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RIP Wesley Willis

James Ballot just reminded me I didn’t say anything about Wesley Willis’ death last week (registration required). Here’s another good piece on Wesley . It’s a great loss, of course, but all the media coverage was kinda weird. The Tribune story was way over-the-top, and you could sense that they were happy to be able to write a story about him without having to worry about him showing up at their office to hang out. It’s a lot easier to heap praise on outsider art when the annoying and unpredictable outsider isn’t around anymore. I’m not sure if I miss being headbutted by a huge smelly crazy homeless dude at the Empty Bottle every night, but Wesley made Chicago a little less boring in the 90s, and whichever side of the exploitation argument you fall on, both his life and ours were enriched by his art. I can’t find an MP3, but Heavy Vegetable’s “Song for Wesley” is the most endearing tribute I’ve seen or heard, and it’s the best, because it was written while he was still alive. It ends, in Wesley style, “Rock over London, Rock on Chicago, Wesley Willis, whoopin’ on a mule’s ass with a belt.”

Defilers and Wildcat 100

Slaughterhouse 9 was awesome and it kicked my ass, but more on that later. If that wasn’t enough entertainment for you, there’s more this weekend: the Defilers Rally just over the border in Wisconsin and, farther north in the Cheese State, the Wildcat03 If you can make it though another weekend of parties and/or riding, you’re a stronger man than I am.

Slaughterhouse is *so* on

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If you’re not already on your way, get in your car right now and get your ass to Chicago. The rally kicked off last night with the 2strokebuzz party at Hogs and Honeys (then Neo, which 2sb couldn’t stay up for). If you weren’t there, you missed a fantastic raffle, where we gave away a motorcycle and a signed Carpenters album: “Mmmm, Italian Beef, Love Karen.” See you all tonight.

Slaughter at Slaughterhouse

Big Rye’s post on CHIscooterList: “I finally went to the live poultry place and bought a chicken. I had the guy cut it up. I asked if they were open on Sunday and he said ‘from 9-3’ so the Slaughter at Slaughterhouse (sponsored by Ryetronics) is on! The only problem is they do the butchering in a room behind the front counter. I asked him if I could bring people back there to watchOe and he said ok. I’m not sure if he understood what I meant but hopefully this will work out this time.”

Electric Vetrix rivals gas scooters?

From Durso: Vectrix is saying their new electric scooter repeatedly beat a gas scooter on the 1km Peugeot test track. Beating a gas scooter (even a Peugeot) is big news for electric scooters, and their trade-press hyperbole machine is working overtime in a Design News story (Registration is unfortunately required.), but Vetrix’s website hasn’t been updated for three years, and still claims their technology will be commercially available in 2001.