— October 2005 —
Paul Ford performed at our very first WYSIWYG ("Worst. Sex.
Ever.") in February of '04, before we even started calling it WYSIWYG.
From 2003 until this May, Paul wrote pseudonymous pieces for The Morning News posing as a 22-year-old Williamsburg alt-rocker named Gary Benchley. Benchley's popularity won Paul a book deal and great press from The New York Times.
Might his newfound fame and fortune have something to do with his role in ushering in The Age of WYSIWYG?
With three whole weeks until the next WYSIWYG, we thought perhaps you'd need something to tide you over, a dessert/appetizer of sorts.
Well, WYSIWYG alumna Claudia Cogan is copiloting Becky and Claudia's Supreme Offering this Thursday, October 27th at
8:00 PM. As always it will feature great stand ups, yummy cookies and local irony (can't do a show in Williamsburg without it).
FREE
The Graham Lounge
312 Graham Avenue between Devoe and Ainslie.
Third stop in Brooklyn on the L
Walk south on Graham a block and a half
Between all the candy passed around at last night's WYSIWYG, our own Andy's birthday (okay, it's actually today, but whatever), and the great performances all around, last night might have been the sweetest WYSIWYG yet. Aww! Here's the roundup:
Stories read/performed last night:
* Rachael Parenta
* Liam McEneany
Rundowns/reviews/mentions-in-passing:
* Chris Alonzo
* Ed Hamilton
* Chris Trent (sorry about messing that link up earlier!)
* Liam McEneany
* Aaron
Yeah, not so many this time, and fewer bloggers than usual were spotted in the crowd although we still had a great turnout in spite of the rain. Blogfolk who braved the storm include David, Amnesia, Heather, Douglas, Joe, Frank, and Michelle. As always, if anyone posts anything about the show I'll add the links as soon as I find them, as always.
It's Tuesday! It's gonna be great! It features the largest amount of people named Chris ever assembled on the WYSIWYG stage! Get yer ya-yas out and come see us!
Tuesday, October 25, at 7:30 p.m. at
Performance Space 122
150 1st Ave. at East 9th St.
Tickets: $7 -- for advance purchase, click here or call the P.S. 122 box office at (212) 477-5288
Featuring performances by:
Ed Hamilton
Julia Langbein
Liam McEneaney
Rachael Parenta
Chris Trent
And a musical performance by Chris Alonzo and
his band Ghost Runner.
Catch the only gay Jewish rapper blogger in WYSIWYG history on Saturday, Oct. 22nd as he celebrates the release of his new album, The Lemonade Incident.
First comes soce the elemental wizard flogging his new album, The Lemonade Incident. You can buy a copy on his blog and have him sign it Saturday night at the release party.
That's right--consider yourself on the list.
Seven bucks gets you ten hip hop acts and an audience with soce. That's a good deal, a hefty 1.42857143 hip hop acts per dollar.
The invite tells you all you need to know.
Then comes Monday, October 24th, when Mike Daisey will be headlining SMUT in New York City, a performance series devoted to "subversive, degenerate, erotic, dangerous, high-risk, low brow, and mind-altering material" at Galapagos. He'll be doing his level best to fulfill the promise of all seven of those adjectives.
The show is free, starts at 8pm, and more details are found here.
Mike also has several performances online at the moment, one for free at the BBC (look under October 12th), and a whole series of new extemporaneous stories available through Audible or iTunes.
Tuesday, as you know, is The WYSIWYGville Horror.
You haven't had time to purchase tickets yet? You're not fooling me, cause I can see, the way you shake and shiver.
Do it now, folks.
Finally, on Wednesday, with your pounding post-WYSIWYG hangover, you will stagger over to Bob Powers' How To Kick People, special Halloween edition: HTKP Sleeps With The Lights On.
Joining Bob and Todd to go down to the basement and check on that
noise will be the following scary talents:
- comedian Rena Zager, as seen on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend"
- cartoonist Emily Flake, creator of the alt-weekly comic strip Lulu Eightball
- Music from Pete Fitzpatrick of the band Clem Snide
and startlingly real phantasm footage recorded by How to Kick People's
own resident Ghosthunter. YOU ARE TOTALLY WELCOME!
