A host at Chicago Public Radio’s vocalo.org also spruced it up with music and played in on-air. Check out his version here.

-strepsata

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Enjoy please.

-strepsata

-strepsata

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I trust that you will enjoy this flight as much as you enjoy this accent…

-strepsata

Thank you. And now back to your regularly scheduled silence.

Included in the show:

• Audio snippets from “Cabaret Bizarre.” a Brit fetish porno.
• The Capricorns, Vega City
• Suicide, Wrong Decisions
• R. Stevie Moore, I Go Into Your Mind
• The Capricorns, Rilya
• Gina X Performance, Exhibitionism

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Please come out and support the cause, see some great performers, eat free food, listen to some music, and maybe even be interviewed for a noisydaughter.com podcast!

Here’s the info:

NICE BOMBS BENEFIT PARTY JULY 9 TH

Join Artvamp and Benzfilm Group for a benefit party for NICE BOMBS, Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi’s documentary on the lives, voices, and humor of his family in Baghdad. We will feature a sneak preview clip from the movie, delicious FREE food, a silent auction, and a wide variety of entertaining acts from bellydance to beatbox to cabaret.

WHEN:Sunday, July 9, 2006. Doors open at 7:30 pm and entertainment begins at 8:00 pm.

WHERE: darkroom, 2210 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL located at Chicago Avenue and Leavitt (between Western and Damen) MAP

WHY: NICE BOMBS will be premiering at the Chicago Underground Film Festival this summer, and the filmmakers are raising funds for finishing costs.  

HOW MUCH: $20 at the door or $18 advance tickets online (below).

Cash bar, cheap drink specials, 21 and over.

WHO (PERFORMANCES):

Naeif Rafeh on the Nay (Middle Eastern flute).
Bellydancer Sonya from Arabesque.
Beatbox and Bass from Yuri Lane and Lauren Cohen.
Featuring Michelle L’amour from Lavender Cabaret.
Usama Alshaibi will present sneak preview excerpts from NICE BOMBS.

DJ Strepsata will spin at the end of the night.

BID ON DONATIONS FROM: Odd Obsession Movies, Facets, Aloft Loft, IFP, Usama Alshaibi, and more…

For complete info go to: www.nicebombs.com

Purchase $18 advance tickets:

Included in the show:

• “Shredded Call To Prayer,” perfomed live by Strepsata
• Strepsata describes the details of an Islamic funeral and reads a segment of her recently deceased brother-in-law’s novel, Moths and Flowers.

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Podcast arriving one day in the near future.

-strepsata

Included in the show:

• “Buzz on a Bell”, “Comme ci, Comme ca,” and “Lover Boy,” by Israeli girl group Terry Poison
• “This Dish Was Prepared with Tender Loving Care,” and “No More Snacks,” by Insect Deli
• “Chivalry Timbers,” and “Fish on a Spur,” by Soft Serve

To Elanor of Soft Serve - We will miss you, but we’ll catch you in the wild west. Special thanks to M. for an important conversation.

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Brilliant.

Podcast later this week, y’all.

-stepsata

Included in the show:

• “Bacon Bits” by Strepsata, originally composed for one of Usama and my collaborations called “Portrait”
• background music: “Bismoc UX” by Majongg
• Strepsata’s cover of “Magacolon” by Fischerspooner
• background music: “Dalonah”
• Flesh pt. 1, from Flesh by DCLXVI, featuring the short story “Melanie’s Freak,” by Strepsata
• “Twisted,” by Psychic TV

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Included in the show:

• Noisy Daughter Theme No.1 by Strepsata
• Music given to me by my cab driver: Lata Mangeshkar
• Readings from Marlene + Narcissism and Death by Mariarosa Sclauzero. Order her out-of-print books here:
  Last time I checked, they had a copy of Marlene for FIVE CENTS!
• “Flesh and Bones” by TheThe
• “Ist Es Farbig?” by Cobra Killer & Kapajkos, on the CD “Mandolineorchester”
• “26th Floor,” by Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko, on the CD “28″

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That is all.

