OFF TOPIC (very funny)

[Hardman DK]

Pardon me for bunging up the list with non-BOC/HW material. HOwever, I
did think the following was very funny and that list members might
appreciate it.

Dave

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Newgroups:
alt.misc.forteana Subject: Anarchy In China Town

The following was reported by M. Burgess using
the Fortean Times - On line reporting service

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Seen in China News on 15/9/95


" Wang Mo-Lin confessed to reporters at a news conference in Panchiao,
after the town's Broken Life Festival had ended amid scenes of
violence and disarray. "Frankly, what was supposed to be a serious
concert of alternative music was treated by most of the groups as an
opportunity to cause trouble." Wang, the director of Taiwan's Body
Phase Studio performance art troupe, explained how the evening had
degenerated into chaos: "First the leader of the Swiss group
"Schimpfluch_ ran around the hall dressed in bin liners and randomly
kissing women, until one of them bit him so hard on the lip that he
had to be taken to hospital. Next, the Japanese noise group C.C.C.C.
abandoned their performance, because the previous act had dumped sewer
water over the audience, and the stench caused their drummer to vomit
during his solo. Then it got worse.  Z.S.L.Q.'s entire act consisted
of a short man in stockings being chased around the hall by a couple
who, when they caught him, crammed garbage, gravel and rotting food
into his mouth. By the time Eric Lai came on and swallowed a live boa
constrictor, which then crawled unharmed out of his colon, members of
the audience were vomiting in their seats. And finally, knowing that
only an act of extreme insanity could top what had come before, LTK
Community ended the evening by pouring gasoline all over the stage,
setting fire to it and gutting the entire auditorium. I now plan to
take this show to Europe, and have been told by a British policeman to
contact Andrew Lloyds Webber, a man who understands the avante garde
and owns many theatres in London."

Contact email address: m.burgess at bbcnc.org.uk


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