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Northern California Suspension Seminar and SusCon

SteveJoyner — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:22:36 GMT

Myself and Allen Falkner will be teaching at the next Suspension Seminar in San Jose,CA. the 14th-17th of January 2008. It is hosted by Professional Piercing Informational Systems (PPIS). The Northern California Suspension Convention (NorCalSusCon) will take place after the seminar in the same place on the 19th-20th of Jan. Register quick as the spots in this seminar are already filling and space is limited. We hope to see you there. ~Steve

Beautiful and Rare gift ideas....Automatic Writings by Patricia Cram

SteveJoyner — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:18:20 GMT

http://www.vialmagazine.com/calligraphy.html

CoRE/AMF collaborated performance in Hollywood for Halloween

SteveJoyner — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:11:10 GMT

This show should not be missed! Join us for a wonderful and eventful evening....... WWW.HEXHOLLYWOOD.COM

CoRE in the Thunderdome for Burning Man

SteveJoyner — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:16:05 GMT

CoRE will be hosting a ceremony this year in Death Guilds Thunderdome at Burning Man . We will be collaborating with other performers,suspension artist, and piercers from both communities. The ceremony will consist of 5 days of rituals performed at dusk within the dome. The ceremony will be based around Chaos and the emotion of Rage. If anyone is interested in suspending or being in the rituals please contact myself for more details. I hope to see you all in the desert! ~Steve Joyner

CHANGE OF VENUE: CoRE/DeathGuild fundraiser performance May 19th

SteveJoyner — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:01:05 GMT

Thunderdome Fundraiser has changed locations! Deathguild Thunderdome Will be held at N.I.M.B.Y space in West Oakland. 1649 28th Street Oakland/Emeryville, CA 94608 Saturday May 19th 2007 DEATH GUILD THUNDERDOME FUNDRAISER "bringing the dome to the bay" a night of entertainment featuring : DIVA MARISA Dome Fights Suspensions, procession, and fire by CoRE Bellydancing madness and fire by ARIELLAH and LAPSUS Live music by F-SPACE and GAMELAN X More Dome Fights The tesla coil & fire art by THERM DJ'S DECAY AND BLACKSMOKEY AND JOE RADIO 18+ • $20 at the door Full bar and Fire Lounge Go Go Dancing by Poor Impulse Control Aerial performance by Nadya Vending by Rhiannon Jewelry and COP INT'L Music www.deathguildthunderdome.com www.nimbyspace.org

CoRE performing in the Bay Area May 19th

SteveJoyner — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:35:23 GMT

CoRE will be performing in Alameda, CA. Saturday May 19th at AREA 51 $15 presale @ www.virtuous.com, $20 at the door. This is a fundraising show to get the Death Guild Thunderdome to Burning Man This large scale show will be a collaboration of performers from the evening. This collaboration will represent different tribes coming together to form a ceremonial procession from a single flame that will create intensely moving energy. The procession will include Dancing and Fire from Lapsus, Music by Gamelan X , Tribal Fusion Belly Dance by Ariellah, Procession suspension, aerial suspensions over 30 feet in the air, kavadi, and pulls from CoRE. Other events this evening will include: Grudge matches in the 40 foot Thunderdome, Industrial Opera by Diva Marisa, Firedancing by The Thunderdome Fire Hotties, Live performance by F-Space, Aerial Performance by Nadya, Tesla Coils and Fire by Therm, DJS Decay, Hicksmokey, Vending by Rhiannon Jewelry,COP Int'l, a Fire Lounge, Full Bar, and more...... Come join us for an evening of pain, fire and chaos!!! www.deathguildthunderdome.com www.area51-eventcenter.com/contact.html www.wearecore.com/upcom.htm www.gamelanx.com www.ariellah.com www.myspace.com/lapsusdance

My brother needs your help......

