ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE*
9 pm Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence procession
9:30–10 pm Jill Tracy
10:15–10:30 pm Project Nunway with Ejector
10:30–10:45 pm Ejector solo set
11–11:30 pm Sonny and the Sunsets
11:30–Midnight H.U.N.X.
Midnight–1 am HOTTUB
1–2 am Honey Soundsystem
Honey Soundsystem will be spinning throughout the evening between musical acts.
*Times are approximate and subject to change.
HOTTUB † — 12 am
HOTTUB brings punk, funk and crunk from Oaktown, drawing from dancehall, punk, Miami Bass and girl group pop to create their hype sound, and a live show full of crowd antics, makeshift slip & slides and tricked out, thrift-store-fabulous outfits.
When a band names itself after a structure that is pretty much mandatory in all great wet 'n' wild debaucheries, you know you're in for quite a ride. The Oakland based quintet HOTTUB has been busting out jams since 2005, when producer Jason Stinnett (aka Jaysonic) and vocalist Nicole Feliciano (aka Coco Machete) joined forces, later inviting Jennifer Ackerman (aka Loli PoP) and Amber Griffin-Royal (aka Ambr33zy) on vocals, and Mark Gregory (aka Funky Finger Mark) on keyboards. HOTTUB draws from dancehall, punk, Miami Bass and girl group pop to create their hype sound, and their live show is full of crowd antics, makeshift slip & slides and tricked out, thrift-store-fabulous outfits. The group recently toured North America with UK pop darlings The Ting Tings, who had been giving them shout outs in various blogs and magazine interviews, including a video interview with Perez Hilton. Their debut EP On Blast! is available on iTunes, released under their own independent record label LeHeat, a most appropriate name as they do bring some serious heat. Look out, HOTTUB is blasting through a city near you!
HOTTUB on MySpace »
† Crown City Rockers, who were scheduled to headline YBCA's Noël Noir event on Dec 10, have been replaced by HOTTUB
SONNY AND THE SUNSETS — 11 pm
Sonny and the Sunsets' vintage-style west coast pop songs tell sordid tales of death, drowning, outcasts, heavenly visions and otherworldly despair. Their newest LP, Tomorrow is Alright radiates with a classic yet indefinable sound, almost like a futuristic 50's R&B.
California native Sonny Smith started his career playing in a blues piano bar nestled in the mountain
towns of Colorado at the age of eighteen. He then embarked on a journey to Central America, where
he lived on an organic farm in the Central American jungle, earning money while touring with a rag tag
busking band and playing hotels and cabanas along the coast of the Caribbean. In 1996, he moved back
home to San Francisco, where he continued to focus on writing music, short stories and plays. In the
early 2000's he toured in support of Neko Case and Jolie Holland and released a string of solo albums
titled, This is My Story, This is My Song, Sordid Tales of Love and Woe, One Act Plays and Fruitvale.
Tomorrow is Alright continues his exploration of outcasts, weirdos, freaks, death, love and atypical
transformation.
In 2007, he formed Sonny and The Sunsets with help from friends Shayde Sartin & Tim Cohen (of the
Fresh & Onlys), Tahlia Harbour (of Citay and The Dry Spells), Ryan Browne and Kelley Stoltz (Sub Pop
Recordings) among others. Together the band created Tomorrow is Alright, recorded on a classic 1970's
388 Tascam tape recorder in various uncommon places including out of Sonny's camper. Tomorrow is
Alright is full of straightforward-pop songs that recall the 1950's era doo wop of The Falcons combined
with the direct sincerity and positive spirit of Modern Lovers' Jonathan Richman as well as the dark
confessional humor of cartoonists like Robert Crumb and Ivan Brunetti.
Sonny Smith currently resides in the Sunset District of San Francisco where he stays busy writing music
and providing occasional care to disabled war veterans and other people who have fallen through the
cracks of society through a Bay Area based social work agency F & CMS. He works out of an office in the
back of his friends' surf shop. In addition to his work as a sometimes columnist or occasional playwright
he also opened "100 Records" his first ever solo- art exhibition. The show ran for seven weeks at Gallery
16 in San Francisco; it featured 100 album-covers created by 90 different artists from around the world
along with one hundred songs written and recorded by Sonny himself and a custom built jukebox to play
those songs. The show then traveled to Austin and New York.
Sonny and the Sunsets Homepage »
JILL TRACY — 9:30 pm
Jill Tracy will transport you into a seductive and magical realm far beyond the Everyday. The place where we wished we lived. A dark, elegant netherworld full of hidden passageways, wonder cabinets, and opium dens. Of monsters, marvels and mayhem. You know it's not safe here; but with Jill Tracy as your guide, you'll be in no hurry to leave. The San Francisco-based singer/pianist/storyteller has garnered multiple awards and a passionate following for her evocative cinematic music, sophisticated lyrics, old- world glamour, and curious passion for strange tales. Hailed a “femme fatale for the thinking man,” by San Francisco Chronicle, Jill Tracy was described by NPR's All Things Considered as "utterly intriguing, transporting you into a magical world solely of her creation." LA Weekly has deemed her "the cult darling of the Underworld." She is the modern day woman of mystery.
