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Larry brinkin, peggy cass, pristine condition, jackie curtis, candy darling, dusty dawn, divine, anton dunnigan, ahmet ertegun. The cockettes photo book project organized by fayette. The troupe emerged out of a group of acid freak artists and hippies that were living communally in the haightashbury district of san francisco in a victorian flat on bush st. I hung out with the cockette, pristine condition, and we did a bicentennial calendar artthing. It was a harmony group with pristine as the lead singer and paula pucker and the pioneers as the backup. The cockettes is a very welldone documentary on the genderbender performance troupe during the late 60s and 70s. Surviving members of cockettes, who made drag popular culture, to. The first performance of the cockettes took place on new years eve, 1969 december 31, 1969 at the palace theatre in san francisco. The cockettes 2002 bill weber, david weissman, larry. How the 1960s and 70s counterculture queered fashion.
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The book held many ideas and became the basis for all performances in the first year. Todd trexler quality reprints now available for the first. Jan 02, 2020 in the fall of that year, the remaining cockettes traveled to new york for a run of tinsel tarts and pearls over shanghai at the anderson theater. Worman wrote his doctoral dissertation on the cockettes and was also planning a book. This is the british english definition of pristine. Divine, scrumbly koldewyn, pristine condition, pam tent, mink stole. The cockettes 2002 bill weber, david weissman, larry brinkin, peggy cass, pristine condition, documentary december 4, 2016 on new years eve, 1969, a flamboyant ragtag troupe of genderbending hippies took the stage of san franciscos palace theater and the cockettes were born. We can thank the cockettes for introducing us to sylvester and divine who are, sadly, no longer with us. Once i got back, after having the new york experience and then hitchhiking for monthsthere were no more cockettes to fall back into.
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Nyc photo by mel gordon sweet pamnyc photo by peter hujar s. If you know of any others, please email the cockettes. The sylvester book, the fabulous sylvester is now available. As the psychedelic san francisco of the 60s began evolving into the gay san francisco of the 70s, the cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies women, gay men, and babies decked themselves out in genderbending drag and tons of. Shakespeare in love east village drag new york city theatre times new york theater. Bibliographythe cockettes this is a chronological bibliography of books featuring the cockettes. Billy orchid, divine, scrumbly koldewyn, pristine condition, pam tent, mink stole and david baker jr. The cockettes photo book will be a 208page book, published by feral house press, that will be an abundant collection of the best photos from over a dozen photographers spanning the entire arch of the groups career,along with essays by contributing artists, anecdotes of our escapades, profiles of the members, flyer and poster art and choice media quotes from the era. The image symbolizes the space into which nothing has yet been born, the untouched, unnamed and unborn state of purity. Paper dolls featuring the cockettes, the legendary san francisco psychedelic drag queen troupe of the late 1960s. As psychedelic and homoerotic trends and patterns kept surfacing in late 1960s san francisco, a swashbuckling troupe of extravagant gender benders was founded within the. Joyous, queer, anarchic, psychedelic, unruly and truly funny.
Pam, rumiscrumbly photo by dan nicoletta book reading at monkeytown, brooklyn link martin at oak street sweet pam at book reading. The film uses historic material alongside contemporary interviews with the surviving cockettes to tell the story, and legacy, of this outrageous. They appeared with cockettes performers scrumbly and pristine condition and future hot licks singer naomi isenberg soon after they opened for led zeppelin. After dan disbanded, i joined some of the cockettes theatre troupe to which i acted and sang and played with pristine condition andscrumbly in ninteen seventy three i moved to austin to sing and play violin electric with bw stevenson my maria. Own a piece of divine, sylvester, and the cockettes artist todd trexler is making his historic posters available for the first time in 40 years. Goldie glitters, and pristine condition, john rothermel and peter arden in concert, october 1972. They were a smart, arty, psychedelically druggy, genderfuck group of friends who for a short while were a theatrical sensation that influenced world culture in ways that are still being absorbed. Photo by clay geerdes from the cockettes book midnight. In 1971, over differences in philosophy, the group split into two. Surviving members of cockettes, who made drag popular culture.
Custom denim, embroidery, patchwork, quilting, pristine condition out of the cockettes and lots of other underground faces showing and modelling their own designs. The cockettes were born on stage on new years eve, 1969 at the palace theatre in north beach, san francisco. Remember that land once built on can never be restored to its. Like new is for books that are in pristine condition but whose provenance is not new. After the first performance, the group was asked to perform again. Cast includes larry brinkin, pristine condition, jackie curtis, candy darling, dusty dawn. The cockettes, a feature film documentary by bill weber and david. The cockettes photo book project cockette poster for pearls over shanghai, by pristine condition crowdfund innovations in tech and design before they go mainstream and support entrepreneurs that are working to bring their dreams to life.
