My brother Seth and I are starting a new listening night at Sloans Tavern. It is called Luna Lunes and we will only be playing songs with women's voices in them. Think Siouxsie, Debbie, Patti,Joan (s), The Knife, Nite Jewell, Desire, Cece Peniston, Mariah, Yo Majesty, JJ, Dawn Penn, Micachu, PJ, Enya, The Breeders, Laurie Anderson, old Hole,etc. etc....there is so much out there to play and hear!
We take requests.

We hope you can join us for the first installment, this Monday, May 3rd, from 8-12. It is FREE. Sloan's has wine, beer, liquor, soda, food, and perhaps the most amazing decor of any barthis side of the rockies. Sloan's Tavern is located at 36 N Russell Street.

(I am going to tell you why I continue to organize these sorts of feminist and/or creative events and things, for little or no money, and for no tangible or capitalistic sort of reward. It is because a couple of years ago I became hell-bent on creating my own reality. This took the form of events, projects, musics, words, and art that celebrate and explore many things, namely community, love, trust, feminism, art history, personal narratives, alternative realities, metaphysics, and more.

If there was something I wanted to see happen, that I did not see going on in my immediate reality, I attempted to create it, usually with other awesome people involved. (no one is an island) This is how Art Party came about, with the incredible Jenny Hoyston. This is how bands came about, with collaborations from talented genius musicians such as Haley Weiner, Timmy Straw, Sarah Dougher, Jenstar, sts, and Radio Sloan. This is how art shows came about, with the help of awesome curators and friends May from Stumptown/Nationale, and Emily Baker/Sword and Fern, and my muses and collaborators Seth Gottesdiener, Kaetlin Kennedy, Dexter Flowers, Katerina Llanes, and others.

Other friends/musicians/artists that I adore and love and that are so supportive, nurturing, all around helpful as inspirations and individuals creating their own bodies of work have included my mom, Steve Gevurtz, Susan Ploetz, Lacy Davis, Lake Perriguey, Jackie Davis, Mike McGonigal, Jen Kovach, Helen Reed, Hannah Miami, Leilani Rosa, Philip Iosca, Matthew Stadler, JP Jenkins, Billy Von Raven, Nikki Browning, Sini A, Wes Younie, Michelle Calvert, Billy Von Raven, Sharon Inahara, Manny Reyes/Tim Ferrell/Atole guys, Aaron Montaigue + Laura Johnson, Josh Berger and Tiffany Lee Brown, Cubby Berk, Shakir Najib, Casey Minitrea, Jen Oleson, Kathleen Keogh, Jeremy Pelley, and many many others. I have a lot of respect for these individuals and for their brilliant talents and projects. They are also really quality human beings doing the best they can in a world where being so kind, earnest, and sweet is not always immediately rewarded.

This is a very empowering thing to do, I feel, to love and create external projects and moments with love and hope. Nothing ever works out how you plan in life, even events or projects that you are at the helm of. It doesn't always or hardly ever look how you wished it would. But you don't have the right to complain if you aren't doing anything about your desires for equality and creative freedom, and the more I do, the less I find myself complaining.

We're all so blessed and so lucky.