Guess who's back from TOUR? Miss cindy survived half the summer driving a band around. Probably the best cure for anyone who thinks a boy in a band is the way to go. We spent our Sat. night going to a party in Echo Park with our pal Ravi. He took most the pictures (tons and tons ) which I've chosen to edit. Afterwards we went to a late night Thai place til the wee hours of the night.
Fran woke me up for the early farmer's market Sunday ritual. A mere 4 hours of sleep was all that was had. Check out the new pom pom flowers she scored. Later we ate a nice Chinese meal with her folks visiting from Oakland
Have you ever considered that fate may have done you wrong? Ever ponder why you weren't cast in the role opposite your favorite lead? Sometimes I like to daydream what it would be like to cohabitate with the best of my list of quirky faces. Or maybe lay on a couch and play a board game with one of my crushes. Perhaps utilizing the aid of a time machine, and a lot of fantasy- I can imagine what it could be like. I think this idea has recently come to me because I've spent the past few nights watching CONTROL and JOY DIVISION. I have a sort of peculiar crush on ian curtis. I want to go back in time and rescue him. I think of it often. I've never seen a man dance better in my life. Music seemed to put him in a trance, and without the aid of drugs- made him appear spastic and wild. That intensity in his eyes when he was singing, struck such power. I get a tense throbbing emotional response in my gut when I hear that heavy sound.
He's been described as being from another world, shy and yet when the light was upon him on stage...very much like he was plugged into huge electrical voltage.
I am drawn to this sensitive soul and I nearly cave in- when I hear New Order sing :
Walk in silence,
Don't walk away, in silence.
See the danger,
Always danger,
Endless talking,
Life rebuilding,
Don't walk away.
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Here's my odd list of fantasy folks- and the time period I wish I could pluck them out of so we could hang out (or make out):
They are not in any order of preference:
1. Griffin Dunne : circa AFTER DARK. (to die for dark hair and eyes-plus neurotic energy)
2. Sam Riley : As his character playing Ian Curtis in CONTROL
3. Rob Lowe: circa St. Elmos Fire (eyeliner-prep school blazers, and a sax) who am I kidding I'd take him circa CLASS, or About Last Night too. Although my favorite lines in St. Elmo's Fire are always his- like the scene where he approaches a girl at the bar and asks if she wants to get outta there and she replies :"But I'm here with some girlfriends..." and he says "That's ok, this face seats 5"
4. Elliot Gould: Circa- The Long Goodbye. Ah, those curls- that sass
5. Ewan McGregor:circa Trainspotting and or Velvet Goldmine (ahhhh)
6.John Taylor circa Planet Earth
7. Adam Ant: circa Stand and Deliver
8. River Phoenix: Circa My Own Private Idaho or I LOVE YOU to DEATH
9. Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter or Annie Hall
10. Johnny Depp (anytime, anyplace, any era, wearing anything, or nothing)
11. Aidan Quinn: circa Reckless (OMG sex scenes never looked so good in H.S.) also a keeper in Desperately Seeking Susan. WATCH this til the spaz dance scene-way cool
12. Nicholas Cage **ONLY as Randy -- the only good time for him- VALLEY GIRL circa '82
(you've seen enough of these images lately)
13. Matt Dillon: circa OVER THE EDGE (or Little DArlings): quote from his first movie: "A kid who tells on another kid, is a dead kid." classic
Of course wouldn't turn him away in Outsiders, Rumblefish or Drugstore Cowboy
14. Jeremy Davies :Spanking the Monkey- (I know it's a sketchy one)
15. Malcolm McClaren : CLOCKWORK ORANGE
16. James Franco- the Freaks and Geeks era
15 Robert Downey Jr. : Weird Science
16 James Spader: the early years- TUFF TURF
17. James Dean : Rebel without a Cause (or East of Eden) When he screams- "I've got the bullets" or "You're tearing me apart!" My best friend and I in high school were obsessed with him. We celebrated his birthday, honored his death day, and decorated our rooms with poster of him.
