Re: Bruised Soul - A new LUVeR Show! (Kirk)

Hey Frank,

I thought you might appreciate the attached "bruised soul" poem.

Peace,

Kirk

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hey, Kirk! Thanks!

Btw, you in all your forms /bands are in our new music channel, FRANK'S DEEP ROOTS MUSIC CHANNEL. It is the collection of my personal favorite music [unlike on LUVER where we play everything without my personal tastes controlling things].

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

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kirk's poem:

STREET PORTRAIT: Two Versions

Oakland, CA

I.

Hat brim

shadowing his face

from the corner street light

Trying to look

sinister

in the pose

of a child soldier thug

But

unbeknownst to himself

Peeking out

from behind his eyes

Is the bruised and frightened soul

of an angel

II.

In the hat brim shadow of the street light

Just a-hangin’ out on the street at night

In the pose of a child soldier thug

Lookin’ like he might be dealin’ some drugs

Like he might be packin’ a pistol

But in his eyes bruised soul of angel

In his eyes bruised soul of angel

But in his eyes bruised soul of angel

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what a powerful poem, Kirk!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: trivia

how interesting! there is one of my posters in another movie..one with Johnny depp but i can't remember the name of that!

Happy new years to the whole crew

love
penny (and steve)

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same back to you!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

RE: Philip Huang commented on your note "last performance of the year" (Rafael) II

T'as raison,

But we're the 31th and I'm going to "jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam" tonight :P

Happy new years Frank :)

Rafael

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love those hot jams!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

RE: Philip Huang commented on your note "last performance of the year" (Rafael)

"I think our bodies are bacon cheese burgers. Our bodies are meant to be loved and play with, to have fun with. They are instruments of love"

Now, why don't I get any girl "Frankly" telling me that ?

Guess I don't know the right girls :D

You lucky beast, Frank :)

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well, i never have believed in the concept of THE RIGHT GIRL... Or in RIGHT.... Or in GIRL... or in GETTING...

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

trivia

hi, penny! We here just watched a great low Budget film, BLAST OF SILENCE shot in New York City in 1961. in the bonus features there is a slide show of the locations then and now ['07]. In one NOW shot is one of your performance posters.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

my write-up! see you at 3 pm.

Hey Frank--here's my write up! See you at 3 pm.

I came to “Uncomfortable Zones of Fun” because I wanted to see what performance art could be. It was actually one three performance art pieces I went to see that weekend. Walking into the space decorated with brightly colored paintings, strange costumes, and the artist himself, Frank Moore, sitting in a wheelchair communicating through an interpreter set the stage for my discomfort. As the night went on with narrative from the artist, questions and challenges for the audience, and performances from fellow artists opened me up a tiny bit to what was going on. Some acquaintances ducked out early. They were offended. I told my friend I wanted to stay just a little longer. As I said this a non-descript man sat next to me and started slowly shedding cloths while donning a woman’s wig and lipstick. This made it more clear that I was still right there with the discomfort. As the artist came to me to ask me my first question of the night I decided I wanted to claim what I was feeling, I value authenticity. I responded I was uncomfortable and in saying this it began to dawn on me. The artist who must had made many people uncomfortable in his lifetime was creating a space to express that and engage people in what they invariably turn away from in their life: personal differences such a disability, sexuality, and each other. In the moment I claimed what I was feeling I connected to some of what Frank was expressing. I just returned from a 4-month artists’ residency and I had spent the last six weeks looking for work to support my artwork. I hadn’t found anything and I was feeling beat and hopeless. That night something shifted in me. I felt like a whiney kid. Of course I can make my art, Frank proved to me despite monumental personal and societal obstacles you can express your deepest experiences by creating space for others.

Maggie Lawson
Artist
Arts and Community Education Director
Eye to Eye: art, travel, activism
www.arttravelactivism.org
www.flickr.com/photos/photographyastravelinglight

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what a great write-up, Maggie! glad that the performance gave you hope! Actually your staying gave you hope! And trust allowed you to stay! [btw, the masked guy (turns out to be an architect) has been coming to the performances for years to have a place to be nude at.]

and last night getting together with you in my studio was fun. And it was another milestone in my getting back to my normal work after not even being in my studio since May. I was still doing fine after our three hour session!

so when do you want to come back? We could read my ART OF A SHAMAN, the lecture I wrote in the early nineties for NYU. It may answer some of your questions. We are now getting ready to put it out as a hard back photo book [with no money!].

