Year End 2006 Diary Wrap Up
Friends sharing shots at my Ranalli’s birthday bash
I’m almost ashamed to say that this may be the longest diary entry of the year 2006. I have been very busy. I have traveled a great deal, working my day job to the point of mental exhaustion, and generally an all around busy person that has found a way to relax alone at home in the weeknights. I ended a relationship and the events leading up to that challenged my heart. For weeks I was trying to convince my friends it’s not the woman that I had missed, it was the relationship. And by stating that I mean the end of the relationship where I contributed. I enjoy cooking and pampering my significant other. I like to bring gifts and little things that are appreciated. These are the things that I enjoy doing, unfortunately , not everyone enjoys that treatment, hard to believe but it is painfully true. Luckly we are still friends and there’s no reason why we shoudn’t be. The relationship didn’t live up to my expectations, and that’s nobodys fault. And that’s nice.
I have spent many nights and days in the company of various wonderful ladies and more recently reunited with an old pal Marty, who through our adventures of meeting the fairer of the species, he made the company of a lovely woman named Dawn, who was actually at the Twisted Spoke to meet two old friends of mine from Indianapolis. It’s good seeing them together and we all have a great time, but something has been missing. I feel I may have found the missing link but won’t know for sure till it becomes 2007. But till then lets play some catch up.
BUT FIRST ! My New Years Resolutions is to contribute more regularly to this diary as well as not spend next Christmas alone.
Well December has been an interesting month to say the least. Far more came from what is usually a typically dismal month of my life where personal issues are concerned. However I should rewind and go over Oct/Nov
With Lesly Grajeda at the MCA
On Fri Oct 6 ultraviXXXen Lesly joined me at the Museum of Contemporary Art for their monthly First Friday event. I am a member of the MCA and I enjoy attending this event as much as my schedule allows me. My friend Alicia was there as well and Lesly and I signed model release forms and posed for photos for a number of Chicago’s social/scene papers. We attended a fashion show after that and it became a blur. In all it was a great night at the MCA and it was the closest the moon had been to the earth in ages. So the view from the back patio of the museum was breath taking. Anyone that really knows and understands me also understands how I admire the moons beauty.
Lula onstage w/ screen legend Charles Band
On Friday the 13th Lula had flown in from San Diego and met me at my office. I left early as we got back to mi casa and ordered in from Leona’s and rested up for that nights event at Excalibur, it was Charles Bands Full Moon Horror Road Show, and it was decked out to the max to reflect the grand event of the evening. Lula and I had met a few months before when she had to kick back at my place w/ some friends as she waited for a flight back to Cali. We became fast friends and spent many late nights chatting on the phone and decided we’d meet up that weekend. I was also to be her date at a wedding the next day. But more on that in a few.
We have a WINNER. Lula shows her stuff.
So Charles was having a hot chick contest on the grand stage of the castle like Excalibur which I believe was once and old church. I had turned to the bar and ordered the two of us another round of drinks when I seemed to have lost her. My friends Jacob and Jason pointed out, “Look Dude, you’re chick is on stage.” And I was cheering her along with everyone else and she was going to win no matter what, so out popped her boobage! She was instantly crowned the winner and walked away with a bevy of prizes as well as getting to present a number of movie collectibles that were up for auction.
So as we were leaving and Charles was signing autographs, he looked at me and stated out loud, “Why am I not surprised she came out with Alex Zander?” as we said our goodbyes we grabbed a cab and went to Holiday Club to drop in on Gothic Chicago’s 10 year anniversary party and then shot out to the Horseshoe and then over to a new 4 AM bar on Montrose called Driftwood, and then we came home and caled it a night. It was a wild and fun night of laughter and spontaneity. One night I will cherish for a lifetime.
I made breakfast and suddenly heard Lula on the phone arguing with her mother and brother. Seems they googled my name and were in shock of some of my business associates. Well it was getting nutsy and someone decided I was a pornographer and deemed un acceptable to attended the wedding which I had planned several months on and even bought a fancy new suit for the event. Lula was in tears. I told her forget it, to just go and not have the trouble of me being there. I could attended and 24 hour horror movie marathon anyway that we were to hit after the wedding.
But what kills me are how people make their judgments, and if would have cared to look at the next link to my name which reads
Loop Distro loves Alex Zander
Alex Zander is the main bad ass behind MK Ultra. He does cool shit like hang out with rock stars and porn stars, yet some how maintains that gentle side. …
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Lula found her way back to me Sunday morning and spent the day resting on the comforts of my sofa as I went along with business. All in all up till that point she had been the most fun date I had been out with in years.
