The Cosmos Are Zitty

Daily horoscopes report on the sun… What about the pimple constellations of the face? We are complex celestial creatures with our own body maps—don't let one kind of missive melt your plastic. Tonight at Family Business, as part of the “Virgins” show series curated by Marilyn Minter, you will receive a new holistic forecast via sounds of the Mother from Enid Ellen and Greg Potter. These sounds wash live all over you like an ocean of UFO blood, like the life force of Tori Amos skidding down the moons of Venus on her mons pubis. (That was a trick analogy--no such moon exists.)

Also performing: Nicholas Gorham, plus Puss-Y Zitessa, aka VICE contributor Adriane Schramm. She just reported back from the other side of white tantra graduation to tell us she’s torn away her bathroom vanity, made herself a new dress of acne, and now has a message that all the Oxy 10 in the world couldn’t keep her from squirting into your mirror. We asked her a few questions to help clear up some congestion.

VICE: What is happening tonight?
Adriane Schramm: Enid Ellen, Greg Potter, Nicholas Gorham, and Puss-Y Zitessa are coming together to celebrate feeling WEEYAHD in the UFO skin (we will be performing the song "Weeyahd" as well).

Who is Puss-Y Zitessa?
She’s a PMDD (Premenstrual Dysmorphic Disorder)-driven beat box breath beat song about panic-attack hatred of the face/love for a face.

Where does her message come from?
Sun flare provoked self-mutilation, the real age of Aquarius, being an alien, having a penis and needing a vagina, having vag needing peen, the genital UFO, too much hair/not enough hair, pimple gardens, body dysmorphic euphoria, being a horror fan of your own body, assholes, all holes, being holy, all energy must flow in and out to be one with the cosmos, including jizz and pus.

Wowza! Please tell us more. What's the obsession with the face?
I have at times thought about pouring acid over the face. I saw this woman on Oprah talk about using Brillo pads and bleach on her face--that was her beauty secret. Enid Ellen and I both have used kitchen cleansers on our face too. Remember when Dawn Davenport in Female Trouble sees herself after acid was thrown on her face by Edith Massey? Her first reaction: "Pretty pretty?"

Sounds like you're onto something.
I think this could be our attempt at crust glam!

Thursday, March 22, 8 PM
The Virgins 4, at Family Business
520 W. 21st Street, New York