Photographs from the Dirty Curls first production of The Grand Ole Orgy at Bryant-Lake Bowl, Friday, July 23, 2010. Photo credit: Baron Dave Romm.
Ever wonder what The Dirty Curls are up to before a show? It might be exactly what you expect: taking pictures of scantily-clad women, recovering from a drunken orgy, and crying.
Have you ever just wanted to spend an ENTIRE WEEK with Coco, Bunny, and Courtney McClean? WHO HASN'T?
Well, now you can!
We're very thrilled to announce, as I'm sure you can see by our last post, we are hosting WEEK 9 of the Storefront In A Box and we're calling it The Weeklong Naughtybilly Hoedown. This does not mean you have to square-dance for an entire week, though we're not going to stop you. Especially if it's the horizontal square-dance! HEY-O!
What IS Storefront-In-A-Box? Well, click on the link and you'll see the FAQs... or I'll just tell you.
What is Storefront-in-a-Box?
A Minneapolis business in transition decided to rent their storefront by the week this summer (2010). For ten weeks, the store will be occupied by individuals and groups who will use the space a number of ways: entrepreneurial, artistic, cultural, social...
Where is it and what was it?
The storefront is at 2441 Lyndale Ave S, former home of Arise! bookstore.
Their website does say the event ends on Aug. 2 - NOT TRUE! They actually extended it another two weeks for The Dirty Curls because they loved the idea of a week of Naughtybilly!
HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED!
August 3 (Tuesday): Hilariously Bad Cowboy Movie Night! We'll be setting up shop from about 2pm till the early evening, but feel free to stop by to say hi and bring beer! Then, at 6pm, we start showing the most ridiculously bad cowboy movies EVAR. Quoth Bunny, "Oh, yes. I have so many cowboy movies you wouldn't believe it." Movie treats will be on hand (popcorn and licorice ropes! etc)
August 4 (Wednesday): Gussy Up Your Cowboy Duds! Sponsored by Crafty Planet. We'll have all kinds of crafty accouterments like rhinestones and appliques on hand so that you can gussy up your favorite suit (or skirt, boots, spurs, chaps) all cowboy-like, inspired by the awesome fashion of Nudie. The crafty fun begins at 6pm and lasts till late! And feel free to bring your own crafty stuff... anything is welcome!
August 5 (Thursday): Why, it's McClean's birthday! So we're having a party, starting at 6pm, lasting till midnight! Come get a cup for a suggested donation and fill it with keg beer, a myriad of spirits, and take a shot from our "Jug Of Death"! Only persons 21 years of age and older will be admitted. You know what that means...
August 6 (Friday): "Sleaze Book Club" and Naughty Open Mic! The World Premiere of "Sleaze Book Club," a new play by Bunny Sparber (yes, that's OUR Bunny)... another play in a part of he & sometimes Coco Mault's (yes, that's OUR Coco) Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control collection of royalty-free short plays. FRINGE, SCHRMINGE! Just kidding, MN Fringe! But seriously, this play is free.
Afterward? The Naughty Open Mic! Bring your erotic poetry, stories, jokes, songs, anything sex-positive. We'll be open at 6pm, but the show starts at 8pm!
August 7 (Saturday): General Store, Hooping, Cowboy Party! Starting at 11am, The Dirty Curls' General Store where we'll be having our friends hawking their wares, be it handmade, new or used (hopefully even edible)! At 2pm, our friend Jeff is coming in to teach a HULA-HOOPING class (donations encouraged). Then, later in the evening, we'll enjoy some cowboy tunes to jig to and ingest libations. Possibly even a jam session... heck, maybe we'll make a video. It'll be kind of a free-for-all, like Saturdays should be.
August 8, Sunday: Sexy Story & Limerick Day! Starting again at 11am, swing by to have a nice, relaxed morning writing! We'll be getting prepped for the Twin Cities Limerick Contest (in celebration of Limerick Day in Minneapolis, of course!)by churning out filthy limericks and songs and stories most of the day till around 6:00pm. But right in the middle, at 2pm, Man Eater's Erica Rivera and Lavender Magazine's John Townshend, plus a couple of other special guests will join us for a reading of sexy stories! Then, we head to Kieran's Irish Pub for the contest, which starts at 7pm!
