…Exploring the role of the prankster as artist, activist and social observer and the significance of the prank in society.
From the Vault: Maqdananda
“Why deal with the legal system without knowing the outcome beforehand?”-Maqdananda
Legal council from the other side. From courtrooms to crystal balls, Maqdananda brings legal advice to another dimension.
Joey Skaggs as Maqdananda, Psychic Attorney, in a :30 CNN TV commercial (1994).
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there” – George Harrison
Follow Joey Skaggs, cultural proctologist, on TikTok at joeyskaggs.artist.
Therapist Baba Wa Simba, the Lion King, has the answer: Be like a lion and roar!
Check out the story behind Baba Wa Simba here.
Here comes the judge… Again!
Elon Musk declares his AI, Grok, will be the new judge and jury once it has devoured all judicial case law. Says Musk on X, “With Grok 3, we are adding all court cases to the training set. It will render extremely compelling legal verdicts.”
Solomon says, “Wait a minute, Joey Skaggs created me 30 years ago as a distributed program running on a set of super computers that would deliberate on the facts and evidence of a case and deliver a definitive verdict.”
Appropriation isn’t appreciation, it’s exploitation. Give credit where credit is due. https://joeyskaggs.com/works/solomon-project/
Here’s an excerpt from “Joey Skaggs: The Solomon Project” oral history film:
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Solomon asks, “What other creative concepts has Elon pilfered?”
Maggie Reed, @mermaidmamamags, asks: Are We Doing This Right MAGA? And Adam Wren of Politico, ‘splains how Gavin Newsom is the new Trump troll.
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“How Gavin Newsom trolled his way to the top of social media,” by Adam Wren, Politico, August 20, 2025.
With an inescapable, smashmouth, all-caps-laden and meme-filled X account, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is holding a mirror up to MAGA — and MAGA doesn’t like what it sees.
There’s Newsom on Mount Rushmore. There’s Newsom getting prayed over by Tucker Carlson, Kid Rock and an angelic, winged Hulk Hogan. There’s Newsom posting in all caps, saying his mid-cycle redistricting proposal has led “MANY” people to call him “GAVIN CHRISTOPHER ‘COLUMBUS’ NEWSOM (BECAUSE OF THE MAPS!). THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.”
If this genre of social media post provokes deja vu, there’s a good reason for that.