Aphrodesia Presents:

The Shaky Face Gallery

As some of you may know, Aphrodesia's body-titillating music and entertaining stage antics are really only a front for the many hobbies we like to pursue on the road in our free time. One of these is taking Shaky Face Pictures.

What is a Shaky Face Picture, you may ask? Simple- one person shakes their face as violently and grotesquely as possible, while another snaps their picture at precisely the right instant, like so:

Sound easy? Ah, there's the rub! Shaky Face Pictures are art, and must be treated as such. The seemingly simple act of snapping a photo, of shaking a face, becomes daunting when one considers the infinite possibilities of bulging musculature, of flying hair, of ejected spittle. Indeed, Shaky Face Pictures occupy a long and glorious position in history. The French Philosopher Albert Camus once observed, in French, "The soul is never quite as transparent as when engaging the Shaky Face." English political philosopher John Locke, in his little-known second revision of his landmark "Second Treatise on Government", proposed that statesmen should observe one another's Shaky Face portraits, "for only then is the true nature of man observed." Picasso, reacting to the Shaky Face craze that overtook Spain in the early 1930's, embarked on his 'Shaky Face period' prior to his widely celebrated 'Blue period'- examples of which were tragically lost when anarchists captured Barcelona in 1936 and burned down the Museo Nacional de Barcelona as an example of bourgeois mentality.

But don't be intimidated. Despite this long history, or maybe because of it, we in Aphrodesia feel confident to present to you, our beloved audience, the first (and only, as far as we know) Shaky Face Gallery on the internet. Observe:

Here Lara demonstrates her patented sideways hair flying technique, in Portland, OR and San Luis Obispo, CA.

Here we have Todd and Jason demonstrating that a well-chosen accessory can enliven even a basic Shaky Face Picture, backstage at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR.

Members of the March Fourth Marching Band get in on the action backstage at the Doug Fir. Incredibly, both of these were the subjects' first-ever Shaky Face pictures.

Jeremy demonstrates the I Just Got Punched technique.

Cal and Ezra here revive the once-dominant Nordic style of Shaky Face picturing.

Here Mully shows the Shaky Face potential for political blackmail, while Lara again shows her sheer mastery of the genre.

Here we have Jason and Cal and Trish and Jeremy displaying the extremely difficult Double Shaky.

Here Maya shows her ease with the Shaky Face genre. It's as if she's sleeping. Hang on....actually, she is sleeping. Sorry.

Think you've got what it takes?? Send us your Shaky Face!!!