SF Weekly Best of Issue 2007
Best Burlesque
Best Burlesque Revue
The Cantankerous Lollies
Since 1995, the Cantankerous Lollies have been upping the ante on the art of coquetry with their distinctly DIY approach to taking it off. Founded by Harvest Moon, one of the nation's most vaunted showgirls, this troupe of vaudeville hotties spearheaded the West Coast neo-burlesque movement — birthing a panoply of pasty-loving adherents in the process. The great thing about the Lollies is that they're both sexy and riotously funny, replacing gratuitous T&A with entertainment. Whether they're regaling us with Montmartre-style cabarets, synchronized can-can dances, or acrobatic feats with hula hoops and parasols, the Lollies deftly mix hippodrome antics with classic theatre kitsch. And we love them even more because of Suzanne "Kitten on the Keys" Ramsey, an erstwhile Lollie known for her glamour-soaked, satirical piano cabaret. With the ba-ba-boom accompaniment of San Francisco's Famous Burlesque Orchestra, the Lollies are all about the classic tease, which necessitates leaving lots to the imagination — but they're too clever and unpredictable to be mistaken for any old striptease act.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Come hear new music from pianist and song bird Suzanne Ramsey aka
Kitten on the Keys before she says "Toodles" to the Bay Area to tour France!
Kitten has a new CD out called "Salty Meat Girl". A few copies will be available at the fun piano bar atmosphere of the cozy
Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom at 17th
FREE
9PM until 11PM
Food and Libations Available
KItten will also be performing her standard punky cabaret fare, flapperette faves, and naughty naughty songs she wrote!
www.kittymusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeys
(song samples)
artwork by Joshua Ellingson
Sunday, May 13, 2007
It's almost time to say "Toodles" to San Francisco!
Suxanadu Ramsey aka Kitten on the Keys leaves the Bay Area for the
summer to perform in France. Gonna be a swell time with many wonderful
artists. I am one lucky gal. Best of luck to everyone at Exotic World...I am going to miss everyone! Kisses to the legends and the organizers and of course the super stars of Burlesque! (I'll miss you Satan's Angel!)
I also have a brand spankin' new CD available in limited release in the US.
Salty Meat Girl... original mischievous melodies, Tin Pan Alley, Flapperette Faves,
Punky Cabaret filled with silly lyrics and shenanigans
songs about things that begin with the letter P....bare buttocks solos (thanks MR Tinkler) and MORE on piano, ukulele, and accordion. I pick it up next week!
NEW cute as a button T-Shirts all designed by the brilliant Joshua Ellingson!
www.joshuaellingson.com
Kitten on the Keys is featured with her squeeze box in an article in Alarm Magazine
due out in June. Photo essay by Becca Henry. Interviews and photos of cabaret, burlesque, and vaudeville acts in SF...including Vau de Vire Society ,Yard Dogs Road Show and Black and Blue Burlesque! www.alarmpress.com interview by one of SF's naughty cheerleaders, the Cock'T's!
Before she waves her paws BYE BYE....come to these cool shows...
all different and super duper fun! Guaranteed to put a smile on your
face!
May 18 Exotic World Benefit @ Club Deluxe on Haight Street $10.00
Sparkley Devil and Little Minsky's puts t
his wonderful all star SF
line up together.
Kitten performs new material from Salty Meat Girl!
May 20th Katya presents " The Roaring 20's"
Your fave songbirds warble their bestest 1920's ditties
@ Martuni's 7PM $5.00 cover
Valencia @ Market
Katya Ludmilla Smirnoff Skye
Veronica Klaus
Alotta Boutte
(w/ pianist Tom Shaw)
KItten on the Keys
and Rodney Austin are the MUDDFLAPPERS!
piano and accordion duo with double PP's and Double DD's
http://www.myspace.com/muddflappers
(last Muddflappers show for a few months....)
May 24th Bon Voyage Kitten!
a show called TOODLES!
Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom at 17th FREE
9PM
Kitten on the Keys performs new material from
the brand spankin' new "Salty Meat Girl" CD!
Cover Art by Joshua Ellingson !!!!!!!
some copies will be available at this event... only a handful
will be available on CD BABY.com until I come home for a proper CD
release PARTY!
May 26th....I hop a plane with Roky Roulette and don't come back for a LONG time!
XXXXOOOOO meow meow Kitten on the Keys
Suxanadu Ramsey www.kittymusic.com
Keep up with Cabaret New Burlesque in FRANCE
http://www.myspace.com/newburlesque
Friday, May 04, 2007
Hey there kids!
San Francisco's fave ivory tickler has a new CD coming out
called SALTY MEAT GIRL
and you can hear a lil prevue of some of her new songs right here on My SPACE!
Listen to the sad sad Pope Mobile and spunky and rambunctious Geriatric Punk Rock Boyfriend (GPRBF)!!!!!
Enjoy your Salty MEAT!
Let me know what you think!
Coming soooooooooooooooooooon.......
xxxxooo
Kitten >^..^<
www.kittymusic.com
www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeys
San Francisco's fave ivory tickler has a new CD coming out
called SALTY MEAT GIRL
and you can hear a lil prevue of some of her new songs right here on My SPACE!
