MORE OPENING NIGHT PICS OF THE THIN VEIL

check out THE THIN VEIL exhibition on display wednesday thru saturday~ 1~ 7pm, thru november 14th.

SHRINE TO BRENDAN MULLEN

a cute little shrine has been erected in front of the original location of THE MASQUE.

inspired by passing of brendan mullen, founder of THE MASQUE, the premiere punk nightclub and ground zero for punk music in los angeles.

the masque was located in an alleyway on cherokee ave, in hollywood, (between hlwd blvd & selma av) one block east of antebellum gallery. it is now the basement storage for world of wonder productions.. let's encourage them to create a museum! 

are you listening randy & fenton?

 i inspired you once to create an art gallery, perhaps now i can inspire you to create a 

MASQUE MUSEUM!

LEGALIZE MARIJUANA~ WHERE ARE WE NOW?

Judge grants injunction against city's medical marijuana dispensary ban

October 19, 2009 | 11:13 am
A Superior Court judge concluded today that Los Angeles' moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries is invalid and granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the ban sought by a dispensary that had sued the city.


Judge James C. Chalfant determined that the city failed to follow state law when it extended its initial moratorium. "The city cannot rely on an expired ordinance," he said.- READ MORE-

TRY STATE MAGAZINE

new issue out now! check out TRY STATE
available @ antebellum gallery

THE BEST "QUOTE"

THE THIN VEIL~ OPENING NIGHT

was a blast... thank everyone for participating and for all the out-of-town artists for attending. check out some opening night pics~

















thanks to artists who attended~
RAYMOND SANDOVAL
SCOOTER LA FRORGE
RAY WIGER
BRYAN BARNES
RICHARD JOHNSON AKA DICK
ANNA S KOI
DAVID CROCKER
CHRISTOPHER LISSNER
GREGORY BOJORQUEZ
REBEKAH RIVERSIDE

the artists who participated

HENRY HINTERLAND
JOEY TERRILL
LESA ALEXANDER S
RINALDO HOPF
JOHNNY TERRIS
ANDREW ARRASMITH
MARCO MORENTE
TINA SCHNEIDER
ALEX CHAVEZ
JOSH COLE
MIGHTY FRANKLYN

my live musical guest~
JOHN CARPENTER

and my dear friends
doorbabe~ KATE MCCONN
bartender~ JOSE PROMIS
paparazzo~ JAYPG


check out THE THIN VEIL exhibition on display thru november 14th
wednesday thru saturday-~ 1-7pm
antebellum
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
antebellum@earthlink.net
www.antebellum.us.ms

DAMIEN WALTERS- COFFEE ACHIVER

ANTEBELLUM HITS THE MAINSTREAM~AGAIN

antebellum was interviewed by wireless flash news.. this thread goes out on the AP and everyone in the media...
we're now waiting for jay leno to call.

friday, October 16, 2009

Ghosts Make Artists Horny

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash - FlashNews) – The spirit world is a dark, sexy place.
Los Angeles’ Antebellum Gallery, the world’s only fetish art gallery, is celebrating the sexy side of spirits with their exhibit The Thin Veil, opening tomorrow (Oct. 17).
Supernatural themes are displayed through paintings, photos, drawings, and other media.

Curator Rick Castro says October is a time of year when the veil between the living world and the spirit world is at its thinnest, allowing spirits easy access to pass between both.

This tends to make artists feel frisky.
He explains, “Our spirits continue on with our sensuality intact, and that’s fetishized by people. It’s all about longing and unrequited passion when it comes to spirits.”

Castro says many artists claim to have “spirit lovers” – ghosts that they get busy with – or have late loved ones who visit them.

He adds, “There’s a longing for something you can’t quite touch or see. People are drawn to it and sensualize it.”
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THAT WAS NO DUMMY, THAT WAS MY DEAD HUSBAND

The body of 75-year-old man sat decomposing on his Marina del Rey balcony for days because neighbors thought the lifeless figure was part of a Halloween display and didn't call police.

Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed had apparently been dead since Monday with a single gunshot wound to one eye. He was slumped over a chair on the third-floor balcony of his apartment on Bora Bora Way, said cameraman Austin Raishbrook, who owns RMG News and was on the scene Thursday when authorities were alerted to the body.

Neighbors told Raishbrook that they noticed the body Monday "but didn't bother calling authorities because it looked like a Halloween dummy," he said.
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THE THIN VEIL

opens tonight @ 7pm! will you be there in RT, (real time) or in spirit? WILL YOU WEAR A COSTUME?

artist- SCOOTER LAFORGE.-Ectoplasm at the Beauty salon
36 x 36, oil on canvas, 2009, available @ www.antebellum.us.ms
come meet scooter in person!

