WWF GOES GAY

THE DIRTY SHOW COMES TO LOS ANGELES

presenting, direct from detroit, (the motor city) The Dirty Show L.A. International Erotic Art Exhibition taking place next week in Los Angeles. This is an event not to be missed, featuring the best artists showcasing their erotic artworks in a motel setting.

Hope to see you there!!


Dirty Show L.A. International Erotic Art Exhibition

For ten years Detroit has been the home to the Dirty Show®, considered to be the largest erotic art exhibition in the world.

Now the Dirty Show has created a special two-day invitational exhibit in Los Angeles. Over 100 national and international artists will be plastering the walls of a downtown motel with a skin-tillating display of fine-art filth and sublime smut. The entire east wing of the City Center Motel will be perverted, er, converted to a multi-room gallery featuring modern erotica in all mediums.

While the show features many of the most important names in modern erotica, the exhibition includes many unexpected participants who normally hang in museums rather than motels.

FEATURING:

Aaron Hawkes, Alex Aviles, Alva Bernadine (UK), Annie Sprinkle, April Segedi, Ashley (UK), Astrid Kuver, Barry Noland, Billy Ogawa, Billy Pacak, Bob Coulter, Brad Miller, Brian Viveros, Bryan Barnes, BT Charles, Bunny Yeager, Carolyn Weltman, Chad Michael Ward, Charly B, Charles Green, Chas Ray Krider, Chris Maher, Christine Kessler, Christopher Wright, Clive Barker, Colln Christian, Collin Rae, Corey Godfrey, Cory Marc, Damon Hill, Dan Armand, Dave Naz, Douglas Cason, Ed Fox, Elizabeth Stephens, Eric Kroll, Erin Frost, Eva Midgley, Francois Dubeau, Fredric Fontenoy (FR), Gary Breckheimer, Gary Lee, Geza X, Gina King, Glenn Barr, Gregory de la Haba, HR Giger, Harald Seiwert, Heidi Bluegirl, Hugo, J. L. Robbins, Jason Yates, Jeff Wack, Jeremy Harvey, Jeremy MF Thomson, Juan Martin Del Campo, Jill Greenberg, Jeff Faerber, John Santerineross, Julie Simone, Justice Howard, Keith Mueller, Ken Keirns, Kenny Scharf, Kurt Hernon, Lara Allport (AU), Lisa Boyle, Lisolette Gilcrest, Marc DeBauch, Marilyn Zimmerwoman, Mark Arminski, Mark Dancey, Marne Lucas, Michael Breyette, Michael Manning, Michael Rosen, Michael Siu, Mike Williams, Missy Suicide, Niagara, Nicole Steen (CA), Nina Friday, Pablo Davis, Passia Pandora, Paul Rumsey, Peter Keresztury, Pierre Radisic (Belg), Ken Josephson, R. Alan Warren, Renard Garr, Richard Avery, Rick Castro, Rick Morris, Rik Garret, Robert Rosenheck, Robyn Breen, Rod McDonald, Roger White, Ron Zakrin, Ronald Shelley, Ross Brownsdon, Ross Johnston, Sam Holden, Samarel (Israel), Simon Barret, Stacey Lande, Stan Konowitz, Steve Diet Goedde, Sue Rynski (FR) Taurus Burns, The Pizz, Theoni Sapounas, Tom Porta (italy), Tom Thewes, Tracee Mae Miller, Travis Jonk, Travis Shinn, Tristan Eaton, Tulip Enterprises (GE), Vato, Victor Lightworship, Viva Van Story, Yonilab (FR)... and more!

Friday, Nov. 13th, 7pm - 11pm — The Opening, which will be your lucky day if you are in the market for some truly amazing exotic art. Come early for the best selection. The entrance will be through the alley, at the back of the motel. There are plenty of inexpensive parking lots and ample street parking. The fun will continue to a secret location announced at the exhibition.....

Saturday, Nov. 14th, 6pm -11pm —This is the Gala, and continuing with an after-party with Fetish Nation at Circus. In Detroit, our second night is usually bigger than opening night, so we advise you to come early, bring your credit cards, because you won't want to drive home to get them when you see that piece of art you can't live without.