Next week I am free Wednesday (jan fifth) at three o'clock P.M. does that work for you?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Philip Huang commented on your note "last performance of the year".

Philip Huang commented on your note "last performance of the year".

Philip wrote: "This is a very thorough account of the show. I keep thinking about what that man said, that our bodies are just meat, and what frightens me is my own reluctance to confront my own vanity and shame. He's right, we're just meat. And Frank's right--comfort is the ultimate means of control."

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Philip, I think our bodies are bacon cheese burgers. Our bodies are meant to be loved and play with, to have fun with. They are instruments of love. They are the tip of the iceberg of who we are. But they are definitely a part of who we are.

glad that the performance made you confront whatever. Art should do that. I don't know what shame is. And I am too cute to be vane!

We shouldn't confuse real comfort with "zones of comfort," which really are prisons of fragility making people easier to control and to limit. Real comfort is extremely flexible and supple and absorbent and inclusive, warm juicy! It Sticks to your ribs when you journey outside of the margins.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

X-MAS CARD CONTEST

(to Vinnie & Jacqueline:)

your card arrived yesterday. Ok, you two win again, although it pushed "Xmas" beyond the breaking point! Would you email the original photo before the special effects so I can paint you two?

Last night I was searching on the web for a photo for my next painting and ended up with a nasty computer virus

which was hard to get rid of! so people need to send me sexy nude photos for me to paint!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

RE: L'idealiste II

:)

Invisible connection Uncle Frank ; my creative mind is like that big baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall of fire right now ;

amazing how a single word can have so many sens, and taken out of a clear context, can create original thinking from people

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at least, we try, don't we?!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: I came to play

Oops! Butterfingers with the phone. I didn't mean to send that.

That was a great reading of your poem last night!

So much so, I bought a copy of "Chapped Lap."

Thanks again for the opportunity to play!

I was truely glad to attend the performance and not have to generate an excuse!

Mark Soden

Sent from my iPhone

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we will play together again... No excuses!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

RE: L'idéaliste

(Rafael wrote:)

Frank,

80 % on the track !. Voices ! :P

Now...

I
Am
I
Am
Not
Them
I
Am
Just
This is a great possibility ( not to sure if exactly that, don't have the project on me... )
If we wan't to do it
I
Am
Not
You
We'll deliver

This would be the first verse.

What do you think ?

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I DELIVER YOU!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Philip Huang commented on your note "THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN" II

Hi Frank,

Philip Huang commented on your note "THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN".

Philip wrote: "Hi Love, I'm going to another show first but I'll try to get to Temescal. It's time we met in person!"

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yes, indeed it's time!

I am venturing out into the worst rain of the season to be there. Talk about THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Holiday Card

Frank, Linda, Mikey, Erika, Alexi, Corey

Just got your holiday card- what a delightful, simple message of love – compare to all the schmaltzy, garish gibberish on all the other cards that clog up our mailbox.

Thank you for being you – and for being there for us.

Love you too

Suzy

Susan M. Block, Ph.D.
The Dr. Susan Block Show

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shucks, Suzy! Ain't that why we are here ... To be here for one another?!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: Extreme Elvis & Frank Moore Holiday Special

Awesome!!!!! We love it!

BTW, the request Frank made of us a month or so became our inspiration for this year's Christmas Card. It's on the way.

- Vinnie

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can't wait to get your card, Vinnie!

yeah, that video is one of our best shows. It starts goosy loosey, and kept going more and more out there... Comparing our small ding-dongs [I won, I think!]! And ended up both nude, rubbing our two bodies together erotically [allegedly]. And I still get shit for only erotically playing with females! There's no Justice! Speaking of shit, what was that stain on his behind?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Extreme Elvis & Frank Moore Holiday Special

the video YOUTUBE just removed! Just to put tradition in your Xmas cheer!

