My wife and son, Absurdism, psychedelia, weird music, writing, surrealism, spirituality, reincarnation, coffee and coffeeshops, pinball, sleeping, drawing, the 1920's, France, old cartoons, Slim Jims, psychic phenomenon, UFO's, psychedelic art, flappers, art noveau, diners, krautrock, playing guitar, chinese food, kava, sub sandwiches, the science of dreams and daydreaming, sushi and raw bars, book stores, David Firth cartoons, lawn gnomes, existentialism, 3-D movies, synchonicity, computer adventure games, minimalism, americana, chocolate, small towns, tarot cards, potato chips, mellowness, intimate summer patio get togethers, decent comic books like Eightball and Hate and the Vertigo line from years back, shots, being lazy, talking animals (talking birds, dogs, and cats), funhouse mirrors, iced tea, cheese dishes, home-made fruit salad, escaping, puns and spoonerisms, interesting people, friends....
Music
Robert Pollard/Guided by Voices, BEATLES, Syd's Floyd in particular and good Floyd in general (I love the lethargic layered vocals coupled with that trippy lazy slide guitar...), Lilys, Animal Collective, Flaming Lips, The Loud Family, Velvet Underground, The Byrds and other 12 string twangers, shoegaze, dreampop, 60's psych, some 80's bands (Bunnymen and Furs, the Bongos and paisley underground. . ), Krautrock, old punk, Television, The Fall, Donovan, WFMU, WPRB, Mission of Burma, Waxwings, The Helio Sequence, Toma, the Sydeways, anything experimental without delving into pure noise
relaxation music, nature sounds, silence. . . .sorry, it drives me crazy when people feel they have to name every single band they like in this 'ain't I hip' way. Just name the genre, we get the drift. Cool knows its own!
currently in heavy rotation:
The Helio Sequence
The Residents
The Sydeways
Toma
the sounds of kaleidoscope
all the bands in my top friends, so much sweetness
BANDS I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WITNESSING LIVE
Guided by Voices (only twice)
My Bloody Valentine
Ride
Catherine Wheel
Slowdive
Blur (twice, both in support of the 1st l.p.)
Charlatans UK
Pale Saints
Mission of Burma, final tour
The Ramones
Public Image Ltd.
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Cars
The Undertones
The Boomtown Rats
Joe Jackson
Paul McCartney
Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds tour
Rain Parade
The Bongos
XTC
Bow Wow Wow
Joan Jett
Lunachiks
The Neats (we went to see them, ended up opening and having them spend the night)
REM
U2 at the Ritz in support of their 2nd album October
The Clash
Buzzcocks reunion
The Residents
Flesh for Lulu (we opened for them)
Faith No More (we opened for them)
Crossfire Choir
Mod Fun
Secret Syde
Insomniacs
Nude Swirl
Chesire Cats
Monster Magnet
The Sydeways
Principles of Literary Criticism
(lol,. . . .ain't I hip?)
Movies
MARX BROTHERS, Ghost World, The Jerk, Napoleon Dynamite, Kentucky Fried Movie, Hard Day's Night, Garden State, Head, Easy Rider, Psych-Out, Fear and Loathing, Willy Wonka, Eternal Sunshine, Me and You and Everyone We Know, What Dreams May Come, Lost in Translation, Don't Look Back, Spinal Tap, The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, Groundhogs Day, Splendor in the Grass, Lilith, and a ton of weird older movies I only managed to catch a part of on late night t.v. that I may never find out the names of
Television
COMEDY
MR. SHOW!!!,....The Life & Times Of Tim, Reno 911, The Mighty Boosh, Stella, Get a Life, SCTV, Dr. Katz, Green Acres, Gilligan's Island, Andy Griffith Show, The Brady Bunch, The Addams Family, Adult Swim cartoons, Sifl and Olly, Tom Green's old Canadian cable access show before he went Hollywood, Mystery Science Theater 3000,Simpsons, Family Guy,
STRANGENESS
Amazing Stories,
Great Ghost Tales,
Night Gallery,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
The Twilight Zone,
Tales From the Darkside,
Tales From the Crypt,
Outer Limits,
One Step Beyond,
Tales of Tomorrow,
Lights Out,
Monsters
Books
Lewis Carroll, Daniil Kharms, C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Barry Yourgrau, Shel Silverstein, Richard Brautigan, Kevin Donihe (not only a great writer, but an all around great guy), Gina Ranalli, Alexander Vvedensky, polycarp kusch, John Ashbery, D. Harlan Wilson, Bradley Sands, Valery Ronshin, Vincent W. Sakowski, Ernie Bushmiller, Clifford A. Pickover. Assorted outsider writers whose work can only be found online ... Any spiritual book. I love reading prophecy and Near Death Experience books.
Anyone looking to read whacked out fiction, please look into the Bizarro movement.
It's new, it's very weird, and it's cutting edge.
It is the new umbrella which many of us strange writers have agreed to stand under, to help unite us, strengthen the scene, and make it easier on you, the book buying public, when it comes to looking for something interesting to read besides music bio books. Bizarro is here!
Check out my groups for more info.
