Two Things

[scrambler]

 

First, Incubus' avatar image--

Some of you have to be familiar with the art of Ed Roth or 'Big Daddy Roth'. His most recognized image was Rat Fink. I was struck by the resemblance of the avatar image to similar artwork by Roth, primarily the gaping mouth and the leering eyes. I almost expect the avatar image seated on a caricatured muscle car, you know, oversized blower and gear shifter, etc. Captured a fun time. A friend of mine who I used to work with has a muscle car. He joined one of those car clubs. Said it's full of old guys with old cars. All of the young guys have 'ricers', souped up Hondas and the like, with computer enhanced performance. Quite a gulf between the old performance cars and the newer cars. Anyway, there was talk to bring in new blood into the club by welcoming the kids. Kind of like the rift between Sportos and Trads Climbers, ya think?

 

Second, Wesley Willis--

I'm a month behind in this news but I did a search here and I didn't find it in Spray. Alternative Tentacles recording artist, Wesley Willis died of leukemia last month. Willis, who was diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, was called the Mozart of the 20th Century. Some of you may remember his songs: Rock n Roll McDonalds, I Whupped Batman's Ass, Suck a Cheetah's Dick, and Chronic Schizophrenia.

 

Note the dark spot on his forehead.

Willis always greeted people,

not with a hello and handshake,

but with a headbutt!

 

For more info on Willis, see here:Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things )

[adventuregal]

Wesley Willis also had a song entitled something to the effect of, "I Love Mullets"...