But I have the feeling that will all change very soon.
Just wanted to note that on Oct 17 sent Katrina Kraven a song I wrote for her birthday. She loved it and has since disappeared. We had many correspondences between us and if anyone reading this knows how I can contact her please let me know, or let her know I’d like to stay in touch.
The forever lovely Natalie Lynn
Oct 28 was the annual Pimp and Ho Party at Transit. This years special guest was non other than the word famous adult star and legend, Janine Lindemulder as well as my ultraviXXXens. This had gathered a lot of worldwide press weeks in advance of the event. 1500 tickets were sold and we had our own private section on stage up and above the band complete with sofas, table service and 2 poles on mini stages for the girls to dance on. The viXXXens helped to steal the show, however this did not come without hours of stress on my part. Previously I had attended with Porn Hottie Gauge at my side, and hanging with Adam Glasser who you all know as Seymour Butts. But this year I was part of the big event.
With Grego and some of the viXXXens
Six week prior to the event which is now a part of Chicago’s annual history when I was offered by the promoter Brad Altman that I should make the viXXXens part of the show and he’s put us on the ads, I had commitments from 10 girls. 10 also left me flexibility to add a few here and a few there is needed. Well 48 hours before the event each of the viXXXens with the exception of the very professional and kind hearted Natalie Lynn, bailed on the show. All for other reasons, other parties, right down to the type of music being part of the event. Now come on people, you don’t succeed in life by thinking inside the box. You get somewhere by thinking outside of the box and expanding your horizons. So I spent 48 hours scrambling for other talents. I had just had new viXXXens shirts made as well as dog tags and keychains as well as a new site designed in time for the event. My financial investments were by now well over a grand already and I had promoted these gals names and images for weeks as attendees. In a way I looked like a fool, but I did pull some ladies together and we made it a successful event. I myself was glad it was over.
Natalie Lynn and Karen Kinzie make a Zandwich
Monday Nov 6 Paul Stanley of KISS played a sold out show at out House of Blues. We had box seats with freinds and Paul played a no holds barred rocked out show full of old and new material from both his solo material and KISS tunes. It was a great night. I ran into Jodie at the show a model from Glamour Con and it’s a blessing that I did. We exchanged numbers and talked of working together. That night we also met and did photos with Paul as well as Marty Casey runner up from Rock Star INXS.
ultraviXXXen Jodie
theatrical poster for FREE FOR ALL
Seeing Jodie was a true blessing in disguise. The following Friday night was the premier of the PIGFACE documentary FREE FOR ALL and yours truly just happens to be in the film. I was also offered vending space in the lobby of the grand and newly refurbished Portage Theatre. This was my second actual movie appearance the first being in an Indie feature titled “The Mercy Seat” in which I played a cop that kills the two stars. In FREE FOR ALL I play myself. So other than a table for vending by Invisible Records I was granted the only other vending space. So I had shirts and necklaces made, wine glasses and cocktail glasses adorning the ultraviXXXens logo which I designed, and a poster and 2 huge banners at a print shop not to mention the hot off the press new business cards. Again my investment was in high dollars. I would be allowed to have 2 viXXXens attend and represent themselves and my product. I also had this booked weeks in advance. But again 48 hours before the event one of the gals bailed who had happened to have previously bailed, and at the last hour another gal had a family emergency and had to pull out. So Jodie came to the rescue. And the relationship of out talents will soon go a long way. Karlton will be shooting her in a month and also another viXXXen I’ll introduce to you all at the end of my story.
Jodie and AZ at the FREE FOR ALL Premiere
On Thanksgiving my long lost friend of 13 years who I haven’t seen in person since before moving to Chicago in 1998 made a trip to stay the weekend. His name is Chris Curry and he is famous not only through MK but in his own rite as an author. His relationship of 7 plus years had spontaneously combusted and we both felt it was time for a reunion By the time he arrived my home had already been filled with the scents of turkey cooking and other trimmings that Jenny and I had been working on since 9 AM. This was to be a feast of friends unlike any other. I love doing the thanksgiving thing and we had a small guest list and made what we believed to be too much food. Well there was certainly not enough turkey for leftovers really as we all attacked it like flesh starved zombies.