Heroes
Jesus
Edgar Cayce
Grant Morrison
Bob Pollard
Syd Barrett
Daniel Clowes
Steven Wright
Carl Jung
Emanuel Swedenborg
Rudolf Steiner
Padre Pio
Paul Solomon
Daniil Kharms
Jack Handey
Will Ferrell
Rene Magritte
John Lennon
Harpo Marx
assorted mystics, tortured artists, truth seekers, revolutionaries, spiritual visionaries and madmen
Ray Fracalossy, Absurdist Author is taking Absurdism to new and exciting places. Like make-out point, the tunnel of love, and the drive-in. Posted at 1:21 AM Jan 13 view more
About me: I'm married. I met my lovely wife Christiane back in 96 in a now defunct chatroom called The Park. I have a stepson named Francis.
I used to play in a paisley underground band called Lord John, who released one L.P. on Bomp Records back in '86 (isn't that the year most myspacer's were born?). It is out of print, but you may be able to find it in the used bin or on E-bay. I also played in a lo-fi psych band called The Narc Twins with Lord John's lead singer/guitarist.
I am an ABSURDIST author, and have short stories scattered all around this thing we call the internet.
I would like to officially announce the release of my novel, Tales From The Vinegar Wasteland, published by Afterbirth Books. It's available at Amazon.com.
Or you could order it from your local bookstore.
"One part surrealist farce, one part psychotic hallucination. The story begins with a visit from his friend Anton, who has been slowly losing his face. We meet Gregory, whose home now includes a non-existing room, and discover the joys of purchasing photographs of events that never happened. Somewhere, within the circle of life and death, confusion and romantic infatuation, where death and the afterlife are as confusing as Earth, and dreams are as real as reality, all of life's mysteries are solved, including the discovery of who, or what God really is. Like a modern day Alice in Wonderland for adults."
"Wow...this is fucking rad...who is this writer...?" —kurt k. heasley, fountainhead of acid rock legends LILYS
"Though Ray Fracalossy's work has an absurdist core
reminiscent of the old school, it has a decidedly
modern heart that makes you laugh and think at the
same time." —Kevin Donihe, author of Shall We Gather at the Garden?, editor of Bare Bone, and author of the soon-to-be-released Grape City
"Ray Fracalossy's ability to seamlessly blur the line between the irreal and real has made him one of the defining writers of the new absurdist movement. He possesses something rarely found in art today, a unique voice. Tales... is a novel that will more than likely outlast us all." —polycarp kusch, author, school marm, cannibal & founder of both oBook.org and the new absurdist website (www.absurdist.cc)
I am currently in the process of rewriting a children's book, after having lost all my notes, and the first two chapters in a fatal computer crash.
For more information about the Bizarro genre, go to:
And a video by none other than myself!
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Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to hook up and network with other Absurdist writers.
Oh and maybe Bill Brasky. . . Eddie Izzard, or Bob Pollard. . . maybe Salad Fingers or the Residents.
Ray Fracalossy, Absurdist Author's Friend Space (Top 38)
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hey ray picked up your book again. the 3rd eye pasty always slays me. well not literally althought that would be quite a tale in itself.. anyway i feel like i told u that before. if I did then it's a testament that ur stories crack me the hell up. peace shell
Thank you so much for the kind words! I finally got around to writing a review on Amazon (sorry it took so long...I have been a bit sick recently). I hope all is well with you! Take care and I hope to talk to you soon. *Cheers*
Thank you so much for writing such a kick ass novel..."Tales From the Vinegar Wasteland." Have I told you I love the title? It was truly inspiring to read, and I can't wait to get my hands on more of your work. One of the many things I loved about it, and yes there were a plethora of things I found quite titillating, was the screaming neighbor...fabulous. ;)
I just read your contribution to the Bizarro Starter Kit. I must say I found the stories enjoyable. They put me in mind of Richard Brautigan, just a little. I'll definately have to check out Tales from the Vinegar Wasteland.
Whatz a surrrrprize.... Lo-ved TFTVWasteland; my favorite sequence begins when our protagonist hero gets lost in search of his friend's home and instead finds a home with the same number and knocks- to his friend's surprise- to find the company he was in search for at this random location.... My enjoyment of the sequence climaxed after his going shopping, only to return to the same address where a non-english speaking maid has a prepared statement answering his questions while disavowing knowledge of any other words except those used in the statement.. Most excellent!!
So my copy of the book is in storage just when I was going to loan it to a very spiritual friend I just made up. Too many roads have been walked not to have a 6000+ library collection of this's and thats's on hand at all times. Of course, one of those thats's being your this's.
The tentacles are the best part. I'm reading a Kharms book right now. Great stuff. As is Ray Frac's stuff. Seriously, the compliment means a lot coming from you. Happy reading!
I played Final Solution for Darren and he loved it. He wants a copy of the album for his car. He also wants to have been born 10 years earlier so that he could have seen LJ live at the Court as a Rutgers student. I don't think I can help him with the latter...
Well, I just finished Tales From The Vinegar Wasteland, and I have to say it is very weird and completely unlike anything else I have ever read, I love it!
Hey! Good to "hear" from you Ray. yeah it has been a while. U still working @ the Liquor store? I only go there 4 beer on occasion anymore but haven't seen you there lately? My JD habit got too expen$ive so resorted to buying the supersized bottles from sam's club, 'til i started pissing blood last oct. It was bladder cancer. Last procedure doc said I'm tumor free & no chemo needed. So, that's good. (Too much info?? kinda felt it needed an explanation...) Can't honestly say I'm making out that great in most other regards right now (I'll spare you the details there)...but "that's life" could be worse, Gotta take the good w/ the bad, be thankful for what I got & all that crap.
