circa 1988- pee-wee's playhouse- xmas special
RICK CASTRO ON RADIOACTIVE DICK- KILL RADIO
i was on my friend RADIOACTIVE DICK'S RADIO SHOW yesterday to promote my new exhibition- CLUB FUCK! 20ANNIVERSARY.
we got into a fight.
REESE RIDEOUT @ KINKY CAMERA CLUB
oh good... our next model for KINKY CAMERA CLUB, (KCC) will be RESSE RIDEOUT, who is nominated for man of the year.
for all you kinky shutterbugs out there check out antebellum gallery's unique salon-
photo- menmachine
ANTEBELLUM GALLERY presents KINKY CAMERA CLUB
keeping in the tradition of irving klaw, (who used bettie page as a model),
antebellum is proud to recreate the camera club of the 1950s!
KINKY CAMERA CLUB
hosted by
RICK CASTRO
$60 advance reservation
$70 @ the door
join us
AUGUST 9TH- 1PM
MODEL- REESE RIDEOUT!
ANTEBELLUM GALLERY presents KINKY CAMERA CLUB
ANTEBELLUM
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
323 856-0667
www.antebellum.us.ms
antebellum@earthlink.net
for all you kinky shutterbugs out there check out antebellum gallery's unique salon-
photo- menmachine
ANTEBELLUM GALLERY presents KINKY CAMERA CLUB
keeping in the tradition of irving klaw, (who used bettie page as a model),
antebellum is proud to recreate the camera club of the 1950s!
KINKY CAMERA CLUB
hosted by
RICK CASTRO
$60 advance reservation
$70 @ the door
join us
AUGUST 9TH- 1PM
MODEL- REESE RIDEOUT!
ANTEBELLUM GALLERY presents KINKY CAMERA CLUB
ANTEBELLUM
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
323 856-0667
www.antebellum.us.ms
antebellum@earthlink.net
7/31/09
UNBURIED DREAMS
Skeleton In Suit And Tie Found Without Casket At Burr Oak
Skeletal remains of a man wearing a suit and tie were found sitting in a burial vault with no casket in sight at a historic black Illinois cemetery where workers allegedly dug up bodies and dumped them in a scheme to resell plots.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said detectives were exhuming that grave site and two others, including one where two burial vaults were stacked on top of each other – the first proof that the alleged plot involved burying bodies on already-occupied grave sites.
"An individual casket was removed and someone was put underneath inappropriately," Dart told reporters at the Burr Oak Cemetery. He said the original vault was taken out and buried again on top of a second vault unbeknownst to the family of the person whom records show is buried there.
The suburban Chicago cemetery is the final resting place of perhaps 100,000 people, including civil rights-era lynching victim Emmett Till, boxer Ezzard Charles and blues singers Dinah Washington and Willie Dixon. Authorities have said there is no evidence that any of those graves were tampered with.
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Skeletal remains of a man wearing a suit and tie were found sitting in a burial vault with no casket in sight at a historic black Illinois cemetery where workers allegedly dug up bodies and dumped them in a scheme to resell plots.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said detectives were exhuming that grave site and two others, including one where two burial vaults were stacked on top of each other – the first proof that the alleged plot involved burying bodies on already-occupied grave sites.
"An individual casket was removed and someone was put underneath inappropriately," Dart told reporters at the Burr Oak Cemetery. He said the original vault was taken out and buried again on top of a second vault unbeknownst to the family of the person whom records show is buried there.
The suburban Chicago cemetery is the final resting place of perhaps 100,000 people, including civil rights-era lynching victim Emmett Till, boxer Ezzard Charles and blues singers Dinah Washington and Willie Dixon. Authorities have said there is no evidence that any of those graves were tampered with.