Chris visits AZ at Thanxxxgiving
Chris was double fisting. Leinys in one hand and a Makers and Coke mix in his other. And then we went out. And came home and we woke up, ate breakfast and went out for a walk which we took in a handful of stores and a handful plus of drinking establishments. Somewhere along our journey we came across a girl named Kelly that sold me various furnishes just about a year prior. She met us out later, and by the time we met up with her, we were a sight, at the least. In her words, we kept her laughing till last call. What she got to witness were 2 old friends acting silly quoting bizarre movie lines and just laughing their balls off. I’m sure we amused more than just this girl with the pretty eyes. I’m sure we amused a lot of people.
During this time I had been promoting ALC O HOLIDAY 2006 which I had planned to hold at my favorite new establishment The Horseshoe, which is known for it’s over the top Texas BBQ and live music 7 nights a week. Not to mention the best decor I’ve surrounded myself with in a long time. I have become friends with the owner Joe who has a great taste in music, and he also is an old KISS fan which even makes him that much cooler. Since the first time I entered his club last spring to see the rejuvenated Thanatos, I fell in love with the place. And there is also an adorable little tattooed waitress that runs her ass of taking orders and serving more than anyone I’ve ever seen. On any weeknight you can run into Joe of his great gal Kelly who serves on weeknights. They’re both very nice and were nice enough to permit me to host the 14th annual Alc O Holiday at their establishment.
But Chris was still in town till Monday and we gathered Saturday night at Transit for their very first Playboy sponsored event. We had VIP arrangements, but somehow Saucy the local organization for swingers saw I was coming and also put me on their list. So we ended up being seated in a room full of swingers. And that is when the night got weird and the weird got going. In fact we all got split up and Chris w/ no cell phone and without my address and no idea where he was got stuck in that black hole where a good many of my guest end up when in their ultimate wisdom they choose to wander off. My brother has learned since to no longer allow this to happen with him. Luckily for me Jeff Brown was with us and he rang my cell found me and got us back to my place. Poor Chris ended up sleeping at O’Hare Airport getting no help from police or anyone else. So his only alternative was to call his father collect have his father call me and get instructions on how to get Chris to me. Wouldn’t the obvious choice be to have his father give him my number and have him call me himself. But he was intoxicated and we finally did get him back and he broke his new platform boots in, during the process. He was tired and there was still a look of fear on his face. I seriously do hope Chris will go through with his plans of moving to Chicago, he’d make the perfect addition to the creative beings I surround myself with.
I had planned to book the metal/punk band Wookie Hangover (Marty plays guitar for the band) to open ALC O HOLIDAY 06, and from there ended up getting TJ to agree to have his new band Pure Motorized Instinct to play second (TJ fronted a band I really stood behind for years called Marazene, they seem to be doing fine w/out him though the directions has changed a bit not of my tastes) and finally from Milwaukee I got Lockjaw. I had the pleasure of being introduced to Lockjaw by former porn star and current ultraviXXXen Talia Juliette who was my companions at the Adult Video Awards and Expo a couple years back. When she met me at the airport it was playing in her car, I instantly took a liking to them. I’ve seen them one time before my show and was looking forward to them headlining my annual event.
New girl (forget name) Sinderella Pussie, AZ and Shelly
But before we could get through any of it we had my birthday party coming up on Dec 9 at Ranalli’s of course. This is a more low key outing for friends where we have a section of the dining room and for $30 per person could eat and drink from 10 PM till 230 AM. This is a party that unlike ALC O HOLIDAY I can actually mix and mingle with my good friends. As it was last year it was a smaller group of maybe 25-30 fun people and old friends make new friends and we all have a really good time and take lots of photos. To make this year even more special, my brother was flying in. Just getting him here from Columbus Ohio for a one hour flight was an ordeal in itself. But 12 hours after he originally got to his airport he was arriving at my front door. When he walked in I presented him with a glass of Crown royal and Red Bull and a slice of French bread pizza, and then we were headed out to see Wookie Hangover play at a punk rock dive that smells like stale beer, urine and cigarette smoke. We had about all we could take of the ashtray and a lot of us waited in the cold for a cab and went to Horseshoe. After last call, my brother and I went to a country and western bar called Carol’s which is open till 4 AM and always have a great live band. Carol’s was a recent find that Marty and I were directed to one night after leaving The Spot which is another new establishment in my neighborhood, and who just happen to be giving he and I a party next Saturday night.
