Upcoming Shows

L’etage March 18, 2010
6th & Bainbridge Sts. Philadelphia, Pa.
The Absinthe Drinkers present the "Cabinet of Curiosities" with The Clockwork Dolls from Baltimore!
Also, burlesque beauties Randi Warhol, Kitten Kaboodle, Deena Colada, and more more more! $10. Doors at 8pm. Show at 8:30pm.

Tritone April 23, 2010
1508 South Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
The Drinkers are back at the Tritone with This Way to the Egress and Baffle the Cat! Doors 8pm.

Public Assembly May 1, 2010
70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 718-782-5188
The Drinkers cruise into the Big Apple to join the Rockabilly/Steampunk Burlesque Show w/ AM Preacher & more @ Public Assembly! (Back Room). $10. 10pm.

The Steampunk World’s Fair May 15, 2010
21 Kingsbridge Road, Piscataway, N.J. 08854
The Drinkers appear at The Gaslamp Cabaret. This event is being held at the Radisson Hotel Piscataway! Tickets and registration here. 8pm.

Previous Shows (not a complete list, but you get the idea...)

2010

Liberties (705 N. 2nd St. [2nd & Fairmount] Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Drinkers appeared with Baffle the Cat and The Rattlers!

North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St., Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Drinkers hit the stage at the North Star Bar for "North Star Steampunk Sunday" with This Way to the Egress!

Time (1315 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Absinthe Drinkers brought their show to Time. Special guests: The Oubliette Ensemble.

John & Peter’s (96 S. Main Street, New Hope, Pa.)
The Drinkers presented the "Traveling Curiosities of Music and Burlesque" at John & Peter’s in New Hope! Featuring "The Bad Girls of Mythology" (Burlesquery for the ages!) and Keyboard Cathy (Splendiferous!)!!

2009

Time The Drinkers entertained for an invite only, Pernod Absinthe and Beefeater 24 launch event at Time! (Private event)

L’etage (6th & Bainbridge Sts. Philadelphia)
"Cabinet of Curiosities," Nuevo Steampunk Burlesque Extravaganza! A night featuring: The sexy lounge magic of Mr. Unloved! Hot new dancing girls La La Loopy and Tawdry Hepburn enticed and amazed with their here-to-fore unseen charms! New bewilderifying visuals from the mind of Kevin! And of course, excessive soungifying by the Absinthe Drinkers!

Shampoo Night Club (650 Willow St., Philadelphia)
The Absinthe Drinkers at the Diabolique Ball 2009 — Steampunk Fetish Engine!

Cabinet of Curiosities (L'etage, 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
We re-opened the cabinet after summering abroad. Hosted by Bag Lady Theater's Kimberlie Cruse! Featuring guests "Super Heroes Who Are Super" (from the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Festival), Allen Merry, and the sultry Satangela!

Patou (312 Market St., Philadelphia)
The Absinthe Drinkers hit Patou for a First Friday event! Also filling out the night... the Technophobes, The Circadian Rhythms, Tongue Sculptors, Damian Quinones, DJ Congo, Art Works by Juan Damida (Skinny Johnny from Technophobes) And... John Cecil Price and his Rhythm Section do jazz/blues out front.

John & Peter's (96 S. Main St., New Hope, Pa.)
With musical guests, This Way to the Egress. Dr. Thujone's Traveling CarnEvil! Featuring the burlesque ex-tra-va-gan-za, "Widow Svedka's Black Hearts Memorial." Featuring Burlesque darlings Deena Colada, Randi Warhol, Anastacia with the chanteuse Svedka von Shotz and belly dancing by Rag Tag Tribal

RUBA Club (418 Green St. Philadelphia)
"Tomorrow is Yesterday" — a BURLESk-N-BEYOND 2009 EVENT. Burlesque Mixer with a special performance by Vaudevillians, Burleskers and all points between... not for the squeamish! Also: "The Open Stage."

Tritone Buddhafest (1508 South Street, Philadelphia)
More infernal musical acts than you can shake a stick at. If you are prone to shaking sticks, stay home! We don't need that type of behavior at our presentations!

