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Letterman finally sees the light

KayOSweaver — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:08:28 GMT

The banned segment is finally being broadcast;

http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/2178

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Hunter S. Thompson motivational messages

waltsnipe — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:44:28 GMT

I think Bill would approve:

http://thechive.com/2009/01/hunter-s-thompson-motivational-posters-13-posters/

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As of 11/4/08 Bill is spinning -- with JOY

sparktrue — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:39:43 GMT

Wherever he is... Bill is shouting and dancing...
I'm so happy for him.
If he wasn't already dead the last 8 years would have certainly killed him...
but now....

"IT's OVER!!!!! The republican beast is dead! It's dead. It's dead. It's dead."

Yes we did Bill.

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Harold the Movie in theaters this week!

Hoopinman — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:54:36 GMT

if any of you guys know peeps in LA and NYC...can you pass this along??

My old friend - former Texas out-law comic T. Sean Shannon who was very close friends with Bill Hicks has just completed his first feature comedic masterpiece. "Harold" is a classic summer comedy and I would consider it a personal favor if everyone in and around Los Angles, NYC and Delray Beach Florida would go and support T. Sean this week. It's a one-week run, but the distributor will extend the run based on attendance, so therefore your support means a lot. If you don't live in these cities, please feel free to forward this email to your friends, family, and co-workers who do live in these markets.
Thanks for your help!

HAROLD the movie
http://www.haroldmoviesite.com/
CUBA GOODING JR, ALLY SHEEDY Rachel Dratch, Colin Quinn, Fred Willard SPENCER BRESLIN, NIKKI BLONSKY, Chris Parnell,

In L.A. Harold is playing at Laemmle Monica 4-plex in Santa Monica.
1332 2nd St in Santa Monica.

In New York we are at the AMC Village 7 which is 66 3rd Ave.
(11th street and 3rd avenue)

T. Sean Shannon is a comedy writer originally from Houston, Texas.
As a writer for Saturday Night Live he won an Emmy Award in 2002 (nominated
in 2001 and 2003) and a WGA Award in 2001 (nominated in 2001, 2002 and
2003). His great friendships with SNL stars Colin Quinn, Chris Parnell and
Rachel Dratch brought these hilarious cast members to the HAROLD production.

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New Moderator

sparktrue — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:56:49 GMT

Hi,
I sent a few messages to the old moderator who has not been on tribe since 04.
There was no response.
I was a producer's assistant on the Just A Ride documentary and booked all the interviews.
I've lived with Bill's philosophy as a touchstone ever since.

I'd love to help keep news and ideas alive here.
Please post below if you support this or have an alternative suggestion.
cheers
RevVRob

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New Material

KayOSweaver — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:30:39 GMT

Okay its like this. I've been popping pills and zoning out in front of the TV turned to a dead channel for about three years now hoping to get some new material from Bill on the other side. Saddam Part Two, Who Gives a Fuck About the Internet, Waffle Waitress Becomes Ambassador to Kurdmanistan - anything. Zip. Ziltch. Not a goddam singular thing. I'm starting to think the kid who told me he could receive messages from his dead father by taking a tab of LSD and watching his broken TV set was a little short of a barrel.

I'm starving here - and don't you dare tell me I should come up with my own material. Fuck you. I'm an American goddammit! (Ashamed to admit it anywhere but in the US of A.) I'm entitled to be spoon fed on demand! So bring it! Bring it on! I'm sick of thinking and discussing and working things out for myself. Would someone please just placate me with some sick dark humour so I can pat myself on the back and go on with my miserable life? Please?

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Bill Hicks-music video- to chill out to

frank_walls — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:30:15 GMT

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anniversary of Bill's passing

housemonkey — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:51:08 GMT

I'll be sending a big thank you out into the cosmos for Bills wit and wisdom. Thank you Bill for letting me know that I am not alone ! This cap is for you !http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Azurescens.jpg/250px-Azurescens.jpg

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copy cat

Brian — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:02:42 GMT

Does anybody agree that Dennis Leary just copyed Bill Hicks.

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Working with Dwight Slade

indiancomedian — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:58:05 GMT

Last week I worked with Dwight Slade at Tommy Ts.
Keeping the legacy of Hicks alive one frustrated outburst show at a time.
He is like Hicks without the drugs. A little bit mellower but both of them
started out together. I asked for the gig so that I could work with him.
Funny guy. Honored to work with him.

