…Exploring the role of the prankster as artist, activist and social observer and the significance of the prank in society.
Here you will find tips from the pros about intent, content, and technique to help you be successful in getting your message across.
On January 30, 2008 the Decapitator returned.
From Scott Beale of Laughing Squid:
Remember “The Decapitator“, the guy who went around London altering advertising to give a gruesome appearance of a decapitation. Well he”s back, this time decapitating heads on ads in thelondonpaper. He”s even made a detailed video showing the entire hijacking, alteration and re-placement process.
Related link:
Submitted by Kate McCamy’s Dad:
If you are sitting next to someone who irritates you on an airliner, follow these instructions:
1. Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case.
2. Remove your laptop.
3. Start it up.
4. Make sure the guy who is annoying you, can see the screen.
5. Close your eyes and tilt your head up to the sky.
6. Then click this link at boortz.com
Writer, Destiny interviews RU Sirius about the online Pranks course he’ll soon be teaching:
On February 11 (Note new date), countercultural writer and historian RU Sirius is teaching an online course on Pranks, Pranksters, Tricksters, & Tricks for the Maybe Logic Institute, an online academy started by friends and supporters of the late Discordian legend Robert Anton Wilson. Sirius promises to teach trickster mythology and prankster history and to lead the class in planning and making pranks. Prankster legend/ArtofthePrank.com Editor Joey Skaggs, and Mark Hosler of Negativland, will both be dropping in on the course. I asked him a few questions about the upcoming class.
Destiny: Your course covers Pranksters and Tricksters. Is there a difference between them?
RU Sirius: There’s a lot of crossover, but yeah, they’re different. For starters, obviously the trickster is a mythological concept — or a series of mythological figures — and a prankster is a real flesh and blood mortal. Trickster activities generally take place among the gods. Tricksters prank powerful, otherworldly beings while pranksters prank schmucks who think they’re in control. Continue reading “Destiny Interviews RU Sirius”
[Editor’s Note: Joey Skaggs will be dropping in to RU Sirius’ online class during the week of February 18, 2008 (Note new date). So, if you’re registered, you’ll have an opportunity to ask questions and share comments with him.]
An invitation from RU Sirius: I’ll be teaching a 6 week online course at the Maybe Logic Academy February 11 – March 23, 2008 (Note new dates). Join us!
Pranks and Pranksters, Tricksters & Tricks
The brilliant ones open up a space in the world for magic(k), ambiguity, and novelty. They encourage us to question authority and better still, they cause us to question reality.
In this course, we will discuss the history of pranks and pranksterism in the contemporary world. We will examine mythical and world historic tricksters like Coyote, Bugs Bunny, Crowley, Puck, Heyoka, Papa Legba, Lucifer, and more. And we’ll explore and discuss the role pranksters and tricksters play in cultures. I will also discuss some of my own pranks and tricks and legendary pranksters Mark Hosler of Negativland and Joey Skaggs will be dropping in on the course to answer questions.
Finally, we will plan pranks, make pranks, and maybe even leave the course with a dedicated prankster cabal. No fooling.
Course texts:
Check here for information about the Maybe Logic Academy and an explanation of how their online classes work.
RU Sirius is co-editor of 10 Zen Monkeys and author of Counterculture Through The Ages: From Abraham to Acid House. He was a Yippie! in the early 1970s, Editor-In-Chief of Mondo 2000 in the early ’90s, and is currently hosting two attempts to create political organizations — QuestionAuthority and Open Source Party at MondoGlobo.net.
How to shoot through a bottle cap with a finger:
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