Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes (Dies Irae - Dies Illa Kyrie Eleison Yitgadal V' Yitkadash). Here she lies. No one knew her worth.The late great daughter of Mother Earth. On these nights when we celebrate the birth. In that little town of Bethlehem, We raise our glass- You bet your ass- to La Vie Boheme.


To days of inspiration, Playing hookey, making something out of nothing, the need to express, to communicate, to going against the grain, going insane, going mad. To loving tension, no pension, to more than one dimension, To starving for attention, hating convention, hating pretension, Not to mention of course, hating dear old mom and dad. To riding your bike midday past the three piece suits,To fruits, to no absolutes, to Absolut, to Choice,to the village voice, to any passing fad. To being an 'Us' for once instead of a 'Them'.


To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries, to yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese, to leather, to dildos, To curry Vindaloo, to Huevos Rancheros and Maya Angelou. Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion, creation, vacation. Mucho masturbation! Compassion, to fashion, to passion when it's new, to Sontag, to Sondheim, to anything taboo! Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage, Lenny Bruce, Langston Hughes. To the stage! To Uta, To Buddha, Pablo Neruda, too. Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow to blow off Auntie Em.


Bisexuals, trisexuals, Homo Sapiens, Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Pee Wee Herman, German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein, Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa, Carmina Burana. To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy, Vaclav Havel, the Sex Pistols, 8BC, to no shame, never playing the fame game, to marijuana! To sodomy, it's between God and me, to S & M...


To Dance! No way to make A living, masochism, pain, perfection, muscle Spasm, chiropractors, short-careers, eating disorders. Film! adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations, dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood and sleaze. Music! food Of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation, rhythm, feeling, power, harmony and heavy competition. Anarchy! revolution, justice, screaming for solutions, forcing changes, risk, and danger, making noise and making pleas. To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross-dressers too!

To me! To me! To me! To you and you and you, you and you, to people living With, living With, living with, Not Dying From Disease...



Anyone out of the mainstream? Is anyone In The mainstream? Anyone alive - With A Sex Drive! Tear down the wall! Aren't we all? The opposite Of War Isn't Peace... It's Creation! La Vie Boheme...

Viva La Vie Boheme!