As steeped in eroticism as esotericism, my introduction came about when I chanced upon

BAT HAUS : ME The ZePH Widow

Though the only information I’ve been able to find
[ via The Juke ] :

” BATHAUS is an ‘artist/collective/phantasm’ working in sound distortion, performance, photography and video. BATHAUS uses new media combined with analogue techniques to produce spectacular performances which integrate original sound and video projections, as well as live movement and dance pieces. The flickr page includes photographs and manipulated stills from the original video pieces. The videos are projected and shot using a Minolta Freedom III 35mm camera with expired film. “

BATHAUS : Flickr Feed

Facebook

BATHAUS CDR |BASTIEN : February 2012 via Phantasma Disques

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I’m |Feeling it.

Well, that dark dirge — along with seven other deep-synth threnodies — is now available on
the  l†† / Skitter Split Cassette, via ClanDestine Records

This release is limited to 75 copies, so if you’re interested?
Wouldn’t be wise to nap on this one, chap . . .

And hey — of the 75 copies, subtract a digit :
from the comments left between now and January 31,
I’ll choose a name at random. Yes, it’s that time again : reader give-away!
[So uh, make sure to provide a valid email address . . . Please, that is. And thanks]

I†† create dopamine-drenched spectral [anti]pop, nightmare lullabies rife with occult symbolism
and mysteries that unfold themselves with each listen.

Said another way?
Click the links. Leave a comment.  GET SOME

| additional | surprises | await |

Hello You Gorgeous, Wildly Creative Creatures!

Deal is? The deal is this:

I’m co-editing an anthology with the phenomenal Lucie Barât—founder the publishing house, social network
& international non-profit Little Episodes, an organization that “promotes the arts…”

[ get it? got it. good! ]

— & —

we’re eager to check out your visual art & writing.

Entitled Queer Episodes, Lucie describes the anthology as “a celebration of queer literature: loves gained,
loves lost, loves shared, coming out, staying out, & how the world looks from a queer eye.”

In Catalyzed vernacular? This one’s for the rest of us. As in: the eccentric, unconventional, out-of-the-ordinary, marginalized, unique…

Wondering about the phrase ‘queer’? While I’ve no interest in regurgitating opinions I’ve been vocal about in the past, a veritable [AHEM!] Clint’s Notes version goes something like THIS:

Do you identify as trans?

Are you in a heterosexual relationship but aren’t, you know, ‘straight’?

Do you feel that your sexual orientation isn’t a viable option among the standard choices available on the drop-down menu of this Scantron test we know as our day-to-day?

For example: When creating one’s profile on a social networking site?

[A source of great consternation, personally. I've either opted to not answer—which made me feel like a closet case, to be honest—or I've acquiesced & selected "gay," cringing from all the connotations I know accompany it: I'm not "Happy!"; I don't spend a minimum of 30 hours/week at the gym; I hate musicals; tl;dr / et cetera]

Sparing [further] snooze-fest from excessive elaboration:
Ultimately, I believe queer is a far more inclusive term than ‘gay.’

T H E     P A R T I C U L A R S

First & foremost?

Submissions are only accepted from members of the Little Episodes on-line community.

[ quotation about LE ]

Before you get your bowels in an uproar, or commence the requisite whiny “But I Don’t Want To Have To Sign Up For Another Social Network” response I’ve been known to espouse, short of the long is this:

Little Episodes is an excellent resource for artists, including a Notice Board where information regarding visual & verbal-based competitions / various calls for submissions is posted [that's information is, grammar police—don't try me!]; a collaborative group in digital story-telling, discussion groups for Creative Writing, the Visual Arts, Performance Arts—even On-Line Promotion.

Moreover, there’s really no reason for trepidation. I mean, what are you thinking: someone’s gonna show up at your front door if you haven’t logged in in three days? Umm, yeah—sure thing.

Moving right along…

N O   P R E V I O U S L Y   P U B L I S H E D   W O R K

As in: not only other anthologies, but also magazines, ‘zines, journals, any sort of on-line anything.