Check it all out:
Wednesday, October 26th, 7:30 PM
At their brand newish location, Mo Pitkin's House Of Satisfaction
34 Avenue A, (Between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
Admission: $8
Advanced tickets can be gotten right here.
Check it out! WYSIWYG got a half-page article (with an adorable pic of 'WYG performer Emily DePrang) in the latest issue of Curve, the lesboriffic magazine for lebotacious lesbians!
I did this interview a couple of months ago and had totally forgotten about it until a coworker mentioned seeing it, so I'm not sure how much longer the issue's on stands. In other words, pick it up pronto! Click here to read it.
After 40+ weeks of swelling, bloating, humongousness, and countless, ENDLESS pregnancy jokes, our dear Carolyn Castiglia finally decided to let the baby out.
Born at a hefty 8 lbs. 2 oz., Baby Adriana already has her own blog. Her debut at Chicks 'n Giggles is in 12 weeks.
Best wishes to Adriana and Carolyn!
Generally if you want to see three WYSIWYG bloggers sharing the stage, you have come to the monthly show and leave at the intermission, and that's just plain crazy and wasteful. Far more sane would be to check out Jon Friedman, Chelsea Peretti, and Bob Powers in this month's incarnation of (get ready)
THE REJECTION SHOW: Q & A EDITION!!
For those of you still unfamiliar with The Rejection Show, it features comics and cartoonists dishing up their choicest rejected material for your enjoyment.
The Q & A Edition of The Rejection Show will give you, the audience, the opportunity to grill rejectees about their rejected material. You see the rejections and you pose the questions. However, you don't have to ask a question if you don't want to. No one's twisting your arm. This month will feature more performers doing shorter segments forming the first ever REJECTION PANEL!
This month's panel features rejections from "Blind Date," "The Daily Show," "MTV," "Cartoon Network," and more!!
with rejectees:
CHELSEA PERETTI
BOB POWERS
ADAM WADE
NICK KROLL
JULIE KLAUSNER
ADAM MUTTERPERL
ADRIANNE FROST
ADAM COLE-KELLY
&
CAROLITA JOHNSON, SAM GROSS, & MATT DIFFEE
(cartoonists from The New Yorker)
And as usual more fun rejection themed surprises!
THE REJECTION SHOW: Q & A EDITION
October 18, 2005
Performance Space 122 @ 8PM
HOSTED BY JON FRIEDMAN
Still only $7 and NO MORE online fee
GET YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE HERE:
http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/114
or visit the P.S. 122 BOX OFFICE
150 First Avenue
New York, NY 10009
So, New Yorkers, you've probably heard of the strange and sudden meltdown at softcore-punkchick pornsite SuicideGirls.com, but you probably didn't notice that the porno muck was raked by WYSIWYG alum Jose Ralat Maldonado.
Meanwhile, fellow WYSIWYG alum Josh Bernstein now pens a regular
bar column for New York Press.
Internet Porn? Check.
Alcohol? Check.
Rejoice WYSIWYGers! One free periodical now fills all your true needs.
Short notice, folks, but naughty WYSIWYG alumna Hanne Blank will be on a panel tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 8, discussing politically-unpopular books for the Women's National Book Association.
Besides blogging at LiveJournal, Hanne has written steamy erotica that someone actually saw fit to put on paper.
Catch her tomorrow at DANGEROUS BOOKS.
A discussion and Q & A with:
Hanne Blank, Author, Virgin: The Untouched History (Bloomsbury, 2006) and
Unruly Appetites (Seal Press, 2003)
Kim Dower, Kim-from-L.A., Literary & Media Services and Coauthor,
Life Is a Series of Presentations (Fireside, 2005)
Barbara Nitke, President, Camera Club of New York and Author, Kiss of Fire
(Kehrer, 2003); Lead Plaintiff, Nitke vs. Gonzalez
Jeremie Ruby-Strauss, Senior Editor, Kensington Books
Amy Scholder, General Manager, Verso Press
When Wal-Mart won’t stock it, and The New York Times won’t touch it,
how do editors, authors and publicists deal with avant-garde, cutting-edge and politically-unpopular books?
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11
6 – 8 p.m.
Small Press Center
General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 West 44th Street
Admission: Free for WNBA members. $10 for nonmembers; $5 for students w/ID
and Small Press Center members. No RSVP necessary.
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