Tapan

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anyone else....

lolacarr — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:47:46 GMT

love doug stanhope?

he's the only funny man of late that has made me laugh even a fraction as hard as my man bill.

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Why Bill Hicks may be the God of Comedy Central!!!!

frank_walls — Sun, 20 May 2007 20:01:20 GMT

The other day I was talking with a person about Hicks...this person didn't know who Hicks was. So SAD...but great for me to start with the jokes...well this person made comparisons...oh that sounds like Dan Cook or Carlos or blah blah blah..I'm like dude those people are their cause of Hicks...

These are thoughts about what is and what could have been!!

Back in Hicks day we had HBO comedy specials back then we had HBO, Cinemax and regular TV...4, 5, 7 etc..
To see a comedian you had to go to a club or rent a movie or watch a special on HBO, we also had the improve nights or comedy nights as specials but never a long running show. Hicks wanted a television show, I've read that he finally got the go ahead just as his cancer was kicking in and he was working on the show at the same time.

I believe that Bill Hicks was working on a type of show we may watch on Comedy Central before Comedy Central was even on air, I'll put money on it. Bill fought to get this TV show going of course he died before it was finished. There is a possibility his idea was taken as a great idea and turned into what we see today as the typical show, Chapelle, Mencia ect. maybe even inspired the network to come about Comedy Central. Could I be making more of Bill then actually is, maybe, however I just have this feeling...if he was still alive and the show went on air, it would have been as usual with Hicks ahead of it's time and canceled and now today he'd be back in full force, on Comedy Central with his own show.

If anybody has heard of the planned Bill Hicks show maybe their is some skits or footage or scripts out their. The like holy grail of Comedy Central, locked in a vault is the secret to Comedy Centrals success, it's the Bill Hicks TV pilot...Is Bill Hicks the God of Comedy??? Yes if you believe in a God....

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Bill's last interview..

housemonkey — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:59:03 GMT

This is supposedly Bill's last interview... http://www.archive.org/details/BILLHICKSLASTVIDEOIN
It features an hour long interview with a call in Q and A. Be aware that the audio does not start until 1 minute and 30 seconds in.

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"...or do you want her to meet Chuck Norris?"

dq — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:45:24 GMT

10 bonus points for anyone that can find me an audio clip (.WAV, ,MP3, etc) of this classic bit from Revelations.

The closeset I've found is one of the 8 part segments of Revelations on youtube. (part 3, 7m40s)

help?

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The Law Firm Of ...

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:22:51 GMT

Harry, Bobb & Manase

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What is your favorite Bill bit?

Don — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:56:24 GMT

I keep coming back to the dinosaurs in the Bible bit. I really love that one:

"And Jesus and the disciples walked down the path towards Nazareth, but oh the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus with a splinter in his paw, and the Disciples did run a screamin; what a big fuckin lizard lord. I’m sure gonna mention this in my book, said Luke. Well I’m sure gonna mention it in my book, said Matthew. I’m not sure what I saw, said Thomas. Timothy nudged him; it was a big fuckin lizard Thomas. But Jesus was unafraid and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus paw and the brontosaurus became his friend. And Jesus sent him to Scotland, where he lived in a lock oh so many years, attracting fat American families with their fat fuckin dollars to look for the Loch ness monster and oh the Scots did praise the lord; thank you lord, thank you lord.”

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Anniversary

corwin137 — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:20:01 GMT

Today is the anniversary of Bill's death, for those who might be interested. Arguably, not much has changed in our "culture" since 1994, the year 'god's' comic shuffled off this mortal coil. Though this saddens, we can still borrow strength from his efforts. In celebration of his life, hope you all do a little to wake up mediocretins today.

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hicks doc

stereo — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:18:42 GMT

starts here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wlSAZDcnX0

follow the numbers

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God Virus

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:13:45 GMT

http://god-virus.blogspot.com/

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Enjoy this mix!

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:08:55 GMT

http://www.revolvemusic.com/hicks_huva.mp3

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In the news...

HowieGreen — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:19:03 GMT

Yesterday, some Hooligans knocked over a dustbin in Shaftsbury.

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hicks & stanhope

deathbloom — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:19:07 GMT

bill hicks was the fucking man. everybody knows that.
but i love doug stanhope too, even tho some people say he's a copycat or whatever.
either way,
i started a doug stanhope tribe. join if you wish my friends..

http://tribes.tribe.net/dougstanhope

ciao.

