If you were born in the 80s or later you probably don’t remember Cathy, but it was basically the biggest throw back to feminism in the history of anything. It’s fucking awful-slash-awesome and filled with cringey punchlines about dieting, having big buns, chocolate, sales, shopping, inadequate husbands, and being a secretary (very 80s profession. See Working Girl and 9 to 5).
My friend Glen had a Cathy tribute show at Bodega, a currently illegal but soon-to-be legit venue in Bushwick (the Williamsburg for the poors). Bodega looks like a squat except it has a stage and a creepy basement. The owners don’t care about what’s going on in there yet so it’s covered in graffiti and party detritus. The entrance looks like an actual bodega- counter and all- except its filled with porn and useless wacky shit that makes the whole place feel like some kind of special secret that we’ve only dreamt about partying in:
Here’s the back of the flyer with all the artists. I don’t know all of them but Hope Gangloff is the chick who did all those awesome Built By Wendy t-shirts with the movie scenes from Mean Streets, the Bad News Bears and Ice Capades and shit:
By the way Glen and his roommate Pete are having another “art” show tribute in March (or so). This one is going to be Garbage Pail Kids. If you want to contribute, don’t send anything lame to Pete:
westpainmail@gmail.com.
Aviva Yael
www.everythingisannoying.com
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“xcept its filled with porn and useless wacky shit that makes the whole place feel like some kind of special secret that we’ve only dreamt about partying in:”
yeaaaaaah. or not.
01.14.09 at 12:59 pm
Cathy got married; she is no longer relevent.
01.14.09 at 1:17 pm
that is some of the shittiest art i have ever seen.
01.14.09 at 1:47 pm
i haaaaaaaate cathy and frequently reference her when insulting various people on my glob
01.14.09 at 2:33 pm
Nice Mafood on that support pillar. Take a better picture for me. KTHXBYE.
01.14.09 at 2:49 pm
as if you compared Cathy to Dolly Parton
01.14.09 at 5:01 pm
CATHY WAS NOT fucking awful-slash-awesome, IT WAS JUST AWFUL. ONLY FAT SECRETARIES EVER FOUND IT AMUSING.
ZIGGY WAS AWESOME!
01.14.09 at 7:05 pm
Now that Garbage Pail Kids show sounds FACKEN RAD!!
01.14.09 at 7:08 pm
Yeah, I’m pretty sure this was my show and I put it together and Glen is my room mate and he helped me out. The Garbage Pail Kids tribute is my next project and if anyone would like to be a contributer they can contact me, not Glen, at westpainmail@gmail.com. Thanks.
01.14.09 at 8:43 pm
I LOL’d at this, especially “aaack is wack.”
01.15.09 at 2:15 am
Who the fuck is Glen?
01.15.09 at 12:37 pm
cathy is still in the comics section of my newspaper.
01.15.09 at 10:15 pm
for the record: this was PETE’S SHOW, not mine, i just got some contributors. aviva got everything twisted, sorry pete. i made her correct the initial post! i’d never dishonor the honorable west pain!
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