Feeling Invaded

All week I've felt invaded.  This morning I found holes in the trash--chewed through again (!!!)--and just now I saw a roach run out from under the kitchen table.  This has been an ongoing problem--one which runs arbitrarily alongside my cleaning schedule.  So much for Mr. Clean.

But the pests aren't the worst source of anxiety.  I've over-extended my working space so that it's taken up every plausible surface in my bedroom.  Last night I slept with some strips of cardboards beside me because that was the only place for them to dry.  

I've always loved that line from the Christmas story in the Bible that goes something like "And they laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn."  To me that's such an exciting image because it's both poignant and practical.  You totally could put a baby in a manger--it's such a no brainer when you consider it in retrospect.

Anyhow, for all of the romantic yearnings I feel towards resourcefulness--creative uses of space, especially--I can admit that it's hard living without my reading chair and the corner that I consider the "living" part of my bedroom.

**All said and done I'm really excited to show off the stuff I'm making.  It's going to be a really good show August 16 (10p.m. @ Dixon Place).  I'm keeping it a secret but it's going to be a lot of fun.  Check it out for sure!  

OH!!!  And we need a videographer.  Anyone want to make a few extra bucks and eat as many cupcakes as you can handle???

Baby's First Commercial

So this is more of a study of lady liberty than anything else.  But I'll let the the lady speak for herself.  Post-feminism should take this opportunity to speak for herself as well, IF this so-called lady, in fact, exists.  Ahem.  

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Hello, darkness, my old friend.   

This is on the DL, so don't tell anybody else on the world wide web, but imichigannewyork is thinking about having a fashion show in America's fashion epicenter: Saginaw, MI (a depiction as "backyard" at some New York City Knights of Columbus Hall or New Museum equivalent.)   We're thinking of inviting Olympia, Washington's Abigail Adams and ourselves to present fashion.  Take a look at some of the fashion in the video and tell me whether or not your kid wouldn't wear that to a night out on the town---like a play and and an after-theatre walk through the park.  

If you know of any designers you think could jive with imichigannewyork, give us a little UGH! and we'll checkmout, ifyaknowhatahmsayin.

I post on Mondays,

Erin

Penny for your thoughts

After the show last Saturday I carried home this bag of pennies.  There was other stuff that got swept up, too.  My favorite was a piece of paper with a phone number, signed "XO".

You can see in this picture there was a muffin wrapper, a shoelace, but mostly if was lots of rubber shavings from the astroturf (the lawn costume).

Speaking of the lawn costume, THANKS A MILLION to Dave who volunteered to wear it.  

For anyone who hasn't seen The Curse, we have a set that's "played" by actors.  There's a tree that's played by a guy (Timothy) in a tree costume and a lawn played buy a guy in a lawn costume.  (I originally envisioned this as my dream role, but about halfway through the first episode I could feel my ligaments tearing from laying in such an unbearable position for so long.)  Luckily we found a replacement last time... thanks again to Dave for being such a good sport.  

Theoretically it's still my dream role to be some kind of non-speaking, non-moving, unacknowledged object on stage.  I'm going to keep building weird stuff until I find something that really works for me.  In the meantime I'm designing some collapsable bird houses and an indoor sprinkler system.

In case you missed the show last Saturday (July 19) --or if you're planning to see it on the 16th-- the aforementioned pennies were part of the costume I wore.  There was about $60 in pennies hot glued to my suit and it weighed about a million pounds.  A million and a half once I put on the tie.

I don't want to give away the surprise... but for the next show I'm expanding the penny suit idea and on Aug. 16th  there will be lots more money that people can win and I promise that SOMEBODY is going to pop out of a giant SOMETHING OR OTHER.

That's all I'm going to say... you'll have to see it to believe it anyways.

The Curse! This Weekend.

