Essays and Ephemera

1977 EVOLUTION INTO CHAOS: A CHRONOLOGY – Gary Warne

1977 EVOLUTION INTO CHAOS: A CHRONOLOGY – Gary Warne

February 3, 1977 | By

This paper is an attempt at describing the succession of stunts, parodies, and put ons that have gathered so much attention for Communiversity and, at the same time, present the ridiculous concept of organizing principles for creating chaos, anarchy and high times. Towards this end it may also be referred to as ROBERTS RULES OF DISORDER. IT is shared […]

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Legacy….

Legacy….

May 20, 2013 | By

The Suicide Club was an expression of an idea. It was an idea made concrete by the vision and genius of Gary Warne, but it was also an expression of its times and of an age. In the language of the Suicide Club, an ‘event’ was an experience to be appreciated and embraced as a […]

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Photos of David T. Warren

Photos of David T. Warren

January 3, 2012 | By

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A WAY TOO SHORT BIOGRAPHY of David T. Warren

A WAY TOO SHORT BIOGRAPHY of David T. Warren

January 3, 2012 | By

A WAY TOO SHORT BIOGRAPHY: David T. Warren (aka: Flamo LaGrande, R. J. Mololopozy) lived a strange and unique life.  After a tempestuous upbringing in the home of a prominent building contractor in Hayward, Dave left town with a traveling carnival.  Here he learned the art of eating fire as well as various sideshow skills […]

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Stories about David T Warren

Stories about David T Warren

January 3, 2012 | By

The Most Beautiful Baby Dave asked me to play the “mother” of the baby for the most beautiful baby contest he wanted to enter.  I borrowed a baby from a friend for the pre-contest physical checkup (probably just to confirm that there really was a baby!).  I went down and filled out all the paperwork […]

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Letters from the Dean of San Francisco State

Letters from the Dean of San Francisco State

January 3, 2012 | By

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Lawyers

Lawyers

January 3, 2012 | By

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1978 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN – ON THE ISSUE FREAKS OF NATURE… ODDITIES OF BIRTH in… A TRIBUTE TO FILM PARANOIA!! AT THE ROXIE THE FIVE THOUSAND FINDERS OF DR. T

1978 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN – ON THE ISSUE FREAKS OF NATURE… ODDITIES OF BIRTH in… A TRIBUTE TO FILM PARANOIA!! AT THE ROXIE THE FIVE THOUSAND FINDERS OF DR. T

January 3, 2012 | By

1978 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN – ON THE ISSUE FREAKS OF NATURE… ODDITIES OF BIRTH in… A TRIBUTE TO FILM PARANOIA!! AT THE ROXIE THE FIVE THOUSAND FINDERS OF DR. T Made in 1953 in color, Hollywood’s and the fifties forgotten fantasy that is probably the strangest film ever made with a beginnings, middle and end, […]

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Suggestions Based Upon Experiential Data….or…………..Blowing it Gary Warne, John Law, Adrienne Burk, David Warren from the Golden Hind, Sewers & Kennedy Hotel Events

Suggestions Based Upon Experiential Data….or…………..Blowing it Gary Warne, John Law, Adrienne Burk, David Warren from the Golden Hind, Sewers & Kennedy Hotel Events

January 3, 2012 | By

  Our format has been adopted to insure the minimum of arguing, bickering, amending, censoring, and voting on other people’s ideas,rules, and other volatile subjects. Each person is totally responsible for their fantasy, the logistics of carrying it out, and the rules they want abided. It is up to the members to decide if they want to attend and when, if […]

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Carnival Cosmology by Gary Warne

Carnival Cosmology by Gary Warne

January 3, 2012 | By

CARNIVAL COSMOLOGY – Gary Warne The world is a midway; cities are its sideshows. The only difference between children and adults is that there is no one to take care of us. When we left home it meant we were lost on the midway and, unlike God, the carny boss will only let us ride […]

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R.I.P. David T. Warren – Memorial Service

R.I.P. David T. Warren – Memorial Service

January 10, 2010 | By

Memorial Gathering On January 2, 2010 many old friends gathered to remember and honor David T. Warren, who passed away on this day in 2009. As a tribute to the man of many paradoxes, we had a memorial/celebration of his life. Perhaps you were there, or perhaps you wished you could have been there. Hopefully […]

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R.I.P. David Warren

R.I.P. David Warren

January 2, 2009 | By

David died in 2009 after a most interesting life. A memorial service was held on Jan 2, 2010, fun was had!  David would have approved.    

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Cacophony Society

Cacophony Society

January 1, 1986 | By

Inspired by the Suicide Club, the Cacophony Society took its name from the Suicide Club’s motto of ‘entering into Cacophony’   More, faster, harder…. See:  http://www.cacophony.org/

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R.I.P. Gary Warne

R.I.P. Gary Warne

November 20, 1983 | By

Gary died in November 1983 of a heart attack at age 35.    

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Many Many Events ensued

Many Many Events ensued

January 1, 1982 | By

For 5 years from 1977 to 1982, the Suicide Club nooseletter rolled out every month and many events from mild to wild occurred. Go to the Events page for a complete list.      

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Gorilla Grotto

Gorilla Grotto

September 20, 1979 | By

The Gorilla Grotto was a play space created by Gary Warne in 1979  as an experimental 
store-front café and “adult play
environment,”. It was an ambitious
 attempt to engage thinking adults with
their world and their fellow humans in
playful and sometime shocking ways.
Each night of the week, a different theme
was presented. In-depth interviews
of “experts” on a wide variety […]

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Frog Jump Contest

Frog Jump Contest

May 19, 1978 | By

The Calaveras County Frog Jump was made famous by Mark Twain Judy Lee first proposed this event in May 78 in nooseletter #5 What ended up happening is that we entered one of our own (JW) as a contestant dressed in a frog suit. Meanwhile Flamo Le Grand (David Warren) wandered the grounds hawking fresh […]

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Ringolevio : A Game Played for Keeps

Ringolevio : A Game Played for Keeps

May 6, 1978 | By

 

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Nooseletter: May 1978

Nooseletter: May 1978

May 1, 1978 | By

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RULES GOVERNING A HEARSE AS SET FORTH IN MORTICIAN’S MONTHLY DIGEST

RULES GOVERNING A HEARSE AS SET FORTH IN MORTICIAN’S MONTHLY DIGEST

January 11, 1978 | By

RULES GOVERNING A HEARSE AS SET FORTH IN MORTICIAN’S MONTHLY DIGEST I.   The hearse can be used for newsletter events, transporting materials to set up an event and scouting, although newsletter events take precedence over all others. Spot events are qualified by calling and contacting five other members to ask them to accompany you. They do not have to be able […]

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Pieing!

Pieing!

December 17, 1977 | By

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