“Hey everyone! Monster Fresh made this group for me, and I think it’s rather ingenious. It worked for Betty White and SNL. I mean, I can picture myself as Slimer, Moranis’s son, the new Stay Puft… Become a fan and pass it on!“ -Har Mar Superstar

BECOME A FAN

I conducted an interview with musician/writer/actor Sean Tillmann (aka: Har Mar Superstar) back in January, in which we spoke of the rumors behind a new Ghostbusters film (now confirmed).  I then asked Tillmann if it was something that he would be interested in being a part of, to which he responded:

“Oh, to be in Ghostbusters 3? It would be amazing. Yes, of course! Are you casting me?”

Of course I was not, but the plan became to get the concept that he was going to be cast out into the ether with the hopes that it would manifest itself into reality.  That didn’t exactly work, but now that I’ve brought up the possibility of such dreams, it’s time for a little follow through.  Since, these days, it has become perfectly clear that the only way to efficiently make a point or to get anything accomplished is to create a FACEBOOK page, here it is.

You loved him in Whip It!, in his Crappy Holidays film shorts, and as “Dancin Rick” in Starsky as Hutch.  With your help, perhaps we will love him in Ghostbusters 3 as “Moranis’ son or like… sidekick?” or something…

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On Christmas day of 2006, James Brown died at the age of 73.   The official cause of death was determined to be congestive heart failure, brought on by complications with pneumonia.   To anyone that remembers his haggard mugshot and takes into account the age of this man and the life he lived, it shouldn’t have been much of a surprise.  He was an amazing innovator who had a great run and left a stamp on the world forever, but it appeared that “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business” was all worked out.  Although the 3 separate New Years Eve performances/appearances that he was slated to make were canceled due to his demise, that didn’t mean that the spectacle was over. In fact, there was 3 separate memorial services held for him instead.  The first was at the Apollo Theater in NY on Dec. 28th, followed by a private memorial for family and friends in North Augusta, SC on the 29th, and then another large scale event on the 30th at James Brown Theater in Augusta, Ga.  Throughout these various services/presentations, the following was included: a open gold casket, a white glass-encased horse drawn carriage to transport it through the streets of New York, nachos, Michael Jackson, Bootsy Collins, a dance by MC Hammer, costume changes for the body, and more (yes… we’re fucking serious).

As is far too common these days with the deaths of celebrities, and even more-so legends, there was a lot of disputes regarding both Brown’s will and where his final resting place had been.  Much like we witnessed last year with the death of Michael Jackson, family members and others actually argued about where to rest the musician’s body.  They had already transported it all over the goddamn East Coast as it was, so I guess they figured that they could shift it around a bit more.  I’m sure it’s all in keeping with whatever they feel James would have desired because, honestly, who wouldn’t want their lifeless corpse dragged around by horses, redressed constantly, put on display, and then buried and reburied after their death?  First his body was temporarily placed in a temperature controlled room at his estate, before being moved to an “undisclosed location“, as his common-law widow, Tomi Rae Hynie, and his children viciously argued about where it’s permanent resting place should be.  It only took a little over 10 weeks after his death for both sides to come to an agreement “amicably”.  The decision was to build a public mausoleum and, in an effort to keep milking the cash cow, transform the former legends estate into an attraction the likes of Graceland.  Until then, it was chosen for the body to be held temporarily in a crypt at the home of Brown’s daughter Deanna Brown-Thomas.  Another private ceremony was held at Thomas‘ home, which was officiated by Reverend Al Sharpton, just like the previous 3.  Since that date on March 10, 2007, this is where the body has been laid to rest (or rather, “SNOOZE”) for the last 3 years.  Or has it?

As reported by the New York post, a 48 year-old woman by the name of LaRhonda Pettit is actually claiming that JB’s body has gone missing. (more…)

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I just don’t get it.  Why the separation between white and black culture in America?  We have so, so many things that we celebrate in common; it’s just that we haven’t searched youtube deep enough to find them.  I found this today and I offer it as proof that black people have as much utter disdain, disgust and hatred for the dead as we honkies do.

