shoot I did with Feirce Couture and Scott Pagano!
We’ve got a lot to commemorate. For starters, it’s our last official show at The Mile High Club. Yes, we’ve reached the end of a short but golden era for ol’ Oaktown. After a lively run, the owners of The Mile High Club have decided to pass on the torch and go on to other vistas.
Also, there are birthdays to celebrate (Lisa Nola and Ali “Tabs” Tabatabai, among countless others I’m sure)!
AND let’s not forget that it’s an occasion to break out the fez, Mister!
SO make sure you’re there to send us off in style! I’m sure we’ll reemerge somewhere sometime soon at a dive near you, but until then:
SPEAKEASILY, Tuesday December 7th!
$6 ($5 with a Fez!)
COMFY CHAIR
The worlds last, and first, time traveling SLAMSWING band, COMFY CHAIR is a high voltage tribute to the Jazz Age.
Special guest appearance of TIPPY CANOE and her magical uke!
Solos from burlesque showstoppers and founders of The Diamons Daggers CHERRY LIX and VIDALIA PARADISE.
Nouveau-Vaudeville's own beauty queen, THE INDRA.
Creator of "Burlesquersize" -- BOMBSHELL BETTY.
SpeakEasily burlesque sweetheart ROSE PISTOLA.
PLUS
THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! GET THEM WHILE THEY’RE STILL HOT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these gold-diggers may waltz away with your hearts (check for your wallets too).
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
OUR WEBSITE IS SORTA UP…for pictures and other wacky info, see http://www.audrawolfmann.net/SpeakEasily.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World,
~Odessa Lil~
In other news...here's a photo from a shoot I did with Feirce Couture and Scott Pagano!
11.28.2004
...AND because the interweb is working, I can watch The Flake's video that Guerilla Monster Films made! See them almost get their hair cut!
Ah, the luxury of using the home computer at home.
After months of hoping my Dell would be reborn into an iMac G5 while I ignored it in it’s virus-ridden mess, I finally took a step in a direction. Last night I called my sister. I put it off because I have vivid memories of receiving piano lessons from her as a kid that literally hurt. But she knows her computer stuff and she stayed up late with me to show me how to look for Spyware in my startup menu. (Yeay! Thanks!) She said, “Call back tomorrow and we’ll start step 2.” Easy enough, but the Spywares kept reinstalling themselves…I’d cut down one and two would grow in its place! That was around 10:30pm.
Come 4:00am I pretty much had the situation under control…I reinstalled Windows, screwed around in the registry, and downloaded a Spyware killer (Ad-ware SE). I’ve won the battle and now I can check my email again…oh, only 326 messages in my audrawolfmann.net email account. Why did I want to fix my computer?
After months of hoping my Dell would be reborn into an iMac G5 while I ignored it in it’s virus-ridden mess, I finally took a step in a direction. Last night I called my sister. I put it off because I have vivid memories of receiving piano lessons from her as a kid that literally hurt. But she knows her computer stuff and she stayed up late with me to show me how to look for Spyware in my startup menu. (Yeay! Thanks!) She said, “Call back tomorrow and we’ll start step 2.” Easy enough, but the Spywares kept reinstalling themselves…I’d cut down one and two would grow in its place! That was around 10:30pm.
Come 4:00am I pretty much had the situation under control…I reinstalled Windows, screwed around in the registry, and downloaded a Spyware killer (Ad-ware SE). I’ve won the battle and now I can check my email again…oh, only 326 messages in my audrawolfmann.net email account. Why did I want to fix my computer?
11.19.2004
There will be a celebration in honor of Sunny (AKA Mia Moore) at El Rio on Tuesday. Please see the Big Burlesque page for more information.
Lately there’s been a lot of bad news dealt out.
I recently found out that I am going to have some pretty annoying medical stuff to deal with. Things need to be removed, fingers need to be crossed. It won’t be anything serious in the long run, but it’s definitely the kind of thing that makes you think twice about your invincibility. Everyone I've talked to about this has been so helpfull in getting me to put my head back on straight again. Thanks so much!
When the going gets tragic, I generally burry myself in movies. This Sunday, the Balboa Theater and Harold Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd present a screening of his 1932 film MOVIE CRAZY. What a direct route to escapism!
Lately there’s been a lot of bad news dealt out.
I recently found out that I am going to have some pretty annoying medical stuff to deal with. Things need to be removed, fingers need to be crossed. It won’t be anything serious in the long run, but it’s definitely the kind of thing that makes you think twice about your invincibility. Everyone I've talked to about this has been so helpfull in getting me to put my head back on straight again. Thanks so much!
When the going gets tragic, I generally burry myself in movies. This Sunday, the Balboa Theater and Harold Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd present a screening of his 1932 film MOVIE CRAZY. What a direct route to escapism!
11.18.2004
Terrible.
I've just heard that Sunny did not make it. This woman was a power house, so full of life and charm. It was truely an honor to have worked with her.
I've just heard that Sunny did not make it. This woman was a power house, so full of life and charm. It was truely an honor to have worked with her.
11.12.2004
Attention Ladies and Gentlekin!
It appears as though we’ve reached the end of a short but golden era for ol’ Oaktown. After a lively run, the owners of The Mile High Club have decided to pass on the torch and go on to other vistas. What does this mean for SpeakEasily, Odessa Lil, and The Mile High Dancers? Two more shows at our home base! November 16th and December 7th (our big HOLIDAY AND SO-LONG OAKLAND SHOW AND FEZ NIGHT)! Make sure you’re there to send us off in style! I’m sure we’ll reemerge somewhere sometime soon at a dive near you, but until then:
SPEAKEASILY, Tuesday November 16th!
THE DOPPLER TRIO
It's like Thelonious Monk goes to Macedonia on a Klezmer-driven spaceship! Outta sight!
THE INDRA - Nouveau-Vaudeville's own beauty queen!
THE CHAINSAW CHUBETTES - A bruised and brassy burlesque duet from San Fransiceee, will transport you to the gritty streets of Weimar Berlin!