SteveJoyner — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:32:20 GMT

My brother Thomas was in a bad car accident Sun. night and is in recovery as of now. He was towing a large 4x4 truck about 40 mph on a highway and was hit in the front end of his truck when a car mis-judged trying to change lanes in front of him. Hitting him jack knifed the vehicles and sent them both flying through guard rails and down an embankment.Both vehicles rolled and 4x4 truck landed on his truck on the way down. He hit a cement wall at the bottom and the 4x4 truck landed on top of his vehicle a second time. He thought the vehicle was on fire and was able to pull himself from the truck and crawl a few feet from the trucks. We are very grateful that he is alive but he still needs all the positive energy sent to him that he can get. He had head trauma, a dislocated right shoulder, glass throughout his head, laceration on his left eyebrow that took many sutures, lacerations on his left bicep that took many sutures and destroyed his 1/2 sleeve tattoo, a broken vertebrae in his mid back, bulging disk, broken pelvis, a broken tail bone, and his heart was physically ripped out of the sack that holds it and luckily it went back into place. For those who know me... he is as strong minded as I am and will pull through this. His attitude is very positive and right now just wants to get back at the driver of the car that hit him. I think it is logical thinking since this was a hit and run accident. The authorities still have not located the other vehicle at this time. I am asking for everyone to put him in there thoughts. Thank you for taking time for him. ~Steve

In NYC Dec. 15-18

SteveJoyner — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:04:06 GMT

I will be Speaking at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors ( www.cosm.org )Sun. after a showing the "Modify" movie ( www.modifythemovie.com ) . I will also be helping friends perform Sat. night. ISIONARY PRIMITIVE Saturday December 16th 2 pm - 8 pm $20 Witness live tattooing created by the visionary minds of modern day tattoo masters. Live art on collaborative canvas. Exhibitions portraying the evolution and beauty of body modification. 10pm - 5 am Entheocentric Salon. $20 or $10 with daytime wrist band Live art performances by Alex Grey, Guy Aitchison, Michelle Wortman, Jon Clue, Corey Kruger and James Kern. Midnight Body Modification performance by Joe Amato featuring DisGraceLanD. DJ & VJ sets by international artists Sunday December 17th 6 - 8:30pm $20 A special screening of the film MODIFY followed by a lecture and discussion with body modification experts (to include myself) 8:30 - 10 pm Opening of the Visionary Primitive show in MicroCoSM Gallery featuring all new originals from featured artists as well as work created during the event. Wine and cheese reception.

By request: Spoken part from the Seattle show "MY HELL"

SteveJoyner — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:43:48 GMT

I have received numerous request asking for me what I said in the "MY HELL" show in Seattle. Since the audience was loud, there was distortion on my mic., and I've been asked numerous times I've decided to post what was written prior to the show and what I used as my lines. I've also had a few people try to comfort me around what was spoken that evening. I just want to put it out there..... that even though I appreciate the support..... I was playing a character that evening. The story does not exactly explain my life. My life was much easier than my characters. My friend Marc17 took these pictures... <a href="http://www.voltagemagazine.com/galleries/core/">"voltagemagazine"</a><br> We also have picts. coming from Circle 23 but we have not received them as of yet. I'll post more asap. Thank you all for supporting CoRE and we hope to see you in the near future. -Steve Joyner "MY HELL" ~Cenobites are performing center of audience and musicians are playing~ **black out center audience** ** Cenobites move through audience and approach main stage** ** Myself and main Cenobite enter main stage** This is the last thing I saw before THEY came....(looks at throne) .... This throne was built for my Ego....(shed clothing, sit on throne)... BUT, it wasn..t always this way. It all started with my lack of family. Yes, I had a father, a mother, brothers, and sisters....but....there wasn..t Love. **attach hook to heart area** My family was like cellmates existing under the same roof until age allowed us to escape, social retards being released into the horrid world with no empathy for mankind. From a young age my father taught me what a great escape alcohol is, no matter how bad your job sucks, no matter how far you are in debt, no matter how fucked up your spouse is.. the bottle is always there to comfort you. ** attach hook to liver area** and comfort me it did. **motion taking a drink of alcohol** It gave me what I mistook to be courage..enabling me to fight all that was negative and evil in my life. But more times than not the liquid courage caused more harm than good. It allowed me to stand up and fight anyone...my father, the asshole at the bar, or even those who considered themselves friends. **attach hooks to arm(R) and leg(L)** With confidence comes power... And I learned you do not have to beat people into submission to get your way. I perfected the art of the ..mind fuck.. and became a master at changing my friends into my minions. The skill of manipulation became such second nature that I lost everyone around me.. even those that called themselves friends. With no challenge remaining I was forced to seek satisfaction elsewhere. **attach hook to neck(R)** Venturing into the world once more I stalked the bars, the clubs, and the internet looking for the next potential puppet to control. Just mentally controlling wasn..t enough.. I added pure physical domination. The raw urge for sexual control became an invigorating release. Sleeping with women..men..children..and even the occasional animal seemingly satisfied my craving for sex. **attach hook to testicles(L)** But like the act itself, this was short-lived.. leaving me struggling to find something to indulge the emptiness. And thus I found the needle, for as much comfort as the bottle had been.. Heroin was a true escape... **motion injecting heroin(L)** .. to feel the power of control over existence, was exhilarating! Not just my own mere life but that of every man, women, child, and creature in my presents. **attach hook to arm(L)** My EGO.. this monster I created now controlled everything I am. **attach hooks in back(4)** I felt like a God.. the ultimate power.. the master of my own destiny..... .... and then THEY came to show me just how right I was..... ** Black out** **suspend** **pull throne** **tighten 550 cords** **strobes** cenobites dancing on sides of box ** black out ** 3 sec. **fade in red godlight** 3 to 5 sec. pause ...THIS IS ..MY HELL.. 3 to 5 sec. pause **black out-end of show** Hook layout: ------------- Family - Heart Alcoholism .. Liver Violence .. Leg (L), Arm (R) Manipulation - Neck (R) Sex .. Testicles (L) Heroin .. Arm (L) Ego .. Vertical Back (4)