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post-Letterman set just emerged

ben — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:56:26 GMT

recorded by an audience member...this was a few days after the Letterman chaos when Bill thought that was going to have been his swan song...this newly found audio starts with very familiar material and then 20 minutes into the 1 hour set goes in directions you have never heard before

go to frequency23.org

cick on mutant media (page 2) and play "The lost hour"

enjoy with milk

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a POSITIVE drugs story in the news...

Roz — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:53:15 GMT

Magic mushrooms can induce mystical effects, study finds
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1171389.ece
Published: 11 July 2006

A universal mystical experience with life-changing effects can be produced by the hallucinogen contained in magic mushrooms, scientists claim today.

Forty years after Timothy Leary, the apostle of drug-induced mysticism, urged his hippie followers to "tune in, turn on, and drop out", researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland, have for the first time demonstrated that mystical experiences can be produced safely in the laboratory. They say that there is no difference between drug-induced mystical experiences and the spontaneous religious ones that believers have reported for centuries. They are "descriptively identical".

And they argue that the potential of the hallucinogenic drugs, ignored for decades because of their links with illicit drug use in the 1960s, must be explored to develop new treatments for depression, drug addiction and the treatment of intolerable pain.

Anticipating criticism from church leaders, they say they are not interested in the "Does God exist?" debate. "This work can't and won't go there."

Interest in the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs is growing around the world. In the UK, the Royal College of Psychiatrists debated their use at a conference in March for the first time in 30 years. A conference held in Basel, Switzerland, last January reviewed the growing psychedelic psychiatry movement.

The drug psilocybin is the active ingredient of magic mushrooms which grow wild in Wales and were openly sold in London markets until a change in the law last year.

For the US study, 30 middle-aged volunteers who had religious or spiritual interests attended two eight-hour drug sessions, two months apart, receiving psilocybin in one session and a non-hallucinogenic stimulant, Ritalin, in the other. They were not told which drug was which.

Forty years after Timothy Leary, the apostle of drug-induced mysticism, urged his hippie followers to "tune in, turn on, and drop out", researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland, have for the first time demonstrated that mystical experiences can be produced safely in the laboratory.

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Used to see Bill at the Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach

Mon, 22 May 2006 20:51:52 GMT

Nice guy, in my very limited experience. He saw me do an open-mic set one night and was generous in his appraisal. Talk about a moment for the ages. For me, anyway, not him.
M

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Does this remind you of anyone?

mojohifi — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:06:47 GMT

http://www.avenued.com/video/usa_hi.mov

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Contemporary comics who carry the torch

HowieGreen — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 07:39:44 GMT

Who among active comedians is in your opinion is carrying forth the legacy of Bill Hicks today. Please add your list of the most brilliant, conciencious, conceptual and flat out funny Comics in Stand up or other media.

To start:

1. Lewis Black
2. Eddie Izzard
3. Sarah Silverman

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WE repackaged Bill Hicks to echo Thank You For Smoking

ben — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:51:37 GMT

sexarettes.com

some folks are pissed at our efforts. fuck 'em

just trying to evolve ideas

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Anybody know of Hicks Downloads?

god-intoxicated — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:36:55 GMT

I have shock and Awe but I wanna hear more. And I do know about the new DVD. Anybody know where to downlaod some Hicks let me know?

Dmitry

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What Would Bill Hicks Say just came out last week...

ben — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:51:19 GMT

I hope you check it out.

What Would Bill Hicks Say just came out last week...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933368012/sr=8-1/qid=1140317141/ref=sr_1_1/102-7804772-6861765?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Book Description
What would Bill Hicks say about the second George Bush, the second war in Iraq, American Idol, or erectile dysfunction? In 250 words (or one picture) or less, writers, comedians, musicians, cartoonists, and entrants from Austin’s annual Bill Hicks Tribute Rant-Off fulminate about the current political and cultural scene in Hicksian rants. Contributors include cartoonists Jeff Danziger and Martyn Turner; writers Neal Pollack, Robert Newman, and A.L. Kennedy; and Thom Yorke of Radiohead.

