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Izébel Vivant makes her debut with the Sharkbite Sideshow. It's a treat to see her perform with Sharkbite; for a couple of years now she and I have had a happy if occasional collaboration in making images, on stage and in the studio.
Izébel enters cocooned in her best "I Vant to be Alone" airs, hidden behind huge dark glasses, bulked up in a dark coat, buried inside a giant headscarf. To the gypsy strains of Gogol Bordello's Start Wearing Purple, she slips off her shoes and stockings and eases into something more, well, purple. The song lingers, and I'm still humming it a bit much later in the evening, after the show is over.
Closing tonight's Sharkbite Sideshow in a blaze of shiny fringe and sparkly energy, Albadoro Gala prances in from stageside, where she has intently watched the rest of the show. She's visiting from Italy, and this is the first time I've seen her perform.
I lived in Roma, where she's from, for the better part of a year once upon a time, and I'm fairly certain there wasn't much of this sort of thing going on back then - so, well played, Italy.
Little Brooklyn was one of my formative burlesque artists. When I began taking pictures of burlesque performers a little over eight years ago, the scene was much smaller, the art less understood, and the audiences generally less casual: we were cravers and devotees, turning up at show after show to share the joy of something that took a lot of explaining and still left our friends fairly baffled.
Now it's hard to imagine New York without burlesque; entertainment calendars and weekend events sections have burlesque roundups, almost anyone who frequents night stuff will have a favorite performer or two, and sometimes it feels like an event just isn't an event these days if someone isn't twirling tassels or manhandling fans. I'm not complaining, just noting that sometimes things change faster than you think they will. (And you kids better stay off my lawn.)
Back in the spring of 2005, when my camera and I were just starting to emerge into this exciting dark world, one of my most regular stops was the Starshine Burlesque, held on Thursday nights in the back room at Rififi (a bar and comedy club and performance spot on East 11th Street, now long closed and still much missed). Starshine was the mouthy nakedy love child of Little Brooklyn and cohort Creamy Stevens, and it has, as they say, been much imitated, but never quite recreated.
Little Brooklyn has always been known for tearing off chunks of pop culture and flinging them back at audiences in twisty altered forms: she's one of the great clowns of New York's Neo-burlesque. Tonight, at the first of this year's May Babies roundups at the Sharkbite Sideshow, she comes stomping out dressed head to toe as The Thing, from the Fantastic Four. To the strains of the Commodores' Brick House, she strips out of her stony layers - she's even got bricks that tumble out of her shorts when she pulls them down.
it's a squirting rubber shark that we purchased at oh, that store that sells goods from around the globe on the cheap. now we're regretting it because we're getting soaked by a 3 year old.
Shaina Cruea launches tonight's Sharkbite Sideshow with a spectacular set of go-go pole dancing. She's a tall, striking performer, cut along body-building lines and blessed with a leisurely, easy-going grace. I haven't been to a Sharkbite show in a while - our long winter has found me hunkering in the cave for long stretches - and this is a great way to ease back into the groove.
A couple of months ago I watched Kryssy Kocktail do a crackpot magic routine, in which she tries out a new trick on stage by following the taped instructions that came in her "Magic of the Month" club box. In the trick she is supposed to make a bandana disappear, but due to a slight misunderstanding in the magic factory, what comes in the box is actually a banana, which is different.
As a prelude to making the bandana - um, banana - disappear, there is some folding involved, and we lucky folks in the front row get a light basting with banana mush.
Much as I loved the prior performance, the pictures I got (including the one I posted) were pretty crappy. Tonight at the May Babies edition of the Sharkbite Sideshow I get to see her again, and do a better job.
Kryssy is a regular guest at Sharkbite, performing all sorts of circus arts: magic, sword swallowing, risky and occasionally blood-soaked tricks with knives and razor blades and nails and broken glass and balloons, and more. I realized late in life that I wished I had run away and joined the circus, and she pretty much did, so I'm always rapt when she's on stage.
Now I'm thinking someone should start an emo band and call it Folded Banana.
Aurora Black has a quandary. Here she is, all good-girl pretty with ballerina moves and a clean white mask, dancing to gentle piano music in her prim skirt. Then bursts of heavy metal crash into the drawing-room soundtrack, and the mask comes off. Briefly, she examines it - who's who, here?
Since this is Sharkbite Sideshow night in the back room at R Bar, the outcome is pretty much a foregone conclusion. Rock and roll is an easy winner over classical, the mask is tossed aside, the hair comes undone, and it turns out that Aurora has rather comely sleek black lingerie, snugged with bright chains, hidden under her sensible clothes.