18 & Over, $10

Location:
CITY CENTER MOTEL
1135 West 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017

2 Blocks from the 110 and 8th


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MEN STALKING MEN

the newest faze in stalking is a study of the men on men variety. according to richard willing of USA TODAY-
Experts say the motive can be romantic jealousy; gay men are the most likely victims of male-on-male stalking. But man-stalking often is linked to the high-profile positions that the targets hold in society. Professors are stalked by students. Attractive celebrities are pursued by lonely men looking for famous buddies. Business and political leaders can become objects of hate when consumer complaints turn ugly. Spielberg, whose studio had turned down an unsolicited script from Norman, could have been targeted both as a celebrity and an authority figure.
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~ THE ART OF RENFIELD: A REAL GENTLEMAN~ OPENS NOVEMBER 30TH~

antebellum proudly presents~ the first exhibition of the artist- RENFIELD- on the occasion of oscar wilde's death day. november 30th.



also on display~ the erotic embroIdery of WILLIAM SHEPHEARD


plus live musical performance by~ GARLAND



come pay tribute and celebrate the passing of our great literary icon~ OSCAR WILDE view fetish art, listen to live music & have a spot of tea!~ november 30th~ 5 thru 8pm

$5 cover

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

for more info~

antebellum@earthlink.net

TEA FOR TWO

ANTEBELLUM serves tea wednesday thru saturday @ 5pm. for more info- antebellum@earthlink.net

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS~ PARA NINOS

today is the tradition of dia de los muertos para ninos, (day of the dead for children) the holiday observed for our deceased children. the tradition is thousands of years old, dating back to aztec culture in mexico, and even further back in asia and africa.
remember your children today.

9/11 CHAPEL SET ON FIRE

NEW YORK — A small fire at the temporary home for the remains of thousands of World Trade Center victims was likely arson committed after a break-in on Saturday, authorities said.
The smoldering flames in a section of the facility's chapel on Manhattan's East Side were quickly extinguished.
Firefighters got a call at about 9 a.m. to respond to Memorial Park, a weatherproof tent on Manhattan's East Side where the city is storing the remains of 9/11 victims who have yet to be identified.
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THE MUSEUM OF DEATH

the museum of death @ hollywood blvd & gower ave is alive and well.
my dear friends & affilates- JD healy & cathee schultz have reopened their museum dedicated to all things dead..

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER

from judex- 1963

THE ADVOCATE MAGAZINE IS FOLDING

after 40 years of publishing as the leading nation's oldest and largest gay news publication, the advocate is ceasing it's regular distribution.

after massive layoffs at Regent/Here Media, the Advocate is folding and becoming an insert!
according to QUEERTY
Just days after a glowing profile in the Dallas Morning News of Paul Colichman and Stephen Jarchow's Regent/Here Media comes word from inside the company: it's a sinking ship.
Colichman and Jarchow have gutted The Advocate's masthead in an attempt to stem the mag's bleeding cash reserves. A money loser when Here Media bought it from PlanetOut Partners, they've been unable to turn things around since acquiring the title.

On Wednesday, an estimated 13 staffers were let go, including the magazine's managing editor and 15-year veteran John Jameson was axed, along with art director Craig Edwards (his less experienced deputy was given the job, for much less cash), associate photo editor Meghan Quinn, and copy editor Teresa Morrison. On the business side, associate publisher Mike Phelps and production manager Brian Lindsey were let go. (We're told Lindsey "sent out a naked picture of himself with a sock over his happy parts" upon receiving the news. Send it in if you have it, please!)


And here's the news we're hearing: The Advocate will cease publication as a standalone magazine offered on the newsstand. Instead, it'll be poly-bagged as an insert of the company's fashion and lifestyle glossy Out. The Advocate will now be a 32-page insert in Out magazine! woah...
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as a side tidbit of info, i was a freelance photographer for the advocate during 1989-1993. i worked for editor richard rouilard, who organized the groundbreaking cover with madonna. the first mainstream celebrity to be on the cover of a gay publication. unheard of back then, common place now.

MOUSE'S BIRTHDAY TRAILER

my longtime friend & former model BARRY MORSE, is creating a unique performance art video. check out the teaser here-

LES DEUX CAFES~ UNE FOIS DE PLUS

leave it to my very longtime friend and former employer, (when i used to design men's clothing) MICHELE LAMY, to bring back the good ol days. michele & rick owens decided to "redux," her hollywood mainstay restaurant/nightclub~ LES DEUX CAFES, but this time in gay pariee! this one night affair took place at the restaurant of the air france bus depot, la gare d'autobus, (one of only three restaurants the lamy's will dine-the other two being the restaurant at paris train station and a little cafe next door to their home/showroom). lamy even brought back the musical arranger from les duex~ bobby woods and former doorman~ christopher woods, (no relation).

