Saturday Night: I’ll Be Bouncing Off The Satellites, Into Your Living Rooms

April 2, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 2 Comments

…or wherever it is the telly’s located.
[ Assuming, that is, that you own one! ]

&
jumping right in on that tip

[ the one by which I'm putting the ass in "assumption," yes ]

I dare say:
perhaps you recognize the following image, credited to a certain ‘Dirk Mai‘

[ Make-Up by Stacey Hummell ]

Yeah, you know, the one in which I’m all gussied-up in the grand regalia of Mildred von Hildegard’s
highly-coveted [ & oft-imitated ] line of conceptual bespoke brilliance
known as ‘Mother of London‘
[ ...? ]

Well,
the photo shoot was captured on film—
namely, the latest documentary by Christopher Hines
entitled

[ pictured: musician & model Quentin Elias ]

The Adonis Factor

After a wildly successful round
in the festival circuit,
it’s slotted to premiere at 8 PM

tonight

on MTV Network’s Logo

Synopsis:

“Chiseled bodies, flawless skin, sculpted jawlines. At a time when popular culture objectifies men
more than ever, it’s hard for them to avoid the pressure to possess such physical traits.
In his follow-up to The Butch Factor, director Christopher Hines exposes how far
some will go to attain the ‘Adonis Factor’—the kind of god-like
masculine beauty only seen in ancient Greek sculptures.

Hines takes viewers on an eye-opening journey through circuit parties, gay porn, and [ AHEM! ]
avant-garde fashion photo shoots, all of which promote their own kinds of idealized physiques.
By capturing a diverse range of voices—from those who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of
mainstream male beauty, to those who openly spurn it—The Adonis Factor ultimately
poses the question: does a man’s fixation on body image make him any happier?”

[ via Breaking Glass distribution ]

Promotional Trailer:

[ Purchase : DVD ]

What
T H E Y Say :

“More than ever, we live in a body conscious world, one where images of the male body are targeted at you
24/7. No wonder then that many men, both gay and straight, find themselves unhappy with their body
image, opting to go to various lengths, some extreme, in the pursuit of their ideal of physical perfection.

Yet in an increasingly superficial society, one where your look may well shape, if not define you, is this
any surprise? Indeed as one participant in this thought-provoking documentary from writer, producer
and director Christopher Hines put it, “how I look has made my experience of being a gay man, the
better” and here cue more parties, more sex, more friends. Yet life is a lot more complicated, as
Hines sets out to show, along the way taking into account the thoughts of dermatologists,
doctors, psychologists and sexologists, to plastic surgeons kept busy with never-ending
requests for face lifts to pec implants.

Yet whilst surgically enhanced male beauty comes with a price tag attached to it, others things in life
arrive with alarming side effects. For here Hines charts not just the use of illegal growth hormones
and steroid abuse, but shocking slimming disorders that see twink styled teens resorting to aerobic
bulimia, literally working off everything they eat, as opposed to throwing the calories up, just to
stay thin beyond thin. All of which brings to mind the question of what has society become,
when the pressure to fit in results with many playing Russian Roulette with their health?”

[ In Conclusion ]

“Filled with more buffed-to-perfection muscular studs than what you can shake a waxing strip at…” [ L O V E ! ]
Hines “deliver[s] an eye-opening insight into the yin and yang of the gay world.”

[ David Hall, Gay Celluloid ]

&
Hey ma!
C H E C K I T O U T

One that mentions me,
e v e n :

“…Willowy model Clint Catalyst (with a marvelous makeup sequence that magically employs
loose chains and spray paint to conjure up a compelling cover visage) has moved miles away
from the persecution of small-town bigotry to moulding his admiration for the likes of
David Bowie into a personal statement that can be truly savoured.

By journey’s end, there is much hope that the queer amongst us will be accepted first by themselves, then
by their peers and finally by the world at large. As commentator-comedian Bruce Vilanch points out,
the ultimate male physique has been deified and envied since the original Olympics,
where competitors never had to struggle into skimpy spandex.”

