Drunken Pumpkin

Pretty safe for work.

I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: “No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

If you’ve never read the Illuminatus Trilogy you are truly missing out on some great chaotic storytelling. In fact, this site is loosely based in Eristic thinking, which I would have no real understanding of if not for Wilson.

Robert is in a bad way as of late. Health problems have depleted his resources as well as dropped his life expectancy down so low he doesn’t need to worry about buying a calendar for next year. Go to Douglas Rushkoff’s site for the skinny on Robert’s situation. And if you want to donate some money to help Robert out go to his website and click on the donate button.

Hail Eris

I noticed that Jeff’s posts yesterday had a theme of films in an alternate media from their original forms. For example, the Simpsons as live action instead of animated and 2001 as Lego instead of live action. I think this may have something to do with Jeff’s stance on art as something that breaks convention.

Years ago when Jeff was a performance artist in New York he said that art is at its best when it is disjointed. Or maybe that was when he worked as a butcher?

In either case Jeff spent his time in front of groups of people with a cleaver making them all consider their position in the world. In fact, the Great Gonzo from the Muppet show is loosely based on some of Jeff’s early performance work. Both of them receiving the same sort of disdainful response from an audience that didn’t quite get what the point of the piece was.

I can only imagine Jeff’s elation seeing a member of the U.S. Armed forces growling and spitting on camera for the amusement of others. It must make the ground breaking work that he performed with live poultry and gallons of fake blood (at least he claimed it was fake) seem all worth it.

Tune in tomorrow when Jeff regales us with more examples of how society is more appreciative of the Avant Garde, and the fate of those that deny it.