August 9, Monday: The Weeklong Naughtybilly Hoedown comes to a close, but hopefully we'll have a little bit of goodies and drinkies left over to treat you to a Happy Hour. You don't have to help deconstruct the space and get it ready for the next week, but we'd love it if you did! 3pm - 6pm.
This is a (pretty much) FREE week of naughtybilly fun... we will of course be accepting donations, but everyone is welcome (of course, we're an erotica band and the underaged can't drink the moonshine).
See you next week!
Well, now you can!
We're very thrilled to announce, as I'm sure you can see by our last post, we are hosting WEEK 9 of the Storefront In A Box and we're calling it The Weeklong Naughtybilly Hoedown. This does not mean you have to square-dance for an entire week, though we're not going to stop you. Especially if it's the horizontal square-dance! HEY-O!
What IS Storefront-In-A-Box? Well, click on the link and you'll see the FAQs... or I'll just tell you.
What is Storefront-in-a-Box?
A Minneapolis business in transition decided to rent their storefront by the week this summer (2010). For ten weeks, the store will be occupied by individuals and groups who will use the space a number of ways: entrepreneurial, artistic, cultural, social...
Where is it and what was it?
The storefront is at 2441 Lyndale Ave S, former home of Arise! bookstore.
Their website does say the event ends on Aug. 2 - NOT TRUE! They actually extended it another two weeks for The Dirty Curls because they loved the idea of a week of Naughtybilly!
HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED!
August 3 (Tuesday): Hilariously Bad Cowboy Movie Night! We'll be setting up shop from about 2pm till the early evening, but feel free to stop by to say hi and bring beer! Then, at 6pm, we start showing the most ridiculously bad cowboy movies EVAR. Quoth Bunny, "Oh, yes. I have so many cowboy movies you wouldn't believe it." Movie treats will be on hand (popcorn and licorice ropes! etc)
August 4 (Wednesday): Gussy Up Your Cowboy Duds! Sponsored by Crafty Planet. We'll have all kinds of crafty accouterments like rhinestones and appliques on hand so that you can gussy up your favorite suit (or skirt, boots, spurs, chaps) all cowboy-like, inspired by the awesome fashion of Nudie. The crafty fun begins at 6pm and lasts till late! And feel free to bring your own crafty stuff... anything is welcome!
August 5 (Thursday): Why, it's McClean's birthday! So we're having a party, starting at 6pm, lasting till midnight! Come get a cup for a suggested donation and fill it with keg beer, a myriad of spirits, and take a shot from our "Jug Of Death"! Only persons 21 years of age and older will be admitted. You know what that means...
August 6 (Friday): "Sleaze Book Club" and Naughty Open Mic! The World Premiere of "Sleaze Book Club," a new play by Bunny Sparber (yes, that's OUR Bunny)... another play in a part of he & sometimes Coco Mault's (yes, that's OUR Coco) Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control collection of royalty-free short plays. FRINGE, SCHRMINGE! Just kidding, MN Fringe! But seriously, this play is free.
Afterward? The Naughty Open Mic! Bring your erotic poetry, stories, jokes, songs, anything sex-positive. We'll be open at 6pm, but the show starts at 8pm!
August 7 (Saturday): General Store, Hooping, Cowboy Party! Starting at 11am, The Dirty Curls' General Store where we'll be having our friends hawking their wares, be it handmade, new or used (hopefully even edible)! At 2pm, our friend Jeff is coming in to teach a HULA-HOOPING class (donations encouraged). Then, later in the evening, we'll enjoy some cowboy tunes to jig to and ingest libations. Possibly even a jam session... heck, maybe we'll make a video. It'll be kind of a free-for-all, like Saturdays should be.
August 8, Sunday: Sexy Story & Limerick Day! Starting again at 11am, swing by to have a nice, relaxed morning writing! We'll be getting prepped for the Twin Cities Limerick Contest (in celebration of Limerick Day in Minneapolis, of course!)by churning out filthy limericks and songs and stories most of the day till around 6:00pm. But right in the middle, at 2pm, Man Eater's Erica Rivera and Lavender Magazine's John Townshend, plus a couple of other special guests will join us for a reading of sexy stories! Then, we head to Kieran's Irish Pub for the contest, which starts at 7pm!
