Printed Matter Flames
Say you had a sudden impulse to throw away $10K, how would you choose to do it? Would you rather treat your friends to a hip and gourmet dinner, lounge around hotels with celebrities or attend a benefit for a non-profit organization? How about doing all three and maybe saving that $10K? [Printed Matter], the worlds greatest resource for artists publications, these deluxe artifacts that are equal parts art and books, is throwing its spring benefit [tonight](http://printedmatter.org/news/news.cfm?article_id=273) at the Hiro Ballroom.
Your host for the evening, gross-out enfant terrible, John Waters, is going to kick-start the festivities at the VIP reception, welcoming all of you fabulously generous mesdames et monsieurs with his characteristically eerie grin. As you savor the authentic Japanese delicacies of Matsuri lend your ears to the gender-bender sounds of DJs MEN, a female duo of the once riot grrrl group Le Tigre. The artist formerly known as asianpunkboy, [Terence Koh], will top the VIP party with a unique performance of ritualistic lavish.
Yet, for those of you "on the cheap" who cant afford to play patron of the arts, there are more inexpensive tickets ($15) granting you access to the after-party with performances by uber-anarchosex femme, [Peaches] and the mystifyingly uncontrollable [Flaming Fire](http://flamingfire.com): The latter usually invade the stage clad in red tunics, with the exception of lead singer Patrick Hambrecht and his dazzling velvety suit, and sporting all sorts of accessories that will send you back to the glory days of glam-hair metal. Uninhibited and theatrical, their music and lyrics celebrate a raw kind of hedonism that will have your date licking you in all the right places. Just beware of John Waters when they sing the all-time fave I love the way you kill me/Its so hot, hot, hot, lest he fixates on you as his next victim.