Pearls Before Wine (And Not Till After Noon)

In between costume fittings, painting sets, walking the dogs, and working nights at the Blue Swirl Bar & Grill I’ve been jotting down some pearls of accumulated wisdom over at BeadBugle.com  where there’s always something beautifully beady going on. You can get the Daily Edition in your email if you go there and subscribe, or just browse around and see what you think of all the articles and projects.  If you like it, be supportive! And if you don’t, then go outside and play; find something fun to do on this lovely summer’s day!

It is of course quite natural for a beloved spokesmodel such as myself to constantly be asked questions about style, fashion, history, and personal matters—and the column “Aunt Acid’s Pearls” is a way of sharing the questions and the answers with you, my dear readers! So take a look, toots, and see if you have any questions YOU’D like answered! Here’s links to the first three, and watch out–there’s more on the way.

Men’s Earrings

Consumerism

Where Did All The Hippies Go?

Summertime and Sticky

Yes, its summertime….and though the living isnt always easy, it sure is sweet.  These are colorful and exciting times in which we live, kiddies! We’re happy to have art and potential, and a good dinner. Things have been getting sticky here, but I mean that in a good way! The adhesive sort of way that allows for making mosaics and all sorts of wonderful things. Sometimes stuff has to stick together, just like people and a good glue will do more for you than most contracts on paper..but that’s an industry joke, and I digress!! As you can see in this picture of me and my dear mutts Pesky and Perky (shelter animals are the best pals, toots; visit your local Humane Society!!) we practically live here at the theatre while we get things readied. But geting it ready takes time, effort…and pals!

Blue Swirl Bar & Grill

After a long hard day of Show Business, what with the costume fittings, the production meetings, and all that painting and gluing for the sets, its good to have a local watering hole in walking distance. We like to keep the carbon imprint down, and walking is GOOD for you! Right next door to the theatre, thats where you’ll find the Blue Swirl, where the cast and  crew can be found having a little something in between shifts or shows.

The Blue Swirl Bar & Grill, home to many denizens of the not so Deep, (and a few who are indeed out in the murky depths). Where it is always Happy Hour, but the drinks are always full price. (But they’re also full strength and that contributes to the “happy” part, up to a point, so drink responsibly! Have some food with that…) Its a place that great and the near-great go to congregate. 

Also where of an evening once a month you can hear The Eddie Ersatz Orchestra as they broadcast the the everso popular Copyright Infringement Cabaret.  If the music sounds familiar…. maybe it is! Stop by sometime and see the show, maybe we’ll seeya there! Puppets work hard, and but they like their playtime when the day is done!

Almost Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is coming right up toots, and if you have one, tell her I say “hello”, will you?

Although never blessed with offspring of my own, I have so many wonderful nieces and nephews everywhere, especially in the world of the arts. My family comes from a long line of performers; artists, musicians, even a dancer or two. And while “the show must go on” its important to remember that family goes on too…and not every family fits the cookie cutter mode because they arent all created equal. Some families owe nothing at all to bloodlines and DNA. Its about who you let in to your heart and your life, not just who shares a name or a branch on the tree.  Sometimes we have more than one “Mom” in this lifetime–if you are lucky, someone will give you the nurturing that you need to grow and shine at some early stage. If you arent so blessed, then you can still nurture yourself.  Mother Nature sometimes comes from within, kiddies, and we all come from within Mother Nature.  Mostly.

 

Rants and Raves, & A Little Theme Music

 Oh my stars.

And look…..there’s one now! Its a  tie dyed testemonial to terrific-ness, one way or another.

We’ve been busy worker bees here at the theatre, and sets, props, costumes and more are starting to come together. Whether they stay  together depends on the glue, but we’re hoping. 

Musical Director Eddie Ersatz is working out the theme music for our show. Appropriately titled, “Let’s Talk About Toys” is a romping little tune! You can take a listen to the Intro over at the Aunt Acid MySpace page.

