Why does a plus one always add up to zero?

Actually, a plus one equals Sofia. Sofia and I piled into my little shit box around 9:15pm to head over to the Derby to see Richard Cheese. We missed Cholita’s first act but got there right in time for the opening act, Cashed Out, which was a Johnny Cash cover band. Typically I am not into cover bands but holy shit! This band was amazing! I seriously want to go see them again.

Cholita pulled me aside to come back stage to lace her corset, where Richard Cheese introduced himself and gave me a “pound” since he said his hand was too sweaty to shake. He seems like a nervous mess before a show, which I found totally endearing. 

The room got more crowded as Cholita took the stage for her second act. The crowd ate it up! I think a lot of people there had never seen a girl twirl tassels before so they were all giggle while in awe.

Dick took the stage and the room instantly felt smaller. Who knew Richard Cheese had so many fans? He is an AMAZING live performer. Not only is he hilarious, his voice is absolute perfection. Not one mistake, always consistent. I felt like a little kid on Christmas, with a shit eating grin on my face the entire set.

Half way through the set they said they wanted to take requests. So I pull out my business card and write on the back side “Down with the Sickness”. He looked through the box of requests and I see my card in his hand, I get even more excited. Two songs later they play my request and I feel I can die a happy woman.

A few songs later my life gets even better. He asks for someone to come up and do a duet with him. I was shy so I didn’t raise my hand or anything and he pulls this girl from maybe two rows in front of me to come up and sing, but she is wasted and says she doesn’t know any of the songs from the album he wanted to sing. He sends her back the audience and Sofia and the guy next to me start raising their hands and pointing to me. He picks me! The fact that he knew I was friends with Cholita probably helped but people thought it was staged, which it totally was not. I see Cholita to on the side of the stage jumping up and down and screaming “That’s my girl!!”.

For those of you who do not know my life goal, it was to sing a duet with Richard Cheese. I am NOT joking. I want to be the female version of him. I adore lounge music, comedy and everything that he encompasses. He asked me if I knew #7. It was Hey Ya but I didn’t feel to comfortable with it so I whispered to him “I know Milkshake” and he said “Oh shit, that is even better” So he held my hand and we rocked it. I was drunk and forgot a little but it didn’t matter.

I got off stage and felt weak in the knees. I know this may not be a big deal to most people but I am the biggest geek in the world with probably the most ridiculous dreams. We chatted with him for a bit after the show, he is seriously the nicest guy ever, but you would never guess that from his persona on stage.

After the show Sofia, Cholita and I headed to Fred 62 for some late night dinner. Where we ran into Richard again. It was packed so we didn’t get to sit with the band but the waitress did come over to us and said “That guy over there wants to pay for your dinner”. Amazing! Richard Cheese bought me dinner.

Next weekend he asked Cholita to perform in Las Vegas with him. If it works out I am going with her to stay at the Hard Rock with the band. I will need someone to host Dr.Sketchy for me but I don’t care, because this is like a once in a lifetime opportunity. And word on the street is that he needs someone to be his booking agent, so if I make friends with him it could be really good for me, since this is what I want to do.

I am not allowed to complain about my life for at least a week, after last night. Seriously, I am on a high that will last for days. I’m no longer sad about the things I was sad about before the show last night because there are great things in my life much bigger than trivial bullshit. 

So it is offical. When Molly Crabapple comes into town I will be putting on a show in her honor and for promotion of her new book Dr.Sketchy's rainy day coloring book.

I booked the M Bar for Thursday March 29th at 10pm. Tickets will be $10.

So far I have half of the dancers booked and the MC is in the works.

I am VERY excited!

Come to this show!

My friend Sam is doing a series of burlesque portraits out doors. He is crazy talented. Check them out!

This is the drawing I made for the costume I need to start working on for Vixen Violette and I. I started the drawing as it just being a sketch and really liked the way it was coming a long so I made it pretty. I wonder if I made prints of it people would buy some. Hmm?

So the LA Time article on Dr. Sketchy LA hit news stands today

You can read it here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-wk-upfront4jan04,1,6942461.story

Only bummer is my name is TOTALLY wrong. It says Kat Bardot (correct) aka Katie Schiff (WRONG) where dd they come up with that name?!

Other good things:

Big Al made THIS of me!



