Last Wednesday I went to ye ole Phase One (the oldest lesbian bar in the country, dontcha know) to see the traveling road show Sister Spit: The Next Generation perform. The show was put on by Gina Mamone and Riot Grrrl. Once again it was fantastic to see the number of people who will show up for quality queer lesbo events, even on a cold Wednesday night! The ever fabulous Mara Levi opened the show and then we were off into a very punchy evening of spoken word & readings from various anthologies, blogs, journals and hot off the screen of the writer's Apple lap top, brought up to the stage to squintly read off the latest. The performers each had their own charms, but the last woman up blew me away. Her nom de guerre is Arlene Textaqueen (more here) and she had come from Australia bearing slides of her work and a bandolier of magic markers. Her bit consisted of commenting on the pictures as they flashed in their multi-colored felt-tipped brilliance on the wall of the bar. I loved it! She had a 2008 calendar for sale and I snatched it up. It was really really nice to be surprised like this by an artist doing something unexpected (explaining all her Aussie slang as she went).
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