Listen to the sad sad Pope Mobile and spunky and rambunctious Geriatric Punk Rock Boyfriend (GPRBF)!!!!!
Enjoy your Salty MEAT!
Let me know what you think!
Coming soooooooooooooooooooon.......
xxxxooo
Kitten >^..^<
www.kittymusic.com
www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeys
Friday, April 27, 2007
Howdy Doody Moonpies!
I am so super duper excited about my new CD!
I have been spending many hours in the studio and I think this is the best sounding CD to date! Loads of new Kitten on the Keys punky cabaret originals, spunky Tin Pan ALley Flapperette Faves,
Raunchy Ragtime, Island Lullabies, songs about geriatric punk rockers, Liberace, The Pope Mobile, PETA PUTA's,
Kitties puppies Cartoonish
seaside lore, MEAT Medleys and MUCH MUCH MORE! A tangeled universe that is fun and preverse!
And the cover art is delightful-done by my wonderful pal JOSHUA ELLINGSON! He knows just what this lil Kitty likes! I cannot wait for the new pink pussy pantie line! You are gonna howl!
All this will be done before I leave for FRANCE and looks like there are some London dates later in the year! PIDDLE!
Check out Josh at:
www.joshuaellingson.com
My Betty Boop costume is being made by the wonderful Kathleen Crowly!
My Bon Voyage Fete will be at the RITE SPOT CAFE 5/24
9PM FREE! Come on down-I promise I will not ask you for money!
2099 Folsom Street
5/20 The 1920's show Martuni's
Katya presents
MUDDFLAPPERS
Veronica Klaus
Alotta Boutte
Kitten on the Keys
Katya Smirnoff-SKYE
5/10 Little Minsky's on Haight Street!
NEW colorful # with the SCENIC SISTERS!
Much love!
KITTEN >^..^<
I am so super duper excited about my new CD!
I have been spending many hours in the studio and I think this is the best sounding CD to date! Loads of new Kitten on the Keys punky cabaret originals, spunky Tin Pan ALley Flapperette Faves,
Raunchy Ragtime, Island Lullabies, songs about geriatric punk rockers, Liberace, The Pope Mobile, PETA PUTA's,
Kitties puppies Cartoonish
seaside lore, MEAT Medleys and MUCH MUCH MORE! A tangeled universe that is fun and preverse!
And the cover art is delightful-done by my wonderful pal JOSHUA ELLINGSON! He knows just what this lil Kitty likes! I cannot wait for the new pink pussy pantie line! You are gonna howl!
All this will be done before I leave for FRANCE and looks like there are some London dates later in the year! PIDDLE!
Check out Josh at:
www.joshuaellingson.com
My Betty Boop costume is being made by the wonderful Kathleen Crowly!
My Bon Voyage Fete will be at the RITE SPOT CAFE 5/24
9PM FREE! Come on down-I promise I will not ask you for money!
2099 Folsom Street
5/20 The 1920's show Martuni's
Katya presents
MUDDFLAPPERS
Veronica Klaus
Alotta Boutte
Kitten on the Keys
Katya Smirnoff-SKYE
5/10 Little Minsky's on Haight Street!
NEW colorful # with the SCENIC SISTERS!
Much love!
KITTEN >^..^<
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom Street at 17th
SF
9 PM FREE
4/26/07 Thursday
Miss Kitten on the Keys, aka Suzanne Ramsey writes kinky clever and kooky
tunes that will stir your nethers and tickle your funnybone. She strokes her little electric uke and deconstucts punk rock songs for your amusement!
She plays ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, and a lil Freddie Mercury and Alice Cooper to liven up the night!
CD's and Kitten on the Keys merchandise available!
Come see her before she leaves on her grand tour of France in MAY!
http://www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeys
www.kittymusic.com
2099 Folsom Street at 17th
SF
9 PM FREE
4/26/07 Thursday
Miss Kitten on the Keys, aka Suzanne Ramsey writes kinky clever and kooky
tunes that will stir your nethers and tickle your funnybone. She strokes her little electric uke and deconstucts punk rock songs for your amusement!
She plays ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, and a lil Freddie Mercury and Alice Cooper to liven up the night!
CD's and Kitten on the Keys merchandise available!
Come see her before she leaves on her grand tour of France in MAY!
http://www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeys
www.kittymusic.com
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Pandora's Trunk - 1 Year Anniversary!
A bi-monthly eclectic arts showcase & fashion sample sale
Saturday April 28th 1-7pm
free admission - live music - free drinks
http://pandorastrunk.com
Mina Dresden Gallery 312 Valencia @ 14th, San Francisco
Visual Vaudeville & Built Burlesque
"Vaudeville" is thought to come from the french 'voix de
ville', voice of the city... come let us speak to you. We
will tell you a tale of independent artists and designers,
making satirical and sexy statements like the vaudevillians
of old, out of anything they can lay their dirty little
hands on. Our first anniversary is shaping up to be a
blowout party! We have busted our old studio at the seams
and are coming to you from an all new location where the
Mission and SoMa meet.
The event will feature a fashion sample sale, including
local firecrackers Miranda Caroligne, Bad Unkl Sista, Medium
Reality & the inimitable Shannon Riley.
