+ Kiss & Tell Party +
Rose Bar
Kiss & Tell is a girly after work cocktail party created by Seze Devres in 2005. Each month new guest DJs and performers are invited to perform. The party has started a tradition of hosting well known techno DJs eager to play non-techno sets, filled with the all the hits that inspired their love of music.
Our guest DJs play the best of electro, exotica, la decadence, nu rogue, synthpop, estrogen pop, testosterone punk, no wave, new wave, hipster hits, classic jams, idm, french pop, italo disco and more. It's the perfect place for 30 year olds ladies to dance to the songs they always wanted to hear at their sweet sixteen.
It all started three years ago as a place for Seze's coven of gothypants ladyfriends to get together to knit, have a few drinks, and, well... Kiss & Tell! It has evolved into a party for hardcore music nerds who are bored with the usual genre-tunnel-vision that dominates DJ nights in New York.
The party attracts a laid back crowd of techno hipsters, witchy ladies, and creative professionals who want to have a few drinks and meet like minded folks. Whoever tells the hostess the sauciest kiss and tell secret of the night wins a fabulous prize.
www.myspace.com/kissandtellparties
Thank you to Beyond Booking for support and promotion.
Kiss & Tell Poster by the lovely Nubby Twiglet
NEW YORK TIMES (July 9, 2009)
"Kiss & Tell, a monthly party at Rose Live Music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, does $5 vegetarian pasta dinners and theme nights: Warhol Factory, Revenge of the Nerds and, up next, polka dots." - By MELENA RYZIK
METROMIX (June, 2010)
"Resident Kiss and Tell-er Bethany Benzur will be spinning her usual
bash/mash driven by anything electronic—from italo to disco, new wave to
post punk, if it bleeps it’s in. This time around, things are themed
around the secret discothèques of Moscow circa the 80s—and honestly, if
you know the dress style for that—you...’re good (we’re thinking: festive,
funky and ushankas maybe?)
Meanwhile, feel free to take breaks to munch on a $5 vegetarian
pasta dinner, along with $5 rum & cokes all night with no cover to
join the fray."
DECIDER NY (MAY 2009)
"Kiss & Tell is a DJ party hosted by Seze Devres, part of the team that throws techno parties under the names "The Bunker" and "House & Home." The mood isn't necessarily techno, though a certain danceability is always in play. And each party has a theme. This one will be pretty techno, as it turns out, thanks to headlining DJ Kevin McHugh, who makes music under the name Ambivalent for Ritchie Hawtin's label Minus."
VILLAGE VOICE (April 23, 2009)
'Kiss & Tell Presents Revenge of the Nerds 'The ladies have moved from Williamsburg’s Rose Bar to a bigger venue, housed in a former doll and chocolate factory in Greenpoint, but their monthly party is still drawing the dance DJs. Fischerspooner DJ Lauren Flax offers an eclectic, poppy set and celebrates her recent debut, You’ve Changed. Moodgadget and Ghostly International’s Jakub Alexander joins her. Expect both Michiganders to veer more towards the accessible and 80s than to Detroit classics. With Bethany and Seze." BY KRISTAL HAWKINS
Kiss & Tell in FLAVORPILL:
"Techno-scene stalwarts Seze and Deanna created the laidback Kiss &; Tell monthly party with genre-addled minds. Techno cognoscenti meet on the dance floor with former high-school goths and closet knitting-circle members, while standup comedians and performance artists take the stage between DJs." – Kendra Borowski, Flavorpill
Kiss & Tell in TIME OUT:
"Seze Devres, resident DJ Bethany Benzur and their pals are back at their ancestral home to spill the secrets of electro, disco, exotica, synth material, industrial and more."
Credits & Thank You
Promotion, Guidance, & DJ Booth Support: Bryan Kasenic
General Friendship Awesomeness, Decorations, Props & Creative Driection:
Deanna, Jazmin, Jenni, Justin, Michelle & Tree
Party Photography Fabulousness: Gillian Bowling, Zach, & Abigail
Sexy Hostesses & Co-pilots: Deanna, Lori
Logo by Nubby Twiglet
Site by Seze
Upcoming Parties
Wednesday September 15 - Mexican Radio
Big Bully, Kristina Childs, Bethany Benzur
2010 marks the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution
Flyer & Write Up
Wednesday October 6 - Season of the Witch
Wednesday November 24 - Thanksgiving
Eve
Wednesday December 22 - K&T / Bunker Holiday Party
Wednesday January 19
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Past Parties, Photos, Flyers
Wednesday August 11 -
Weird Science, Discothèque & Science Fair
Safety Scissors, Bethany Benzur & Dang Chau & Tal Giat
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
Wednesday July 7- Shipwrecked
Sharegroove & Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
Wednesday June 16 - Moskow Diskow
Jeremy Berman, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
May 12, 2010 - Postpunk Anti-Prom
Dan Selzer, Grant aka Insideout, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
April 21, 2010 - What's New Pussycat?
