The bombast transcripts : rants and screeds of RageBoy / Christopher Locke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Locke, Christopher, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern.

Civilization.

United States--Civilization--1970---Miscellanea.

United States.

Civilization, Modern--1950---Miscellanea.

Locke, Christopher, 1947-.

Locke, Christopher.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

vii, 278 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Perseus Pub., [2002]

Summary:

From one of today's most original, outspoken, and outrageous cultural commentators comes an extraordinary collection of essays, anecdotes, and observations on our life and times. For years, Chris Locke has raised a racket on the Net -- and every other medium he can get his hands on. Under his alter-egotistical nom de plume, RageBoy, he has entertained and enlightened thousands of readers from some of the world's largest companies, governments, and institutions -- including those from which he's managed to escape.

Now for the first time in browser-free format, The Bombast Transcripts brings together the best of his worst. And his worst is very good indeed. Marvel along as one of America's foremost social critics interviews pop media superstars such as Sayanarology's Moe Ron Hubbard, Godzilla, Mr. Ed, and, in a twisted hall-of-mirrors tour de force, RageBoy himself. Tremble in awe as mysteries of the universe unfold, from surreal new perspectives on thermodynamics and cutting-edge neurophysiology to some of the best sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll escapades this side of Sing Sing. Thrill to obfuscation so arcane you'll need to be sedated. Laugh so hard you'll think you have been.

While Locke's semantic antics will have you in stitches, his real aim is the jugular -- via a triple bypass that transplants business, media, and social mores into a carnivalesque landscape of the imagination where conventional logic bellies up and flatlines. Part scathing sendup of commercial techno-fetishism, part hysterical standup on the theme of spiritual bankruptcy, part intimate memoir of a remarkably vibrant and uncompromising life, The Bombast Transcripts will rock you, shock you, and leave you deeply pondering what The Economist once called "the wisdom of RageBoy."

Contents:

Introduction: Dr. Paracelsus, I Presume 1

Reading the Dictionary 9

Winter Solstice 14

I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon 18

RageBoy Tells All 30

Pattern Recognition 41

Shake! 48

Signs and Portents 56

Dust My Broom 63

Bad Science, No Pictures 71

She Moves in Mysterious Ways 78

Word 83

Desiderata 94

I Have a Dream: An Interview with Corporate Legal 96

Ships in the Night: The 666 Exit Interview 103

50-Minute Hour 111

The Cover Letter 118

Uniquely Qualified 126

Welcome to the Weather Channel 130

On Getting It 135

DiChirico Fends Off the Spectral Bats of Andalusia 143

China Rising 148

Our Snack with Andre 153

Death 159

Two Guys in a Bar 168

Sex Rears Its Ugly Head 175

Omar Reads the Net 179

Faster Horses! 186

Moe Ron Hubbard on Diuretics 192

Bopp till You Drop 199

An Interview with Mr. Ed 203

Talking Cure 213

Tonight on Cary Ling Jive! 225

Writer's Bloc 234

Foreigner 240

Trip Report 242

Celebrate Responsibly 255

Clues You Can Lose 262

Red Shift Blues 270

Music Appreciation 275.

ISBN:

0738206334

OCLC:

48859823