PHO-HO-HO-TOS: HOLIDAY FUN WITH MS. CLAUS (VALENTINE'S TATTOO), & THE FE FI FO FUMS AND DANCER AND PRANCER (FUNHOUSE), SEATTLE, WA., 12/19/15

December is hands-down my busiest month of the year. Some of this is in the form of wrapping ONE PRAZILLION GIFTS and getting multiple paper cuts in the process, very actively ignoring delicious holiday sweets, and standing in line at the post office for 45 minutes with said one prazillion gifts. But my favorite December activity is going to see some holiday musical events arranged by some of my favorite Seattle pals! Last Saturday, I split my evening into two cool events: attending the short-but-sweet performance of Ms. Claus at Valentine's Tattoo, and then zipping over to the Funhouse to catch The Fe Fi Fo Fums and headliners Dancer and Prancer. I brought my camera, so please to enjoy! (Click on the photos to enlarge, and click on the Flickr set links to see more!)

Ms. Claus, Seattle's finest feminist holiday band, features Robin Edwards (Lisa Prank), Stacy Peck (Pony Time, Childbirth), Bree McKenna (Childbirth, Tacocat), and Shaine Truscott. While entertaining the party crowd at Valentine's Tattoo in Capitol Hill, the women wished each other and everyone else a Merry Christmas possibly 50 times in 15 minutes, and smiled a great deal. Lelah Maupin, McKenna's Tacocat sparkly bandmate, was so happy she used her telephone device to capture the merriment. I hated to leave the beautifully-decorated space, and regret not using the holiday photobooth.

Ms. Claus, Valentine's Tattoo, Seattle, WA. 12/19/15 Flickr set 

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I MADE YOU SOME CHRISTMAS CARDS (2015)

(click to enlarge...ho ho ho!) 

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PHOTOS & WRAP UP: #SHOUTYOURABORTION BENEFIT SHOW, CHOP SUEY, SEATTLE, WA. 12/8/15 BY AMELIA BONOW & VICTORIA HOLT!

(I'm very pleased and honored today to host the work of activist/writer Amelia Bonow, co-founder of the #ShoutYourAbortion movement, and Victoria Holt, ace photographer. I am inspired by the creativity and courage both these friends have shown, and grateful for all they bring to our community. Amelia has written a lil' wrap up about the recent benefit show in support of SYA's larger mission, which is to keep opening up productive, positive, and non-judgmental dialogue about abortion, and Victoria took some kick-ass photos of the great local bands that played that night. 

I realize that the topic of abortion is extremely divisive, and I respect that it's a complex subject. However, any analysis of human history shows two things: 1. Abortion has existed forever, and will continue to exist forever, no matter what restrictions are put in place, so all societies choose to make the procedure safe or unsafe, and; 2. If women do not have full autonomy and choice about what happens to their own bodies, they are made lesser humans, and will exist as prisoners all their lives. 

Thank you, Amelia and Victoria. -- Marianne)

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MEGA THRIFT WEIRDNESS! 24 VINTAGE VINYL ODDITIES & OTHER CRAP FROM VALUE VILLAGE AND GOODWILL!

Well, it's a drippy, gloomy early December Saturday here in the Pacific Northwest. I should be donning raingear to schlep myself out to do Christmas shopping but GUESS WHAT? LET SANTA HANDLE THAT HORSE HOCKEY, I GOTS THRIFT STORE FUNNIES TO SHARE WITH YOU! Please to enjoy things that caused me to smile in public.

Ladies and gentlemen...introducing Dave Boyer and his embedded twin brother, Leechy!

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