Lucha VaVOOM @ Webster Hall (more by Tim Griffin)

tonight in NYC
* Lucha Va Voom @ Webster Hall
* Jonsi, Death Vessel @ Terminal 5
* Bora Yoon, Luke DuBois @ Roulette
* Extra Life, Larkin Grimm, Queening @ Cake Shop
* James Subudhi, Sweetheart Parade, Teru'ah @ Zebulon
* The Fancy, Corey Dargel, Cornelius Dufallo @ Joe's Pub
* B. Shropshire, Backlights, The Last King Of England @ Bruar Falls
* Dimmer, Starcrossed Signs, Milk and Blood, John Reagan @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Jonathan Kane's February, Audrey Chen (A birthday celebration for Suzanne Fiol) @ Issue Project Room

B. Shropshire, playing Bruar Falls tonight, used to be in Human Televison (RIP) and has a cover of Mazzy Star's Fade Into You streaming on his MySpace.

Wrestling and burlesque show Lucha Va Vaoom returns to Webster Hall tonight, comedian Todd Barry included.

Quasi's new video for "Little White Horse" below...

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photos by Tim Griffin

Between matches we were treated to a bit of burlesque, all of it wonderful, but I am proud to say that at the end of the day the girls from New York outshone their Los Angeles counterparts with audacity and grit.

During the intermission, L.A.-based Lux LaCroix--who had earlier in the evening made her star turn doing a reversedrag striptease as a Purple Rain-era Prince -- told me, "New York burlesque is more performance art, L.A. is more rockabilly."

This made little sense coming from a girl sporting a Zorro moustache. Fortunately, in this case, the "performance art" was local gogo heroes the Wau Wau Sisters, whose trapeze act set to a Guns 'N Roses song featured not only death-defying stunts but also a giant baggie filled with drugs. Never let it be said that I am not an appreciator of fine art.

By the end of the night there had been enough high-flying grappling, giant Day-Glo insects, booby-shaking and gender-bending to satisfy even purists like myself, and certainly the curiosity seekers had something to text each other about on their way back to the L train. [NY Press]

LA's Lucha VaVOOM visited Webster Hall last Sunday (9/20). More pictures from the show, below...

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Mexican Masked Wrestling + Burlesque + Comedy

Lucha VaVOOM is a non-stop, action-packed scream-a-thon, where Mexican Masked wrestlers flip and fly, performing breathtaking acrobatic feats. It's good vs. evil played out in a one fall, Lucha Libre exhibition-style match for maximum enjoyment.

In between matches, the finest, handpicked burlesque acts from around the world astound us; at Lucha VaVOOM, we like a little sexo with our violencia. Raucous aerial acts, Pogo-stick peelers, hula-hoop hotties; we've got it all.

But wait there's more! Our color commentary is handled by comedians Tom Kenny, Dana Gould and Blaine Capatch. Other guest commentators include Fred Armisen, Brian Poussein, Patton Oswalt, Jeffrey Ross, Chris Hardwick and Bobcat Goldthwait. Even Jack Black sat in, proclaiming "Lucha VaVOOM is the sh*t!

Lucha VaVOOM sounds like a good time, and Lucha VaVOOM visits NYC Sunday night (9/20). The show is at Webster Hall and tickets are still available, and I have two pairs of them to giveaway. The flyer with more details and the exact lineup, and a promo video, are below...

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