6/18/11

TOM'S BAR FOR DADDY'S DAY



PLEASE JOIN ME AND A HOST OF OTHER LEATHERMEN & ARTIST @
PLEASURE PARK

The 20th Annual Commemoration of
TOM of FINLAND

SUNDAY
June 19, 2011
Daddy's Day + 2-7 PM

TOM's Men Contest

ARTISTS showing
WORK FOR SALE~

Axel
Rick Castro
Dogspunk
Steven Garcia
Wim Griffith
Karoy
Michael Kirwan
Hector Silva

DRAWING & MODELS

FOOD & DRINK

Come as your favorite TOM's Man!

Faultline Bar
4216 Melrose Avenue
90029

6/17/11

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL


ANTEBELLUM PRESENTS
IN CELEBRATION OF~
THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER~
MUSIC FESTIVAL


JUNE 21ST

7PM TIL 10PMISH

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY

GARLAND
PROF. PITT
JOSE PROMIS
JOHN CARPENTER
DUDLEY SAUNDERS


COMPLEMENTARY TEA & SWEETIES~
SERVED IN THE GALLERY TEA GARDEN
NO-HOST BAR

$10 DONATION TO ANTEBELLUM GALLERY



THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER IS AN ANTICIPATED DATE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THE CELEBRATION IS AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF. PERHAPS WITH THE MODERN DILEMMA OF GLOBAL WARMING
IT WOULD BEHOOVE US ALL TO HONOUR THE SEASONS AS SACRED AS THEY ONCE WERE.


SUMMER~
"green, green are medows wherever i pass. and the mowers are busy among the grass."

WINTER~
"white, white are the meadows wherever i go, and the sledges glide hissing across the snow."

SUMMER~
"i'll climb up the tree where the red cherries glow, and winter can stand by himself down below."

WINTER~
"with you i will climb the cherry-tree tall, it's brances will kindle the fire in the hall."

SUMMER~
"o winter, you are most uncivil to send old women to the devil."

WINTER~
"by that i make them warm and mellow, so let them bawl and let them bellow."

SUMMER~
"i am the summer in white arrway, i'm chasing the winter far, far away."

WINTER~
"i am the winter in mantle of furs, i'm chasing the summer o'er bushes and burs."

SUMMER~
"just day a word more and i'll have you bann'd at once and for ever summer land."

WINTER~
"o summer, for all your bluster and brag, you'd not dare to carry a hen in a bag."

SUMMER~
"o winter, your chatter no more can i stay, i'll kick and i'll cuff you without delay."

~ they scuffle, in which summer gets the best of it~

WINTER~
"o summer, dear summer, i'm under your ban, for you are the master and i am the man."

SUMMER~
"tis a capital notion an excellent plan, if i am the master and you are the man. so come, my dear winter and give me your hand, we'll travel together to summer land."






live performances by~ garland, prof. pitt, jose promis, john carpenter,
& dudley saunders

ANTEBELLUM
1643 N LAS PALMAS AVE
HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028
323 856-0667
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PENIS ENVY


THESE GUYS AND THEIR GUYS... PENIS SUBSTITUTES

ELECTRIC YOUTH


photo & model courtesy- Devon Uribe

THE VOICE OF IGNORANCE IS HOT

david tyree- football legend... cute as a button... too bad he's so DUMB.

5 years from now he will regret this interview.

ODESSA


my very longtime doll of a freind, (and sorta GF back in the day!)
ODESSA STERLING- circa 1980
she now lives in london with her beautiful rocker son- TYRIAN.

6/16/11

PORTRAIT OF RICK OWENS


photo courtesy- nick knight

WEINER REMOVAL



so ANTHONY WEINER is gone and all of "moral" america can once again placate themselves with false morality.

all the texting & tweeting he did may be an embarassment to his wife and himself. it may lead to his divorce, but it really should'nt matter to the public.
once again the people have been fooled.. this had nothing to do with obscenity. he did nothing illegal. this was pure politcal. rebulicans saw him as a major threat, so he was taken down.
i hope for the day that something this trite doesn't end the career of an effective congressman who fought for the right of people in his district.

here is ANTHONY WEINER in action and the REAL reason he was removed-








6/13/11

STANLEY STELLAR

classic image from STANLEY STELLER'S new book-
THE BEAUTY OF ALL MEN edited by Peter Weiermair

photo courtesy- stanley stellar- circa- 1984

BAAL





BAAL was the first full-length play written by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht.
It concerns a wastrel youth who becomes involved in several sexual affairs and at least one murder. It was written in 1918, when Brecht was a 20-year-old student at Munich University, in response to the expressionist drama The Loner (Der Einsame) by the soon-to-become-Nazi dramatist Hanns Johst.

The play is written in a form of heightened prose and includes four songs and an introductory choral hymn
("Hymn of Baal the Great"), set to melodies composed by Brecht himself.

In 1982, musician/actor DAVID BOWIE played the title role for a BBC television production of Baal.
John Willett provided the English translation and screenplay. Bowie's recordings of the play's five songs were released as an EP, David Bowie in Bertolt Brecht's BAAL.

A VIEW OF THE DIRTY SHOW-LA

A FUN TIME DESERVES A RE-VISIT.....
here are even more pics of the DIRTY SHOW -LA-2 featuring RICK CASTRO'S ANTEBELLUM MOTEL ROOM.





















photos courtesy- charles dimont- pacifiic palisades/antebellum corespondent

XNOTDEAD

THE NEW ISSUE OF XNOTDEAD IS NOW HERE!
check it out exclusively @ antebellum gallery.
reserve your copy now-
antebellum@earthlink.net

and exclusively for antebellum blogspot, here is a teaster of my fashion shoot for
the upcoming XNOTDEAD IPAD APP





produced & photographed- rick castro
clothing- rick owens, ashton michael- black label,
emilie odeile- art string
masks- raymond sandoval, jt's stockroom
make-up- isaiah gaines
models- isaiah gaines. "blanket," iceman blue & glen meadmore
location- boardner's of hollywood

ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE TONY WARD

only one week left to view- WARD OF THE STATE: TONY WARD ARTISTS MUSE

CHECK IT OUT @
RIVERA & RIVERA gallery
454 n robertson blvd
west hollywood, ca

and here is a photo of antebellum's window, graffittii advert by
jules muck & rick castro.

photo courtesy- jennifer stander

MORE ANTICS @ DIRTY LA

IN THE ANTEBELLUM MOTEL ROOM- JUNE 11TH


photos courtesy- chet b.- whitter/antebellum coresondent