Polarities

So I'm thinking that there might be a possible unknown outside narrative to our presence here in Red Hook.

Being that the negative feedback usually flows in a roundabout way, whispered in the shadows, I must therefore use my imagination.

I suppose it went something like this:

"ooo, a new store is opening. Great! What a cute cartoon character... awesome."


"Wait a GODDAMN minute! That's not appropriate for a Family neighborhood."


"Toys!?!! Unicorns! yay!"


"Sexual innuendo??? I have kids, ass-clown! DON'T MAKE ME BEAT YOU!"


"Whoah. A Fire Truck."



"YOU RACIST PRICK!!"


"Yoga? I luvvvv yoga. That's great!"


"ohhh, now you hate white people. I swear on my dead mother that I hope your dead mother drops dead!!!"


"Snow mountain dioramas! kewl"


"What's with all this cuss words on trees, and faggoty penis porn?!! I HAVE KIDS WHO CAN READ! I'm gonna kick yer ass!"

dicken around saturday night

the performance saturday night was just a warmup for over 4 hours of assing around.

with greggycrisco, Gorgas, Diane, Mollie, Derrick & Pamela



http://twitvid.com/1BZGO

Rock Steady with Greggycrisco's WHORACLE!!!

That's right, I said "Rock Steady" and also used triple exclamation points. And What?

We got a treat for you, New York effin' City.

In 2 weeks (mark your calendar) our good friend and L.A. artist Gregory Barnett brings his "normal" to our space with WHORACLE, a crystallization of the current phase of his process. i.e.- stuff he drew/painted/made



RECEPTION - HANG OUT, GAZE, DRINK
Opening reception for WHORACLE is Friday, April 15 at 8pm. stop by, meet the man. Seriously, I've known him for years - the dude is always exploding with ass-clowney Greg-ness. Ya needs ta come. FREE

PERFORMANCE
He's also blessing us with a performance on Saturday night (April 16 at 9pm) and will be joined by various local artists (Kim Almquist, FeleciaMaria, Stan Apps, Diane Tomasi and Gorgas.) Now THAT is gonna freekin rock.
Greg's Dance Company, DANCEGOOD.DAMNIT!!!, has previously brought notorious shows to L.A.'s Highways theater. He will be performing a few solo pieces for us right here in Red Hook at Everbrite Mercantile Co. FREE

MOVEMENT CLASS
And to top it off: Monday he will be teaching an all level interdisciplinary performance workshop, KINK STRETCH. So iffin you're the type who needs to move, you won't want to miss this. Monday, April 18... 2pm to 5pm. $10 suggested donation

I would be remiss in my duties as Media Flack if I didn't present you with Greg's own (intentionally pretentious and unapolagetic) words:

WHORACLE

A pantheon of jovial hermaphrodites, transcendental pornography and vulnerability propaganda secure a sex-positive sanctuary asking and allowing us to reconnect with the all-but-forgotten Sacred Whore. Los Angeles- based interdisciplinary artist Gregory Barnett premieres WHORACLE, a collection of arts & crafts and drawings addressing and reversing our society's unnecessary shame towards sex culture and it's ignorance regarding screwing as a conduit for enlightenment and ascension. Countering a culture obsessed with homogenized and airbrushed titillation but horrified by a gaping blood-letting cunt, Barnett's decidedly affirming collection of newfound deities and impromptu, scrawled mantras attempt to balance our skewed misunderstanding of f*cking and loving.

 - gb xxx ooo penis

San Pedro Confidential

on the prowl. searchin for shwag.


what time is it, Pedro?


come back. we still miss you

Obsess-a-mundo (plus OPEN early Valentines Day)

OK. We open early Valentines Day... 8AM til whenever. (Normally we're closed Monday, but we're enabling your Love Holiday crackheadedness.)

In other news: Mollie reworked the layout of the checkout area. It's now an actual L-shaped desk/showcase arrangement - more of a standard setup

In fact, we ripped apart and reworked the entire store this past weekend. We freed up a lot of space in the middle and are heading to The Hinterlands to fill it back up with product (and new display cases and a few upright arcade games and... ???? stuff)

Here below, this classic old-ish showcase from Erin Weckerle hasn't seen active service since way back when her store was in Fort Greene on DeKalb. That was long before that street was flooded with stuff. Erin's a "pointer". I'm sure her current phase of exploration will be as interesting and ahead of the curve as her retail phase was.

Mollie filled the bitchen case with bitchen stuff. The display case proudly soldiers on.


She has also started to put stuff in my new big flat case. It is now oiled and stained and lined with gray velvet. I love it when a non-existent plan comes together... swiftly and out of the ether.


and now: far too much visual coverage of one damn thing





you don't understand. I been dickin the dog on this project for like FOUR MONTHS!

Closed every Wednesday to March 2nd

Temporary schedule change.

Our normal store hours are Wednesday thru Sundays, 11am - 7pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday

But for the next 3 weeks we'll also be closed Wednesdays.

Even though the store is closed during the day, we'll still be having YOGA WEDNESDAY NIGHTS with Felecia Maria.


We're back to the normal Wednesday store hours the second week of March.

BEHOOOOOLLLLLLD!!!

The LAST rolls of Kodachrome developed.

600 feet of (Double) Super 8 film - about a half hour of footage, mostly of Snowpocalypse 2010 in Red Hook Brooklyn.

Must do some film-to-digital transfer and upload soon.