18. Mark Ruffalo: You Can Count on Me, or of course XX/XY. He has that boy next door appeal. I like the way his acting doesn't seem like acting.
19. Leonardo Dicaprio (I know, I know...the surprise on the list?) I can't help it. It's something about the Scorpio/Italian thing. I liked him in This Boy's Life/ and Basketball Diaries. The lean years.
Look at them side by side...
20. the best for last: George Harrison- the psychedelic years
As I was sitting here posting that last blog, I felt my bed slightly sway. Sometimes when Georgie is scratching himself or playing it moves like that, but it got stronger and then I noticed my t.v. almost falling off it's stand, and then heard something glass fall in the kitchen. Georgie Boy came bolting in the room with a look of panic. I was trying to hold my mirror and my t.v. at the same time. The news says it was a 5.6 magnitude. Being on the 4th floor of a 1920's building makes me pretty optimistic, my room sways when a big truck goes down the block. Definitely a wake-up call to secure the valuables and get rid of more knick knacks. Nothing worse than being killed by a creepy owl or glass knick knack huh?
It's strange cause Cynthia, Fran and I were just talking about earthquakes last night- the power of thought.
My heart is still racing. I'm gonna get a QUAKE kit together for the future. The rolling feeling leaves a certain hummmmm in your torso.
Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted. Been working like crazy and also trying to get my website slightly updated. I've had kimebuzzelli.com for years and years and have yet to do anything with the domain name. It takes forever to catch up when you get that far behind.
So for the new updates:
Here's the new press release for the comic I worked on
Swindle & Zune Arts present "The Lost Ones"
30 Days of Night’s author, Steve Niles, collaborates with illustrators Dr. Revolt, Morning Breath, Kime Buzzelli and Gary Panter to bring you a graphic novel that will challenge what you think about time and space travel.
Duncan, Roxy, Cynthia and Rasheed just want to have a little intergalactic fun. But what starts out as a harmless day of extreme planet jumping turns into a mind-blowing, white-knuckle race for their lives to get back home. Only problem is, home is no longer where they left it. And the alien race, hell-bent on destroying them, isn’t getting any friendlier.
Pick up your FREE copy & get it signed by the Artists!
Thursday - July 31st - 7-10 PM
7522 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Artists Present: Steve Niles and Kime Buzzelli
Saturday - August 2nd - 4-6 PM
Quimby's
1854 West North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Artists Present: Gary Panter & Dr. Revolt
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Then I have the invite to pass on for my show with artist Phoebe Fisher in Chicago August 8th
and lastly: This saturday at the SHOW PONY:
My friend Toni is doing an installation show at the shop from 7-10ish. She is an interesting lady with lots of creative friends. I can't wait to see how she transforms the space.
Here's some part 2 Photos from NYC. I extended my trip to stay til Monday. Sort of crazy, but necessary. I ended up dancing more in the last two days then I have here in L.A in the past 5 months. My legs are covered in bruises and every inch of my toes is decorated with blisters. Walking for miles in heels and then prancing around the dance floor will get you plenty. Sweating in a crowd of Italians and kicking your heels up in the air while dancing in a circle won't help either. I am proud to say that I managed to function on 9 hours of sleep in 4 days. We all had some good city boy "crushes" too. There's nothing like some summer fun flirting and barely getting home before the sun shows its face.
Lots of good drinks went down the hatch while in the Big Apple. Check out this lovely chai latte with pretty layers.
met some boys at a place called DADDY's around 3:30 a.m.
We started the evening watching Apes and Androids in Williamsburg and A Place to Bury Strangers
So much cool Street ART here. Jeaneen and I spied some cool Judith Supine art plastered on walls around the city.
Jeaneen's gradeschool pal Tara was DJing at Union Pool, so we headed to location dance spot #2
After Enid's, Jeaneen and I wandered to find 4:30 a.m. pizza slices. It was sort of funny to stumble upon an entire Brooklyn block with zombie like people clutching their pizza, sitting on stairs eating slices. As we found the only cab around, we invited a cute young shaggy hair guy to ride with us. He was wearing the same uniform that Adam Ant may have had on circa 1984. He said he was "new" to NYC. If we weren't so tired, perhaps we would have taken him home.
