During the VietNam war, can't remember which year, the Fugs performed a
ceremony at the Pentagon, in which they attempted to cause it to levitate.
Several thousand claim that it did, if just a little, but they may have
been a wee bit mind-altered at the time.
My own thought was, "where's a hex wrench when you need one?"
Mark
At 07:01 AM 8/10/2001 -0700, Frank Parker wrote:
>The Fugs: Founded in early 1965, the Fugs have performed and issued albums
>and CDs for the last 35 years.
>
>http://www.thefugs.com/
>
>Ed Sanders-- founder and singer. American bard, social activist,
>environmentalist, novelist and publisher of The Woodstock Journal
>(http://www.woodstockjournal.com/home.html). He also invents musical
>instruments such as the Talking Tie and the microtonal Microlyre. Sanders
>new books are "America, A History in Verse, Vol. 1 (1900-1939)" and
>"America, A History in Verse, Vol. 2 (1940-1961)" (excerpts available online
>at The Woodstock Journal) from Black Sparrow Press and "The Poetry and Life
>of Allen Ginsberg".
>
>Tuli Kupferberg-- co-founder and singer. Kupferberg's poems and songs are
>popular around the world. He has become a well known political cartoonist in
>recent years. His latest book, from Autonomedia, is "Teach Yourself
>Fucking".
>
>Steve Taylor-- vocals and guitars. His beautiful voice gives the Fugs
>outstanding vocal qualities on tunes set to the poems of William Blake and
>classics such as "Crystal Liaison," "Slum Goddess," and "Morning Morning.."
>Taylor is a professor of writing at Naropa University in Boulder Colorado,
>and a noted composer who performed with Allen Ginsberg for many years. His
>string quartet setting to Allen Ginsberg's poem "White Shroud" is an
>outstanding 20th century composition.
>
>Coby Batty-- drums, percussion and vocals. Coby is a well known musician and
>songwriter with his own band in Richmond, Virginia. Batty has performed with
>Don Cherry, John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne and many others. He has a powerful
>singing voice.
>
>Scott Petito-- bass and keyboards. Petito is a well known record producer
>who operates NRS Recording studios near Woodstock, where many groups have
>recorded such as The Band, The Fugs, and many others. Currently Petito
>performs with the singer Leslie Ritter as the Leslie Ritter and Scott Petito
>band.
>
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