Drsketchy's Journals

Friday I'm in Love!

Like, oh my god, it's time for Dr. Sketchy's Recap! This week, Dr. Sketchy's did the time-warp again for a look at the New Wave 1980s! C'mon everyone, lets go listen to the Cure and wear skinny ties! Lapel buttons for all!

Me, your loyal host, handed out of the fabulous prizes: a New Order Bootleg tape! We take themes *very* seriously here at Dr. Sketchy's....Look at our other prizes

Actual Viynl bought at an Actual Goodwill! I enjoy his expression reading the back .."Yes! China Girl! DELICIOUS, Buwahahahaha!"

I even did a load of blow and ruined the Securities Exchange Commission just to be thematic, but Of course, no totally 80s session would be complete without a spunky, early-Madonna ragamuffin model. I humbly present, Giselle.

She looks like a Go-Go or a Banshee or a Bangle. Giselle was approached by Molly to model because Giselle works at Verb Cafe and because Giselle can do this...

Oddly, she agreed to pose for us after being asked. Which just goes to show that you can get away with anything if you're a pretty young girl. ANYTHING.

Now, c'mon grab the keys to my Ferrari and put on your red shoes to dance the blues!

Desperately Seeking Sketchy.

The Mirror has Two Awesomes!

The back of Dr. Simon and our Impressive Lighting Setup. Every one of those lights had to be carried in and installed, by me. Every session. Now does everyone realize why I don't wanna go bar hopping after?

They all look so...serious! and in rank order and file! You'd never guess that they where listening to Super Mario music and drawing "Best Incorporation of Yo Momma." But wait, who is that in the crowd?

Why it's Molly Crabapple and Steve Walker! Diligently sketching! Happy are the Monkeys Who Toil For Glory of Fatherland!

What Molly was drawing. Thats right, actual never-before-seen Molly Crabapple illustrations! Get them while their valuable!

During the break, I got away from the theme and decided to celebrate the REAL 80s, the actual Top 40s 80s that will be repackaged as "classic rock" in about 5 years. And I made all of you sing along.

Just be thankful I didn't do an encore with "Oh Sherry".

We had a metric tonne of amazing artists show up this session. Like this guy!

He's like, an Art Director! With like, a real job! Have we sold out all ready?

From our "Best transformation into a Glam Icon." Don't ask me about the warhead, I don't understand it either.

We also had a "Best Incorporation of Yourself in Middle School.."

So, in Middle School, alot of you where disproportionaly sized, apparently. The winner received a Miami Vice shot and our undying love.

This is Heather. she won and now her it's her turn. No wait, it's Heather's turn, Heather? Doesn;t matter, for another prize, Amanda got to kick Syd.

It was funnier in person.

And thats it my little monsters! Thanks to Ryan Roman and Dr. Simon for the photos and thanks to everyone who showed up to our totally righteous shindig. Come back next time with Ruby Valentine will be Marilyn Monroe in "Hollywood Babylon!"

Best,

-JL

Good Golly!

Hey! Ho! lets go my little darlings, and welcome to Dr. Sketchy's Rockin' Recap!

We had a hard-rocking good time theme this week, and who better to shake up all us than our resident rockette and the girl who has got the most, Lady J!

...that IS a whole lot of shakin' goin on, if I may say so myself.

We did do the Da do Run Rum and Dum Dum Dit ty, giving out rockabilly

freakshow prizes and putting a guy's hand in an animal trap.

More on that later, now, Lady J!

Side by side comparisons make me go all weak in the knees.

I wasn't kidding when I said Lady J can and will rock out at any moment.

She's an actual singer and music-making person in real life! Right now she

seems to be asking the audience for their input on the song. I do enjoy

democracy in action.

There is an explaination for this photo, but I feel it's better to leave the

mystery intact in all it's distressing glory. And in *that* vein....

I dare you to figure out what happened to lead up to this point! Ha ha!

Mysterious! alluring! What could it be? It's Lady J's new tattoo. In fact,

tattoos where a bit of a theme this week. how so you ask? Well, like this....

Announcing the contest....

and preparing the "canvas." The contest, best tattoo of the model done on Steve Walker! The result was this..

There are not enough words in the English language to contain and describe this amount of AWESOME. Look at the detail work!

The winner got a book on the new underground circus movement and Steve got blocked pores and ink posioning. Success!

Molly Crabapple, who still can't look menacing despite the Rockabilly patina.

Steve Walker, a rebel who will never ever be any good.

Myself! Showing off one of our prizes, a portable AM/FM radio! Also, I appear

to have turned into a husky version of my dad. I'm not sure how I feel about

that.

There is no pretext for this picture, i just think we all look like perverse imps. And this comforts me.

The winner of some real fuzzy dice to put on your imaginary 57' Chevy.