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7/30/09
GRACE JONES BEATS UP TALK SHOW HOST
tacky talk show host -russell harty is rude to grace one time too many and gets it!- circa 1983
ARMANI VISITS ANTEBELLUM
style director for ARMANI- francesco lastde simone & his partner paid a visit to antebellum gallery yesterday. the gallery was in disarray as we're in the middle of instillation of the CLUB FUCK! 20ANNIVERSARY exhibition. however the armani group was non- fazed by all the chaos, took a leisurely stroll previewing the exhibition, and then made a beeline to the TONY WARD TOILET
the TWT, (tony ward toilet) is a working toilet which is also a permanent exhibit at antebellum gallery. the TWT is curated by tony ward himself, the exhibit changes whenever mr. ward is in the mood to do so.
the TWT, (tony ward toilet) the only one in existence in the world! the TWT is the restroom at antebellum gallery in hollywood.
ALL the images in the TWT are of tony ward including images by rick castro, jim french, herb ritts, greg gorman, patrick hoelck, photographer - tony ward, (the other one), steven miesel, and self-portraits by mr ward himself including signed underwear!
antebellum gallery owner and curator rick castro says, " i've had people from as far away as helsinki, finland and santa rosa, CA make pilgrimages here to the TWT. I'm thinking of installing a rented audio tour so visitors can listen to a guided tour of the TWT just like they do at other museums. do you think there would be interest?
TONY WARD TOILET
@
ANTEBELLUM GALLERY
1643 N LAS PALMAS AVE
HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028
323 856-0667
antebellum@earthlink.net
www.antebellum.us.ms
the TWT, (tony ward toilet) is a working toilet which is also a permanent exhibit at antebellum gallery. the TWT is curated by tony ward himself, the exhibit changes whenever mr. ward is in the mood to do so.
the TWT, (tony ward toilet) the only one in existence in the world! the TWT is the restroom at antebellum gallery in hollywood.
ALL the images in the TWT are of tony ward including images by rick castro, jim french, herb ritts, greg gorman, patrick hoelck, photographer - tony ward, (the other one), steven miesel, and self-portraits by mr ward himself including signed underwear!
antebellum gallery owner and curator rick castro says, " i've had people from as far away as helsinki, finland and santa rosa, CA make pilgrimages here to the TWT. I'm thinking of installing a rented audio tour so visitors can listen to a guided tour of the TWT just like they do at other museums. do you think there would be interest?
TONY WARD TOILET
@
ANTEBELLUM GALLERY
1643 N LAS PALMAS AVE
HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028
323 856-0667
antebellum@earthlink.net
www.antebellum.us.ms
ALEXIS TELLS IT STRAIGHT
alexis arquette and friends in larry king live. wow, i've known alexis since we was a young man
7/29/09
HOLLYWOOD IS THE NEW HOLLYWOOD!
my inaugural speech @ the 1st HOLLYWOOD IS THE NEW HOLLYWOOD- artwalk meeting- july 28th, 2009
CLUB FUCK! 20ANNIVERSARY
ANTEBELLUM presents
JAMES STONE, MICHELLE CARR & RICK CASTRO
presents- FUCK20TH ANNIVERSARY
the golden years of LA's premiere fetish nightclub
CLUB FUCK!- 1989- 1992
OPENING NIGHT- AUGUST 5TH, 2009
7-10pm
$10 cover
featuring artwork by
RICK CASTRO
DEREK RIDGERS
CAT GWYNN
MARIA BOYD
SHEREE ROSE
RUSH RIDDLE
ELYSE REGHER
PETER PALLADINO
CATHERINE OPIE
and many more!
original club fuck dj- JON MARK
LIVE PERFORMANCE BY LINDA LESABRE~BEATMISTRESS
exhibit runs thru september 12th, 2009
antebellum
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
323 856-0667
www.antebellum.us.ms
antebellum@earthlink.net
dedicated to the memory of
CLIFF DILLER* MIGUEL BERISTAIN, ROBERT WOODS*
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on august 5th, 1989, the club scene in los angeles changed forever.
a group of young kinky queers premiered their new night club dedicated to all things fetish- another cultural movement was born.
hosted by MIGUEL BERISTAIN, CLIFF DILLER, JAMES STONE & SWEET P., CLUB FUCK was an instant hit.
