NEW MOON IN VIRGO CIRCLE:
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8
8PM

PLANTING SEEDS FOR NEW WORK OR NEW WAYS OF WORKING
REVAMPING DAILY RITUALS
AUTUMN CLEANSING RITUAL
SPIRITUAL DIARY TECHNIQUES
WORKING WITH INTENSITY OF VENUS IN SCORPIO: SEPT 8-JANUARY 2011 (SEX, DEATH & ROCK N' ROLL)
MEDITATION ON THE ARCHETYPE OF THE HERMIT
RITUALS FOR SURVIVING MERCURY RETROGRADE & MORE



Knickerbocker Circus has a youtube channel complete with all the videos from my release party.  You can check out the complete set of of reading videos here.

It's not about what's right or wrong.  It's about saving lives.

Heroin.  It's been a word that slips from my lips over and over.  It's a drug that's been a part of my life since I was a teenager.  I've never done heroin.  I never will, but many of those who I have known and loved have.  Some of them lived, some of them died, but all of their lives had meaning. 

My friend Jess is the overdose prevention coordinator at the Cambridge Needle Exchange.  She works with addicts on a daily basis, creating programs, setting up therapy sessions, and supplying clean needles to those in need.  She works hard at this and does a fantastic job. She is also the person my book Blood and Pudding is dedicated to.  Tuesday evening she posted she had lost a young girl to an overdose.  She's seen it time and time again but it never gets easier.  She knows this, I know this, and you know this.  You want to help, you make progress, and sometimes things happen.  It will always hurt.

Seeing that update broke my heart.  But underneath that update was something truly heartwarming.  A woman commented that she was sorry for the young girls overdose and spoke that she was grateful in her own life for making it through, with the help of Jess's program.  Jess works long hours, she's creating a publication for addicts to tell their stories.  She cares, she's interested, and she connects.  She knows what they have gone through and what they are going through; which is why it is so important to have an organization like the Needle Exchange. 

Please look into the programs offered at your local Needle Exchange.  If you don't have one, suggest one, donations of time or money are always appreciated.

If you live in NYC the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center info can be found here.

I recently took a quick trip to Northampton, and by quick I mean, R. Krasnova and I were there for about an hour.  I wanted to show everyone the places where the book took place & maybe, just maybe read a few excerpts in those places.  We didn't have a tri-pod, nor a mic so the video is a bit low & shaky.  It works well with headphones though. 

Holly and I used to find secret places in Northampton.  Some of them were more secret then, than they are now. Over the bridge on Main St is a bike trail.  Sometimes we'd hide away and just sit.  Sometimes we'd just hide away.

B&P Noho Holly from Katelan Foisy on Vimeo.

Untitled from Katelan Foisy on Vimeo.

Photos by R. Krasnova

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, to all those who came out in the rain to Bluestockings for my party.  It was amazing and you all had such great energy.  Below are some pics by Emily Poole.

You can check out more pics from the party by clicking the events section or just clicking here.

If you have any photos from the event please send them over.  I'll add the to the gallery.

Me & best friend John before the reading.

Lenox Parker

Mike Lala

Eric Nelson

Dru announces the next performer John S. Hall

John S. Hall reading from other people's books.

Dru and I being very serious bidniz ladies.

Me reading from Blood and Pudding

My friend Autumn Sol took these pics with her iphone.  Signing and flipping best friend John over my shoulders with my massive strength.

Blood and Pudding has a new home.  I visited Pages Coffee Bar last weekend and had a fantastic time meeting the owners Kate and Laurie as well as hanging with my sister.  So pop into Pages, have a cup of their incredible coffee and flip through B&P.  Only two signed copies left at the store.

And of course if you are in NYC on Sunday, pop into my book party at Bluestockings from 7-9. Facebook invite can be found here.

One should always wear skull shirts and red flowers when visiting a coffee bar.

On the other side of the book case there hides a secret lair.  There are many private spots to run off to.

My sister reads B&P.  She is also drinking a delicious, delicious caramel macchiato.

We had to take ours to go.

I'm back in NYC from a weekend in the country.  Much to my delight I have come back to the release of the first chapter of Kim Boekbinder's new album "The Impossible Girl".  The album conatins art by Teetering Bulb, Dax Tran Caffee, and yours truly.  Dowload it now! You'll get the first four sons and high res images of the fabulous album art.  Cover photo is by Heike Schneider-Matzigkeit.  You want it.  Yes, yes you do.  I promise you it is as magical and fabulous as it looks.

A small village takes their seer for granted. In the heat of their disrespectful behavior, a storm blows in and does what only karma can.

Click the image below to take you to the morbid little tale of karma in a very greedy village.

This will probably get posted a few times over the next week or so. 

Described as "Sid and Nancy meets On the Road " Katelan V. Foisy's memoir, Blood & Pudding takes you into a world of obsessive compulsive relationships, drug addiction, first loves, and untimely death.  Written in scrapbook form it contains transcribed road trip tapes, journal entries, letters, and stories of two psychonuerotic cousins looking to live as hard and fast as they can in the shortest amount of time.

KATELAN V. FOISY is a visual artist, writer, pinup model, and tarot reader based out of New York.  Her illustration has graced the pages of the Grammy Awards Programs, and her fine art has been exhibited at the Worcester Art Museum, Ohio History Museum, MODA, and the Museum of Contemporary Art DC, as well as various other galleries worldwide. She currently art directs and writes interviews for Constellation Magazine, creates spoken word with ABEARICA, and just released her first memoir Blood and Pudding.  When not creating she can be found reading tarot at various locations in NYC.  She is known as La Gitana.  

JOHN S. HALL is the co-founder of King Missile (Dog Fly Religion), King Missile, and King Missile III. As lyricist and vocalist for these groups, John has recorded three albums for Atlantic and several albums for independent labels.  He has performed his work all over the U.S. and Europe, appeared on the The United States of Poetry (PBS), and HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and was part of MTV's "Spoken Word Unplugged" tour.  A collection of his work, Jesus Was Way Cool, was published by Soft Skull Press, which also published his most recent work, Daily Negations (2007), a self-help parody.

MIKE LALA owes his heritage to punk rock, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and the American West.  He grew up the son of a USAF fighter pilot, born in Lubbock, Texas and moving to Alaska, New Mexico, Arizona, Florida, Colorado, Japan, Oklahoma, Virginia, Michigan, and New York City.  He is currently assembling his first collection of poems and lives in Brooklyn with his cat and drinking problem.

ERIC NELSON is an emerging writer originally from New Jersey, the son of a nurse and machinist. He has written for publications such as Constellation and Zine World and wrote the zine series “The Silk City Series,” which is now a book of short stories from Knickerbocker Circus Publishing. He is currently curating readings and is at work on his debut novel. He’s a combination of Black Flag and Raymond Carver. He can usually be found laughing loudly at something inappropriate. He lives in Queens and he loves it.

I've been painting and doing readings all week.  In the meantime, here's a playlist, incase you're painting too. I'll have new art posted soon.

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