August 9, Monday: The Weeklong Naughtybilly Hoedown comes to a close, but hopefully we'll have a little bit of goodies and drinkies left over to treat you to a Happy Hour. You don't have to help deconstruct the space and get it ready for the next week, but we'd love it if you did! 3pm - 6pm.
This is a (pretty much) FREE week of naughtybilly fun... we will of course be accepting donations, but everyone is welcome (of course, we're an erotica band and the underaged can't drink the moonshine).
See you next week!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: COURTNEY McCLEAN & THE DIRTY CURLS HOST THE “WEEKLONG NAUGHTYBILLY HOEDOWN” WITH STOREFRONT-IN-A-BOX FROM AUGUST 3-9, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota’s favorite cult hillbilly erotica act, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls, brings its trademark blend of salaciousness, comedy, foot-stomping music, and shameless fun to Storefront-In-A-Box during the week of August 3-9, 2010 -- aptly named “The Weeklong Naughtybilly Hoedown.”
Events include:
- August 3: Bad Cowboy Movie Night (6pm - midnight)
- August 4: Craft Night: Gussy Up your Cowboy Duds - Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors’ Style! (6pm - 11pm)
- August 5: Courtney McClean’s birthday bash (featuring a penis pinata!) (6pm - midnight)
- August 6: The world premiere performance of “Sleaze Book Club” by Bunny Sparber & Coco Mault, plus a Naughty Open Mic (8pm - 11pm; open from 6pm to midnight)
- August 7: The Dirty Curls’ General Store featuring handmade, new, and used goods you can’t live without. Also, hula hooping lessons! And a country dance party at night, perhaps including a performance by Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls. (11am - midnight)
- August 8: Creative day: Writing dirty song lyrics and limericks... in preparation for the Twin Cities Limerick Contest at Kieran’s Irish Pub at 7pm. (11am - 6pm)
- August 9: “Drink the rest of the beer, eat the rest of the candy, help us clean up if you want” happy hour (3pm - 6pm).
All week long we’ll have erotic art hanging for sale. Please see http://www.dirtycurls.com for details.
Storefront-In-A-Box (http://www.storefrontinabox.com) is a Minneapolis business in transition (formerly Arise Bookstore) that is renting their storefront by the week for Summer 2010. For ten weeks, the store will be occupied by individuals and groups who will use the space a number of ways: entrepreneurial, artistic, cultural, social, etc.
Images of Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls are available on their Web site at http://www.dirtycurls.com/2010/02/press-photos.html; for additional needs, or to arrange for interviews, contact Bunny Sparber at bunny@dirtycurls.com or 612.217.1234.
WHAT: COURTNEY McCLEAN & THE DIRTY CURLS HOST THE “WEEKLONG NAUGHTYBILLY HOEDOWN” WITH STOREFRONT-IN-A-BOX
WHEN: August 3-8, 10:00 p.m.
WHERE: 2441 Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis
HOW MUCH: FREE (donations accepted)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota’s favorite cult hillbilly erotica act, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls, brings its trademark blend of salaciousness, comedy, foot-stomping music, and shameless fun to Storefront-In-A-Box during the week of August 3-9, 2010 -- aptly named “The Weeklong Naughtybilly Hoedown.”
Events include:
- August 3: Bad Cowboy Movie Night (6pm - midnight)
- August 4: Craft Night: Gussy Up your Cowboy Duds - Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors’ Style! (6pm - 11pm)
- August 5: Courtney McClean’s birthday bash (featuring a penis pinata!) (6pm - midnight)
- August 6: The world premiere performance of “Sleaze Book Club” by Bunny Sparber & Coco Mault, plus a Naughty Open Mic (8pm - 11pm; open from 6pm to midnight)
- August 7: The Dirty Curls’ General Store featuring handmade, new, and used goods you can’t live without. Also, hula hooping lessons! And a country dance party at night, perhaps including a performance by Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls. (11am - midnight)
- August 8: Creative day: Writing dirty song lyrics and limericks... in preparation for the Twin Cities Limerick Contest at Kieran’s Irish Pub at 7pm. (11am - 6pm)
- August 9: “Drink the rest of the beer, eat the rest of the candy, help us clean up if you want” happy hour (3pm - 6pm).