We had Jared The Magician do some magic and escape from a few fiendish traps during the break! here, he implores Fred harper to pick a card.

Jared being tied into a straight-jacket by visting model, The White Boom Boom . I think I'll keep this photo in a real..special place. For insurance purposes, you dig?

And thus ends our teenage hop! It was the most! Come back when we'll electric slide into the 80s! C'mon, lets do a lot of coke and vote Republicans! Woooo!

-JL

Photos by Ryan Roman and Dr. Simon.

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art Show!

Anti-Art Show

SUBMIT... To the First Annual Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art Show

You're about to find out.

Dr. Sketchy's is searching for 13 artists from around the world with the sexiest, dirtiest, funniest, silliest, shockingist best work ever... to show at the First Annual Anti-Art Show in New York City. Are you one of them?

$50 Cash Prize for best in show (plus gifts from our sponsors)

First and Second runners up get gifts from our sponsors

For everyone else.... a massive, booze fueled opening party, complete with the Dr. Sketchy's models, posing as living art throughout the night. And a chance to see the depraved, art monkey genius at the core of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Send the following to antiartshow@gmail.com-a brief bio/CV
-two/three LOW-RES scans of work you're done, or that's been inspired by, a Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School session
-your $5 submission fee, payable hereFirst Annual

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art Show

FAQ

Welcome, Art Monkeys!

Thanks for considering submitting to the first annual Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art Show. At the Anti-Art Show, we pick the best work from Dr. Sketchy's around the world and throw a giant party around it, complete with booze, burlesque dancers, prizes, and for raffle, the Secret of Eternal Life â„¢

Now, your questions...

What sort of work do you accept?
Any 2-dimensional work produced at (or inspired by) Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School drawing classes. That means, if you came to a class in Tokyo and drew a straight drawing of the model, you're welcome to apply. If you went home, and used the drawing as a basis for a perverse oil painting involving chipmunks, you're also welcome to apply. We do accept photography, but only the most stunning, fantabulously original work will be considered. No 3-D work. Work must be less then 24 "x 24" when framed.
How is the work judged?
Work is judged by technique, originality, and whether it makes us laugh, turns us on, or shocks us on the inside. We'll try to get a diversity of mediums, approaches, and cities/countries of origin.
Who's curating?
Molly Crabapple, with help from John Leavitt, Steve Walker, and the rest of the Dr. Sketchy's NYC crew
Why should Molly and her loser friends judge my brilliant work?
We ask ourselves that every day. Molly started Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, is an award-winning artist herself, and is, quite frankly, the only one willing to do it. You can judge Molly at www.mollycrabapple.com. Be gentle.
Where's the show? Is it a big gallery that will awe curators and make me famous?
Rapture is a cafÃ©/gallery/bookstore in the East Village (New York's once hipster-now-yuppie neighborhood). While Rapture is lovely, friendly, and bohemian to the hilt, it is not the Mary Boone Gallery and will not make art critics ejaculate.
Why are you charging a $5 submission fee?
Looking at hundreds of blurry jpegs takes time, for which we feel we should be compensated. Money also goes to flyers, hammers and nails, dancing girls, and throwing a mind-blowing opening party.
So why should I submit to this damn thing anyway? Will it get me laid?
Depends what you say to the person at the bar. You should submit to the Anti-Art Show to get your work shown in New York City, with a debauched, packed to the gills opening party and probable press coverage.
Now you're talking! How do I submit?
Send 2-3 LOW-RES jpegs to antiartshow@gmail.com. Include a brief bio/list of accomplishments/statement. We're not going to read a whole CV, but if you're a Qalandari dervish, we'd like to know. Do not send hi-res jpegs. We will not open them. Paypal your $5 entry fee to mollycrabapple@gmail.com. Forward your paypal receipt along with your application email. Sorry- no checks or money orders. Paypal only.

If we choose your work, we'll let you know by September 1.

If we don't choose your work, we probably won't email you about it. Sorry.
What happens if I get accepted?
Your final work is due on October 7th. The show hangs October 21st, and comes down November 20th

Your work will be returned, via UPS ground (for domestic) or US Postal Service (for international) within a month of November 20th.

You pay your shipping to and from New York.

Your work must be framed and ready to hang.

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School takes a 30 percent commission from sales. So, price your stuff accordingly.

Shipping is a brutal business. Pack your stuff well- we'll be using your packing to mail it back. Sorry, but we're not responsible for any broken frames, damaged work, or other degradations wrought by the US Postal Service.

Best piece in the show gets a $50 cash prize and a pack of goodies from our sponsors. The runner up gets a pack of goodies, but no cash.

To Hell With Poverty!

Happy Spring my little monsters! Esotre is in full bloom in Brooklyn, leading to less clothing and more outdoor zaniness. Alas, Dr. Sketchy's fell on April 14th, and the old reprobate was behind on his taxes for the last several decades.

