Sometime in the early ’80s, sex work activist Scarlot Harlot asked me to portray a phone sex addict for a slide show she was doing. Naturally, I agreed; I had, after all, a number of prop and toy phones that I used in my shows. She used the images in this birthday card.
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Modeling for Scarlot Harlot
September 4th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Radio Valentine
August 24th, 2012 · Comments Off on Radio Valentine
Following the Thanksgiving show, KPFA invited me back for Valentine’s Day in 1978. I sang some songs, played piano, and played 78s.
The Thanksgiving Radio Special
August 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on The Thanksgiving Radio Special
Somehow, back in San Francisco in 1977, I did a “Thanksgiving Radio Special” on KPFA. I read some pseudo-Americana, sang some songs, and brought my colleague Bill Irwin to demonstrate hat tricks and to chat with me. I had recorded 78s from my collection on a portable tape recorder; and kept that fading in and […]
Flying Saucer Wooden Nickels
August 22nd, 2012 · Comments Off on Flying Saucer Wooden Nickels
At the last Ullage Group event, I handed out party favors. Since we were showing films by John Keel, that noted ufologist, I made some flying saucer wooden nickels, using rubber stamps he had once owned.
A Hoffman Sketch
July 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Robin Hoffman drew this sketch of me, in performance at the Jalopy Theater. You can find out more about her at www.robinhoffman.com.
A Campaign Speech
July 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off on A Campaign Speech
I wrote and performed “A Campaign Speech” for “The General Election Rally Vote Ballot,” an event curated by Mel Brimfield for the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2007. I appeared via DVD, videoed by Anthony Matt.
Strum Within this Area
June 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Advice from an old ukulele manual, here made into pinbacks for more general application.
Monday Night Performance Workshop Series
June 14th, 2012 · 4 Comments
In 1981 and 1982, choreographer Helen Dannenberg organized a sort of open mike night for dancers and performers in San Francisco. She asked me to come up with the flyers. Here are four of them.
A Simmons Proof Sheet
May 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on A Simmons Proof Sheet
Some evocative pictures of Doug and Eddie, in this proof sheet by Laurie Simmons.
The Doug and Mike Mural
May 1st, 2012 · Comments Off on The Doug and Mike Mural
The Doug and Mike mural was created for an exhibit called “Activated Walls,” at Artists Space in NYC, in 1993. Mike and I used the opportunity to produce a large (16′ x 19′) flyer for our puppet show; smaller flyers can be seen in a box next to Russell. Alison Mork drew Doug and Mike; […]