Artist and screenprinter Marshall Adams, who you may know
from his work at Porcelynne, will be there screen printing
his designs live onto a shirt of your own choosing. It
doesn't get any more custom than that!
Local musical bombshell Kitten on the Keys will be there
playing the sexiest instrument known to womankind, and the
smoky-hot Jahmayo will be joining us from LA, guaranteed to
be wearing the tightest pants ever donned by a black man who
wasn't Prince.
Indie designers, producers, and artists will be joining us
with jewelry, photography, paintings, gourmet chocolate,
comic books, paper goods and more, using silks and satins,
leather and feathers, metals precious and base, acrylic
plastic, and resin-coated paper along with the traditional
ribbons and bows to make you beautiful... with teeth.
Visit our website for a frequently updated roster of artists
with pictures and links! Contact us to get involved!
http://pandorastrunk.com
A bi-monthly eclectic arts showcase & fashion sample sale
Saturday April 28th 1-7pm
free admission - live music - free drinks
http://pandorastrunk.com
Mina Dresden Gallery 312 Valencia @ 14th, San Francisco
Visual Vaudeville & Built Burlesque
"Vaudeville" is thought to come from the french 'voix de
ville', voice of the city... come let us speak to you. We
will tell you a tale of independent artists and designers,
making satirical and sexy statements like the vaudevillians
of old, out of anything they can lay their dirty little
hands on. Our first anniversary is shaping up to be a
blowout party! We have busted our old studio at the seams
and are coming to you from an all new location where the
Mission and SoMa meet.
The event will feature a fashion sample sale, including
local firecrackers Miranda Caroligne, Bad Unkl Sista, Medium
Reality & the inimitable Shannon Riley.
Artist and screenprinter Marshall Adams, who you may know
from his work at Porcelynne, will be there screen printing
his designs live onto a shirt of your own choosing. It
doesn't get any more custom than that!
Local musical bombshell Kitten on the Keys will be there
playing the sexiest instrument known to womankind, and the
smoky-hot Jahmayo will be joining us from LA, guaranteed to
be wearing the tightest pants ever donned by a black man who
wasn't Prince.
Indie designers, producers, and artists will be joining us
with jewelry, photography, paintings, gourmet chocolate,
comic books, paper goods and more, using silks and satins,
leather and feathers, metals precious and base, acrylic
plastic, and resin-coated paper along with the traditional
ribbons and bows to make you beautiful... with teeth.
Visit our website for a frequently updated roster of artists
with pictures and links! Contact us to get involved!
http://pandorastrunk.com
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Benefit for Irene McGhee starring Exene Cervenka, Kitten on the Keys, Vinsantos,Ben Fong Torres at the Red Devil Lounge in SF!
Here is what Ben Fong Torres (of Almost Famous ...and he wrote for Rolling Stone) wrote about her situation:
CATCH A FIRE: A dozen or more people may owe their lives to the fact that Free FM (KIFR 106.9) let talk-show host Irene McGee go. As I reported a column ago, McGee was dismissed from her midnight to 2 a.m. Friday show for unspecified reasons. On her first Friday night away from the radio studios in more than a year, she was at work in her apartment in the Western Addition when the electricity went out. Outages were an all-too-common occurrence in the 12-unit building, McGee said. She called the building manager, and when he flipped the circuit switch back on, flames shot out of a wall in McGee's apartment, setting her bed and, in minutes, most of her apartment on fire. It was 1 a.m., and McGee dashed around the building, rousting her neighbors. All of them escaped the flames and smoke, which rendered nine of the apartments uninhabitable. "She's absolutely a hero," said Heather Moon Black, who lives in an adjacent apartment. "Irene left her cat to come and get us first. If she hadn't, it would have been too late for my daughter (8-year-old Exene) and me." It was, in fact, too late for one of McGee's two cats. Star died in her arms, while Sergeant Johnson ran off. Two days after the fire, her second cat was still missing, and McGee appeared to be in shock as she looked through the rubble on Broderick Street and in the blackened shell of her apartment. She grabbed her laptop computer as she fled, she said, but everything else was destroyed. Necklaces were welded together. All her clothes were damaged. So were a new camera and audio recorder she used for her radio work (She continues to do her podcast show, "No One's Listening," Fridays at San Francisco State). Her brother, Bill McGee, a lawyer in Portland, Ore., arrived Sunday morning to lend support. At a nearby cafe, she praised the San Francisco Fire Department for its rapid and compassionate response; one female firefighter, she said, sat with her and offered comfort and assistance. McGee is staying at various friends' homes and slowly accumulating clothes and other necessities. Her grateful neighbor, Black, is helping organize a fundraiser for her at the Red Devil Lounge, with her daughter's godmother, Exene Cervenka, ex- of X, as headliner. A date has yet to be set. Meantime, online contributions can be made via Paypal at www.nooneslistening.org. Through the smoke and depression of the fire, there was one ray of light. Her missing tabby showed up in Black's apartment on Sunday. He suffered some burns but looked OK. "It's a miracle," McGee said, breaking into tears. Moments later, she regained her composure -- and her sense of humor. She'd mused about the irony of it all. If she'd been at Free FM when a shortage occurred, none of her fellow tenants might have been awake. "Thank God I was fired," she said. A beat, and then: "I mean, who else gets 'fired' twice in one week?" FM). Ben Fong-Torres is a freelance writer.
