::::::::~WELCOME TO THE ?HONKYTONK of THE PSYCH/EHEART!~::::::::::



you are blessed. let's dance.



   be/cause SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TOOT YOUR OWN HORN TO BE HEARD.



 

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Late Breaking Muse

I will be updating my blog live from my performance of "Late Breaking Muse" at Living Arts....as part of the New Genre 17 Fest here in Tulsa.....should be a fun/interesting night.....I'm totally ripping off David Byrne....I hope he doesn't mind...... Because I love Mr. Byrne. Thank you to everyone who's been a part of this!

-off to work!

Babs

Friday, March 05, 2010

Break

Taking a blog breather for a few days.....
Performing tonight, tomorrow...
Working on a book review (which comes with a book winning contest!)
I should be up and running with a full report by ,,, very soon.
Gotta sweat it out!
Groovy plans are a foot....

Be good!

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

John Hughes Muse

dedicating this photo to friends- old/new
and w/ love to Mr. Hughes.    one of my Muses.

NEW GENRE FESTIVAL: LIVING ARTS: TULSA

THIS IS WHAT'S UP




WEEK 1; FEBRUARY 23-28  |  WEEK 2; MARCH 1-7
KRISTINA WONG RESIDENCY – PERFORMANCE ART – FEB 23, 24 & 25, 7-10pm LIVING ARTS LAB, 308 S. KENOSHA, TULSA. No Charge
Finding Your Language: Playing with Different Performance Tongues 
You don’t have to be the best actor, singer, or dancer to tell an amazing story.....
Master Class with Contact Improviser, Jordan Fuchs - Saturday, Feb. 27th, 10 am - 12 noon - Where: ORU Howard Auditorium Dance Studio    Cost: $5/personOriginally from Providence, Rhode Island, Jordan Fuchs seeks to extend the expressive possibilities of live performance through explorations of form and formlessness, physical relationships at close-quarters and experiments in staging and technology......
ARTSPOT/MONDO BIZARRO – PERFORMANCE ART/VOCAL WORKSHOP – MON, March 1, 7-10pm  & SAT, March 6, 1-3pm No Charge    Living ArtSpace
Kathy Randels will work with a group of Tulsa performance artists to further develop solo material they have been creating throughout the Living Arts Festival this year..... 
MARK RUMSEY – Creation of: ASK: Tulsa – March 2 & 3, 2-5pm & March 4, 5-8pm at LIVING ARTSPACE –
The Community is invited to come to several work sessions as Mark builds his installation. The installation process is accomplished in two phases.....
EMILY JOHNSON Our Bodies in Performance Workshop - March 7, 2-5pm & 8, 9,  5-10pm LIGGETT STUDIO  No Charge.
An experiential workshop focused on bodily practice and commitment to performance. We will do warm-ups for the body, engage deep levels of concentration.....

Upcoming Events
LIVING ARTS
HAS MOVED TO A
NEW LOCATION!
307 E. BRADY 
New Gallery Hours
Mon.closed
Tue.Wed.Sat.Sun.1~5pm
Thu.Fri. 1~9pm
Like to receive Living Arts Email?Send your email address tolinda@livingarts.org

Monday, February 22, 2010

LIVING ARTS. LIVING MY LIFE. LIVING YOUR LIFE. LIVING OUR LIFE.

I am so thrilled, excited, rejuvenated, freaked-out... ya know all that good stuff. Living Arts of Tulsa is having a really amazing two week event, happening....here in TULSA. Artists from all over are coming and connecting right here....and right NOW.....I think this is something Tulsa has been waiting for. A little bit of fun. A little bit of performance. Vibration. and THINKING. I cannot wait to get in on the adventure. Come on join the fun!!!!! http://www.livingarts.org/

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Poet, didn't know it.

some new ones......work in progress as usual.



Rails/Ties
Man w/ engineer cap
Sweaty beautiful muscular
Blackbrownanything angels
Hammer in the veins
Of our connection.
The crossroads
Connecting rhythms of
A
Train
Collective rhythm of this
REIGNrain  go away

Electricity & Sweat
And
UNION YES!
Went into these TRACKS
Commerce
Commerce
Delievered on
The Crossroads
I want to get hammered
Want to get hammered into
Want to get hammered get
Hammered into
Into my head into my head
Into my heart heart    in to.

Le Musee Fou
“ Miss Alabama”

Oh, there goes
Another one
Who was trapped in
Her
Burning
House.


She was beautifully
Damned
To be Damn
To be
To be
Damn Good.

Can I take you back to Berlin?
Pretty Lady? Kitty Cat-
You made running away with you
Seem so good
That I wanted to run
Run away
With you
To Montgomery

Where we could be Gothic
Debutantes.

Then of course back to Berlin
Where we could be the same.
& Morrocco I dreamt of it last
night. Us in the market
Causing some scene
Sweating
Out
Our blues.

You don’t believe in
Hurricanes or Weather.
At least not in TVs
To my knowledge.
Now I see why.

Here is our crazy list
( I know there’s more)
Cahun, Dora Maar, Leonora, Lee Miller,
……..

Hello Kitty?
They saved you the waltz
They didn’t spare you the shit.
I loathe them for that.
Just so you know.

Don’t cry
Don’t cry, kitty.
My claws are sharper now
The heart patched itself.

Jazzbabygirlkitty
You were not made for
This NOW.
It just made you
Uncomfortable,
Exuberant
& Scared.
& too Electric
for this dimension.

Oh, I forgot about our
Little mold thing.
IT was just tradtion.
Up,Up,Up w/ the
Muse
Damn it’s fun

To watch
Her
Fall.
Oh, Shadow Sister
May you be in
Lights,
Neon,
All that yummy stuff.

May you be dressed to the
Nines at all times.
Pretty kitty.
……
Back to the Burning
And you were trapped there
Why didn’t you get
“enough rope”
or
“Get Out…Get Out” like
Los Angeles by X

Honey you really
Were not that crazy.
Just too much fun.

May I tell you something
I think I believe
Sometimes Madness
Is just Madness
And Wisdom
Is just Wisdom.



Monday, February 15, 2010

LOVE is a Battlefield, Baby!

From IO9.com


For we mere mortals, romance can be tough; after all, love is, as Pat Benetar once so tunefully pointed out, a battlefield. But some comic book characters come prepared for this kind of war. Here're 10 examples to learn from.
Five men, five women - All of whom have the power of love, and not in a Huey Lewis and the News sense. Comic characters have possessed special love powers since the early day of the medium, but the portrayal of what that means has changed as the audience has gotten older, more cynical and read a lot more mind control fetish stories on the internet. Whither the innocence of comics' youth? Well, that's still around, as well...
continue here 
and of course, the Classic Ms. Benatar HERself