Just emerging from underground cult status when he died in 1994, Hicks redefined the boundaries of comedy in the 1980s. His biting social satire about everything from the first President Bush to rock stars who shill for diet Coke made audiences roar and censors cringe. Hicks believed that while ideas evolve, principles remain constant, and that the venues for expressing them change over time. Hicks said he was planting seeds. By providing a forum for those touched by Hicks's ideas to speak out on his behalf, this book waters those seeds. More than just a tribute to Hicks's legend, What Would Bill Hicks Say? is a thought-provoking reflection of the present moment.

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new releases coming soon!

atomicpopmonkey — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:24:00 GMT

i think a new bill hicks dvd is on the horizon by the end of the year!

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new Bill HIcks website

atomicpopmonkey — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:26:44 GMT

We just launched a new Bill HIcks site for those of you interested:
http://billhicksonrykodisc.com/

lots of video and audio clips from Bill's releases on Rykodisc, a messageboard, and hopefully soon we'll add more to the site.

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SALVATION: OXFORD NOVEMBER 11, 1992 - Legendary two hour unedited performance

atomicpopmonkey — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:22:27 GMT

SALVATION: OXFORD NOVEMBER 11, 1992 - Legendary two hour unedited performance

More than 10 years after his death, Bill Hicks’ brand of radical, thought provoking, biting comedy has seeped into America’s consciousness. Following his best selling DVD, Bill Hicks Live, Salvation captures a legendary performance at Oxford University recorded in 1992. This 2-CD set showcases Bill Hicks at the height of his comedic powers. Nearly two hours long and unedited, Salvation is pure, raw Bill Hicks!

"Hicks displays a rare gift of extracting informed humor from randomly assembled streams of bemused observation." - NME

2 Disc Set at a low price! Street Date: 11/08/05

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this is only a test

Mesmer — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:08:31 GMT

This test only has one question, but it's a very important one.

By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally.

The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision.

You are in Florida. Miami, to be specific. There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster.

The situation is nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water. Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury. Suddenly you see a man floundering in the water. He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris.

You move closer.... the man looks familiar. You suddenly realize who it is. It's George W. Bush!

At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever. You have two options--you can save the life of G.W. Bush or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world's most powerful men.

So here's the question... please give an honest answer:

Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?

I think Bill would have approved...

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Bill wouldve loved this film

RichBatsford — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:14:38 GMT

I reckon anyway! the Aristocrats is the amazing new comedy movie featuring more than 100 comics telling the worlds best/worst joke!

its moving and funny and ive started a tribe to spread the word - please come and join.

many thanks

Rich

http://tribes.tribe.net/thearistocrats

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What makes you Bill Hicks angry?

Nick — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:29:23 GMT

Hello, all...

I feel that as much as anything else, this tribe should be about keeping the spirit of Bill alive, as well as holding high him and his work.

With that in mind, I'm asking, what makes you Bill Hicks angry? One of your favourite regular pub or water cooler rants? It doesn't matter if it's similar or the same as one of Bill's flashpoints... it doesn't even really matter if it's something that's quite specific to you... just change the names, and share the rant. There's something quite universal about indignant rage, anyway.

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bill would have had a field day: phallac logo awards

ben — Thu, 26 May 2005 18:48:16 GMT

http://b3ta.com/features/phalliclogoawards/

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It Happened! A POSITIVE DRUG STORY!!! Bill would smile.

atomicpopmonkey — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:27:54 GMT

excerpt:
"two U.S. studies are looking at the usefulness of psilocybin -- the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms" -- in terminally ill cancer patients and in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder."

link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/28/MNGP6AHUVP1.DTL

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Maybe Quarterly Issue dedicated to Bill

aluhlooyah — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:33:51 GMT

http://maybelogic.org/maybequarterly/02/index02.htm
theres a good interview with Bill's old pal and Sacred Cow dot come's co-founder Kevin Booth on and about Bill there: http://maybelogic.org/maybequarterly/02/0210Interview.htm

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Anybody read ....

HowieGreen — Mon, 17 May 2004 16:44:10 GMT

the book "American Scream", a biography of Bill. IT's a fairly quick read, and a succinct overview of the man's life and career, but it provides a deeper understanding and context for Bill's material. If your a fan I highly recommend checking out this book, and taking it along with you to your local waffle establishment, to answer when the waitress says,

"Hey, What'cha readin' for?"

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Birthday time of Thought? Feb 24th

leerod — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:45:53 GMT

I would like to suggest an event on Feb 24th Bill's Birthday. I think he would like to know that his ideas are growing and changing everyday. It would be cool to have a Get together and talk about Bill Smoke som herb maybe much a few of the little guys. Anyopne want to meet at a bar a club, park?
Any ideas

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2005 rant off rules

ben — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:56:15 GMT

Guidelines For March 3, 2005 Rant Off in Austin

- Rant must be 2 minutes of less in length

- Topics should be of a "Hicksian" nature ie: socio-political and thought provoking vs why you hate traffic, your relationship stinks etc...

- Sign up at the event at the Foundation table when you arrive at the event

- If you would like your rant to be submitted as part of the contest for the "What would Bill Hicks say" book to be published by Soft Skull Press, please state so when you register.

- All entrants when, registering for the rant off, will also be consenting to have their performance videotaped and can use this as their entry for the book contest and can also submit their entry in written form.

- Rants do NOT have to be memorized as many of last years ranters read theirs from notes/cards etc..

Two runner up and one grand prize winner will be chosen.

Runner Up Winners will receive prize packages containing:

A Hicks Foundation coffee mug and copy of Austin Tribute Video,
A copy of "Love All The People" courtesy of Soft Skull Press
A copy of the new Hicks Live DVD and a Hicks CD of their choice courtesy of RykoDisc

Grand Prize winner from the evening will recieve all of the above but will recieve a copy of all Hicks CD's and will have the video of their rant streamed on the BilHicks.com website.

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Hicks Tribute in Austin on (tentative date) March 3, 2005

ben — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:48:16 GMT

Please spread the word--

Thursday March 3rd 8pm Capitol City Comedy Club, Austin
By donation- suggested amount $8 (If you're broke come anyways)

A rant off and video tribute to Bill Hicks
benefiting the Bill Hicks Foundation for Wildlife Rehabilitation

BHFWR teams up with the "What Would Bill Hicks Say" literary tribute team to feature a "Rant Off". The foundation's 2004 fundraiser/tribute ,which pioneered the Rant Off, had over 30 people sign up for a 2 minute slot. Pros and amateurs alike shared their "Hicksian" views to a capacity house.

In addition to the rant off, a 45 minute video tribute will be screened, and directors, Jere and Lynn Raridon will make a brief presentation about the foundation.

Details will be viewable at www.whatwouldbillhickssay.com when the dates and time is confirmed.

We would like to sell some original artwork of Bill Hicks as part of the fundraiser. If you have anything to donate, please email howard.campbell@gmail.com

If you would like to help, please email howard.campbell@gmail.com

Thank you for your consideration.

If you could forward this info to fellow Hicksians, we would be grateful.

Best,

Ben Mack

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Live DVD from Rykodisc + eCard

atomicpopmonkey — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:53:22 GMT

Just wanted to let you all know that I recently did this for Rykodisc for their new Bill Hicks DVD:

http://rykodisc-media.com/billhicks/

There's links to some video clips there and at http://www.rykodisc.com

The DVD is pretty great for the long term and the new fan, the documentary is a great introduction for the novice fan to just how amazing he was.

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!looking for a pic!

popefauvexxiii — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:12:00 GMT

ok, im looking for this pic that i originally found a couple years ago and then stupidly saved over while i was messing with it in photoshop. its a B&W pic of bill lighting a joint with a burning american flag. if anybody has a copy, PLEASEx3 send it to me with haste. i will be forever in your debt.

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Bill Hick's contest

ben — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:06:20 GMT

www.whatwouldbillhickssay.com

how do we bring more people into the light? how do we help more people evolve their thinking? that was what led to what would bill hicks say as a writing contest. then, we decided Bill's perspective may be captured visually. Then, soft skull offered to publish the winners

procedes go to Bill's foundation

visual entries really needed
written entries: 250 words or less

please enter. please tell friends

thank you for your consideration

Best,

Ben

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Anyone have the video clips?

arcflower — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:56:14 GMT

I'm dying to find video clips of Hicks' performances. I got introduced to him by a friend in Scotland, and I've found audio recordings online but no video. Anyone know where to find them? I'd love to be able to share his genius with my friends :-)

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50 dry grams

Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:02:18 GMT

I really liked the bit on 50 dry grams of M&Ms sitting in a field and laughing really, really hard. I can definately relate. Although I'm still waiting for the 50 dry grams.

