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or disillusionment at the shrinking
number of watchers. When the fati-
gued congregation reached the inter-
section of Fiorucci and Disco Revival
their numbers shrank like a Pakistani
t-shirt in hot water. Bandwagons en
route to "The Next Big Thing" be-
came so crowded that mass transit
studies were initiated. The press
went to cover Michael Jackson and
everybody forgot about the parade.
But it kept marching, the doomed i
procession, with the few diehards
joined by an unending supply of
young skinheads on skateboards. At
the head of the movement today,
riding in faded black convertibles
(which actually contain specks of
orange, blue, purple and green that
you can see up close) are the
members of Sonic Youth, Big Black,
Scratch Acid, Live Skull and the But-
thole Surfers. The new underground
sound owes as much to jazz as it
does to rock. It comes out at a fre-
quency that most people can't hear,
but it twitches the ears and souls of
those that can. It tells you that
everything you know is wrong, and
everything you feel is right, but you
don't really know what you feel. It
doesn't accept Jimi's death. It wants
you to police yourself, starting inside
and working your way out. It takes the
hole and leaves the donut. It tells you
that one minute of feedback is worth
a thousand words. It's white people
twisting wormy hair and thinking
black thoughts. It's the sound of
things being put together against
their will. It's not a good place to meet
chicks. You don't fit in? Join the club.
The Butthole Surfers are free.
Freedom is destroying the nets that
hold the past and making sure the
lines to the future are well above your
head. Their minds work as if they've
been sequestered from taboos. If you
can think it but can't say it, you're not
free. If it comes out of your body, you
shouldn't be afraid to hold it in your
hand.
They stood me up the first time I
was supposed to interview them.
Freedom is relying on a mental ap-
pointment book and smoking so
much marijuana that you don't even
remember where you left the book,
let alone that there's a page in it that
tells you to be at Taco Cabana at two
o'clock because at that very same
time and place there will be a man
who did not bring a tape recorder
because he wondered what he
sounded like eating bad Mexican
food.
A day or two later, I went over to
their house and I learned a lot. Here
is a list of things I didn't know when
I arrived at the home of the Butthole
Surfers, but I know now
1. Gibby talked to Linda Ronstadt
once. He told her, "Your show was
wonderful. You're so beautiful." And
meant it.
2. Butthole Surfers have two cuts on
the new God's Favorite Dog compila-
tion on Touch and Go.
3. Paul has a bet with former Rolling
Stone writer Charles M. Young, who
is a New York Giants fan. If the Giants
finish ahead of the Cowboys in their
division this year, Paul has to give
Charles a sculpture he made in junior
high on acid. If the Cowboys finish
better than the Giants, Charles has
pay a nurse to give Paul an enema.
4. The Butthole Surfers are big Dallas
Cowboys fans.
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5. Gibby's birthday is September 30,
the same day that James Dean died.
6. If you pour beer on a motel televi-
sion screen, it goes out and then
pops on in five minutes.
7. Gibby, Paul and Jeff, the bass
player, watch The Young and the
Restless. Drummers Teresa and King
watch All My Children.
8. The Butthole Surfers got Eddie
Money really stoned once.
9. They're sending the winners to bet-
ter places on the new Dating Game,
according to Teresa, but Jeff saw a
couple win a trip to St. Louis.
10. You don't see Mr. Donut's face
during the entire Mr. Donut film. All
you see of him is his butt, which has
about 40 or 50 cigarette burns on it.
11. "Prince Albert" refers to the ac-
tual hole, not the hardware..
12. Gibby once found a ring belong
ing to Neil Schon of Journey, and
when he gave it back to him, he didn't
get turned onto coke or pot.
13. Paul can't believe that he's known
Gary Floyd (ex-Dicks) all this time,
and he didn't know that watersports
aren't just enemas.
14. Butthole Surfers loved living in
Athens, GA, where they, on more
than one occasion, bought mari-
juana two doors down from Michael
Stipe's house.
15. They moved back to Austin
because they wanted to walk where
Charlie Sexton walked.
16. When a Butthole Surfer asks you
if you want an education they mean,
"Do you want a beer?" If a few peo-
ple want educations, they count off.
which makes things easier for the
beer fetcher
17. The Butthole Surfers left for their
second tour of Europe in January.
18. They're big in Holland.
19. They love Magnum Pl.
20. They love Indian food.
21. They love their dog.
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