Here, you can almost hear her thinking, "Nuh-uh."
As always at R Bar, I'm struggling with lights that are too dim for the gear I'm shooting. This image was brightened and noise-reduced pretty hard, after which I pressed out the excess colors by making it a duotone; later I added in some reds and tans and converted it back into RGB.
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Sometimes getting up early is worth all the heart ache, tired eyes and a heavy head. To be greeted with a site as majestic as this is a unique experience.
Roulette Rose is on tour across America this season, itinerant from the swampy reaches of New Orleans (and Austin, which is not quite as swampy). She passes through town with a performance at April's Friday the 13th edition of the Sharkbite Sideshow, where she treats us to a performance as Alligator Woman.
Tonight's Sharkbite Sideshow is the May Babies edition, and since I'm a May Baby, I take special joy in sharing the room with the birthday performers.
This is the state of his shark bite wound the day he was released from the hospital. This was the first time Aaron took off his wrap to take a shower. (about 8 days after the attack)
notice how swollen his foot is and how atrophied his leg became.
at this point Aaron was instructed to not put ANY weight on it or else he would tear his nerve grafts.
scary stuff.
Tiger Sharks and Hawaiian swimmers / boarders
At the Kona town pier there is a sign posted for blue water boaters asking them to report any sightings of floating dead whales. The island doesn't want the bodies to float into port because dead whale is a favourite food for tiger sharks and they follow the food into shore. The goal is reduce the number of tiger sharks near the swimming and surfing beaches of Kona!
One surf board rental place takes a gallows humour approach to the Tiger Sharks and has a board with teeth marks, proudly on display on their shop steps. Can't escape the Tigers, even if you don't go in the water. Hilo Shark's Coffee Shop is popular even though it is up in the highlands of Kona !!!!
Aaron in the Maui ER after being attacked by a 10-15 ft tiger shark.
notice the wound above the knee- he didn't even know about that one until we got to the ER!
October 29, 2007
Sasha the Fire Gypsy comes back in the second act all a-blaze, with a wonderful show of fire spectacle and tricks.
Between acts at the Sharkbite Sideshow, she dances go-go and strikes strong, acrobatic poses on the pole.
Life has lately conspired to keep me from Sharkbite's bi-weekly shows at R Bar downtown; I'm hoping to rectify this situation soon.
Resplendent in red, Kryssy Kocktail is vivid, funny, sexy, and about to eat this entire balloon in a bit of carny-style magic at the Sharkbite Sideshow. As she slides it down her throat, she'll helpfully point with her free hand to where the tip of the balloon might be along the track of its journey.
Somehow I've managed mostly to miss seeing Kryssy in shows around town (I blame myself). When I did see her last, at the Lucky 13 Saloon, the lights conspired for the most part against any useful pictures; she swallowed a sword that night, which bears some resemblance to this act but is fairly different. For one thing, at the end of that act, she still has the sword.
Sharkbite Sideshow's resident maniac, Kryssy Kocktail, is ready to debut a new magic trick this week in honor of host Handsome Brad Lawrence's birthday - so watch out. It's been a busy season, and she hasn't had time to rehearse from her new "trick of the month" subscription, so she figures she'll just wing it live, because Show Business. I mean, what could go wrong?
Dumping out the contents of her shipping box, she starts the instructional tape, which tells her she will find a large cloth - check - and a yellow bandana. Um ... oops? She holds up the banana that came with the trick, a hint of panic in her face. "Now grasp the bandana firmly, and fold it in half," orders the tape. "Now fold the bandana in half again." And so forth.
Things get messier quickly, as you might imagine, and hilariously funny. Kryssy stares the audience down in distress and determination, and grimly follows each step to the letter.
The colors here are muddy - I may make a second pass at this soon - but I couldn't resist this moment of Kryssy straining to fold the mangled remains of her crushed banana.
One of my favorite annual burlesque celebrations is the inevitable May Babies show - a whole slew of New York's favorite performers have birthdays in early May, as does Your Photographer For The Evening (me), and it's an informal tradition to have a big birthday show somewhere early in the month. This year the May Babies show takes place with the Sharkbite Sideshow, and I'm pleased to see a bunch of old friends I've been missing on the circuit lately.
It's always a great pleasure seeing Miss Harvest Moon, a delightful performer and an eternal muse. She's here tonight, trim and toned in slick leather.
