Not to start this post off as an attention seeking plea on your sensibility, but I have been in need of laughter for the last week or so. Ian has been kind enough to take the helms of most of CxNx while I get everything back in working order in my life. Maybe I'm phoning this one in, but I think by putting down what makes me laugh (everytime) it may give you a bit of insight on how my brain works, and where my humor comes from.

1. Tom Green at Joker's Wild

Say what you want about Tom Green, but I was (and still am) a huge fan of his. Maybe a career self saboteur, Tom always did what was funny to him and his friends. It wasn't until the twilight of his Mtv stint where everything seemed forced, and fame came to him too intensely, and prematurely. This was a skit he did at a comedy club with a concealed camera capturing every glorious minute of this hilarious performance.

We need a little help with this one. Seems pretty valid, but we didn't get much background info. Thanks-- cXnX mGmX

Mike X. (Pittsburgh, PA)

"hEy is this andy? gimem a bunker sticker"




Orij email.

 

Any Pittsburgh Chux ChaZerZ know where this place is?  Or if it's even in the Burgh?  Or if it even exists?



                                      We saw this story. We took interest.  We. Took. aXtion.






The original incident (artist's rendering).




Artists rendering of the Tornado.





Artist's rendering of the artist who rendered the tornado (meaningless).





Artistically rendered fat.

                                       


  

This is a pipe.

"Youse guise maketh me sick!"

Paul and Ian worked on a fake radio program for many years, sorta like that Pirate Radio movie, except with way more listeners.  So take a listen as they cover the highlights of the golden years of WPIX (1989-1992), providing them a foundation of sloppy audio editing for years to come...




























And(!) in case we want to get sued(!), there is an actual (famous!) WPIX, but from the evidence, it seems we may have been involved without knowing it, though if I may say so, we can handle our RT a little better...

XOXO-- cXnX mGmX

It's extremely rare that Paul and I are equally excited about any band or art or act or thing thing thing.  While we both appreciate eachother's tastes, one of us usually ends up as the clearly more enthusiastic admirer.  So, when Paul flipped through a local paper in search of any entertainment for his Chicago debauchery and came across Peelander-Z, we both drunkenly agreed we must be in attendance. The surprising fact is that the next day, sober, we still fully intended on going.  In our on-going cultural exchange with our chuX chaZerz, we present our brief encounter with the overwhelming yelps of maddenigly life-affirming feedback that is Japan Comic Action Punk, one that began with us running one mile from a mistaken location to the front of the stage.  (Acknowledgement to Kris who first introduced me to this magic some 4 years ago.) It's equally rare that someone creates a body of work that so much aligns with our philosophies:  Respect, Joy, Brotherhood, Fantasy Tigers and Space Monkeys, Grotesque Amounts of Food Obsession, Sincerity, Color Coordination and a Good Show.  To be honest, I have nothing new to add regarding my schoolboycrush-style affinity for this band, nothing that any other appreciator of their song craft and stage show hasn't already said and said better than I could.  The only point I'll make is that an equal amount of reviews concerning P to tha Z are either dismissive or overly analytical.  I greatly appreciate that this band is nothing more than what they present and are happy to be.

Dance breakdown during "Ninja High Schooool"!

                      





Self-promotion and personal hygiene-- Paul with Peelander-Yellow.

                  

Peelander-Pink also enjoys the taste of her own nose-pickins.

Peelander-Red's reaction to Ian stealing his goggles? Still rockin'.

Paul, Peelander-Green and Bigbootyhoze. Download: Peelander-Z - Ninja High Schooool

                       

What I was so happy about the city was the ease and availability of public transportation. One phone call and a cab arrives at your place in just a few minutes!


Although not a big baseball fan, I was amped to see Wrigley Field, one of the most famous stadiums in the world. It was hard to contain my excitement with all the Cubs fans celebrating all over the place.

I've always been hard on street art, this one is not only unique, but I'm sure is politically inspired.


The Water Tower place is a huge steel building 74 stories long piercing the skyline of Chicago. It's located in the Miracle Mile section of the city, which reminds me of New York City with its commercial blitz to your senses.


