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The world’s oldest profession goes academic. Greenwood Press, a publisher of reference tomes, has added to its list a two-volume, 848 page ox-stunner, The Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work. At a hefty price tag of $225, this slick set will reside primarily on the musty shelves of academic libraries, unless the publisher decides to [...]

Well, though we failed to locate the world’s largest garden gnome (see below) at Hudson River Park on Sunday, in our travels we happened upon a Tom Otterness sculpture garden. It’s actually a small playground (Rockefeller Park) in Battery Park City, just overlooking what used to be Pier 25. Yippee Skippy!

The installation is called [...]

Artwork: Sue Coe
Looking for a cheap place to advertise your group, business, service, book or art? The upcoming issue of World War Three Illustrated, a respected activist zine for 25 years, has space available. The theme of the issue is “Unnatural Disasters”. For only $200 for a full page ad, $100 for half a page, [...]

Dear friends:
Rebecca will be performing Wednesday August 30 at 7 PM at Stand Up NY Comedy Club, 236 West 78th St. (bet. Broadway and Amsterdam). Call 212-595-0850 for reservations ($10 cover, 2 drink minimum).
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GREENVISION
on B.C.A.T., Brooklyn Community Access Television,Wednesdays at 2:30pm and 10:30pm, Channels 35 and 68, video streaming live at www.bcat.tv (ch. 2).
“His office (NYC Parks Commissioner, Adrian Benepe) is really a shrine to fake grass”-Bill Crane, Citizens for a Green Riverside Park
GREENVISION presents today and next week, “Leaves of Crass”, the story of FAKE GRASS carpeting [...]

You gotta love miniature golf– there’s no other pastime that combines sports with giant garden gnomes and double scotch-and-waters disguised in Styrofoam cold cups.
When Goofy Garden Minigolf was demolished last year, along with the rest of New York City’s Pier 25, Chomsky, the world’s largest garden gnome (purportedly 18 feet tall), was sent to [...]

I’ll start with my motto: “You know you have your finger on something when you can feel it squirm”

This blog will roam through a variety of topics like art, activism, comedy and the environment. Eventually I’ll post comics and videos from the Yippee Skippy Puppet Theater. Till then, I’ll try to keep you entertained!