SPIRITUS is a monthly show that my bellydance troupe Hands of Kali does with Faye the Tattooed Psychic in the Jewelbox Theater (which has a magically morphing dressing room tagged by bands and burlesque acts from all over Seattle). Last night we were chillin there (literally!), noting the latest dressing room layout -- it's gone from having half the dividing wall and door knocked out [well, punched out at first--just a couple of fist-shaped holes] to having the entire dividing wall knocked out to being freshly painted on one side and having a new divding wall with the doorway in a different place. Oh, and it's colder than s**t back there in the winter!
which is why it was nice to be able to sit in the audience in the (heated) theater and watch after our opening fan dance and AC/DC medley numbers were over. Most of the audience was a birthday party, and they were whoopin it up. Once again, I was lucky enough to have Faye read me during her show--thanks to her past metaphysical (and metaphorical) kicks in the behind, I was motivated to get my novel out into the world, and now she says that spirit is telling me to stop being so afraid of failure and get out there to promote, promote, promote. in other words, 'be righteous about it.' [Living in Seattle for as long as I have, I can now also add that Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam once told me ages ago, when I said that I was joining a band as a singer: 'be righteous about it.' Meaning, I guess, that I shouldn't be a timid girl singer. Or, to just go at it all out]
which is why it was nice to be able to sit in the audience in the (heated) theater and watch after our opening fan dance and AC/DC medley numbers were over. Most of the audience was a birthday party, and they were whoopin it up. Once again, I was lucky enough to have Faye read me during her show--thanks to her past metaphysical (and metaphorical) kicks in the behind, I was motivated to get my novel out into the world, and now she says that spirit is telling me to stop being so afraid of failure and get out there to promote, promote, promote. in other words, 'be righteous about it.' [Living in Seattle for as long as I have, I can now also add that Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam once told me ages ago, when I said that I was joining a band as a singer: 'be righteous about it.' Meaning, I guess, that I shouldn't be a timid girl singer. Or, to just go at it all out]
OK! Spirit also said that I should push the novel in New York somehow.
this reading came right after FAye channeled a woman's dead father for her. at the end of that reading, Faye casually says, "Why would he says 'slippers'?" The woman said, "Oh god!" and started crying. Obviously it meant something personal about her dad, and it was electrifying. Faye doesn't push people to explain, especially when they're crying. She has moments in the show like this all the time.
There was a film crew there shooting the show for a promo video for Faye. afterward, they interviewed us upstairs sitting on this cool red velvet banquette while we talked about bellydance.
Oh--and I put a couple copies of my novel "Scar Flowers" out for sale and someone bought one! Whoever you are, thank you, and I hope you enjoy it.
Here is a link to Faye's Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/tattooedpsychic
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