IT was daylight when we hit home. Promptly at 10 a.m., Jo woke us up for the Sunday flea market.
We decided to check out the Williamsburg Italian Carnival! Lots of colorful rides and sausage stands. My people, all sweaty singing and dancing in the streets
ran into Derin and his lady Ellie there
we found out that Fran's new friend who hung out with us a few days was born the same day and year as her! Scorpio power
check out that lower ab tattoo: that's right it says "SUCK HERE"
There's nothing like zero sleep in NYC most of your stay, then partying for 12 hours before getting straight on a plane, finally finding your bed and crashing...only to wake up to THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN. The movie that made me want to cut off all my hair, reconsider my sexuality, and want to drive around like an outlaw. This movie is summer 80's style for me. I want to put on my thrashed boots and baggy high waisted shorts with four belts and march through my neighborhood looking for fun. There are crazy scenes where she has on those 85' style baggy pants like Bananarama street urchin. Cool bolero ties and denim torn vests. Skimpy and yet strong.
The movie came out in the 80's, and I was mesmerized by it. I remember thinking that over and over, "She's so cool, she's so cool".
The premise of the movie is that Billie Jean's brother (played by a super young Christian Slater) has his scooter taken by a local bully/brat and they trash it. She just wants them to get it fixed, or replaced by the bully's dad. She goes to his tourist shell shop to ask for the money owed to them- the creepy dad tries to make a move on her, refuses to pay her, and her brother panics and pulls the gun out of the register and shoots the guy in the arm. Billie Jean and her pals end up on the run.
The movie then takes an interesting turn, as she becomes sort of a hero, martyr, celebrity. She ends up hacking off all her hair like Joan of Ark. Because this movie was way before the insane media obsession, it sort of is an early look at how media can spin something and make someone "famous". Girls who see her on the news chanting "FAIR IS FAIR" start cutting their hair like her and dressing with one earring. The soundtrack features Billy Idol during a scene where she is outrunning the cops to REBEL YELL and many scenes where Pat Benatar is playing as random fans of her give her rides to escape. I especially love when the cops ask her pal Putter, "Where is Billie Jean?" and she replies "She's everywhere."
There's a lot of good action, fashion and corny 80's sayings
"I think she is the toughest thing to happen out there." as said by a fan
I always sort of had a crush on Peter Coyote in this too. He had that concerned "investigator suit" look and Texas accent.
My friends and I would lay around in the summer and watch this over and over.
"The film was expected to be a big hit, especially with the MTV crowd, as evidenced by the immediate heavy rotation of its theme song, "Invincible" by Pat Benatar, which peaked at number four on America's Top Forty; however, its reviews were poor, and it only grossed approximately US$3.5 million.
The film's only home video release as of 2007 was on pan & scan VHS in 1985 and has yet to be released on DVD." (wikipedia)
For those of you who have never seen it: the taglines on the poster said:
When you're seventeen, people think they can do anything to you. Billie Jean is about to prove them wrong.
The last thing she ever expected was to be a hero.
There's nothing like the smell of NYC in the summer. Incredible heat beating on the pavement, a wave of humidity clinging to your curls, and a nice Italian Carnival in Williamsburg.
Microsoft put me up at a nice boutique hotel, while I'm staying here for the comic book signing. Upon landing in the city, I headed straight for Brooklyn and my girl pals waiting. Straight to some bars and dragging ourselves back to my hotel around 4a.m. My friends really know how to flapper out
Lots of makeout couples in the city
I didn't get a picture of her, but darling New Yorker Ginny Branch came out for the signing in a fab flapper frock. I also met awesome fan: Joey at the signing
I sat next to genius artist Gary Panter for the signing. You may remember him for his PEE WEE's Playhouse art. He upped the standard "book signing" by not only asking each and every fan what their name was- but then he would write it down and ask them what animal they wanted him to draw. Pretty accommodating huh? Then he would sign his name and the date. How do I follow that?