Creamy Stevens is a guest performer at this installment of the Sharkbite Sideshow, and I'm happy to see her: when I was starting to shoot burlesque shows back in the Noughties, Creamy was one of the early supporters of my photography. I was a regular in-the-front audience member at the Starshine Burlesque show she co-produced in the East Village. Lately I've seen her less, though she has been dancing pretty regularly here and there around town.
Performing to the strains of Stevie Wonder's Superstition, Creamy tempts fate in a variety of ways in this act. Her dress is decorated with black cats, and she has the number 13 proudly posted on her bra; give her a ladder, and there would be a trifecta of bad luck. It's a good thing there are no giant salt shakers on stage that might fall and ... but waitaminnit.
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If it looks to you like Donny Vomit has a six-inch nail up his nose, guess what: you got it in one.
Donny is a regular feature on the Coney Island circuit, and his Human Blockhead routine is a notorious one: he's even featured on the label for one of the Coney Island Beer brands by Shmaltz Brewing.
Tonight he's hosting the Sharkbite Sideshow, and he punctuates his patter with sleight of hand, painful-looking encounters with a mousetrap, and dangerous tricks with power tools.
Once he's got the nail all the way in, he strikes a few poses for the cameras. As one will.
a few years ago i went to aruba with my wife and some friends. we went out partying the night before our deep sea fishing trip which was a HUGE mistake, but made it anyway. we were less than 20 miles away from south america, and kept catching all of these huge 4-5ft wahoo. all of the sudden, i started to reel in a fish that was extremely difficult (everyone thought i was just being a baby about how hard the fish was fighting) to gain any leverage with, and after about 20 minutes the line went limp and i reeled in this little guy that a shark had chomped on (which was why it was so hard to reel the fish in).
In Aruba, the fishing boat crew is entitled to half of our catch to sell at market, but obviously this fish didn't make the grade. however our guide was nice enough to reenact the deep sea battle for a photo.
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Had these sitting on my MP unlisted, finally got around to getting them out xD
Rock 'em your way ;]
Available on the MP; 65L$/each
Between this and that and the other thing, it's been an age since I made it out last to the Sharkbite Sideshow, which is silly because I always have a great time there, but you know what it's like with this and that and the other thing. I'm one of the regular rotation photographers for Joe the Shark and his gleeful cohorts, and this morning I realized that I haven't done up a shot from Sharkbite in far too long.
So here is Kryssy Kocktail, patiently showing us how to master important life skills like levitating, lancing spikes through our forearms, bending nails through Mental Force Alone, and drinking lots of beer.
This is the sort of instruction manual that is just never going to fit in a Kindle.
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Most morning these ghosts rise to witness the birth of a new day. They walk among us and are part of our community.
One of the mantas had a piece of its "wing" missing (possibly shark bite?) - this didn't seem to bother it, though.
Dhonkalo Thila, Ari Atol, Maldives.
Picked up the film from Longs. :)
These are some photos of my friend Vauns leg. He was bit by a shark on Sunday.
Film.
ETA; you all are so sweet, concerned about him. Anyway, here are two newspaper articles about him. The first one, with some misinformation and the second one with updated information.
His friend Joe thinks it was an 8-10 ft tiger.
Not many businesses these days can resist a brightly coloured facade, especially if they wish to attract the younger generation. This company, called Shark Bite, selling equipment for surfing, skiing and skating are based on Park Row.
rebuilding the bike that got me into mountain biking..
think i might have to change the yellow grips though..
Start: Parts Layout
Eleven months later, on November 12, 2012, the Water Pressure Tank installation continued.
Here, all of the 1 inch fittings were laid out near their final locations to assess the correctness of this installation.
Starting at the upper left corner of the picture are two straight push-fittings for connecting the water meter, one copper elbow which was replaced with a push-fit elbow, a ball valve for turning the house water on and off, a copper elbow, a partially assembled Water Pressure Tank Manifold with straight push-fit fittings, a copper elbow, a push-fit one way valve (water flow to the house), a copper elbow, and a straight push-fit fitting.
See the next picture - Parts + Pipe Layout.
With this installation a hybrid pipe fitting method was used. The copper fittings were Nibco brand and the push-fittings were SharkBite brand (See SharkBite Global Headquarters: www.sharkbite.com/usa/) and Tectite brand (See Elkhart Products Corporation: www.elkhartproducts.com).
Umm... I don't think a description will help...
I mean... IT'S A SHARK WITH A FRIGGIN JETPACK/PLANE THING STRAPPED TO HIS HEAD!!!! :O
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Built from the "Agents: Mission 4" set and e few other parts.