EARTHDANCE 2007 HIGHLGHTS
The
Divine Comedy
hosted by Wavy Gravy Saturday Night (September 15) in the Diner Divine
Presenting for the second year at Earthdance - "The Divine Comedy" sessions, hosted by legendary activist clown Wavy Gravy with special guest Paul Krassner. Join us for a belly full of laughs, featuring two of the most respected counter-culture comics in the nation and feast on some delicious diner munchies supplied by Café Mam. This festival gem is not to be missed.
 "Like the best of clowns, Wavy Gravy will make as big a fool of himself as is necessary to make a wiser man of you. He is one of the better people on earth." -- Ron Rosenbaum, Village Voice |
Wavy Gravy has lived a life filled with excitement, adventure, and philanthropy. He was a part of the Beat movement in the late 1950s, hanging out in Greenwich Village with hipsters and folk singers like Paul Krassner, Lenny Bruce, and Bob Dylan. He was a comedian and a comic actor, working for a time at the Committee (San Francisco's equivalent to Chicago's Second City ). By 1966, he was one of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and living on a mountain top commune near L.A. called the Hog Farm. After a time, the Hog Farm took to the road with its members living in a fleet of converted school buses and traveling the country protesting the Vietnam War. Wavy Gravy achieved his first 15 minutes of fame when he declared from the stage at Woodstock, "What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000." Wavy has filled his days with an endless list of benefits and worthy causes, including the Seva Foundation, Home Aid (for the homeless), Cowboys for Indians (for Native Americans), Blues Against Blindness and more. He also co-founded the legendary camp Winnarainbow for children with is wife Jahanara and has spent countless hours spent in children's hospital ward. He is addicted to helping people, and his enthusiasm is contagious. |
The Los Angeles Times comments: “He has the uncanny ability to alter your perceptions permanently.” |
Paul Krassner calls himself an investigative satirist. Don Imus labeled him “one of the comic geniuses of the 20th century.” And, According to the Los Angeles Reader, “Krassner delivers 90 minutes of the funniest, most intelligent social and political commentary in town.” When People magazine called Krassner “Father of the underground press,” he immediately demanded a paternity test. His style of personal journalism constantly blurred the line between observer and participant. He has been a guest on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; on Air America Radio with Janeane Garofalo and with Marc Maron. He hosted his own radio call-in show in San Francisco. The San Francisco Examiner: “Krassner is absolutely compelling. He has lived on the edge so long he gets his mail delivered there.”
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