Eccentrics
More Stephen Cohen
Perhaps you recall a recent report (I seem to recall Chuck covered the incident) about a performance artist in Paris who attached a rooster to his genitals for a public parade. That was Stephen Cohen, and here's more about him.
Caution: some mild, non-sexualized nudity.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 01, 2014 -
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Category: Body, Eccentrics, Performance Art, Africa
Arthur Gehrke, the Human Hibernator
Arthur "Turkey" Gehrke of Watertown, Wis., had an odd habit. Every November he would go to bed and stay there until the following April. He told the press, "I hibernate and don't get into trouble; while I may miss some fun, I also miss a lot of disagreeable things." He also said, "If more folks went to bed all winter, there wouldn't be so much trouble and confusion in the world."
Strangely, his business didn't suffer because of his sleep habits. He owned a bar, the Turkey's Roost. He hired a temporary bartender to replace him during his hibernation, and the publicity because of his hibernating actually attracted extra business.
Gehrke began his habit of hibernating in 1913 and continued it until his death in 1942.
Here's some sources where you can read more about him: The Milwaukee Journal - Sep 29, 1935, Watertown History, and the Wisconsin State Journal.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 07, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Sleep and Dreams, 1930s
Motorized Skates
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 19, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Motor Vehicles, Chindogu, 1960s
Andy Rolan, The Donkey Man
Read everything in two columns up till the break, then everything after the break.
BREAK
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 12, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Eccentrics, Regionalism, 1970s
Human Hamster Wheel
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 06, 2014 -
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Category: Domestic, Eccentrics, Museums, Performance Art
The Cheese Test
A clip from the late-80's cable access program "The Eddie Marshall Show." The guy in the video, Toby Radloff, is actually famous enough to have his own Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 27, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, 1980s
Professor Turned Clown
Discontented with the life of a professor of economics, Dr. Charles Boas became Onions the Clown.
I'm sure this thrilled any living parents who might have helped pay for years of higher education.
Read the whole story here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 05, 2014 -
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Category: Clowns, Eccentrics, 1960s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia
Walter Potter
The Wikipedia page.
Alas, the museum was dissolved in 2003.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 23, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Eccentrics, Hobbies and DIY, Museums, Outsider Art, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK
More info here.
And on the co-feature.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 22, 2014 -
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Category: Celebrities, Eccentrics, Movies, Superstition, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Russia, Facial Hair
Space Lady
Interview here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 05, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Music, Outsider Art
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