Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Net Freak Alert: Disjointed Is Better than No-Jointed
By Kathleen Kotcher
Online Editor

Disjointed it Better than No-Jointed
(The above title is NOT a drug reference, but if it got you to read this
Net Freak Alert.so be it.)

As if you need an excuse to go to fabulous Las Vegas, I am proud to
offer you the two following reasons:

1. Penn and Teller are beginning a long-term engagement at the Rio
http://www.harrahs.com/our_casinos/rlv/amenities/penn_teller.html

2. PBR! Yes, that is damn tootin': PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING
http://www.pbrnow.com ! I get the privilege of attending this whoopbutt
event this Friday in Baltimore, but the playoffs (or whatever you call
them in professional bullriding land) are in fabulous Las Vegas.

Bullriding note/story/digression:

I more-or-less accidentally went to my first PBR event a couple of years
ago. We (husband, friend and myself) were riding around looking to get
in trouble when an announcement came onto the radio that professional
bullriding was happening NOW.

We floored it to the Cap Center (it has had so many names I have never
bothered to learn. It's the Cap Center.) bought the cheap butt tickets
and had the time of our lives.

We got to see the bulls going at OZ-style http://www.hbo.com/oz/ in the
bullpen. We got to drink vats full of crappy warm beer. We got to scream
our fool heads off. PLUS We got to see the legend of professional
bullriding in action.

You have got to remember that we knew NOTHING about bullriding when we
walked in the door (in all honesty, I haven't seen any since, although I
understand it's on television a lot).

Then I read the name that seemed to embody this sport/activity/whatever:
TUFF HEDEMAN http://www.tuffhedeman.net/main.asp. No matter that his
last name is pronounced Head-a-men. Nope from that moment on, we kept
howling for TUFF HE-DA-MAN!

Man, that was one of the funnest nights I had in ages! I cannot wait for
Friday!

American Dime Museum Is Free at Last!

Got to the American Dime Museum tonight. It's free.
http://www.dimemuseum.com/

Best of SHOCKED AND AMAZED! Shipping Soon!

I have heard from the publishers of the best of SHOCKED AND AMAZED! It
seems the book will be shipped to the warehouse the end of this week,
the beginning of next. Look for it at Atomic Books www.atomicbooks.com
or some other retailer soon.

Make sure you go in and ask for it by name!

posted by Scott "Unpainted" Huffines at 4:34 PM | Permanent Link

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Monday, September 16, 2002

Net Freak Alert: Jeff Krulik Is Everywhere
By Kathleen Kotcher
Online Editor

You know that part in Repo Man
http://users.erols.com/bobcan/repo/repoman.htm?:

“Suppose you’re thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly somebody will
say, like, ‘plate’ or ‘shrimp’ or ‘plate of shrimp’ out of the blue, no
explanation. No point in looking for one either. It’s part of the cosmic
unconsciousness.”

Well, Jeff Krulik* http://www.planetkrulik.com has been my plate of
shrimp lately.

It started last week with this article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37595-2002Aug19.html.
It’s about a woman named Faith. I’d heard things over the years about
Faith. Mostly that she was a “local character” who kept running for
mayor and who played her bugle at city council meetings.

Reading the article, I learned she was much, much more. For instance,
she is friends with Marlon Brando
http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/brando.html . She was
in both the stage and movie versions of Gypsy
http://www.sondheim.com/shows/gypsy/ . And, most important to me, she
worked as a burlesque performer on carnivals and at Coney Island.

When I started working on this Net Freak Alert, I googled
http://www.google.com Faith to see what other information I could find
on her. It was a million and one musical theatre sites and…Planet Krulik
http://www.planetkrulik.com/pix/scrap/faith.htm,
http://www.planetkrulik.com/gimmick.htm.

Of course Jeff knows her. Jeff knows everyone.

A couple of days later, I read another article in the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55204-2002Aug23.html. It
seems a retired Library of Congress employee, Ralph Whittington, just
sold his extensive collection of porn to the Museum of Sex in New York
http://www.museumofsex.com.

Jeff Krulik is not only quoted in the article, he has made TWO movies
about Ralph Whittington.

Of course Jeff knows him. Jeff knows everyone.

In order to test my theory, I conducted a really crappy survey. I asked
three people over the last few days if they knew Jeff Krulik. They all
did. I did have to prod one respondent by saying “Heavy Metal Parking
Lot Jeff Krulik” but they all knew him.

This weekend I am attending the First Annual Swordswallowers Convention
http://www.swordswallow.org/events.php in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (The event
looks like loads of fun, you should see who is supposed to be in
attendance http://www.swordswallow.org/ssaifaq.php )

Of course, Jeff Krulik is going to be there.

Now you see how Jeff Krulik has been my plate of shrimp lately.

*I really don’t need to tell you who Jeff Krulik is do I? Jeff Krulik is
Heavy Metal Parking Lot http://www.planetkrulik.com/hmpl.htm , I Created
Lancelot Link http://www.planetkrulik.com/link.htm and Ernest Borgnine
on the Bus http://www.planetkrulik.com/borgnine.htm . Jeff is SO cool,
he lets you watch his movies from the comfort of your own computer. Do
yourself a HUGE favor and watch Heavy Metal Parking Lot. I must have
seen it a million times and it still cracks me up I love the zebra
stripe muscle shirt guy “madonna can go to hell… she’s a dick” and the
red-headed “Hell, Yeah!” girl.

posted by Scott "Unpainted" Huffines at 11:03 PM | Permanent Link

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Some articles from the archives...

Sideshow! Carnival Oddities and Illusions Provide Lessons for Skeptics

Fan Site for the Shocked and Amazed! Vol. 5 publication party.

posted by Scott "Unpainted" Huffines at 1:45 AM | Permanent Link

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