We where raided by stormtropper accountants in bullet-proof visors, calculators clicking madly, threatening our tender assets. Thankfully, we had our secret weapon...

Lucy Buttons! Red hot, rock-in-rolling Burlesque star! She blew away the little public-servant pedants back to their dour towers. Behold her and despair!

from Wikipedia:

"Plain round halos are typically used to signify saints, the Virgin Mary, Old Testament prophets, angels, symbols of the Four Evangelists, and some other figures. Byzantine emperors and empresses were often shown with them in compositions including saints or Christ, however the haloes were outlined only. This was copied by Ottoman and later Russian rulers."

So Dr. Sketchy's is host to either an angel or a Byzantine Empress. No wonder we're always packed.

Checking the accounts ...man these photos are just Freudian field days? Aren't They? Lets not think of such things, lets just bask in the loveliness of Ms. Buttons.

All contest winners are required to fill out each form in triplicate and wait 4-6 weeks for the delivery of the prize-verification ticket, to be taken to your local IRS office to be exchanged for a prize of equal or lesser value to the ticket.

Molly, in her "serious business lady" outfit. She appears to be using her hair to break the glass ceiling*.

I asked him, he didn't kill the eagle himself. Pussy.

Of course, it being tax season, we felt we had to give something back.

Taxes, despite what your Ayn Rand-readin' friends will tell you, provides services necessary for the well-being of a community. And in a perfect world, our tax-dollars would provide this...

Give us now our daily booze! A big ole' plate of booze for our loyal and parched art monkeys. Carried aloft by Steve Walker, Saint. I can't get over the look of PURE JOY on all the faces. It's like a revival tent in there.

Happy are the art monkeys! Wait, who is that on the far left? Where have I seen that man before? Wait-is that?

Yes! It's him! Um...that guy! A previous winner of free booze..and still silently contemplating the shotglass, as if in prayer. Our hats off to you, mysterious regular!

Of course, we had money-themed contests. My favorite was best "best drawing using calculator paper."

A few people did cut-up moasics on several sheets. You guys rock.

This completes the Dr. Sketchy Session. Please return all signed forms along with a receipt of reading within 2 weeks of completion or suffer severe penalties. You are required to come to the next session, where Roller Derby badass, Black-Eye Barbie will shake, rattle, and roll us.

Best,

-JL

*In the name of gender equality, we don't have a glass ceiling at Dr. Sketchys. Instead we have two painted bedroom ceilings. One filled with pony stickers and Patrick Swayze posters, and the other covered in glow and dark stars and blueprints for the Enterprise-E. Progress!

Videos! Oh God!

http://keeponmovin.blip.tv/file/203837/

Jac Bowie of Dr. Sketchy's Sydney make us look like a podunk, two-bit operation in this video...featuring sexy fan dances, hot jaz, hula-hoop madness, and more swank than you can shake a silver-topped walking stick at.

Suddently I feel so very grubby.

www.jacbowie.com

Won't you go a-sketchin' with me?

Oy! Those crazy Aussies have been shaking up the land down under with not one but TWO Dr. Sketchy's sessions!

From Dr. Sketchy's Sydney, from the talented hand of Riki Salam and Robyn Neild!

http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=27163&source=rss&sy=smh

And a news report! Warning, features a dangerous amount of sexy performers (Stripping! while balancing 50 hula hoops!) with adorable accents.

And lets not neglect Melborne, where Ms. Louie presents ballon-popping fun!, with Cheekheeta Margareeta of HiBall Burlesque!

Vunderbar! They're *all* spiecal snowflakes!

If you happen to find yourself in the merry old land of Oz, check out Dr. Sketchy's Melbourne at

http://empe.customer.netspace.net.au/

And Dr. Sketchy's Sydney at

www.jacbowie.com

I heard a rumor that the first photos ever from Dr. Sketchy's Tokyo are available...but where?

best,

-JL

P.S Check out this video of Molly eating fire and me sounding totally gay

http://www.sextelevision.net/show/currentGallery.asp?segmentDisplayID=516#

(Possibly NSFW)

Dirty Monkeys

Greetings Art Monkeys! This week's session exploded all over your face with Super Stars, birthdays, vampire eggs and celebratory spankings!

As we celebrate the return of that anarexic child-bride Perspheone, we move into a bold new era of drunken drawing. For Dr. Sketchy has finally hit the big time! We convinced Ms. Exotic World Winner and Burlesque Royalty Dirty Martini to pose for us.

It's like Greta Garbo playing Hedda Gabler in your High School play. I am struck with near religious awe.

If I was a cartoon wolf, I'd be whisting right about now.

Molly is out peddling Our Book at various streetcorners and highway on-ramps across the nation, leaving Dr. Sketchys in the hands of me and Steve Walker.