-strepsata

Is that what the “betting” comment was all about? Are you betting I’ll never come back? Who can blame you - I work in such erratic bursts. I keep my own pace, and sometimes it lags a bit much to hold an audience. But hey, this is not my job, it’s one of many many on-going projects which some might consider hobbies. So I resolve to stop feeling guilty about it.

Pending confirmation, I will be collaborating with the sacredwhore, m. gira on at least one podcast while she visits Chicago. Perhaps she will become an official noisy daughter? And I expect to keep my promise and interview artist Gregory Jacobsen as well.

I have been unmotivated to bring my gear to parties and such (and there have been times when I sorely regret it), but I have been working on my own theme song.

-strepsata

The stress led me toward illness, so I’ve been quite under the weather. I hate taking anti-biotics. On top of it all I just found out that I lost an old friend to AIDS.

I want to take this opportunity to make a PSA. Heroine is the reason that my 28-year-old relative went through complicated heart surgery and has suffered from liver and kidney falure. The combination of Hepatitis C and bacteria introduced into his blood almost killed him. He will be disabled for the rest of his short life. It may have been the reason my 32 year old childhood friend caught a deadly virus. I know that I always promote the virtue of being a criminal in these repressive times. But I want to note that I consider heroine use outside of the realm of honorable crime. It sickens me. It is pointless and stupid self-destruction. Period.

-strepsata

Included in the show:

• “Bedazzled” - my favorite selection from Razi’s collection. From a 1967 movie by the same name.
• Razi and Safy talk about their work, their U.S. tour, cultural exchange, media recycling, performing in Israel and Palestine, and their vision of the future.
• Audio clips from the last Z Film Festival as well as the party that raged til dawn.
• “I Need a New Tape” by Bongwater.

My shows are taking a bit longer because I’ve been dealing with some personal and family criseeeeez. Yeah, it’s been a rough time. So bare with me for a bit… Painter and performer Gregory Jacobsen will be joining me for a podcast soon.

-strepsata

After the festival came to an end we packed up and moved on to our loft for an after-party peppered with make-out sessions (Both Laura, and our nd model Celina are very good kissers, by the way) and what Safy (VJ Sniper) called “dueling monologues.” Safy recorded the whole scene on his cool little video camera, and I will be using the audio in my next podast.

The next day filmmkaer Caveh Zahedi (see our Zine section) came by for a light dinner. I love talking with Caveh. He has no pretentions. In a way, to know his movies is to know him. He’s a very open guy.

The Berliners (Safy and Razi) stayed with us for a few days at the loft, and on their last night we recorded a very good, though sleepy, interview. They have a lot of good things to say, and I will put this up within the next few days.

Now, as I recover from the long weekend, and get myself back into the grind (with a quick break for ANTM), I wish you a happy evening.

-strepsata

Included in the show:

• “I Just Wanna Fuck” by Boy From Brazil
• Please come out to the Z Film Festival for provocative short movies and sexy sounds from Boy From Brazil and Panicville. Saturday, October 15.
• An audio clip from a Max Hardcore video.
• An audio clip from the documentary Nice Bombs about the pre-Islamic pagan dieties.
• An unidentified song by Ziad Al Rahbani
• “Anticipation Of The Inevitable” by Panicsville

My next show will be recorded at the Z Film Festival. Until then, stay criminal!

-strepsata

You may have noticed, however, that I now have implemented an e-mail subscription service in the sidebar so that you can be e-mailed whenever I post a new podcast!

Thanks for your patience, and I return you to our regularly scheduled madness.

-strepsata

Included in the show:

• “Aa Jaane Jaan” intro (classic Bollywood)
• Check out painter Gregory Jacobsen’s opening at Zg Gallery; 300 W. Superior, Chicago; Friday, Sept 9th, 5:30 - 8:00
• “Fullest Rapture of the Kiss” by Lovely Little Girls
• A night with my neighbors - shaving the head of their intern, naked antics, and music by Nick of Dogme95
• Flashback to 1977 with “Girl” by Suicide - Strepsata’s favorite teenage pudenda throb.

