samalama ding dong

i have a lot of nicknames and respond to every one of them.
never apologize for your art.

promotion

it has got to be the hardest thing to promote myself without being tacky. i know i have all the tools out there now with social media but to be honest, it drives me nuts and sometimes (most of the time) i can’t stand it.  i don’t have time to click on your kickstarter or donate to indiegogo yet i post the same shit to fb or tweet it just the same.  i’ve fallen into communicating via text a lot, email mostly, and gchat frequently, but i’d rather talk to you and not your voicemail. i’d rather see your face and not your profile pic. i want you to see my face and see the joy in telling you all the upcoming things that are happening in my life. then, you ask me if i’m making millions? of course not. that may be most important to you or you’re concerned with am i earning enough to make a living. but am i doing things for myself, and living the life i want? creating art and want to share it with you? absolutely. and you should, too.

He’s handsome but Forever a New Yorker

He’s handsome but Forever a New Yorker

Closet all prepped & camera ready for shoot tomorrow. Considering making a huge purge at goodwill in the near future…

Closet all prepped & camera ready for shoot tomorrow. Considering making a huge purge at goodwill in the near future…

Blackcoat duo celebrating a bday :)

Blackcoat duo celebrating a bday :)

currently

i am currently remodeling my home, to look like a cool new modern home, with the things i already own. pssh #challenge

i am currently in rehearsals for a new new NEW play, The Exotic Flavors of Bradley Copperfield.  I play one of the “flavors”, Blueberry. And I’m exotic looking… #obvs

i will be in vegas some time soon.

i will be playing the viper room again VERY SOON.

and i will be shooting a “wardrobe fixer-upper” kind of webisode for yahoo even sooner than that. 

currently can’t complain. (#althoughistilldo)

bbook:

Marina Abramovic meets Ulay

“Marina Abramovic and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again. at her 2010 MoMa retrospective Marina performed ‘The Artist Is Present’ as part of the show, a minute of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Ulay arrived without her knowing it and this is what happened.”

This is amazing.

WHEN THEY FELT THE RELATIONSHIP HAD RUN ITS COURSE, THEY DECIDED TO WALK THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, EACH FROM ONE END, MEETING FOR ONE LAST BIG HUG IN THE MIDDLE AND NEVER SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN.

THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT.

I invited him to the performance because we shared 12 years of work, but I had no idea he was going to sit. So when he sat in front of me it was really so emotional, everybody could see because it was reflecting everything we went through together. In one of our performances, “The Night Sea Crossing,” we sat across from each other and he could not do it and I could. That’s why I replaced him with the public. I didn’t think he would ever sit in the chair opposite me, so when he did, I broke all the rules. I just thought that in that place at that moment there were no rules. I just needed to hold his hand and feel togetherness in that moment, which was very emotional.

(Source: carlosbaila, via poptech)

That hot tub & I have a date later #californians

That hot tub & I have a date later #californians

Last year after a Sarah Ault show at Bar Lubitsch, a talented group of young fellows that go by Town In The City approached me to help them out and add some violin on a few of their tracks. 

I love that art continues to connect strangers and create collaborators. 

towninthecity:

“Bright Red Mountain” off our debut, self titled album Town in the City and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/towninthecity

Howl At The Moon, 2.27.13

Howl At The Moon, 2.27.13

I’m playing a show tonight! Or ya know…what she said.

I’m playing a show tonight! Or ya know…what she said.

VIVA

when you have a dream about vegas, it’s all you end up thinking about.