PLUS
THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these gold-diggers may waltz away with your hearts (check for your wallets too). Show them how much you care (with $$$)!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
For pictures and other wacky info, see http://www.wolfmann.blogspot.com/
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5 (like the good ol’ days)
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Next year in Jerusalem! (But not really), ~Odessa Lil~
It appears as though we’ve reached the end of a short but golden era for ol’ Oaktown. After a lively run, the owners of The Mile High Club have decided to pass on the torch and go on to other vistas. What does this mean for SpeakEasily, Odessa Lil, and The Mile High Dancers? Two more shows at our home base! November 16th and December 7th (our big HOLIDAY AND SO-LONG OAKLAND SHOW AND FEZ NIGHT)! Make sure you’re there to send us off in style! I’m sure we’ll reemerge somewhere sometime soon at a dive near you, but until then:
SPEAKEASILY, Tuesday November 16th!
THE DOPPLER TRIO
It's like Thelonious Monk goes to Macedonia on a Klezmer-driven spaceship! Outta sight!
THE INDRA - Nouveau-Vaudeville's own beauty queen!
THE CHAINSAW CHUBETTES - A bruised and brassy burlesque duet from San Fransiceee, will transport you to the gritty streets of Weimar Berlin!
PLUS
THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these gold-diggers may waltz away with your hearts (check for your wallets too). Show them how much you care (with $$$)!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
For pictures and other wacky info, see http://www.wolfmann.blogspot.com/
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5 (like the good ol’ days)
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Next year in Jerusalem! (But not really), ~Odessa Lil~
11.08.2004
Is there ever a back to normal?
It seems that things may be calming down from the whirlwind activity of the Halloween season. Forget Xmas and Chanukah and all that garbage; this October was officially the season of no return. There were lots of big shows and lots of big news and even a 10-year high school reunion to go to! After all of that, holiday shopping is going to be like a walk in an overpriced and frenzied park.
Besides the weekly SpeakEasilys, there was also:
A fashion show for an awesome fetish designer. That show turned my hair dark, but I’m starting to like that slowly but surely.
A crazy Mexican wrestling bonanza called Lucha VaVoom in which I got to be a ring girl and escort the pink-pride wrestler Rosa Salvaje to his victorious match. (Does anyone have any picture of this?! The Indra lent me one of her beautiful showgirl gowns and I’ll probably never get to wear anything like that again! AND when am I going to see Bethanne escort two midgets again?!)
Lee Press on and the Nails final show at Rancho Nicasio! Thanks again to The Indra for rallying up the 2004 Olympic Apache Team. We KILLED in Marin. (How much milage can I get out of that joke? Billy, shut up.) AND we got to drive up there in Miss Lynda's hearse! Oh yes!
AND…on Halloween was Spectacular Spectacular at the DNA Lounge. The place was packed with a crowd who take Halloween VERY seriously, as only San Franciscan’s do. The show, which included a hot dog bun stage fire, The Adorable Doctor Phibes, The Cabinet of Doctor Calamari, and me as a RABID POODLE foaming Emergen-C at the mouth, was a success and I’m looking forward to our cast party this weekend. I might not use any Emergen-C for a while, though. Here’s some photographic evidence of the freak fest:
We the glamorous, pre-show.
Miss Eva Von Slut as Lady Arfington and me in poodle pants.
Gorilla X and Gorilla XX.
After all that, going to my 10-year high school reunion seemed rather tame. It’s really a fortunate thing that I had no time to think (keep moving! Like a shark! Look over there!) because otherwise I might have gotten all squirrely about the reunion. Bullard Knights can do that to a gal. But honestly, besides the racial-slur-hurling LCDs (Lowest Common Denominators) and the usual dramas, high school wasn’t all that bad for me. I really had nothing to prove to anyone. In fact, I found myself just giving partial answers to anyone who actually bothered to ask what I was up to. The friends I had planned to go with couldn’t make it, but I dragged Brett along and he kept me laughing and drinking and sane the whole night. I reconnected with a few people I was very happy to see. The rest had either become bloated or bald. By 11pm, I was ready to go.
Oh, there is other BIG news as well…but I’ll get to that later. For now, I think I’ll leave work and ponder my future at the gym.
It seems that things may be calming down from the whirlwind activity of the Halloween season. Forget Xmas and Chanukah and all that garbage; this October was officially the season of no return. There were lots of big shows and lots of big news and even a 10-year high school reunion to go to! After all of that, holiday shopping is going to be like a walk in an overpriced and frenzied park.
Besides the weekly SpeakEasilys, there was also:
A fashion show for an awesome fetish designer. That show turned my hair dark, but I’m starting to like that slowly but surely.
A crazy Mexican wrestling bonanza called Lucha VaVoom in which I got to be a ring girl and escort the pink-pride wrestler Rosa Salvaje to his victorious match. (Does anyone have any picture of this?! The Indra lent me one of her beautiful showgirl gowns and I’ll probably never get to wear anything like that again! AND when am I going to see Bethanne escort two midgets again?!)
Lee Press on and the Nails final show at Rancho Nicasio! Thanks again to The Indra for rallying up the 2004 Olympic Apache Team. We KILLED in Marin. (How much milage can I get out of that joke? Billy, shut up.) AND we got to drive up there in Miss Lynda's hearse! Oh yes!
AND…on Halloween was Spectacular Spectacular at the DNA Lounge. The place was packed with a crowd who take Halloween VERY seriously, as only San Franciscan’s do. The show, which included a hot dog bun stage fire, The Adorable Doctor Phibes, The Cabinet of Doctor Calamari, and me as a RABID POODLE foaming Emergen-C at the mouth, was a success and I’m looking forward to our cast party this weekend. I might not use any Emergen-C for a while, though. Here’s some photographic evidence of the freak fest:
We the glamorous, pre-show.
Miss Eva Von Slut as Lady Arfington and me in poodle pants.
Gorilla X and Gorilla XX.
