August/September 2010
✷ No, Dr. Hines: I have not forgotten how to utilize a semicolon; on the contrary,
the omission is a result of Auxiliary Magazine‘s ‘style guide.’ ✷
Otherwise,
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“IDK IDGAF”: Editorial for Auxiliary Magazine
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August/September Issue of Auxiliary Magazine
Auxiliary = alternative, supplementary, to provide what is missing, to give support
from the site page:
“The August/September issue is the eleventh issue of Auxiliary, a magazine dedicated to alternative fashion, music, and lifestyle. This issue is packed with interviews, including Android Lust, Nina Flowers of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Michael Swaim of Cracked.com, and Andy Deane of Bella Morte. The issue also contains a military inspired fashion editorial, a beauty editorial that will teach you to get smart, a style editorial guide to wearing harnesses, a mod inspired style feature, and editorials from two notable writers, Clint Catalyst* and Grumpy Owl. It also features DJ picks from Volvox, a beauty feature on how to achieve the look of a 2026 starlet, and fashion by Steam Trunk, Cyberoptix TieLab, Dace, S&G, Skingraft, Fluevog, Audra Jean, Garbage Dress, EC Star, Steady, and much much more.”
and—although credited in the issue, just as my own little Damn Straight, I Love My Friends—here & now:
*featuring the photography of Dirk Mai, wardrobe by Mother of London & Stacey Hummell make-up artistry.
To download a free .pdf, or for ordering information on a print copy, either click the image above or GO HERE.
✷ Special thanks to editor Jennifer Link! ✷
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“I Make Very Expensive Clothes That Are Very Uncomfortable To Wear.”
Mildred Von Hildegard’s Twitter bio might seem terse to some, pretentious to others. Whereas in my case? This cheeky yet charming description intensified an element of intrigue and jangly-limbed anticipation for our introduction-via-collaboration this Saturday past.
I Don’t Do ‘Friendly’ † Photo : Dirk Mai † Make-Up : Stacey Hummell
In a city illustrious for back-handed, capped-teeth “compliments” and unpredictable, unspoken disdain thinly disguised by a veritable check-list of publicists’ blanket statements, Hildegard’s choice for her 160-characters-or-less slot on The ‘Twits seemed fitting with the images I’d seen of her clothing designs: anachronistic — a fetish posture collar adorned with tattered lace, roses in an array of shadowy hues and elements of Victorian mourning attire; sensual — soft tattered edges, the type of attire that fingertips long to touch; unapologetic — ruched leather, straps and buckles arranged without regard to which body parts “should” or “shouldn’t” be exposed. Essentially, her handiwork is the antithesis of all that is red carpet Hollywood and relentlessly bourg.
Known to her public by the moniker Mother of London, Hildegard is a seminal talent both coveted and revered by fashion cognoscenti. Consequently, she’s rabidly hunted by L.A.’s handful of fashion-forward stylists — hence her stitch-witchery gracing the cover of the latest S Magazine [ on the explosive Juliette Lewis ], along with editorials in Numero, AnOther magazine, Bizarre, Playboy, Marquis, et al.
Said another way? While I’m unsure how many details of aforementioned ‘Secret Project’ I’m permitted to share at this juncture in time, a detail I can share is this: upon arrival at the studio, I discovered a stylist had hoarded the collar Her Mother Almightiness intended for the shoot.
Photo : Dirk Mai † Make-Up: Stacey Hummell
It’s a vicious business, fashion. All the same, we managed to share an afternoon with neither smileage nor spontaneity in short supply. Granted, the all my collaborative efforts with Mssr. Mai, each has produced its own set of explosive alchemical reactions resulting from a mixture of mysticism, madness, the Not only does The Mother corrupt traditional perceptions of fetish-wear and period costume, but she’s also adorable, donning death metal t-shirts and boundless charisma in the process.
Yes, my choice of verbiage was deliberate — just as one can be over-dressed in attitude — and yes, I hope to be swathed in her sublime regalia again in the not-too-distant future. Of more immediate import, however — particularly for those quite a distance from her L.A. showroom — I have advantageous news :
Between October 2008 and now [or, with more the 22nd of May, Two Thousand and Ten], this textile fascinatrix has posted a mere six items in her etsy shop.
