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Every First Friday of the Month
. . .SHOCK! Therapy. . .
Philadelphia's Monthly Fetish Dance Party

GUEST DJS & PERFORMERS MONTHLY
Spinning Industrial, EBM, Darkwave, Electro, Techno, Trance, Goth,
Rock, & Punk

February 1st...

On the main dance floor:

Guest DJs Adam Mohawk (Baltimore, Washington DC)
&
Warring (Baltimore, Washington DC)

Resident DJ Octo-Pussy

Josh Shaffer Presents Secret-Energy

Special Aerial Performance By The Sky Dancer


Dungeon Mistresses of The Royal Castle

Visuals by SelfAbuse

SHOCK!-a-Go-Go

Bi-level Dance Floor
Equipped Dungeon Level
Multi-Floor Erotic Atmosphere
Vendors

Drink Specials:
$3 Bottles 10pm till Midnight

Free Shot of Jagermister w/ Every Yuengling!

$12 @ Door
$10 w/ printout or flyer
10 pm - 2 am
21+ w/ID

Dress Code:
Dress to thrill!
Fetish, Fantasy, Fabulous, or all black.

Hosted by ReNo & Octavio X

TPDS is a space
that transcends the Philadelphia nightclub scene.

TPDS CLUB
114 S. 12th Street
Philadelphia

TPDS is on 12th Street between Chestnut and Samsom one block from the
convention center. Look for the TPDS sign

If your driving, $7 Reduced parking at garage on southeast corner of
12th & Samsom Sts. Check the website for info on reduced parking fee.

Check out our web site for more info.

www.shock.mainpage.net

Its gonna be a great weekend...Voltaire, Black Tape and everyon else.

http://www.draculasball.com

Thursday nights at Bob & Barbara's.
Drag Show, beautiful crowd, dive bar, cheap cover, plus you get a voucher for a drink ticket.

is anyone going to the BLONDIE show at the electric factory next week? the show is wednesday, nov 20. tickets are still available. let me know.

From: "Needles Jones"
Subject: Hard Liquor Theater/April Edition/April 17th

April showers may bring more than just flowers... some say they are tears
from heaven. We are in the middle of Holy Week and Hard Liqour Theater,
being the ever so pious group that we have become since our last show, "The
7 Deadlly Sins", are proud to present on Holy Thursday, April 17th *gasp*
"He Has Risen....The Mary Magdeline Story...(Erections, Resurrections and
the Women behind the Men)".

The evening's pagentry will begin with special musical guest P.T. Lovecraft
who, in the great church tradition, will be hawking their new CD which
includes that wonderful inspirational song, "Fuck You, Fuck Dracula".

The Thorazine Players will be offering, to the villagers, a modern passion
play, "Rebel Without a Cross", the story of a young, brooding Jesus of
Nazareth, torn between his feelings of duty and friendship for sexually
confused and ambitious Judas Iscariot and the misunderstood and sorely
underpaid Mary Magdeline. Starring in this humble and heartfelt tale are
Micheal Smith, Tshombe Jabari, Carmen Martella III, Christa D'Agastino, the
initmitable Ben Edwards and maybe some others. Oh! Let's not forget! Sister
Vulgara Mascara will be spreadin her public health message as well her legs
and yours.

Door God, Robert Conner, will be reaching out and sharing his new sketch
comedy peice, "The Annunciation", starring the very pregnant Kisa Charles.
(Gabe comes back for another shot.)

Also on the Hard Liqour stage offering spritual testimony, will be Spoken
Worders Mark Wiles, Chy Spain, Miss Dagmar O'Doom and Alexia Clarke.

After burning himself out in service of the Festival of Independents
(presented by Citypaper) Mr. Scott Johnston will be marketing himself
available for salvation.

To bring the evenings festivities to a religious fervor, temple dancers
Melissa Bang-Bang and Courtney Shea will be showing off their icons.

And, in a moment of compassion, Hard Liqour Theater brings back to the stage
Louise Carpino, aka Two Street Tony, who was found wandering the littered
streets of South Philly desperately searching for a casino bus.

So that our Jewish friends don't feel left out on the seond night of
Passover, we willl be inviting any audience participant to share their own
personal cross to bear (no pun intended) during our "A Moment with the Bread
of Affliction".

Be a Hard Liqour Evangelist and bounce this message along to your heathen
friends!

