That's Your Gathering: The 10th Annual Gathering Of The Juggalos
This is INCREDIBLE. A 14-minute infomercial for the Lillith Fair of garbage monsters. "It feels like what it feels like for a Muslim to visit the holy land of Mecca." The second half of this video alone will basically juggablow your mind. Watch all of it.
You should hire DJ Clay and Sugar Slam to host the infomercial about your Bar Mitzvah. They're juggagreat. But you have not lived until you have been on a HAYRIDE with a bunch of drunk dudes in clown makeup who smell like Denny's. Stilt walkers?! A truly magical time with people just like you. There is sex in the air, DON'T DOUBT IT.
"Magicians and hypnotists walking around that shit."
--Your Tombstone
Whatever, it's the Juggalos world, we just make fun of the Juggalos in it.
While everybody else was busy acting like they were above gems such as "Bugz On My Nutz," Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were forging a media empire for their base of extremely devoted followers, the Juggalo Family--sort of like a rap-alliance between Deadheads and the KISS Army. The Family spread rapidly across the poorer swaths of the Midwest and established a huge and more or less self-sufficient underground with its own distribution network, porn, churches (seriously), charities, file-sharing services, anti-drunk-driving coalition (JADD), initiatory secret society, GLBT activist, pro- and backyard-wrestling circuits, and two MySpace variations (ninjaspace.net and the possibly defunct myjuggalospace.com).
(Via Vice.)
Look, I am all for people feeling like they are part of a family. But needless to say, WHOOPS, that's your family.
Have fun at your Gathering, you guys. Don't get raped. (Video via Ted Leo.)
Posted by Gabe at 3:00 PM in Music Related Content
Tags: Festivals | Insane Clown Posse | Juggalos | Nightmares
"head explodes"
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Can one's head doubly explode? We'll try.
I'm going to be really embarrassed if this comment doesn't work, and really ashamed if it does.
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Is that an ICP logo on a baby caskett?
"Head Explodes"
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People buried in ICP coffins don't get into heaven.
Totes sorry, small child.
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Sugar Slam has fantastic comic timing.
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So many face-painters all in one place; finally a gathering where David Puddy can just be himself.
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Sugar Slam probably wouldn't get the reference, but she'd pause then say "booyah" anyway.
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When my cousin that's in jail now was twelve, he totally loved ICP comic books and thought the world would end after their sixth album or something because of that whole invented mythology. It's weird how some people can start robbing you for drug money when they hit 16 and you're like, "you know, I think he's really staring to pull it together."
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This rabbit hole is too deep. Is it too late to switch pills?
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i bet a good 75% of the attendees are ex-amish kids going through the rumspringa from hell.
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I am pretty sure Sugar Slam doesn't have the slightest clue what she is saying. She is just going through the motions. "Kicking the fego!" What the hell does that even mean?
And when she says "motherfucking" it is like when you are 12 and you type in swear words to a text-to-voice interface.
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faygo! it's a soda. michigan. you wouldn't get it.
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i can only apologize for being from canada so much.
you're all monsters.
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Indeed. I'm from Michigan too, and as a result I've had the unfortunate experience of losing an argument about whether the Dark Carnival is a legitimate religion. Not because I was wrong, but because the people I was talking to were loud, stoned louts who outnumbered me. I am pretty sure they are all dead or in prison.
By the way, thanks for being such a great neighbor, Canada!
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FAYGO: THE THIRST MUTILATOR
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Haha, Sweet.
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southern illinois is the perfect place for this. don't ever go to southern illinois.
also, sugar slam needs an insulin shot. her energy seems a little low (either that or she's there ironically and somehow managed to infiltrate the juggalow culture as a social experiment).
and some of this music seems a bit tame, no?
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Either there or in Long Beach, CA. There are a lot of juggalos there; I've seen them.
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Yes. I'm from Chicago and I choose to forget that there's any more state outside of Cook county and the surrounding areas.
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dont forget about will!
but thank god this place is on the complete other end of the state
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Yes! I listened to Tom Scharpling and PFT talk about this for two hours last night, and it may have changed my life. Now, where can I get some Faygo?
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This is something I want to hear. Podcast, radio, in person?
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It was on the Best Show.
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/bs
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also, this definitely seems like the kind of post that will bring out en masse the unregistered commenters that don't know how to spell. I'm calling it.
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Just answer the question neden hole!
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I do not want to go to there.