You will retain the rights to your work upon the release of Queer Episodes;
we simply don’t want a book that’s full of repeat performances.
[ This ain't no "K-Tel Presents"; know what I'm sayin'? ]

S I M U L T A N E O U S    S U B M I S S I O N S
A C C E P T E D

However, you must designate them as such.

R E G A R D I N G
M O N E T A R Y      C O M P E N S A T I O N

At this time, there isn’t any.

Before you ask…

Your work will appear in a perfect-bound, professionally-printed book—as in: the kind that’s all certified & bona-fide, complete with an ISBN-listing & a downloadable electronic companion [read: Kindle Edition] available.

In addition to bragging rights, there will be promotional events, at which you’ll have the opportunity to perform your work—or perhaps have your work performed by others.

Plus, you also might want to know…

“Little Episodes donates all profit to its outreach side: promoting awareness, & destigmatising depression & addiction through the arts. There is also a ‘Mental Health’ group on our social network that is for people affected by depression or addiction to chat & find helpful support information. We provide visits to residential units or day centres. Little Episodes is keen to reach out to people who can’t get to other Little Episodes events. These visits can include art, drama, music & writing therapy workshops, readings from the books, performances &/or a general Q & A.”

W H E R E   ,   W H E N  ,  &   H O W   ?

Prose, poetry and narrative non-fiction should be submitted in Word (*.doc/rtf) format

H E R E

Curious in terms of word count?  Aim for a max of 3K.

☆ ★ ☆ The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2012. ☆ ★ ☆

W H A T    A B O U T    A R T W O R K  ?

To celebrate the launch of Queer Episodes, we are inviting artists, photographers & illustrators to submit a piece of visual work to be used as the cover illustration on the theme of  ’Celebrating the Different.’

All visual submissions should ideally be submitted in pdf, jpg, gif,png or tiff format, resolution should be set to at least 300dpi, & suitably sized for a 7 x 9″ (17.8 x 22.9cm) printing page.

Zap us those retinal treats

HERE

[ please & thanks! ]

Other queries, Marys?
Contact us at submissions@littleepisodes.org

&
DON’T FORGET!

☆ ★ ☆ The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2012. ☆ ★ ☆

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Photography : Amanda Brooks
Hair : Nikki Copeland
Make-Up : AnaRexia
Styling : Clint Catalyst

Czarina Jacket and Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Brooch : Jared Gold

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Photography : Amanda Brooks
Photo Assistant : Leora Saul
Model : Lisa D’Amato
Make-Up : AnaRexia
Hair : Lillian Kha
Styling : Clint Catalyst

Hand-Beaded “Medusa Scarf” : MollyBrenner.com
Black Sheer Chiffon Halter : Trasteverine
Hand-Beaded “Medusa Scarf” : MollyBrenner.com
Silver Seaweed Ring : Lu Jewelry
Costume Jewelry Ring : Santee Alley, Downtown L.A.
Earrings : Kimberly Faith
Harajuku Ribbon : Street Vendor, Yokohama Japan

*[ Slogan Translation : "I am the sexiest girl at the party." ]

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Photography : David Christopher Lee
Key Hair : Kiyah Wright
Assistant : Lilian Kha
Make-Up : AnaRexia
Styling : Clint Catalyst

On Lisa : Spiderweb Dress : Adele Mildred
On Jeffree : Evening Gown : M’Lynn Hass

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Also included : “The American Dream 2.0,” an article from Swindle magazine in which Lisa’s success beyond Cycle 5 was predicted. “In [our] current climate where politically-correct pleasantries have replaced the witty banter we once knew as engaging conversation, D’Amato’s moment as a rule-breaker and a risk-taker could not be more opportune.”

Yep, sure did just quote myself.