The next day we more or less chilled and watched Badder Santa again. This was something we ended up watching 5 times during his visit. And as the hours were growing closer to 10 PM we started getting ready for the Ranalli’s Birthday Party.
A couple weeks prior to the party a nice young and talented gentleman named Jeff or JR as I was introduced in our correspondences had contacted new about sending pictures of his girl (or so I thought) Tempty who turned out to be named Shelly. I knew Shelly from a couple emails back and forth on myspace over the 3 years that we’ve been myspace friends. I knew she was from Ft Wayne and he was from Kokomo Indiana. Jeff sent some decent photos of her but the lighting wasn’t up to par and there was not an actual set, but I decided we could still use her talents and beauty at some point. Jeff had suggested, or asked if they could attend my party and I gladly told him please come up and get to know us. I admired his tenacity and willingness to make the 3 hour 186 mile trip from Indianapolis to Chicago where they would be making their maiden voyage as adults.
AZ, Marty, Shelly and Steve Roach
At 9 PM my brother Blue and I got out of our cab at the corner of Clark and Belden where Ranalli’s is located under the now former Tower Records. We were going to comb through whatever product Tower had left since the entire chain has closed forever and this store would be empty by Christmas. No sooner had I gotten out of the cab than my phone rang from a 765 number, I knew it was Indiana and had all but totally forgotten my new friends were making the visit since I was so wrapped up in the aura my brother brings about the time we get to spend together. I answer to hear it’s Jeff and Shelly and they were actually 1/2 a block and within site of us. We made quick introductions, and that’s when my eyes caught her. Red hair, green eyes, and a shyish disposition. We went up into Tower for less than a minute and took a seat at Ranalli’s and chit chatted for an hour till they had our party ready.
Alex’s Angels, Shelly, Candy XXX and Sinderella Pussie
Jeff was very talkative and friendly, he possesses the traits of a sincere salesman, and if he was selling Shelly as an ultraviXXXen we had already closed the deal. Shelly on the other hand was very soft spoken, quite and almost shy. A lot like a certain guy I know that other people have a different perspective on. She already had my attention with her looks and her manner of dress and her hairstyle for this evening, but I had it in my head I would have to get to know her, but I couldn’t come on strong, I couldn’t be 100% Zander. So I began with spurts of little questions, door openers, and asked about things like, politics, types of books she reads, a little music and later on general interests and getting her into a lot of photos with my friends. She turned out to be a fun girl, a lot of fun, and OH YEAH we have many photos to prove it. She was also intelligent. She works as a Bioenvironmental Engineer for the Airforce Reserves and works for the state at a branch and a business I will for sake of privacy not disclose. Ands somehow her and Jeff both managed to take in the madness and hilarity and antics this great night at Ranalli’s which turned out to be the best birthday arty of my life. And it is all due to the unique and sincere group of friends that had gathered to celebrate that I had actually survived another year of living.
Shelly and Sinderella share a tender moment
Photos will be inserted as I can access them after posting this rant.
Shelly and Jeff came home with my brother and I and stayed the night. I didn’t want then driving all that way as late as it was and by now it was 5 AM. We all talked some more and somehow earlier in the night had discovered that her and Jeff hadn’t been a couple for the better half of the year, so I figured alls fair. But I’d have to go over it w/ Blue. We shot some fun pix of Shelly in a ultraviXXXens shirt which she looked phenomenal in and started Badder Santa again and I dug out the inflatable mattress and put the road warriors to sleep.
Shelly sports her ultraviXXXens T
The guests woke up pretty early and we all chatted for awhile and I could feel some sort of electricity between Shelly and myself, I was just not in my element so I did my best to ignore it. A few hours later I walked them to Jeffs monster truck, and told them farewell. As my brother and I went for breakfast I asked him what he thought and if I should pursue her. He thought highly of her and I had his stamp of approval, but the challenge was yet to come, how would Shelly take or had she taken to the maniacal and notorious Alex Zander?
I spoke with Shelly for a few hours the following night and within 48 hours of her leaving Chicago, asked her out for New Years Eve. She said yes.
PART 2
Shelly and I began to talk at length every night beginning at this time. Very rare is it that I spend so much time on the phone when it is not work related. But it was all cool, as we began to learn about each other and figure out the bizarre ways that we have had so many similar experiences in life.
In case you’re wondering, we dining at Sangria and then going to take in a Thrill Kill Kult concert on NYE. Perfect!
