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Catalyst has appeared as a spoken word performer at: The Bumbershoot festival <ref>Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival (September 2002) http://www.bumbershoot.org/history.htm</ref>; OUTFEST <ref>http://www.outfest.org/fest2002/fest2002.platinumartist.html</ref>; the New York Fringe Lit Festival; the Dark Arts Festival; <ref>http://www.darkartsfestival.com/2001/index.html</ref>; Convergence 9<ref>http://www.virulent.org/converg4/past.html</ref>; Scutterfest<ref name="litrave.com">http://www.litrave.com/archives/archives14.htm</ref>; the West Hollywood Book Fair; the Highways in Santa Monica; The Village in Los Angeles; the Radar Reading Series<ref>http://www.poetryflash.org/0805.00_norcal_calendar.html</ref><ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/16/RV7C10J8RI.DTL</ref> in San Francisco; and at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA <ref>http://www.fritzhaeg.com/salon/events/12lamasterminding_text.html</ref>. Catalyst has appeared as a spoken word performer at: The Bumbershoot festival <ref>Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival (September 2002) http://www.bumbershoot.org/history.htm</ref>; OUTFEST <ref>http://www.outfest.org/fest2002/fest2002.platinumartist.html</ref>; the New York Fringe Lit Festival; the Dark Arts Festival; <ref>http://www.darkartsfestival.com/2001/index.html</ref>; Convergence 9<ref>http://www.virulent.org/converg4/past.html</ref>; Scutterfest<ref name="litrave.com">http://www.litrave.com/archives/archives14.htm</ref>; the West Hollywood Book Fair; the Highways in Santa Monica; The Village in Los Angeles; the Radar Reading Series<ref>http://www.poetryflash.org/0805.00_norcal_calendar.html</ref><ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/16/RV7C10J8RI.DTL</ref> in San Francisco; and at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA <ref>http://www.fritzhaeg.com/salon/events/12lamasterminding_text.html</ref>.

"To Push Away Or Clutch" -- Spoken Word by Clint Catalyst was on display at the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh,PA. The exhibition (an 8 year retrospective of Glenn Kaino's work) ran from May 3 - August 31, 2008.<ref>http://artdaily.org/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=24010&b=clint%20catalyst</ref>


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Clint Catalyst
Clint Catalyst, photo by Fingers CrossedClint Catalyst, photo by Fingers Crossed
OccupationWriter, Actor
GenreLGBT, Gay, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Website
http://www.clintcatalyst.com

Clint Catalyst (b. April 8, 1971) is an American author, actor, spoken word performer and stylist.

Catalyst has covered music, fashion, LGBT issues, and popular culture for magazines including Los Angeles magazine, LA Weekly, Frontiers, Out, and Swindle.

Early life

Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas Catalyst was raised an only child to Southern Baptist parents. Other than a year in Germany on scholarship, he remained there until he attended Hendrix College, where he started As If magazine and received a Bachelors in English. Upon graduation, Catalyst went to San Francisco, where he earned a Master of Arts in Writing degree from the University of San Francisco. He said he knew he was gay from a young age.

Writing in the LA Weekly, Linda Immediato called Catalyst a "Midwestern ex–meth head who came to L.A. by way of San Francisco, where he was a goth art-club darling — the most photographed model of the underground." In Los Angeles in the 1990s "he became the most sought-after nightclub... guest-list gatekeeper, wooed by seemingly every hip promoter in the city."

Published work

File:Catalyst-Cottonmouth-Kisses-Book-Cover.jpg
Cover of Cottonmouth Kisses - published by Manic D Press

In 2000, Catalyst's book Cottonmouth Kisses was released by San Francisco-based publisher Manic D Press, developing a widespread "cult following" according to No-Fi magazine. The book went into its second printing in 2007.

In support of the book, Catalyst toured the U.S. and Canada with friend and author Michelle Tea. During the book tour, they came up with the idea to solicit first-person narratives for an anthology they co-edited entitled Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache. The book reached #10 on the Los Angeles Times non-fiction paperback Bestseller list the week after its release on March 14, 2004. The book was also a 2004 Lambda Literary Awards finalist in the fiction anthology category.

Spoken Word

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Performing spoken word at Club DNA in San Francisco

Catalyst has appeared as a spoken word performer at: The Bumbershoot festival ; OUTFEST ; the New York Fringe Lit Festival; the Dark Arts Festival; ; Convergence 9; Scutterfest; the West Hollywood Book Fair; the Highways in Santa Monica; The Village in Los Angeles; the Radar Reading Series in San Francisco; and at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA .

Acting

Catalyst was “discovered” by director Hilary Goldberg at a dramatic reading he gave at Skylight Books in Los Angeles. She cast him to play a charlatan opposite actress Guinevere Turner in the short 2007 film In The Spotlight.

Catalyst was cast as Jared Silver in Lisa Hammer's film POX. In 2008, he was cast in Matthew Mishory's film, Portland as "Sid the Emcee".

Television

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Catalyst along with Jessicka and Jared Gold - backstage at Germany's Next Topmodel

In 2004, with a writing partner, Darren Stein, they co-created a drama entitled The Flyover States for a development deal with Touchstone/ABC. As an associate show producer, he worked for three cycles (2005-2006) on the reality series “America's Next Top Model.”

On February 8, 2008, Catalyst won the first place for TV Host in CBS's BigShotLive contest.. His role for the followup winner's episode was red carpet commentator for the 2008 Grammys. This marks the second time that he's done red carpet commentary for a major awards show.

In November 2008, Catalyst had a cameo as the stylist for Antoine de Caunes in Allez a L.A.!, a five-part series that ran on the French Cable Network Canal Plus.