Hard Liqour Theater
Thursday, April 17
In the year of the Lord 2003
9pm-ish
Tritone
1508 South St.

Yes folks, Hard Liquor Theater pulls out all of its corks this month with a staged reading of LIZ-istrata. That's Aristophanes' ancient Greek anti-war comedy with a twist: all the female characters will be played by actors portraying the many faces and ages of ELIZABETH TAYLOR. From the doll-faced child starlet in "Lassie Come Home," to the budding ingenue in "National Velvet," to the sexpot in "Giant, and ""Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," to the over-the-top Liz of "Cleopatra," and "Virginia Woolf," and through the Betty Ford Liz and... beyond. ALL the Liz's will be there--vying for centerstage in lurid technicolor!
And to carry on the anti-war flavor of the play, all profits from the evening will be donated to a Baghdad theater company.
Though the cast list is still not set, rumor has it that some of the Liz's will be played by Sister Vulgara Mascara, Psydd Delicious, Needles Jones and Hattie Hathaway from NYC, to name just a few.
Hard Liquot Theater is of course at the Tritone, 1508 South St. Philadelphia.
Door: 9PMish
And a Pabst and a shot of Jim Beam is 3 bucks for the boozehounds.
But what the door charge is, you will have to ask Needles.
Oh, and you can SMOKE in the bars there!

What a winning combination.Your interpretation of Liz from Boom was inspiring as well as tall.
Am anxiously awaiting your next appearence.Needles

Hard Liquor Theater returns to the Tritone this Thursday July 17th. in conjunction with the Gay and Lesbian film festival..or PIGLFF as we like to call it. This of course explains out theme...Hard Liquor Goes to the Movies.
We will be skewering up...BBQ style....some of the most beloved films of our time.. The Thorazine players will be presenting Harold and Needles(nee Maude), starring Carmen Martella III, Hattie Hathaway, from NYC will be portraying Joan Crawford in Mommy Dearest, Ben Edwards will be showing the world another ending to Casablanca, and Citizen Kane. There will be tribute moments to Katherine Hepburne...by several actresses including Lenny Daniels. Michael Smith and Tshombe Jabari will pay tribute to "Cop/Buddy" films. .Sister Vulgara Mascara will present a public health message regarding West Nile Virus as she pays tribute to the classic "The Birds" Poets Mark Wiles and Alexia Clarke will read and Scott Johnston will sing. .Courtney and Melissa will tantalize while Tami and the Teacher will educate. .Louise Carpino will will make us laugh, Enya Butox will
Instigate while LotSix will mesmerize. .Kim Hailey and Chy Spain will surprise Vince Mola might arrive with sidekicks Admiral Johnny and Captain Headphones. There will be irreverent sing-a-longs and plain old blasphemous moments of mayhem and chaos. And as if this wasn't enough Psydde will be spinning musical favorites on the wheels of plastic. .So get some popcorn and a shot and a beer and join us this Thursday July 17th...9 PM ish at the Tritone 1508 South St.
Five dollars if you print this out.
And you can still smoke in Philly.

Quite a few New Yawkers will be joining me for this Gay and Lesbian Film Fest Party on Saturday July 19 at the William Way Community Center, 135 Spruce Street, 10PM-2AM, admission $10. (21 and over!)
Featuring local tranny-rocker Helen Back & The Str8 Razors, movie star/comic Georgia Ragsdale, members of The Queer Filmmakers Collaborative, and by way of the always-late Acela Express, the Dazzle Dancers, Mike Albo, legendary performance artist Reno, the incredible Brandon Olson, and me, Hattie Hathaway. Hosted, of course, by those hard-drinking, anti-Rick Santorum-ites, Needles Jones and Enya Buttox. Music provided by DJ Timothy B (SF.)
It's sponsored by Absolut and Yard Brewing (hic) but don't worry, Enya will be drinking responsibly. Needles, however...

Already they(Hattie) are buying multiple packs of cigarettes and chain smoking rather than eating or drinking.....wait till she finds out there is no smoking at the william wegman,,,,oops Way Center....there are no gayly dressed up dogs there as well....oh well....Georgia Ragsdale will be there.

this from my friend stephen winter...
his feature comedy WHITE BOY BLUES
he promises to be a "sexy howl-fest."
and this bitch wouldn't DARE lie to me.
here's the skinny...