This cutie came by with the LULA mag I illustrated and wanted me to sign it. She also brought me a pair of earrings she made! Weirdly enough they perfectly matched every color in my kookoo dress
After the signing I jetted over to my friend's place, to meet her beautiful new kid and see her dangle on her trapeze. She had the perfect summer one-sie on.
Saw this rad wine store window with creepy Doll diorama. I had to show you guys. Lots of doll getting down with picnics and partying
I love this crazy cat wall
We saw this guy on Ludlow pee all over himself. It was pretty grim. Right after he did, he mumbled "How you doing?"
We ended up out til 4:30. The only women (fresh meat) in a dingy bar on the lower east side. If I had a dollar for every guy who sat down with a bad line I may have enough to afford my cab fare while here. But there were some nice ones who bought us some shots and entertained us. The D.J. was playing Romeo Void when we entered the bar, and kept the good hits going- by Sonic Youth-, LUSH, Bowie, Richard Hell etc...
Rachel, Fran and I ended up crashing in my hotel bed that night and sleeping til check-out at noon.
Well, summertime Lion's Cut has made it's debut, Mr. Georgie Boy a.k.a. Boo Boo-licious is a bit cooler. Unfortunately he suffered a couple of cuts along the way. His serious pair of gashes are under the arm, but I'm told they should heal up fine. He has not left my bed, nor the bedroom since. This new hairdoo has made him somehow more lazy. Is that possible? I mean, how can I come back as a persian cat in my next life. They have it made. Did I mention that his head somehow has grown to gargantuan proportions since the trim?
There is nothing more exciting than grabbing all of your pillows, a blanket and bag of snacks and heading to a cemetery with friends to see your favorite 80's movie. Should I simply say favorite movie of all time? Of course Annakim snuck in early like a ninja and secured the best seats on the lawn. I swear she is touched by an angel, or just crazy in the art of "cutting" in line. While the rest of us stayed waiting in the long long line. On the inside they were playing the best songs, like YAZ Mr. Blue, Tears for Fears-Mad World, Age of Consent by New Order etc...
This was Jeaneen and I as the cemetery got dark, giddy with anticipation...
This is what we looked like after we realized STACEY (Heidi Holicker) was sitting on the BLANKET next to us!! That's right, Stacey (Julie from the movie's BEST FRIEND!!) She has so many amazing lines in the movie- I'm like freaking out!
YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON THESE FOR THE WHOLE IMAGE:
She looked so incredible! Can't believe she starred in this in 1983! When I mentioned this she said "Well I never got married and never had kids!"
The fountain of youth revealed.
"Stacey" even passes some cookies our way from her blanket. She told us some cool insider tidbits of trivia too. She said most of the clothes were her own, and that she was the only actress really from the valley of the main girls.
As soon as the movie started, I felt anxious. I was going to be watching my all time favorite film on a cemetery lawn outside with ton of people. The purple sky lit up the palm trees in the distance and everyone settled into their pillows and snacks. It felt like hundreds of cozy beds lined up at a mega drive in. I couldn't help but look occasionally at "Stacey" whenever one of her scenes played. There was a sweet look of awe on her face, perhaps from the overwhelming fans and the magic of watching it so big with stars above. She shyly held her head in her hands while she laid on blanket near us, a smile on her face.
Although this may sound corny, something super nostalgic happened while watching. I had this feeling that my chest might burst with a powerful emotional surge. Hearing a MILLION Miles AWAY like a time capsule. Every scene as strong as they were the first time I watched them on my friend Samantha's couch in high school. (her parents owned a Video Cassette movie place in the 80's!) I kept thinking that even though this was shot in the 80's, this is the way you want things to be. You want strange boys from another school, to invade your dull house party and drag you to Hollywood and show you a side of town that is scary and exciting. You want to stay out all night making out in a car, and have the time of your life, see things you've only read about in books. Do men even fight for affection anymore? Strange how this film embodies my ideal romance. Viv told me that today it's called "stalking", ha ha.