On March 5, 2009, Catalyst appears as a special guest in an episode of the reality television series Germany's Next Top model, hosted by Heidi Klum.

Model and stylist

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Clint Catalyst for Lipstick Prophets, Photo by Sasha Sheldon

Catalyst has had a variety of modeling assignments. He also modeled for the cover of a book, The Best of Alice Joanou.

In March 2008 Catalyst was chosen to appear in a national Peta2 "Fur Is Dead" campaign..

Host

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Catalyst working the red carpet at the 2007 Emmy Awards

Catalyst is often hired as a club and party host . He worked as a “celebrity judge” for the Asian Pacific AIDS Alliance Quest Beauty Pageant and was hired by Paper Magazine as a judge for Audrey Kuenstler's 'High Fashion Wrestling' event. He's done red carpet duty at several awards ceremonies, including the 2007 Emmy Awards for Buzznet.

Personal life

Catalyst has been described as the "muse" for avant-garde designer Jared Gold, and has worked as an event producer for some of Gold's fashion shows . In the spring 2008 collection of Gold's company, Black Chandelier, the "Clint Catalyst Tarot Card Destroyer" t-shirt was released..

Works

  • Cottonmouth Kisses (2000) ISBN 978-0916397654
  • Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person (with Michelle Tea) (2004) ISBN 1555837530

Short stories - books:

  • What It's Like - Porn! Dirty Gay Erotica (edited by Ian Phillips and Greg Wharton) ISBN 1560235829
  • As Far as Therapy Goes - The Salivation Army Black Book (edited by Scott Treleaven) ISBN 0-89439-021-X
  • My Attempts at Polyamory - The Best of Both Worlds (edited by Sage Vivant and M Christian) ISBN 156023492X
  • Praise for the Prancy Boys - That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (edited by Matt Bernstein Sycamore) ISBN 1593761953
  • A Love Like Ours Is Dangerous - Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men’s Diaries (edited by Kevin Bentley) ISBN 1555836569
  • Friend or Faux: An Excerpt from Turnskin - Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache (edited by Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea) ISBN 1555837530
  • Some New Kind of Kick - Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (edited by Thomas S. Roche) ISBN 1892723034

Nonfiction - books:

  • Door Etiquette for the Nightlife Challenged - Good Advice for Young Trendy People Of All Ages (edited by Jennifer Blowdryer) ISBN 1933149027
  • Clubland in El Lay - The Underground Guide to Los Angeles (2nd Edition) (edited by Pleasant Gehman) ISBN 0916397815

Notes

References

  1. de la Croix, Sukie (2000-08-02). "The Cottonmouth Kisses of a Small Town Boy". Outlines. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  2. "Biography". clintcatalyst.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  3. Linda Immediato. "Clint Catalyst". laweekly.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  4. The No-Fi "Magazine" interview with Clint Catalyst
  5. ""BESTSELLERS; LOS ANGELES TIMES LIST FOR MARCH 14, 2004"".
  6. Lambda Literary Foundation
  7. Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival (September 2002) http://www.bumbershoot.org/history.htm
  8. http://www.outfest.org/fest2002/fest2002.platinumartist.html
  9. http://www.darkartsfestival.com/2001/index.html
  10. http://www.virulent.org/converg4/past.html
  11. http://www.litrave.com/archives/archives14.htm
  12. http://www.poetryflash.org/0805.00_norcal_calendar.html
  13. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/16/RV7C10J8RI.DTL
  14. http://www.fritzhaeg.com/salon/events/12lamasterminding_text.html
  15. Hilary Goldberg
  16. http://www.darkartsfestival.com/lineup.php?show=performanceart
  17. http://losangeles.metromix.com/events/article/outfest-25-years/100903/content
  18. Pox (2008)
  19. Clint Catalyst
  20. Josef Adalian (2007 -16-11). ""Flyover has ABC aboard"". Variety.com. Retrieved 2008-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  21. www.ssgmain.org/Sept_Oct_06_Ask_SSG_Newsletter.pdf
  22. Lina Lecaro. ""Freaky Stylee"". "LA Weekly".
  23. ""Clint Catalyst is first Big Shot Live TV Host winner"". Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  24. http://www.canalplus.fr/index.php?pid=2863
  25. "Steve Diet Goedde Photography".
  26. "Exquisite Restraint".
  27. "Book Cover by Steve Diet Goedde".
  28. ""Peta2 blogs on Clint Catalyst"". Peta2.
  29. http://www.laweekly.com/2007-07-12/music/fabulously-phony
  30. Lina Lecaro. ""Bonded By The Beats". LA Weekly.
  31. Lina Lecaro. "Fabulously Phony". LA Weekly.
  32. http://www.apaitonline.org/newsArticle.asp?articleID=82
  33. Lina Lecaro. ""Nightranger"". LA Weekly.
  34. ""Wrinkle Free Fresh Faces at Fashion Week"". LA Weekly.
  35. Ryder, Caroline (2008-03-05). "Q&A: Clint Catalyst". Metromix.
  36. http://www.inthisweek.com/article.asp?id=2322
  37. "Thinking outside the Smashbox". Metromix Los Angeles.
  38. LA Weekly - Columns - L.A. Fashion Week Smackdown - Linda Immediato - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles
  39. Clint Catalyst Tarot Card Tee
  40. http://www.laweekly.com/2001-07-26/columns/i-voyeur-hell-is-other-people/2
  41. "This bride definitely wears black"Los Angeles Times Oct 28, 2007
  42. http://www.lamag.com/bola/article.aspx?id=12982
  43. "Clint Catalyst articles". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  44. Clint Catalyst. "The Future is Jeffree Star". Frontiers Magazine.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  45. swindlemagazine.com Clint Catalyst articles
  46. Out.com Features | Love Transamerican Style

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