A plug for Dr. Sketchy’s Atlanta on Urbandaddy, “Sketch-22: Drinking, Drawing and Cabaret”:

Grab a drink, scout out a table and prepare to meet your muse for the evening—a rotating cast of characters from Sadie Hawkins of Gold Room fame to gyrating belly dancers of… gyrating belly dancing fame. Either way, you’re looking at three hours of pencil-pushing debauchery, just the way Mother Nature intended it.

Pinup Talk reposted the video of my strip at the Bang! Arts party last winter.

Backed by a live acoustic quartet, in the midst of the crowd with all eyes locked and loaded, Sadie delivers an extremely sexy and deliciously haunting performance that infuses sensuality and desire in the air.

And I think I’m going to be interviewed by Body By Burlesque sometime soon. She saw the Masters of Vaudeville show in Asheville and posted one of the Bang! videos, too!

Lastly, a good friend is embarking on a huge life change. Chris Warner is closing Alcove, and Creative Loafing gave him a great writeup. It mentions that Blast-Off came into its own there.

• Thursday, December 2nd: Hanukah party at Tongue & Groove
• Friday, December 3rd: Masters of Vaudeville (Blast-Off Burlesque, Madame Onca from Mezmer Society and Circus Contraption’s Armitage Shanks) at Eyedrum
• Saturday, December 4th: Masters of Vaudeville at Scandals in Asheville, NC
• Thursday, December 9th: Private party with Hot Toddies Flaming Cabaret
• Saturday, December 11th: TWO art parties in Avondale – Al Guerrero’s opening at Bart Webb Studios & Ignition at Alcove. THEN, on to Gold Room for its 1st anniversary party!
• Saturday, December 18th: 7 Stages‘ Krampus event, then on to Gold Room
• Friday, December 31st: New Year’s Eve at Gold Room

You can buy admission for each of the shows at the Blast-Off website.

We’re offering a special discount for folks who want to check out BOTH SHOWS! Buy tickets for Masters of Vaudeville, then join us for the Friday premiere of our next show, Holidazed & Confused, which will be at Atlanta’s 7 Stages January 14 & 15, 2011.

Both shows are $15, but you can save $3 on each of your Holidazed & Confused tickets when you buy them together right over here.

INSPIRE, INCITE, IGNITE!
This Exhibit serves as a 10 year retrospective look into the instigated art world of Charlie Smith. the exhibit will featuring curated works of experimental and fine art mashed with a the diverse fire and circus arts scene of the South East and beyond!

The Art of Such n Such is a collaborative experiment. The Vision is to create an art space involving the viewer in a participatory way breaking the boun…daries between the art, the artists and the participants whom enter the spaces. We love working together sharing our ideas and innovations while having fun and instigating artistic interaction. We push art to another level reaching for more of whats out there so come by to see and be part of our collaborative play ground.

This will include a mass collective of visual and performance artists that will create a living flaming fiesta of sorts that will incorporate all of the local arts communities to celebrate together in an urban city center if ya get my drift….

BUT THEN, WE WON! Blast-Off was named both Reader Pick and Staff Pick this year… We’re thrilled, so we’re gonna throw down!

Here’s the scoop: it’s a late-night karaoke party… 11PM on October 8th at Eyedrum. Admission is donation to Eyedrum, so we ask that you help us to support one of the weirdest spots in town. (We’re kindred spirits with those Eyedrum folks, you know.)

The karaoke awesomeness will be provided by Yer 15 F@*#in’ Minutes Karaoke – they’ve got a gigantic library, including lots of surprises.

There will be beverages (sodas and some beer/wine for donation) and maybe some celebratory snacks, but if you need the high octane stuff, it’s okay to bring a discreet brown bag.

We love a party, we love karaoke and we love YOU. Kick off Pride weekend with us. Get your Halloween season in full swing. Whatever. It’s gonna be a fun time.

Photo by Knottie Pictures

My good friend Vagina Jenkins has been accepted to perform at the prestigious London Burlesque Week, and she has put together one hell of a show to help defray the expenses required to get there. It’s Thursday, April 8th at Eyedrum.

Performances from folks like:

• Burlesque Bernadette Cinders
• Burlesque Drag Queen Fonda Lingue
• Puppetry from Tim Monteith
• King of the Teabag Al Schlong
• Interpretive hip hop dance from Twinhead Theatre Company
• Femmecee Andi Rocks
• A tribute to Vaginas from Lala Luscious
• Dirty Lyra Aerial magic from Sadie Hawkins
• Smutty Spoken Erotic from Kathleen Delaney
• Sultry vocal from Jill Sutton
• Drag King Devin Liquor
• Drag King and Lord of the Dance K.E.V.I.N.
• Sultry Syren of the South Talloolah Love

Musical interludes from

• The Gazelles
• Nefertiti and the Neftunes
• Uncle Daddy and the Kissin’ Cousins

And the one-night-only world premier of Johnny Drago’s latest theatrical masterpiece: ATTACK OF THE 6-FOOT VAGINA!

Prom style photography, too!