Picts. of CoRE members in Hollywood Zombie walk

SteveJoyner — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:35:57 GMT

http://community.livejournal.com/la_apocalypse/3535.html#cutid1

I carry a sword to the battle field.... BUT ..... I come in peace....

SteveJoyner — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:57:46 GMT

...... I went to a very intimate VNV Nation show last night at Das Bunker. It was only the original two members and they only played songs from their first three albums. The band kicked ass because the fire marshalls wouldn't let the club put 900 people in the same room for the show....so... the band did two shows to aaccomendate everyone. That was impressive. I danced my ass off and hung out with real people and good friends (two of them are visiting from Houston right now). It was good to get out and have a great time.

Good times....

SteveJoyner — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:27:59 GMT

..... I had friends visting from Austin and we went to see midgets strip tonight. It was fun and adventerous. Check it out if you ever get the chance....lol!

Zombie Walk.....

SteveJoyner — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:01:52 GMT

Some of the guys from CoRE all got together and did the Zombie Walk last Sat. night in Hollywood. About 250+ Zombies showed up and it was a blast. We walked down Hollywood Blvd. to Highland and went south to Sunset Blvd. We then kind of took over an In-and Out Burger Stand. Then we went north back to Hollywood Blvd. and attacked a car that had two ladys in it. About 60 Zombies surrounded the car and scared the women. Then we took over Manns Chinese Theatre, that was fun, then we stumbled across a a group of either Omish or Meninites that were singing very loud christian songs. We stormed by them and they just sang louder and louder. LOL! Then we found our way to "Tiny's" bar and had drinks. I had a good time and can't wait till next year. There will be picts posted on the webiste http://theyrenotzombies.com/ on the 19th of Oct. or atleast that is what we were told. Some of the people I was with took picts' also and when I get some I'll post them.

OH YEAH!!!!

SteveJoyner — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:20:40 GMT

I'm going to VNV Nation on the 13th of Oct.! I also went to Malediction tonight for the first time and had a great time. I suggest everyone visit there and cut a rug....hee hee

Ok, you've been tagged

SteveJoyner — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:54:41 GMT

Rules: - write a blog with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. - choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. - no tag backs. So...ok, here is mine.... 1) My favorite song is "True" by Spandau Ballet 2) I was a jock until the end of high school (1986), then I woke up and went New Wave 3) I spent 8 years in the Army and fought in two combat situations and was a Drill Sgt. for 3 years 4) I've won marksmanship contest 5) I climbed to the top of Mt.Soju in Korea 6) I read and write arabic numbers 7) I am a father of 5 wonderful children 8) My American Indian name is "Running Fox" Your turn!

CoRE performs in Vegas and Houston

SteveJoyner — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:10:24 GMT

Oct. 29th CoRE will performing in Vegas for the Fetish & Fantasy Halloween Ball for more info. check out www.halloweenball.com Oct. 31st CoRE will be performing in Houston for the infamous Vampires Ball for more info. check out www.numbersnightclub.com reply to this post