John Law recalls: 16 people went on this climb. This was way too many. Dmitri said to me at one point: “Gee John. I almost passed out back there.” I reassured him & never got outside of arms reach all night. This was the largest group I ever lead on the GGB. Plenty of chills! […]
John Law recalls: The first event I organized. Dave remembered some storm tunnels he had explored as a kid. Dave, Gary and I scoped these tunnels one afternoon. We entered upstream at Mills College (all girl) in one of the tunnel inflows that Dave remembered from 35 years before. We went downstream trying to […]
March 11, 1977 Baby Beautiful Contest Here is the announcement in the first SC nooseletter in Feb 1977 John Law recalls: Entered shill baby: Sweet Pea Sheffield: Ron & Shirley as folks, borrowed a real baby from someone. Dave W. Covered in pink Calamine lotion, paper mache head, big lolli-pop. Gary kept laughing so hard […]
This paper is an attempt at describing the succession of stunts, parodies, and put ons that have gathered so much attention for Communiversity and, at the same time, present the ridiculous concept of organizing principles for creating chaos, anarchy and high times. Towards this end it may also be referred to as ROBERTS RULES OF DISORDER. IT is shared […]
A WAY TOO SHORT BIOGRAPHY: David T. Warren (aka: Flamo LaGrande, R. J. Mololopozy) lived a strange and unique life. After a tempestuous upbringing in the home of a prominent building contractor in Hayward, Dave left town with a traveling carnival. Here he learned the art of eating fire as well as various sideshow skills […]
The Most Beautiful Baby Dave asked me to play the “mother” of the baby for the most beautiful baby contest he wanted to enter. I borrowed a baby from a friend for the pre-contest physical checkup (probably just to confirm that there really was a baby!). I went down and filled out all the paperwork […]
1978 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN – ON THE ISSUE FREAKS OF NATURE… ODDITIES OF BIRTH in… A TRIBUTE TO FILM PARANOIA!! AT THE ROXIE THE FIVE THOUSAND FINDERS OF DR. T Made in 1953 in color, Hollywood’s and the fifties forgotten fantasy that is probably the strangest film ever made with a beginnings, middle and end, […]
Our format has been adopted to insure the minimum of arguing, bickering, amending, censoring, and voting on other people’s ideas,rules, and other volatile subjects. Each person is totally responsible for their fantasy, the logistics of carrying it out, and the rules they want abided. It is up to the members to decide if they want to attend and when, if […]
CARNIVAL COSMOLOGY – Gary Warne The world is a midway; cities are its sideshows. The only difference between children and adults is that there is no one to take care of us. When we left home it meant we were lost on the midway and, unlike God, the carny boss will only let us ride […]
Memorial Gathering On January 2, 2010 many old friends gathered to remember and honor David T. Warren, who passed away on this day in 2009. As a tribute to the man of many paradoxes, we had a memorial/celebration of his life. Perhaps you were there, or perhaps you wished you could have been there. Hopefully […]
David died in 2009 after a most interesting life. A memorial service was held on Jan 2, 2010, fun was had! David would have approved.
Inspired by the Suicide Club, the Cacophony Society took its name from the Suicide Club’s motto of ‘entering into Cacophony’ More, faster, harder…. See: http://www.cacophony.org/
For 5 years from 1977 to 1982, the Suicide Club nooseletter rolled out every month and many events from mild to wild occurred. Go to the Events page for a complete list.
The Gorilla Grotto was a play space created by Gary Warne in 1979 as an experimental store-front café and “adult play environment,”. It was an ambitious attempt to engage thinking adults with their world and their fellow humans in playful and sometime shocking ways. Each night of the week, a different theme was presented. In-depth interviews of “experts” on a wide variety […]
The Calaveras County Frog Jump was made famous by Mark Twain Judy Lee first proposed this event in May 78 in nooseletter #5 What ended up happening is that we entered one of our own (JW) as a contestant dressed in a frog suit. Meanwhile Flamo Le Grand (David Warren) wandered the grounds hawking fresh […]
RULES GOVERNING A HEARSE AS SET FORTH IN MORTICIAN’S MONTHLY DIGEST I. The hearse can be used for newsletter events, transporting materials to set up an event and scouting, although newsletter events take precedence over all others. Spot events are qualified by calling and contacting five other members to ask them to accompany you. They do not have to be able […]
