DON'T LOVE SOMEONE WITH NEGATIVE NARCISSISCIM

ROBERT PATRICK SONG

 "NEGATIVE NARCISSISM"

 for Andrew Adam Caldwell

JAZZ DANCE BATTLE

DANCING HEALS THE SOUL

KID PLAYS A MEAN GUITAR ON THE STREETS OF NYC

REMEMBERING AMY WINEHOUSE

amy winehouse live- circa 2007

ANOHNI

ANOHNI en interview - Le Grand Journal du 08/03

Anohni 
(born 24 Octоber 1971), formerly known as Antony Hegarty  is an English singer, composer, and visual artist, who is best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.

Anohni was born in the city of Chichester, England, in 1971. Anohni's family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States in 1981. 

In 1990, she moved to Manhattan, New York to study at New York University, where she founded a performance art collective (Blacklips) with Johanna Constantine.

Entering a musical career, she began performing with an ensemble of NYC musicians as Antony and the Johnsons. Their first album, Antony and the Johnsons, was released in 2000 on David Tibet's label Durtro. Their second album, I Am a Bird Now (2005), was a commercial and critical success, earning Anohni the Mercury Music Prize.

In 2016, Anohni became the second openly transgender person nominated for an Academy Award; She was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Original Song, along with J. Ralph, for the song "Manta Ray" in the film Racing Extinction.

Anohni was born in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK, in 1971. In 1977, her family moved to Amsterdam for a year, and then, in 1981, they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area of California where she grew up. As a teenager, she was influenced by Kate Bush as well as British synthpop – in particular, singers such as Marc Almond, Alison Moyet and Boy George, and was also strongly influenced by underground stars Diamanda Galás, Rozz Williams, Divine and Klaus Nomi and American singers including Nina Simone, Otis Redding, and Donny Hathaway. 

In 1990, Anohni moved to Manhattan to attend the Experimental Theatre Wing of New York University, and founded the performance collective Blacklips with creative partner Johanna Constantine. She spent the next several years singing in after-hours bars and clubs using pre-recorded cassettes as self-accompaniment as well as writing and directing late night theatre productions.

Anohni is transgender and uses feminine pronouns. In an interview with Flavorwire in November 2014 she stated "My closest friends and family use feminine pronouns for me. I have not mandated the press do one thing or another... In my personal life I prefer ‘she’. I think words are important. To call a person by their chosen gender is to honor their spirit, their life and contribution. ‘He’ is an invisible pronoun for me, it negates me."

 

TEDDY ANTOLIN

one of the sweetest people in the industry has left us.
hairstylist~ TEDDY ANTOLIN passed away this morning.
back in the 80s, when i worked as a wardrobe stylist, i had the pleasure of working with teddy many times. we did numerous editorials for interview magazine, (rob lowe) and movie posters, album covers with greg gorman. i even did california magazine cover- david letterman- with teddy.
teddy was always kind to me, had the best stories and was a true talent in the industry. everybody, and i mean everybody wanted their hair done by teddy.
teddy antolin had the calmest demeanor and a warm heart. he was a true doll.. 
although i hadn't seen much of him in the 2000's, we stayed in touch thru Facebook. he was very supportive of my art and antebellum gallery.

rest in peace~ beautiful soul~ rest in peace

DUBSMASH

THE BEST OF NIRVANA

AZEALIA BANKS TELLS IT LIKE IT IS

i love this interview~ if azealia is the future i am there!

i love her

TALENT ON THE SUBWAY

Post by Atrevete.

ADELINE HEARS BAD BRAINS

DANCE LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW

Post by Michael Snipe Jr.

SOUL TRAIN LINE~ 2013~AFRICA

A PERFECT LIKENESS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

drawing by dave davenport~ los angeles/antebellum correspondent

THE VELVET HAMMER

LA'S OWN MODERN DAY BURLESQUE QUEENS

CIRCA 1996

DIAMANDA~ LIVE

diamanda galas live @ the poznan jazz fair~ poland~ circa~ 1999

3RD KINKY CABARET

here is your chance to experience the 3RD KINKY CABARET... come by on thursday evening and check out what has to be the best undiscovered talent in hollywood!



and check out this roster of talent~

GARLAND
OUR LADY J
SISSY DEBUT
JOSE PROMIS
KARMA CLAUS
JOSIAH GRANT
BREADWOMAN*
DAVID PASCUCCI
GLEN MEADMORE
PATTI MCMAHON
HELEN McCARDLE
JOHN CARPENTER
WILL SCHUTZE & MR. BONETANGLES
RICHARD HALPERN: "MR. TIN PAN ALLEY"

and more surprises!

hosted by RICK CASTRO
emcee~ JOSE PROMIS
DJ- RADIOACTIVE DICK
spinning 78 RPM records only!

full bar
food available

$10 cover

21 & over

DECEMBER 16TH

9pm~ 12MIDNIGHT

BOARDNER'S HISTORIC SPEAKEASY PATIO
1652 N. CHEROKEE AVE, (enter thru alley)
LOS ANGELES, CA 90028

(free street parking after 8pm, or special $5 flat rate parking @
classic parking located between cherokee & las palmas aves- mention antebellum gallery)

info~
antebellum@earthlink.net
antebellumgallery.blogspot.com

*breadwoman instillation by elaine parks

FULL MOON

artist- GREGORY MOON, takes fantastic self-portraits on a regular basis.
he's like a cross between- cindy sherman, peter berlin & NIN.

check out his book HERE-

OPEN MIC @ THE SPOTLIGHT BAR

I cannot wait!
antebellum's music arranger JOSE PROMIS is hosting a PIANO BAR SHOWCASE & OPEN MIC @ my favorite dive bar of all times- THE SPOTLIGHT.

Sunday, july 19th, from 8 p.m. to midnight...it's FREE! Showcase is at 8 p.m. and Open Mic at 9.30. jose will be co-hosting this event with James Lent from the Other Side, another great piano bar, (maybe the only one left) in silverlake.
THE SPOTLIGHT 1601 N Cahuegna Blvd, hollywood.
See you then! This might turn into a regular event.