This is our 2nd Summer pilot episode. Please join us either in person or on the web at www.cbs-fm.org


The Big Apple's newest addition to the late-night talk show sector, Hardy Dardy (Erin Markey-- Sex Workers Art Show, Guggenheim, Joe's Pub), hosts a monthly star-studded talk show live from his Bay City, MI backyard (in the living room of Dixon Place)! The Curse ISN'T just a live yak fest--it's also an audio webcast that streams live on Cupcake Broadcast Studios. (www.cbs-fm.org.) The show takes live callers from all over the world! If you're a fan of the Late Show, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Sigfried and Roy, and This Old House, look no further--The Curse has it all. Magic, Jokes, Stars, Talking Recliners, and Plenty of Tools! This Saturday, July 19, will feature performances and live interviews with "Mastermind of Bizarre Extravaganza" Darlinda Just Darlinda, Ching Chong Song--the band TimeOut says has "enough chutzpah to fill Carnegie Hall," "The Larry Flynt of Avant-Cabaret" Erin Markey, and Ryan Fitz Gibbon, MetroNY featured blogger and writer. If that isn't enough, come for the bratwurst, hot off the grill, and cupcakes straight from the oven.

The Curse with Hardy Dardy and Special Guests
Conceived and written by Erin Markey
A collaboration with Cupcake Broadcast Studios
Set Design by Bryan Heyboer and Erin Markey
Set Construction by Bryan Heyboer
an imichigannewyork production

Saturdays, July 19 and August 16 @ 10pm
Dixon Place in conjunction with the HOT! Festival
258 Bowery
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012
BDFV to Broadway-Lafayette, FV to Second Avenue, JMZ to Bowery, NRW to Prince, 6 to Spring

For tickets:
(he's a sell-out kinda guy, so i'd buy in advance if I were you.)
$15 general admission/ $12 students and seniors
(212) 219-0736
www.dixonplace.org

To Call In LIVE:
646-810-8636
www.cbs-fm.org

Saturday, July 19th at 10pm The Curse: Art Van's Christmas in July Sponsored by: Potato Chips A Summer without Santa is like a Winter without Santa.
Ching Chong Song--the band TimeOut says "has enough chutzpah to fill Carnegie Hall!"
Darlinda Just Darlinda- the artist the Village Voice calls, "a mastermind of bizarre extravaganza!" Her culminating end-of-year-in-rainbow interview!
Ryan Fitz Gibbon- writer and creator of Metro-NYC-featured blog, Web Diversions (http://webdiversions.blogspot.com/)!
M&M's 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Float-- an interview with the scandalous float, forced to retire in 2005 after assaulting two sisters!
Becky O' Connor -- Kelly Clarkson's Youtube protege!
Erin Markey -- the artist the Harvard Crimson calls, "puckish," "sultry," and "sacreligious!"
Erin Markey 60 Years From Now-- the artist who, according to the New York Times, "masterfully reinvented the wheel of reverse voyeurism!"
Neeno! -- eh culnendee steh!
Molly Dardy -- Loving Wife and Mother of Three!


Saturday, August 16th at 10pm The Curse: It's That Birthday Time of the Month Sponsored by: Potato Chips Celebrating Birthdays, but mostly August Birthdays.

La John Joseph-- the artist the Village Voice calls a "gender provocateur" and Next Magazine calls a "boylesque wunderkind!"
Kyra Johannesen-- the choreographer Erin Markey 60 Years From Now calls, "The love-child of Jerome Robbins and the Supremes' song "Love Child"!"
Thain Torres and Raven Melissa-- Witches that claim to be able to put a spell on The Curse! The Genet and Shannon Doherty of Wicca!
Madonna-- The Mother of our Lord and Savior, 90's Pop Music!
Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon -- The Daughter of the Mother of our Lord and Savior, 90's Pop Music! The Sister of 90's Pop Music!
Erin Markey-- the artist her brother, Sean Markey, said "is too bossy" on Thanksgiving 1993!
Becky O' Connor -- the Cinderella of 8-hit Wonders!
Erin Markey 60 Years From Now -- the artist Vogue Magazine says "is the biggest resurrection of the rocky marriage of haute couture fashion and fast food since Ronald McDonald!"
Neeno! --mmm, ehn treilee deh rehneld!
Molly Dardy -- Loving Wife and Mother of Three!