With four albums to her credit, Jill Tracy's music has appeared on CBS, NBC, PBS, and numerous
independent and feature films. The song "Evil Night Together" has become a sultry underground
anthem for neo-burlesque, gothic cabaret, and modern belly dancers all over the globe. Her acclaimed
music video "The Fine Art of Poisoning," (a collaboration with Oakland animator Bill Domonkos) has won
over 30 film festival awards internationally and was just honored at London's famed National Gallery.
She has shared the stage with the likes of Nina Hagen, Lydia Lunch, Richard Strange, Jello Biafra, and is
currently collaborating with music icon David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets.) She has been the featured
performer at Anne Rice's famed New Orleans Halloween Ball and was commissioned to compose the
Midnight Waltz for the International Ball of Vampires in Portland, OR.
As a youngster, Jill Tracy was drawn to classic suspense, film noir, and horror movie scores, which
she cites today as some of her strongest influences. These passions are evident in her unusual piano
performance style. Virtually self taught, her singular blend of dreamy flourishes, hypnotic grooves, and
dark-alley classical conjures up chiaroscuro shades of another era, but at the same time, the sound
is shockingly new. And with her trademark voice of cut-velvet smoke, she reveals a talent for making
rather unsettling subjects remarkably alluring.
"I feel that I need to be a beacon for people, and allow them into the swampy place in their souls where
the sinister and sensual meet," Jill Tracy explains in a recent interview in TOR.
"It's my purpose to perpetuate the long-lost magic, allow people to slip into the cracks, to pry up the
floorboards and search deeply. Believe. Imagine. It’s so important to hold on to that childlike sense of
marvel."
Jill Tracy Homepage »
EJECTOR — 10:30 pm
Voted “Best Local Band” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay 2010 Reader’s Poll, ejector have established themselves as a San Francisco favorite. Formed in 2008, this electronic duo features the talents of Ben Holder (vocals) and Ricky Terry (keyboards). Their debut album ‘On the Pages’ launched earlier this year to much critical and fan acclaim. Packed with moody synths, pounding dance beats, and infectious melodies, with hints of influences ranging from current electro to industrial 80’s, this duo wasted no time in releasing four singles with remixes that run the gamut. Having appeared on multiple stages from festivals to clubs, their theatrical and provocative stage shows always deliver leaving audiences wanting more!
H.U.N.X. — 11:30 pm
H.U.N.X. is the new musical project of Seth Bogart, also of Hunx and his Punx and formerly of Gravy Train, with help from Nick Weiss of Teengirl Fantasy. H.U.N.X.'s goal is to make the gayest music ever- to be played exclusively in European discotheques and bath houses.
Inspiration for H.U.N.X. include late 80s "Loco-Motion" era Kylie Minogue, MAN 2 MAN, ABBA and the
gay porno flick called "Gayracula." H.U.N.X. has so far recorded 3 songs, one titled "Can a Man Hear
Me?", a cover of "The Loco-Motion" and a gay vampire cruising anthem called "I Vant To Suck Your
Cock"
Look for an album next year.
H.U.N.X. MySpace »
HONEY SOUNDSYSTEM — 1 am
Honey Soundsystem is a collective of discaires, musicians, performers and artistss. We bond over our
shared love of timeless sound, iconic imagery,the complete look, indulgent behavior, and most of all,
attractive men.
"Genius, history-compressing sets that melted my panties into a sugary lump" —San Francisco Guardian
"There's just one thing that should make New Yorkers envy San Francisco nightlife, and that's Honey
Soundsystem. Honeyboys Ken Vulsion, Pee Play, Robot Hustle, Jason Kendig, Josh Cheon, and Derek
Bobus have created a hedonist’s dream in their weekly party, and they soundtrack it with Strictly Rhythm,
Hardkiss, Move D, Horsemeat Disco, Hercules & Love Affair, dark wave, and bitchy Sandra Bernhard
samples."
—The Village Voice
"Honey Sundays has taken on a very dark, lasers-in-the-forest look. You could call it a gay witch disco
kidnapping."
—SF GATE
Forming in January 2006, Honey started turning heads with their cunning ad campaigns, decadent
themes, private warehouse parties and of-course their floor stomping DJ sets. They have hosted DJ's
from around the world, including Todd Terje, Horse Meat Disco, Stefan Goldmann, Solar, Hercules &
Love Affair, Discodromo, Cosmo Vitelli, DJ Spun, Eric Duncan, DJ Kaos, Kim Ann Foxman, Neon Leon,
and Trocodero Transfer legend Steve Fabus.