I just loved that during the scene where Randy gets kicked out of the party and decides to turn the car around go back for that dazzling chick Julie...when he says something like: Who was that guy? I mean I was doing alright with that chick, I dig her-she likes me -Screw it were going back- No one's gonna tell me who I'm gonna score with...EVERYONE screamed and cheered in the cemetery crowd.
Stacey (Heidi) gave Lincoln a sweet kiss on the cheek
The best way a movie can end-
How can I top this!?
This past Saturday my friend Fran called to tell me she saw an interesting sign on the way to work. It said " ANTIQUES ART SMUT"
Hmmm. Smut. the word means: Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way.
Tis true that little four letter word carries a lot of "dirty".
So David and I ventured up there, and the house delivered. The view from the top of the hill was amazing and all of the built ins and stained glass were lovely and crafty.
IT was a pretty class act. Tons and tons of pastel portraits of lovely voluptuous ladies in the 50's. Boxes of doilies, textiles, nudie postcards, and gadgets (crystal doorknobs etc...)that would make any collector swoon.
I immediately ran over to a bookshelf adorned with creepy pastel portraits, presumably old film stars and snatched them up. Something about them reminded me of Elizabeth Peyton's style. Click on them to see all of the picture
these are some of the cool old pics I scored too...some are risque so don't BLUSH
here's the man behind the house:
and the crazy poetry book he wouldn't part with, for any price...
Fran got this crazy king kong nudie pic
who do you call to join you at a bonanza sale like this? Mr. J.T. the collector of postcards and doilies
do you like old knives, doorknobs, rifles, tiffany lamps and 1920's painted hangtags? I scored some sweet old flapper dinner tags. So cute!
The sale was going on til 1:00 a.m. and some of other pals got some cool loot
I found out that the photographer of these used to take all these so that he could later paint them. He seems to like girls sitting on things, like food and stuffed animals. Strange fetish?
I have to confess I am pretty lucky. Waking up next to this exotic fluffball has proven to be quite the mood lifter. This morning I opened my eyes to spy Georgie sprawled out like this.
I haven't been sleeping too well lately, so at 7 a.m. I decided to walk around the Echo Park lake. The Lotus Festival is going on this weekend. Crazy to think this is the 9th one for me since I've lived around here. Sadly the Lotus Flowers have not sprouted the past few years. This lake features paddle boats, a magnificent fountain, bridge, and has been seen in countless movies.
(Move over Carrie Bradshaw, there's a new book signing in town.)
If you are in the Big Apple and want to come and meet up with me, I will be going to NYC on July 16th til the 19th for my ZUNE ARTS Graphic Novel signing.
The actual signing is :
Date: Thursday July 17, 2008
Time: 4:00 – 6:00pm
Location:
Midtown Comics – Times Square
200 W 40th Street (Corner of 7th Avenue)
New York, NY 10018
212-302-8192
http://www.midtowncomics.com/
Also in attendance are my collaborating artists Dr. REVOLT, Morning BREATH, and GARY Panter. This should be fun. I will expect some entertaining around the city, some nice outdoor cafe chats, some late night dancing, and some sight seeing tours orchestrated by you! Did I mention I am on the same flight as my gal pal photographer Jeaneen? and that Fran will also be there at the same time!? And that they gave me a HOTEL room? That spells trouble.
If you need to contact me, I have a new cell phone number too! You can email me to get that info- at showpony@earthlink.net
Then in AUGUST... I will be flying to CHICAGO to do an art show with artist Phoebe Fisher in WICKER PARK. The actual show is called SPELLBOUND, named after her favorite Siouxie S. song, and is on AUGUST 8th Friday. The space is called Heaven Gallery.
Heaven Gallery is a non- profit art gallery devoted to exhibiting the work
of new and emerging artists. In 1997 David Dobie established Heaven in the Flat
Iron Building in Wicker Park, Chicago. In July 2000, the gallery moved across
the street to its current location, 1550 north Milwaukee.
