Post #297871 by ikitnrev on Mon, Apr 9, 2007 12:37 PM

I think we can also add the band Cramps and Munktiki to this devolution theory.

Reading the Wikipedia entry for Oscar Kiss Maerth, I learned that the band DEVO referred to him as 'Author Kiss-My-Ass'

I immediately thought of the Cramps song 'Kizmiaz' which can be found on their 'A Date With Elvis' CD. This song is perhaps the most tropical/exotic song that the Cramps ever recorded.

Take a magic carpet to the olden days
To a mythical land where everybody lays
Around in the clouds in a happy daze
in Kizmiaz...Kizmiaz.

Flamingos stand easy on bended knees
Palm trees wave over tropical seas
of azure waves and lazy breeze
in Kizmiaz...Kizmiaz. (there are more lyrics)

Now consider that Sven was the cinematographer for the Cramps music video 'Bikini Girls With Machine Guns.' We have direct links between Sven, tiki, Devo, and the Cramps. It is all making sense!

And we can even throw in the people at Munktiki, with the creation of their Skull Monkey Mug.

Learning about Oscar Maerth's theories has provided me with new meanings for this mug. I used to think of this as just a simple monkey mug - but now I think of it as the perfect mug to designate that moment when monkeys first started to eat their brains, marking the point in time when devolution started.

I've just ordered the Oscar Maerth book, and soon expect my horizons to be further broadened.

Vern