National Mechanics (22 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia)
The Absinthe Drinkers lent their expertise to The Monday Night Club! A weekly clusterf*ck of local bands, solo musicians, comedians, thespians, photographers, painters, monologists, linguists, performance artists, authors, DJs, jammers, scammers, filmmakers, and films experimenting in different-than-usual norms on an in-the-biz night with you as judge, jury, victim, viewer, but not executioner. Sorry, we reserve that right.

Cabinet of Curiosities (L'etage, 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
Extravaganza featured R&B artist Damon Hamilton! Hosted by none other than Svedka Von Schotz, with VJ Gina Izzo and dancers Deana Colada and Randi Warhol!

M Room (15 W. Girard Ave., Philadelphia)
The Absinthe Drinkers invaded the M Room (Philly’s newest live music venue) with Black Fortress of Opium and Cabaret Red Light

The Second Annual Historic Portico Row Spring Fair (10th Street between Locust and Spruce, Philadelphia). The Absinthe Drinkers shared the stage with a combination of local bands and dancers. Jammin!

Moonstone Art Center (110-A S.13th St., Philadelphia)
Rustic Music Presents: The Absinthe Drinkers with guest Five & Dime and the visual stylings of Gina Izzo!

Cabinet of Curiosities (L'etage, 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
With special guest Nicki Jaine! Also, the ever enticing Annie A-Bomb!

Cabinet of Curiosities (L'etage, 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
With special musical guests The Lemon Treasures! And saucy dancers Dee Dee Ramona and Chloe Valentine displaying burlesque artistry.

2008

The Monday Night Club Special Unauthorized Unofficial Late Night Cabaret Alt-Fringe Edition
(The Balcony, 1003 Arch Street, Philadelphia)

Cabinet of Curiosities (L'etage, 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
A delightfully strange cabaret with Bag Lady Theatre, metal from Jamalogy, avant-garde burlesque cutie Randi Warhol, DJ Lexx and his magical double-deck victrola funk and VJ Gina Izzo with her ocular dazzlements!

Victoriana (Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia)
A musical-burlesque celebration of gilded-age decadence. Advances techno-logical and philo-sophical explored through music, burlesque, lecture, and visuals for the edification and betterment of those attending.

Cabinet of Curiosities (L'etage, 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
The Drinkers quasi-montly oddity showcase has featured the music of The Blazing Cherries, Stephen Bluhm, Damon Hamilton, saucy burlesque from Annie A-Bomb, Heather Henderson, and Randi Warhol, eye-pokes from the always lovely VJ Gina Izzo, dance music from DJ Lexx and DJ Dave Ghoul.

2007

Art@Sophi (Factory 1241, 1241 Carpenter Street, Philadelphia)
Alien Thujone returned to his birthplace, at the opening of the Philly Open Studio Tours South Philly Group Show. Rockin' out with Miss Monika Turtle, oh yeah!

The Ossuary (L'etage, 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
Day of the Dead extravaganza costume party! Oubliette got all medieval! AnnAtomic shook those burlesque bones! DJ Dave Ghoul of Zombie Monkey Projects rocked out the rest of the night. All the mod-goddess VJ Gina Izzo stimulated everyone's occipital lobes!

The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street
With gorgeous saw-playing chanteuse Nicki Jaine, and the 18 piece rock symphony This Ambitious Orchestra. The lovely Philomena Bindlestiff of the Bindlestiff Circus walked on glass and cracked the whip. Heavenly....

The Tiberino Museum 3819 Hamilton St. West Philly
Dr. Ketchup poured out his smooth funk sauce and Todd Young's Rock Band... rocked!

Songs from Under the Bed - 2007 Philly Fringe Festival - AxD Gallery, 265 S. 10th St.
Our fringe show featuring songs about monsters, glowing brains, babies in jars, and sexy monster dancers!
The Absinthe Drinkers do horror core right. -- A.D. Amorosi, City Paper

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Wilmington, DE
The Absinthe Drinkers rocked out the DCCA at artist Carrie Ann Baade's solo show opening.

Monsieur Thujone's Cabinet of Curiosities (L'etage 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
A quasi-monthly cabaret featuring unusual music/performance/video acts, hosted by The Absinthe Drinkers.
Featured performers have included Ann Atomic, Heather Boa, Sisters 3, Nicki Jaine, Hannah "Medusa" Tsapatoris, Skeletor, Death Tarte, and Mr. Dead Guy to name but a few!

