The Aethernautical Journal Of Mad Soncitist & Humouress Veronique Chevalier - http://WeirdVal.com
Maurice Chevalier said, "Thank Heaven for little girls," & Veronique Chevalier says, "Thank Hell for La Moi!" She's a twisted Edith Piaf from an alternate reality; Parodist; Creatrix of Gothic Polka, & Inventrix of Steampunk Haiku, aka "Steamku."
Oui! Oui! In my true, ongoing quest to be one of the top Cyber-whores, I am SpreadingTheDisease (STD) that's my own Special Brand of Madness, far & wide!
eSTEAMed Greetings once again, Chere 'Fiends' & Fan(g)s!
If vous missed the April 21st live broadcast of The Charlie Chaplin Tribute Show on Volver de la Magia Radio, here's your opportunity to take a listen at your leisure. It's in Spanish, but the music, from an array of international artistes, transcends language!
Especial Homenaje a Charles Chaplin 122 Aniversario
Musica: Polka Dark Cabaret Steampunk, Dramatic Dark Cabaret Avant-Garde, Opera Dark Cabaret Vaudeville Circus, Romantic Ballad, Hard Rock, Neo-Cabaret, Gypsy Steampunk Dark Cabaret
1 “The Beer Hall In Hell” – VERONIQUE CHEVALIER Album: “Polka Haunt Us” (USA-2010)
2 “Neigung zum Nichts” – ANGIZIA Album: “Kokon – Ein Schauring-schones Schachtelstuck” (Austria-2011)
3 “Chaplin Nonsense Song” – VAGABOND OPERA Album: “Get the Train” (USA-2004)
Hosts McKland and Deborah are dedicating this broadcast to the 122nd anniversary of the birth of "The Little Tramp"- beloved iconic actor/director/composer Charlie Chaplin, so I am especially honoured to be included in this show!
Please tune in and enjoy the sonic offerings, which include (but are not limited to):
Gothic/ Darkwave Dark Cabaret/ Steampunk/ NeoCabaret Avant-Garde Symphonic Gothic Metal Viking Folk Pagan Metal Neofolk/ Dark Folk/ Folk Noir/Apocalyptic Folk New Wave/ Retro 80's & 90's Oldies/ Notalgies/ Tango EBM/ Dark Electro/ Industrial/Harsh Death Rock/ Post-Punk Celtic/ Folk Rock
During the course of my evening as Em Ceess (Mistress of Ceremonies) for "Voyages Extraordinaires", a steampunk extravaganza, featuring live music, vendors, food, libations and art, with headliners Abney Park, at Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center in San Diego, on Saturday, February 12th, 2011, videographer Marc Balanky from KNSD Sound Diego, the NBC Television affiliate station's blog, conducted a short interview with La Moi about my views on the Steampunk Phenomenon.
The music in this video is by San Diego-based band Tragic Tantrum, featuring the beautiful Zoe Tantrum, a prolific musical artiste and creative powerhouse.
Other acts shown in the video include Shovelman, a mysterious, itinerant spinner of yarns and instrumentalist of rusty, electronically-modified farm impliments; San Diego's Steam Powered Giraffe, musical comedy robotic mime troupe, as well as Elective Surgery, San Diego-based performers who present monthly shadowcasts of "REPO: The Genetic Opera".
Steampunk culture is gaining more and more attention from the media, and is capturing the imaginations of ever greater numbers of followers. I think H.G. Wells & Jules Verne would be astonished at what their imaginations have wrought! .
Vous are cordially invited on Saturday, Feb. 12th, 2011
Pueblo Estrella Music Presents: Voyages Extraordinaires, Queen Bee's, San Diego.
* * ALL AGES!!! * *
MC & Host: Veronique Chevalier!
FEATURING: + Abney Park + Steam Powered Giraffe + The Tragic Tantrum + Shovel Man + Fire Dancers + Belly Dancers + Food + Prizes + Alcohol for 21 & over with ID
"Like riding Tim Burton's version of Disney's "It's a Small World" ride."
-- Jordan Bodewell, Sepiachord
"If Charles Dickens had written a Ghost of Mirth into his Christmas Carol, Veronique Chevalier would be she."
--E. Joyce Glasgow,
Seattle Gay News
"Veronique makes odd and hynoptizing music."
--George The Giant, Sideshow Performer & Actor (Tim Burton's "Big Fish")
"She's deliciously warped!" --Larry Feldman
"...Delightfully & darkly disturbing !" --Alexander The Ingrate
"...A ruthless mistress of cool intrigue!" --Gina Zollman, The Beverly Hills Outlook
"...I have built a steam-powered airship called the HMAS Veronique. I run the ship by myself, faeries, automatons and the like." --Dorian Donigan, The Magnificent
"This statuesque songbird defies categorization...She is simultan- eously 'Ooh la la' saucy and 'Laugh-out-loud' hilarious!" -- Roger Jackson
I am a journalist; social activist; record producer, lyricist; ersatz composer/arranger; parodist; visual artist; model, former ballet dancer, and am reputed to be the long-lost great-granddaughter of a certain famous Frenchman who was a star of stage and screen...I especially appreciate under-the-radar and/or quirky talents...I am very proud of my benefit project, a recording and live show Cabaret4Choice which highlights the complexity of reproductive freedom...I conceptualized and produced 'Polka Haunt Us: A Spook-tacular Compilation' which was an Official Selection on The 51st Annual Grammy Ballot, & is sure to become a perennial Halloween classic, and in 2012, I shall be releasing a book of Steampunk Haiku (Steamku) entitled "My Cog Is Bigger Than Your Cog: Steamku & Other Verstrocities..(See links to 'The Many Websites Of Veronique' in the right-hand sidebar of my blog).
There's a life-force, an energy, a quickening, translated through you into action...It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open whether you choose to take an art class, keep a journal, record your dreams, dance your story or live each day from your own creative source. Above all else, keep the channel open."
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”
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