Hey Frank, Rich W. here...COMMENCEMENT

Hey Brother Frank.
Sorry you all got sick. I remember that happening last time you came to visit.
Overjoyed you have your own collection of richie werner art.
I was really happy with my piece for the first ten minutes- About halfway through the Manson piece.
Realized I had set my goals high for a 5AM performance. Had another coupla bits but drunk folk kept knocking puppets over backstage so I decided to quit while I was ahead and go for the paint.
I've been in training for the last month and a half to play a boxer in a show called FUBAR opening at NOTE in late April. Beautiful dark play. Very exciting role.
I've always felt as an actor one has to earn the right to play a role. Now I'm putting my money where my mouth is.
Gonna look like a monster when the show opens.
After the show closes I work at The Hollywood Bowl through early fall.
After that I might go visit my Brother in New Orleans where he lives. I've never been. I hear its a pretty amazing place.
Might try out for an up coming production of TITUS ANDRONICUS after that
but some time within this year I'd love to come to your neck of the woods for a weekend so lets talk about that soon my friend.
Sorry about the car problems as well. That stinks.
I really appreciate the all-stars making such a Herculean effort to be here.
Glad you had fun.
Thanks for bringing your literature as well. We still have a few copies in our lobby!

Here's that piece you requested.
Happy to answer any questions about any of the artists I mentioned. I think you know most of them. Plenty of info on line as well.
Cheers!
Rich W.

COMMENCEMENT


repeat after me...

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flea fly (r)
flea fly flo (r)
flea fly flo flum (r)
flea fly flo flum (r)
flea fly flo flum (r)
coomaladda coomaladda cooomalada viste (r)
anna annanaviste (r)
coomaladda coomaladda cooomalada viste (r)
anna annanaviste (r)
viste (r)
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inimini picanlini oowa ochalini hatchi patchi cumarachi oowa ah
inimini picanlini oowa ochalini hatchi patchi cumarachi oowa ah (r)
ish bibaly oopm boopm omah ah ditn datn wanaaaaaatch.....
ish bibaly oopm boopm omah ah ditn datn wanaaaaaatch......

you muthafuckas tired yet?
it is i
the ghost of muthafuckin christmas past
here to give you last tidings
here to greet the baby new year with those big fweeken ears
and that sweet little pussy.
here to herald the beginning of the end
the last of the last stands man
change is here
change is here
what do we do now?
no need for the mal contents
no need for the poets ...
and no pay for the players
the performance artists, the storytellers
what oh what oh what will become of us now?
whatever will be come of alllllllllll my heroes.................
................................................................
this is for...
this is in tribute to...
this is in salute to...

to jack smith
and ethyl eichelburger and rachel rosenthal
and reza abdoh
and tom murin the alien comic
to jim turner
and annie sprinkle and penny arcade
and black eyed susan
to ellen stewart
to schecner
to vitali
to chaikin
to brook
to the becks and to becket and to..........................
.................................................pinter.
To Lee Bruer and Fela Kuti
to Frank Moore and Brother Theodore
To Lenny Bruce and Eric Bagosian
To spalding.... to gregory nunzio corsco
to leguizamo and bob flannigan
to zappa and the mothers
to elizabeth lacompt and the wooster group
to kantor, to kovaks
to syd barret and arthur lee
to iggy and the stooges
to lou and the velvets
to andy... to jean- michell, to patti smith
to matthew barney, to ping chong to robert wilson
to the last poets and to bukowski
to ruth maleczeck and pamela gordon
to cbgbs and danceteria
to awsome alvin ailly and muthafuckin merce cunningham
to the kipper kids to mump and smoot
to the NEA4, and jim serano and maplethorp
to keith haring
to phillip newby
to johnny thunders
to joey ramone to ann magnusson
to lydia lunch and xene and john doe
to rockets redglare to john sex
to klaus nomi....
to peter ivers....

to daffy duck in a devil costume with a belly full of nitro

to a time when rock music and theatre made love and we could all just put on our headphones sit back and
freak out in a moon age daydream
oh yeah....

you are my role models, my collegues mr friends and my ancestors upon whos shoulders I stand.

remember scroogy old boy remember
to live each and every day in the past the present
and the future. (start track 2 bowie's rebel rebel)
ish bibaly oopm boopm omah ah ditn datn wanaaaaaatch.
(sing rebel rebel)

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great piece, rich! it's a honor to be on that list! i would add anna halprin, artaud, and the beats.

give us notice when you can come up and we'll put you on the show's schedule!

could you give me contact emails for vomit, culture clash, and alison arngram?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore