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The burlesque show I shot today included acts about cocaine overdoses, abortion (on stage) and, as mentioned before, John Wayne Gacy.

The worst thing about them is how dull they were.

I have learned that the show I'm shooting on Halloween will include a burlesque number based on John Wayne Gacy. The mind boggles.

I hope she has something more to say than "Boogah boogah, creepy!" but I'm not holding my breath.

Edgy. Shocking. Eh.

From a job listing on Craigslist.

"If hearing the words - spread sheets, task lists, goals and detail oriented really get you going, then we WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! "

What if they really get me wanting to run from the room scream "Oh the humanity!"?

I once had a woman tell me, after I mentioned I shot burlesque and cabaret, in no uncertain terms that I absolutely had to see A Wink and A Smile, a documentary about Seattle's burlesque scene and Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque. I demurred, told her I wasn't all that interested and she kept talking about how amazing and the story and the ( Read more... )

There's going to be a burlesque show this week devoted to challenging taboos, breaking boundaries, and promising bodily fluids in the marketing. It's going to be, yes, hard core ( Read more... )

I kind of hate to say it...

... but after a while, all the pictures from Burning Man look like the same picture over and over again.

I may be naive, but I have a hard time believing that in a post-zombie world where humanity huddles in walled enclaves against a tide of the walking undead, that kids would still try to breach the walls and break out with the same attitude of modern life ( Read more... )

From a local weekly's blog:

"This week in the books section, I write about the sad state of mainstream science fiction, and why Cory Doctorow is one of the few sci-fi writers who is actually doing his job:"

Which is a sign of how sad mainstream SF/F is these days, indeed.

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