January 29-February 4, 2004

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Suicide Girls Live Burlesque Tour

by A.D. Amorosi

Flux. Kikka. Brand. Erin. If you're tempted to think of this as a list of new glossified Charlie's Angels, you're way off the mark. These are just a few of the Suicide Girls, stars of a website ( www.suicidegirls.com) wherein, as Nerve Magazine stated, "beautifully imperfect" tattooed love gals with breasts of all sizes and hair of all shapes and in all places dwell and bare all, physically and psychologically. Telling their rambling stories of likes and dislikes in daily blog form, along with posting daily pinup (or safety-pinned) vid clips and JPEGs, all for the benefit of obsessives who listen and write back. Obsessively. Example: Twwly. Lives "under a snowbank" in Canada, lists body modifications (like earlobe removal), fave bands (like 54*40), films (Y Tu Mamá También, The 'Burbs), books (Geek Love), what makes her happy ("brushing my teeth in the shower") and daily comments like, "Nearly wrapped my truck and myself around two telephone poles today" and, "I get free lunch. We always order from the same place … the place that thinks bruschetta is toast with tomato sauce on it." Talk about a Rolling ThunderPussy Revue. Dozens of Suiciders have been roaming the country with their punk take on a classic burlesque show, with local bands chosen from Web contests appearing in between the strip sets. (Philly got Missing Pilots!?!) Offering the appeal of the indie girl next door -- honest! -- the Suicide Girls site is a byte-sized slice of sex-pistol-whipped sociology for the man (or woman) who likes their sexuality on the fishnet's seamy side.

Suicide Girls Live Burlesque Tour, with musical guest Missing Pilots, Wed., Feb. 4, 8 p.m., $14, The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE.