Chris Rael CHURCH OF BETTY

Postcard, 2000 (Art: James Williamson)

Church of Betty's first concert, 1990 (Poster: Verna Gillis)

First appearance at original Knitting Factory, 1988 (Art: Zode)

Chris Rael 365 postcard, 2015 (Photo: Gil Ronen)

Mule Me by The Hand, 1997 (Art: Jessica Kane)

Pretty Vacant by Tequila & Raelsy, 2011 (Art: Jasmine Hirst)

Cranberry Street, 2005 (photo by Penny Arcade; card by Heather Jones)

Fang Records Night at Under Acme, 1990 (Art: Gideon Kendall)

Penny & Chris, Rebellion Cabaret at Sydney Opera House, 2005 (The Studio)

COB Globestra at the New York Sephardic Music Festival, 2013 (photo: Rick Jungers)

Chris performs Neil Young's Helpless at the Highline Ballroom, New York 2014 (Music in Common)

Chris Rael & Dudley Saunders at Grassroots Acoustica, LA  2007 (flyer by Mark Islam)

Fang Records at CBGB, 1992 (Art: Gideon Kendall)

Postcard for Dixon Place production of ARABY, 2009 (Art: James Williamson)

Raelian Cabaret at the Living Room, 2013 (Art: Mason Brown & John Frazier)

Church of Betty & Johnny Society at the Knitting Factory, 2001

The film Cosmopolitan by Nisha Ganatra, with feature songs by Chris Rael (Gigantic Pictures 2003)

Fruit on the Vine CD release party with The Negro Problem & Martha Wainwright, 1999 (Art: Dan Shepelavy)

Najma & Church of Betty, Symphony Space 1996 (Shanachie Records)

Rebellion Cabaret at Ars Nova, 2004

Alterknit w/ COB, Flat Old World & Brian Dewan, 1995 (Art: Mark Lerner) 

With Theodosii Spassov and Vlada Tomova's Balkan Tales, Symphony Space 2011 (WMI)

The Hand at CBGB, 1996 (cheap postcard replication of Gideon Kendall's great album cover)

New Years Day 1999 at the Knitting Factory with Quentin Crisp & Penny Arcade (poster by Penny)

Premiere screening of Tail End of a Dream, Church of Betty concert film 2005 (Poster by James Williamson)

First Church of Betty gig in New York, Pyramid Club 1987 (poster by Chris)

Wiener Festwochen 1993, the Contemporary Indian Music Festival that put COB on the world music map

 Fang Records at CBGB, 1991. Jenny Wade, Don Ralph, Gideon Kendall, Sasha Frere-Jones et al. (poster by Chris)

Weekend at the Bottom Line, 2001 with Zappa guitarist Mike Keneally (Postcard: Heather Jones)

Warhol Extravaganza: Taylor Mead, Penny Arcade, Church of Betty, Ed Pastorini, Babe the Blue Ox at the Knitting Factory, 2003 (poster: Chris Rael)

Million Marijuana March benefit, Bowery Poetry Club, 2005

Chris & Vlada at Montauk Library, 2014 (Art: Leela Rupa & Donna Hadjipopov)

Church of Betty, 101 Crustaceans & Dolores at the original Knitting Factory, 1990 (poster by Chris, including misspelling of 'Dolores')

Paradise Theatre Co. w/ Julia Douglass, Flat Old World & Life in a Blender, 1993 (Art: Mark Lerner)

With 101 Crustaceans & Pere Ubu, Knitting Factory 1991 (poster by Chris)

Outfest Festival credential, LA 2005, when Chris won the Outstanding Soundtrack Award for Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

McGovern's with Jenny Wade's Vodka & early Babe the Blue Ox, 1991 (poster by Chris)

Front: Penny Arcade & Chris Rael Rebellion Cabaret. Back: Joan Rivers, dual residencies at Fez, 2005

Gershwin Hotel w/ Ira Cohen & the Museum of Sex, 2004 (Design by Neke Carson)

Fang compilation Thirsty Ears CD release concert at The Knitting Factory, 1991 (Art by Gideon Kendall)

First Fang record release party, CBGB in 1988: Antipop compilation w/ Plugbunnies Inc, The Mommyheads, Life in a Blender & Church of Betty (Poster by Zode, photos by Pablo Tauler)

Tripping With Wanda CD release party at The Bottom Line, 2002 (Art by James Williamson)

Your Name Here, Maryland trio, early '80s w/ Chris, Kevin Miller (bass) & Steve Jackson (drums). Art by Chris