[ James Wegg Review ]

[ Laughter over the thought of me in spandex; fond affections for the JWR—ditto, Canadians in general ]

& with
Full Disclosure
of the Short Notice
Given:

The Adonis Factor Airs Again
☆ ★ ☆ on Tuesday, April 5th at 11:30 A.M. [ Eastern Standard Time ] ☆ ★ ☆

[ schedule/listing ]

[ model/actor Anderson Davis , one of the film's interview subjects ]

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Because We Ain’t Simple And Love Ain’t Simple

April 1, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · Leave a Comment

TWO FREAKS IN A MEAN GOD’S SWEATY FIST

next morning over grits and aspirin
i remembered          jack oh shit honey
i can’t believe i fuckin did that
convulsive recall cut through whiskey obscurity
like the knife
my knife in my hand and jack grinnin it off       just us
friday night drunk again except i was pitbull furied
about a blank spot
i was holdin’ up steel to my lover
i was serious
what do you mean he asked me at the table
so i had to say before god and my coffee
i threatened to cut you last night didn’t i man
more sorries and panicky lovetalk started runnin out of me
until the grin came back        he said oh
that’s right    i’d forgotten all about it he held that little smile
so long i wanted to scream motherfucker but i started cryin
instead
he’d been as loaded as me        didn’t know what issue
brought together me and him and the knife and something mad
enough to shank eight years of us
somethin that backed down when he just said
you know sparrow if i felt like it
i could get really pissed of about this            the movie stopped
there for both of us
he was holdin me while i came apart again
me and him know each other clear
to the marrowbones and black mirrors by now
me and him go on anyway
eight years or twenty thousand
sparrow and jack is the road we’re goin down
without a simple love poem in sight
because we ain’t simple and
love ain’t simple
love has vicious motherfucker midnights curled up waitin in it
like when we were naked makin war words
about how if
ordinary common people are shit and i hate everyone
i must hate him too
right then i did but he was the one
who said i hate you first and got up to leave
i gave him my back like the finger      told him thanks
for tellin me one piece of truth tonight anyway
and i would have said more but he kicked me off the bed
before i could and if love was somethin simple
it would have busted like a wine bottle right there
it took us two days to cry about it together
but that man has hands that make me forget sometimes
how much i hate my body
that man can keep tellin’ me after the first thousand
times i told him that was a
goddamn lie
that man is as smart as me and too weird to ever be boring
with his head full of politics and priestcraft and philosophical
terrors
he can tell me about because i’ve got em too
me and him know each other all right
it’s our damnation to
it’s our damnation to know that hate walks beside love
like a shadow that has teeth
it’s our damnation each to live in the other’s
valley of flames
because our demons are crazy drunk
on love for each other
the same way we are
two freaks in a mean god’s sweaty fist
it’s our damnation practiced to perfection
we’ve done it for years
we’ve done it for lifetimes and some of ‘em ended like this
could have
but we keep comin’ back
we’ve got stuff that ruins us for anyone else
we need each other’s weirdness and rage like dope
it ain’t simple           it’s got thorns
it’s got roots that wrap around bones and boulders
all the way to the heart of the earth
sparrow and jack is the road we’re goin’ down
together in this poem
this car with the back seat full of monsters
that were always driving drunk
the hit of murder keeps us awake for the ride
sparrow and jack it the road that starts and ends
in the worlds we have where the other one is the only man alive
and those are worlds
big enough for all the pain we throw around
because we’re men and we can’t help it
all we can do is wrap our arms around love
even and especially when it smells like shit and looks like
the black sponge soaked in blood at
the center of trust’s shattered bones
and around each other after the storms die down

—Sparrow 13 Laughingwand

from Hell Soup: The Collected Writings [ Manic D ]

*Please note: some line breaks “auto-corrected” by WordPress.
[ Apologies, Apologies ]

Filed Under: Archive, Aspirational & Inspirational (Favorite Works by Other Writers), Inspiration for Creation
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“When Is An Ice Cream Truck NOT An Ice Cream Truck?”

March 25, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 6 Comments

“…When it’s run by this dude”:

“A Drug-Dealing ‘Mr. Freeze’”

[ on ]

Segment: “Ice Fiend Man” from Episode 320
[ Watch Full Episode : Better Them Than Us ]

N E X T A I R D A T E :

Tuesday, April 12
at
12:30 A.M.

Synopsis:
“A billionaire bottoms out; it’s hard out there for a Russian pimp; gang bangers play doctor;
a pyromaniac gets burned; an ice cream man gets iced; a bad actor needs a hand;
a Greek gets his brass handed to him.”

About The Series:
“1000 Ways To Die showcases some of the most outrageously true stories about those who succumbed to
the Grim Reaper in the most unorthodox stories.”

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“…like a captured moon might be.”

March 25, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 1 Comment

Rushing

Wild moths beat your eyes wide.

You are the candle and arc of light.

You find the fragile blue pulse.

You say it’s all in the smell

of alcohol and ripening lemons.

The lightbulb, glistening yellow metal

like a captured moon might be.

