Dr. Sketchy Berlin no.7 (Mermaid Time!)

NEWS FLASH!!! - DR. SKETCHY'S ANTI ART SCHOOL BERLIN No.7 tomorrow at the White Trash Fast Food Diamond Lounge from 2:30pm to 5:30pm!!! (Doors open at 2:00pm)

More info can be found at www.drsketchy-berlin.de of course...

...LaLaVox here again, as always. Here's tomorrow's line-up...


CLEA "Underwater Love" CUTTHROAT
FEZ "The Drowned Dandy" WRECKER
& LORELEI VANORA - The Singing Mermaid

I usually co-moderate these Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin wing-dings (and absolutely love doing it, I might add), but like Superman and Clark Kent, Lorelei Vanora and LaLaVox never can seem to manage to be in the same place at the same time. Because of this odd fact of nature, Anne Smith (who has spun tunes for us on occasions when DJane Strangelove couldn't be with us) will have to fill in for me. And what a lovely co-moderator she will be! :)

Lorelei Vanora's "look" has had a bit of an update, by the way, thanks to the ever delightful and wonderful Hedoluxe, and this update will see its stage premiere tomorrow! Big fat hugs and kisses of gratitude to Hedo! *muwah!*

And since I still haven't managed to get those little photo-collage photo-gallery-previews that I like doing up for no.4, no.5, + no.6 yet (anyone think I might actually manage to get to those by no.7?), I thought I'd do a little run-down of all of the Dr. Sketchy Berlins in this series so far - with links to each of the galleries (click the pix) - in descending order from last to first. Here we go...

Dr. Sketchy Berlin No.6 / March 20th 2010
starring Miss Julietta la Doll and Marz Star!


Dr. Sketchy Berlin No.5 / February 20th 2010
starring Nelly Farouche and Marlene von Steenvag!


Dr. Sketchy Berlin No.4 / January 16th 2010
starring Joey Love, Golden Treasure,
and secret special guest, Hedoluxe!



Dr. Sketchy Berlin No.3 / December 12th, 2009 - The X-mas Special
starring Xarah von den Vielenregen und Marnie Van Helsing!


Dr. Sketchy Berlin No.2 / November 14th 2009
starring Clea Cutthroat and Lola von Dage!


Dr. Sketchy Berlin No.1 / Premiere - 10. Oktober 2009
starring Tronicat la Miez
and secret special guest, Hedoluxe!



It's fun for me to see all of the Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin flyer-pix together like that. :) And Lorelei Vanora is already all excited about tomorrow! ;) We hope to see you there! =D

By the way...

After an afternoon spent drawing mad sea creatures with us, you can put on your fancy 1920s duds and step out for an extravagant evening of vintage charm at BOHÈME SAUVAGE No.42 at the Meistersaal here in Berlin. A wonderful time will be had by all!


And here's something to make a note of in your calender for May 12th. Le Fete Fatale's One-Year Anniversary - LA FÊTE FATALE No.6 - The Carney Cult of Hoochie Cooch! - at the Bassy Club!


Hugs + kisses!

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com

[update: added Aug.6th,2010]
www.mildredlovesyou.com/loreleivanora.html

[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/loreleivanora.html

Easter Greetings (Extra Goody #3)

Mildred Loves Extra Goodies
(A Grabbag of Miscellaneous Thises and Thatses)

Extra Goody #3 - "Easter Greetings!"

Extra Goody #3 plus - "Mildred Bunny Sketches!"


Click these images to see the larger website versions (scroll down on the website page for the sketches)...

This Extra Goody features: Mildred Mahler, flowers, and bunny ears! ;)

Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html

Saturday's Berlin Burlesque Double Feature

We didn't actually plan this. Maybe I should lie and say that we did. But no, really - it just very serendipitously came about that not only did the latest editions of Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art Berlin and La Fête Fatale end up being planned for the same Saturday (tomorrow, in other words), it just happens to be round number 5 for each of us as well.

And to celebrate this happy accident The Secret Seduction Society will be offering a 3-Euro discount off the door price for La Fête Fatale no.5 to all of our paying guests at our Dr. Sketchy's afternoon of life-drawing mayhem!

All of the whens and wheres and model/performer-details can be found at these links:

Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin no.5


La Fête Fatale no.5 - House of Haunted Hollywood


We hope you'll join us there!

By the way... Sorry about not posting about Dr. Sketchy no.4 yet. It's not because it wasn't wonderful though! We had another fabulously fun afternoon with our models and audience (I'm always on a total high after our drawing sessions together)! I simply haven't had the time to get to it. But I'll be posting about both no.4 + no.5 together then when I return - along with the typical mini-preview of some of the wonderful photos from the photo gallery.

Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html

Valentine's Day Greetings (Extra Goody #2)

Mildred Loves Extra Goodies
(A Grabbag of Miscellaneous Thises and Thatses)
Extra Goody #2 - "Valentine's Day Greetings!"


Click this image to see the larger website version...

This Extra Goody features: Mildred Mahler and hearts! ;)

Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html

Phantasmagorey Theatre #1 - "Happy New Year!"

NEW SERIES
Mildred Loves Phantasmagorey Theatre!
(Following the Obscure and Inscrutable
Misadventures of Mildred Mahler and Edith Backwater)
Phantasmagorey Theatre #1 - "Happy New Year!"
Brought to you by Le Petit Prisonnier and Mme LaLaVox!
Featuring Mildred Mahler, Edith Backwater, and ein Glücksschwein!


Click this image to see the larger website version...

Click here to see Mildred and Edith in Pin-Up #5...

Best wishes for 2010!

Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html

Happy in Berlin in 2010

Happy 2010!!! =) We just watched the New Year's fireworks from our Berlin balcony. I don't know how many of you will understand this, but these were moments of pure happiness for me.

It snowed last night - a nice deep powdery blanket that's made our street a soft sparkly white. It was delightful to stand on our balcony here and see the white street light up again and again with the colors of the fireworks shot off by the people below. I know that a number of my friends had a very difficult (or at the very least dull and trying) 2009. But I met all sorts of really lovely new people this year, and began some new projects which I'm really looking forward to expanding on in 2010. And so, feeling affectionate towards the year that has just past, and looking forward to the year that has just begun, I stood on our snowy white balcony watching the fireworks lighting up our snowy white street in this city that I really and truly love, and felt simply and purely happy. Happy in Berlin in Two Thousand and Ten!

This snippet of video shot last minute can't capture even an inkling of this, but for what it's worth, here 'tis, none the less...



Happy New Year, everybody!

Hugs and kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com
[edit: March 28th, 2011]
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Naming the Mermaid

Once upon a time, there was a wonderfully and lovingly decorated tiki bar called The Tabou Tiki Room along the Maybachufer here in Berlin. I brought an alter ego - a singing mermaid - into being specifically for this particular tiki bar. The bar itself has now disappeared, but The Singing Mermaid remains - in spite of the fact that she's never really had a proper name of any sort until just recently.

She's gone by the names Laura Lei and Laila Lei in the past (while performing with The Bali Ha'is and Fuzzy Love at The Tabou Tiki Room), and has more recently been called, LaLaVox - The Singing Mermaid, by others, or simply and namelessly, The Singing Mermaid, by me.

But since I want The Singing Mermaid to begin singing again at last, I figured it was high time she finally be given a real name.

Since my online name is LaLaVox, and I also have another alter ego named Lola la Voix, I decided I wanted to stay with the LLV theme for the mermaid too; wanting my mermaid to be named Loralei ...something-with-a-"V"...

About a month ago, I went to one of those baby-naming sites and clicked "V". It was on page 2 of "V" that I came across the first name in the list that appealed to me enough (that seemed "mermaidy" enough to me) that I felt the urge to go find out its meaning; Vanora.

So I clicked the "Vanora" link, and, as it turns out, the name is supposedly of old Welsh origin and means... drum roll, please... "white wave"!...

...Um... Hello? Is it a sign???

So I wrote an email to Carolyn Turgeon - whom I had the pleasure of meeting during her recent stay in Berlin, and who is currently writing her 3rd novel which is called MERMAID - to ask her expert opinion. She approved! And with her approval, it is now official: The Singing Mermaid's name is Lorelei Vanora!

Here's a little collage of photos of her from past and present so that you can get to know her a bit...

(Also pictured here: The Bali Ha'is, Fuzzy Love, and members of a Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Berlin audience.)

And so that Lola la Voix won't feel left out, here's a collage of photos of her as well...

(Also pictured here: Fuzzy Love, Carolyn Turgeon, and Anne Smith.)


Hugs + kisses,

LaLaVox
www.mildredlovesyou.com

[update: added Aug.6th,2010]
www.mildredlovesyou.com/loreleivanora.html
www.mildredlovesyou.com/lolalavoix.html

[edit: March 28th, 2011]
Because of problems with my current mildredlovesyou.com domain host, I have set my Mildred Loves You site up at an alternate address for for safe-keeping (but am still hoping that my mildredlovesyou.com domain will go back online at some point anyway)...
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/loreleivanora.html
www.lalavoxbox.com/mildredlovesyou/lolalavoix.html