Annie Sprinkle (13:33)

Thank you. Thank you so much. What an amazing thing here. I'm in awe of Dixie, of the other storytellers, of all of you, and the love in this room. Thank you. Wow, it's. I'm really very shy. I'm super shy. But oddly enough, in 1973, that's 40 years ago, I ended up in the porn business in Manhattan and I was interested in filmmaking and I really liked sex and it just kind of, God led me to it and I just did my first Movie. I needed a sexy name because Ellen Steinberg just wasn't going to cut it. And I thought about it. I really liked wet things, you know, water and swimming and waterfalls and hot tubs. And I liked body fluids like sweat and tears and spit and cum and peeing. Golden showers. You all like golden showers. It was before, you know, it was a long time ago. So that's why I chose the name Annie Sprinkle. So fast forward 20 years. It's 1993, and I had kind of transitioned and bridged over into performance art. I was doing some body based performance stuff, like showing my cervix to people on stage. And it was really fun. And so, gosh, I'm nervous. I'm a story, I'm a body. Thank you. I'm a body storytelling. Virginia. It's nice to know I can still have firsts. So I get invited to do a performance art piece in Washington, D.C. in 1993 on this mega big march, Gay, lesbian, Bisexual March on Washington for equal rights. And I was for that. And so I said yes, I would do this benefit to help bus some more people to the march. A million people showed up that year to march on Washington. And the energy was amazing. And the whole march sort of happened around the dupont Fountain. That's where people met up. We didn't have cell phones. If you got lost, you know, you'd find your friend at the dupont Fountain. And the march went by there. So I decided for my performance after the march, I would turn myself into the dupont Fountain. And I went to this venue after it was late afternoon, everybody was super happy with the successful march. And there was some wonderful drag and singers and dancers. And then it was my turn to get on stage. And I said, this has been a great march. I'm going to turn myself into the dupont Fountain, symbol of this amazing march. So I turned around and I laid down on the stage and did a very erect back bend, shoulder stand. I was very yogic at that time, very tall, and I was wearing a black corset, white crinoline, and I had very high heel shoes like these. And I went into the shoulder stand, ceremoniously opened up my legs slowly, and my assistant hung 20 birds on my body, rubber birds. You know, the rings flapped and then I adjusted the crinoline. It looked like water all around me. And I peed, squeezed, you know, I'd been drinking water all day, my bladder was exploding. And I peed like 2ft, 3ft, 5ft, 8ft, 10ft, 12ft up into the air and the audience loved it. And they. They gave me a standing ovation. And it was really fun and good, innocent fun, you know, and it was fabulous. So a month later, my friend Lily Barana, AKA Lily Braindrop, came out with this new magazine called Taste of latex. Any of you remember Taste of Latex? Charles, you had photos in. Charles Gatewood, amazing mentor, photographer. Taste of Lakes just came out. Lily wanted to do a benefit to raise money to pay her printing bill. And it was a really breakthrough magazine. Very queer, very mixed, really cool. So, of course I said yes. And it was going to be at the amazing Clit club, which was the happening place in the meatpacking district of Manhattan, just a block down the road from the Hellfire club. Remember Jennifer? Jennifer? Blow dryer was there. And so I had prepared for my performance that day. I rested, I didn't answer the phone, I meditated, and I drank lots of water. I really was trying to stretch out my bladder and fulfill it. And I took an enema because I was a little bit constipated and wanted to feel good and energized and knock them alive that night. So I get to the club, and I wore my black corset merry widow with my yellow crinoline, this time in my high heels. And I kind of recycled the piece. And I had my assistant hold Taste of Latex magazine. Oh. Oh, my God. It was packed, packed that night. Were you there, Jennifer? Maybe. And Charles, you were there. Charles was there, Charles, Gary.

Poetry or Performance Artist (19:58)

And I'm there.