It’s sailing the harbor at Puerto Vallerta,

swimming warm water and black sharks

to a cove of wild boars and waterfalls

choked by ferns. You taste it,

filling your mouth and lungs

as you ride into the Salinas Valley

drought-hot November, vineyards

and walnut trees gone red. It’s behind

your eyes. It’s on your tongue.

It’s the field where Daddy took off

your training wheels and you careened

that first bicycle through stakes of stiff

ash-colored birch.

It’s learning to tell time again

and not get in cars with strangers.

Thirteen years of psychiatry

and they’re right. It’s mother,

unbuttoning her blouse,

giving you her great white breast at last.

You bite through her startled ribcage.

It’s day breaking over Hollister, California,

land of pine cones and artichokes

hills of horses caught behind the spoils

of fences as you ride to the white caps

and ice plant clawing the slow dunes

at Moss Landing, fields viridian, fields

salamander and coral, all edging into harvest.

And it’s Mazatlan and Moss Landing,

Massachusetts and Mallorca.

My God, it’s the fields of Mars.

Stiff winds cutting paths through

red grasses, beneath the twin amber breasts

before the moons went blind and the vines dried.

So, you’ve swallowed it all. Dust trails and ridge

of shadow gouged by a stagecoach ninety years ago.

Your arms? Your arms have been carved by stars.

A Santa Ana wind slams through your lungs.

This is love, baby.

You are young, naked,

your navel filled with platinum.

It’s a sea breeze curling in soft swirls

across cliffs just born on the moon.

And it’s all of your childhood,

all at once, before you pull the needle

out.

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The Photography of Kasia Bielska

March 20, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 2 Comments

To Start:
Seven Images from the Ben Trovato Blog,
in which Bielska’s editorial “Three Colors — RED” appears

“Three Colors – RED is the story of a creature that transcends to another dimension by means of an unreal space and color. The photos have been inspired by an enclosed space – the interiors of the Park Inn hotel in Cracow, Poland. I had some graphic visions in my mind prior to the shooting, a shape forming from two colors – white and black. As soon as I saw the interiors, however, I knew it was going to be a story of three colors.”

— Kasia Bielska

Photography – Kasia Bielska
Stylist and Producer – Kamila Picz
Make up – Marcin Szczepaniak
Hair – Tymoteusz Pieta @ Claudius Hair Dresser Team
Model – Ania K @ Mango Models

Next:
The Retinal Pleasures Continue, With
Beauteousness Filched From The Artist’s Site . . .

[ Check I†—Someone's Serving A Proper

…& I Ain’t Mad About It! ]

&
In Closing?

Snaps from a Sleek, Chic Editorial
That Conveys a Sense of ”Tomorrow’s Old News Already–I’ve Taken It”

Bravo!
…& To The Future, Indeed!

Illustration of Vintage Camera by Rebecca Jones

Filed Under: Archive, Blog, Fashion
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An Incendiary Matter [The Creative Spirit Is Contagious]

March 17, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 5 Comments

Greetings, Beloved Darklings, Queerios, Style Fiends
& Ne’er-Do-Wells…

As the sun begins its descent here in this Babylon-on-the-Pacific
commonly known as Los Angeles,
I propose a ‘Theme for The Evening’

[ to do with as you will—or conversely, as you won't,
if that's the case ]

Inspired by this GIF-tastic little gem I’ve reblogged,
courtesy of the kind folks at Three Frames—
[ attribution hereby duly noted, please.&.thanks ]

The motif proposed is that of

ᐞ△ᐞ · f i r e · ᐞ△ᐞ

Represented by a certain symbol
with ancient ties to the practice of alchemy,

Fire is Elemental.

“The energy of Life manifests in two forms, Fire & Air. While both are predominately active in nature, fire is the more active of the two, with Air being slightly passive because of the partial Water Element in its makeup. Potential Matter manifests its energy as Water & Earth.”

“The Alchemical Sulphur, or Soul, of a thing predominates in the animating principles of energy (Fire) & intelligence (Air); Alchemical Salt, or the physical body of a thing, predominates in unconscious forces, psychic, & instinctual intelligence (Water) & solid matter (Earth); Alchemical Mercury, or general life force, predominates in intelligence (Air) & instinctual forces, & psychic energy (Water), as such it is the link, or bridge, between the higher forces of Sulphur & the lower body of matter.”
[ source ]

Nevertheless, my intent behind this post is not to point you in a single direction,
But rather propose a topic to set one’s rhetorical embers ablaze, so to speak…

SΔID · ΔNOTHER · WΔY :

What role does fire play in your life?

Is it astrological?
[ Aries, 8th of April, in my case ]

Psychological?
[ Something you fear/something that incites desire, or is erotically-charged? ]

Or, better still:
Upon seeing or hearing the word,
Are there connotations that have little or nothing to do with what I’ve mentioned?

