Comments on: the life and death of a lying snitch

the life and death of a lying snitch

nickyskye — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:32:08 -0800

The strange saga of Harvey Matusow, "most hated man in America". Said to be the most notorious of the paid perjurious snitches for the Communist witch-hunters, married 12 times, gave LSD to Robert F. Kennedy, tangled with Roy Cohn, was prison buddies with Wilhelm Reich, recorded a psychedelic Jews Harp record, started the rumor that smoking dried banana peels gets you high (as an act of revenge against Chiquita Banana), wrote one of the first how-to books on computer hacking. [via]

By: LarryC

LarryC — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:08:58 -0800

Great post! A full life, sometimes badly lived. And then there is this: "He invited his pal Yoko Ono and her husband to London for the gallery show where Yoko met John, making him partially responsible for breaking up The Beatles." Is that worse or better than allying with Joe McCarthy?

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:33:29 -0800

What an ass. He was also probably the first guy that drove off without paying from a self-service gas pump, thereby ruining it for everybody else. (nice post)

By: davebush

davebush — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:55:50 -0800

Are you sure you're not talking about Bill Brasky?

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:21:38 -0800

"...making him partially responsible for breaking up The Beatles." Huh? The Beatles have broken up?

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:43:39 -0800

mesmerizing

By: aaronetc

aaronetc — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:47:42 -0800

I once saw Harvey Matusow eat an entire live cow and a pine log, then proceed to excrete an exquisite leather recliner.

By: TrinityB5

TrinityB5 — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:55:03 -0800

kinda like an evil real-life Forrest Gump...

By: kjh

kjh — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:39:50 -0800

I can't help but wonder if Harvey Matusow is any relation to poker personality Mike "The Mouth" Matusow.

By: CCBC

CCBC — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:29:32 -0800

A great story! Yes, these colorful villains are so lovable. thirty-five years from now, when Ann Coulter writes her memoirs, we'll all have a chuckle.

By: goo

goo — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:55:16 -0800

kinda like an evil real-life Forrest Gump... ..on lots of acid. Only that can explain "Poo Children on Mountain".

By: chillmost

chillmost — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:00:43 -0800

Aww man, that banana peel thing was just a rumor? ...throws pipe away...

By: jfuller

jfuller — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:37:32 -0800

> started the rumor that smoking dried banana peels gets you high (as an act of > revenge against Chiquita Banana), and a bubble-popping joke on every hippie in the Known Universe. Took the "dumb hippie" canard away from the John Birch Society and gave it to the world (where it thrives to this day.)

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:14:26 -0800

Took the "dumb hippie" canard away from the John Birch Society and gave it to the world Because smart people always take their cues from John Birchers.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:23:35 -0800

kinda like an evil real-life Forrest Gump... Such a good description of this guy.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:29:54 -0800

LSD to Robert F. Kennedy... recorded a psychedelic Jews Harp record I'd say these two very good things balance his karma out pretty evenly.

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:20:27 -0800

Damn that guy - I tried drying and smoking a banana peel when I was around 10 or 12, and always figured I had done something wrong because I didn't get high. Luckily, I discovered pot shortly thereafter, rendering further experimentation unnecessary. Now, how about nutmeg? Is that rumor false, too?

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:21:02 -0800

Check erowid for details of the nutmeg experience. Ugh. I love telling kids that banana peels will get 'em high. ;-)

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:04:20 -0800

an act of revenge against Chiquita Banana... "And our marketing department says that sales to stoners who save the skin and throw the rest of the banana away are up 286%! Unfortuately, our sister company Grande Pineapple is currently floundering, but they're trying to start a feud with Harvey Matusow... "

By: Sparx

Sparx — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:25:08 -0800

Bashos_frog: a wise old hippy (he must have been over 30) once told me that man was meant to get out of it, but not by nutmeg. Which is to say, yes, it does work, and no, it's not worth the experience.

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:30:48 -0800

Tried to get high off nutmeg exactly once. I can still taste it in the back of my mouth. More horrible than the horriblest thing ever. This is such a nifty post, by the way, thank you!