Annie Sprinkle (19:59)

And the energy was palpable. The room was packed. It was unbelievable and amazing performance artist. And I would be the climax of the evening. It was my turn to get on stage. I had been drinking so much water, I was about to explode. And I got up on stage, I said, wow, latex. Taste of latex. What a hot, sexy magazine. Oh, my God, I love it. Look at the pictures. And my assistant was holding the magazine, and I started kind of getting burlesque. And I was good at talking dirty back then. And I was, oh, my God, look at that picture, you know, it's so hot. Oh, my God. I took my breast out and rubbed my nipple, and I start, like, getting sexy. And then I said, oh, taste of latex just makes me so wet. I'm trying to sell the magazine, you know, and help Lily out. And then I turn, get into my shoulder stand position, ceremoniously, slowly open up my legs. And the assistant comes over, and I coached her to hold the magazine between my legs, and I started to squirt nice, clear fluid. You know, there was no urine in at that point. It was just pure water squirted all over the magazine. And then she moved out of the way, and I squirted. 3, 4, 6ft, 8ft, 10ft, 15ft. I hit the ceiling, and it started to sprinkle. And right on cue, I was really relieved, believe me. So I come down off my shoulders, 10. I take a little bow, and the audience is looking kind of stunned. I didn't expect that from this crowd at all. They've been around the block. I mean, these were hardcore sex people at the clique club. So I go onto the dance floor and I dance the rest of the night away, go home to bed, and had a great time. It was a great night. And I get up early, and Carol Queen and Robert Lawrence are coming to my apartment for tea. Two amazing sex educators from San Francisco came to the benefit. New York, Y' all know Carol and Robert, center for Sex and Culture. Old friends. So we had a nice tea and talked about what was happening, showed each other our projects and what was going on, and gossiped a little. And Carol and Robert had to leave. And they're at the door, and Carol looks at me and says, andy, that was quite a performance you did last night. And I can't help it. I just got to ask you one question before I go. Did you plan to poop? And I said, carol, no, I didn't. I didn't poop. I just squirted. I just peed, you know. She says, no, Annie, you pooped. I mean, we saw. Everybody saw. I mean, there was like this little soft serve thing, and, you know, the press was there. Everybody saw it. I'm like, no. I'm thinking, could that have happened? Did I really. Could I have done that? And I thought back at the stunned reaction of the audience. And then I thought, how Tracy Mossevoy, now Trace Leon Mossavoy, said, let's get that stool off the stage. And everybody laughed. And then I thought about how I was dancing all night and having fun, and the clique club was. Smelled so bad. I thought maybe. Maybe the toilet had overflown or something. It was so stinky. It had never been like that before. And maybe that was me and my crinoline and a wave of absolute horror and embarrassment and disgust. And, oh, my God, what did I do? I couldn't hardly take that in. And I remembered back to when I was 13 and had to poop in a little cup for medical tests, you know, stool sample. It took me well over A week to do that. I mean, I don't like to poop. I don't. I am very uncomfortable and I'm often constipated because of that. And I just really, I got. That's my hang up. Don't tell anybody. That's where I draw the line.

Poetry or Performance Artist (25:13)

So.

Annie Sprinkle (25:16)

After being horribly humiliated, I suddenly felt a rush of pride. I was like, wow. I pooped on stage. Oh my gosh. And you know, I knew Gigi Allen. I admired all those people, those rock stars that could actually poop and the artists who'd work with poop. I figured I could never do that. And I did it. I entered that, that group of artists that has had no holds barred. And I then realized that, you know, doing body based performance art and making porn and all that, you put your body out there and really we don't have full control over what our bodies can do. And that's what makes it so interesting and kind of edgy and exciting. Exciting and yeah, being a risk and doing that kind of thing in public. It does have its perks though. We get to come and be here with you and we get to be kind of infamous. So that's a theme. Thank you.