here's some pics-






LAMY has always been an original thinker and conduit for everything artistic. this interview sums up the one and only MICHELE LAMY-
interview by christopher bagley for w magazine
Los Angeles has never really been known for its interesting nightlife, but for a few years starting in the mid-1990s there was one restaurant-club-cabaret, partly located in a parking lot, that was the ultimate in Euro-Hollywood cool: Les Deux Cafes. The owner was Frenchwoman Michele Lamy, who, with her tattooed fingers and gold-plated teeth, presided over the scene like some groovy goth queen. In 2003, after Lamy and her partner, designer Rick Owens, relocated to Paris, the party fizzled out quickly (though Les Deux was later revived by Dolce Group). In recent years the gregarious Lamy—who still serves as Owens’ muse and collaborator and also backs rising fashion star Gareth Pugh—has satisfied her hostesses’ instinct by throwing dinner parties at the couple’s huge, minimalist townhouse-atelier, located in Paris’ bourgeois 7th arrondissement. But tomorrow night she’s bringing a taste of the old Les Deux to Paris with a private dinner and cabaret for 250, at a restaurant near an Air France bus station.

MICHELE LAMY IN VENICE-2009

CB-You haven’t hosted a party like this in years. Why now?

LAMY-This is kind of an accident, but I like to organize accidents. Bobby Woods, the music producer who used to play at Les Deux every Thursday, is coming in to perform with seven members of his band.

CB- And you’re going to sing a couple of songs with lyrics from Langston Hughes poems. When did you first sing in public?

LAMY- The whole thing was started a long time ago by my friend Helene Hazera [a transsexual French journalist and activist]. In the Seventies Helene used to live in my house in Montparnasse when she was getting her first hormone shots. We used to do striptease together. And after I moved to L.A. I was organizing a party, and she told me I should sing because I had a voice exactly like Marianne Oswald.

CB-So that was the original inspiration for Les Deux?

LAMY- Yes—Helene came to L.A. and she was the emcee at the party, wearing one of the first Rick Owens dresses. Then she came on stage dressed in only a girdle and tights, carrying a whip. And she started singing “My Bruises are My Emeralds,” while whipping herself so much that she bled! And I sang “King Kong Blues.” It was fabulous.

CB- Did you ever consider opening a club in Paris?

LAMY- No. That was a different time and a different place. If I did it again it would probably not be here. Maybe on one of those islands north of Venice. But I don’t know, I have too many other things to do.

CB- You’ve led a nomadic life with all kinds of careers. Not everyone realizes that as a young woman in France you worked as a defense attorney, and that you were also a student of philosopher Gilles Deleuze.

LAMY- I’ve always been interested in philosophy, but I don’t’ think there are any philosophers anymore. Now it’s artists. It’s a visual thing – you see art and you feel it but you don’t necessarily need to read Spinoza and Deleuze to understand it.

CB- Which young artists are you into right now?

LAMY- I’m totally into L.A. artists. I’m in love with Sterling Ruby and Elliot Hundley. I was at Basel this year with my daughter Scarlett, who is also an artist, and when we saw a new Elliot Hundley piece at Shaun Regen’s booth, we both screamed.

CB- Did you buy it?

LAMY- It was already sold. So I bought another piece of his that wasn’t yet finished, after seeing a photo of it on Shaun’s computer. So I still haven’t seen it, but I’m sure I will like it. It’s a wall piece with collage, candles coming out, a lot of colors. Very much the opposite of the Rick Owens world.

CB- You and Rick share a very similar, very particular aesthetic. What happens when you disagree on matters of taste?

LAMY- It’s intense.

CB-What’s a recent example?

LAMY- The Elliot Hundley is an example. Rick said, “How can you buy a work of art without seeing it?” Those disagreements happen rarely, but when they happen, they’re strong. This time he decided to give me the benefit of the doubt (laughs).

CB- What are you wearing today?

LAMY- This is an old Rick Owens cardigan, with some cashmere things he was doing when he worked with Revillon. And my tights are Margiela. My fur socks are Rick also, but they don’t have hard soles, so I wear them with black Crocs.

CB- And is that an elastic stocking that you’re wearing as a hat?

LAMY- I had an operation on my leg this year. When you are the hospital they give you these tight stockings to wear. And you see, they are perfect on the head!
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CIGAR FETISH IS SMOKIN'

the cigar fetish is going strong.

what was once a gay underground fetish has become mainstream and co-opted by the likes of arnold schwarzenegger, closet-case,tom seleck, cigar aficionado magazine and dorks like kevin costner.






here are some image from the original ol'skool - gay-leather fetish-cigar enthusiast... it's always nice to know the origins and roots of our cultures. makes one feel an accomplishment.








antebellum will be hosting an ol skool~ CIGAR FETISH party on the birthday of TOM OF FINLAND, 2010. for more info- antebellum@earthlink.net