After all that, going to my 10-year high school reunion seemed rather tame. It’s really a fortunate thing that I had no time to think (keep moving! Like a shark! Look over there!) because otherwise I might have gotten all squirrely about the reunion. Bullard Knights can do that to a gal. But honestly, besides the racial-slur-hurling LCDs (Lowest Common Denominators) and the usual dramas, high school wasn’t all that bad for me. I really had nothing to prove to anyone. In fact, I found myself just giving partial answers to anyone who actually bothered to ask what I was up to. The friends I had planned to go with couldn’t make it, but I dragged Brett along and he kept me laughing and drinking and sane the whole night. I reconnected with a few people I was very happy to see. The rest had either become bloated or bald. By 11pm, I was ready to go.
Oh, there is other BIG news as well…but I’ll get to that later. For now, I think I’ll leave work and ponder my future at the gym.
10.29.2004
SpeakEasily: Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
Tuesday, November 2nd -- SpeakEasily for President!
Friends, Oaklanders, Lanzmen…lend me your beers. It’s election time and your vote counts…for a discount at SpeakEasily this Tuesday! YES! Show up with an “I VOTED” sticker and you’re in like Flynn for $4. The rest of you schomoes get in for $6.
The Candidates are:
THE TIN CUP SERENADE
These bad boys croon, thump, and blow old time jazz, blues, and western swing! We’ll ringing in the new depression in style!
BOMBSHELL BETTY'S "BURLESQUERCISE!" BONANZA punches your ballot again and again! And how!
MR. MYSTIC
Astounds and amazes with his magical comedy!
AND OF COURSE…our sleazy incumbents THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS.
Yes, they are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. They’ll have YOU running for office! (Whatever that means!) For crying out loud, let’s get hot!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8-ish, Show starts 9-ish
$6, or $4 with an “I VOTED” sticker!
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Making a difference, one bombshell at a time,
Odessa Lil
AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
Tuesday, November 2nd -- SpeakEasily for President!
Friends, Oaklanders, Lanzmen…lend me your beers. It’s election time and your vote counts…for a discount at SpeakEasily this Tuesday! YES! Show up with an “I VOTED” sticker and you’re in like Flynn for $4. The rest of you schomoes get in for $6.
The Candidates are:
THE TIN CUP SERENADE
These bad boys croon, thump, and blow old time jazz, blues, and western swing! We’ll ringing in the new depression in style!
BOMBSHELL BETTY'S "BURLESQUERCISE!" BONANZA punches your ballot again and again! And how!
MR. MYSTIC
Astounds and amazes with his magical comedy!
AND OF COURSE…our sleazy incumbents THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS.
Yes, they are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. They’ll have YOU running for office! (Whatever that means!) For crying out loud, let’s get hot!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8-ish, Show starts 9-ish
$6, or $4 with an “I VOTED” sticker!
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Making a difference, one bombshell at a time,
Odessa Lil
AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
10.22.2004
I just got a spam from an entity named Backstreet D. Hangover. That's almost as good as one Jim got a few days ago from Catnip I. Fatherland. Next I'll get a phone call from Phoney McRingRing.
Last night's Fierce Couture fashion show was pretty kool and my hair was pretty big. I'll post the photos as they happen...they lubed up my arms so I could wear red latex gloves! Always an interesting sesnsation.
In the mean time, here's a photo of me and Bethanne at Dark Sparkle!
Last night's Fierce Couture fashion show was pretty kool and my hair was pretty big. I'll post the photos as they happen...they lubed up my arms so I could wear red latex gloves! Always an interesting sesnsation.
In the mean time, here's a photo of me and Bethanne at Dark Sparkle!
10.20.2004
10/26: SpeakEasily Goes to Hell and Takes you With!
~We interrupt this announcement with another announcement!~
Beginning in November, SpeakEasily will now occur on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month! Less is more! The same great taste, with half the calories! 2+2=5! SO, make sure that you’re there this Tuesday (October 29th) AND then on November 2nd and 16th! Ok, ‘nuff of that!
Back to the original announcement:
Tuesday, October 26th: SpookEasily!!!
Sheol, gehenna, the Inferno, The Place of Everlasting Torment, Fresno…whatever you want to call it, you’re going there! You might as well have fun on the way down…so come on down for a spooky SpeakEasily with our brain-eating entertainers:
The ferocious sounds of…OLD PUPPY
An Old-Timey Uke-Centric Quartet!
The bone-crushing he-monster of song…CRACKER JACK SALTEEN
Did The Ramones and Rudy Vallee have a lovechild?
Gothic Burlesque Princess… LILY LeROUGE
Bloody bats from beyond…BOMBSHELL BETTY'S "BURLESQUERCISE!" BONANZA
PLUS
THE UNDEAD MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affectionsare all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these BABY VAMPS may suck you dry! And how!
AND GET A LOAD OF THIS SPECIAL DEAL: $6, or $4 if have horns on your head! (The ones in your cars just don’t count.)
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
“Hell is other people.” -- Sartre
~Odessa Lil~AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
~We interrupt this announcement with another announcement!~
Beginning in November, SpeakEasily will now occur on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month! Less is more! The same great taste, with half the calories! 2+2=5! SO, make sure that you’re there this Tuesday (October 29th) AND then on November 2nd and 16th! Ok, ‘nuff of that!
Back to the original announcement:
Tuesday, October 26th: SpookEasily!!!
Sheol, gehenna, the Inferno, The Place of Everlasting Torment, Fresno…whatever you want to call it, you’re going there! You might as well have fun on the way down…so come on down for a spooky SpeakEasily with our brain-eating entertainers:
The ferocious sounds of…OLD PUPPY
An Old-Timey Uke-Centric Quartet!
The bone-crushing he-monster of song…CRACKER JACK SALTEEN
Did The Ramones and Rudy Vallee have a lovechild?
Gothic Burlesque Princess… LILY LeROUGE
Bloody bats from beyond…BOMBSHELL BETTY'S "BURLESQUERCISE!" BONANZA
PLUS
THE UNDEAD MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affectionsare all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these BABY VAMPS may suck you dry! And how!