Sure, the thunder clap cannot raise the dead, but it can definitely raise awareness.  If we can all just look past the prejudices that divide us and into these beautiful gyrating lumps of liberty, I am more than confident that the reflection will be red, white and blue.  Not black and white.

This video was originally posted on Worldstarhiphop.com, a site that can boast an “Official Honeys” page, which features a collection of amateur, pornstar, and model ass shaking videos.  Below is the original caption that they posted on WSHH, along with the cemetery footage above (the caption is unedited for grammar…. clearly):

One of our viewers sent us this footage. They reports “Some kids shakin they ass on people graves. SMH what has this world come to?”

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I was just sent a Google instant message from our writer M. Hersted asking, “can you explain this costume to me? i have no idea what it is representing“  Along with his inquiry was a link to Walmart.com, which included the screen shot above.

The obvious first move in my investigation was to enlarge the product image and see what I could deduce from it.

Since I’m fairly positive that it’s not supposed to be a DEVO Booji Boy costume, I was at a loss.  Upon closer inspection, I noticed the dotted lines and arrows on the chest.  Along with the little medical booties, I made the conclusion that the segmented blue lines were supposed to represent pre-surgical markings and that the costume was supposed to simulate the body of a plastic surgery patient.  Still…. something wasn’t adding up. (more…)

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Recently, Washington DC artist, Mark Jenkins caused panic in the streets over another one of his crafty life-like sculptures.  Locals in Winston-Salem, NC bugged out and “lost they damn minds” after noticing, what appeared to be, a woman laying motionless across top of an abandoned billboard.  Fearing that the woman might have been dead, shocked pedestrians called in law-enforcement officers to investigate the situation.  Of course, after removing “her” from the sign, authorities quickly realized that the it was nothing more than an elaborate sculpture formed from packing tape.

My only guess is that their assumptions were either:

A)

For some overly dramatic statement, a dying woman must have used her last ounce of remaining strength to scale a huge billboard, only to fall into her eternal slumber length-wise across it’s form.

OR

B)

In a misguided and poorly thought out plan, a murderer chose to hide the remains of their victim on top of the one structure created, specifically to bring attention to anything posted on it.

Here’s Sept. 23, news footage of the scenario via CNN.com:

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San Francisco artist, Gregg “Gigart” Gordon, has been the the screen-print game for a minute and has produced some of the craziest and most recognizable rock posters over the last 10 plus years.  One of the things that I really like about Gordon’s , beyond the consistent innovation in his work, is that he is also a huge fan of the band WEEN.  If you saw the Cockroach/pimp Gigart print from WEEN’s 2007 Seattle performance, you could probably tell that his affinity for the group is reflected in the work that he puts out.  It is also clear, as in all of his posters, that Gregg truly takes his subjects into account when he is constructing his designs.

The last weekend, Gordon set up a booth at Flatstock during the Bumbershoot festival here in Seattle.  I was unable to attend, but was fortunate enough to get someone to pick up one Gregg’s Samurai Tiger prints that were made specifically for the occasion.  Also sold at the Flatstock event were a pair of posters that were made for two separate Southern California WEEN show dates.  Each individual poster is astounding in its own right but, when combined, they form one even more amazing and unified larger print.  The poster that makes up the left side of the image is from a Sept. 1st performance by the group at the FOX Theater in Pomona,Ca, while the right side is from an Anaheim date at The Grove from the following day.  At Flatstock, these prints sold for $50 a pop ($100 for the pair).  Today, however, Gordon has finally released them to the public at a reduced price of $40 a piece and $70 for the set.  Generally, the price would increase for something like this, which is what prompted me to throw up a post about this opportunity today; that and the fact that we love WEEN.  As a collector, however, these will definitely go up in value.  These are signed and numbered by the artist with a limited run of 200.

Hopefully this doesn’t sound too much like a web infomercial, because I’m not in the habit of fucking around and hyping shit for sale on Monster Fresh.  The intention here is solely to give a heads up to those who do read the site.  We want to let you know about this crazy art before it disappears and the only way to get the set is by dropping twice as much loot to get them from a reseller.

TO PURCHASE, FOLLOW THESE LINKS:

September 1st FOX Theater poster
September 2nd The Grove poster
The Set of Both

or just head to Gigart.com

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