This August has been very topsy turvy with fluctuations, and our heroine Miss Endicott aka: Vaginal Davis has been merrily rolling along trying to deal with her chronic illness as well as high blood pressure problemas. Adding another element is a brand new painting series that will be on exhibit in September at her west coast gallery of Adams&Ollman which is a two person pairing with the very gifted, young artiste ektor Maria garcia. The name of the exhibition is There´s Something About Maria. Excitement is imminent. Early in the month La Davis got to brainstorm in person with ektor who was in a whirlwind around Europa, making a sexy pitstop in the German capital of which everyone who met him wanted to get naked and begin fornication proceedings. ektor is all that attractive. If you get too close you will wind up preggers. So the pressure has been on for Ms. D to finish her new painting series about women with the name of Maria/Mary.
Of course that isn´t all that the scandalous scrampa of a woman Vaginal Davis has had to do, as she will be returning to Stockholm for the second half of her multi institutional assault of that Scandinavian city. Yes Sept 4 she will host a special double header screening of Milos Foreman´s Hair and Bob Fosse´s All That Jazz at MDT (Modern Dance Theatre). So come to the screening in your best Twyla Tharp look complete with dance belt and leggings, or just show up completely nekkid. Nudity always works in a pinchy pinch.
On September 7th at Tensta Konsthall will be a daylong art congress - Universitet Vaginal Davis of the Gifted and Damaged with presentations by Ron Athey & Hermes Pittakos, Constance Brosse & Olga Rozenblum, Maria Norrman, Stix Omar & Bror Ida Lennartsson, Radical Love (Samuel Girma and Sam Hultin) Iris Smeds, Lisa Teasley, and BLOW with BLEACH, Mzamo Nondlwana and others organized by George Chamoun.
September 14th 7:30 at University of Stockholms Accelerator Art Space is the unorthodox CHEAP performance A World Where Nothing is Private with CHEAP fearless leader Susanne Sachsse, Marcuse Siegelstein, Daniel Hendrickson, Vaginal Davis, Martin Siemens and Christian Fritzenwanker.
The Herzogin Davis needed a royal break from the onslaught and with her handsome young son Blood of Abraham aka Catherine Sullivan dancer Assaf Hochman she went to see Peaches, Gossip and Roisin Murphy perform at the open air concert space Zitadelle Spandau. Special thanx go to Gossip manager Tara Perkins of Hardline Mgm´t for putting them on the comp list. Since Lady D is a formalist pensioner the early start time of the said concert was a blessing, but the weather was much hotter then originally predicted which caused some swelling of the feet and knees.
Starting things off in a raucaus sexyline manner was the first lady of Berlina herself Peaches with a cast of energetic, hardbodied limousine lap and private dancers. Not even the crunchy soundsystem could dampen Peaches determination and verve giving the crowd juicy Leather Tuscadero ga-realness. After her scintilating set the Teaches of Peaches and lifepartner Black Cracker with entourage scurried after some Bratwürst in the food court which actually had some swellegant vegan options.
Next came Gossip and our girl Miss Beth Ditto giving so much Esther Williams that I couldn´t tell if she was Esther in Million Dollar Mermaid, Bathing Beauty, Dangerous When Wet, Easy to Love or Jupiter´s Darling. No one gives glam like Ms. Ditto who comes complete with a glam squad that every fashion ikone can´t do without.
Our Pepetual Lady Miss Beth breaks all the rules of stage performance--and its what we love about her, whether constantly chit chatting, even in mid song--her boundless teenage energy and zest for life is addictive like Poppers Stew. An original talent in the way of all great southerners: Harper Lee, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers. Raw star power never has glared so brightly. I adore her --the voice, the attitude, the swagger, the translucent skin, the bee stung lips. True Beauty richocheting through the heavenly firmament.
Her brother in arms Nathan Howdeshell right beside her as her rock of Gibralter. Out in the throngs it was difficult to see who was drumming on this tour. Perhaps original drummer Kathy Mendonca substituting for Billie? But touring band members Bettie Page dopplegänger Bijoux Cone on guitar and keyboard gives great sass while bass player Teddy Kwo is the roaring twenties newly proclaimed hunky hero sex demi god. I wanna smell his jock strap!
When an old ladies dogs are barking its time for her to leave so she missed out on headliner Roisin Murphy, which is just as well as the crowd was by this time quite sloppy drunk and giving an air of effete hooliganism.