Extreme Elvis & Frank Moore Holiday Special

http://www.eroplay.com/intimatetheater/intimate.html

with Jordana and Xtian

recorded 12.25.02

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Energy Within: The Art of Fred Hatt Calendar 2011

Energy Within: The Art of Fred Hatt Calendar 2011

"Energy Within: The Art of Fred Hatt" 2011 Calendar is available now at RedBubble.com.

A great gift for your friends and loved ones who appreciate fine art, beautiful bodies, and psychedelic expressionism!

Or order any of the individual twelve images as a card or as a print in a range of sizes and formats at my RedBubble page. (Scroll to the bottom of the RedBubble page to click Safe Filter off.)

You can now subscribe to my art and photography blog, "Drawing Life", by email - follow the link and see the sidebar on how to subscribe. If the link doesn't work, go to http://fredhatt.com/blog I add new blog posts approximately once a week. You can also get notification of new blog posts by following me on Facebook or Twitter (fredhattart).

Happy Holidays!

Fred

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Fred, a great way to spend the next year!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

The Atchleys at The Ivy Room, Wed., Dec. 15th - 9pm

The Ivy Room improv/experimental Hootenanny series presents:

*The Atchleys

*Dean Santomieri -voice- with special guests Michael Zelner -reeds- and Suki O'Kane -percussion

*Amar Chaudhary -electronics

Venue:
Kingman's Ivy Room - 860 San Pablo, Albany, CA | 9pm | free

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For their final performance of 2010, The Atchleys play in their proverbial backyard: Kingman's Ivy Room on San Pablo Ave. at Solano in Albany. The scene is laid back East Bay: good vibes, reasonably priced drinks, and seating available in the bar or in the adjoining music lounge: No Cover Charge.

The Atchleys mix sound-cocktails of found and original lyrics, commercially available loops, custom distortion and classic chords, audio-files from their private collection; all along with live vocals and electronics for a unique twist, unless you prefer olives, in which case we will accommodate with volume.

http://www.katch.com/performances

http://ivyhoot.wordpress.com/

http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=113

http://bayimproviser.com/transbay_calendar.asp?summary=false&event_id=9066

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interesting!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Fw: Englishman in NY

(Frank wrote:)

or don't threaten the personal isolation that produces the profits for the corporate combine and the imposed limitations which remove personal responsibility!

they [the people who freak out at my work ] are jealous of the joy and the freedom [which is erotic] that comes from the taking Of personal responsibility to risk to do what they really want.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

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(Rafael wrote:)

Totally agree on that : you're a living example of it ;

a Movie will never replace this. Nor will any music :)

Hope it will give some people the curiosity to start a relationship with you, through the e-salon or by assisting your performances.

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shucks, Rafael!

Btw, you can still watch the complete video of the NOTE performance at http://www.eroplay.com/Cave/thenote2009/index.html. I don't believe in Depending on sites like YOUTUBE to get the work out!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Re: Fw: Englishman in NY

(Rafael wrote:)

Can't believe those assholes !

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absolutely true! Jack Smith said.." and the more tragic the artists
the more they dangle them in front of the public..because it
increases the vampire thrill"

dont die Frank because there will be so many movie of the week about
you it will make everyone heads spin...

xoxoxpenny

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well, I could put in my will that you must play me in any movie about me, considering that you and I are the same person! But, yes, they are waiting until I am dead to do any movie, etc. about me!

Now they are making me find a piece of paper from anytime before 1968 that says I have cerebral palsy to prove I had cerebral palsy since birth in order for me to be able to get Medicare. They don't want a doctor to tell them that.. They need a paper trail!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Fw: Englishman in NY

Obviously , you are too sexy by yourself for YouTube! There is a song
in that! But look at the censorship climate that never goes sway! It
is 1990 all over again with the wojnrovic piece being pulled last
week..meanwhile lady gaga is having no problems!

Love penny

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hey, Rod Stewart should do that song, Penny! Ain't that really why they didn't want you anywhere near that movie? You are too fucking sexy. You would have shown how flat, mainstream that film was just by contrast. But what were the reasons they gave for not letting you audition for the Penny role and for keeping the actors away from you?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore