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Rev. Al

Planning my suicide kept me alive.

About Me

About me? I walk upright without using my tail for support.

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"Introducing Art of Bleeding" (4:30)

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My Interests

the art of bleeding foundation ,outsider art, accidental art, cults, pranks, medical anomalies, kitsch, cacophony, quacks, sideshows, mummies, freemasonry, thrift stores, gnosticism, mortuary science, pyrotechnics, third degree burns, orgone, seances, & marzipan death masks.

I'd like to meet:

A solid gold sea mammal. Ideally a manatee.

Music:

children's records, nick cave, quintron, cramps, carter family, current 93, dick hymen, dirty three, handsome family, wilco, the seeds, leonard cohen, scott walker, pogues, jim carroll, gories, negativeland, tiger lillies, johnny cash, patti smith, andre williams, leadbelly, enoch light, gogol bordello. this list is patheticlaly incomplete, but that's what comes to mind. am i cool?

Movies:

I do enjoy a good flickershow. Makavejev, Maddin, Svankmajer, Paradjanov, Greenaway, Bros. Quay, Herzog, von Trier (sometimes) for starters.

Television:

TV is made of radiation.

Books:

This is too much to fill out. My head hurts. Let's just say Flannery O'Connor and leave it at that for now.

Heroes:

You shouldn't have heroes.

My Blog

Polygamy Dance Craze and Video Mash-up!

I just completed a new song and video. There's room for everybody in this compound! ...
Posted by Rev. Al on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:40:00 PST

Ira Einhorn & Earth Day

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!Let us never forget the founder of this holiday: IRA EINHORN (AKA The Unicorn Killer).Burn a plastic bag for Ira! Burn a whole pile! Make sure to use plenty of gasoline!And I quote....
Posted by Rev. Al on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:41:00 PST

Happy Good Friday: "Crucifixions bad for health"

Philippines warns ’crucifixion bad for health’2 days agoMANILA (AFP)  Philippine health officials Wednesday warned people taking part in Easter crucifixions and self-flagellation rituals ...
Posted by Rev. Al on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:48:00 PST

Another Mermaid

More Photoshop noodling. Model: Auriana Melson.
Posted by Rev. Al on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:23:00 PST

The Man with the Rabbit in the Stroller

Went downtown the other day and happened to bring my camera. An old man dressed in a chocolate brown three-piece suit and smoking a pipe comes walking down Broadway unselfconsciously pushing a wheelc...
Posted by Rev. Al on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:20:00 PST

"Valentine" from Art of Bleeding

Here's a little video I assembled from old health and safety films. A little paramedical eros for the holiday! Enjoy! ...
Posted by Rev. Al on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:28:00 PST

Creamy Snuff

So, I was down in an Indian grocery in Artesia, poking around for curiosities to eat or puzzle over and was richly rewarded to find the above. Yes, it's toothpaste. Not only is tobacco included in s...
Posted by Rev. Al on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:59:00 PST

Mermaid

I love photoshop. (Model: Auriana Melson)
Posted by Rev. Al on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:31:00 PST

Responsibly Rebellious

kcrw just gave me one more excuse not to respond to their pledge-drive hectoring. they're having some kind of sweepstakes for some kind of car (i refuse to acknowledge remembering the make or model)....
Posted by Rev. Al on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:20:00 PST

RIP Vampira

We have lost her! Patron saint of my puberty, queen of all eyebrows artfully arched, of all waists infernally cinched, she is gone... Rest in peace, Maila Nurmi!All the news I have at this point:(f...
Posted by Rev. Al on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:54:00 PST