[ "Firestarter (3)" by Elizaveta Porodina ]

Whatever medium[s] of communication you might choose—words of your own, or that of another;
photography, [ ditto, self-created or reference points of inspiration ]; technology
[ case in point: the animated .GIF ]; paint pencil canvas paper spray paint graffiti
billboards buildings a keyboard the cello lit candles incantations magic mayhem…

However, by whichever/whatever means you might choose,
I look forward to seeing not just how you respond to ‘me,’ but rather
something infinitely greater: the universal dialogue of creative expression, &
the means by which it connects us, asserts our relevance
at a specific moment in time

within/among/& along the infinite umbilical cord that connects humanity,
the splendor of nature, & the universe.

Please Note: Seeking Attribution for Photographs &/or .GIFs Without Credits Listed
[ "Unsourced" posts discovered via ImageShack, Imgur, et al ]
— Thanks! —

[ "The Dispossessed" by Bansidhe ]

[ "Hell" by *Rog* ]

[ "Fimmvörðuháls 3" by Rüdiger Þór ]

[ source : Three Frames on tumblr ]

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Brittany Kore: §HE’§ BACK FOR MORE // §ádicious Infernal: THEY KNOW THE §CORE

March 3, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · Leave a Comment

In support of the latest release by §ilver §train,
It’s Witchcraft & Mexploitation
F o r T h e W i n

[ ...&—as usual—I am wickedinsaniacobsessively lovin' it! ]

U p . F i r s t ,
an excerpt from
“The Return of Brittany Kore”

After A Taste,

Here’s
The Full-Length Version
For Your Streamin’ & Screamin’:

Brittanny Kore [ complete ] by §

Then,
N e x t : I t ‘ s

Bank-Thievin’, Blood-Thirsty Nuns;
Russian Roulette With Fearless Punks;
An Abrupt & Vulgar Wriggling of The Pierced Tongue-In-Chic
That’s As Uncomfortably Humorous As It Is
Sexy & Sadistic—

E x p e r i e n c e

“Sádicios Infernal”

Visit the Black Bvs Records shop for the CD-R La Main Gauche,
on which both tracks appear:

http://blackbusrecords.bigcartel.com/

Also
— For A Good Time —
Follow Black Bvs Records on tumblr:

http://blackbusrecords.tumblr.com/

╬ [ Product Info ] : ╬

Full color artwork on CD-R & 300g folded cardboard, in miniature LP style plastic sleeve

Front cover photo by Sonja Todorović

Back cover collage by Calla Donofrio

Disc art by §

Hand-numbered, Limited Edition of 100 Copies Available

╬ [ Acknowledged Credits ] : ╬

for
“Brittany Kore”

Non-Profit Tribute to The Craft

featuring

Editing, Titles & Music by § :

MySpace Profile
§ilver §train Facebook

as
well as
Choral Chants by ☾∧† ◯

for
“Sádicios Infernal”

Fake Trailer / Non-Profit Video Tribute to Mexploitation

featuring

Editing, Titles, Blood
& Music by §

in
addition to
the Choral Chants of ☾∧† ◯

Filed Under: Archive, Aural Fixations (Music News & Reviews), Blog
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“I Do Things Which Are Non-Verbal So That I Can Return To Language With Excitement.” — Richard Wilbur

February 19, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 3 Comments

V I S U A L . S T I M U L I

[ Angela Grubich ]

jaundiced eye, eyeball
[ Source ]

[ "Point of Origin" : Scott Treleaven ]

[ "Blue Witch" : Danger ]

[ "Amoun" : cthopper93 for I†† ]

[ "Seancing" : cthopper93 for I†† ]

[ " Love's Long Listen-In" : cthopper93, for I†† ]

[ Still From "♀∧gℜ∀あ ß∀あ ♍∀♄l∀あ♀": Kemikore Mediaworks for Ceremonial Dagger ]

[ "Vanitas" : Fernando Vincente ]

[ "Smoke" : Fernando Vincente ]

[ "Head Wound" : Joshua Petker ]

[ "Partying in Red" : Joshua Petker ]

[ Alison Scarpulla ]

[ Chris Weige, a.k.a. 'Reckon' ]

[ "Firestarter (2)" : Elizaveta Porodina ]

[ "Love Is Not A Victory March" : Elizaveta Porodina ]

[ NVRMNDUS ]

[ "Wisdom, Power, Courage" : Louise Leppard ]

[ Samantha Smith ]

[ Miyake Juin 米亞奇 ]