April, 11 2007 at Red Devil Lounge w/ Exene Cervenka, Vinsantos and MORE Kitten on the Keys, Ben Fong Torres
1695 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA
Cost : $15.00
Exene Cervenka of X FAME! Ben Fong Torres (rolling stone writer) KItten on the Keys as Musical MC Vinsantos!
www.myspace.com/vinsantos
www.myspace.com/exenecervenka
www.myspace/kittenonthekeys
www.reddevillounge.com
Here is what Ben Fong Torres (of Almost Famous ...and he wrote for Rolling Stone) wrote about her situation:
CATCH A FIRE: A dozen or more people may owe their lives to the fact that Free FM (KIFR 106.9) let talk-show host Irene McGee go. As I reported a column ago, McGee was dismissed from her midnight to 2 a.m. Friday show for unspecified reasons. On her first Friday night away from the radio studios in more than a year, she was at work in her apartment in the Western Addition when the electricity went out. Outages were an all-too-common occurrence in the 12-unit building, McGee said. She called the building manager, and when he flipped the circuit switch back on, flames shot out of a wall in McGee's apartment, setting her bed and, in minutes, most of her apartment on fire. It was 1 a.m., and McGee dashed around the building, rousting her neighbors. All of them escaped the flames and smoke, which rendered nine of the apartments uninhabitable. "She's absolutely a hero," said Heather Moon Black, who lives in an adjacent apartment. "Irene left her cat to come and get us first. If she hadn't, it would have been too late for my daughter (8-year-old Exene) and me." It was, in fact, too late for one of McGee's two cats. Star died in her arms, while Sergeant Johnson ran off. Two days after the fire, her second cat was still missing, and McGee appeared to be in shock as she looked through the rubble on Broderick Street and in the blackened shell of her apartment. She grabbed her laptop computer as she fled, she said, but everything else was destroyed. Necklaces were welded together. All her clothes were damaged. So were a new camera and audio recorder she used for her radio work (She continues to do her podcast show, "No One's Listening," Fridays at San Francisco State). Her brother, Bill McGee, a lawyer in Portland, Ore., arrived Sunday morning to lend support. At a nearby cafe, she praised the San Francisco Fire Department for its rapid and compassionate response; one female firefighter, she said, sat with her and offered comfort and assistance. McGee is staying at various friends' homes and slowly accumulating clothes and other necessities. Her grateful neighbor, Black, is helping organize a fundraiser for her at the Red Devil Lounge, with her daughter's godmother, Exene Cervenka, ex- of X, as headliner. A date has yet to be set. Meantime, online contributions can be made via Paypal at www.nooneslistening.org. Through the smoke and depression of the fire, there was one ray of light. Her missing tabby showed up in Black's apartment on Sunday. He suffered some burns but looked OK. "It's a miracle," McGee said, breaking into tears. Moments later, she regained her composure -- and her sense of humor. She'd mused about the irony of it all. If she'd been at Free FM when a shortage occurred, none of her fellow tenants might have been awake. "Thank God I was fired," she said. A beat, and then: "I mean, who else gets 'fired' twice in one week?" FM). Ben Fong-Torres is a freelance writer.
April, 11 2007 at Red Devil Lounge w/ Exene Cervenka, Vinsantos and MORE Kitten on the Keys, Ben Fong Torres
1695 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA
Cost : $15.00
Exene Cervenka of X FAME! Ben Fong Torres (rolling stone writer) KItten on the Keys as Musical MC Vinsantos!
www.myspace.com/vinsantos
www.myspace.com/exenecervenka
www.myspace/kittenonthekeys
www.reddevillounge.com
Friday, March 16, 2007
WOW-this has been my month of performing with musicians from the past-first playing piano/accordion for David J of Bauhaus fame in SF and LA, singing and acting at Teatro Zinzanni with Huey Lewis fresh from Broadway in his role as Billy Flynn from CHICAGO with the fabulous Zinzanni Orchestra and Velocity Dancers WOW!!!!!!
I am so pleased to announce Kitten on the Keys is performing with the AMAZING
Exene Cervenka of X fame...she is an idol of MANY.
the Show is called BURN down the house of Love-
Exene Cervenka
Ben Fong Torres (Rolling Stone Writer-film Almost Famous is about him!)
Kitten on the Keys Musical MC
and Many More....
Red Devil Lounge April 11th,2007
$15.00
1695 Polk Street
SF, CA
415-921-1695
www.reddevillounge.com
3/22
KItten on the Keys Piano Bar
Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom Street at 17th
FREE
9PM
Flapperette Faves!
www.ritespotcafe.net
4/8 Easter Sunday or Happy Keister Funday with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Dolores Park www.thesisters.org
Day time!
Kitten on the Keys tinkles her ivories keister funday!!!! Special song and dance # with SF's fave twinkle toed sister act, the Scenic Sisters!
4/11 Red Devil Lounge
Burn Down the House Of Love
Exene Cervenka
4/12 THRILLVILLE's 10th Anniversary!