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This is why they call them fly-over states. Or maybe I'm just a neden hole. (I didn't look it up. I'm not going to look it up).
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=neden
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I'm pretty sure all these bands consist of the same fat white guy in kiss make-up.
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apparently coolio and ice cube are both playing? i am so confused by this.
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The line-up is fairly baffling. It's fantastic that half way through they announce three more performers who were "just added now"; the infomercial is so drawn out that they're signing bands as it's being recorded.
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two words : Vanilla Ice
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Clown Mythology, really? Is "IT" considered a holy book?
Really, Shaggy 2 Dope? Really?
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I don't know, guys. Those helicopter rides looked pretty crazy. And seminars!
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Wait. Did somebody say SEMINARS?!!
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Listen up everybody! The 2p.m. seminar "Alienating family and friends by wearing goofy-ass clown makeup in social settings" is starting in 10 minutes.
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"It's not really a battle. It's more like a showcase of skill. A rare demonstration of devastation, if you will." Oh, I won't
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Juggalo porn?
I pray I never ever even see a screencap of that on the internet. Just shut everything down. Let's fix this internet.
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seriously. that vice article is intense. role playing games, porn, weird ruminations about theology, gratuitous use of the word "titties"- it's like juggalos are the voltron of everything bad about america. and i am afraid.
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You should know that this comment has caused this post to be the #2 google result for "juggalo porn". I hope you're proud of yourself.
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I think we all enjoy the music of Twiztid and playing the Neden Game (siiiiiiiick!), but I draw the line at eating burgers made by a dude named Shaggy 2 Dope.
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"Woo Woooooot!"
-Sugar Slam's Tombstone
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thats whoop whoop. (i'll show myself the door)
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Inglourious Basterds ticket holders? This is your festival...
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This is my favorite post ever. I didn't ever think I'd sit through a fourteen minute youtube video. Who are these people? Why are Ice Cube and JJ Walker and Vanilla Ice and Pauly Shore attending? It's literally a gathering for people in clown makeup and the morbidly obese. They should just rename it that. How confused would they be if Radiohead got on stage and started playing?
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Radiohead played the '03 gathering:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rrGDvjFB4&NR=1
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i hope they all drink gasoline. not to become better or stronger but, you know, for what drinking gasoline would actually do to them.
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"for all you hungry asses out there, yes we have food and plenty of it, all over that bitch."
it's like spock learning to use curse words in star trek IV.
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They sold me with "PLENTY OF FOOD!" I'm there!
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What if I need a minute to gather my thoughts. Is there a designated area where there ISN'T "shit poppin off"?
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Karaoke? Scavenger Hunts? Bouncy Boxing?
That isn't my Gathering. It's my After Prom.
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Nice to see JJ Walker finally put on a little weight.
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I put on weight just watching this.
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Last summer, on the way to my bus, I had to cross through a horde of these people (I refuse to use the term juggalo because I am an adult) waiting for a concert. It was simultaneously the funniest thing that's every happened to be and most terrifying thing I've ever witnessed. I was deeply, deeply afraid, not for my safety, but from the sheer fact that people like this exist.
That said, I still want to go to this thing, if only for "some dudes on stilts".
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They spell their words differently than me.
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Is "ninja" supposed to be synonymous with the n-word?
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read the vice article. seriously. it's worth it.
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While watching this, during the close up of Violent J I couldn't help thinking: When he's with a woman does he wear the clown make up? And is she even aware or is she too chloroformed up to care?
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We should help Sugar Slam. It seems like she was kidnapped by the Juggalos and is now exhibiting symptoms of Stockholm syndrome.
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Ice Cube? you're better than this! Giant Water Slide, you are BETTER THAN THIS. Vanilla Ice, you are appropriate.
At first I thought, let these juggaloos live their lives! Everyone is allowed their sweaty music fest fun times! Then Insane Clown Posse got up in my face with his ridiculous family/mecca chatter. Get out of my face, Clown.
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Someone ate a clown for breakfast this morning.
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Space Cases!
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At about the 3:50 mark, Sugar Slam says "this is like the Grammys for these boys," referring to the entire Psychopathic Records family being together on stage. But aren't the Grammys actually the Grammys for these boys? Don't the boys at Psychopathic Records make music? I am unfamiliar with their oeuvre, but I imagine they make something someone may consider music.