The Fire, 412 West Girard Street, Philadelphia.
Just a night of good-time drinkin' music.

2006

The Curiosity Shoppe, 549 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. Dec. 1st, 9 pm.
The Absinthe Drinkers got artsy-smartsy at art opening featuring art, clothing, jewelry, etc.

215 Festival (L'etage 6th & Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia)
It was Theater Geeks vs. the Book Nerds at the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret. The Drinkers wowed them both!

The Sexual Life of Savages (Factory 1241, 1241 Carpenter Street, Philadelphia)
Our hit 2006 Fringe Festival Symposium featuring noted humanologist Thujone and abductees The Absinthe Drinkers featuring love and sex poetry from Sappho, Baudelaire, Hank Williams (yes that Hank Williams) and others.
Philadelphia CityPaper said: "Don't be suprised if you leave thinking, "What the fuck was that?"

Sonic Salon at Fergies Pub, 12th and Sansom St., Philadelphia.
Monthly cabaret featuring performance, dance, music, film. BuddhaFest 14 (Tritone, 15th & South Streets, Philadelphia)The BuddhaFests keep getting better and better: Wayne Tsu, New Pony, The Tangents, and The Absolute Zeros were AWESOME! Check out the BuddhaFest website for MP3 downloads!

2005

BuddhaFest 13 (Tritone, 15th & South Streets, Philadelphia)A day of music hosted by Jason Jeffries of South Street Sounds Studio. Lots of fun!

215 Festival (Kelly Writers House, UofP Campus)
Two fun shows to kick off the 215Fest, Philly's homegrown "literature as performance" festival featuring local and national writers performing their works. Show broadcast on WXPN 98.5 FM Phila.

Omphalos: A Sonic and Visual Landscape of Madness, Murder, Myth. (The Book Trader, 2nd & Market, Philadelphia)
Six Philly Fringe Festival shows. The Philly Inquirer called it "A quirky, nicely performed little show..."

The Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo Wake (Tritone 15th & South Streets, Philadelphia)
This was a FUN night. We organized a night honoring the great man, HST, and did a complete set based on his ESPN columns. Fun stuff, we'll definitely do this again, if only for the shots of Wild Turkey...

The Sideshow Cabaret (The Khyber 2nd & Chestnut St., Philadelphia)
Awesome cabaret fun featuring music, comedy, and (sometimes) fire-eaters hosted by Julian O'Reilly and Kendall Roark. Last Mondays of every month. You should GO!

The Man In Black Show (Fergies Pub 1214 Sansom St., Philadelphia)
Monthly show hosted by David Stone, Johnny Cash doppleganger. This is another monthly show you should check out-- in addition to David Stone's AWESOME Johnny Cash set, there's always other entertaining musical/comedy/spoken word acts that perform. Plus the best Guiness pour in the city!

Rev. T-Bag's Pup Tent Revivals (Tritone, 15th & South Streets, Philadelphia)
Crazy variety show w/ comedy music etc. etc. etc. I can't remember the date because the Pup Tent Revival always ends in a drunken debauch.

In 2004 and prior...

October Phillysmooth Arts Party (Lucy's Hat Shop, 247 Market Street, Philadelphia)
The Drinkers rocked the intermission. Max even let me do a Devo cover to go with my Booji Boy costume! Cool!

The Red Handed Muse at the Philly Fringe Festival. Six shows based on war poetry throughout the ages. Pretty elaborate show with movement and visuals and a full stage set. We had a cast of thousands for this. (Well, ok, it was really a cast of 7, but it felt like 7000 sometimes...)

Hard Liquor Theater at Tritone. Now defunct, but those were the days! We played several of this strange cabaret variety show hosted by Philly's infamous Needles Jones. The Seven Deadly Sins show was AWESOME: we got to do lust!

The Sonic Salon at Fergies Pub, 12th and Sansom St., Philadelphia.
The Absinthe Drinkers hosted these nights, performing two sets and providing backing music for readings by local poets. We may start doing these again one of these days, if we get the energy to do poet-wranglin!

The Poettes Farewell Tour at the 2003 Philly Fringe Festival. Our first live show, we got to open for one of our favorite bands. Sad that it was the farewell show though...