NEWS FLASH:
The new Alyson Press anthology "Pills, Thrills, Chills And Heartaches"
is out now, hot off the press… and available from your local bookstore
or Amazon.com. this stupendous book of ka-razy first-person stories features
work by Pleasant, as well as authors Dennis Cooper, J.T. LeRoy, Shawna
Kenney, Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea.
Pleasant
(as her belly dancing alter-ego Princess Farhana) has just finished up
two brand new Middle Eastern dance instructional videos, which will be
out in late May 2004. There are two other videos available currently,
and both feature performance and instruction: "Belly Dance Basics"
and "Belly Dance And Balance: The Art Of Sword And Shamadan"…
to order them, and to find out more info on Pleasant's belly dance classes,
events, etc… log onto:
Pleasant
also appears belly dancing and being interviewed in the new documentary
"The Velvet Hammer Burlesque" (directed by Augusta/It's A Chick
Productions) which is screening at numerous film festivals this year.
Catch the film in Austin, Texas at South By Southwest Film Fest 2004!
Tuesday,
March 16: Film screening and live burlesque performances by it's stars-
Pleasant, (aka Princess Farhana) Kitten Deville, Ursulina- plus live bands-
beginning at 7:00pm at Elysium, 705 Red River, Austin, Texas. For more
info, log onto:
www.itsachick.com
And also
on the Velvet Hammer front: The all new 2004 spectacular is underway,
featuring a bevy of burlesque beauties, singing, dancing, comedy, and
live music.
Confirmed Velvet Hammer dates are as follows:
Thursday,
April 8, 2004
The Avalon Theater
1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Ca.
Saturday,
April 10, 2004
The Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, Ca *two shows, 8:00 & 10:00pm
For more info, log onto:
www.thevelvethammerburlesque.com
Look for
Farhana (Pleasant Gehman)
featured in the February special dance issue of LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
The all-new, all-improved 2002-2003 Edition of UNDERGROUND GUIDE TO LOS ANGELES, compiled and edited by Pleasant will be published in late September, 2002 on Manic D Press, and available through amazon.com or at bookstores nationwide!
Also, the MGM/UA film "The Running Kind" (the 1989 film co-written by Pleasant and with appearances by Screaming Sirens, TSOL, Tex and the Horseheads, The Mentors, etc) will be airing on MTV in mid-to late September. Check your local listings!
Read all
the dirt about the early Los Angeles Punk scene in the new book "We
Got The Neutron Bomb" by Mark Spitz and brendan Mullen (St. Martin's
Press). The book features extensive interviews with LA punk luminaries,
like members of X, The Germs, Fear, Go-Go's, Plugz, Runaways, Kim Fowley,
The Blasters, Ray manzarek of The Doors, Rodney Bingenheimer, and, of
course, her majesty pleasant gehman.
The best-selling
" Underground Guide To Los Angeles" is now in the process of
being updated and added to- the new edition will be out in September 2002
on Manic D Press.
In March, look for an anthology called "Thrills, Pills, Chills And
Heartaches", featuring writing by Pleasant, as well as Dennis Cooper,
Eileen Myles, Michelle Tea, Clint Catalyst and others....
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