So if you live near Chicago- try to venture out to see me there!
I am loving my summer art travels, and hope to run into friends along the way.
I will be showing all new art work as well as selling off one of kind handprinted and painted t-shirts.
I thought I'd share this picture of my mother at age 17 (pictured with her younger sister and brother) She just found this and emailed it to me. This was taken in 1965, and she loved the BEATLES and was taking Beauty School Classes. She would tease her hair and roll it up into a bee-hive.
She and my father were neighbors.
Well, someone is smiling down on me today. I just found out that my all time favorite movie VALLEY GIRL is being screened next Sunday at the Cemetery! Sweet. I think saying I've seen this movie 550 times might scare some people. I have always said that Valley Girl is the most romantic movie ever made. Sure, there are others, but for me it's all about Randy and Julie.
It's a modern day 80's Romeo and Juliet. The scene where he waits in the bathroom for her is "truly dazzling"
the tagline: She's cool. He's hot. She's from the Valley. He's not.
The cool recap on wikipedia is this:
Julie Richman is a Valley Girl who seems to have it all; good looks, popularity, and a handsome Valley dude boyfriend, Tommy. However, she has grown tired of Tommy's disrespect and arrogance towards her. At the end of a shopping trip with her friends (Stacey, Suzi, and Loryn), Julie runs into Tommy and breaks up with him, returning his I.D. bracelet.
That night, at a party at Suzi's house, Julie locks eyes with Randy, a Hollywood punk who has crashed the party with his friend Fred. They hit it off well, but a jealous Tommy, who had tried to bed Loryn earlier that night, and his cronies throw Randy and Fred out. Randy eventually returns to Suzi's house, sneaks inside, and hides, waiting for Julie to cross his path. When she does, he convinces her to leave the party with him. Julie brings a very reluctant Stacey along for the ride with Randy and Fred into Hollywood. Fred introduces himself by saying, Hi, I'm Fred. I like tacos and '71 Cabernet. My favorite color is magenta. While at Randy's favorite nightclub, Julie and Randy find their attraction to each other growing and share a kiss, as Stacey continually rebuffs Fred's advances.
Julie's blossoming romance with Randy disgusts her friends, simply because Randy is not from the Valley. They threaten Julie with the loss of her popularity and their friendship if she continues to date Randy. Julie goes to her father, an aging 60's era hippie, for advice. Mr. Richman kindly tells her that she should follow her heart, reminding her that it is what is inside a person that counts.
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The soundtrack is radical and the clothes are to die for. I remember in high school paying this guy money to record all of the songs from the movie on a mix tape, because the soundtrack was out of print and nearly impossible to find.
I know that my future husband will be in the crowd for sure. Any man who adores Valley Girl has me at "hello" (scheid romance reference).
They even have a drinking game while watching VALLEY GIRL,
Drink Every Time . . .
1. Anyone mentions how hot Tommy is
2. Anyone makes out - make it a double for bare breasts
3. Julie's parents true hippie-ness comes out
4. Randy goes to his club
5. Anyone gets into a physical fight
6. The Valley Girls give Julie crap about dating Randy
7. Julie mulls over whether she should choose Randy or Tommy
AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET WASTED . . .
Anyone uses a Valley Girl-ism, i.e., "Fer Sher!" or "Totally!"
MY FAVORITE SCENE!!
directed by martha coolidge (1983, 93 mins)
gates at 7:30pm. film at 9:00pm.
$10 donation tickets available at gate.
dj chris curtis spins before and after the screening
hollywood forever cemetery: 6000 santa monica boulevard at gower
The night before I left town, Miss Jennifer Brandt Taylor (author and Vintage PRO) had her debut BOOK signing in Hollywood. We strolled up at the very end of event, and were lucky to score a copy and have it signed in GOLD.
The amazing book fea
Fran woke me up for the early farmer's market Sunday ritual. A mere 4 hours of sleep was all that was had. Check out the new pom pom flowers she scored. Later we ate a nice Chinese meal with her folks visiting from Oakland
