I recently dropped into Jackhammer for the Tattoo Party. Eagle Leathers Body Piercing & Tattoos were working out on the back patio. I'd never considered getting a tattoo until I saw the artist at work. I started thinking ... "Well, why not?"
I'm still thinking about it. It would have to be small and there's only one place I'd have it. Now, how can I put this delicately? Umm ... let's just say that if I ever let my pubic hair grow ...which I don't...it would cover up the tattoo.
And it won't be a tattoo of Woody Woodpecker. I don't want someone to burst out laughing every time the opportunity arises.
I just want something subtle. I don't want a blond chick with big hooters on my forearm, a Harley Davidson on my chest, or a giant tarantula crawling out of my ass...Oh yes, that one does exist. But when 'spider butt man' is 80 years old, and the only thing stopping his ass from flapping against the back of his knees is an adult diaper, that tarantula is not going to look pretty.
I was considering the Chinese symbol for "Supreme Being." I can't think of anything more suitable for my personality. Then someone told me that Asian and Celtic tattoos were out and Hebrew letters were in. Who knew? My lover is Jewish, so that kind of fits. Although, Hebrew in a decidedly non-Jewish area of my body...figure it out. It doesn't take an Einstein...might be a little insulting should a rabbi ever decide to pay lip service to my nether regions.
Miss Tiger at the Bijou suggested '50s rockabilly style. That might be fun, but what happens when that's out? Can I live with unfashionable pubics?
Maybe I should just go up to Eagle Leathers, drop my pants, blindfold myself, and let Chuck Renslow choose my tattoo for me.
It's a tough one, what do you think?
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I can't seem to drag myself away from Different Strokes these days. That bar is just way too much fun. Just when I thought I'd broken my Different Strokes habit, I found out that my friend Rufus Proffit was having a party there for the release of his new CD Tell Me.
I first heard Rufus singing last year at Bobby Love's and I've been following his career ever since. Strokes was packed with WCT's own Gregg Shapiro in attendance, and other notables in the community.
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Those of you who went to the Black Bra Party and Tanked, then you know how cool those events were. For those of you who didn't go ... are you crazy, or what?
Chix Mix Productions has just announced their next big women's party: "Party Like A Rock Star!" It's on over the Labor Day Weekend on Sunday, Sept. 2, at the ultra-cool Nocturnal Nightclub at 1111 W. Lake St. 8 p.m.-3 a.m. $15 advance tix/$20 at the door.
BLACKlines columnist DJ Harry T will be working in the booth and Jen Cadieux from Girlbar will be the guest bartender. There will be "Rock Babe" Dancers...I offered to shave my beard off and be a Rock Babe Dancer, but the Chix Mix Girlz haven't called me back yet. I'm pretty confident, though ...
My guy-spies tell me that Nocturnal has Hologram Floors, VIP "Rock n Roll" Rooms, a new "roofed" Outdoor Party Deck, Wall of Lava and Dance Floor Balconies.
You can also win a trip in a Rock 'n' Roll limo for you and nine of your friends, by visiting www.ChixMixProductions.com
The event is sponsored by Alize, Hooch, Windy City Times, BLACKlines, EnLaVida, DykeDiva.com, A-1 Limos and Beatnix.
Support those who support you. I do.
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Book of the Week: The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire by Wayne Koestenbaum ( Da Capo Press $17 ) . It was an instant classic when it was first published in 1993, and now it's reissued with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Kushner.
What does the word "Callas" mean to you? If it means nothing, forget it. If it means EVERYTHING, then you are an Opera Queen. You poor soul. Most of you old Opera Queens out there have this book already.
However, for new season-ticket buyers at the Lyric, this book is a must for Opera Queens, Opera Queen wannabes, and especially for the most tragic people of all, Queens Who Live With An Opera Queen ... you poor dears, my heart goes out to you.
I once spent three hours in the home of an Opera Queen and it was the nearest I ever came to suicide. Three hours of Montserrat ( Monsterfat ) Caballe and I was reaching for the razor blades ( although the album Barcelona which she recorded with Freddie Mercury is excellent ) .
The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire by Wayne Koestenbaum is the definitive book about gays and opera. I love this book, but I truly hope no-one writes another one on the subject.
Opera Queens should not be encouraged in any way.
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Wacky web of the week is from Martin. This Finnish gay film is hilarious. Go visit www.crisp.net/home/rclarke/anim/anim.html
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I recently interviewed Ken Melvoin-Berg, a beautiful boy-witch; read the article in Windy City Times in August. He told me his partner, Cherish, was a dancer at Berlin on Women's Obsession night.
So off I go to Berlin with the camera. Well, look at the picture of Cherish, is she hot or what? And she usually dances with a snake!! The wondrous things that happen within those Berlin walls.
With Paté and Terry Gaskins...two of my favorite people...bartending, Women's Obsession at Berlin is a real girlz night out. Oh yes, I'm one of the girlz, and I've got pictures to prove it. Esmerelda Morning-Glory, my personal assistant and cleaning lady, has just taken some nude photographs of me, and I've got the kind of clitoris that Elephant Man would have had if he'd been Elephant Woman. ( Now, there's an image to carry you through the day ) .