Secrets/Matt Abbott, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos coming soon
March 10 2010 - She's a Rainbow
Sal P, Bruce Tantum, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
February 14, 2010 - Queen of Hearts Valentine's Day
Unsound Festival Official Closing Party
Mike Huckaby, Mike Servito. Barbara Preisinger
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
January 20, 2010 - Kiss & Tell Speakeasy
Smirk, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
January 8, 2010 - Seze's Birthday Party
The Bunker / Kiss & Tell at Public Assembly
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
December 9 2009 - Minimal Wave 4th Anniversary
Veronica/Minimal Wave, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
November 11, 2009 - The Motown Party
Jon Schmidt, Sean OMeara. Bethany Benzur, Josh McDermott
Flyer & Write Up- Photos
September 23, 2009 - Can You Feel the Beat?
Anthony Parasole, Bethany Benzur, Unjust
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
August 12, 2009 - Dot Matrix, Polka Dot Party
Nick Chacona, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
July 8, 2009 - Fade to Grey
Mark Verbos & Jon Autry, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
June 10, 2009 - Wipe Out, The Beach Party
Sharegroove: Duckcomb & Steve ShakeWell, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
May 16, 2009 - Get Funky
Kevin McHugh/ Ambivalent, Secrets/Matt Abbott, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
April 23, 2009 - The Revenge of the Nerds
Lauren Flax, Jakub Alexander, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Nerd Portraits
March 19, 2009 - French Pop & Disco Night
Lee Curtiss, Melody Nelson, Peter Gunn, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up
February 11, 2009 - Space is the Place
Dan Selzer, Ulysses, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
January 7, 2009 - Guilty Pleasures/Seze's Birthday
John Selway, Bethany Benzur, Carrie Whitenouse
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
December 3, 2008 - White Light / White Heat
A party inspired by Andy Warhol's Factory
Derek Plaslaiko, Mike Servito, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
November 5, 2008 - She's in Parties
Veronica/Minimal Wave, Bethany Benzur, RJ, Eddie O.
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
October 1, 2008 - Let's Get Physical, The Workout Party
Spinoza, Anthony Parasole, Bethany Benzur
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
August 6, 2008 - The Dog Days of Summer
Dawson/Big Bully, Heather/Doily/Broklyn Beats
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
July 2, 2008 - Cover Songs Honkytonk
Kiss & Tell All Stars: Abigail, Bethany Benzur, Deanna, Derek Plaslaiko,
Grant/Insideout, Lori, Peter Gunn, Seze
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
June 4, 2008: Pretty in Pink Prom
$mall ¢hange
Flyer & Write Up - Photos
May 7, 2008 - The Blood Party
Dethlab, Bryan Black
Flyer - Photos
April 2, 2008, April in Paris
Melody Nelson, Peter Gunn
Flyer - Photos
March 5, 2008 - All Stripes are Bad, Everyone Wears Stripes
Messer Chups
Flyer - Photos
February 13, 2008 - Love Stinks
Sam Valenti IV, Burlesque by Amber Ray
Flyer - Photos - homemade Valentine photos
January 9, 2008 - Seze's Birthday
Derek Plaslaiko, Comic: Kurt Braunohler
Flyer - Photos
December 5, 2007 - Sweaty Rollerskates
Grant/Insdieout. Bethany Benzur
Flyer - Photos
November 2007 - Seze's Gay Boyfriends
Mike Servito, Jeffery Ssfire, Brandon/Smirk, Comic: Carla Rhodes
- Photos
October 2007
Veronca/Minimal Wave
Flyer - Photos
September 2007
Lori & Seze, Comic: Carla Rhodes
Flyer- Photos
August 2007
Lori, Seze, Abigail
Flyer - Photos
April 2007
Lori & Seze @ Beauty Bar
Flyer
March 2007
Lori & Seze @ Beauty Bar
Flyer
December 7, 2005
Lori & Seze @ Trash Bar
Flyer