All Hail Discordia. Midnite Movies- KLF

"the KLF have now left the Music Business." With a hail of blank bullets and Extreme Noise Terror, the millionaires in the dance powerhouse duo KLF left the music biz until "peace is declared all over the world," deleting their entire back catalog so as not to be mistaken for a marketing gimmick, and entered into the art world where they began to burn (literally) a lot of the money that had accumulated. All Hail Discordia!

The Strange Case of Charlie Ours

For THIS, these kids have been expelled (later reinstated) and now sued by a teacher who they allegedly parody in the film. You can read all about the story here(s):
IndyStar
BoingBoing
Muzzie Award
ABC News
Fox News
MSNBC

This case is of particular interest to me because I grew up with Charlie Ours' brother, Joey Ours. He has sadly passed away, but we were the best of friend and play in the rocking and way ahead of their time punk band the Koaskies when we were about 13. We also made many movies almost EXACTLY this stupid! They never broke the 10 minute mark, whereas this one is supposed to be over an hour, and we never got into any trouble, so good for Charlie. He's already much further along than Joey or I ever made it. Give em hell kids. Now that you've got the Blogosphere at your back, that teacher is probably going to be in a world of trouble he never could have imagined.

Frank Zappa is intelligent

As evidenced by this old clip from Crossfire.

Thank You Mask Man!

A phenomenally funny short devised and voiced by the great Lenny Bruce. This particular little gem was brought to my attention by the Chicago Short Film Brigade who are truly an organization worth supporting if you find yourself in and around the Midwest on a quarterly basis. I would go to their event tonight, but I have to go see Z'EV! Such is the tough life I lead.

Intelligence is Scary, huh?

Steve Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble is currently awaiting trial. He faces a 20 year sentence. Ask yourself what scares you more: bio-artists, or governments that arrest artists?

Interest-ing

Everyone has an agenda, some just have money and lawyers too.