Two of the six are fresh on the market, and while they’re categorized as menswear, I’d classify them as UNISEXY…
an asymmetrical leather collar
:: detailed view [ of both the handiwork and model Dylan Monroe ] ::
&
detachable sleeves, made of 100% vegan faux ostrich texturized leatherette
Grab your credit cards while you can, style fiends. Who knows how long it’ll be till the next opportunity presents itself…
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Fantasy And Obsession—Wonderland, A Roving Beast
At Royal/T Café, Store and Artspace
8910 Washington Blvd, Culver City CA
The evening of February 4th, 2010
was a hare-y sitch for photographer Dirk Mai, as captured above by the boys of Polite In Public Photo Booth.
Har, a hardy-har . . . Umm, YEAH. How ’bout I spare you guys the slab of Velveeta? Sound like a plan?
That’s what I thought…
Chubby Bunny [L] and Yume Ninja [R] of Bubble Punch brought cosplay Correctness for us to look upon,
Whereas Lenora Claire — another ‘repeat offender’ on this humble Dot Com — fully LET US HAVE IT with a mind-melding, retinal-shattering, hot hot hottt hairstyle!
Oh! But what have we here? Per chance might it be one adorable little Kit Kat Lee?
As a matter of fact, yes — yes it is, indeed . . . and in the haus with her : band mate and business partner, the multi-talented Kaila Yu [L]!
Our exploration of Correct Culture continues with burlesque beauty Courtney Cruz, sandwiched between an Alice duo …♥
[ Oh, and pssst! A little "JSYK," just in case you're in the No instead of know ] :
The estimable Miss Cruz presents “tassle-twirling with a spin” at her once-a-month installment of The Devil’s Playground at Bordello bar. Described by journalist Erin Broadley as “Beyond traditional fan dancing and martini bathing,” the Devil’s Playground “integrates pop culture and niche fan favorites with the classic art of the striptease, modernizing burlesque with cleverly themed, character-driven performances like Video Game Girls, Comic Book Vixens and…Tails From the Crypt.” Known most recently for creating a disturbance in The Force for her Star Wars-themed bump-and-grind, it’s no wonder the L.A. Weekly deemed this Busty Storm Trooper’s resident troupe as Best Burlesque Club of 2009.
Pictured above: Cruz maintains a subdued demeanor with chanteuse Jessicka Addams and Mia Vixen, one of The Devil’s Playground performers.
Wait a minute. I mentioned this was an art opening; didn’t I?
Oh-Kay.
Unfortunately, the gallery ran out of catalogs; i.e., I’m afraid I don’t know whom to credit for the creation pictured above. That being said, please allow me to segueway back to other deep and meaningful content, such as
other photo booth antics I enjoyed . . . ditto, Ela Darling and The Dirkulous Maximus.
Caught here on the other side of the camera Previously captured on the other side of the lens — though retracted, since keeping her identity secret only intensifies the appeal — is was Nightranger‘s intrepid reporter Lina Lecaro, whose years of fearless ventures — from immersing herself deep in the trenches of trannies werkin’ the merkin to ravers wielding glow-sticks as if they were num chucks — have garnered her reputation as The Go-To Girl for Nightlife.
Incidentally, Lecaro “dipped into the population” this eve not only for the sake of a newspaper word count, but also to celebrate the completion of her first full-length manuscript. [ No, people: I didn't say script. Leave those to your dental hygenist, who'll likely have "something for you to look over" before the luxury of another kind of script gets written. Oy! ]
By manuscript, I mean book— of which her debut is titled Los Angeles’s Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the City of Angels. Its release date is May 1st, 2010, though you might as well go ahead and pre-order such an indispensable guide. Assuming you remembered to close out your tab at the bar last night, that is! Such a hassle, retrieving one’s 16-digits on plastic The Day After. Isn’t it? [AHEM!] I mean: So I’ve Heard.
“Besides: it’s not like I had a hang-over or anything! It was more like…a lean-over.” Yeah. That was it—
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Clint Catalyst Interview In Imago Magazine, The “Fables Issue”
Issue Four (summer/fall 2009)
Imago is distributed in Canada at Chapters and other fine booksellers.
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Clint Catalyst’s Guide To Los Angeles (Interview for Gay.com by Josh Rotter)
DISCLAIMER!
✪ Please Note: ✪
At the time in which this interview was conducted, I didn’t exactly have an unbiased point-of-view.