White Boy Blues
A Seriously Sexy Staged Reading
Presented by the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Independence Seaport Museum
211 South Columbus Blvd. & Walnut Street
Friday, July 11, 7:30pm
PARTY TO FOLLOW!

btw... dj timothy b who is playing at the hattie/needles/enya buttox shindig is a dear friend and faerie legend.
i credit him with bringing dance/house music
to short mt.
he ROCKED a party at my house this spring.
it's sure to be a good time when he's playing.

go up and introduce yourself to him.
his name is REALLY "buttercup."
tell him you're a friend of texxx's.

Dear Friends of Needles.........On Friday July 25th,, Needles Jones will be celebrating another birthday......and celebrating the triumph of another year on the streets. .And what better way to do this then with a reprise of her
Fringe Near Hit...."A LIFE WELL SQUANDERED...THE NEEDLES JONES STORY" Managing to live this long...49years...has not been easy.
Needles has been filling up all these years, in a desperate attempt to avoid boredom , by. .being a part of the various pop/cultural and social scenes of the last half of a century. The Beats/ Civil Rights/ Free Love/ Meditation/ Punk/ Rehab/the New Face of the American Family .Telling her story...with anecdotes and songs, both original and severly butchered covers. Needles is also telling the story of America. (sounds a little above her head)...
It is Fun!!! It is informative!!! You will laugh...You will cry...You will begin to question everything, She has lived her life without abandonment and performs with the same recklessness.
Performing with Needles will be Ben Edwards, on bass, and Jaron Olevsky on keyboards.
Also Hattie Hathaway will open the show, elaborating on the sordid, tragic moments they shared as friends, roommates, performers, and co-conspirators over the last quarter of a century..
Come celebrate this miraculous event, against all odds
Friday July 25th
8PM...we will start almost on time(8:15)..We have to be done by 10PM
Tritone 1508 South St
Five Dollars....or more, Needles really needs the money.
Pass this on to your unsuspecting friends.

Finally got a picture in of you from Bettie Page night, walking as Bettie at 80!

Its by Bob Elder - let me know if you'd like his contact info for useage..

Never shunning a chance to go slumming Needles Jones will be performong this thursday on the 14th at B&B...with hostess Lisa and the vaginally challenged Brittany Lynne on the wheels of plastic...showtime around 11pm...pabst and a shot is only 3 bucks...and you can smoke indoors...all you want.

Needles, what is going on this week? tell me! tell me!

i just found out that i am moving to philly in 2 months. i didn't know so much goes on! i am thrilled beyond belief....ah...ahhh...ohhhhhh.....i'm sliding off my chair! email me!!!!!divohen@aol.com

Just received this, Prince Hank...

Attention students...

The parent-teacher association, Headmistress Needles Jones, and Hard
Liquor Theater are happy to announce that this Thursday, Aug. 21, the
"Harvey Milk-em-dry Queer High School Welcoming Dance Social" will be
held at Tritone,1508 South Street. The dance social will be open to
all queer students (and the straight students too sensitive to beat
them up.) Celebration starts at 9pm.

Refreshments will be available to purchase from the kind folks at
Tritone (they have a great $3 PBR and Jim Beam special just for you
kids...)

Before the dancing and toe-tapping starts, we'll be warming up with
some swell performances by Sister Vulgara Mascara, Lot Six, Mark
Wiles, and more! Then we'll be switching the gymnasium around so you
can boogie down all night long (until your parents have to come pick
you up.) ...You'll hardly recognize it with all the great streamer
paper and glitter stars that the School Spirit Committee made to make
the night special!

That crazy DJ Psydde Delicious that you kids love so much will be
spinning all your favorite pop songs and maybe even a couple of slow
songs for you young lovebirds!

Remember to bring your $3 along with your signed permission slip from
your parents to come be part of the wild good time!

Remember, the Dance Social starts at 9pm-ish, Tritone (1508 South
Street). We'll see you kids there!!

what is the dresscode, and who is going? will you be there, hatches?

No, Prince Hank, I must hang around the Baked Apple this week, although I am very curious just how Sister Vulgara will follow up her last stellar HLT performance of "Me And Needles Jones..."

I am sorry to say I missed most of the Welcome Dance at Harvey Milk-em-dry as I was held in respiratory isolation at Graduate Hospital. I did however make a daring escape with Xero from PT Lovecraft, and wearing very stylish pj's (flannel with screened prints of high heels), managed to make a brief appearance as headmistress and leave with a fried snickers bar to go....Reports that the evening was a success and Sister as always peed.