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"Director John Waters, known for making art from sleaze, has a new CD for the [2004] season, A John Waters Christmas. It includes such songs as 'Here Comes Fatty Claus,' 'Little Mary Christmas,' and 'Santa Claus is a Black Man.' Waters was once crowned the 'Pope of Trash' by William Burroughs." [listen @ NPR]
"Every December since 1966, filmmaker John Waters has hosted a huge Christmas party at his Baltimore home. Christmas is an obsession for Waters..." [NPR]
See John Waters' Christmas live in 2005:
Dec 15 @ Rio Theatre, California w/ Jonathan Richman (tix & VIP tix)
Dec 17 @ UCLA, Royce Hall w/ Peaches (more info)
Dec 21 @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC w/ Kimya Dawson & Trachtenburg Slideshow Players (tix & VIP tix)
If there's more dates, I don't know about them.
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Posted by christmas | December 3, 2005 2:26 AM
Happy Holidays!
My name is Rick Edwards and I am the photographer for Rational Animal and The Mayor's Alliance for NYC'S Animals. Do you have any contacts with John Waters? I would love to photograph the John Waters Christmas Live Show at The Bowery Ballroom.
Please let me know.
Rick 646 228-8013
Posted by Rick Edwards | December 12, 2005 9:29 PM
Happy Holidays!
My name is Rick Edwards and I am the photographer for Rational Animal and The Mayor's Alliance for NYC'S Animals. Do you have any contacts with John Waters? I would love to photograph the John Waters Christmas Live Show at The Bowery Ballroom.
Please let me know.
Rick 646 228-8013
Posted by Rick Edwards | December 12, 2005 9:30 PM