numerous artists have launched their careers from the weekly club located @ LE BARCITO in silverlake,
(originally called THE BLACK CAT) which has it's own place in history*
the original first family of fuck circa 1989- 1992,
featured original dancers-
RON ATHEY
MICHELLE "HELL" CARR
BOBBY WILDFIRE
MARIA BASALDU
CLAYTON "CRYSTAL" CROSS
PIG-PEN
JENNY "CHICKEN" SHIMIZU
MIKE PIERCE
LARRY DISCIPLINE
FRANKIE MACTAVISH
BRIAN MURPHY
DIVINITY FUDGE
MICHELE "BIGLER"
TERRY "KITTEN DEVILLE" GEARY
CHRISTIAN WHITE
original performances by
DRANCE
ETHEL MEATPLOW
PEDRO, MURIEL & ESTER
JOHANNA WENT
BRIAN GRILLO
ALEX BINNIE
ELAYNE ANGEL
CAROL CITRONE
original artists
CATHERINE OPIE
BOB FLANAGAN
SHEREE ROSE
RICK CASTRO
BEN HOFFMAN
DEREK RIDGERS
AUGUST 5TH, 2009 MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL OPENING NIGHT OF CLUB FUCK!
PLEASE JOIN US!
*on january 1st, 1967, the first gay rebellion against the LAPD occurred @ the black cat, TWO YEARS BEFORE stonewall.
7/26/09
GRACE JONES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
GRACE JONES BOWLS OVER- l just came from the grace jones live performance @ the hollywood bowl. amazing, iconic, diva, diva, diva! i was flooded with memories of better days @ the late night discos. i remember, (like it was yesterday) going to the probe nightclub on highland avenue, (late night-members only leather club) in 1986. she was supposed to go on @ 1am, she finally went on @ 3pm!... the show was minimal, but AMAZING.. totally original. well, 23 years later her first time hollywood bowl show didn't disappoint. completely amazing...now that is a performer.... that is an entertainer.... that is someone with stage presence. grace jones is the modern day josephine baker. @ 61 years old, she still retains raw energy... a living legend.
grace jones- hollywood bowl-live-7/26/2009
grace jones-corporate cannibal
grace live-2006
grace jones- hurricane- mix1
grace jones- pull up to the bumper- live-2008
grace jones- blast from the past with luciano pavarotti live- 2002
grace jones- blast from the past- la vien rose- 1978
grace jones- blast from the past- 1977- i need a man
Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948)- Jamaican-American singer, model, and actress.
Jones was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, the daughter of Marjorie and Robert W. Jones, who was a politician and Apostolic clergyman. Her parents took Grace and her brother Randy to relocate to Syracuse, New York in 1965. Before becoming a successful model in New York City and Paris, Jones studied theater at Onondaga Community College.
Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits and a large gay following. The three disco albums she recorded—Portfolio (1977), Fame (1978), and Muse (1979)—generated considerable success in that market. During this period, she also became a muse to Andy Warhol, who photographed her extensively. Jones also accompanied him to famed New York City nightclub Studio 54 on many occasions.
Toward the end of the 1970s, Jones adapted the emerging New Wave music to create a different style for herself. Still with Island, and now working with producers Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin and the Compass Point All Stars, she released the acclaimed albums Warm Leatherette (1980) and Nightclubbing (1981). These included re-imaginings of songs by Sting, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders, and Roxy Music.
Parallel to her musical shift was an equally dramatic visual makeover, created in partnership with stylist Jean-Paul Goude, with whom she had a son. Jones adopted a severe, androgynous look, with square-cut hair and angular, padded clothes. The iconic cover photographs of Nightclubbing and, subsequently, Slave to the Rhythm (1985) exemplified this new identity. To this day, Jones is known for her unique look at least as much as she is for her music.
In the mid-1980s, she worked with Trevor Horn for the conceptual musical collage Slave to the Rhythm and with producer Nile Rodgers for Inside Story (1986). Although she has yet to become a truly mainstream recording artist in the United States, much of her musical output is still popular on the Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts, and many of her songs are regarded as classics to this day.
