As I was surfing I found a post from Kaylin Idora about a video shoot with the 69 Eyes they have made in New Orleans... beautiful location and beautiful women, among others the amazing Perle Noire...not to mention a very nice song, mellow and somehow a bit sad. Maybe it´s just this darkness :) So cool that rock bands are using burlesque performers in their videos. I stole the link to the video, you can go check it out.
Came to think of all those wonderful photos Kaylin has taken while visiting Finland, so I snuck in on a couple of friends facebook sites and stole these pictures, thanks Tink and Sandy <3
And Kaylin, baby you need to come back!!!
Happy Father´s Day for all you Daddies out there! I´m having my dad and my sisters avec family for lunch today, been up since early hours cooking...Yup, it´s the food = love thing again :) Going for some feta-veggie salad, beef Wallenberg and mash and home baked bread. Hooyah. But I´m not here to talk about food (I could, if you want ;) I´m here to talk about the Helsinki Burlesque Festival 2013. Notice, that the time has changed, it´s not in February but the first weekend in March! You can get info from the Helsinki Burlesque site, also from the facebook here. I recommend you get those tickets in good advance, there are some good deals for early birds as well!
I´ll leave you with some inspiration from the wonderful film "Metropolis". Have a great Sunday! <3
A little good old sunshine makes the difference in how I feel and how much energy I have! Today is a purrfect day to suck that up: a little snow on the ground to make things pretty and that gloomy sun that makes me realize just how dirty my windows are...
My wrist is feeling better, still aching but I can drive. Or at least I hope I can- we will see soon :) Things right now in cats & leopard:
As it sure as heck seems to be more and more Winter outside with this snow it´s time to pull those woollies and hats out and surrender to the Season! Not all of us are so-called Xmas people and here in Scandinavia this season has a lot less celebrations than say North America with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas back-to-back. We´re not doing that shabby though, - the tradition of "Little Christmas" (pikkujoulu) celebrations sell a lot of glittery dresses and causes many hangovers these times.
If you want to wear a glitter dress (hangover is optional) why not come to Tampere in a month to see me and Sandy and Pepper shake at Teerenpeli Tease ! On stage also Lili Safiiri and the fantastic Holy Curves! aka Olivia Rouge and Cherrie A. Dorable!
Also happening in Tampere next week (17th of November) is the annual Newcomer´s Night where newborn burlesque performers get to show us what they got for the first time! Hosted by Lafayette Lestrange and Stella Polaire, more info here!
Here are the things that I have on my mind right now: my final thesis on female burlesque performers bodyimages, my f-ed up wrist (careful with those high heels, children!), snow&ice and planning a trip somewhere sunny, Obama winning hurrah!!! and a new number that still goes under the name "Praline Airways".
Being unable to drive, tie my hair or doing anything else that twists my wrist is making me a bit grouchy but thankfully I can type so hoping to finish the paper this week.
Have a great Wednesday peeps!
Some of the books for research
Praline Airways, boarding Spring 2013....
Pretty. Hurts like hell,too.
Slippery when wet.
Ice.
On a flow, baby!
Wearing the shirt I bought in NYC ca 4 years ago. Yes you can.
Crazy times. Three gigs at three different parties meant one busy night for me and Lola Vanilla. But it was so much FUN! Thank you m´dear for being such a crazy, hardworking girl, thanks also to Jac who kept the train rolling!!! And congrats to Lola for coming 2nd at the Drag Queen contest last Friday in Hellsinki!
..."She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola L-o-l-a Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola " The Kinks, Lola...
I don´t know about you, but I have a lot of memories about "one of those moments". Yes, obviously the time when I got kissed the first time "properly", and about meeting someone who has had a great impact on my life, or getting that e-mail back (from Henry Rollins!!!!) or... you get my point. In burlesque there are quite a few of those moments when I have thought that what I just saw will never ever be outdone by anything or anyone.
Myself, at least. Well, I have to step up and work IT so to say since I will be performing at the next Helsinki Burlesque Festival in March! Right now my feelings wary (on a daily basis) from super-duper-excited to scared-shitless and all in between :)
I won´t have my girls by my side, it will be a totally new number and I want to (as with all new numbers) be better than the last one. The journey has begun.
One number that has given me the chills the first time I saw it online, the time I saw it live and today when I again watched it is one of Trixie´s & Monkey´s duos... Just bloody brilliant. They capture the grace, the humor and the zest. I love it. So here for your Friday entertainment:
