The Eileen Dover and Gail Thacker! Show!

"Work. Fierce. Over. Aviance!" Coming to The Gene Frankel Theatre! Kevin Aviance has been ruling the dance floor and shaping the music scene for decades. His performances address social and political issues. Kevin’s music and performance finds a sociopolitical power for the LBGTQ+ community. Ruling the crowd with magical 10-inch heels; movement and the creation of top-hit dance music confirm Kevin’s place historically. No doubt about it: Kevin and the House of Aviance are Hollywood-story material. The “non-traditional” House of Aviance has birthed incredible talent. Papa Joe and Mother Juan foster and support the House of Aviance family talents—a continued uprising of fierce, black queer culture. Note: The talented Eileen (Dover) Aviance, our incredible host is also in the House of Aviance. ❤️ Favorite songs: “Mary (The Lamb)” feat. SAMURI DJs, 2021 “Cunty”, 1999 A highlight among Kevin’s videos is “Cunty (The Feeling)”, directed by Ralph Modica, 2006. You may find Kevin Aviance performing and spinning records 24 Bond St NYC 10012 Drinks & Food available Dance floor is cobblestone so wear your flats. “Let’s Dance the Night Away” June 18th - 7pm https://anchor.fm/bendoverbackwards/episodes/Kevin-Aviance-serves-wit--genius--while-spilling-tee-on-his-latest-and-upcoming-projects-e11s1om https://anchor.fm/bendoverbackwards/message

Our guests tonight are two NYC artists. Alex Sepassi (@silverrelics) & Erin Ko (@erinkostudios). They tell us about the creation of an interactive, mixed reality music video for the newest single from Silver Relics, Tails. They share with us their individual experiences. Yet the core of this interview is the meeting of two incredible artists and their approach from different mediums. How they find a common ground to emerge the physical actuality of Alex performing with the digital magical reality of Erin’s work. Alex Sepassi is the founder & frontperson of rock group-Silver Relics. Beginning at age 10, Sepassi actively honed a raw talent as a vocalist, performer at an early age and by his late teens, a prolific songwriter. The influence of the iconic British songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s, along with the technicolor experiments of the psychedelics and brooding ’80s indie rock. He deftly incorporates the best of these influences while adhering to a classical “songs first” philosophy. New York producer Howie Beno cut Silver Relics first album! . Following a successful tour of Ireland and the UK in the summer of 2019, the band enlisted the refined talents of English-born bassist and composer, Mark Crozer (The Jesus and Mary Chain). After working together for some time, Crozer brought his JAMC rhythm counterpart, Brian Young in on drums. The band is currently in the studio recording their sophomore album set to release in 2021. instagram.com/silverrelics/ Erin Ko is a mixed media artist based in New York. Ko’s interactive art plays with Mediated Reality, Collective Consciousness and Layered Experiences. She combines analog art-making methods with new media tools to address our complicated love/hate relationship with technology. Her experiential work often includes video projection, augmented reality, virtual reality, and more. She has worked in digital media for 20+ years.Central to Ko’s art-making philosophy is the tenet that voyeurs must be able to engage with the work in an analog sense; that people be allowed to curate their own experience based on how much technology they invite into the moment. Ko’s work has been exhibited internationally, including in London, Mexico City, Beijing, New York and Berlin. instagram.com/erinkostudios/

Our guest the amazing Dave Navarro is not just a lead guitarist - note: a kiss ass lead guitarist - but also a visual artist. He uses his art as a tool against social injustice. He has been on this journey since his since his mother was murdered some years ago. He understands the pain and the injustices he finds and explains his new sociopolitical art that touches a core in all of us. Ok, yes he is the one and only legendary Dave Navarro, we all know him from the Ink Master, Jane’s Addiction and The Red Hot Chili Peppers (sixth album, One Hot Minute (1995). He is a-rock star. Yet when my friend Jane introduced us, he was easily approachable Dave was curious like an artist is. I hope you enjoy this podcast created out of love; an in-depth conversation with Dave about his thoughts on art, life, mental health and social justice. Dave has created a limited edition art print entitled More Government Care? under his nom-de-art lifeafterdeath. The powerful piece touches on both the U.S. treatment of immigrant children as well as the COVID-19 crisis in our homeless communities. You may check out & follow Dave on @lifeafterdeathstreet @dueldiagnosis

Eileen Dover and Gail Thacker engage in incisive conversation with activist, curator, and filmmaker Katherine Cheairs, touching on her work as an activist, and on her examination of the AIDS epidemic’s effect on the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) community. The podcast also touches on Cheairs’ documentary, Ending Silence, Shame & Stigma: HIV/AIDS in the African American Family, which takes the audience on a historical journey by listening closely to the voices of women of color during the AIDS epidemic. Links: Metanoia: Transformation Through AIDS Archives and Activism https://www.onearchives.org/upcoming-exhibition-metanoia/ https://metanoia.onearchives.org/ Ending Silence https://vimeo.com/69665729 Click Link here Password: Sun76