AND GET A LOAD OF THIS SPECIAL DEAL: $6, or $4 if have horns on your head! (The ones in your cars just don’t count.)
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
“Hell is other people.” -- Sartre
~Odessa Lil~AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
10.15.2004
Yeay! I'm going to be in a fashion show for Fierce Couture!
And it's free! So come on down:
Thurs, Oct 21, 2004
7-10pm, show at 8:30
http://www.vidog.com/uo
Location: Glas Kat (520 4th St @ Bryant)
This is not your typical fashion event! Along with the expected stylish clothing, fabulous hair, and fantastic music, there will be plenty of performance, giveaways, and a few surprises...
Hair by Johnny Moore and Cheung Ng of Red Chair Salon
Fashion by Fierce Couture
Music by DJ Nicholas Baker, featuring new tracks from Fatboy Slim
Giveaways from Astralwerks Records
Performance by Continuum Theatre Ensemble
And it's free! So come on down:
Thurs, Oct 21, 2004
7-10pm, show at 8:30
http://www.vidog.com/uo
Location: Glas Kat (520 4th St @ Bryant)
This is not your typical fashion event! Along with the expected stylish clothing, fabulous hair, and fantastic music, there will be plenty of performance, giveaways, and a few surprises...
Hair by Johnny Moore and Cheung Ng of Red Chair Salon
Fashion by Fierce Couture
Music by DJ Nicholas Baker, featuring new tracks from Fatboy Slim
Giveaways from Astralwerks Records
Performance by Continuum Theatre Ensemble
10.14.2004
This Tuesday, October 19th:
SpeakEasily, the glistening olive in the dry Martini you call life, would like to serve you up another vaudeville cocktail overflowing with the effervescence of…
Project: PimentoThere's only one theremin lounge band, and that's Project: Pimento! They’ve got swankatude in spades!
AND
Some of this gin mills’ favorite beauties:
Josie Nutter, that singing and dancing sensation from up north!
AND Desire D'Amour, the Creole Queen of Burlesque! All hail the Queen!
PLUS
THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these gold-diggers may waltz away with your hearts (check for your wallets too).
AND GET A LOAD OF THIS SPECIAL DEAL:
$6, or $4 if you show us your garters on the way in! Now that’s hot stuff! And How!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
“An ox remains an ox, even if driven to Vienna.”Hungarian Proverb
~Odessa Lil~
SpeakEasily, the glistening olive in the dry Martini you call life, would like to serve you up another vaudeville cocktail overflowing with the effervescence of…
Project: PimentoThere's only one theremin lounge band, and that's Project: Pimento! They’ve got swankatude in spades!
AND
Some of this gin mills’ favorite beauties:
Josie Nutter, that singing and dancing sensation from up north!
AND Desire D'Amour, the Creole Queen of Burlesque! All hail the Queen!
PLUS
THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT! Their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. BUT be warned: these gold-diggers may waltz away with your hearts (check for your wallets too).
AND GET A LOAD OF THIS SPECIAL DEAL:
$6, or $4 if you show us your garters on the way in! Now that’s hot stuff! And How!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
“An ox remains an ox, even if driven to Vienna.”Hungarian Proverb
~Odessa Lil~
10.08.2004
SpeakEasily goes to the movies!
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, 1928. Dir. Paul Leni
With Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, and Olga Baclanova (of FREAKS fame).
This gloomy piece of Germans-gone-California expressionism stars
Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine – an orphan who has been disfigured with an
eternal smile by a maiming band of gypsies and the corrupt court of
England. He finds refuge and love in a traveling sideshow, but then
his true royal lineage is revealed, taking him from his people. Learn
about life, love, and the art of hiding behind scarves, with Veidt in
this creepy forgotten classic.
Just $3. Movie starts at 9pm!
Save room for tater tots! We've got a new chef!
AND DON'T FORGET: all the SpeakEasily craziness is back October 19th!
Don't miss Project: Pimento (the swingingest theremin band around),
vaudeville beauty Josie Nutter, and the Creole Queen of Burlesque
Desire D'Amour!
And of course, the Mile High Meter Dancers
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Shtetl Goddess,
~Odessa Lil~
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, 1928. Dir. Paul Leni
With Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, and Olga Baclanova (of FREAKS fame).
This gloomy piece of Germans-gone-California expressionism stars
Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine – an orphan who has been disfigured with an
eternal smile by a maiming band of gypsies and the corrupt court of
England. He finds refuge and love in a traveling sideshow, but then
his true royal lineage is revealed, taking him from his people. Learn
about life, love, and the art of hiding behind scarves, with Veidt in
this creepy forgotten classic.
Just $3. Movie starts at 9pm!
Save room for tater tots! We've got a new chef!
AND DON'T FORGET: all the SpeakEasily craziness is back October 19th!
Don't miss Project: Pimento (the swingingest theremin band around),
vaudeville beauty Josie Nutter, and the Creole Queen of Burlesque
Desire D'Amour!
And of course, the Mile High Meter Dancers
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Shtetl Goddess,
~Odessa Lil~
10.06.2004
I truly am a lucky bastage to have so many talented people help me pull off a Tuesday night when I’ve come down with the flu, or a cold, or the plague, or whatever the heck this is. Cracker Jack Salteen and Sailor Billy stepped in at the last minute to steer the SpeakEasily ship last night while I sat incognito in a darkened corner, alternately blowing my nose and rasping out orders that no one listened to. And the show was great! Thanks again everybody. I thanked everyone so much at the end of the evening that I’ve pretty much lost my voice…at least it gives me an excuse to not talk to anyone at work. But seriously folks, Sheah and Hot and Bothered played two great sets and got people out on the dance floor…even Sheah, who joined Rose Pistola for an impromptu chair dance during an instrumental. Cherry Lix amazed us with her glittery and virtuosic dance number…wotta dancer! Amber Lox performed FOR HER FIRST TIME EVER but she was so good that we just don’t believe that. AND Bombshell Betty and Sweet Cheeks premiered a horserace number that was…well, RACY! Oh, and I can’t forget Riff Ditties and Cracker Jack Salteen’s punkrawk uke duo. We hear that they’re getting married next June.