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Bill Books

Nick — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:53:33 GMT

Ladles,
Jellyspoons,

I'm probably way out of date, but has anyone here bought or read either this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0953746135/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2_cp/202-2630774-8327867
Or this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841198781/202-2630774-8327867?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Just bought the latter, wondering about the former. Haven't read either yet...

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the georges

lolacarr — Fri, 21 May 2004 15:38:35 GMT

i was listening to relentless yesterday for the first time in a number of months, and the irony of bill's diatribe about g.w. senior never ceases to amaze me!

WIMP PRESIDENT... cover of newsweek!!
wow, that really stuck in *his* craw!

"we surrender!"

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE!!

he might as well be talking about george junior.

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What I learned in Germany.

Don — Sat, 22 May 2004 11:04:17 GMT

I post this because I think like Bill did and I now understand the impact the Europeans had on him.

War is a game played by global business leaders (Kings). War takes an investment in dollars (taxes paid by workers) and human grunts (pawns) to achieve some bigger return on investment or to reduce the loss (or perceived loss) of future assets (like land, natural resources, cheap workers, taxpayers...)

The best part of this game is that the players can make nearly any move they wish without any significant intervention by the workers and the grunts. The leaders simply generate endless propaganda via the mass media system they own to fuel the emotions of those who pay with their taxes and lives. By keeping us all confused and emotionally heated, we are essentially powerless to do anything for our benefit.

I just came back from a business trip to southern Germany. I visited a Gothic church in Freiburg that no words can describe. Not only is it a tremendous structure, it stood alone in 1944 as every single house and building around it was leveled to the ground. As I met with the local people, one message was loud and clear and that was a sincere apology for the hell they put the world through in the 1940's. These are very intelligent, well educated, hard working people who all fell for the propaganda of Hitler. The leaders heated the debates, brought in the criminals to run the system, and everyone watched their children march off to fight the evil world and most never came back home. When the troops took the Jews away to the camps, the people knew less than we do today about what goes on in prison camps. The people believed in their leaders. After all, the Jews did run many of the banks and the shops so it was plausible that removing them would return much wealth to the German people. What they missed was Hitler was really looking for global domination and the German people were his taxpayers and grunts helping him in the process. Seems an awful like the American Globalist agenda to me. How’s the jobless recovery, outsourcing jobs, high gas prices, and tax cuts on dividends and capital gains helping us? I am a well educated, gainfully employed upper middle class family man and I sure can’t figure out how ANYONE who works for a living is celebrating economic growth for their familiy? If you lose your job, can you live well on your dividends and stock profits? Can you handle a 50% pay cut without disruption to your lifestyle? Can you tap into your retirement now and live well until 85?

The German’s (like many other countrymen) know first hand what it is like to not only have a child die in the service; but, to have entire towns filled with people all killed in a matter of hours. The people in Africa and SE Asia who suffered torture and death by the millions simply don’t have the education to articulate or the mass media to propagate the truth about war and even if they did, our (free) media would not be allowed to share it. The people who died on 9/11 can't speak; but, if they could come back to us I have no doubt in my mind that they would tell us to end all wars and weapons of mass destruction and not repeat the insanity of a few religious fanatics from Saudi Arabia. (none from Iraq by the way)

The same thing is happening now. We have corrupt, greedy, self-centered government and corporate leadership who have no concept (or care about) everyday American struggles. The goal is global domination by elimination of the overpaid middle class people who simply cut into profits; reduce earnings per share, share price, and executive bonuses and perks.

We think our leaders know what we want and that they are working in our best interest because that is what they tell us (or they seem to tell us) on the TV. Our leaders are nothing more than those who reap the largest corporate sponsorship and pay for the most TV advertising PERIOD. They have a debt to pay when they get elected and it is not to you and I who gave ten dollars and a vote. .

Do you really want to invest your future taxes in controlling (and freeing - haha) Iraq verses improving education to reduce crime and retain higher paying jobs in this country? Do you really want to send your children to kill people on the other side of the world who have no weapons of mass destruction, who did nothing to us on 9/11, who just so happen to be sitting on the second largest oil reserve on the planet worth 5 to 10 TRILLON dollars. HELLO, can you even conceive $10,000,000,000,000.00. That is the same as giving $40,000 cash each to the 25 million poorest American’s; think that would make the USA a better place to live? But of course the distribution will be more like giving $100 million to each of the richest 10,000 people. Hey it will trickle down right; ok maybe in our next life.