BABY GETS HIT BY TRAIN

this footage is horrific & amazing,
no worries.. the baby miraculously survived with minor bump on the head... the mother on the other-hand was distraught and traumatized for life as can well be imaged.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY~OSCAR WILDE~ 155 YRS~TODAY!

and he's looking damn good!

THE TOMBSTONE OF OSCAR WILDE

celebrate oscar's birthday over tea & film screening @ antebellum

FIRST GAYS COULDN'T MARRY, NOW INTERRACIAL COUPLES..

well it was just a matter of time before someone else would decide who should & should not get married.. check out this story from the huffington post.. hard to believe in 2009, but here it is-

NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."
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MICHAEL JACKSON AS THE GREAT PUMPKIN

MJ-AD-110
michael jackson was the inspiration for this pumpkin carving.


and for RINALDO HOPF's artwork- on display & available @ antebellum thru november 14th.

BELINDA CARLISLE'S MESSAGE FOR GAY RIGHTS

my former lunch buddy from back in the day has come out... for her son.

OSCAR WILDE~155 YEARS OLD & LOOKING DAMN GOOD

it's tea time @ ANTEBELLUM GALLERY!
~in honor of OSCAR WILDE's 155th birthday~
antebellum presents~
PORTRAIT OF OSCAR & DORIAN~ TOGETHER AT LAST~
birthday celebration of our literary icon~


~friday, september 16th~
please join us for high tea~5pm
~tea, cucumber sandwiches, sweeties & princess cake will be served~

followed by a screening of wilde's gothic horror fiction masterpiece~

PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, (1945)
screenplay & direction by albert lewin, featuring ANGELA LANDSBURY in her first role!


~$20 cover- includes parking~

antebellum
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
323 856-0667
www.antebellum.us.ms
antebellum@earthlink.net

for reservations~ antebellum@earthlink.net

GAY MARRIAGE...HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT

October 14, 2009 | 1:44 pm
Judge refuses to dismiss challenge to Prop. 8
A federal judge refused today to dismiss a constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, ruling the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage raised legal and factual issues that required a trial.

U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, ruling after nearly two hours of arguments in San Francisco, rejected contentions by Proposition 8's proponents that precedent and tradition clearly showed last November's ballot measure permissible under the U.S. Constitution.
Walker previously ordered the Proposition 8 campaign to disclose its internal memorandums and communications to gay rights lawyers. The campaign is appealing that order to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on 1st Amendment grounds.
courtesy LAtimes-

ANOTHER GAY BEATING

and yet another beating was caught on surveillance cameras, this time in norfolk, VA. these guys beat this man up while calling him faggot and numerous other slurs.
watch the horrific footage here, (from fox news, no less!)


ok, obama... have you seen this footage?... this is why we demand equal rights in all areas- NOW.

Shocking video of the brutal beating of Jack Price has been released just as news of a second arrest in the case was announced.
Daniel Rodriguez was taken into custody in Norfolk, VA Tuesday night. He had eluded police since his alleged partner in crime Daniel Aleman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault as a hate crime on Sunday.
Police say the suspects perpetrated the unconscionable beating early Friday morning after yelling anti-gay slurs at Price at a deli near his College Point home.
Price suffered a broken jaw, fractured ribs, a lacerated spleen, and the "collapse of both of his lungs." He identified his attackers before being placed in a medically-induced coma.
The video shows the men repeatedly punching and stomping Price as he tries to fend off his attackers. At one point in the video, a car that looks to be a livery taxi drives right by the assault without stopping.
After the suspects leave him bloodied in the middle of the street, the 5-foot-6, 130 pound Price can be seen miraculously stumbling away.
Aleman was being held on $20,000 bail Tuesday and charges are pending against Rodriguez.
this story courtesy THE HUFFINGTON POST

here's what a huffington post blogger wrote-
Gay men AND women need to arm themselves like Black Panthers, or even better. Buy tasers. Heck, buy Glocks. They need to have the attitude that no matter where they go, no matter what they do, no one is going to lay a finger on them and no one is going to hurt their friends. They need to have self-defense training classes and travel in groups and have committees for safety that constitute armed protection, not just whistles and mace. The only way you can stop getting bashed is to get together as a unit and say we are not going to take this anymore because it happens too often when the cameras aren't rolling. Enough is enough.
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CARTOON BONDAGE!

ARTWORK BY NICK LOPEZ, to inquire about nick's work contact- antebellum@earthlink.net