LOOK AT THAT CUTE COSTUME

heidi klum's trainer @ her halloween party

THE MATTHEW SHEPARD & JAMES BYRD HATE CRIMES BILL BECOMES LAW

according to rachel weiner of the huffington post-
President Obama signed major civil rights legislation on Wednesday, making it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation, gender and gender identity. The new measure expands the the scope of a 1968 law that applies to people attacked because of their race, religion or national origin. The U.S. Justice Department will have expanded authority to prosecute such crimes when local authorities don't.
The provision, called the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is attached to a defense authorization bill. It is named after Matthew Shepard, a gay college student tortured and killed in 1998, and James Byrd Jr., a black man who was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death the same year.
The measure expands current hate crimes law to include violence based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. To assure its passage after years of frustrated efforts, Democratic supporters attached the measure to the must-pass defense policy bill over the steep objections of many Republicans.
The measure was a priority of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., that had been on the congressional agenda for a decade. During the signing ceremony, Obama acknowledged Shepard's mom, Judy, and remembered that he had told her this day would come. He also gave a nod to Kennedy's family. Going forward, Obama promised, people will be protected from violence based on "what they look like, who they love, how they pray or why they are."
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but according to queerty-
Just because the feds can now join hate crimes investigations, is the White House going to start instructing its minions to jump into the fray? LOLZ, yo! Not even the Human Rights Campaign, which has been pushing for this law, thinks so. Says the org's lobbyist David Stacy: "Are there going to be a huge number of prosecutions by the federal government, by the Justice Department, under this statute? No." (Worth remembering: Once upon a time, HRC supported ENDA even though it didn't include trans-protections.)
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whether this law changes allot or not much at all will be a matter of time, but the acknowledgment and inclusion of gays, lesbians bi's & transseuaxls into federal legal protections is history making, and antebellum is proud to bear witness.

ANOTHER ONE IS STARTING TO BITE THE DUST

as all the large conglomorations and institutions of 20th century "american," (which were based on lies in the first place) show signs of cracking, self-destructing and self-imploding, it was just a matter of time that scientology begins to dismantle.


according to writer- david gibson-
It's been a tough stretch for Scientology. The church founded by the late science fiction writer (and great prophet/odd duck/complete kook -- take your pick) L. Ron Hubbard in 1953 was dinged nearly a million bucks on Tuesday after a Paris court convicted six leaders of the French branch of Scientology of organized fraud in duping recruits out of lots of money.





Of course, given the number of high-profile celebs the Church of Scientology counts as members -- Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Greta Van Susteren, among others -- and the extent of its high-end real estate holdings, even a million-dollar fine is unlikely to hamper the movement's ongoing quest for converts, and public acceptance.


What may be far more damaging for Scientology, as it always is for lockstep organizations, is the defection of a credible and highly visible member. In this case, the dissenter is Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Paul Haggis ("Crash, "Million Dollar Baby," and many others). Haggis' split with Scientology came in a letter to church spokesman Tommy Davis last August, but his departure was only made public in October when it was obtained by former high-level Scientology official Marty Rathbun, and published on his anti-Scientology Web site.

In the letter, Haggis says his chief reason for leaving after 35 years of affiliation was the church's apparent support for the anti-gay marriage ballot measure in California, Proposition 8, which passed last November. Haggis said he was disturbed that the San Diego branch of the church backed the measure, and that for nearly a year after Haggis first complained to Davis about that support, Davis and other Scientology leaders did not come out in opposition to Prop. 8 despite promising to do so.
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HALLOWEEN COSTUME FOR QUEENIE BOYS

How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son

YOGA FOREVER @ THE HISTORIC CHAPEL

antebellum presents~
YOGA FOREVER @ the Historic Chapel of hollywood forever cemetery~ tomorrow~ tuesday~9:30 in the morning

the original chapel- 1906


the chaopel- today-2009

roll out of bed and join yoga forever~ a weekly practice @ hollywood forever cemetery.
classes are tuesday's @ 9:30am
indoors @ the Historic Chapel of hollywood forever cemetery
BYOM- (bring your own mat)
please join yogi- DANA MARCOUX for our tuesday, october 27th class. open to all levels of practice
bring all your dears...

$15 (donation) includes parking

hollywood forever
6000 santa monica blvd
hollywood,ca 90028

for more info~
antebellum@earthlink.net


the peacocks of hollywood forever cemetery

HELLO SPACEBOY

bowie & the foo-fighters- circa 1998

LOOK AT THAT CUTE COSTUME

my freind and PR wiz- henri myers has the best early halloween costume

not only is it H-O-T= S-E-X-Y, and cute as a button, look how well it goes with the room decor!