R L 'whoopeecat' Stephenson Dallas/Ft Worth Texas | | R L "whoopeecat" Stephenson has been livin' with the cactus and horny toads for many years. It certainly has affected his views, not to mention the few dances with peyote doin' the same. Slingin' hash, or grub to most folks, being an accomplished Executive Chef has put the groceries in the fridge and a roof over his head. He is editor/publisher of Whoopeecat Press. His work appears on various websites. Accomplishments - chapbook: "Nola in the Streets" and "Howlin' Cat Blues" - 15 poem CD. | What do you do for a living?
I sling hash, flip burgers, skin fish, grind cow and make special sauce. Sometimes I've been known to make a little home made moonshine quaintly referred to as monkey juice, and drink multiple bottles of expensive wine in one sitting while deciding on which food makes it taste better.....hmmmm......No wonder I'm not a skinny chef! Who are your favorite artists?
Poetic and/or other wise.... Rossini, Paganini, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, Rick James, Holst, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Judy Garland, Butthole Surfers, James Brown, Mott the Hoople, Judas Priest, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams, Devo, Kiss, Marvin Gaye, The Doors, Beatles, Stones,Otis Redding, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, Stevie Ray Vaughn, T.S. Elliot, Evan Dorkin, Blondie, Prokofiev, Black Sabbath, John Sousa, Miles Davis, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, The Assylum Street Spankers, Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs, Southern Culture on the Skids, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, N.W.A., The Ramones, Nashville Pussy, Washboard Sam, David Letterman, Marty Robbins, Public Enemy, Van Halen (with David Lee and Sammy), Doctor John, Edwin Starr, Bob Marley, Soul Coughing, The Specials, Pixies, Johhny Paycheck, Ennio Morricone, Mike "The Old Grey Wolf" Rhyner and Greg "the Hammer" Williams, John Lee Hooker, Duke Ellington, Eric Bogosian, Franz Liszt, Andy Rooney, Beck, Violent Femmes, Jimi Hendrix, Bix Beider Beck, Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel, Spike Jones, Spike Lee, Spike Gillespie, Quentin Tarantino, Homer and Jethro, The Blues Brothers, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Sidney Bichet, Johnny Winters, Monty Python, Mississippi John Hurt, Firesign Theatre, Emmitt Miller, Who, Frank Zappa, Yellowman, Batman, Spiderman, Clebo Rainey, GNO aka the Black Super Hero aka Spiderman Tahooti, Dead Kennedys, Harry Reasnor, Roy Smeck, Jr. Parker, Nina Simone, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Ween, Willie Dixon, Mojo Nixon, The Tower of Power Horns, Hank Snow, Richard Thomspon, Glass Eye, Blind Willy Johnson, Big Boys, Dead Boys, The Damned, Bob Brozman, Pee Wee Herman, Billy Holiday, Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Memphis Jug Band, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Dr. Seuss, Beastie Boys, Chet Baker, Boredoms, Johnny Cash, Lucile Ball, Jack Kerouac, Johnny Depp, Thelonius Monk, Coltrane, Merle Haggard, Dean Martin, XTC, Bongwater, Frank Sinatra, Circle Jerks, Louis L'amour, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, Charles Bukowski, Sly and the Family Stone, Sam and Dave, Queen Esther, Clara Rockmore, Sting, The Lone Ranger, Quisp, Quake, Astro, Allen Ginsberg, Mills Bros, Ice T, Getto Boys, Kronos Quartet, B.B. King, Dr. M.L. King, Albert King, Freddy King, King Vitamin, "The King", Tom Jones, The Cramps, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Talking Heads, George and Ira Gershwin, Marilyn Monroe, Ludwig and Camper Van Beethoven, Nat King Cole, Fear, Fang, Germs, Ed Hall, Scratch Acid, AC/DC , Patti Smith, Stravinski, Soundgarden, Bob Crane, Nirvana, Jesus Lizard, Meat Joy, James Page and Bob Plant, Television, Pretenders, War, B52s, Breeders, R.E.M., Ike and Tina Turner, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Kurnitz, Gleason & Carney, Parlament Funkadelic, Perry and Kingsley, Morphine, Jane's Addiction, Fats Waller, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Koko Taylor, Mozart, Tchikovski, Swamp Zombies, Don Walser, The Derailers,Los Lobos, Jazz Butcher, Dick Tingler and Jack Sabbath, Santana, Earnest Tubb, Neal Sperry, Al Carrol, Taylor Mahli, Amalia Ortiz, Wammo, Tool, Joe Meek, Robin Williams, John Lennon, Alexander Calder, Malcom X, Shel Silverstien, Jimi, Janis, Jim Morrison, Harry Crews, A.A. Milne, The Ohio Players, Barbara K, The Mississippi Sheiks, The Tubes, L7, Junior Brown, Johnny Horton, Buster Keaton, Mancow, William Blake, Boogie Man, Patricia Smith, Renegade, Bongo Don, Bozo, Emmet Kelly, Port, Dennis Miller, Eric Clapton, Weather Report, Morphine, Warren Zevon, The Neville Brothers What influences you to write about/how you do?
Other than all of the fore mentioned influences? Every day scenes from the every day stage. Some are fuckin' hilarious, others just make ya puke...nice wide spectrum of shit to pull from. I don't live a "Sheltered Life"! Where do you see the underground writing scene in 25 years?
Funny...this is it! I once sat in on a workshop with a kewl writer from NY named Amy Holman down in San Antonio. Once I got over the hangover blues from the frozen ritas at La Fogata, she confirmed that the net is like the mags and news papers of the 60's. Until the instant gratification gotta go generation figures out how to do implants that beam shit to and from your medulla instantaneously, about all you can hope for is being able to read shit on a palm pilot or smaller with your over laser vision corrected pupils. Smaller...faster...smaller...faster....shit! They are thinking with their dicks! from cait - tell us about the most devastating negative situation you've been involved in and how you handled it and do you still use condoms even if it's not for the purpose intended...? (no water balloon scenes pullleaaaaaaase heh -
Seeing a good friend die over a long period of time from AIDS. Handled it through writing, comedy, giving to related charities and having him come back during a spiritual circle to tell me he was ok.....he also so told me I was going to be a woman in my next life....been practicing checking the penis at the door and looking at shit from the female perspective....not looking forward to panty hose, bras and bleeding every month though.Last time I used a condom......I cheated in a contest to hold my breath under water at a pool party...filled the condom with air and tied it off...stuck it in the shorts...looked enticing....lost anyway cause I couldn't undo the knot under water! | |