font class="post"1b,121b,121This picture brings me back. Mr. Butch, the Mixed Nuts, Captain Nemo's, Planet Records, the Rat, Deli Haus. What a cultural wasteland it is these days.
The Black Lone Ranger was a fixture around Chicago blues clubs for years, until his death ten years ago. Some of the finest moments in my performing life was playing harmonica behind him. The rap group Crucial Conflict even used him for a cameo in a video they made. Incidentally, he didn't just wear the getup for show, I used to see him riding the bus dressed like that...b,121b,121Here's an excerpt from a 1996 appearance on the first episode of Chic-A-Go-Go, a long running local cable access dance-party show:b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1
font class="post"1b,121b,121This picture brings me back. Mr. Butch, the Mixed Nuts, Captain Nemo's, Planet Records, the Rat, Deli Haus. What a cultural wasteland it is these days. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Yup. But I bet the incidence of toilet-spread disease in the general area has gone down since the Rat closed. That place has the filthiest bathrooms in the history of mankind.
HarveyCanal"a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
font class="post"1b,121b,121Not only did I see this dude yesterday at the corner of 6th and Lamar, but when I was driving back to work from there I heard him briefly interviewed on 101X. b,121b,121I say, Fusk him...and bring back Wulf Zendik.b,121b,121img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Wulfzendik.jpg"1
Wulf is dead and I believe the Zendik Tribe has relocated.
HarveyCanal"a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
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Quote:/font1h,121b,121I thought the Zendik's were based outta Cali. Yeah, just wiki'ed it. Zendik was based outta cali. b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121Maybe Zendik Farm was founded in California back in 1969 like Wikipedia says, but the first few years I was in Austin (89-93)...Zendik Farm had not only relocated to a spot just south of Austin, but Wulf and his wife did a weekly show on ACTV and their farmers were constantly on the Drag recruiting new members.
HarveyCanal"a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
Quote:/font1h,121b,121The 15-year-old Zendik Farm moved to Texas from California in January 1991, when seven members drove here to prepare the new farm for the remainder of the group, which arrived in May. The farm is located in Bastrop County, downstream from Austin along the Colorado River. b,121b,121h,121
Quote:/font1h,121b,121otis houston does performance art on the fdr near 125th stb,121if you are local you have seen himb,121he is also a musicianb,121b,121img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b245/roytork/otis.jpg"1b,121b,121b,121 b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Yeah I was going to poast this.b,121b,121"Goggle Me!"
b1The Homeless Digger aka DJ Biscuit/b1 b,121b,121Anyone in Houston and LA that have been digging in the last 10 years know this guy. Crazy bastard LIVES to dig. Constantly smells and is getting himself into trouble with his lip. You'd seem him pushing a cart down the road filled with vinyl and I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that the man came with some serious heat on the regular. Have a few old friends that swear up and down, he's one mean DJs. One time someone gave him my number when he came back to Houston for a stint and he blew my phone up, calling me 10 times a day+ for a week straight. b,121I wish I could find his picture.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121Portland's resident Elvis impersonator:b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121I once witnessed him ask some woman on the bus what book she was holding. She replied that it was a gift for her parents. He asked what it was about, and she said, "Coming out of the closet and letting people know that you're gay." b,121b,121He yelled loudly, "That's a terrible gift for your parents. They're already married!" b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121Elvis is a PDX legend, he's been around for as long as I can remember.b,121My PDX fav is legendary/infamous cable access nut Jim Spagg.b,121Here's a story on him from the early 90's....b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1
font class="post"1b,121b,121Winner! b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Good to know people outside the NW are up on Spagg.b,121Jumping G Horsey farts! That's what Jim would've said.
there is a homeless and what I'm guessing schizophrenic homeless man that sleeps in the park across the street from my house.b,121he's always wondering around the neighborhood with his bag of stuff and always with two milk jugs full of soda.b,121i've been inside the local convenience store when he goes and pays to refill his jugs with coke.b,121he must drink like 2-4 gallons of soda a day.b,121b,121one day he was walking around a freeway on-ramp just being weird and I had to call the police to get him off of the freeway before he got hurt.
I live in a crack area and there are a few homes for psychiatric outpatients south of us, so there are a fair amount of eccentrics. My favourite person, who is not on crack, is a young dude in a pressed shirt and slacks with a backpack who hangs out by the library pacing and swaying. I walk by him to get home in the evenings and it has taken around three months of me smiling and saying hello for him to now make eye contact and smile back. I am disappointed when I turn the corner and he is not there. He has a great calming effect and I know I???m almost home.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121there is a homeless and what I'm guessing schizophrenic homeless man that sleeps in the park across the street from my house.b,121he's always wondering around the neighborhood with his bag of stuff and always with two milk jugs full of soda.b,121i've been inside the local convenience store when he goes and pays to refill his jugs with coke.b,121he must drink like 2-4 gallons of soda a day.b,121b,121one day he was walking around a freeway on-ramp just being weird and I had to call the police to get him off of the freeway before he got hurt. b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121Very sad. My cousin has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and it's a very scary mental disorder. I cannot imagine the horror he went through when his mind turned on him. He told me some very bugged-out stories that were obviously hallucinations and delusions.b,121b,121He lost his job, his car, and friends and most family have abandoned him. Creditors are after him and his meds have made him fat, lethargic, and hollowed out his natural emotions. It's hard watching him go through it.b,121b,121He is well-read, articulate, well-travelled, well-dressed and knows good food, wine, he's funny as hell, etc. He has been hospitalized twice. He is 29. He is slowly becoming 'a local eccentric'.
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