#signofthebeastburlesque

[nikkilev78]

Sign of the Beast Burlesque Metalesque Fest is Nigh! Let's get Loud and Sexy Thurs-Saturday this week! I'm hosting Metalesque Fest 2018 Night One at Dante's on Thursday and singing one of my favorite Ozzy songs! Then selling raffle tickets at Metalesque Fest 2018 Night Two with Frankie Fictitious! and Metalesque Fest 2018 Night Three at Tonic Get a full weekend pass, it is the only way to show your true dedication to Metal and Babes! https://www.signofthebeastburlesque.com/buy-tickets #metalesquefest #metalesquepdx #metalesquefest2018 #signofthebeast #signofthebeastburlesque #metalburlesque #burlesquepdx #burlylife #burlesque (at Dante's) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoaiF3RBkj8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10s2oxpkr4j0q

[gothicballerina]

Photo by @curvygrl11 from #metalesquefest ! #bostaff #staff #performer #performing #performingarts #performingartist #dance #dancer #dancing #gothicballerina #metal #metalesque #metalesquepdx #signofthebeastburlesque #portland

[olyheather]

#Repost @thedahllhaus (@get_repost) ・・・ Conjuring the devil at @rockcandyoly with some #metalesque to The Oath. Image courtesy of @olyheather ... #travelingshowgirl #burlesque #burlesquedancer #metalshowgirl #metal #metalburlesque #Rocketburlesque #signofthebeastburlesque #heavymetalburlesque #womenwholovemetal #666 #signofthebeast #dancer #showgirllife

[sugarpussdesign]

🏁🙌🏼Ohhhhh YEAHHH... 🏁 We ❤️ our customers!! Custom made checkered leotard by @sugarpusscostumes Check out @diamondbackannie doing her tribute to #WWE superstar and World Heavyweight Champion #MachoManRandySavage at Portland’s #Metalesque Fest at @dantesportland 💪🏼💥 #MetalesqueFest presented by badass babes @signofthebeastburlesque Still image of my #RandySavage act from a video by @lulumondieu for @bootlegbombshells ✨ custom glasses by @rasslor #MachoMan #Wrestling #SnapIntoASlimJim #WWF #80swrestling #90swrestling #CreamOfTheCrop #SpaceIsThePlace #burlesquedancer #dragking #dragkingsofinstagram #halloweenideas #sugarpusscostumes #costumedesigner #cosplayersofinstagram #femalewrestlers #genderbendcosplay #genderbend #80sicon https://www.instagram.com/p/B3e_OaGDVdv/?igshid=1cqbjgwwa9xhq

[catsuitmonarchy]

Tickets are live! I'm performing night one of #metalesque Fest but you could attend all three shows with this killer deal! www.signofthebeastburlesque.com to get tix and info for @signofthebeastburlesque ! #pdxburlesque #metal #burlesque (at Portland, Oregon)

[jasonedwarddavis]

Witch! my new print for the upcoming @queerhorrorpdx's satanic feminist Halloween short film festival with the talented @signofthebeastburlesque performers, this Friday at the @hollywoodtheatr After party at The Know! #jasonedwarddavis #witch #art #horror #queerhorror #queerhorrorpdx #satanic #witchart #horrorart #spooky

[nikkilev78]

The required selfie with @stockholm.the.lady at @signofthebeastburlesque last night! Killer show, great venue, can't wait for Metalesque Fest, thurs-sat October 4-6th! #metalesque #metalesquefest #metalburlesque #ladystockholm #nikkilevtheglitterbeast #signofthebeastburlesque (at The Fixin' To)

[gothicballerina]

Photo from @signofthebeastburlesque shoot! #metalesquefest is coming up!!! #metal #metalesque #metalesquefestpdx #performer #pdx

[thecarlarossi]

QUEER HORROR HALLOWEEN is next Friday the 27th! I am DYING as more and more amazing shorts come in from women filmmakers offering tales of vengeance, rejection, and deep femme alternatives to a woman-hating world. I CANNOT WAIT to see these paired with performances by @signofthebeastburlesque and implore you to get tickets to this HELL of a program and then party after at @theknow_pdx! 🤘💀🤘 TICKETS available at hollywoodtheatre.org 🎃 #queerhorror #queerhorrorpdx #signofthebeastburlesque #carlarossi #satanicfeminism #satanicfeminist #shortfilms #deathmetal #burlesque #halloween #horror #drag #pdx (at The Hollywood Theatre)

[olyheather]

It's true, I do want to shoot your metal wedding. Proud to be a sponsor of @signofthebeastburlesque's Metalesque Fest (happening this weekend!) #Repost @signofthebeastburlesque (@get_repost) ・・・ Sponsor announcement! @olyheather is a photographer who can do it all! From gorgeous live action shots of burlesque to boudoir to portraits. Heather wants to shoot YOUR metal wedding! She operates in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. Be sure to check out her second Instagram account @weddings.by.heather.schofner https://www.instagram.com/p/BoenSYkhTvo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6j8t7l3b1cch

[offalrelics]

Sex, Metal and Starshine

I’ve always been a bit befuddled by the close connection between horror and sex.  As a simple convergence, it make some sense.  Horror and sex are similarly taboo subjects.  Considering this, it is unsurprising that their enthusiasts should end up in the same corner.  Nonetheless, things like Andy Black’s (not the singer) Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror and Erotic Cinema and the below still confound me.

I was reading William James’ Psychology: Briefer Course and came across this: “Fear has bodily expressions of an extremely energetic kind, and stands, beside lust and anger, as one of the three most exciting emotions of which our nature is susceptible.” 

If horror and sex are both related to states of the highest excitation, when boundaries tend to blur, it is unsurprising that they should be found together so frequently.  Sex evokes fear and horror evokes lust in part because they are physiologically so close.  One could imagine that the intense eroticism of Dracula came into being without Bram Stoker intending it. 

Watching the trailer for the show it all looks a little too slick.  I am far more intrigued by their sister show, Black Lodge Burlesque—David Lynch themed cabaret.

The poster art is by Portland comics artist Zack Soto.

James, William. Psychology: Briefer Course in Writings 1878–1899. New York: The Library of America, 1992. Page 380.

[sleepwalkerswoman]

Diane... 6:00 PM, August 27th... I think I'm ready for Black Lodge Burlesque. #blacklodgeburlesque #signofthebeastburlesque #davidlynchburlesque #agentcooper #coop #kylemaclachlan #twinpeaks

[olyheather]

#Repost @hubcityshimmy (@get_repost) ・・・ #fbf another one of our incredible guests at Rock Hard(er) from the Sign of the Beast, @baby_lestrange 💥💥 @signofthebeastburlesque photo by the amazing fairy @olyheather #hubcityshimmy #hcs #burlesque #fringe #fierce #rockharder #rockhard #signofthebeast #burlesque #performer

[ghostattack]

Found an oldie but goodie. #signofthebeastburlesque