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| Religious Reich Art Show- May 9th-30th |
[09 May 2009|03:17pm] |
Thanks to everyone who attended the show last night. everything turned out perfect.
Goodbye friends in Seattle - I will miss ya but it's time to go.
If you missed the show you can still catch the video:
Religious Reich Art Show
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Opening Reception
May 8, 2009
Open from 5 to 9 pm
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Gallery Hours
May 8–30, 2009
Open Tuesday though Saturday, noon to 5 pm
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Art Dept
Main Campus Six
427 Ninth Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98121
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| Doomsday Redux |
[30 Dec 2008|06:31pm] |
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Doomsday Redux
Face it - we are all fucked. So, might as well go out with a Big Bang for the New Year.
Listen to the new re-mix of Human Disease (Doomsday Redux) from the upcoming re-mix album All Fucxed Up on the Betty X Myspace player.
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[08 Sep 2008|10:56am] |
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“Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.” Marge Piercy
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| Betty X Unmasked: Uncensored Interview |
[02 Jul 2008|10:27pm] |
Pick up the last of The Sinner June issue, bring it to the next show and have them signed.
Thanks to Guitar Doug and Chuck and Terri Foster for their continuous and steadfast support. Your professionalism and love of the Seattle scene inspire me.
Thanks always to all The Sinner staff and Matthew X Goad.
Interview for The Sinner by legendary Guitar Doug.
In the interview below, Betty X lets loose like never before on an array of topics in here first interview in well over a year. This is truly the ultimate uncensored look into the mind of Betty X for fans of Betty or the casual reader with an interest in music or the performing and visual arts.
Betty X is one of the most recognizable names in Seattle rock today but remains an enigma to many. Her reclusive nature has made her a local cult celebrity and she has gone even more underground over the past year, while working on her upcoming album entitled Religious Reich, which will be released in early fall.
She has also been working on her side project called Satan in High Heels, while at the same time immersing her self in advanced college level art courses. On top of this, she is working on a couple of film projects that she will be disclosing specifics about soon online.
Most interviews with Betty X have focused on her latest projects, but there is much more going on beneath the surface than most know. The goal of this story was to try to get behind the public image to the real person behind Betty X.
I believe the interview below is the most candid interview ever done with Betty. She is rather vague about herself in most interviews and incredibly private, so the interview below is one for the books and for Betty X fans in Seattle, and across the globe. She always keeps the public at arms length which is probably why she has been able to handle being in the public as long as she has.
There is much about Betty X going on beneath the surface than most understand which we will examine in this piece. For instance, Betty is an art school graduate with a stellar academic record, and the results of her Cornish education can be found in everything from her stage presentation to her album cover artwork. Her music, websites, promo posters and public image, are all part of a large artistic project known as Betty X. This project incorporates many mediums of art, music and technology.
This formula for success is reminiscent of the work of David Byrne, founder of The Talking Heads, who put that project together while an art major at Rhode Island School of Design. Like Byrne and the Talking Heads, the music is just one aspect of the overall artistic presentation and message.
When describing her craft, Betty prefers the label performance artist over rock musician, and explains why below. From what I gathered doing this story, Betty seems more interested in art than music these days, and is constantly looking for new ways to incorporate art into her project.
For those who don't know, Betty has been around the Seattle music business for some time. Her project called Salon Betty, which existed from 1993 - 1997 was very popular at the time, and is still known around the club scene today. That too was a performance art based visual and musical endeavor. Salon Betty was a totally different show and concept than her current project known as Betty X, and she explains the point of that particular project below for the first time. Even as she works on her project, she is performing a separate show or character she has created called Satan in High Heels.
The secret to the success of Betty X is that she is a one woman promotional machine and publicity wiz, who is militant about keeping it fresh and never becoming predictable or overexposed. She is definitely one to study and for the newer performers trying to break into Seattle rock, and trying to make a name in a business saturated with competition. You would probably find it impossible to find a more well known Seattle performer in relation to the actual number of shows she performs each year. Love her or not, there are few have not heard of Betty X in this town.
Betty X, Satan in High Heels, Salon Betty, must be taken as a whole involving many smaller artistic concepts to fully understand. They are not so much bands in the traditional sense, as concepts incorporating many aspects of the music, art, performance and the visual arts.
I now bring you Betty X
Unmasked for the June 2008 issue of The Seattle Sinner Magazine.
( Read more... )
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[10 Apr 2008|11:16am] |
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“Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.”
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| Hey Pain Junkies, time to show us what you got! Contest |
[08 Mar 2008|12:14pm] |
Hey Pain Junkies, time to show us what you got!
Here's a contest to win a signed copy of Memoirs of a Pain Junkie. Just send us a link to your myspace page that features original art or a photo that expresses your inner Pain Junkie.
Your photo or art must be displayed in your icon.
Listen to the album and the songs and submit your artistic response.
The Top 8 winners will be selected as the new Top 8 spots on the Pain Junkie Myspace page and will receive personal signed copies of Memoirs of a Pain Junkie CD Limited Edition.
The albums are going fast and will NOT be released 'til 2010.
Please submit to the Official BX Fan Page at Pain Junkies!
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[14 Jan 2008|08:32pm] |
Santa Worm by Mark Ryden
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