The following weekend, Friday Dec 15 was ALC O HOLIDAY and I had to work till 5 and then have enough time to go home change and get over to the Horseshoe by 730 for the bands to load in. The weeks of hype and advertising and dedication were about to pay off, in a bigger way than I had expected.
All 3 bands and myself were to be treated to a VIP room and 3 tables/booths reserved for friends. We had a huge tub of beer in the back and we able to choose any meal from the spectacular menu. The bands began to load in their massive amount of gear. This was by far the largest amount of gear by bulk that I’m certain the club had ever seen.
The “Free Whiskey Babes” pose as an Alex Zandwich
A lot of familiar faces began to wader in. I was most surprised to see Jeff Brown from Indianapolis enter the club, this was indeed a big surprise and I knew it was going to be a great night. And as the opening hour grew nearer many old faces came in that I hadn’t seen in many moons, if not years. It was turning out to be a great night.
WOOKIE HANOVER live up to their name
A little after 9 the fairly drunken and overly offensive Wookie Hangover took the stage for 35 min of slander, misogyny, and utter offensiveness. Most of the people didn’t get it, but they were funny. At my request the covered the theme song to the porn DVD Destination Dirtpipe and Spinal Taps classic Christmas With The Devil. Most of the people were happy to hear they were playing their final song. I get the band where many others do not. They are my NY Hardcore alternative to the equally offending Chainsaw Johnny who performed their final gig at ALC O HOLIDAY several years ago.
I took the stage at 10 PM and introduced the Reserve team (Two Hot ladies Michael arranged from his crew) whiskey and this made many people happy, I mean how many shows can you say you get 3 bands for no cover and free whiskey not to mention the bevy of goodies Satan Claus would be handing out at midnight?
PMI
I also introduced the second band PMI and had Dawn take me into the private bathroom and do my Satan Claus make up and help me change into the garb. When I made my exit from teh bathroom and entrance onto the floor I was mobbed. and grabbed and grouped or photos till the moment that after I did the giveaways I could stand it no longer and had to get out of that thing.
Satan Claus
By the time PMI finished the places was crowded and packed to the walls. I’d never seen it so full of people and so many great looking girls. I was sorta bummed both Jeff and Shelly could have seen AZ in his element, as the host and promoter that I’ve crafted myself into over the years. So I took the stage with a massive bag of porn and music DVD’s and began my annual ritual of providing all the bad boys and girls tokens of their sins and food for their addictions.
LOCKJAW
Then LOCKJAW took the stage and they were every bit the show I recall and hoped they would deliver. True showmen and true gentlemen. A band I look forward to working with for many years. And they left everyone in the club satisfied. They even got to play an encore.
Another ALC O HOLIDAY had come and gone and everyone got paid and the staff seemed happy especially that things went off without incident, as some people had led them to otherwise believe otherwise. It was all in all a successful night. I said goodbye to everyone and Jeff and I rode w/ Gina to carols and we drank there till close and took in a country band. Gina dropped us off ay my place and drove herself and her sleeping friend back to Milwaukee as the sun rose. Jeff and I went fast to sleep, wake up the next day and picked up his car and went to Wishbone from breakfast.
Later that night we had been invited to a Suspension Party AN EVENT FEATURING: Live piercings and suspensions by 313 Suspension Team.
Hardcore industrial power noise throughout the evening. Snacks and smacks..and cocktails.
But before that Transit was throwing me a birthday party and I decided that day I’d rather just got to the Suspension event. Jeff and I arrived by cab at the party which was still in set up phase, and I got a surprise call from Lula who wanted to join me. She had just got to town and wanted to take in the event. She got there late but ended up becoming part of the should when they bound her with rope, hung her from the ceiling and provided her with obligatory spankings. The bondage part to me was much more exciting than the ladies who had large hooks place in their backs and would be hung and swung by chains and rope from the ceiling.
Miss Nix in the middle of PixelPussy
Of course another highlight was Nicky aka Miss Nix the video mixin’ vixen of Pixel Pussy becoming part of the show. The girl is really sweet but also very tough as a submissive and it’s always great to see her in her element.
with Nix and Lula
The crowd thinned out around 4 AM, Lula disappeared and neither myself or her friend Morgan heard anything from her till the next day. I hung w/ Jeff a spell, talked with Shelly a few hours and knew that I had a wonderful December thus far, however, was dreading the following weekend and another AZ Christmas alone.
to be continued…..