No, I don't think I looked like a drug dealer on Miami Vice AT ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

It looks like she's gonna kick him in the head. Also notice, colorful plastic eggs filled with candy in accordance to Christian tradition for some reason! But don't fret, we're multicultural here at Dr. Sketchy's, we had a "Best Incorperation of the Plauges Of Egypt" contest. Everyone who did a "red tide" joke is going straight to hell.

Of course we had other contests as well, with faboo books from Soft Skull Press! Money quote of the evening "Hand over that porn!"

it goes without saying that we had a drinking contest.

And it also goes without saying that the prize was a Dirty martini.

Photographs by Dr. Simon and Ryan Roman. Ryan turned 32 this week despite his better judgement. Those you who remember my Dr. Sketchy's birthday know what particular horror awaits....

Sadly no one got a cake to the face this time.

Those of you with stronger consitution can see the full, "celebration", in the video below.

Of course we have more than one talented photographer at Dr. Sketchy's.

Here is Dr. Simon, ruining his reputation by doing all our video work. You really think the Noble Prize people are gonna let this slide?

Bah! Less men! More Boobs!

Gosh she's pretty. Also, in pink.

If you got a hole in one you got a prize! (A Signed 8x10 of the lovely Ms. Martini, natch)

It looks like she's having a divine vision. "Yes! with these I could CHANGE THE WORLD!". Joan Of Arch, man.

The Seven Art Monkeys!

Drinky! Sexy! Horny! Stoney! Pervy! Studly! And Bashful!

Ahh! But all good things must eventualy run out of things to talk about! thanks to Dirty martini, Steve Walker, Ryan Roman, Dr. Simon, Justin Lussier, Amanda, The Lucky Cat, Soft Skull press, and All Art Monkeys Everywhere.

Drop by the 14th, when Lucy Buttons will remind you to do itemized deductions ...for AWESOME.

Best,

-JL

And you smell like one too...

This one has spanking. And the word "ass".

Made in Carolina

Ms. Dirty Martini and Myself. Quote Syd "it looks like it used to be a good suit, but you've been sleeping in it for 3 days. Very 'Gatsby on a bender.'"

God Save the Queens!

Hail! Are yee friend or foe? The Lucky Cat's Time-Salon did boogie-woogie off into the 1500s this week, for the celebration of Everything English at Dr. Sketchy's! Queens! Ruffs! Spotted Dick! It's a Jolly good olde time. Yes. We thought we had pulled out all the stops before, but no! We found NEW stops, and they were ripped out by the firm, confidant hands of Gal Friday and Ian Christiansen!

That's right, full Elizabethian court dress. With wig. For us. The Fairy Queen Bess and Saucy Shakespeare! My heart is filled with joy.

Gal Friday

Ian Christansen!They're both super-cool and should be given oral sex by attractive strangers at random intervals.

And your hosts! Try to guess who is in period-specific clothing? That ruff look a week and 8 gigantic paper doilies to make. I apparently have a very supportive boyfriend.I wanted to look like John Dee, but I think I'm coming off more Vasco De Gama. I'm forging new paths and trade routes ..toward AWESOME!And now, her Majesty.Photos by Lord Roman Of Jersey and Simon, Earl of Manhattoe.

"Eenie-meanie miny moe, which of my relatives has to go?"

Agrressive Queen is Agrressive! Submissive Shakespeare is Submissive!

Back! Front! and now...

the Side! We spare you no possible angles here at Dr. Sketchy's!

And art! Our flimsy pretense for this whole she-bang!

The level of detail on Gal's outfit cannot be overstated. Just look at the ruffles! The RUFFLES!

Shaved head! Period Make-up! A Chastity Belt! An expression like she's contemplating conquering Scotland for kicks!

The pasties are the British Royal Seal. Just thought you should know.

Long after the trial and the break-up, Dick Grayson still insisted on wearing the mask and being called "The Boy Wonder."

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is an equal opportunity objectifier.And yet More Art!

And Prizes!

Some people won important books from Soft Skull Press!

Other people, not so much.

This spunky artist won a shot of Bombay Gin! Cause nothing says "English" more than a shot of gin in the afternoon.Amanda won a can of Heinz Baked Beans with an image so ..distressing, that I feel the need to put it behind a link. I give you Amanda's (best incorperation of sad ducks.)
http://www.drsketchy.com/queenartnsfw.jpg
*shudder* Lets just shake that off, shall we?

"Do you find England...appealing Lord Rochester?"

I even got to Knight someone! So now James here is of equal status to both Sir Galahad and Sir Elton John!

Arise! Sir James Of Jersey City!

And now, the Time-Salon is starting up. We're kicking in the Electric Slide and calibrating the Shake Rattle and Pitch And Roll! Join us on Saturday when Glam Burlesque Queen, Dirty Martini will rose-tint your world and keep you safe from trouble and pain.

Best,

-JL