Eleanor Balson plays music, teaches yoga, and runs her own children’s entertainment company, making balloon animals, painting faces, and occasionally dressing as the Sugar Plum Fairy. She’s about to move to San Francisco; her final performance as the techno-noise act Soft Serve is January 28 at Heaven Gallery, and her final appearance with Lovely Little Girls, a performance-art band she drums in, is January 30 at Schubas (see the Treatment in Section 3).
EB: Well, I’m kinda slutty. I saw a 70-year-old lady at the mini putt-putt in Lincolnwood and she had on fishnets and big blond hair and she looked sexy. You can expose your entire leg and feel completely confident because all the Xs cancel out any flaws you have. Everyone’s the same under fishnets.
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LA: Why?
EB: I learned that if you like to set yourself apart you don’t have to be competitive about it. Be happy that you’ve done something unique. Just revel in knowing you had the energy to do it.
