G O D C L U B

Stolen from ubu.com:

David Wojnarowicz + Tommy Turner's

WHERE EVIL DWELLS

So I've been thinking a lot lately about the death of Riot Grrrl and all the female punk bands I love and how sad it is. And, how nowadays everything is post-feminism and terrible.

David G. and I are still working on our zine.

Whatever forever, these videos are sweet.

The Raincoats - "Fairytale in the Supermarket"



The Slits - "Typical Girls"



That hat!

And "Women of the Early 80's Postpunk," featuring a soundtrack of "Eisiger Wind" by LiLiPUT (thanks, funknroll!)

SOME highlights: Squirting blood-filled fake penis squirt guns right into camera lenses of front-row spectators, hearing Plastikman's, "Spastic" at a purely punishing volume, eating Quaaludes with Marilyn Monroe's dead body, catfighting over JFK, etc. etc. etc.

Here is some footage from the show on Friday along with some shots of the three photographs that are STILL on display for a few more weeks at the Hangar which is located within the Cranbrook Academy of Art's photo department. It's a great new space so please go check it out sometime soon...I think the last day the show will be up is November 14th, but I could be wrong.

I have three photographs in this show and will be performing LIVE for the first time in over a year. I will have new video, new costume, and one new song. DJ sounds before/after the performance provided by HAUTE TO DEATH.

THE LOCATION IS KIND OF TRICKY, you have to get to Cranbrook from the Woodward entrance, tell the gatekeeper that you are going to the ART ACADEMY and then drive ALLLLL the way down that long and winding road, hang a right, and then park near the museum and follow the map above to the spot that the HANGAR is in. The opening is from 6 - 10 pm. I am going to perform LATER in the evening, depending on attendance, BUT NOT LAST SO GET THERE NO LATER THAN 8.30, PLEASE!!!

Sorry the image is kind of shitty, but I can't ever figure out how to work scanners.

Wall of Sound is a British record label that specializes in releasing work from established artists as well as re-releasing unestablished artists' work to gain a broader distribution.

I've been happy to find through them the return of the Queen, Ms. Grace Jones. Her new release, Corporate Cannibal, from her forthcoming album, Hurricane, will be available this month.

In other news: I apologize for the scarcity of posts this week. I'm currently working on a few interviews to be posted within the next few months. You will enjoy.

THIS past Saturday, Isaac Royale and I sat in for a live broadcast interview and deejay session with evil-audio-assault-cum-performance-art duo, Dethab. We were asked to be a part of Radio Caroline, Gregory Green's pirate radio art installation here in Detroit. We'd like to present you with the download for the first of quite a few podcasts of the program (our segment is forthcoming). This is an interview with Veronica Vasicka, founder of East Village Radio and Minimal Wave (thanks, Burnlab!).

Things that matter:


Things that don't matter:

Girls getting mad for wearing the same Target leggings as me.

Also, Target is becoming American Apparel and it's funny.

IF you happen to be in the university/cultural center/midtown area of downtown Detroit tomorrow during the hours of 11AM to 5PM, tune your radio dial to 104.9FM to catch Isaac Royale, possibly a couple other REPORT contributors, and myself on "Radio Caroline"--at least Detroit's Dadaist satellite counterpart.

DETHLAB will be hosting, interviewing, and deejaying the program, and they've come up with a truly riveting, thought-provoking and most importantly, entertaining itenerary. To quote 1/2 of Dethlab, Burnlab editor, designer, blogger, and friend Mike Doyle:

"The main theme of Saturday's program is DIY culture. The social, political and especially business models of the 20th century are literally collapsing before our eyes. Forward thinking artists and entrepreneurs are defining a new glocal economy and innovating creative and aggressive re-use of existing infrastructures. This is a topic near and dear to our hearts, and we cherish the opportunity to present it in the context of an art installation cum pirate radio broadcast."

HERE'S a lineup:

(All times subject to change.)

11AM - 12PM: Dethlab morning deejay set
12PM - 1PM: Interview with Bruce Sterling
1PM - 1:45PM: Interview with Rob Walker
1:45PM - 2:30PM: Interview with Veronica Vasicka
2:30PM - 3:15PM: Interview and deejay set with Detroit Techno Militia
3:15PM - 4PM: Interview and deejay set with GOD CLUB
4PM - 5PM: Dethlab evening deejay set

If you happen to know where we're broadcasting from (it's a public venue), feel free to come by!

...It's good enough for you.

This is the best spring collection that I have seen in a long time. The Chalayan swirl/oil spill dip dye print is used by another house, but I couldn't remember which it was or if it was also in Paris...I know Alexander McQueen is doing crazy shit with patterning but I don't think the swirl is exact...ANYWAY it's totally good gross and I love it.

I am glad the visual palette of this whole "freedom" centered nostalgia for the 1960's counterculture happening in the YOUTH MARKET has trickled up to something more PSYCHIC than psychedelic (SEE GARETH PUGH, BALENCIAGA, COMME DES GARCONS and VIVIENNE WESTWOOD!!!).

If these are the clothes for the next summer of love, '69 to '09, it looks like the backdrop will be condensed into an EXTREMELY cathartic overdose, and I can't wait!!!

Christian fundamentalism makes gay children. Thanks, mom.

Well, my grandma made me gay too with her obsession with Jean Claude van Damme. I will, in turn, have a sick obsession for the rest of my life.

What's up with this current electroclash hangover happening in the top 40 pop charts? The market is totally FILLED with the remains of the fad (or subgenre at its rare best) pumped up with some even cheesier angst-infused vocals, which had to be really hard to produce because I honestly didn't think it could get any worse than this:



But it totally did and turned into this:



And this:



And this:



And this:



Isn't this funny?

This viral marketing / "smart" advertising business has to fucking go. I was getting creeped out enough by ads pandering to my die-hard lust for "Punk Goth Singles" and "Unreleased Dance Music." But "New Wave Rugs?" Just how, HOW did the Internet figure out that I desire nothing more than this printed onto a "persian-style throw rug?"