NYC trip recap
I guess I’ve kept the world waiting long enough for updates on last week’s New York trip. I’m just happy to do my part in building suspense.
Our trip turned out pretty sweet. Thousands of people were exposed to the enigma that is the Naked Candidate and the S.I.P - some found us hilarious, others were shocked or didn’t know what to think, and only a few people got angry. Tons of strangers took pictures of us, or shot video. Some people gave us money, although we’re still trailing Bortz in fundraising.
For the first 2 nights, we stayed at the Royal Motel, former home of Nakd Cowboy before he moved in with his girlfriend. Naked turned out to be a gracious and generous host/tour guide. He’d pick us up in the mornings and drive us to the city. After the day of campaigning in Times Square (Holbrook in his underwear, myself with the guitar, hat and sunglasses) he’d take us out for his standard meal of chicken and brocolli. At all times the Naked Cowboy has a streaming web cam with him, broadcasting live at http://www.nakedcowboy.tv - you can find us in the archives, for example, at 11:24 am on July 16. We may just have to set up a Candidate Cam on Holbrook as we run the most open and honest campaign the world has ever seen. We also got some footage shot by Naked’s videographer Ron Israel - we’ve got some editing to do but we’ll have it up before too long.
The trip and the Naked Cowboy has inspired Holbrook, who is now in training to become the ultimate Naked Candidate. The Candidator is hitting the gym and reading political linguistic theory, so we can turn the rhetoric of politics on its head. I’m happy to announce that the S.I.P. is now both pro-life and pro-choice, and there is no contradiction what-so-ever in saying that.
Since the trip, Holbrook and I made appearances in a short film, which will be premiering at the Carnegie this Saturday starting at 8:30 http://www.thecarnegie.com/ for tickets)
Also, you might want to watch the Tonight Show tonight, there may or may not be something of interest.