Friends of mine had recently been laid off—a common occurrence in businesses when things like a “merger” occur… but wounds were still fresh, so to speak. If not theirs—well, then mine, out of camaraderie.
Rather than call attention to the negative, I hope you’ll be able to apply the aforementioned statement in any instances where it might be [AHEM!] applicable. As in: flagrantly.
Oh, &…it’s taken numerous attempts for my embarrassingly low-tech ass to get this archived Q & A to post within WP’s established parameters.
:: claws & any other applicable appendages hereby crossed —with— massive thanks to Josh Rotter & Gay.com! ::
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“Flouncing About” — Spoken Word Text by Clint Catalyst; Narration by Pauley Perrette
with the aural fixation / visual manipulations of
P Emerson Williams [ Veil Of Thorns ]
the artwork of — and special appearance by — Joshua Petker
as well as portrayals by Dirk Mai and Julia Romanenko.
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Because ‘Participant’ Is Not An Award, And Life Is Not The Special Olympics
Truth of the matter is:
We don’t all get a hug for our efforts.
What we do ‘get,’ however, is Freedom Of Choice…
(though make no mistake: to not choose is—in itself—a decision).
A choice you’re hereby offered the opportunity?
Who gets an award (yourself, perhaps?), and
For what?
BEHOLD: THE LATEST OFFERING from
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as modeled by a Most Epic Individual herself:
Miss Pauley Perrette
But for those of you whom the terminally cute
is a constant reminder that human beings do, indeed, have a “Gag Reflex”?
Go ahead and OWN THAT BITTER BILE
DOWN TO THE BONE!
Pictured above, at Hollywood’s latest haunt of legendary proportions, Mr. Black:
flaunts his Hater status
in black-on-black-on-black…
:: CLICK HERE FOR YOUR OWN ‘BARK OF SNARK’ ::
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Clint in the ‘Celebrity Lifestyle’ Issue of Wedding Dresses Magazine
Fall 2008
And true, true : Not a publication in which I imagined I’d ever appear — which made seeing it among the grocery shelve glossies that much more sick and fantastic . . .
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L.A. Fashion Week: Party at BOXeight
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The Transformation of boxEIGHT: Ethereal Beauty Emerges from Kucoon Designs
Alright, so... for an overview of boxEIGHT's "This Ain't Mercedes Benz Fashion Week" this last/past Season's Offerings (Spring 2009) in L.A., Check it—
(Madness Courtesy of Altitude TV)
Clickity click for coverage of me "giving word" at boxEIGHT studios with appearances from: Peter Gurnz, Dirk Mai (formerly known as "Fingers Crossed"), Audrey Kitching, Lina Lecaro, Sammy from The Kids, "G," and Vanessa Gonzales—— along with the work of Yotam Solomon, Brian Lichtenberg and other high-octane fabulousness.
Truth be told, anticipation of Mr. Lichtenberg's show is what got me "in outfit" and out of the house, so I find it only apropos to highlight his latest work before transitioning into the next topic...
O.K., now that we've had a bit of 'the spandex strut' that has garnered Mr. Lichtenberg notoriety (with good reason—-this show did not disappoint, and those effing hats and headpieces still SLAUGHTER me...) *~ Slaughtering, I say! ~*~ S-L-A-U-T-E-R-I-N-G ~* Still, there's a shifting of gears // a bit of backstory:
The Altitude video was shot on Friday, October the 17th-- when I was (admittedly) full of more "piss and vinegar"* than I was by Sunday eve. *Thanks for the vernacular, granny. MEAN IT! I mean, c'mon: when do I deny the fact that I'm a dinosaur among the (AHEM!) "scene"? Consequently, my pal Gabriele and I nearly "pulled a Frankenstein" and bolted after the Rojas show: false eyelashes were wilting, and enthusiasm was becoming an act as difficult to keep up as the Chet B headpiece I'd tacked onto my noggin...
Then—a moment passed, only to be eaten by the next: a narcotic rush painted with such poetic visual precision, we were consumed by it.
Kucoon Fashion Show/Performance -- Spring 2009 Collection (Part One : the First Half)
Please forgive: this video clip kicks in once I'd rummaged through my recycled rubber "murse" and acquired my little cam in medias res,
as I wasn't, well...anticipating the need to record anything.
