Harvesters in the Pacific Northwest

In early November I followed my friends on a mushroom foraging trip outside of Seattle. We came back with baskets brimming with chanterelles and lobster mushrooms. Sadly I had to jump in the van and head down the highway to Portland. Bridge and Calvin, what did you make for dinner that night?

Before the roof was compost bin

Roofing Dreamers

Last week we spent an incredible time with something
we had been wanting to do for many months. We went
onto the roof of a store in Braddock near Pittsburgh and
started to repair the roof. Megan, Dean, Dana, Ginger
and Emma, all working out how to do this for the first
time, with help from local friends Joel, Kristin and Tony.
We took off part of the existing roof, and added new
parts and joined new part to old parts. We worked on
the rafters and the beams, which support the roofing
materials.

Whoa, Amsterdam

Wanderlust, wandering, walking and getting lost and finding oneself on the way home 11:30 pm in front of a fuschia sign with a man/woman/tranny symbol reading "Same Place" the club where we were maybe going to meet a friend. Latin night at the Sex Club. Bed Booths with paper towels and big pump bottles of sanitizer or lube? Basement with two beautiful leather slings (we need one for Lez Com, ok?) vinyl beds, strange angled corner made into a cell, oh and a smoking room upstairs with a window to look in at the two men there (straight, sadly) wanking and smoking. The Sunday of each month was women's S/M but no longer? We were wishing it were more queer. I was wishing for a Girl Monster night hosted by Steiner. And back at home I fell asleep getting off while thinking about humiliating the guy who wouldn't leave me alone at the bar.

Manchester, The Deaf Institute

This is an ample stage, how I like
and more space is always welcome

London

The candle that melted and clogged the bathroom sink !
We fixed it sans plumber






handful on the ferry to Dover

Metz, France

Old, Old Hotel
phone in the toilet
mechanic shoe shining kiosk, i used it

After a show at a cafe that looked like open mic night
After a disaster soundcheck where our beats and bass were too much for the system
And a full sheet of sheet metal curled off the wall like a wave and knocked one of the speakers to the ground, narrowly missing Michael

Mülheim

Our show in Mülheim was at AZ Mülheim, an anarchist compound rented from the city, with a heavy queer contingent. We slept in a room filled with bunkbeds which led me to some serious fantasies, scouting the audience for possible players. No takers. It was just us, the band, in bunks. And see the below the bounty presented to us in the garden for breakfast. That's guacamole, salsa, fried tofu strips and sprouts, yes it is best breakfast thus far.










Got back the Leather Daddy cap, Mongolian boots--delivered from Lyon to Paris, and the Peace suspenders never lost. Some others replaced. Others, we are still waiting.

Gay Power in Freiburg!

At our third show in Freiburg, a small town with many students, but not many queers, a room of strangers turned into a gay dance party. The opening band Sons des Disco told us about their old show where they would makeout with one another on stage. So during our set we asked them to join us, and here is the documentation of the night.