Poetry or Performance Artist (27:02)

Twinkle twinkle Annie Sprinkle sold her tinkle in a jar. Fame soon found her Porno bound her, christened her a porno star. Years of triple X films kept her locked inside the underworld until one day a theater found her sending her off off Broadway. I thank God it was, it was me. Just so happened to be one of the lucky people to see the most spectacular show on earth any sprinkle.

Annie Sprinkle (27:57)

Post.

Poetry or Performance Artist (27:58)

Post porn modernist live on stage. She talked about sex with respect and grace and ease. Imagine that. She shared herself totally. I mean, like, no kidding. I stood in line with hundreds of people to take a peek at her cervix. I call this generous. I mean, where else in the world would I see such a glorious sight? She's awesome. So after the show, I approached my newfound hero to thank her and to ask her, how do you do it, Annie? And in her sweet, sexy, mellifluous, goddess like voice, Annie said strip. Annie said grind. Annie said all of my body is mine. Annie said undulate. Annie said masturbate. Annie said sex is to cherish and celebrate. Annie said sacred. Annie said safe. Annie said when you pleasure yourself, you pleasure the world. Tetric massage, mermaid magic toys, vibrators, dildos. I never knew that life could be so orgasmic, so ecstatic. Annie said sex is to cherish and celebrate. Annie said sacred. Annie said Safe Annie said When you pleasure yourself, you pleasure the world Annie changed my life a lot. Annie helped me find my G spot. Annie introduced me to my goddess and slut. You have them too inside of you Annie said Love Annie said Joy Annie said who said a girl needs a boy? Annie said Undulate Annie said Masturbate Annie said Sex isn't only to procreate Annie said Sacred Annie said Safe Annie said When you pleasure yourself you pleasure the world Strip grind All of my body is mine Annie said Playing my inner drum Sweet as chrysanthemum tingles from head to toe Hours of afterglow My one.

Dixie Delator (31:04)

Woman Jo and he said.

Poetry or Performance Artist (31:09)

When I pleasure myself I pleasure the world.

Dixie Delator (31:24)

