RIP- Taylor Mead; Underground Super Star / Downtown Legend
The beautiful Taylor Mead talking to Squid as he walked down E. 1st Street.
Taylor use to walk all thru the East Village feeding the ferrel cats while listening to his walkman.
RIP dear Taylor- Beloved Bohemian and Gentle Man
Oh If Only I was in London – Charles Atlas + @ The Tate Tanks!
Surviving Love and Death – John Bernd; 8 May 1953 – 28 August 1988
Dear John,
Not a day has gone by in all these years (TWENTY FOUR) that i don’t think about you
Some days even more than others, but everyday. YOU taught me so much about so much
Because of your friendship, love, wisdom and desire to share your life and your death with me,
i am who i am
THANK YOU
How wild that you named your show Surviving Love and Death. In 1981. You knew you were sick but it was before ‘they’ even had a name for what it was. YOU, the artist, knew though. You knew that there was many lessons to learn and as many battles to fight. You taught me well dear John.
And the battles continue.
Every year on the day marking your death I think how many more years I have known you dead than alive and how little that actually matters EXCEPT i would give anything to see you grow old and continue dancing and making work and sharing your beautiful soul with the rest of us.
But i do still feel you doing that, looking after us, and making me see things i would never had seen without you in my life.
the custom made road case John had built for his little red chair
Because of you John Bernd, there will forever be an endless supply of love in my heart
Photo of John Bernd dancing by Dona Ann McAdams. John’s little red chair is in the background.
Antony’s Meltdown; The Most Fantastic Festival Ever!
The most amazing and honorable Yoshito Ohno gazing upon his own name on the bigger than life festival poster
OUT! LOUD! PROUD! 365 DAYS 24/7…ALWAYS PRIDE
Today’s just the parade- these are our lives everyday….
Happy Pride Parade with Beloved Grand Marshall Cyndi Lauper
And Tom smiled back…..
Walking east on 4th Street, after restoring the theatre, the rain started.
But the sun stayed out in the west.
Look for the Rainbow!!!!!!! …..Lucy shouted as Annabel skipped & danced in the raindrops…..
And
There, looking East on 4th St, & South to (I swear) Ridge Street, was the rare NYC Rainbow
And
Everyone knew exactly WHO was behind it!
Because of your love Tom, we are all more special.
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