There’s too much great stuff coming up in October and so razor blades to stick in candy apples that there’s just no time to get sick. I won’t overwhelm you with the long list now, but this weekend is Doug’s Cabaret Verdalet at Ruby Sky! Sailor Billy, Rose Pistola, and I will be helping The Indra with her famous High Body Count Apache Dance 2004. I have to get better so The Indra can stab me to death! Where’s the Vitamin C?!
BTW, does anyone know anyone who wants to help me fix my home computer? It’s totally rotten to the core and moves so slowly that I can’t even bear to send an email.(Apologies to those who haven’t heard from me…I have to use the connection at work.) Let me know.
Good ol’ Pat McCarthy caught the best of last Tuesday, September 28th, staring Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman, The Flying Fox, and Bombshell Betty’s Burlesque Bonanza!
The Flying Fox is a royal tease.
Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman are flying fox hunt’n.
Riff Ditties and Bombshell Betty get tropical.
And Sweet Cheeks goes wild.
We love our regulars.
There’s too much great stuff coming up in October and so razor blades to stick in candy apples that there’s just no time to get sick. I won’t overwhelm you with the long list now, but this weekend is Doug’s Cabaret Verdalet at Ruby Sky! Sailor Billy, Rose Pistola, and I will be helping The Indra with her famous High Body Count Apache Dance 2004. I have to get better so The Indra can stab me to death! Where’s the Vitamin C?!
BTW, does anyone know anyone who wants to help me fix my home computer? It’s totally rotten to the core and moves so slowly that I can’t even bear to send an email.(Apologies to those who haven’t heard from me…I have to use the connection at work.) Let me know.
Good ol’ Pat McCarthy caught the best of last Tuesday, September 28th, staring Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman, The Flying Fox, and Bombshell Betty’s Burlesque Bonanza!
The Flying Fox is a royal tease.
Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman are flying fox hunt’n.
Riff Ditties and Bombshell Betty get tropical.
And Sweet Cheeks goes wild.
We love our regulars.
10.01.2004
SpeakEasily, this Tuesday, October 5th:
HEAR: The sultry swing of HOT AND BOTHERED!
You might remember this jazz combo from SpeakEasily’s grand opening as the band you can’t take your eyes off of! Yes, at SpeakEasily, even the jazz combo is beautiful! They’ll also make you fight for place on the dance floor! Let's get HOT! And BOTHERED! And How!
SEE: Burlesque showstopper CHERRY LIX! This show will stop your heart!
EXPERIENCE: The madness that is BOMBSHELL BETTY's "BURLESQUERCISE!" BONANZA!
RENT: THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS. Yes, they are FOR RENT! Their
dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. Getta load of these gold-digging baby grands and baby vamps…these Bearcats will eat you alive!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
For pictures, see http://www.wolfmann.blogspot.com/
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Klassy with a K,
~Odessa Lil~
HEAR: The sultry swing of HOT AND BOTHERED!
You might remember this jazz combo from SpeakEasily’s grand opening as the band you can’t take your eyes off of! Yes, at SpeakEasily, even the jazz combo is beautiful! They’ll also make you fight for place on the dance floor! Let's get HOT! And BOTHERED! And How!
SEE: Burlesque showstopper CHERRY LIX! This show will stop your heart!
EXPERIENCE: The madness that is BOMBSHELL BETTY's "BURLESQUERCISE!" BONANZA!
RENT: THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS. Yes, they are FOR RENT! Their
dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. Getta load of these gold-digging baby grands and baby vamps…these Bearcats will eat you alive!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
For pictures, see http://www.wolfmann.blogspot.com/
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Klassy with a K,
~Odessa Lil~
9.30.2004
Thanks again to Pat McCarthy for capturing another SpeakEasily on digital memory. Below are his photos from Fez Night at Speak Easily, two weeks ago…
Yeah, nothing but class…Jen encourages Sailor Billy the right way…with money. Check out the size of that fez.
MR. MYSTIC’s grand finale!
The Indra and Cracker Jack Salteen’s rendition of Lily Marlene.
Odessa Lil and Cracker Jack Salteen work out technical difficulties with microphone height.
Eva von Slut had ‘em begging for more!
What sort of convention was this, Pat?
Rose Pistola and Comfy Chair!
Yeah, nothing but class…Jen encourages Sailor Billy the right way…with money. Check out the size of that fez.
MR. MYSTIC’s grand finale!
The Indra and Cracker Jack Salteen’s rendition of Lily Marlene.
Odessa Lil and Cracker Jack Salteen work out technical difficulties with microphone height.
Eva von Slut had ‘em begging for more!
What sort of convention was this, Pat?
Rose Pistola and Comfy Chair!
9.22.2004
It’s official! TUESDAY is the new Friday!
And how!
This Tuesday, September 28, 2004, SpeakEasily welcomes back:
TIPPY CANOE AND THE PADDLEMAN!
Yes! Shake a leg with TIPPY CANOE AND THE PADDLEMEN, the 1920's jazzcountrydoowoppop uke/upright bass duo!
AND
Burlesque beauty THE FLYING FOX brings old-time Hollywood glamour to the SpeakEasily stage…but just when you thought we were becoming civilized…
HERE COMES
Bombshell Betty's "Burlesquercise!" Bonanza!
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT…their
dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. Getta load of these gold-diggers! They’re hot stuff!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
to view pictures: http://www.wolfmann.blogspot.com
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Oakland, Baby…Oakland,
~Odessa Lil~
AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
9.20.2004
Check this out:
WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY! (September 22nd)
it's TIPPY CANOE & THE PADDLEMAN(*uke & bull-fiddle duo*)
displaying their audio wares live and lively on KZSU Radio 90.1FM
http://www.kzsu.org
Stanford University with The Big Chief!
For all of you far and farther please direct your computer box to:
http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/ for a live webcast.