Dec 18, 2012 own a piece of divine, sylvester, and the cockettes artist todd trexler is making his historic posters available for the first time in 40 years. Pictured above left to right pristine condition, marshall olds, miss bobby, danny isley, link martin. But every breakthrough is built upon that which came before, and one man who was both a witness and, in his own inspired way, a contributor to our history is artist todd trexler. This book was unbagged and unboarded with about 30 other comics that looked like they were just thrown in the box, and the box thrown on top of a sstack of other rickety boxes. I just kept the wonderful black and gold address book in its pristine condition as a souvenir. The cockettes photo book will be a 208 page book, published by feral house press, that will be an abundant collection of the best photos from over a dozen photographers spanning the entire arch of the groups career, along with. Sep 19, 2018 pristine condition at the stud bar, valentines day show in 1977. The cockettes were an avant garde psychedelic hippie theater group founded by hibiscus george edgerly harris iii in the fall of 1969. The troupe performed outrageous parodies of show tunes or original tunes in the same vein and gained an underground cult following that led to mainstream exposure. In these works, franzen investigates the significance of the prenatal space of each and every artwork. The cockettes british board of film classification. Billy philedelphia, naomi ruth eisenberg, patty rodriguez, pristine condition. In june of 1972 pristine condition, sweet pam, pristine s lover billy orchid and i formed pristine condition with paula pucker and the pioneers. An early poster for a stage show featuring divine, also featuring various other transgendered performers, including goldie glitters and pristine condition, both of them former members of the cockettes, who had disbanded in the spring of 1972.
The cockettes were born on stage on new years eve, 1969 at the palace. The cockettes were an avant garde psychedelic hippie theater group founded by hibiscus. Martin worman papers, billy rose theatre division, the new york public library. Jul 25, 2015 the cockettes photo book will be a 208 page book, published by feral house press, that will be an abundant collection of the best photos from over a dozen photographers spanning the entire arch of the groups career, along with essays by contributing artists, anecdotes of our escapades, profiles of the members, flyer and poster art and choice. Jpg pam tents new book, midnight at the palace, is a memoir of her early days with the cockettes, the anarchistic, gender. Dec 29, 2019 the cockettes were a group of mostly gay male hippies in late 1960searly 1970s san francisco. Click here for film clips from the movie the cockettes. Clay gerdes inside the theater saturday night, that spirit of the original cockettes. Oh god, we have played so many and we have so many friends in the lgbt community. Gay essential documentaries to watch, the cockettes. The troupe was formed out of a group of hippie artists, men and women, who were living in kaliflower, one of the many communes in haightashbury, a neighborhood of san francisco, california. Sweet pam left, john rothermel and pristine condition of the cockettes.
Categorydefying in every sense, the cockettes and the angels of light were known for their outrageous performances wearing handmade out. Change your default dictionary to american english. Issues with sets, sound and rehearsal time led to a disastrous opening that was savaged by critics. Definition and synonyms of pristine from the online english dictionary from macmillan education.
Pristine condition international ltd free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. The cockettes were a psychedelic drag queen troupe founded by hibiscus in the late 1960s in san franciscos north beach, san francisco, north beach neighborhood. In the fall of that year, the remaining cockettes traveled to new york for a run of tinsel tarts and pearls over shanghai at the anderson theater. Sections the cockettes were a psychedelic drag queen troupe founded by hibiscus, aka george harris. Dec 03, 2004 because so many are gone, she says in her book, writing this book was the most bittersweet experience of my life. Pristine condition and holly woodlawn at the anderson theatre get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. The troupe performed all original material, staging musicals with original. Midnight at the palace theatre pristine condition, artist, marchapril 1972. Sweet pam left, john rothermel and pristine condition of the cockettes, circa 1972. International shipping extra please contact for estimate. Glitter, acid and bearded queens sweet pam details her cockette days in all.
The cockettes were a group of mostly gay male hippies in late 1960searly 1970s san francisco. The last thing to hit town was jesus christ superstar, and it was so unbelievably crass. This was the golden age of lgbtq san francisco before aids took the p out of party a gross understatement. Scrumbly was sebastian, an ivyleaguer who goes astray and falls in love with petrushka, the chanteuse, played by sylvester. But every breakthrough is built upon that which came before, and one man who was both a witness and, in his own inspired way, a. The martin worman papers, the bulk of which dates from 19601993, document wormans theatrical and academic careers, the history of the cockettes, drag, travesty theatre, and san francisco in the early 1970s. You found it this is the official cockettes web site by cockettes webmasterfan moon trent of san. Dusty dawn, linden, brent jensen, pristine condition aka keith blanton. Regardless of the vagaries of early performances, we know from gamsons book that sylvester and many of the cockettes were hanging out at the bar by 1970, when sylvester moved from south central l.
Pristine condition international world leaders in manual. Elevator girls in bondage, written and directed by michael kalmen, stars rumi as maxine a rebellious elevator girl, as well as fellow members of the cockettes, including miss harlow an original plaster caster, pristine condition and the cockettes originator hibiscus and his visually stunning angels of light. Glamorous relics of san franciscos restlessly unkempt glorydays. Pristine condition, marshall olds, cockette bobby, danny isley and link martin in the field of lavender 1971. They appeared with cockettes performers scrumbly and pristine condition.
Pristine definition is belonging to the earliest period or state. The cockettes were founded by hibiscus, a member of a commune called kaliflower that was. The book is from 1955, and while it probably sat untouched in someones house for 57 years, its still pretty remarkable it made it out ok from the move to the warehouse. Pristine is the artistic realization of the mother of all images. The official cockettes paper doll book last gasp ecofunnies co. Scrumbly, sweet pam, billy orchid and pristine condition.