Pleasant Gehman
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Career
In the 1980s, she was the singer for the punk rock band Screamin' Sirens.
Her articles on rock 'n' roll, American pop culture, sex, the arts and human interest have appeared in L.A. Weekly[1] and BAM.[2] She has written and edited a number of books, including Showgirl Confidential, The Belly Dance Handbook, Senorita Sin, Princess of Hollywood, Escape From Houdini Mountain and The Underground Guide to Los Angeles.[3]
In 1994, she recorded a collection of her poetry and spoken-word routines entitled Ruined.[4] Among the venues where she has performed spoken-word pieces include The Unhappy Hour at the Parlour Club.[5]
She co-starred in Margaret Cho's Off-Broadway variety show, The Sensuous Woman, in 2007 and again shared the stage with Cho in a 2012 Victory Variety Hour performance.[6]
She appeared as Estelle in Steve Balderson's film Firecracker.[7]
In April 2009, Pleasant worked with cult director Steve Balderson for Stuck! - an homage to film noir women in prison dramas. Co-starring Karen Black, Mink Stole, Susan Traylor, and The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin. Stuck! was filmed in Macon, Georgia and released in 2010.[8]
Books
- Showgirl Confidential: My Life Onstage, Backstage And On The Road {Punk Hostage Press) Template:ISBN)
- The Belly Dance Handbook: A Companion For The Serious Dancer {Princess Productions} Template:ISBN)
- Escape From Houdini Mountain (Manic D Press, Template:ISBN)
- Senorita Sin (1994, Incommunicado Press, Template:ISBN)
- Princess Of Hollywood (1997, Incommunicado Press, Template:ISBN)
- The Underground Guide To Los Angeles (1999, Manic D Press, Template:ISBN)
References
External links
- Template:Url- official Pleasant Gehman site
- www.PrincessFarhana.com - Official Princess Farhana site
- Template:Usurped - Stuck! movie site
- Armendariz, Alicia (March 2005). "Women in L.A. Punk: Pleasant Gehman" - interview with Pleasant Gehaman
- 3am Magazine - interview with Pleasant Gehman
- Gilded Serpent - article by Pleasant Gehman
- A Riotous Disarray - interview with Pleasant Gehman
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- American women poets
- American women singers
- American film actresses
- American spoken word artists
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- Singers from Los Angeles
- American television actresses
- American punk rock singers
- American women journalists
- 21st-century American women
- American women punk rock singers