One MORE good thing:

I'm getting a new tattoo tonight AND having dinner w/ Cholita who I have not seen in too long to think about!

So Halloween is my favorite day of the whole year but I don't think I have it in me to go out.

Options:
1.) Bondage Ball at the Henry Fonda
2.) Coffin Case at the Key Club
3.) The WeHo parade
4.) Going to see SAW III w/ who ever wants to tag along then going home to work on costume stuff.

Went to Syren today to get some latex shine. The were having a 50% off sale so I picked up another pair of black latex boyshorts. When I get paid I am totally going back and buying the black latex corset that I have been wanting for quite some time now. I also picked up a brown feathered mask which exactly matches a costume I am currently working on.

I haven't even choreographed my cupcake act yet which is to premier in 10 days! And it is not liek I have time this weekend. My apartment is a disaster and is screaming to be cleaned, Friday night is Nina La Fiammas B-day. I am pretty sure we are going to Lava Lounge for the Bobbie Burlesque show. Sat. I have a photoshoot which I think I need to postpone because later that day I have to walk in a fashion show for XICA Clothing. Sunday I NEED to see Tommy Gunns Freakshow Deluxe at Safari Sams because I have missed him oh so much since he has been away.

Ok, back to work now.

This weekend I had the pleasure of working with dmdm619  Larry AKA Darkman. It took me 3.5 hours in the traffic to get down to his place in El Cajon, a suberb of San Diego. I must admit, at first I was hesitant to travel so far to work with a stranger, al by myself, but as soon as I got there I felt very comfortable and knew it was going to be a good day.

Not only was Larry very professional, he was actually concerned if I felt comfortable with the shoot. Not many photographers care about how a model feels artisitcally or otherwise, most photographers are only conserned with whether they get what they want out of a shoot. He asked me my ideas and I asked him his. I think we both go what we wanted out of our 6 hours of shooting, at least I know I did. I am very pleased with the way the photos came out. It was nice to know he took so much pride in his knowledge of lighting. Often lighting is over looked, but in his case it was the most important element of the shoot, which I found to be very refreshing. I would definatley work with him again and reccommned him to anyone who wants really glamourous pictures.

Here are LOTS of pictures from the shoot.

The 4th Jesus Pill show was absolutely amazing. We sold out before the doors even opened. 210 people! And if you have ever been to the King King then you know it is not a big place. The room was fucking packed! And the crowd was the most responsive crowd we have had yet. Not only were they laughing a lot, but they were shouting things back at the characters which was amazing.

Before every show I grow more and more in awe of The Reverend Tommy Gun. He is seriously one of my favorite performers. He can get the crowd going like no one else that I know. I have seen him hammer a 6 inch steel nail up his nose numerous times and am still 100% intrigued by this act.

Last night was the 1st time all of us atmosphere performers got to do curtain call and it fucking rocked. It felt awesome to have the whole crowd roaring for us. After curtain call alot of middle to older aged women kept coming up to us and telling us how precious we are, how good we look and to keep up the good work because when we hit their age we won't be able to run around half dressed anymore. Ha.

victoria_lane is one of my all time favorite people in L.A. I wish she had a car so we could see eachother more often. (Vic, you know you need a car. Ha.) She is one of the smartest women I have ever met and also one of the hardest workers I know. All of the amazing opportunities that are coming to her right now well deserved.

Our cast party is this Sunday. I am hoping it will give me a chance to get to know some of the cast members better. I think everyone is just so fabulous. Well not everyone, but a fair share of the people I do not know too well yet.

There is speculation that Rolling Stone will be covering our show next week, but I am not going to get my hopes up too high. But that would be killer.

Our free Amoeba Music in-store is this Tuesday, so If you live in or around L.A come check it out. It starts at 7pm. It should be an excellent time.

Ok, that's all for now. I am sure everyone is getting sick of hearing me talk about Jesus Pill, but right now it is my life, and I love it.

Finally remembered to bring my camera to the show the other night. So here are a few pictures of us from our 2nd show, which was COMPLETELY sold out. A mass amount of people were turned away at the door.




The crowd was amazing this week. 50 more people than last show now that LA Times have called us the "Bset show in Hollywood". Polly said that girls kept coming up to her after the show, asking if they could be in it and even told her they had resumes w/ dance experience in the car. Ain't nobody gonna take my job. Don't be jealous.