Hence, I do admit the reactions one might overhear 'off screen' aren't exactly eloquent. However, that's one of the reasons why I opt to express myself via pen, paper or notebook (be it college-lined or of the G4 ilk).
What often is a more animated, base manner exploding like confetti from inside of me Is but a temporal human response: those mannerisms/ histrionic outbursts and the like... (Oh, C'MON already! In layman's terms? Reminders that I'm a FLAWED HUMAN BEING who entertains himself by being "ornery!" Consider that my frickin' First Step or something. All right?)
(…and Here’s Part Two of the Visual Treats)
For instance: theoretically, If I were to "bum rush" the designers backstage for an impromptu interview...
my antics and semantics with Sheila B and Andrea Spratt, the duo responsible for the cornea-melting jewelry/design under the moniker Kucoon—
well,
I'd be calm, mild-mannered and an inveterate pro with technical equipment.
(Or at least that's how I'd intend it to seem via a little 'revisionist re-write.')
Hyperbole, active verbs and sparkling consonants... Why not chronicle life as colorfully as one sees or makes it out to be?
And on that tip, the rhetorical questions continue with a nudge and a "Why don't you go ahead and hit up the personal site of my latest favorite find among the 'newbies' here in Smog City?"
www.kucoondesigns.com
There's nada there for the xy set in terms of PERSONAL "consumer consumption," (Love that Lily Allen!) but that by no means is an indication any gent with impeccable taste will be at a loss in terms of visual stimulation. Ya with me? As in, "Hrmm, that'd look really great on ______________." Everything moves with such heightened velocity this time of the year, a person might as well start shopping now: It seems like as soon as we scrub off the Halloween make-up and blink it's already SANTA TIME yet again... Insofar as the 'stand out' piece among the site?
The Amethyst Stalactite earrings are such stunners; in an alternate life—one in which I have scads of dinero and zilch insofar as student loans—
I'd buy a pair and turn one into a necklace, the other into a brooch.
Fashion is all about fantasy, anyway— here's but one of the ways mine come to fruition. Bring on the images and I'll find the words...
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7 August, 2008, 07:49 am in “Fashion, Runway Shows”
Phantasmic Little Pieces of Perfect…
7 August, 2008, 07:49 am in “Fashion, Runway Shows”
The official, factory approved, Jared “Good-as-but-Never-Fool’s” Gold video clip of his “Czarina” farewell show in Salt Lake City
featuring Audrey Kitching, Stevie Ryan, Dirk Mai (formerly known as “Fingers Crossed’), Deena Marie, and a somewhat familiar-looking dork who GAVE WORD as the MC
is up and ready to view on YouTube:
Any problems? (Well…with the VIDEO, that is!)
Rock the URL:
I’m tellin’ ya: this gent is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant…
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Lenora Claire TAKES. IT. THERE. (Archived Blogature, Fer Shure!)
“I’m burnin’ up/Burnin’ up for…”
Or at least yesterday, that’s how it was.
Today I’m rockin’ my little window unit for all it’s worth.
Before I gab on about Lenora Claire‘s Birthday Party Last Friday, The Thirteenth
I’ve gotta lay out this sitch…cause seriously? Somethin’ around 24 hours ago?
It seemed as if Dante decided to expound upon the canonized nine, starting with a ‘Tenth Circle’ update just for me and “the 2.0 of it all.”
Yes, we all know about the temperature in L.A.;
Yes it’s a pain-in-the-posterior to hear people complain….
But it was, what? Somewhere in the triple digits yesterday?
and the WALL UNIT HEATER
IN MY LIVING ROOM
WAS ON,
belching out a steady stream of its own furious temperature
to accompany the afternoon’s ‘Greenhouse Effect’
already living up to its name quite well
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Note to self: Queer-Bait, HANG UP THOSE EFFING CURTAINS! kthanx.
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AND THE [enter expletive of your choice] SIMPLY WOULDN’T TURN OFF.
I felt I’d become an unwilling participant of Bikram Yoga—except I wasn’t chanting and doing back-bends; I was cussing and fanning my tomato-hued face with a copy of V magazine.
Fortunately, I managed to coax a maintenance man to ‘come to my rescue,’ same-day service. But unfortunately? That meant I couldn’t abandon the sweat box to seek solace at a friend’s place, in a coffee shop, or– oh, I don’t know…down the street at “Rough Trade: Sex, Leather and Spurs”?