3-D monster movies and MORE!
www.thrillville.net
4/26 Rite Spot Cafe
www.ritespotcafe.net
YIPPEEEE
xxxooo
Kitten
Suzanne Ramsey >^..^<
Kitten On the Keys
www.kittymusic.com
Piano, vocalist, ukulele, accordion
Merchandise
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kittenotk2
http://www.cafeshops.com/kittykeys
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kittenotk
I am so pleased to announce Kitten on the Keys is performing with the AMAZING
Exene Cervenka of X fame...she is an idol of MANY.
the Show is called BURN down the house of Love-
Exene Cervenka
Ben Fong Torres (Rolling Stone Writer-film Almost Famous is about him!)
Kitten on the Keys Musical MC
and Many More....
Red Devil Lounge April 11th,2007
$15.00
1695 Polk Street
SF, CA
415-921-1695
www.reddevillounge.com
3/22
KItten on the Keys Piano Bar
Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom Street at 17th
FREE
9PM
Flapperette Faves!
www.ritespotcafe.net
4/8 Easter Sunday or Happy Keister Funday with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Dolores Park www.thesisters.org
Day time!
Kitten on the Keys tinkles her ivories keister funday!!!! Special song and dance # with SF's fave twinkle toed sister act, the Scenic Sisters!
4/11 Red Devil Lounge
Burn Down the House Of Love
Exene Cervenka
4/12 THRILLVILLE's 10th Anniversary!
3-D monster movies and MORE!
www.thrillville.net
4/26 Rite Spot Cafe
www.ritespotcafe.net
YIPPEEEE
xxxooo
Kitten
Suzanne Ramsey >^..^<
Kitten On the Keys
www.kittymusic.com
Piano, vocalist, ukulele, accordion
Merchandise
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kittenotk2
http://www.cafeshops.com/kittykeys
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kittenotk
Thursday, March 01, 2007
FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH
The Riptide Tavern 3639 Taraval @ 47th Ave. 415-681-8433
Sunset District / 2 Blocks away from Ocean Beach - San Francisco
D.J. WHAT'S HIS FUCK - Spinning old school punk rock and other gems.
FREE / 21+ / From 9pm to 1:30am SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER TONIGHT: KITTEN ON THE KEYS
http://www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeys
http://www.suzanneramsey.net/
Kitten will be performing two sets tonight.
One at 10:30pm and another at 12:00 midnight.
Kitten likes to get messy and dance on the bar......be careful!
Remember that this show is FREE.
(take the L-Train to within half a block of the bar....it does run all night)
Also did anyone see the gigantic Kitten On the Keys photo in the SF Chronicle this week? I can't beleive it! It was an ad for the Silent Movie Balboa Theater Festival which is ALWAYS a fun time! WOW!
Thanks to those who came out to see David J's Cabaret starring Vinsantos at Safari Sam's in Los Angeles! I love playing that dark cabaret....
Suzanne Ramsey >^..^<
Kitten On the Keys
www.kittymusic.com
Piano, vocalist, ukulele, accordion
The Riptide Tavern 3639 Taraval @ 47th Ave. 415-681-8433
Sunset District / 2 Blocks away from Ocean Beach - San Francisco
D.J. WHAT'S HIS FUCK - Spinning old school punk rock and other gems.
FREE / 21+ / From 9pm to 1:30am SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER TONIGHT: KITTEN ON THE KEYS
http://www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeys
http://www.suzanneramsey.net/
Kitten will be performing two sets tonight.
One at 10:30pm and another at 12:00 midnight.
Kitten likes to get messy and dance on the bar......be careful!
Remember that this show is FREE.
(take the L-Train to within half a block of the bar....it does run all night)
Also did anyone see the gigantic Kitten On the Keys photo in the SF Chronicle this week? I can't beleive it! It was an ad for the Silent Movie Balboa Theater Festival which is ALWAYS a fun time! WOW!
Thanks to those who came out to see David J's Cabaret starring Vinsantos at Safari Sam's in Los Angeles! I love playing that dark cabaret....
Suzanne Ramsey >^..^<
Kitten On the Keys
www.kittymusic.com
Piano, vocalist, ukulele, accordion
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Piano Bar! Rite Spot Cafe!
9:30 PM Start time tonight
(later than usual-Suzanne is coming from another gig!)
Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom @ 17th MISSION District
Free
Kitten on the Keys plays bubbly girl next door sweet flapper ditties and raunchy kinky cabaret to stir your nethers and tickle your funnybone!
New Silly Song!
FUN FUN FUN
www.ritespotcafe.net
www.kittymusic.com
9:30 PM Start time tonight
(later than usual-Suzanne is coming from another gig!)
Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom @ 17th MISSION District
Free
Kitten on the Keys plays bubbly girl next door sweet flapper ditties and raunchy kinky cabaret to stir your nethers and tickle your funnybone!
New Silly Song!