In 2009 The crew became instrumental in the release of never before heard music from San Francisco
producer Patrick Cowley. The release of the Catholic record on Macro Records was followed by a month
long exhibition the crew produced on the life and times of Cowley. In 2010 Honey released a full length
compilation of like-minded producers from around the globe. Brotherhood came in at number two on
JUNOs chart in it's first month of release (just behind Tiesto!).
Individually, crew members have been changing the landscape of music with record labels (Dark Entries,
MR.INTL), live sets (Robot Hustle's all analog project Cryo-cell), appearences in New York, London,
Berlin, and at their notorious weekly Sunday party at the Holy Cow in "the most sexually abrasive &
peculiar district in town."
Honey Soundsystem Homepage »
Beats In Space »
Catholic & Megatron Man »
PROJECT NUNWAY II: NUNWAY NOIR — 10:15 pm
Who says haute couture needs to come with a haute price tag? Experience Project Nunway II at Noël Noir and see what fashion is about: Innovation, experimentation and mad inspiration. With all runway looks composed of reused, recycled or second-hand materials, Nunway Noir will provide irrefutable proof that sustainable is sexy. Featuring Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence walking the runway and costumes by noted local designers, Nunway Noir promises to be a seasonal spectacle of epic proportions.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. have been employing satire and high drama to shed light on serious issues since 1979. From a humble beginning in the Castro, America’s first order of 21st century nuns formed to improve the socio-cultural, spiritual, educational, and artistic experiences of the communities in which members live, work, and have creative interactions. Each individual Sister is artist and subject, priestess and counselor, nurturer and provocateur in the human quest for a joyful life. We are blessed to be able to share our vast archives with the public as part of Ritual and Redemption. From the Rosary In A Time Of Nuclear Peril to the exorcism of Pope John Paul II to the taking of our vows and painting of our “white face”, Sisters have been creating rituals, blessings, art, literature, and general debauchery designed to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt for the past 30 years.
The Sisters Homepage »
Photos of Project Nunway at YBCA 2009 are available here and here
SCANDALOUS PHOTO OPS WITH THE SISTERS
Memorialize your Noël Noir experience with a gorgeous photograph! Pose with a bedecked and fabulous Sister of Perpetual Indulgence and let photographer Monty Suwannukul take your picture. Check NoelNoir2010.com after Tuesday, December 14, to see yourself in full regalia!
LUMINOUS DARKNESS: QUEER OCCULT FILMS — 10 pm
A provocative program of magickal, sexually transgressive videos focusing on erotic ritual and performance. Beware—these psychedelic wild boys and satanic queers will fuck with your mind and cast dark spells. Program includes work by Luigi & Luca, Lukas Beyeler, Dominic Johnson, Murphy Maxwell, Gio Black Peter, JodyJock, Grant Singer, Black Sun Productions, Lee Adams, Skye Thorstenson, Matt Lambert, Zackary Drucker and Bruce LaBruce. For extreme tastes. Curated by Daniel McKernan
A FIRE IN MY BELLY, BY DAVID WOJNAROWICZ
11 pm–2 am, on continuous loop
YBCA strongly protests censorship in any form. In alliance with museums and art centers around the country, we present A Fire In My Belly by David Wojnarowicz, a highly regarded artist/activist who died in 1992.
more about the controversy surrounding this film…
In an appalling act of censorship, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery removed this video last week. It was part of “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” the first major museum exhibition to address gay and lesbian identity in the arts. This action was taken after objections were raised by members of Congress and the Catholic League, who believed the work to be “sacrilegious.”
Get all the facts at www.hideseek.org »
See Modern Art Notes' coverage of the controversy here »
THEOFFCENTER PERFORMANCES — all night
Originally formed as a collective response to support the sustainability of a queer performance incubator [MCVF], over 30 artists stepped up to share the work load of running the space. Unfortunately MCVF had to close and from that THEOFFCENTER was born. A a self-propelled artist-run performance initiative THEOFFCENTER believes performance is pivotal in researching queer identity. THEOFFCENTER‘s intention is to hold space for this type of research.
Artists and performances at Noël Noir will include:
Honey McMoney, Draw Your Ghost / Skull Portraits
Jesse Hewit, Individuals Full of Grace
Peter Max Lawrence & Chelsea America, Each Other
Macklin Kowal & Mary Lachman as deconstructed Go-Go creatures, w/Mica Sigourney
THEOFFCENTER on the web »
** A portion of proceeds will go towards supporting the charitable community activities
of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a 501(c)3 nonprofit
