Somehow, back in San Francisco in 1977, I did a “Thanksgiving Radio Special” on KPFA.  I read some pseudo-Americana, sang some songs, and brought my colleague Bill Irwin to demonstrate hat tricks and to chat with me.  I had recorded 78s from my collection on a portable tape recorder; and kept that fading in and […]

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At the last Ullage Group event, I handed out party favors.  Since we were showing films by John Keel, that noted ufologist, I made some flying saucer wooden nickels, using rubber stamps he had once owned.  

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Robin Hoffman drew this sketch of me, in performance at the Jalopy Theater.  You can find out more about her at www.robinhoffman.com.

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I wrote and performed “A Campaign Speech” for “The General Election Rally Vote Ballot,” an event curated by Mel Brimfield for the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2007.  I appeared via DVD, videoed by Anthony Matt.

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Advice from an old ukulele manual, here made into pinbacks for more general application.

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In 1981 and 1982, choreographer Helen Dannenberg organized a sort of open mike night for dancers and performers in San Francisco.  She asked me to come up with the flyers.  Here are four of them.

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Some evocative pictures of Doug and Eddie, in this proof sheet by Laurie Simmons.

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The Doug and Mike mural was created for an exhibit called “Activated Walls,” at Artists Space in NYC, in 1993.  Mike and I used the opportunity to produce a large (16′ x 19′) flyer for our puppet show; smaller flyers can be seen in a box next to Russell.  Alison Mork drew Doug and Mike; […]

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“Dance #1” is a brief 8mm film I made for a performance in San Francisco, back in 1976.  It was made up of footage from home movies and from old silent movies.  I did a few films like this, but this was the only one to be screened. Here’s what you saw: 1. water pouring […]

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Cracking Up (1996) was a film written and directed by Matt Mitler, who also played the lead, a self-destructive comedian.  I was one of the many downtown performers who appeared.  

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