FUN FUN FUN
www.ritespotcafe.net
www.kittymusic.com
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Safari Sam's5214 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CAFriday 2/23David J's Cabaret Oscuro in . . .an evening with the Devil's MuseBlack cabaret in the company of David J and his bandwith special guestsAbby Travis • Vinsantos & the ghost of Elizabeth Shortfeaturing:Fauxnique • Ego Plum • Nora Keyes • Creekbird • Count Smokula KITTEN on the Keys Available on the night:100 limited edition signed CD's/pre-release copies of 'Devil's Muse'.music inspired by the life and mysterious death of Elizabeth Short as featured in Ramzi Abed's forthcoming feature film, 'Black Dahlia Movie'www.safari-sams.com
Hope to see you at this wonderful music event!Suzanne Ramsey
Hope to see you at this wonderful music event!Suzanne Ramsey
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Not a Burlesque show....but a fun trip back in time.....w. Buster Keaton and others!
For the 5th year in a row songstress Kitten on the Keys
pulls out
her flapperiest ditties of the PG-13 nature
and tickles the ivories to help celebrate the
Balboa's Movie Theater's Birthday. This is one of the last old movie houses left in San Francisco-
they have damn good pop corn and an awesome repitoire of films and it is in the Richmond District!
(Some of you may even remember Kitten, the Muddflappers, the Lollies and
the Scenic Sisters producing Sin in Soft Focus at the Balboa last year...in a horrible rainstorm!)
Be sure to check out the pianist Frederick Hodges who wrote the original score for the film! He is a world class pianist and composer!
For Immediate Release:
PRESS CONTACT
Gary Meyer (415) 290-8224 or garymey@yahoo.com
Photos and detailed background information are available upon request.
======================================
BUSTER KEATON STARS AT BALBOA BIRTHDAY BASH
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007 -
Buster Keaton masterpieces will headline the Balboa Theatre’s 81st Birthday Bash on Tuesday, Feb. 27. SHERLOCK JR. follows the hilarious adventures of a movie theater projectionist (Keaton) who finds himself in the film he is projecting! In THE PLAYHOUSE Buster plays every single character -- cast, crew, orchestra and audience -- in a small vaudeville theater. Both classics will be screened in 35mm.
The films will be accompanied on piano by Frederick Hodges (http://www.frederickhodges.com/), playing an original score.
A Live Vaudeville Show features chanteuse Suzanne “Kitten on the Keys” Ramsey (http://www.suzanneramsey.net/ ) and Magician Extraordinaire James Hamilton (http://www.amazingmagicshow.com/Hamilton.htm).
Return to the silent era as we re-create a night at the movies in 1926.
Audience members are encouraged to wear period clothing.
Doors open at 6:45. Pre-Show at 7:00. Official program starts at 7:15.
Door Prizes! Birthday Cake! A fun time for all ages! There will be on-screen Surprises!
For more information go to: www.BalboaMovies.com
Learn all about Buster Keaton and the Damfinos Fan Club: http://www.busterkeaton.com/
General Admission: $12.00
Seniors and Children under 12 year: $9.00
Advance ticket sales are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/10302
Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa Street (@37th Avenue)
San Francisco 93121
(415) 221-8184
www.BalboaMovies.com
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<
www.kittymusic.com
Variety Artist, Vaudeville, Cabaret
Piano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
For the 5th year in a row songstress Kitten on the Keys
pulls out
her flapperiest ditties of the PG-13 nature
and tickles the ivories to help celebrate the
Balboa's Movie Theater's Birthday. This is one of the last old movie houses left in San Francisco-
they have damn good pop corn and an awesome repitoire of films and it is in the Richmond District!
(Some of you may even remember Kitten, the Muddflappers, the Lollies and
the Scenic Sisters producing Sin in Soft Focus at the Balboa last year...in a horrible rainstorm!)
Be sure to check out the pianist Frederick Hodges who wrote the original score for the film! He is a world class pianist and composer!
For Immediate Release:
PRESS CONTACT
Gary Meyer (415) 290-8224 or garymey@yahoo.com
Photos and detailed background information are available upon request.
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BUSTER KEATON STARS AT BALBOA BIRTHDAY BASH
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007 -
Buster Keaton masterpieces will headline the Balboa Theatre’s 81st Birthday Bash on Tuesday, Feb. 27. SHERLOCK JR. follows the hilarious adventures of a movie theater projectionist (Keaton) who finds himself in the film he is projecting! In THE PLAYHOUSE Buster plays every single character -- cast, crew, orchestra and audience -- in a small vaudeville theater. Both classics will be screened in 35mm.
The films will be accompanied on piano by Frederick Hodges (http://www.frederickhodges.com/), playing an original score.
A Live Vaudeville Show features chanteuse Suzanne “Kitten on the Keys” Ramsey (http://www.suzanneramsey.net/ ) and Magician Extraordinaire James Hamilton (http://www.amazingmagicshow.com/Hamilton.htm).
Return to the silent era as we re-create a night at the movies in 1926.
Audience members are encouraged to wear period clothing.
Doors open at 6:45. Pre-Show at 7:00. Official program starts at 7:15.
Door Prizes! Birthday Cake! A fun time for all ages! There will be on-screen Surprises!
For more information go to: www.BalboaMovies.com
Learn all about Buster Keaton and the Damfinos Fan Club: http://www.busterkeaton.com/
General Admission: $12.00
Seniors and Children under 12 year: $9.00
Advance ticket sales are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/10302
Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa Street (@37th Avenue)
San Francisco 93121
(415) 221-8184
www.BalboaMovies.com
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<
www.kittymusic.com
Variety Artist, Vaudeville, Cabaret
Piano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
Friday, January 26, 2007
Please check out these URL's to my you Tube Submissions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_5UUCWYDj0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1lAnOAqPD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOLWWMkM7JM
They are all kinda silly for all their own reasons!
