Ich will keinen Skandal.
Du darfst nur keinen Schritt mehr von mir weggehen.
In the second wave of Miss Rona Barrett virus in Germany the numbers keep climbing and now its up to over 10,000 new cases a day in the country with over 1000 in the capital city. November 2nd will be a second lockdown to curb the rise. I realized things were going downhill when the Federal Health Minister of the country Jens Spahn a ganymede if ever there was one came down with the virus. He probably caught it from too many bukake parties with his husband Daniel Funke and the former US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, a sad sack if ever there was one. Listen kiddies don't rush out too quickly in a misguided search for alpha spermatozoa.
Speaking of elections, the Vagimule Doll has been voted President of the board of directors for the not-for-profit artist space Participant Inc. in the lower east side of New York City. Participant Inc. founded by the great Lia Gangitano. They will be celebrating almost 20 years of valued work in the Downtown art community. So excited to be a part of ushering in a new period for this hallowed space.
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Upcoming for the winter season of Adams & Ollman in Portland Oregon's Pacific Northwest, Ms. Davis' west coast gallerist:
Installation view, Lois Dodd and Sharif Farrag.
Joan Nelson, Untitled, 2019, spray enamel and acrylic ink on acrylic sheet, 24 x 24 inches.
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Also DJ Snax sent a little note with some special end of the year treats from the longtime Berlin favorite.
‘No Dancing - Remastered’
and
‘Hat Trick - Remastered’
1/06, Everywhere 11/20.
Hi all,
I'm thrilled to re-release two singles from my first album, and honored to include the fabulous remixes, too!
I wrote 'No Dancing' sitting in bed in my East Village New York apartment with a Roland 303 Groovebox. The lyrics reflected a changing city, brought about by Giuliani and the reintroduction of archaic dance licensing laws that literally banned dancing in bars. Who knew that grieving over a time when we could get together and dance would still resonate twenty years later? As for 'Hat Trick,' that was a disco meditation on the ups and downs of gay cruising, the titular hat a metaphor for various disguises and fronts put on in such environments.
These two tunes along with 'Got This Thing' were first unleashed on a small new label called Freu_nd, run by future DJ star ND Baumecker. The release was just one reason I eventually made my way over to Europe, settling in Berlin and releasing my first full album From The Rocking Chair To The Stage on Geneva's Mental Groove. MG ordered up remixes for limited edition releases of both songs, and all tracks have now been remastered.
For 'No Dancing', my partner in Captain Comatose, Khan, delivered the appropriately titled No New York remix, while Australian disco dolls Stereogamous provided me with their first ever remix. The original extended version of 'Hat Trick' clocks in at an exhilarating nine minutes plus, while the legendery JG Thirlwell (Foetus, Steroid Maximus) bombards you with his signature outrageous treatment. Switter Lilly. Finally, a cappella versions round out both sets.
Gracing the covers are glamour shots taken back in the New York daze by my good friend, artist Adrian Garcia Gomez; shot in my aforementioned East Village hot spot.
Hope you enjoy these tunes and remixes.