This was located outside the Hancock building, the sixth tallest building in the US. It has a place to eat of floor 95, and a pool on the 44th floor the tallest in the US. I was excited to see inside but, the hot steamy weather kept us from raising myself to the top floor.


This was outside the Old Water Tower, it was erected in 1869 primarily to hold a ton of water in case of a fire, and now has turned into a visitor's center for all the tourists. The building looks so much like a penis I could not stop laughing.


This is one of the hundred of newsstands around the city, we took a picture after how limp my body felt after walking so much. It was here that I found out which park Peelander-Z was playing in that night.


The Chicago Tribune one of the oldest, and famous newspapers in the US. The building was such a beautiful hard stone, it looked like a castle.


This building sticks out like a sore thumb amongst all the tall buildings in the city. It's a french renaissance inspired building housing the Wrigley company.


This was the long stretching city scape of Chicago; truly beautiful.


This is where Ian works his long and hard hours day after day at Microsoft.

This was in Millennium Park in the heart of Chicago. This is called the Cloud Gate, one of the most photographed attractions in the world. Kids were so excited putting their hands all over it admiring the shape and feel of it.

here's one that's pretty straightforward.  not much to add except that you get a set of cXnX bumper stixerz if we use your sighting, so keep em coming.  unfortchz, due tue legalness, we aren't really allowed to say whether we think our submissions are actually Andy or not.--cXnX mGmX

"hey guys.  settle a bet.  i saw andy kaufman last week and my work buddy keeps arguing with me about it.  it was at the Dix Ford dealership off 30.

i went to look at new trucks and this dude jumped out from behind one right when i came onto the lot.  sure i was pissed i almost clocked the guy but i was like wait a minute i know this guy it's andy kaufman.  so i laughed and told him i was a big fan.  he's like a big fan of what?  trucks?  me too then started pretending like he was in a truck and beeping like he was backing up.  it was funny and we just kept lookin around the lot.

so like 5 minutes later i'm lookin at a truck and he pops up from the drivers side window.  he didnt scare me that time but my buddy jumped like ten feet.  so we just started ignorin him but he follow us around.  we were circlin this one pickup and he came runnin from the otehr side of the lot and took a flying leap over the hood.  he didnt clear the hood.  so like now a salesman came out and was just sorta starin from the doorway, like he was pretty pissed off.  andy walked off the lot and i turned to my buddy.  i was like, dude that's andy kaufman and he was telling me no no no.



the salesman came up to us and asked if everything was ok and we said yes.  about 5 minutes later andy comes back up to the lot sorta sneaky and starts following us around just lookin over my shoulder and sayin ahh mmhmm yes.  then out of nowhere he says you don't want that.  i said what?  he said you don't want a truck. look at this bike.  it's got two wheels. two!  we tried to ignore him again but he kept talkin about how great the bike  was.  he started singin "infinity mi-iles."  he told us you can't pop a wheelie in a truck and started ringing the bell.  he was saying look?  see?  a bell!  way better than a horn.

then he started growling.  he was talking about prices and shoving paperwork in your face.  he was like thats your name right? thats your address right?  what's you're address?  hey see this bike?  someone famous owned it.  who was it.  he was on tv.  i said was it andy kaufman?  he said no no that guy from the one show i cant remember.  he started trying to force me to sit on the bike and shoving the bike in between my legs saying how natural it feels.  wel that was about it.  i thanked andy and went inside to use the head.

i came back out and the salesman and andy were screamin at each other.  the salesman was tellin andy to leave and andy said you owe me 32.50 for the day!  as i was getting in my truck, the owner John Dix (you know the commercials right?)  came out of his office with a gun... shit.  i got the hell out of there. the whole time my buddy was takin pictures. i said why are you taking pictures if that's not andy kaufman.  he didnt have an answer for that.

He left us with a flyer which i kept it was nothing like bike andy was trying to sell us.

so you guys are the experts what do you think?  what do i get if you post this?"