The video for "The Power of Pussy," the classic Bongwater song (with B-52s frontman Fred Schneider singing backup!), had a budget of "$1000 and $600 of that went to Ann [Magnuson]'s hair and make-up, with the remainder going to pizza and videotape stock." And: "Ann threw a big party to premiere the video and it was the first time I was ever in Los Angeles. There were tons of TV and movie stars there (Albert Brooks, Richard Lewis), rockstars (members of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone) Russ Meyer actress Kitten Natividad and even Simpson's creator Matt Groening, who asked me for a copy for his personal [...]

This is pretty embarrassing, but one night, when I was a freshman in college, my friend Todd and I got so high from smoking pot that we thought we could read each other's minds. We were in my room doing too many bong hits and one of us (I'll take responsibility, though I don't remember for sure) had the brilliant idea of, "What would happen if we drank the bongwater?" I know: yuck: we might as well have eaten used cigarette butts. But this is the state we'd put ourselves in.

Once upon a time there was a Bongwater song called "David Bowie Wants Ideas," about a dream in which David Bowie invites a bunch of people to a party because he is desperately in need of ideas for his new album. (An album which was clearly going to be assembled in the Maureen Dowd group composition fashion.) Then David Byrne shows up and we learn never to trust Davids ever! Anyway, now in the real world, it is Wired editor Chris Anderson who wants your ideas, oh crowd full of wisdom and ideas and words and endless tails, this time for his new book, which is about, uh… not [...]