Wednesday, KZSU Radio
9 o'clock pm- Pacific Standard Time
Tippy may be giving out a few free tickets to the upcoming SpeakEasily show, so tune in!
WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY! (September 22nd)
it's TIPPY CANOE & THE PADDLEMAN(*uke & bull-fiddle duo*)
displaying their audio wares live and lively on KZSU Radio 90.1FM
http://www.kzsu.org
Stanford University with The Big Chief!
For all of you far and farther please direct your computer box to:
http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/ for a live webcast.
Wednesday, KZSU Radio
9 o'clock pm- Pacific Standard Time
Tippy may be giving out a few free tickets to the upcoming SpeakEasily show, so tune in!
9.16.2004
High Holy Days, Batman!
SpeakEasily is throwing a BURLESQUE BLOWOUT this Tuesday, September 21st!
Dig on this: Three beautiful ladies of the burlesque, one swinging slamswing band, one mystical comedian, a disgruntled uke-playing sailor, AND all the Meter Dancers you can grab!
All for just $6!
BUT WAIT…there’s a SPECIAL DEAL: Wear a FEZ and get in for just $4!!! (Why? Why the hell not?)
You and your fez will shake a leg or three with COMFY CHAIR!The worlds last, and first, time traveling band, COMFY CHAIR is a high voltage tribute to the Jazz Age, peddling their own patented genre of music: SLAMSWING, a hybrid of hot swing jazz et rock moderne!
AND YES, like I said before -- it’s a burlesque blowout with EVA VON SLUT and the DEBAUCHEROUS DOLLS! These girls have the curves and the moves and they are not afraid to use them! And how!
But what would a night at SpeakEasily be without a sailor?! CRACKER JACK SALTEEN is dropping in! Did The Ramones and Rudy Vallee have a lovechild?
AND a special appearance by MR. MYSTIC! Beware: he might hypnotize you into buying him a drink.
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS, those ravishing rowdy rabble rousers, can be all yours for the duration of a song (in exchange for just a few bucks tucked discreetly in a garter or perhapsin a more creative place). They are professionals! Professional whats, I don’t know.
For crying out loud, let's get hot!
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts at 9
$6
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
I think my horse got towed,
~Odessa Lil~
SpeakEasily is throwing a BURLESQUE BLOWOUT this Tuesday, September 21st!
Dig on this: Three beautiful ladies of the burlesque, one swinging slamswing band, one mystical comedian, a disgruntled uke-playing sailor, AND all the Meter Dancers you can grab!
All for just $6!
BUT WAIT…there’s a SPECIAL DEAL: Wear a FEZ and get in for just $4!!! (Why? Why the hell not?)
You and your fez will shake a leg or three with COMFY CHAIR!The worlds last, and first, time traveling band, COMFY CHAIR is a high voltage tribute to the Jazz Age, peddling their own patented genre of music: SLAMSWING, a hybrid of hot swing jazz et rock moderne!
AND YES, like I said before -- it’s a burlesque blowout with EVA VON SLUT and the DEBAUCHEROUS DOLLS! These girls have the curves and the moves and they are not afraid to use them! And how!
But what would a night at SpeakEasily be without a sailor?! CRACKER JACK SALTEEN is dropping in! Did The Ramones and Rudy Vallee have a lovechild?
AND a special appearance by MR. MYSTIC! Beware: he might hypnotize you into buying him a drink.
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS, those ravishing rowdy rabble rousers, can be all yours for the duration of a song (in exchange for just a few bucks tucked discreetly in a garter or perhapsin a more creative place). They are professionals! Professional whats, I don’t know.
For crying out loud, let's get hot!
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts at 9
$6
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
I think my horse got towed,
~Odessa Lil~
9.10.2004
TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY!
This Tuesday, September 14th, SpeakEasily brings you the father, the son, and the holy ghost of jazz:
THE WAX TRIO
Starring "the world's greatest guitar player" Gennaro Cannelora, these three wise men will get you jumpin’ with their collision of soul, surf, jazz and flamenco.
AND
There may be only one SpeakEasily burlesque sweetheart ROSE PISTOLA, but this hot number comes on like a triple barreled gun…POW POW POW! Who’s ever heard of a triple barreled gun? Who cares! Look at the girl!
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT…their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. Getta load of these gold-digging beauties…these Bearcats will eat you UP! AND HOW!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
As if the universe lifted it’s hemline and I beheld the ankles of G-D,
~Odessa Lil~
AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
9.03.2004
Come on folks! Let’s get Frisky! And How!
This Tuesday, September 14, 2004, at SpeakEasily -
Everyone’s favorite Tin Pan Alley Troubadours THE FRISKY FROLICS!
These boys are armed with ukuleles, kazoos, and straw hats…and they’re not afraid to use them!
Once voted “Best Band for the New Depression” by the Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay, they’ll certainly get you jumpin’ and get your mind off of our nation’s teetering future. Did I just say that?
Desiré d'Amour, The Creole Queen of Burlesque! Grrrrrrrrrrrwowwwwwww!
She’s modeled for photographers Charles Gatewood, Eric Kroll, and Steve Diet Goedde AND you’ve seen her in the Zombie Beauty Pageant, Dane's Dames Burlesque, and Spectacular Spectacular! NOW see her grace Oakland’s own night of Weimar Perversions…SpeakEasily!
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT…their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. Getta load of these gold-digging baby grands and baby vamps…these Bearcats will eat you alive!
AND HOW!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Klassy with a K,
~Odessa Lil~
AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
This Tuesday, September 14, 2004, at SpeakEasily -
Everyone’s favorite Tin Pan Alley Troubadours THE FRISKY FROLICS!
These boys are armed with ukuleles, kazoos, and straw hats…and they’re not afraid to use them!
Once voted “Best Band for the New Depression” by the Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay, they’ll certainly get you jumpin’ and get your mind off of our nation’s teetering future. Did I just say that?
Desiré d'Amour, The Creole Queen of Burlesque! Grrrrrrrrrrrwowwwwwww!