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[ To enlarge the text/images : Click on the page, Scroll/Choose " > View,"
Then Quick! ly . . . Click; Click Again! ]

[ Rebecca Caldwell's ‘Witchmobile’ ]

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[ Ouija Board Beaded Necklace : Gilliauna ]

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Dario Robleto :
Hippies And A Ouija Board (Everyone Needs To Cling To Something), 2003-2004

Suitcase: Cast and carved dehydrated bone calcium and bone dust from every bone in the body, microcrystalline cellulose, cold cast iron and brass, rust, antique syringe, crushed velvet, leather, thread, water extendable resin, typeset Bottles, medicines, and Ouija board: cast and carved dehydrated bone calcium and bone dust from every bone in the body, typeset, home-brewed moonshine (potato derived alcohol), wine health tonics (water, sugar, fermented black cherries, yeast, gelatin, tartaric acid, pectinase, sulfur dioxide, oak flavoring, fortified with 100-year-old hemlock oil, Devil’s Claw, witch hazel bark, swamp root, powdered rhubarb, pleurisy root, belladonna root, white pine tar, coal tar, dandelion, sarsaparilla, mandrake, mullein, scullcap, cramp bark, elder, ginseng, horny goat weed, tansy, sugar of lead, mercury with chalk and tin-oxide; calcium potassium, creatine, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, boron, vitamin k, crushed amino acids, home-cultured antibiotics, chromium, magnesium, colostrum, ironized yeast, ground pituitary gland, ground wisdom teeth, ground sea horse, shark cartilage, coral calcium, iodine & castor oil) Records: various 1960′s 45 rpm records cast in prehistoric whale bone dust, typeset, 42 x 23 x 19 inches

Collection of the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art

University of Texas : Austin, Texas

Ouija Board, Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Would you work for me?
I have got to get through
To a good friend

Well she has now gone
From this unhappy planet
With all the carnivores
And the destructors on it

Ouija Board, Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Would you help me?
Because I still do feel
So horribly lonely

Would you, Ouija Board
Would you, Ouija Board
Would you help me?
And I just can’t find
My place in this world

Well she has now gone
From this unhappy planet
With all the carnivores
And the destructors on it

Oh hear my voice
(Hear my voice)
Oh hear my voice
(Hear my voice)

Hear my voice
(Hear my voice, my voice)
Hear my voice
(Voice)
Table is rumbling

The table is rumbling
The glass is moving
No I was not pushing that time, it spells
S T E V E N

The table is rumbling
The glass is moving
No I was not pushing that time
P U S H O double F

Well she has now gone
From this unhappy planet
With all the carnivores
And the destructors on it ”

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A D D I T I O N A L    R E S O U R C E S

“Ouija Board, Ouija Board” : Music Video

True To You — A Morrissey ‘Zine

Official Website of  William Fuld , Creator of the Ouija Board

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[CUE EXAGGERATED SHRUG]

Cool by me, brah.

Though when I discovered the basis for “Cø††øN”—
the latest single the duo conjured & released into the world
was [quote] “influenced by [ my book ] Cottonmouth Kisses” ?

Well, the excitement level racheted a bit Richter,
not gonna lie. . .

Then, upon hearing the track?

That’s when the really good news occurred.

I like it.

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As in : I mean —
I really, really like it.

No need to elaborate, nor to “re-visit”. . .
but we’ve all had at least one friend whose
band/stand-up comedy act/spoken word performance —
[ thought I'd keep the playing field fair ]

Y E A H .
You get it/You get it/You get it

Amidst the deafening silence & painful anecdotes that aren’t being shared at this moment,
here’s what is :

C H E C K · I T !

Cø††øN by I††

. . . & them ♥

[ I†† : OFFICIAL SITE ]

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Ah, but you know I’ve gotta ‘get on up in’
this GIFtastic action!

[ a mere clicky-link away : H I T ·  I T   &   G E T ·  I T ! ]

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Also, two other ways in which this obstinate child of mine
continues to make its mark upon the world
[ however great or small that may be ] :

Eleven years since the effer premiered in print, yet not till this turn around the calendar—
Two Thousand Eleven A.D.—is when a song about it was inked,
so to speak. . .