XXXOO
KITTEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_5UUCWYDj0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1lAnOAqPD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOLWWMkM7JM
They are all kinda silly for all their own reasons!
XXXOO
KITTEN
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Suzanne Ramsey, aka, Kitten on the Keys plants her butt on the piano bench at the Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom Street at 17th, San Francisco FREE 9PM, for a night of musical mayhem and FUN! New Songs! 1/25/07
Naughty piano bar shenanigans!Flapper Faves!Ukulele Strokin'!Silly Punk Rawk!Power Rock Ballads!Giggles and Guffaws!
Come get drunk and I will let you SING!
www.ritespotcafe.netDin dinLibations
CD's available for purchase!!!!!Cheapest Pussy in town folks!www.kittymusic.com
Naughty piano bar shenanigans!Flapper Faves!Ukulele Strokin'!Silly Punk Rawk!Power Rock Ballads!Giggles and Guffaws!
Come get drunk and I will let you SING!
www.ritespotcafe.netDin dinLibations
CD's available for purchase!!!!!Cheapest Pussy in town folks!www.kittymusic.com
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Kitten on the Keys is a last minute fill in for this show...seems everyone is ill....so see her in an evening gown being serious for once......
Oh and by the way, I will be fingering my own ivories and stroking my uke...
xxxxooo
Suz
For Immediate Release
Katya Presents…
“The Golden Years” songs of the 30’s and 40’sWhere: Martuni's 4 Velencia at Market, San Francisco 415-241-0205Sunday Jan. 21th at 7pm, Russian opera diva Katya Smirnoff-Skyy presents “The Golden Years”, an evening of classic songs from the 30’s and 40’s. Guests include on The Divine Kitten on the Keys, Margery Bailey, Alotta Boutte, Ethel Merman and the incomparable Veronica Clause with Matt Piatt on the ivory keys and Mr. Freddy at the door, this cabaret is a Martui’s favorite regularly pleasing sold-out crowds. Cover charge: $5.Martuni's, 4 Valencia Street (at Market). $5 cover. Russianoperadiva.com
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<
www.kittymusic.com
Variety Artist, Vaudeville, Cabaret
Piano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
Oh and by the way, I will be fingering my own ivories and stroking my uke...
xxxxooo
Suz
For Immediate Release
Katya Presents…
“The Golden Years” songs of the 30’s and 40’sWhere: Martuni's 4 Velencia at Market, San Francisco 415-241-0205Sunday Jan. 21th at 7pm, Russian opera diva Katya Smirnoff-Skyy presents “The Golden Years”, an evening of classic songs from the 30’s and 40’s. Guests include on The Divine Kitten on the Keys, Margery Bailey, Alotta Boutte, Ethel Merman and the incomparable Veronica Clause with Matt Piatt on the ivory keys and Mr. Freddy at the door, this cabaret is a Martui’s favorite regularly pleasing sold-out crowds. Cover charge: $5.Martuni's, 4 Valencia Street (at Market). $5 cover. Russianoperadiva.com
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<
www.kittymusic.com
Variety Artist, Vaudeville, Cabaret
Piano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12THThe Riptide Tavern 3639 Taraval @ 47th Ave. 415-681-8433 Sunset District / 2 Blocks away from Ocean Beach - San Francisco D.J. WHAT'S HIS FUCK - Spinning old school punk rock and other gems. FREE / 21+ / From 9pm to 1:30am SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER TONIGHT: KITTEN ON THE KEYS
http://www.myspace.com/kittenonthekeyshttp://www.suzanneramsey.net/Kitten will be performing two sets tonight. One at 10:30pm and another at 12:00 midnight. KItten will tickle the ivories and your funnybone with her naughty monkeyshines.....the Sunset will never be the same!
KItten is always having a hard time transporting ukuleles, amps, keyboards, accrdions and the like all over town...now it's her time to shine in her own fog belt of a neighborhood! She's delighted to be dancing on the bar....flinging her bra and showing naughty bits to the audience who will have a blast with this type of wink wink nudge nudge entertainment! You do not always see wacky girls perform as Shirley Temple a top a bar...especially in the SUNSET!
Remember that this show is FREE.
(take the L-Train to within half a block of the bar....it does run all night)
Hope to see you there!
XXXXOOOKITTEN
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<http://www.kittymusic.com/Variety Artist, Vaudeville, CabaretPiano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
http://www.burlesque-expo.com/make_some_noise.php
KITTEN CANNOT MAKE IT TO BOSTON BUT HER MU SIC CAN!
KITTEN CANNOT MAKE IT TO BOSTON BUT HER MU SIC CAN!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Rite Spot Cafe 11/2 9PM FREE 2099 Folsom at 17th SF KItten tickles the Ivories and MORE!
Piano Bar Flapper Rock Shenanigans Dirty Ditties and Classic RAWK
Kitten on the Keys writes cute, clever, and kinky ditties to stir your nethers and tickle your funny bone! She's the Punk Rock Betty Boop!