God Bless America; the land of good hearted, well-intentioned, people; who suffer from the destruction caused by the weapons of mass media. I love my country; I was born and raised here. I love my troops as they are my children. I stand ready to fight to the death on our soil should that day come. I have not one single cell in my body that accepts my country launching an offensive on another on their soil for any reason. Let the Middle East deal with their own problems. Stop investing American dollars and lives to fund military aggression in the Muslim world (did you know there are more Muslims than Catholics!). The strong and the righteous will always prevail as they have done so without American intervention for thousands if not millions of years. Iraq is not Hitler, they are not coming to take over America (BE FOR REAL) they are the size of California and throw stones, I don’t think we are in any big danger of losing our already controlled freedom here.

Peace
Rev.

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We have a rudder...

Nick — Mon, 17 May 2004 01:27:16 GMT

Finally!

Ladies and gents, we now have a tribe picture. Which means that there IS a point to submitting your photos to the photobook, beyond it going in the book pile.

Apparently I got made admin of the tribe after sending Tribe that e-mail, but nobody bothered telling me!

I'd like to thank the academy, but I don't think anyone actually voted...

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Brothers & Sisters, Place Your Bets

Wed, 14 Apr 2004 03:38:38 GMT

Where will Bill Hicks place in Comedy Central's top 100 Stand Up list? I'm putting him in the top five(number 4). Top 15 on the outside.

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What IS the name of this tribe?

Nick — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:24:50 GMT

Does anyone know what the full name of this tribe is? A the moment, it just sounds fucking surreal... Bill Hicks was a God!! or at least a pea? A PEA?

That makes no sense!

Was it "...pretty damn good comedian?" or "...prophet of some description?" or "... piece of our heritage as a hilarious member of the human race...!?"

And how the hell do we go about solving the lack of a tribe moderator?

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Bill Hicks, Music GOD!!

Nick — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:30:31 GMT

Hamell on Trial sings a song all about our favourite dead-too-young comedian... titled simply "Bill Hicks", it's a tribute.

Also, if you like Bill, you'll probably like Hamell. Give it a try, Hicksvilleites.

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Bill Hicks Comic God!

Nick — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:27:39 GMT

For those of you not in the know...

Go find Preacher... a great comic written by Garth Ennis, with art by Steve Dillon. The whole series is worth picking up in trade paperbacks, but specifically, there's a whole issue dedicated to Bill Hicks, in which two characters reminisce about the man's impact on their lives. Or unlives.

Oh, and as comics go, it's about as violent, and funny, and touching as it's possible to get. Go read, if you haven't already.

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main photo?

demonbuttercup — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:32:24 GMT

can't someone put up a picture of Bill for the home page?

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Invisible College celebrates Terence McKenna April 1 in LA

coco — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:44:30 GMT

http://sometimesidonothing.com/invisible_college/

:: FYI ::

You're invited to the latest in a series of bi-weekly events:

April 1st Invisible College celebrates Terence McKenna with videos, music, speakers, hands-on demos and HIGH spirited fun for all. We will be screening "Shamans Amongst the Machines," Terence's final public appearance at the Aero Space club in Seattle, 1999.

Terence McKenna was a psychedelic author, explorer, and showman. He was born in 1946 and grew up in Paonia, Colorado. In high school he moved to Los Altos, California and from there attended U.C. Berkeley for two years before setting off to travel. He traveled widely in Asia, South America, and Europe during his college years and his first book, co-authored with his brother Dennis McKenna, was based on their 1971 investigations of Amazonian hallucinogens. During his travels through Asia, he became involved with the hashish trade and eventually ran afoul of the... heck, who knows who he ran afoul of! No one we know!

Invisible College
Thursday April 01, 2004
8pm till late
$5.00

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How 'bout Bill Hicks IS a God

ravicher — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:59:46 GMT

Besides he's keeps crawling out of cows asses everytime i go funguy.

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Hicks Tribute in L.A. 2/026/04

twan — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:16:09 GMT

** 2/26/04: L.A. BURNER BENEFIT: BILL HICKS TRIBUTE **

L.A. Burning Man Community Benefit: Bill Hicks Tribute

February 26th will mark the 10 year anniversary of the untimely passing of Bill Hicks, stand-up comedian supreme and unparalleled scathing social commentarian. Bill set the bar for what is possible in communicating via the stand-up medium. http://www.billhicks.com

It will be a low key evening (being a school night and all), in which a brief presentation will be given, followed by a short documentary of Bill's life called "It's Just A Ride" (which is excellent), and some video of his stand up acts. If you're a Bill admirer you will want to be here. If you don't know Bill's material and the basis of his life, you should definitely come down and check it out. Either way you will be supporting the L.A. BM community.

