User:Hipstergrrl

This is my user page, I guess. Still not sure how it all fits together but I'm working on it. My main reason for joining up with Wikipedia is to promote a very talented cast of actors who are growing in local, and hopefullly national, popularity, because of the very hard and demanding work they do on a weekly basis. It is an extension of the work of Tom Miller, an American performance artist in northcentral Florida, and part of a 20-year plus continuum of producing a live variety show of local and national music, comedy, and performance. In my analysis of the narrative, it falls squarely in line within an absurdist context, specifically when addressing this show in terms of Artaud's rubric in Theatre and its Double. Since 1989, The Tom Miller Show has provided smart, hip, and cutting-edge entertainment to this formerly sleepy college town, and The Reverend Angel Dust's Tabernacle of Hedonism with your host, Tom Miller, is merely one of many incarnations. Currently, Paul Cohen, a local poet, acts in the guise of the Reverend Angel Dust, who espouses a goddess-centered religion, that of Jambaa, the Great Dumpster Goddess; the Goddess visits every Monday night at Maude's Sidecar Bar in the physical manifestation of the beautiful Ms. Nia, the Tabernacle's inimitable and very patient bartender. The Tabernacle, by all accounts, is an actual church - all of its leadership are ordained ministers in the Universal Life Church Ministry. Fodder O'Brien (George O'Brien) is the Tabernacle's designated exorcist and has performed a number of exorcisms, among them one to banish Rick Scott during the last Governor's race; this was unfortunately a failure. Michael Garvin, Minister of the Interior, makes all of the tasteful style choices for the Tabernacle, and is featured regularly in a piece called, "What is Michael Garvin Wearing?" which reviews his wardrobe; his ensemble almost always consists of linen pants or blazer, Italian socks given to him by his grandmother, and sometimes a plain white handkerchief that was retrieved as part of a never-opened package of vintage handkerchiefs found at the city dump. During his last appearance, (June 6, 2016) he demonstrated the proper way to fold a handkerchief for display in the breast pocket of a blazer. There are numerous other deacons and ministers who flow in and out of the narrative. Usually, some parts of the Tabernacle are programmed like this, with regulars like John Wasser making observations on current events and singing old ballads and labor tunes from bygone days, and yours truly, having a steady schtick to banter about. I just finished a character arc involving myself taking an alternative career choice at 50 years of age; claiming to have returned to my first career desire as a child, I had decided to pursue certification as a Fairy Princess in the North and South Hemispheres. As a FPiT (Fairy Princess in Training) i regularly got up on the Tabernacle stage to announce my abilities to grant wishes and the need to accomplish this until I have all my wish-fulfilling co-op hours finished. Like a student massage therapist, I am on a journeyman mission to help as many as I can within my field. Success has been spotty, although Tom Miller claims I saved his dog when I granted his wish for a healthy(ier) mutt. I also created an "after-wish" survey to gauge success. The show is taped at the bar and then uploaded at a later date to Vimeo - other media, such as short clips and highlights of the show, end up primarily on Tom Miller's and Michele LeSure's YouTube Channels. In recent months, Tom Miller has led the Tabernacle in two performance pieces, one that gained national recognition because of its subject, and the other, more local endeavor garnered not only local press but "support" of the city and county governments, with both the County Commissioner Hutch Hutchinson and Gainesville's newly elected mayor, Lauren Poe, attending different days of the assembly of the art piece of nothing on the Bo Diddley Plaza. More later.