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 It’s been raining for the past — what is it now, three?!– months in Barcelona. This has been the rainiest winter I’ve ever experienced here. And, of course, it’s rained every night I’ve had a show. I’m scared to see what April will be like. Fer Chrissake. I’m up to my ass in it. I’ve got [...]  I’m a big fan of Gaudi: the artist and the man. Deeply religious but esoteric, he believed that that no mortal could improve on God’s designs as found in nature, so he drew his inspiration from plants and creatures. “There are no straight lines in nature,” he’d say, and since God created no straight lines, he refused [...]
I wrote a page called “Madrid: Heaven and Hell“. Enjoy, and feel free to comment if it strikes your fancy. Once a month I travel to Madrid on business. I love saying that: “On business.” Makes what I do for a career — basically, slapping on a ton of makeup and running around onstage in platform boots and latex dresses, screaming — sound so dignified. Anyway, I love Madrid because I think it’s one of the [...]  It’s amazing how some people will let you stand in front of them with an invasive device and record their movements for posterity. I didn’t expect him to let me, but I thought I’d ask anyway. You know me. Not only did he let me photograph him, but he went about his business with complete naturalness. He [...] In last night’s Anti-Karaoke, a guy named Ciclista Florista (“Cyclist Florist”) briefly interrupted the show to present this beautiful and highly original flower-bike wheel arrangement as a tribute to the show. Now that’s what I call “rocking with available materials”! I love it. And my cat, Mr. Tacos, absolutely adores it. Thanks, Ciclista Florista, for the [...] A so-called Miss X, responding to my previous blog, “Our Crazy Passieg de Gracia“, spoke up in defense of the wildly leopard-printed lady whose fashion sense I’d so mercilessly crucified. “I don’t know what you see wrong with this outfit. I quite like it…” Which provoked the response: “Me TOO!” The truth is, I love to see [...] My bro, Steve Arieff, has always liked to draw stuff. He was a punk in Milwaukee in the early ’80s, and pretty much remains one to this day. (Read about our childhood of sex, drugs & rock-n-roll here). For the last few years, he’s been obsessed with birds. He draws Birds With Attitude (“B.W.A.’s”), like the “Johnny Thunders [...] |
 
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