No art students were harmed in the making of this podcast. But strepsata did masturbate to the last song, in case you are interested.

And hey, comment if you listen!

-strepsata

Included in the show:

• “Relax” by Bobby Conn
• My husband’s cousin, T, called from Amman Jordan. He’s on vacation from the horrid conditions in Baghdad, Iraq and gives us a mental picture of one possible future of his country. He makes a statement to any Americans who care to listen. This, and some even more moving parts of the conversation, will be included in the documentary NICE BOMBS.
• “Ordinary Violence” by Bobby Conn

This show took priority over my naked drunken night with the neighbors. But I’ll put that podcast up soon. It is my pleasure to help provide a bridge between here and there.

-strepsata

chicagotribune.com >> Entertainment >> Movies

Heaven on Earth (Wicker Park, precisely) turns 5

By Robert K. Elder
Tribune staff reporter
Published August 19, 2005

Heaven turns five this year.

That is, Wicker Park’s Heaven Gallery will celebrate its fifth birthday this month, with a special anniversary reception this Saturday, from 6-11 p.m.

Founder and director David Dobie sees the occasion as a turning point for the gallery, a shift in tone that’s taken place over the past few years, he says.

The not-for-profit gallery will continue to champion the work of “new and emerging artists,” Dobie says, but he’s distancing himself from elements that initially put Heaven on the map–notably U—- A——-’s racy Z Film Festival.

“It was just kind of a natural progression,” says Dobie. “I’ve been trying to refine our scope and how we present ourselves. I’ve been weaning out certain elements, bands and . . . moving more towards a `rated G’-type experience.”

When Heaven first opened in 1999, it hosted everything from fashion shows to concerts and film festivals.

“I didn’t really have a plan or an initial expectation when I went into this,” Dobie says. “We had parties that were out of control and a mess. I hate parties now, I just want a nice place and to have good art shows.”

Dobie intends to “sell more art, represent more artists,” as well as become more involved in the community, possibly offering free piano lessons to children in the neighborhood in the future, he says. The gallery will still host 11 exhibitions a year, however, with film screenings and local music performances.

Saturday’s show, which runs through Sept. 17, will be a bit of a retrospective, with pieces from Dobie’s personal collection and archival bits of Heaven history, including photos and ephemera submitted by gallery friends and patrons…

[Source]

So there you have it.

Down with Heaven, Up with Nihilist as the place to see work for grown-ups.

I’m working on my short list of well-known artists who would not be allowed to show/speak/screen at Heaven Gallery:

• Jeff Koons
• Catherine Breillat
• David Wojnarowicz
• Egon Schiele
• Terry Richardson
• Helmut Newton
• Kathy Acker
• Robert Maplethorpe
• Trevor Brown
• Romain Slocombe
• Nobuyoshi Araki
• Takashi Miike
• Pablo Picasso
• Sally Mann
• Diane Arbus
• David Cronenburg
• Peter Greenaway
• Harmony Korine
• Larry Clark
• Annie Sprinkle
• Frida Kahlo
• Paul Delvaux
• Andre Mason
• Fransisco de Goya
• Davis Salle
• Cindy Sherman
• Francesco Clemente
• Francis Bacon
• Bruce Nauman
• Hans Belmer
• Marcel Duchamp
• Eric Fischl
• Gustav Klimt
• Joe Coleman
• Cynthia Plaster Caster
• Ron Althy
• Mike Diana
• Andre Serrano

“All art is Erotic.”
Adolf Loos, 1908

More about the Rating System

If you have artists/filmmakers/writers to add to the list of those who would not be able to exhibit at the Heaven Gallery because their work may not be suitable for children (not-G-rated), please add them here. I’m sending the final list to the gallery director, evidencing his alienation of a whole world of interesting art.

-strepsata