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make sure and read the vice article. shit is nuts
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At 1:36, they use a shot of a swarm of disease-carrying insects as a selling point. You know, maybe this is a good thing after all.
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you even get to see titties.
example at 8:57
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Holy fucking hell! I've heard about the ICP and all the crazy that surrounds them, but this is really remarkable. Motherfucking scavenger hunts! Fucking dope-ass Tilt-A-Whirls! I can't even get my head around who's into this stuff. Don't get raped! Now that's news you can use.
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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!!!! I can't belive I watched all 14 minutes, but I'm glad I did. I was so hyped for the festival that I wouldn't have known about the SEMINARS!!! And the top comics on the comedy stage like Rowdy Roddy Piper. He is HILLARIOUS!
Seriously, though, during the first 3-4 minutes I wondered "Does the I.C.P. and their record label have a bunch of similar acts to fill this bill? And if so, do they all wear black and white 'clown' makeup?" ... and they do
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Totally agree. I didn't think I could do it, but I'm so glad I did.
This video is like Christmas. It gives, and gives, and gives!
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A DJ battle that’s not really a battle but more like a showcase of skill? I'm there. Also, I’m guessing the G in the GLBT Juggalo posse is a little underrepresented.
P.S. Gabe? Methheads in helicopters, and no Bad Idea Jeans tag?
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Methheads in Helicopters is my new band name.
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Why isn't this included with the bonus features on my "Idiocracy" DVD? Cus this is a deleted scene from "Idiocracy" and not a real thing that exists, right guys? Please. If this is real I'm gonna go crawl in a neden hole and call it a life.
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Faygo! It's got electrolytes.
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guys, a juggalo is someone who has been saved by the dark carnival. Many people don't recognize the intelligence behind the music. It is satire. Their intention is to influence people to free their minds (the most beautiful thing in the world to experience, recipe for wisdom = weed and music), duh.
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Oh give me a fucking break. ICP are some the most full of shit cult leaders in the history of cult leaders who are full of shit. They "rap" about beating up women and then "rap" about how you shouldn't beat up women, or they'll beat you up.
It would be one thing if they were just terrible artists with a lot of fans, that's not uncommon, but they're tricking these poor little juggalos into thinking that their music is meaningful and that they should live their lives according to it.
I wish I could help you out with your delusions of grandeur and get you to acknowledge that you just really like some shitty band. It's fine to like shitty bands, but I don't pretend the shitty bands I like have some kind of grand world philosophy. Fucking Dark Carnival. Wow.
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um, serious one, its called copy/paste from urban dictionary. have a faygo, its on me.
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Wait, what?
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Just a Juggalo? Got it.
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Vanilla Ice has been friends with ICP for years now, When he decided to revive his career around 98-2000, ICP and Psychopathic Records eventually took him under their wing. I'm pretty sure most of his fanbase these days are juggalos. What's surprising to me is that Ice Cube and Bizarre are attending. ICP have stated in the past that Cube was a huge influence on their early music, but the man has long avoided association with them, apparently going so far as to convince fellow rapper Mack 10 to not record with them. Bizarre, obviously shares crew with Eminem, who I assume is still no fan of the Clowns. I'd have to guess that ICP and Eminem have at least grown out of their stupid feud by now.
I remember when the 1st annual Gathering took place. I didn't attend, but that was when I first noticed that the Juggalo population was beginning to take on the characteristics of a cult.
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Thanks for the seminar, Professor Juggalo.
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There were two kids in my high school who were hardcore Juggalos; had every album, knew every song, would paint their face whenever they could. One started a rap group called the Nocturnal Ninjas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfjvGnCf6Vo&feature=player_embedded
The other is a manager at my hometown Taco Bell.
Which one made the wiser decision? You be the judge.
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I know quite a few juggalos, unfourtanatley. Just last weekend I ran into a kid I know hanging out w/ his shirt off waiting to fight some other kids who wanted to jump him out of the family and take his hatchet gear. I don't understand it and probably don't want to.
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So that fact that this has been held for years means this isn't just a plow to get them all in one concentrated area in order to wipe them all out at once?
The world is a disappointing place.
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they had me at pauly shore.
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I've got three words for you Gabe: "Juggalo Double Dog."
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do it gabe. you really would be the man if you did.
all in favor say aye
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as much i want to second this, TOO MEAN. gabe would end up muttering to himself, "forget it, jake. its juggalotown." and quit the internet for making him go there.
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This festival has something for the disenfranchised fat rapist in all of us.