All week long we’ll have erotic art hanging for sale. Please see http://www.dirtycurls.com for details.
Storefront-In-A-Box (http://www.storefrontinabox.com) is a Minneapolis business in transition (formerly Arise Bookstore) that is renting their storefront by the week for Summer 2010. For ten weeks, the store will be occupied by individuals and groups who will use the space a number of ways: entrepreneurial, artistic, cultural, social, etc.
Images of Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls are available on their Web site at http://www.dirtycurls.com/2010/02/press-photos.html; for additional needs, or to arrange for interviews, contact Bunny Sparber at bunny@dirtycurls.com or 612.217.1234.
WHAT: COURTNEY McCLEAN & THE DIRTY CURLS HOST THE “WEEKLONG NAUGHTYBILLY HOEDOWN” WITH STOREFRONT-IN-A-BOX
WHEN: August 3-8, 10:00 p.m.
WHERE: 2441 Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis
HOW MUCH: FREE (donations accepted)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: COURTNEY McCLEAN & THE DIRTY CURLS BEGIN MONTHLY SHOW AT BRYANT-LAKE BOWL JULY 23, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota’s favorite cult hillbilly erotica act, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls, brings its trademark blend of salaciousness, comedy, and foot-stomping music to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for a monthly variety show, beginning July 23. The show’s title? The Grand Ole Orgy.
Aside from featuring the band’s gumbo of country music and scandalous lyrics, the show will feature original video short movies and a selection of Minnesota’s most scandalous and talented performers; opening night will feature burlesque performers Naughtia Noir & Paradox, comedians Amber Preston and John Schreiner, and the hard-driving naughty Americana of the Whiskey Sournotes.
Additionally, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls will be debuting a closing song, a sing-a-long suggested to them by none other than the mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. Rybak, who may not have known that the band would take him seriously and actually write the song. It’s title: “Happy Tails to You.” It can be listened to and downloaded on the Dirty Curls site, so that audiences can join in at the end of the show: http://www.dirtycurls.com/2010/07/happy-tails-to-you.html
Images of Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls are available on their Web site at http://www.dirtycurls.com/2010/02/press-photos.html; for additional needs, or to arrange for interviews, contact Bunny Sparber at bunny@dirtycurls.com or 612.217.1234.
WHAT: COURTNEY McCLEAN & THE DIRTY CURLS IN THE GRAND OLE ORGY
WHEN: July 23, 10:00 p.m.
WHERE: Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 West Lake Street, Minneapolis
HOW MUCH: $10 / $8 Students, Seniors, Military or Fringe button
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota’s favorite cult hillbilly erotica act, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls, brings its trademark blend of salaciousness, comedy, and foot-stomping music to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for a monthly variety show, beginning July 23. The show’s title? The Grand Ole Orgy.
Aside from featuring the band’s gumbo of country music and scandalous lyrics, the show will feature original video short movies and a selection of Minnesota’s most scandalous and talented performers; opening night will feature burlesque performers Naughtia Noir & Paradox, comedians Amber Preston and John Schreiner, and the hard-driving naughty Americana of the Whiskey Sournotes.
Additionally, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls will be debuting a closing song, a sing-a-long suggested to them by none other than the mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. Rybak, who may not have known that the band would take him seriously and actually write the song. It’s title: “Happy Tails to You.” It can be listened to and downloaded on the Dirty Curls site, so that audiences can join in at the end of the show: http://www.dirtycurls.com/2010/07/happy-tails-to-you.html
Images of Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls are available on their Web site at http://www.dirtycurls.com/2010/02/press-photos.html; for additional needs, or to arrange for interviews, contact Bunny Sparber at bunny@dirtycurls.com or 612.217.1234.
WHAT: COURTNEY McCLEAN & THE DIRTY CURLS IN THE GRAND OLE ORGY
WHEN: July 23, 10:00 p.m.
WHERE: Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 West Lake Street, Minneapolis
HOW MUCH: $10 / $8 Students, Seniors, Military or Fringe button