Also available now are the first of my Rants and Raves up for your viewing pleasure. Whether its politics of money and  taxes or blue glass guitars, there’s ALWAYS something to talk about here!

 

Coming Right Up

Tsk. I tell ya, toots, they’ve let the place go to hell in a handbag, and Shirley’s holding it. We all just better hope she doesn’t let it out, but then Shirley’s always been very tight about the pocketbook, if you know what I mean.

And its a darn good thing too, because somebody has to tend to the till. Thats why I’m back to business, and building up steam. (Or maybe the breakfast bean burrito wasn’t such a good idea. That could be it…)

I’ve been spending the last several months selfishly, pulling myself together (with the help of skilled professional Plaestheticians) and as you can plainly see the time, effort, and money was WORTH it. I’m rested, refreshed, my head is together and my eyes are clear. I still can’t feel my fingers or toes, but they tell me thats to be expected for a while….there’s still work to be done!

And thats the point, toots, in the world of working artists and musicians NObody is such a big a star that they don’t have to pitch in and work. And thats precisely why even Stars (thats with a big “S”, toots, you know I have one!) such as myself are out here cleaning up the theater, setting up tables and getting ready to display the cds and tshirts you can buy after the show. ( I tossed for it with Eddie and won. Guess who has to finish sweeping the lobby AND do the bathrooms?? hehehe). Merchandise sales are usually how a band eeks out a living, if there’s any eeking to be done. Bands who get picked up by Big Time Management often don’t even get that…always remember to keep the merchandising rights and the copyrights too, kiddies! “Royalties” should be something beyond the broad in the crown. Residuals! A Piece Of The Back End!!!

ooof….speaking of backends, I think I’ll just sit down. These tables are heavy.

There’s still so much to be done, kiddies, but the whole troupe is on it. Won’t be long now and we’ll be printing up the tickets and the handbills so stop in again soon and see what’s up!

Aunt Acid

Well kiddies, Auntie is still feeling a trifle disembodied, and a little light headed.  Like the stuffing’s been knocked out, and then replaced. No doubt its all remnants of the summer rehab experience–but all things are coming together to make me what I am. Which is to say, a “Tiedyed Tempest With A Teapot”.

Though I seem to have misplaced the teapot….never mind; I think I left it behind the proscenium arch with my makeup box.  I’m sure we’ll find it when we get back to the theatre.

Let’s go driver, time to get back to work!

Good Night Nurse.

And the Day Nurse aint too shabby, either. Thats one good thing I can say about my little sojourne here at the “spa”. These places may cost an arm and a leg, but the service is grand even if the food isnt, and its never a bad thing to have all those  big, strapping laddies in their white coats around the place. Not that they’re coming to take ME away ha ha; I’m already here! and only for my looks, mind you.

My mind’s still as sharp as ever and so’s my tongue even if things do seem a little  soft around the edges the last little while.  

But it IS all taking a bit longer than the Plaestheticians thought it would, so do please check back in  later. In the meantime, I’m going back to relaxing right here in the deck chair, and plotting out upcoming episodes. Hey boys—whose going to bring me my wrap; I’m feeling a chill!

A little work

Hello out there, this is Aunty’s publicist, Shirley Eugeste,  typing to let you all know that Aunt Acid is having a little work done and can’t talk right now. Later, when the wrappings come off, you’ll see her in all her glory…for now, just be glad that the tape goes ALL the way around her face and you cant hear the babbling that goes on. And on…. 

Of course,  that’s her usual state; but the pre and post op meds don’t help the coherency levels.  She never really shuts up except when listening to Mahler, and thats enough to stifle the flow in ANYbody. Do check back next week!

Hello world!

Ye gods, here it is time to start, and I havent a thing to wear! So no pictures yet, boys and girls….but Aunty Acid’s here now, and soon we’ll be ready for some Show And Tell. Watch out world, there are puppets on hand!