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

JIM, you are truly sick...
World, meet Emil:


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:

8.24.2004

He says the darndest things:
I say, “I’m so freaking tired. I can’t do this any more. Let’s move to the country.”
And he says, “And then open a dinner theater?”

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~

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!

8.14.2004

It's under construction, but it goes a little something like this...

8.13.2004

Hey hey hey! I just got back from my birthday trip to the sea with Salty. As befitting any birthday, we looked for kool dead stuff on the beach and found a huge headless sea lion and a jellyfish massacre. Then we went on a glamorous tour of the Colma cemeteries. AND then we went to Target! It was really just what I needed...to disappear, eat good food, sit in a hot tub, look at dead stuff, buy new pillows. I apologize for being MIA to many people lately, but I've been burning the candle at every possible end. There's just too many exciting things happening. Hey, there are worse problems to have.
Last Tuesday's SpeakEasily was outtasight! Project:Pimento is a band as smooth as James Bond and they really got everyone dancing. Plus, how often do you ever get to see the StarTrek theme played live? I want to thank Robby, Theremin master, for being such a great band-contact. AND The Indra's high body count Apache dance claimed 6 lives...including Daniel and Desmond, innocent bystanders. Luckily we didn't kill SpeakEasily newcomer Josie Nutter. We definitely want her to come back. BTW, Rose Pistola has found her new calling as a cop. She's the sheriff.
This coming Sunday is Spectacular Spectacular! A vaudvillian musical freakshow of sorts set in the South Pacific, starring all your favorite characters: Prince Kong, The World's Tallest Midget, lots of natives, and me and Billy the Sailor (of SpeakEasily Meter Dancer fame) as go-go dancing sailors. Of course. I'm happy KingFish has welcomed me to this eccentric crowd.
And as if all this wasn't enough, there is A very special SpeakEasily event in part with SomArts Cultural Center and ARTworkSF -- The 2nd Annual CAFÉ SHOW CLOSING Reception
Friday August 20. Odessa Lil is the Mistress of Ceremonies on this one. Getta load of this line-up: Bombshell Betty, Kitten on the Keys, Mr Mystic, The Flying Fox, Chris Karney, The Indra, The Kellita of Hot Pink Feathers, Comfy Chair, Harlem Shake, Poontang Wranglers, Ms Cherry Bomb (fire performer), and Rosin Coven.

AND of course, this Tuesday...SpeakEasily does it all again:
It's a SpeakEasily SuperShow, folks! I know, last week we had a theremin that shot lasers and then The Indra killed most of our audience...how could we ever outdo that? But check this out, Mister! You'll cast a kitten! And how!

August 17--
Kitten on the Keys and Mr. Tinkler are THE FIRKEYTOODLERS!
And they're playing a meow mix medley of mad cap gems of yesteryear with a naughty whimsical edge.
(http://www.kittymusic.net/)

The Original Award Winning Caburlesque Cuties THE LOLLIES! (http://www.thelollies.net/)
Male burlesque SINsation ROKY ROULETTE goes O.G.: Two tommy guns and a pogostick of dynamite.
(http://www.rokyroulette.com/)

AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS' attentions are all yours for the duration of a song (in exchange for just a few bucks tucked discreetly in a garter or perhaps in a more creative place). These bearcats will EAT YOU UP!
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
$5
http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/index.html
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com

I am in your future,
~Odessa Lil~



AND WHAT'S ELSE DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???
August 24 --GAUCHO GYPSY BAND
(http://www.gauchogypsyjazz.com/index.html)
Burlesque wonder THE INDRA is back!
MR. MYSTIC astounds and Amazes!

August 31 -- POONTANG WRANGLERS
Ventriloquist jug-time band Hiroshi "Kill Bill" Hasegawa's Poontang Wranglers return with more antics. What will the Pope do this time?
w/ CRAKER JACK SALTEEN
Did The Ramones and Rudy Vallee have a lovechild?
The amazing JOSIE NUTTER of Glitzkrieg Burlesque!






8.06.2004

A man walks into the doctor's office. He says, "Doctor, it hurts when I go like this."
The doctor says, "Don't go like that. Go to SpeakEasily."


It is a well known fact that SpeakEasily, Oakland's ONLY Weimar
cabaret vaudevillian Kultur fest, is good for the health: we've got
swinging bands to stimulate the pulse, our saucy Mile High Meter
Dancers are the best tonic for melancholia, our grilled-cheese sandwiches have been known to cure gout…our Tuesdays are better for you than a month in the country. BUT this Tuesday, SpeakEasily turns deadly…



August 10-
PROJECT PIMENTO
There's only one Theremin lounge band, and that's Project: Pimento!
AND
Burlesque wonder THE INDRA performs her Theater of Blood
High-Body-Count Apache Dance, in which she will ACTUALLY KILL Billy
the Sailor. We've only got one Billy the Sailor, so don't miss this.


AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are all yours for a dance
and a few dollars. These Sheiks and Sheebas are professionals!
(Professional whats, we don't know…)

For crying out loud, this is hot stuff! And how!


The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts at 9
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com

May the Schwartz be with you,
~Odessa Lil~

AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???

August 17—
It's a SpeakEasily SuperShow! Don't miss this:
KITTEN ON THE KEYS and MISTER TINKLER
are THE FIRKEYTOODLERS
THE LOLLIES, caburlesque cuties!
ROKY ROULETTE, male burlesque sinsation!

August 24--
Gaucho Gypsy Jazz Band
Burlesque wonder THE INDRA is back!

For more upcoming dates, see
Mile High Calendar

8.03.2004

Who says I can’t run on candy, Red Bull, and will power alone?

~~~~



What are the beautiful people saying about
SpeakEasily?

"A real goddamn crazy place!" – Lucky Luciano
"Pure as the driven slush." -- Tallulah Bankhead
"Hello suckers. I think I smell fresh money tonight." -- Tex Guinan
"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left." --Oscar Levant

Forget Fridays… SpeakEasily wants you to flip your lid this Tuesday…and how! We've got Bombshells and poetry! Ukuleles and Canoes! 5,000 French men can't be wrong!!! (???)

August 3 –
TIPPY CANOE AND THE PADDLEMAN
A 1920's jazzcountrydoowoppop uke/upright bass duo!

AND

BOMBSHELL BETTY and her DEBUT-TAUNTS!
It's a burlesque attack!

AND

GEVER TULLY of Joe Schmoe fame reads some
poems on topics such as Love and Television!
One is reportedly about Odessa Lil! Has he lost
his mind?!

AND, of course, THE MILE HIGH METER DANCERS are all yours for a dance
and a dollar (make that a few dollars and we'll talk). These
floorflushers wanna use you to MOP IT UP!

For crying out loud, let's get hot!

http://www.oaklandmilehigh.com/

The Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA
Doors and Meter Dancing at 8, Show starts at 9
$5
Info: speakeasily@gmail.com


Number One in the hood, G,
~Odessa Lil~

AND WHAT'S DOES THE FUTURE HOLD???

August 10-
PROJECT PIMENTO
There's only one Theremin lounge band, and that's
Project Pimento!

AND
Burlesque wonder THE INDRA's Theater of Blood
High Body Count Apache Dance, in which she will
ACTUALLY KILL Billy the Sailor. We've only got
one Billy the Sailor, so don't miss this.


August 17—
KITTEN ON THE KEYS and MISTER TINKLER
are THE FIRKEYTOODLERS
The Lollies
Roky Roulette, Male Burlesque Sinsation

For more upcoming dates, see
The MILE HIGH calendar