No need to hate, it's just middle America's Haight-Ashbury.  I'm glad there's a place where even ugly losers are accepted for their common interests as opposed to being shunned for their differences.  Sex, drugs and loud music will always have a place in youth culture.  Haven't you ever been to a rave?

Also, the rest of the nation doesn't have to deal with these people for at least 5 days.

headkicker_girl wrote:

That was delightful.  Seriously. I'd rather be there than a tea party rally.  I have now learned that the secret to happiness is titties and weed.

I'd attend a tea party rally if it had titties and weed.  And clown makeup.

headkicker_girl wrote:

That was delightful.  Seriously. I'd rather be there than a tea party rally.  I have now learned that the secret to happiness is titties and weed.

You didn't know that already??  Come on girl, try the Bi

XregnaR wrote:

someone should probably carpet bomb that place with shower gel mixed with weight loss drugs.

That's wasted ordinance and way too humane.

ahhh, modern hippies

Someday we'll compare these gatherings to the original Woodstock

George Orr wrote:

They're not nearly as irritating as those Burning Man twatwaffles.

True 'dat! None of that pretentious "it's art" kerfluffle when you know it's all about the boobies. At least the ICP short buss crowd makes no bones about it. Life is about weed and titties. It's not the deepest of mystical worldviews, but at least it's one of the most honest.

George Orr wrote:

They're not nearly as irritating as those Burning Man twatwaffles.

Have you been to BM?  Tell me what is the irritant, the alkali dust?

September 01, 2007...  Well, keeping up as it may, it seems fun for the 50k or so who go to it.  I never have, first it is too damn hot during the day for someone with my background who isn't a masochist and frankly I can't stay on drugs that long anymore. 

I have had many invitations, but 115 during the day is in mpov, digusting.

I do think the art projects are cool, and I do like the people who I know who go there.

Fled wrote:

Some feel an unexplained antipathy for all things hippie or even faintly related.  I don't really get it.  Why such a negative response to such a harmless crew?

I've always thought that "hippie" types, in general, give off a carefree/uncaring sort of vibe.  People who feel trapped in their own lives tend to react to this with poorly-concealed envy.  Money-minded people often see these people as parasites...Sadly, that is sometimes correct.

For myself, since Burning Man exploded in popularity I've been put off more than a little by the apparent sense of self-importance from many of the attendees, who seem to think that there is some kind of status attached merely to being an attendee. 

The contrast between what Burning Man has become since its origins and the Juggalo gatherings of today is obvious, at least to me.  Give the Juggalos another 20 years to expand and gain a similar sense of self-importance and I'll find them just as irritating.

Whenever people create collectives they will always bring their foibles with them. Even when going through authentic experiences of creative growth, building and evolution. We will always be self absorbed waffletwats at times. It is the human condition. We grow in some ways and stay locked in our human makeup all the same. That does not negate the experiences that lead to collective or personal growth. Or even shared experiences of plain old fun.

At a young age my friends and I got involved with hippie culture. And we quickly came to realize it presented a great opportunity to step out of mundane modern american post industrial existence. A chance to create interesting, if odd ways of living and rethinking the human view of the world. And another way of basic being to interact and share creativity with each other and anyone else we could draw in.  Not a single one of the people I played with could maintain complete creative openness all the time, we remain knuckleheads and outright assholes.

But just because you act like a self absorbed twatwaffle at times doesn't make your celebration any less authentic. More power to you, you freak. It just won't be as fun anymore if you don't laugh at yourself from time to time.

It's that time of year for the shit to hit, specifically it's Juggalo time. And this year they appear to have big ambitions and a marketing budget.

EDIT: Ironically I'm beginning to think this might make for an ideal venue for the High-Street meet-up.

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I did get a chuckle out of them describing juggalos as "free thinkers" and "independents". Harley Owners Groups look like the fucking UN compared to the "originality" quotient in a juggalo-a-thon.

I'm also amazed that they sold out so quickly. Usually when acts start to slip from the public consciousness and head for the cutout bin of history they grab onto the status quo with both hands and never let go. But ICP has seen that they can parlay a 1-joke group into a regular once-a-year gig that nets them some nice promotor dough. All the way to the bank, all the way to the bank.

But I'm going, 'cause Nature Boy Rick Flair, Cheech & Chong and BizMarkee are all coming straight off their "hey, it's 1988" tour.

To be a gang, they would have to be organized.

So I saw this and decided to Google-Image surf "Hot Juggalo".  As hard as it might be to fathom....there weren't any.

Wooooop wooooop motherfuckers!

Juggalos try to cut man's Insane Clown Posse tattoo because he hadn't earned it

Authorities say the victim, 31-year old Zachary Swanson, was so badly injured that doctors were forced to amputate his right arm below the elbow. He remains in critical condition.

According to police, 33-year-old Paul Martin Hurst and 35-year-old Carey Lee Edwards savagely beat Swanson, then tried to unsuccessfully carve the tattoo from his arm. When that didn’t work, the duo allegedly doused Swanson’s arm with flammable liquid and set him on fire

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Didn't they just declare open season on each other?

Baywolfe wrote:

Emmeran wrote:

Didn't they just declare open season on each other?

Nah, they just separated into "Us" and "Them".  I want them all wiped out.

Too bad there's no genetic therapy that can insert genes for musical taste into an adult's brain cells. That would solve a myriad of modern problems.

GooberMcNutly wrote:

My favorite headline of the day: Kid Rock Subpoenaed To Produce Glass Dildo As Evidence In Insane Clown Posse Lawsuit

His retort:
http://www.stereogum.com/1696761/kid-ro … -the-beef/

XregnaR wrote:

GooberMcNutly wrote:

My favorite headline of the day: Kid Rock Subpoenaed To Produce Glass Dildo As Evidence In Insane Clown Posse Lawsuit

His retort:
http://www.stereogum.com/1696761/kid-ro … -the-beef/

The other thing that amazes me is that in the original case the ICP hired this lady



as a publicist, she gets all butt-hurt when they act even slightly like their 24/7 stage personas:

Plaintiff, an in-house publicist and attorney for the outlandish and controversial music group “The Insane Clown Posse” (known as “ICP”) was subjected to constant and pervasive harassment during her tenure, including having a large dildo given to her while at work, and being presented with “vagina tighteners.” Plaintiff was mocked, belittled, and the subject of
sexual advances from top level persons at ICP’s label, Psychopathic Records. Plaintiff was even asked to do illegal and/or unethical things at her job, including Defendants asking her to obtain automatic tommy-guns for a photo shoot. When Plaintiff refused to act unethically or illegally, and reported the sexual harassment she was experiencing at the hands of Defendants, she was terminated.

First, we know that hundreds of prop houses coast to coast can get you tommy guns. Dozens can provide live weapons for a photo shoot. So that's bullshit.

This only re-enforces my opinion of ICP: Too dumb to hire decent lawyers to make sure they lock this kind of stuff up in the contract. But I'm sure she will settle for something big enough to pay the lawyers and small enough to be affordable.