She’s modeled for photographers Charles Gatewood, Eric Kroll, and Steve Diet Goedde AND you’ve seen her in the Zombie Beauty Pageant, Dane's Dames Burlesque, and Spectacular Spectacular! NOW see her grace Oakland’s own night of Weimar Perversions…SpeakEasily!
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are FOR RENT…their dance-floor affections are all yours for a few dollars a dance. Getta load of these gold-digging baby grands and baby vamps…these Bearcats will eat you alive!
AND HOW!
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts 9-ish
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
Klassy with a K,
~Odessa Lil~
AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/cal/2004/09/index.html
9.02.2004
The very gifted artist and audience member Daniel Martinez brings us his first in the SpeakEasily Meter Dancer series:
8.27.2004
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
This Sunday, August 29th
Mia More presents....A Night of Debauchery and Cupcakes!
From NYC, Harvest Moon, the sultry siren of burlesque
Simone de la Getto & Alotta Boutte of Harlem Shake(2004 Best of the Bay winners for Best BurlesqueTroupe)
Mia More
Miss Peppermint
The Debaucherous Dolls
Cherry Lix
Bombshell Betty
Cookie Tuff
Lily LeRouge
Cyndi Irrestible
& Rimjob the Clown stripping on his unicycle!!
MC: Odessa Lil
Cupcake Cuties: Pussy Flambe, Plush Ophelia & SharranO!!
Oakland Metro - 201 Broadway @ 2nd Street
GoGo Dancing & Cupcake Cuties at 7:30pm
Burlesque Show at 8pm
Sliding Scale $7-10
21 & over only please
This Sunday, August 29th
Mia More presents....A Night of Debauchery and Cupcakes!
From NYC, Harvest Moon, the sultry siren of burlesque
Simone de la Getto & Alotta Boutte of Harlem Shake(2004 Best of the Bay winners for Best BurlesqueTroupe)
Mia More
Miss Peppermint
The Debaucherous Dolls
Cherry Lix
Bombshell Betty
Cookie Tuff
Lily LeRouge
Cyndi Irrestible
& Rimjob the Clown stripping on his unicycle!!
MC: Odessa Lil
Cupcake Cuties: Pussy Flambe, Plush Ophelia & SharranO!!
Oakland Metro - 201 Broadway @ 2nd Street
GoGo Dancing & Cupcake Cuties at 7:30pm
Burlesque Show at 8pm
Sliding Scale $7-10
21 & over only please
8.25.2004
If You Weren't There Last Night:
Once again, The Indra thoroughly dazzled the SpeakEasily patrons with her gorilla striptease (Insert “going bananas” type joke here) AND led her now-famous Mile High Body Count Apache Dance starring the 2004 Olympic Apache Team (hurray Chris, AKA Dirty Pierre). Like any good Shakespearean death scene (thanks for that analogy, Joe), there was a nice pile of bodies at the end. At this point, it’s like “who cares about the audience…we just want to get stabbed by The Indra and play dead!” The Indra always goes the extra 10 miles with her creativity! I’m such a lucky bastage (farging ice hole?) to know her!
MR. MYSTIC hypnotized a cute member of the audience to kiss him (abusing his powers?) and did a remarkably good Woody Allen-doing-a-card-trick impersonation. AND of course, Gaucho made the meter dancers tear it up on the dance floor. We like those dudes.
Raised By Wolfmanns Dept.:
Melissa is on a one sister mission to out my childhood on her blog.
Here's her latest installment:
The unhealthy attachment to Ted E. Bear:
Once again, The Indra thoroughly dazzled the SpeakEasily patrons with her gorilla striptease (Insert “going bananas” type joke here) AND led her now-famous Mile High Body Count Apache Dance starring the 2004 Olympic Apache Team (hurray Chris, AKA Dirty Pierre). Like any good Shakespearean death scene (thanks for that analogy, Joe), there was a nice pile of bodies at the end. At this point, it’s like “who cares about the audience…we just want to get stabbed by The Indra and play dead!” The Indra always goes the extra 10 miles with her creativity! I’m such a lucky bastage (farging ice hole?) to know her!
MR. MYSTIC hypnotized a cute member of the audience to kiss him (abusing his powers?) and did a remarkably good Woody Allen-doing-a-card-trick impersonation. AND of course, Gaucho made the meter dancers tear it up on the dance floor. We like those dudes.
Raised By Wolfmanns Dept.:
Melissa is on a one sister mission to out my childhood on her blog.
Here's her latest installment:
The unhealthy attachment to Ted E. Bear:
8.24.2004
8.23.2004
Wowsers. After Friday's marathon findraiser for the SOMArts, Saturday's Nanos Operetta's Three Drops of Blood show, and the Spec Spec cast party, Sunday became the day that never was. A short nap turned into a 5-hour-long coma-thon. What are you supposed to do when you wake up and it's bedtime again? I hope "take an Ativan" is the correct answer.
WHOOOPS!
It seems as though the email list from last week's SpeakEasily was lost in the bar somehow. If anyone was on that list and wants to be added, please contact me so I can begin harassing you as planned! SpeakEasily@Gmail.
Check it out, Yo. More Photos:
Thank so much to Daniel and InterNebbish for catching those Kodak moments over at SpeakEasily.
Here are just a few that Daniel took...I promise that they'll make it onto the SpeakEasily website soon enough.
Odessa Lil and Daniel Martinez.
The Indra sews Billy back together while Rose Pistola looks on.
"Did I leave the water running?"
Rose Pistola has her shoulder examined by Doktor Odessa, while Salty makes tinfoil sculptures in order to illustrate an important point in his conversation.
Internebbish's photos: (to see them all go here.)
Captain Willy charms the ladies (and charges by the dance).
Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman!
Odessa says solong to an old friend. Note his T-shirt. You can buy one too.
Bombshell Betty seems to have found something!
This Tuesday, August 24—
The joint will be jumping this Tuesday as SpeakEasily welcomes gypsyjazz geniuses GAUCHO to our fold! This band is hot stuff! And How!Their Django-rific sound will make you fight for territory on thedance floor. We may annex France for more space.