[ Yuri Pleskin : Nagi Sakai for The Contributing Editor ]

[ Nicolás Lamas ]

[ Scott Treleaven ]

[ Source ]

[ Video "Still," Harry Smith ]

[ "Early Abstractions" (1946-57), Pt. 4 : Harry Smith ]

Filed Under: Archive, Blog, Curious Discoveries Among The Internet Ethers, Visual Art
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Bloodbath McGrath? Yeah, Maing: She’s The News…

February 12, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 6 Comments

Chances are, if you’re familiar with me/my work:
at one point or another you’ve either read my enthusiastic ramblings
about the phenomenonicon known as Liz McGrath…
or you’ve heard me flappin’ my gums on her behalf.

Well, as it turns out?
I’m not the only effer with a keen eye, honed-ear, & impeccable sense of taste.
See, there’s this gent by the name of Cecil B Feeder—& he’s done gone & made a movie
about little Miss Thing herselfness. Name’s Bloodbath. You know, as in: ‘Bloodbath McGrath’?

Even if you don’t: just smile, nod, & spot-check this tease of a trailer on out…

While I’ve yet to see the docu-rama drama myself, folks who reside in Nueva York—or
very least, plan on being there this eve—are in luck.

The movie premieres TONIGHT:
Saturday, February 12, 2011
7:30 p.m. at MOMA NYC
Theater 2, T2

as part of the series

“All The Wrong Art : Juxtapoz Magazine On Film”

Among the itinerary:
Legendary X Offender, Debbie Harry, is scheduled to appear—
both to provide an introduction to the film
as well as to participate in a discussion
thereafter

[ & of course, the Bloodiest of Baths will be in attendance;
ditto, director of celebrated
celluloid reliquary ]

However: provided here, now—
a smattering of retinal treats,

a modest sampling of specimen
from this local luminary’s collected body of works
that begs the question: which ‘bodies’ among The Body
were ever actually…bodies…at all?

[ if any ]

E X H I B I T . A

Black Deer sculpture

E X H I B I T . B

Deer House

E X H I B I T . C

Truth Decay diorama

E X H I B I T . D

In The Sweet

E X H I B I T . E

Death By Desire

E X H I B I T . F

Frankie Machine

Said another way: oftentimes these “taxidermied toys,” as they’re referred,
are the cause of great pause/consternation for the artist’s audience:

My assumption is that, despite the hallucinatory realm which these phantasmagories inhabit—
the harrowing “Frankie Machine” [above], for example, in which McGrath’s allegorical depiction of
The Man with the Golden Arm renders a dramatic stasis through a potent mix of personal interpretation
and consummate skill—ultimately, it’s a soulful quality about the eyes of
these mythological beings that resonates within the human condition.

A sense of psychological lockjaw. Addicted. Creatures of habit as much as habitat.

Translation of the Latin text?
“No One Is Free Who Is Enslaved To The Body”

H O W E V E R , E N O U G H !
of my blathering

This is, after all, work that speaks for itself—& rightly so…

For that reason—among countless others—the Managament hereby deems it imperative
that your library includes a copy of Everything That Creeps : a gorgeous compendium
of Miss McGrath’s work [ through 2005 ]. The book itself is an <i>objet d’art</i>:
with a die-cut hardcover exterior, full-color glossy pages thick as most magazine
covers [ except with sepia stains at the edges, & cute-enough-to-kill doodles
& details scattered throughout ]. Truly, the tome invokes a sense that
one has happened upon some rare, fantastic relic from last century’s
dustbowl era.

I N . W O R D S . N O T . M Y . O W N
[ excerpt of product description ]

“112 pages of full-color photos & detail shots
reveal the exquisitely complex details of [ McGrath's ] sweetly twisted creatures,
giving a glimpse of what the City of Misfit Toys might have become had it been
saved by Satan rather than Santa.”

Preternatural Pragmatism: In Brief

February 4, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 5 Comments

As of late, I’ve been digging on
19th Century vampire ‘killing kits’

[ ex ] :

[ e x ] :

[ ex ] :

& among the most rare:
an antique ivory vampire killing kit

“consisting of an ornate ivory-mounted Christian cross integrating a steel, spring-loaded,
.41 caliber single-shot percussion pistol, the center mounted with an ebony shield
surmounted with a 8-pointed crown, the tips made from tiny semi-precious red stones.
A ruby red five-pointed star adorns the center…”

“The vampire pistol is contained in an ivory case, together with steel dagger blade which attaches
to the end of the cross, an ivory cleaning rod, ivory powder bottle, and cap and ball supply.”