Many such Hicks tributes will be happening all over the world on this same evening. He still talks to us, even 10 years after his passing. Bill created quite a ripple...

http://www.sacredcow.com/allnew/index_content.php?n=news_hicks_tributes_locations

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Bill Hicks Foundation For Wildlife.

A small donation of $5.00 is suggested, more if you can afford it, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Thursday February 26th

8:00pm-11pm

Documentary and video begins @ 8:30

Bar will be open w/ cheap drinks

The Red Loft
1617 e 7th st (across from the greyhound bus station)
loft #7
downtown l.a.
90021

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Bill Hicks tribute from The Guardian

John — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 06:44:04 GMT

Check it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1146768,00.html

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We're being fucking in the ass people!

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:43:34 GMT

Everytime someone asks the question- "How come we're in Iraq", with the follow-up question "Hey, what's that moving in and out of my anus?", it seems like a new PR stunt to distract comes about.

"Why are we there?"
Shut up and look at the president on the aircraft carrier.
"Ok, but why are we there"
"Be quiet- look at him IN Iraq"
"Ok, but why are we there?"
"shut up and look at this starving Iraqi child with toys we gave him"
"Ok, but- hey, why is my ass so sore?
"Ask us again next November"

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What's My Agenda?

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:41:19 GMT

"I have this feeling that whoever's elected president, no matter what promises you make on the campaign trail - blah, blah, blah - when you win, you go into this smoky room with the twelve industrialist, capitalist scumfucks that got you in there, and this little screen comes down... and it's a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you've never seen before, which looks suspiciously off the grassy knoll.... And then the screen comes up, the lights come on, and they say to the new president, 'Any questions?'

"Just what my agenda is."

-Bill Hicks

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When and how did you discover Bill?

Don — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:38:52 GMT

I lived through the 80's and 90's and never heard of Bill Hicks. I lived near NYC and was not riding on a turnip truck but I somehow entirely missed him. I was an anti-war activist during the Gulf War too.

I discovered Bill entirely by accident while surfing one day about two years ago. I watched some of his clips and fell off my chair. I thought, shit this guy sounds like me. He says everything I think and say (but he adds fuck a lot more). I immediately bought his entire collection of CDs, Videos, and shirts.

Unfortunately, I found that most of his great stuff was already on my hard drive but it was a good investment in a man’s work that deserves to be spread around.

I have found that I have to introduce Bill carefully to people and the selection I play has to fit into the opening of the listeners mind just right or he gets cut off. I first burned entire CDs and gave them out only to find that they heard some stupid dick joke, didn’t think it was very funny, pulled out the disk, and never gave him a second chance.

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The Bill Hicks Bootleg Archive

John — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:57:12 GMT

You'll enjoy it...

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~adrisc/speed/bill2.htm

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THank ya'll for showing up.

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:13:57 GMT

I have not even checked on this tribe in awhlie.I am glad to see it has grown so big.Thanks for showing up everbody.

BILLLLLLLL!!!!!

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Bootlegs...

Mon, 06 Oct 2003 07:38:51 GMT

Does have any good bootlegs they would want to share? I am always looking for new stuff.

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American Scream

the_bone — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 04:24:45 GMT

"American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story" by Cynthia True.

Read this biography. Now.

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What ya got ta say about Bill

Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:29:29 GMT

Just wonder on anybodys comments and if anyone knows where I can get some videos.I have the HBO show,but I want more.

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on the trio channel tonight..

inga — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:31:46 GMT

yes, they are doing a Uncensored comedy week on the Trio Channel and they are showing his apppearences on Letterman and other things that were censored and never aired.

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i love bill hicks so much i included him in a set

lolacarr — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 23:38:33 GMT

http://www.cloudfactory.org/music/chillits03.html

click on lola --

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Heya

David — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:47:03 GMT

Rabid Bill hicks fan, even to the point of having a disk of mp3's of his stuff on permanat standby.

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sacredcow.com

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 03:18:01 GMT

i'm sure you all have been there many times... anyway, it's got loads bill videos.

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