Jeezish, it just dawned on me how histrionic this post is thus far.
And speaking of HISTRIONICS – -
How about a clip of the incomparable James St. James
to keep the ‘drama quotient’ as high as…
The Houdini Mansion in the Hollywood Hills?
Give it a little look-see, and you’ll find cameos sprinkled throughout of Dirk Mai (whom I’ve been known to refer to as ‘The Artist Formerly Known As Fingers Crossed’,’ among a strand of other nicknames), Wilhemina model Sara Mohr,
and that damn Audrey Kitching.
(I mean, seriously— Who the F does she think she is? SHEESH!)
While I heart Lenora–and no doubt, she’s got a separate fan club for those mams-o-plenty themselves–I was fortunate to be hangin’ at that eldritch abode earlier in the day for a separate matter altogether.
(Hints: TV cameras, a feature ALL ABOUT HER status as a ‘subcultural icon’, and a high-profile European Host. Hrmmm…)
Nonetheless, reality T.V.’s an unpredictable beast (and when it comes to convoluted fine print? Full disclosure that I’m guilty of pulling the ol ‘ TLsemicolonDR myself)– hence, I’m not quite sure what’s verboten and what I can or share with my OVERWHELMING READERSHIP (kidding, guys! RELAX ALREADY) on the interwebz at this juncture in time.
I can, however, share some snapshots sent my way. (Big ups to photographers who don’t just claim they’ll do that shit–they [gasp!] actually *do* it, instead.)
One kind gent–with a painstakingly decorated Polaroid classic in tow, by the way– captured a flashbulb’s worth of my soul in this, a work by Chet B:
Of course, now I wish I would have taken a photo of him with that killer cam (D.I.Y. or die!) — but that would have been the sensible, easy thing to do.
I’ve come to terms with the fact that oftentimes I create obstacles for myself rather than just heading straight to the mark.
So, MARK THIS, Em Effers:
myspace.com/thelbcandlastreetscene
Among your browser bookmarks, natch.
Next up in my rant? (This here is my space, lazy Millennials. You can TL semicolon DR my honky ass!)
Behold the lovely lady on the right, who is none other than Irene Urias of Hairroin Salon. This betch is brilliant, and a major part of the best GLAM SQUAD in town – -
ain’t no doubt about it.
Thanks muches to James Michael Gomez for zappin’ this one at me.
And here’s a genius detail: in case his name isn’t setting off any police sirens in your mam– I mean, memory?
He’s the last person featured in the J.S.J. video clip, sporting one of my all-time favorite fashion accessories.
Shit like that ain’t seasonal;
it’s STREET CRED, straight-up.
Now that summer has descended her scorching UV rays upon us, I truly hope he wears shorts every day and werks the Sweet F.A. outta it.
Proof/Pudding: (Whoever claims LiLo isn’t a trend-setter can squat on down and BITE ME!)
But until then – -
Cruise on by
jamesplayshimself.blogspot.com
(Choice of font hue a little nod to the district,
IfYouKnowWhatIMean.)
Otherwise, I’LL be SEEING YA AROUND –
x o x o x
Gossip Girl, with an extra X
(rating)
on me: Jacket by Jared Gold; miniature top hat by Winter Rosebudd, & a way severe face-beating—complete with lashes—by the incomparable Stacey Hummell with her ‘air-brush from hell…’
UPDATE!
GORGEOUS SLIDE SHOW OF LENORA CLAIRE
(Whom I’d Deem A ‘Fruit-Fly,’ Not ‘Fag-Hag’…
Though Honestly? I Think She’s Too Cool To Care)
(I mean…seriously: This Betch Is On Fiiiiiire!)
INCLUDING THIS CREW O’ NE’ER-DO-WELLs:
(Harumph!)
UP NOW ON LAWEEKLY.COM,
THANKS TO THE LOVELY LINA LECARO.
(Curious to see the other slew of guests? We actually bailed early due to other commitments–
so some of these were a surprise to me, as well!)
And people claim L.A. has no “underground scene.”
How about THIS SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION then, peeps?
Perhaps I’m mistaken, but umm…
I spy not one thread of ‘Abercrombie’ or ‘Juicy.’
et tú?
Color me outta here—
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