Famous trans. People.

[Shana A]

Wendy Carlos is the most famous trans person I know of who is famous for doing something other than transitioning.  Working with Robert Moog, she was one of the first people to record with his synthesizer, making her the pioneer of electronic musicians.   

Wendy Carlos is a tremendous musician and also an influential person for me. I still have some of her early LPs in my collection.

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[tekla]

I'm a big fan, which is why I did the write up, plus I'm snowed-in waiting to ski, so I need something to do, (even if I have to send them back through my home computer via phone lines to get them on the web - at least we got power back on up here - its been out for two days)  I have her first record, but I've converted to the CDs, the 20 bit mastering ones are mind-blowing.  Her photos of eclipses are pretty amazing also.  Of course it helps if you have enough money to chase solar eclipses around the world, not a cheep hobby.  The recordings are justly famous for good reason, but in the community of audio engineers she is even more famous for the groundbreaking work she has done in that area.  And she has always been a MAC person, which is pretty cool.  Anyway she has a web site (google: wendy carlos) and the photos are cool, and her bit where she talks about her transition without ever using the world. 

[Sarah]

Tekla, you work at the Filmore?

That's gotta be cool.

Is there a big trans community near there?

I know it's San Fransisco

[tekla]

Yes, Warfield too, where Slayer did "War at the Warfield" but I do other venues also.  Its all a big trans community here in some respects, but in others, since trans people are pretty much free to go wherever - save gang-banger bars, where race and colors and not sex is more of a shoot on site deal - its not like its a huge united deal.  But I rarely see a charity event without one or more of our more famous trans people (no matter how defined) in attendance.  And it keeps me from being bored its Willie Nelson one night, Judas Priest the next, STS9 after that, hip hop next, and on, and on.  I do about 230 shows a year.  But working at the Fillmore is special, as I've told bands, "Yeah sure, you're famous, but we're a legend, and when VHS1 is doing the "what ever happened to" about you, we'll still be a legend."  They hate that.

[Sarah]

Oh, STS9.
I saw them at Redrocks.
Them and Jurrasic five were together.

Good jam group.

They come to Boulder a lot.

That sounds like a fun job! 

Sara

[tekla]

Its not a good life for all, but the night life may not be a good life, but its my life, and its been good to me.

STS9 is fun.  I like them, but my crew abuses me bad for that, as they all dislike them (to say the least).  I'm a big fan of their lighting designer, who everyone hates (he is hard to work with) but is an awesome designer, very unique plots, even if they take forever to set up.

Oddly enough, they don't think of themselves as a jam band.  They do not jam, but play the a composition note for note the way it was written.

At any rate, stagehands and production people everywhere are so happy they junked the rocks and all that other stuff they used to use.

[Sarah]

  LOL. Oh yeah! the rocks... lol, I had forgotten about that.

Sara

Posted on: January 12, 2008, 09:02:15 PMIf the information is to be believed correct:
J Edgar Hoover.

http://www.transgenderzone.com/features/jedgarhoover.htm

[Rachael]

Hearsay and rumour....
like one of his leutenants says, the director of the fbi is under surveillance for thier protection... like one of his aides say... people distorting the truth for lols.... they would have had to report it if only for his protection, and there would be record.... its alleged a maffia slur.... that he was homosexual... ironic considering his replacement was the one that was bent
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