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Ditto, these two lovely ladies :

ßiteMe ßlair from Concord, CA

[ Rockin' it legit, all up close & O.G. on the detail . . .yeah, that's how it is ]

As well as

Miss Melinda Wainright of New South Wales,
Australia

[ preliminary sketch, before ‘the needle & the damage done’ ]

&

Ta-da! — The outcome.

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If you’re not able to read the quotation obscured by my likeness?
That strand of syllables won’t be found among the pages of Cottonmouth Kisses,
but rather within the Degeneracy: A Love Letter project —
which I’m hereby placing ‘on the market’
ISO some serious match-making. . .

Said another way?  Prospective publishers, literary agents, &/or
friends/kins/neighbors of the aforementioned?

Where there’s an interest, I have a manuscript.

Let’s talk.

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Extensive project info available through the modern advent of moving pictures!
[ Be sure to click 'More' in the video descriptions ]

Mageina Tovah Models for Clint Catalyst Collaborative Project

Actress Mageina Tovah Plays Module [ Part 2 of 2 ]

Clint Catalyst/Dramatic Reading of ‘My Own Worst Enema’

plus other  Making-Of / Behind-The-Scenes clips

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Otherwise,
Best of Wishes, everyone . . . & thanks!

Hell, who knows—one of these days I might join the ranks
of “technologically advanced, standard upright creatures”
and obtain/learn Photoshop

[ or, you know, whatever the Mac equivalent is. . . ]

Until then, however?
HERE’S   THIS

Readings/Spoken Word Performances

Saturday, October 29, 2011 (Hollywood, CA)

with
MARGARET CHO (Drop Dead Diva, The Cho Show)
KIM FOWLEY w/ NOIZEE & BRIANNA GARCIA
JIM TURNER (Duck’s Breath Mystery Theatre, 2-Head Dog)
TOBY HUSS (Carnivàle, Adventures of Pete & Pete)
SELENE LUNA (The Cho Show, My Bloody Valentine 3D)
CLINT CATALYST (Cottonmouth Kisses, 1000 Ways To Die, The Adonis Factor)
MICHELLE CARR (Velvet Hammer, The Berber Show)
Emcee: BIENO SVENGALI (Svengali Magic)

The Vitals:

PLEASE NOTE : THIS IS AN EARLY SHOW (8-10 p.m.)

10/29/11
“Halloween Highway 2 : Art of Bleeding and Guests”
Art of Bleeding
Steve Allen Theatre
4773 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
8:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m.
Linkature: Facebook Event Page , Facebook Group
All Ages (Though Not Recommended for Children)
$10 Admission
Contact: comedy@artofbleeding.com , abram@artofbleeding.com
❧ Or via Facebook (Please see links above)

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About Art of Bleeding:

“The Art of Bleeding is a uniquely non-accredited educational institution offering powerful and ego-destabilizing lessons in health and safety. Our presentations (often staged from an ambulance) utilize live performance, film, puppets, music, animation, and thinly veiled medical fetishism to explore the topic of catastrophic health emergencies within the framework of children’s television programming.”

Hemoglobin Hotties

Also, here’s a little

via Mine Archives:

Bloody Cool ? Reverend Al Ridenour’s Antics Define ‘Sick’ In The Best Sense Of The Word

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Though I digress. More about
The Last Saturday of October!

“This Halloween weekend, The Art of Bleeding will once again transform the Steve Allen Theater parking lot into a ghoulish carnival of entertaining catastrophes featuring a SPECTACULARLY REAL MULTI-VEHICLE CAR-CRASH TABLEAU.

Against a smoldering backdrop of twisted cars, you’ll have the opportunity to hear TRUE STORIES OF MEDICAL HORRORS and ACCIDENTS from a rotating line-up* of storytellers including MARGARET CHO, ANDY DICK, JIM TURNER, TOBY HUSS, EDDIE PEPITONE, SELENE LUNA, DON BOLLES, STEPHEN HOLMAN, CLINT CATALYST, MICHELLE CARR, KIM FOWLEY, DUKEY FLYSWATTER, DANNY SHORAGO, KIM STODEL, BIENO SVENGALI, and more.