I can't stop singing that song. It just came out this song was performed by Jillian Lewis and it's part of a cycle of 12 new musical films created for Michael and Dan's amazing queer songbook. It's a living memoir celebrating Michael biello and Dan Martin's 40 plus years together as life partners, creative collaborators, and LGBTQ cultural activists. Watch the video. There's a link to it in the show notes. You'll get to watch Jillian Lewis sing and you'll get to see the photo collection from Annie Sprinkle's career. Plus there's a photo of Annie with Michael and Dan, the Songbook's authors. Thank you to Michael and Dan for giving me permission to use this amazing song about Annie Sprinkle on this podcast. I am so grateful. This week Patreon is doing a campaign that they call thank you Patrons and yesterday was thank you Patrons Day. It's coming out a day late because the podcast comes out on Wednesday, but I want to say thank you to everyone who's made this podcast possible by supporting us on Patreon. Patreon is a way to support the things that you want to see in the world. I don't think NPR is going to call anytime soon, you guys, because I say butthole a lot. But you guys are letting me know that you want this thing and you're showing me that you want it by supporting us on Patreon. If you don't want to do the ongoing support, there are other ways. I've had people contact me to ask how to support the Patreon in one off style with PayPal or Zelle or Venmo or any of those things. Anything you do helps us keep cranking this thing out and we're almost to 100 and I'm really, really proud of that. Thank you for helping us get to 100. Thank you to our patrons and thank you to you for listening. Our tour has been sponsored by Open, the sex positive dating app for the open minded. Whether you're looking for new friends, for dates, for relationships, for hookups, Open is unique. You can even create a solo profile, a partner profile, or both. If you identify as lgbtqia, as monogamous, as polyamorous, as a swinger, straight, disabled, kinky, body positive, you name it, Open is the place for you. You can truly be yourself there. If you're gender, non conforming, hetero, flexible, Open has more than 20 options for gender and sexual orientation to choose from. And if you don't feel covered there, you can even write in your own they want you to be you and I love that. Open donates a dollar to purchase Planned Parenthood for every new profile created on their site go to open.com b a w d y download the app today and create your profile. I really really love this site. I worked in trying to create a sex positive dating site, an open kinky dating site and we didn't pull it off. But I believe open got it right. So please go to open.com body and start making authentic connections today. So this is a podcast, but these stories are recorded at a live Body Storytelling. Body Storytelling's live events are life changing. You can watch strangers get on stage to tell their own well crafted curated true story. You can get inspired to share your own, and you can share your own with strangers. Bango makes that possible. Everybody in that room is open and accepting. They're all there to kind of celebrate this thing we've made together. It's about fostering tolerance and empathy and to help you find that thing you're looking for, whatever it is, during the holidays, our show dates move around a little bit. So let me tell you about what's coming up in December for Body storytelling on Wednesday, December 4th in Seattle. The theme is the Naughty Bits Creature Holes Coming back. I'm getting a bunch of story pitches, but I don't think I have yours yet. Send me your story pitch, an audio recording of you telling it to dixieawdystorytelling.com and I'd love to have it this week because I'm starting to put that show together that's going to be at the Rebar Seattle, and That's on Wednesday, December 4th. Then on Wednesday, December 18th in San Francisco. The theme is the Best Gift Ever. I don't know what the best gift is, but if you have a story for it, I've gotten a few, but the Lineup is not full yet, so send me your story for Wednesday, December 8th. The best gift ever. Tickets for all of these shows are on our website, bawdistorytelling.com B, A W D Y and links are in the show notes of this episode. We're coming up on the end, but before we go, I want to say thank you. Thank you for listening. Thank you for sharing it. Thank you to the team that makes this podcast possible. They are also, in part the part of the live team who makes live body storytellings happen. At our live shows, we have Joe Moore, who records every video for the show. He is there in person and it's the only time I ever get to see him because he's crazy busy in the theater. But thank you, Joe, for making time to be part of Bodi every single month and for helping us get these videos out online. Thank you to David Grossoff, who comes and records the audio at our San Francisco show. He helps us with audio for all our shows. He is a rock star. Thank you to sound engineer David Grosso.

Annie Sprinkle (37:16)

Stuff.

Dixie Delator (37:16)

Thank you to project manager Dana Hannah, who is trying to help us organize years and years of audio and video. And you know, when I did this on my own for a long time, I was pretty much cranking out the shows and that means there's a lot of disorganization with our back catalog. So Dana is helping us get it together. Most of all, thank you to podcast producer Marty Garcia. Marty is making this thing happen. He's a joy to work with. He has such skills when it comes to making the audio sound good, the sound effects. He's creative. I love collaborating with him. Thank you, Marty, for what you do and how you're making this possible. And again, thank you to you. Thanks for listening. I would love it if you would write me a review. Apple Podcast is pretty much the main place that I'm seeing the reviews, but do it wherever you are and let people know about this because they trust you. They want to hear from you. I am Sexual Folklorist Dixie Delator and you've been listening to episode 98, we're almost 100, y', all, of the body Storytelling Podcast. Here's a peek of what's next.

Poetry or Performance Artist (38:29)

And we touched each other and we.

Annie Sprinkle (38:30)

Kissed each other and we masturbated each.

Poetry or Performance Artist (38:33)

Other into We Came and it was amazing. It felt like I had touched foot on an entirely new planet after 21.

Annie Sprinkle (38:42)

Years on this one.

Dixie Delator (38:44)

And you know what?

Annie Sprinkle (38:45)

There was a lot to explore on Planet Sex.

Poetry or Performance Artist (38:49)

And holy fuck, I wanted to do that.

Annie Sprinkle (38:52)

Thank you.

Poetry or Performance Artist (38:53)

That's how I felt.