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I just spend the last hour rummaging through ICP, Twizted, Anybody Killer(ah) et. al music videos on YouTube.
Thanks Gabe.
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Upvote for the avatar, almost a downvote for the user name.
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so basically, these kids are going to put on halloween make up, jump into a time machine and travel back to the 90s?
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on stilts! with SEMINARS!
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So Ted Leo is a Juggalo, eh? I just knew there was a clown-faced rapist lurking underneath his agitprop-drenched exterior.
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The tone throughout this infomercial is wonderfully uneven. It goes from polite to rude in a heartbeat. Eloquent to gibberish is a split-second. Either this group is extremely self-aware or they have a great sense of humor. Horrible taste in music, but great sense of humor.
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vanilla ice, pauly shore and magical wicked shit, you promise? tha hatchet is coming DOWN! i'm planning on getting a giant juggalo backpiece tattoo so i never get charged for future gatherings. *walks up to ticket booth and flashes tattoo*- they would NEVER charge a family member, so its an investment the way i see it.
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For those us who thought Hell does not exist, we just got hatcheted down
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Love Train Hay Rides
make a real connection with a fat single mother of two in greasy clown makeup who reeks of Febreeze
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someone send this to the terrorists
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Finally! A reward for living in Cave-In-Rock,IL! Remember, no smoking near the outhouse! You probably want to steer clear of the meth lab too...
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It's just... I don't know what.... I think my brain just melted.
But Pauly Shore, JJ Walker, and... that other guy is considered stepping UP their comedy game? Who did they have before? Glenn Beck, Carrot Top, and a pet rock?
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juggaloco.
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Favorite moment @ 10:00. "Calling all FAT kids! It's time to get paid."
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That's it. I used to be on the fence, but as of now, I am DONE with MC Chris.
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too much to process. too much funny. probably my favorite Videogum find ever.
"the Human Cannonball. CHECK THIS OUT. this guy is gonna shoot himself out of a cannon THREE TIMES A DAY all weekend long. amazing." - the hardest working Cannonball in the Biz...
"the comedy tent for your laugh or HECKLING pleasure." - don't get the jokes? RUIN IT FOR OTHERS!
"there's a whole slew of good shit going on...Circus Food...all dat" - this should be their tagline.
i could do this all night. excellent work Gabe.
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Soooo many unreported rapes.
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Andrew WK got booed off the stage at last year's Gathering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUOvnbCtnVQ
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What? How can they boo Andrew WK? He's so inspiring!
These people really are the Worst.
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And shame on them for blatantly copying Pitchfork's guest list.
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is this the white version of bubb rubb and lil sis? Sugar Slam: "Woo - woo!"; Bubb Rubb: "And the whistle goes "Woo-Woo!"
Truth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h121VfLPsDo
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http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/75622/juggalo-family-guy-horse.jpg
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Whoops! I just pulled an Oedipus!
Does Videogum come in Braille?
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i bet the psychopathic crew regret using 'pigtails' to endorse their Xtreem event.
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So, wait. I thought the ICP was one of a kind. But no, we have more than one band of white boy metal rappers running around in face paint? Is this the new black face? I'm confused and disappointed.
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Holy shit! Vanilla Ice!
Seriously though, is someone going to make a documentary of this Heavy Metal parking lot?
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Anybody catch the line in the beginning, "the most misunderstood people of all time"?
Suck it, NAMBLA!
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Are ICP the guys that sing TubThumping?
(you dringka whiky dirnk you drink a vodka drink....)
Yeah, I love those guys. I'm there homies.
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there is so much dialogue in those 14 minutes. all of it hilarious and utterly irrelevant. this is some weird dream. i can't believe that the gathering is taking place for real, and for the 10th time at that. take a look at the demeanor of those on the Love Train Hay Ride. i couldn't think of a more unlikely vehicle to act 'hard' in/on. amazing. *note to self* firebomb Cave-n-Rock, IL on August 9th. who's in?
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Is there an on-hand abortion clinic representing society at this failure festival?
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I like all the NIGHTMARE FONTS.
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Bring a tent, sleeping bag... meth, suppressed childhood memories, whatever works for you.
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I'm all for people doing whatever they want, but I feel like like this is an instance where humanity as a whole needs to step in and say, "Hey, you guys, this is not OK."
Also, "Expect the unexpected, expect to have fun." was an unintentional highlight for me.
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