Providing dubious educational counterbalance to these tales of trauma will be THE ART OF BLEEDING’S “Magic Ambulance Theater,” a tragically misguided children’s show featuring gore-drenched actors, pedantic Safety Ape, bickering robot, and an ample array of attendant nurses in less-than-ample wardrobe.

FEMALE BLOOD WRESTLING, and a frighteningly live sound-performance installation by the enigmatic medical miracles of BOUNCEHAUSEN round out the evening.

And by all means, feel free to come in your Halloween costume! Doctors, nurses, and ESPECIALLY accident victims encouraged. Prizes for outstanding achievements related to our theme.”

(Again, there’s a high likelihood this show may not be appropriate for children.)

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TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA:

Steve Allen Theater

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*Please note: this event takes place three separate evenings.  I’ve listed the the night in which I’m a participant, for reasons that should be obvious— but hey! Maybe you’re not super-saturated with information on a daily basis, nagging like a steady succession of pop-up ads programmed to auto-start with a You-Will-Watch-Me insistence so gauche, your keyboard locks, a carcinogenic hue plagues your screen and sweeps it dark as

Oh, #whatever

I’m sure any of the nights will be fun.  I just hope to see you when I’ll be there, so we can . . .

Insofar as caloric value?  Of that I’m not certain

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AUTOMOBILE SCULPTURE: Clod Wrinkleman, Al Ridenour

ART OF BLEEDING MAGIC AMBULANCE THEATER: Randy Horton, Phil Glau, Al Ridenour, Eric Ridenour, Auriana Borealis, Jezebelle X, Harmony Rose, Tayler Jones, B.J & Eileen Winslow, Erin Robotmachine.

BOUNCEHAUSEN: Jason Hadley, Elizabeth Herndon, Joe Borfo, Cathy Gingerly, Rev. Mook, Rev. Dak J. Ultimak, Kel, Nicole Arneson, Matteo Oettam, Tim Wheeler, Esther Napastick, Michel Cicero, Todd Sterling

BLOOD WRESTLING: Auriana Borealis, Snow Mercy, Chrystal Skye

Projections by LUCID PROJECTIONS.

CADILLAC AMBULANCE AND GEAR courtesy NIK WHITE

Lukewarm news to the deltoid devotees among internet enthusiasts, perhaps—
though still a hot tip for most :

Whether recent release or ‘not-so’ . . . latch onto the sound sculptures of
$LØW HE4D when & if chance presents.

two LPs, Two Thousand Eleven

[ Veins : Phantasma Disques ]

[ Night Glitters : Disaro Records ]

$LØW HE4D

Haven’t had the best luck with Soundcloud embeds in recent days, so
for a limited time—as in: cue the immediacy of infomercials here, kids—
I thought I’d share a track that doesn’t appear on aforementioned albums
but remains among my personal favorites.

With brooding bass-lines and vocals so shrouded in glacial electronics, they
can induce gooseflesh on even the most brutal August eve: click-through
to DL “ i will nvr get ovr u & will die w/ u on my mind “

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Also!

As if the [ far from ] Slow Head isn’t prolific enough on his own,
an individual known as ‘Denounce’ & he have a side project

Augm

is the name of said endeavor, & I’m living for ” Sky Opener “—
total synthed-out sensory dream-pop for hazy days & lazy ways

[ Release forthcoming, via Haunted Cassette Tapes ]

However, since laziness won’t help me with the novella
currently known as my To-Do list :
consider this my cue . . .

Though please do be sure & peep beneath the cut, where
a video for the single ” Speaking in Tongues to Ghosts “
[ from Night Glitters ]

awaits

[ Video Directed by Farson's Army ]

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Till Next Time —
Many Thanks !