Grace Jones on her "Hurricane" Tour 2009
Grace Jones is a contralto vocalist. Although her image became more notable than her voice, she is in fact a highly stylized vocalist. She sings in two modes—in her monotone speak-sing as in songs such as "Private Life," "Walking in the Rain," and "The Apple Stretching"; and in an almost-soprano mode in songs such as "La Vie en Rose" and "Slave to the Rhythm." Her vocal range spans two-and-a-half octaves.
Grace Jones's masculine appearance, height (5'10½"), and manner influenced the cross-dressing movement of the 1980s. She would also exemplify the "Flat Top," a hairstyle popular among-but not exclusive to-men in the late-1980s, which she displayed on the cover of her first non-disco album, 1980's Warm Leatherette.
She maintained parallel recording and acting careers, and modeling work often overshadowed her musical output. Her strong visual presence extended to her concert tours. In her performances, she adopted various personas and wore outlandish costumes, particularly during her years with Goude. One such performance was at the Paradise Garage in 1985, for which she collaborated with visual artist Keith Haring for her costume. Haring painted her body in tribal patterns and fitted her with wire armor.
grace jones- hollywood bowl-live-7/26/2009
grace jones-corporate cannibal
grace live-2006
grace jones- hurricane- mix1
grace jones- pull up to the bumper- live-2008
grace jones- blast from the past with luciano pavarotti live- 2002
grace jones- blast from the past- la vien rose- 1978
grace jones- blast from the past- 1977- i need a man
Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948)- Jamaican-American singer, model, and actress.
Jones was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, the daughter of Marjorie and Robert W. Jones, who was a politician and Apostolic clergyman. Her parents took Grace and her brother Randy to relocate to Syracuse, New York in 1965. Before becoming a successful model in New York City and Paris, Jones studied theater at Onondaga Community College.
Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits and a large gay following. The three disco albums she recorded—Portfolio (1977), Fame (1978), and Muse (1979)—generated considerable success in that market. During this period, she also became a muse to Andy Warhol, who photographed her extensively. Jones also accompanied him to famed New York City nightclub Studio 54 on many occasions.
Toward the end of the 1970s, Jones adapted the emerging New Wave music to create a different style for herself. Still with Island, and now working with producers Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin and the Compass Point All Stars, she released the acclaimed albums Warm Leatherette (1980) and Nightclubbing (1981). These included re-imaginings of songs by Sting, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders, and Roxy Music.
Parallel to her musical shift was an equally dramatic visual makeover, created in partnership with stylist Jean-Paul Goude, with whom she had a son. Jones adopted a severe, androgynous look, with square-cut hair and angular, padded clothes. The iconic cover photographs of Nightclubbing and, subsequently, Slave to the Rhythm (1985) exemplified this new identity. To this day, Jones is known for her unique look at least as much as she is for her music.
In the mid-1980s, she worked with Trevor Horn for the conceptual musical collage Slave to the Rhythm and with producer Nile Rodgers for Inside Story (1986). Although she has yet to become a truly mainstream recording artist in the United States, much of her musical output is still popular on the Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts, and many of her songs are regarded as classics to this day.
Grace Jones on her "Hurricane" Tour 2009
Grace Jones is a contralto vocalist. Although her image became more notable than her voice, she is in fact a highly stylized vocalist. She sings in two modes—in her monotone speak-sing as in songs such as "Private Life," "Walking in the Rain," and "The Apple Stretching"; and in an almost-soprano mode in songs such as "La Vie en Rose" and "Slave to the Rhythm." Her vocal range spans two-and-a-half octaves.
Grace Jones's masculine appearance, height (5'10½"), and manner influenced the cross-dressing movement of the 1980s. She would also exemplify the "Flat Top," a hairstyle popular among-but not exclusive to-men in the late-1980s, which she displayed on the cover of her first non-disco album, 1980's Warm Leatherette.
She maintained parallel recording and acting careers, and modeling work often overshadowed her musical output. Her strong visual presence extended to her concert tours. In her performances, she adopted various personas and wore outlandish costumes, particularly during her years with Goude. One such performance was at the Paradise Garage in 1985, for which she collaborated with visual artist Keith Haring for her costume. Haring painted her body in tribal patterns and fitted her with wire armor.