Speaking of France, THE INDRA will be with us as well with her one-and-only SpeakEasily High Body Count Apache Dance! Yes, she'll kill Billy again and G-D knows who else.
AND as if that wasn't enough, MR. MYSTIC will astound and amaze youwith whatever it is up his sleeves!
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS, those ravishing rowdyrabble rousers, can be all yours for the duration of a song (inexchange for just a few bucks tucked discreetly in a garter or perhaps in a more creative place). They are professionals!
For crying out loud, let's get hot!
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts at 9-ish
$5
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
For all the Boychiks in the hood,
~Odessa Lil~
WHOOOPS!
It seems as though the email list from last week's SpeakEasily was lost in the bar somehow. If anyone was on that list and wants to be added, please contact me so I can begin harassing you as planned! SpeakEasily@Gmail.
Check it out, Yo. More Photos:
Thank so much to Daniel and InterNebbish for catching those Kodak moments over at SpeakEasily.
Here are just a few that Daniel took...I promise that they'll make it onto the SpeakEasily website soon enough.
Odessa Lil and Daniel Martinez.
The Indra sews Billy back together while Rose Pistola looks on.
"Did I leave the water running?"
Rose Pistola has her shoulder examined by Doktor Odessa, while Salty makes tinfoil sculptures in order to illustrate an important point in his conversation.
Internebbish's photos: (to see them all go here.)
Captain Willy charms the ladies (and charges by the dance).
Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman!
Odessa says solong to an old friend. Note his T-shirt. You can buy one too.
Bombshell Betty seems to have found something!
This Tuesday, August 24—
The joint will be jumping this Tuesday as SpeakEasily welcomes gypsyjazz geniuses GAUCHO to our fold! This band is hot stuff! And How!Their Django-rific sound will make you fight for territory on thedance floor. We may annex France for more space.
Speaking of France, THE INDRA will be with us as well with her one-and-only SpeakEasily High Body Count Apache Dance! Yes, she'll kill Billy again and G-D knows who else.
AND as if that wasn't enough, MR. MYSTIC will astound and amaze youwith whatever it is up his sleeves!
AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS, those ravishing rowdyrabble rousers, can be all yours for the duration of a song (inexchange for just a few bucks tucked discreetly in a garter or perhaps in a more creative place). They are professionals!
For crying out loud, let's get hot!
The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts at 9-ish
$5
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com
For all the Boychiks in the hood,
~Odessa Lil~
8.18.2004
THE PICTURES ARE FUN ENTRY:
You know, you let some people have access to a stage and sometimes it results in nuclear fall out:
The Spectacular Spectacular show pictures are up...hurray!
And look! It's Sailor Billy from SpeakEasily:
Rose was there too, as a native in gold heels. Hey, it could happen...in the parallel universe where sailors go-go dance and leaders of rock bands wear my uncle's fez.
I have approximately a bagillion things I gotta do right now including phone calls I'd like to make, shtick that needs to get written, SLEEP that needs to get slept, unearthing my apartment...but blogging seems to be the only reasonable thing to do right now. That, and watching The Family Guy, but I already did that.
Tomorrow Steven and Ryan are coming over to record a commentary track for the upcoming The Breathing Show DVD. It's getting distribution from FilmThreat! Yeah!
And then you can rent it on Netflix, ok?
The fact that Steve and Ryan are coming by means I need to make the car hole look like a human lives here; not one cat and a trash-collecting monkey.
Last night's SpeakEasily was another artistic triumph! And the people...they came out! And Roky Roulette...he stripped on a pogo stick! And the Lollies...were feathery and beautiful! And Kitten and Mr. Tinkler were the best duo since Tony Orlando and Dawn or maybe even peanutbutter and jelly. These folks are seriously libraries of prohibition song info!
Lots of familiar faces were there and a few new ones too. It all warms my heart and makes my head feel gooshie (i mean that in a good way). I may have even recruited a couple of new Meter Dancers.
OK! Don't forget this Friday is a SpeakEasily event in part with SomArts Cultural Center and ARTworkSF called The Cafe Show at SomArts Bay Gallery (934 Brannan St @ 9th, SF). Odessa Lil will be there shaking babies and kissing hands (and stealing material, obviously).
AND
Next Tuesday is always just around the corner!
You know, you let some people have access to a stage and sometimes it results in nuclear fall out:
The Spectacular Spectacular show pictures are up...hurray!
And look! It's Sailor Billy from SpeakEasily:
Rose was there too, as a native in gold heels. Hey, it could happen...in the parallel universe where sailors go-go dance and leaders of rock bands wear my uncle's fez.
I have approximately a bagillion things I gotta do right now including phone calls I'd like to make, shtick that needs to get written, SLEEP that needs to get slept, unearthing my apartment...but blogging seems to be the only reasonable thing to do right now. That, and watching The Family Guy, but I already did that.
Tomorrow Steven and Ryan are coming over to record a commentary track for the upcoming The Breathing Show DVD. It's getting distribution from FilmThreat! Yeah!
And then you can rent it on Netflix, ok?
The fact that Steve and Ryan are coming by means I need to make the car hole look like a human lives here; not one cat and a trash-collecting monkey.
Last night's SpeakEasily was another artistic triumph! And the people...they came out! And Roky Roulette...he stripped on a pogo stick! And the Lollies...were feathery and beautiful! And Kitten and Mr. Tinkler were the best duo since Tony Orlando and Dawn or maybe even peanutbutter and jelly. These folks are seriously libraries of prohibition song info!
Lots of familiar faces were there and a few new ones too. It all warms my heart and makes my head feel gooshie (i mean that in a good way). I may have even recruited a couple of new Meter Dancers.
OK! Don't forget this Friday is a SpeakEasily event in part with SomArts Cultural Center and ARTworkSF called The Cafe Show at SomArts Bay Gallery (934 Brannan St @ 9th, SF). Odessa Lil will be there shaking babies and kissing hands (and stealing material, obviously).
AND
Next Tuesday is always just around the corner!
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