Libations and Din Din!
www.ritespotcafe.net www.kittymusic.com
UPCOMING Musical and Burlesque Performances:
11/3 Sand Box Gallery 535 Minnesota St SF CA 415-550-8732DADA photo Exhibit w/ performaces by-6-9 PM w/ Kitten, One Man Banjo, Dedicationswww.sandboxstudio.com
11/9 When Ukes Cry all ukulele tribute to Prince!Uke ApocolypsePurple Rain lp-start to finish on UKES!Kitten and Koz strokes their ukes for your pleasureRickshaw Stop SF
SAVE THE DATE FOR THIS BIG SHOW! Thursday Nov 16thDNA Lounge $15.00 dubloons
Bawdy Island A south Seas , Pirate Review and MORE!Burlesque Hullabaloohttp://www.shipdisturbers.com/(check out the great artwork)ALL LIVE MUSIC by the Ship Disturbersfeaturing kitten on the Keys, Koz, members of Kehoe Nation , polkacide,and MORE
Mr Tinkler and KItten with FILTHY Sailor songs and hapa haole Hawaiian #'sCherry Lix and the Twilight Vixen RevueBottoms Up BurlesqueBettina May from CanadaGorilla XMC Cap'n KingfishEddie DaneCarol Queen Roxy ShocksLol and Nancy the Mushuganins and MUCH MORE
www.dnalounge.com
Hope to see you at some of these shows!
XXXXOOOOKITTEN
PS I have re released selected Songs from my first two CD's-plus Kitten live and more..alternative versions of #'s lotsa Sin Pan Alley and Kitten originals ...18 SONGS many of you have never heard before....This special edition is handmade with love and only 25 numbered copies have been made. A collector's item for the true Kitten on the Keys fan.It is called HAPPY KITTY GIRL !!!!!! and is available for 15.00 plus shippping and handling email me if you are interested kittykeys@aol.com
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<www.kittymusic.comVariety Artist, Vaudeville, CabaretPiano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
Piano Bar Flapper Rock Shenanigans Dirty Ditties and Classic RAWK
Kitten on the Keys writes cute, clever, and kinky ditties to stir your nethers and tickle your funny bone! She's the Punk Rock Betty Boop!
Libations and Din Din!
www.ritespotcafe.net www.kittymusic.com
UPCOMING Musical and Burlesque Performances:
11/3 Sand Box Gallery 535 Minnesota St SF CA 415-550-8732DADA photo Exhibit w/ performaces by-6-9 PM w/ Kitten, One Man Banjo, Dedicationswww.sandboxstudio.com
11/9 When Ukes Cry all ukulele tribute to Prince!Uke ApocolypsePurple Rain lp-start to finish on UKES!Kitten and Koz strokes their ukes for your pleasureRickshaw Stop SF
SAVE THE DATE FOR THIS BIG SHOW! Thursday Nov 16thDNA Lounge $15.00 dubloons
Bawdy Island A south Seas , Pirate Review and MORE!Burlesque Hullabaloohttp://www.shipdisturbers.com/(check out the great artwork)ALL LIVE MUSIC by the Ship Disturbersfeaturing kitten on the Keys, Koz, members of Kehoe Nation , polkacide,and MORE
Mr Tinkler and KItten with FILTHY Sailor songs and hapa haole Hawaiian #'sCherry Lix and the Twilight Vixen RevueBottoms Up BurlesqueBettina May from CanadaGorilla XMC Cap'n KingfishEddie DaneCarol Queen Roxy ShocksLol and Nancy the Mushuganins and MUCH MORE
www.dnalounge.com
Hope to see you at some of these shows!
XXXXOOOOKITTEN
PS I have re released selected Songs from my first two CD's-plus Kitten live and more..alternative versions of #'s lotsa Sin Pan Alley and Kitten originals ...18 SONGS many of you have never heard before....This special edition is handmade with love and only 25 numbered copies have been made. A collector's item for the true Kitten on the Keys fan.It is called HAPPY KITTY GIRL !!!!!! and is available for 15.00 plus shippping and handling email me if you are interested kittykeys@aol.com
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<www.kittymusic.comVariety Artist, Vaudeville, CabaretPiano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Oct 27thNashville, TNwww.katyk.comCannery Ballroom1 Cannery Row Nashville's Historic District(615) 251 3020
Advance ticket's available at Katy K's Ranch Dressing(615) 292-4242
The Spooktacular Studio Fifty Gore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Starring Dirty Martini from NYC Miss Exotic World!Kitten on the Keys from SF musical mistress of CeremoniesPanty Raid!Miss Lolly PopKicky La RueLady & the TrampsMelba Toastand many more!
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<www.kittymusic.comVariety Artist, Vaudeville, CabaretPiano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
Advance ticket's available at Katy K's Ranch Dressing(615) 292-4242
The Spooktacular Studio Fifty Gore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Starring Dirty Martini from NYC Miss Exotic World!Kitten on the Keys from SF musical mistress of CeremoniesPanty Raid!Miss Lolly PopKicky La RueLady & the TrampsMelba Toastand many more!
Kitten On The Keys >^..^<www.kittymusic.comVariety Artist, Vaudeville, CabaretPiano, Ukulele, Vocals, Accordion
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