Comments on: Finding and Feeling the Neal Medlyn Way

Finding and Feeling the Neal Medlyn Way

jayder — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:50:03 -0800

"Sloppiness is my palette." Neal Medlyn is the self-proclaimed "Paris Hilton of Performance Art" who looked for "bits and pieces of coolness in normal things or in anything" when he was growing up in small-town Texas. Now performing regularly in New York City, Medlyn played a nude Dubya shacking up with Karen Finley's nude Martha Stewart in George and Martha (here's a review and another review; photos NSFW). According to the 2000 Austin Chronicle profile (written by his future wife) Medlyn came off as a lunatic in his early performances, many of which were sparsely attended, and involved "music, little routines, and group activities, like having everyone sit in the dark and listen very closely to a song he likes." Medlyn has performed, with Kenny Mellmann, a show of R. Kelly songs (watch him performing one; Google Video); he loves (NSFW) Lionel Richie (whose songs he finds strange and beautiful; watch mpg here); and he wrote a book inspired by his own buttocks (NSFW). Medlyn is currently doing, with Carmine Covelli, a somewhat Peewee Herman-ish video series for Nerve called Neal Medlyn's Land of Make-Believe (NSFW; videos depict group sex, performed by various animal puppets). Here is a 2004 interview with Medlyn. And Medlyn has a Myspace profile.

Blazecock Pileon — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:01:42 -0800

I need a pair of Neal's glasses. Stunning.

furtive — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:22:27 -0800

Cool.

delmoi — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:31:06 -0800

I'd love to see a video of that bizzare martha stewart thing.

wsg — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:20:35 -0800

I like Neal.

bim — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:01:31 -0800

God bless NYC. It is the promised land, especially for a Texas boy to showcase his...um..er...art. And I really love the orange undies, dude. ;)

Radio7 — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:54:10 -0800

Thanks for the link. I dig this guy - wow.

Mr.Encyclopedia — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:34:39 -0800

Andy Kaufman called, he wants his shtick back.

verb — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:01:36 -0800

MetaFilter: Group sex, performed by various animal puppets.

fungible — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:07:13 -0800

Cool! I kinda sorta know people who know these people! I just saw Neil's penis the other day! Awesome!