The Gathering of the Juggalos

Jesus Christ. Juggalos are fans of the Insane Clown Posse, so apparently they are people who have never heard good music- or even most bad music, since most music I would consider unlistenable is a million times better than anything to ever come from the Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Zwiggy Zwill, Squeezy G, etc. Anyway, these people gather together in the woods once a year (a week the rest of the world knows as "the week without Subway sandwich artists") and they do this...



So they're a "family" or whatever, which is sort of believable since there seems to be some inbreeding going on here, and I'll admit it seems positive and it would be kind of cool to see Gwar and Ice Cube- but keep in mind all of these people are going to leave their Mom's couch for a week and fly out to wherever this is and camp out in the woods to listen to the FUCKING INSANE CLOWN POSSE (it's like when Muslim's visit the holy land- their words, not mine).

Anyway, this has been going on for ten years, and last year "performance artist" Andrew WK went and represented. I'm not a fan of the guy's music, but I am a fan of the guy (note to self: Andrew WK-related post sometime soon) and so here's what he did when standing in front of a group of (apparently deaf) kids wearing clown make-up...



Keep in mind, the people booing Andrew WK, are the same people who had no problem sitting through a performance from Afro-Man... So, needless to say, if we have to pick sides in this argument, we're going with Andrew WK all the way- you're free to pick your own side, but... seriously?

Dan

A Blog Not About Lady Gaga...

People keep wanting us to talk about Lady Gaga- and here's the thing. We don't wanna.

Yeah she wears weird outfits and puts on a crazy show. That's cool, we like that- we like that she's having fun with fashion to the point that she's mocking it and making the audience wonder what the point of it all is. But... first and foremost she's a musician- and her music is awful. Just terrible, worthless crap.

I doubt there will be a popular song worse than "Pokerface" this year- and I hate popular music so I think it's all terrible, but there is something especially scornful about the song's bland forgettable, verse and it's over-simplified chorus. "Pa-pa-pa". It's the sort of song a child would write- if a child were stupid.

So, you're not going to see any Lady Gaga on this blog, until:

A. She abandons music and admits that she is a performance artist above all else.
B. She writes music that isn't awful.

And, Gagadamnit! Can we stop throwing around the word "genius" everytime someone manages to write a pop song?

Dan

Um...

Man we really dig the idea of performance art. The idea of performance art... unfortunately most performance art ends up somewhere between "well that happened..." "wait, what just happened?"

Like this:



The act itself (fellatio on a microphone) probably means something... I guess, I don't know. To be honest watching the video makes me a little uncomfortable. I do sort of dig listening to it though. I think if you added in Brian Chipendale on drums I could listen to this.

Dan

Joaquin: Chapter 3

A reader named Anonymous (which I must admit is a pretty surreal user-name, he's making a self-aware statement about the anonymity of the internet and the- oh wait, it's just someone who commented anonymously. Nevermind.) responded to our last post about Joaquin Phoenix, Surrealist? with this interesting tidbit about Joaquin showing up at a club to debut his music career- his music of choice is rap, by the way.

Casey Affleck was once again on hand, videotaping the action for a documentary about Joaquin's music career.

Damn it this is getting exciting!

Dan

POSSILBE SURREALISM IN PROGRESS - Joaquin Phoenix 'Quits' Acting

This has been big news the past few days (as the mainstream media filled time waiting for our Presidential endorsement), apparently Joaquin Phoenix has quit acting.

I'm not really a big fan of any of the movies he's been in, but the dude can act and actually seems to take the craft pretty seriously, which we respect. So, it would sort of bum us out if he stopped- mainly because his future roles would probably be given to those creepy d-bags from The Hills*.

But watch the above video... there is something weird afoot. Why is that camera following Joaquin down the red carpet? He alludes that Casey Affleck is to take over the throne of Method Actor-dom. I mean Casey Affleck is a good actor- but seriously?

This is all so weird.

Is this some sort of Andy Kaufman-esque prank? Maybe Phoenix is making some sort of Borat-ish Hollywood satire? I don't know, but he sort of seems a little too serious for something like that. But then again, maybe I only think that because he's such a good actor. Or maybe he is a closeted surrealist and he takes his surrealing seriously. If that's it Joaquin, let the PSUA know so you become eligible for our benefits (which you'll no longer get from SAG...).

Dan

* Not to be confused with The Hillz- which is technically very surreal.

Pamela Anderson for President?

Yeah, I know it doesn't really make any sense, but follow me on this...

A few days after we lamented at the lack of surrealism in the current Presidential race, Ralph Nader made a public plea for the surrealist vote. We were not impressed. But then on the other side of the pond, at a fashion show in England, actress/playmate Pamela Anderson ever so subtly threw her hat into the race, not with actions or speeches or any of those 'presidential' things- She- well- just take a look for yourself...

Um... Is that a robot? Do we have robots yet? Is it an alien? A ghost? Whatever it is it's damn weird- More interesting than anything David Blaine has done in the last few years- I'd even say it's surreal.

So, Pam Anderson did something surreal. Why does this mean she should receive PSUA's endorsement for the highest office in the country? Well think about it, Barb Wire is, in its own way, a surrealist film, so she's been in the surrealing game for a while. Plus she's got more experience than Sarah Palin- though admittedly not the kind of experience people look for in their future leaders... sexy experience...

In conclusion, we're not ready to endorse anyone yet- but this is an interesting turn of events...

Dan