the bedford ranter interview (1160 views)

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  • JakCastillo posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:56:20 am
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  • we had coffee once while speed walking to kent avenue, we shared a great conversation and parted ways without saying bye
  • Berzerko posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 12:19:32 pm
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  • ladouce and peace
  • kariface posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 7:11:49 pm
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  • i dont want to watch 15 minutes of that, someone summarize, pls
  • bryan posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 8:43:51 pm
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  • this is actually quite fascinating. summary is obviously not feasible.
  • tsatsagawhore posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:39:23 pm
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  • his name is screaming jesus damn it
    he always tells me which house the moon's in
    i never even asked he just looks at me and says "moon's in virgo" or wherever it is then
  • Berzerko posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 10:44:18 pm
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  • lawrence_ladoucer posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:39:23 pm
    his name is screaming jesus damn it
    he always tells me which house the moon's in
    i never even asked he just looks at me and says "moon's in virgo" or wherever it is then
  • Idontbelong posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:12:40 pm
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  • kariface posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 7:11:49 pm
    i dont want to watch 15 minutes of that, someone summarize, pls

    Dude's fought in Vietnam and is poisoned by the depression drugs they give out at the VA. He had a wife and kids in Butte, MT, but when he and the wife moved to Utah, they both discovered swinging and he's not sure if he's the father of his youngest. He moved to the state of Brooklyn after being evicted from his public storage locker in Manhattan. He lives at that shady hostel on Broadway, across the street from Misha's.

    He's very lucid when he speaks, but he does rant about sex and morality. After he turned 55, though, he stopped being sexual. He may be the Jewish messiah - moshiach. He thinks one of his parents was Jewish. His dad was kicked out of the military for something or other.

    Just watch the darn thing because it really is interesting. Then you'll have something to talk about the next time he buys a can opener or s'thing at your store.
  • Sbordone posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:24:44 pm
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  • good summary. also, all of the painful experiences of his life were a result of being a sexual object. nothing sucks now that he doesnt wanna fuck anymore.
  • Sbordone posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:26:11 pm
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  • oh, and he cought a felony assault charge for shutting a restaurant's window on some dude's arm because they were playing their music too loud (entertaining the sidewalk).
  • sheepdip posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 12:03:19 am
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  • this comment:
    Matt Timms 11 hours ago
    Glad i saw that- and I came across this to share:
    "Can we not see that this voyage (schizophrenia) is not what we need to be cured of-- but that it is itself a natural way of healing our own appalling state of alienation called normality?"- R.D. Laing

    was made by this guy:


    quirky glasses quirky mustache quirky posture fucking velvet jacket.

    FUCK YOU MATT TIMMS.
  • QueQue posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 12:22:19 am
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  • wow, this is touching and depressing and fucking scary as shit.

    also

    FUCK YOU MATT TIMMS.
  • Sbordone posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 9:54:39 am
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  • haha really? the fucking tuna salad thread is more informative.
  • Transmigrant posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:00:07 am
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  • AvengingDiscoModfather posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 9:53:16 am
    ....and now this thread is a Gothamist news source.


    hahaha yea, i love the "We recommend watching the full 15 minutes, but until you've got that sort of time, one Williamsboard poster summarizes as such:"
  • 9 y.o. virgin posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:11:32 am
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  • Sbordone posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 9:54:39 am
    haha really? the fucking tuna salad thread is more informative.




    FUCK that thread and FUCK tuna adn FUCK yelly guy.
  • stool posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:11:33 am
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  • He's interviewed in this book as well, the whole things a good read
  • kariface posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:35:07 am
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  • sheepdip posted this on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:03:19 pm
    this comment:
    Matt Timms 11 hours ago
    Glad i saw that- and I came across this to share:
    "Can we not see that this voyage (schizophrenia) is not what we need to be cured of-- but that it is itself a natural way of healing our own appalling state of alienation called normality?"- R.D. Laing

    was made by this guy:


    quirky glasses quirky mustache quirky posture fucking velvet jacket.

    FUCK YOU MATT TIMMS.


    Matt Timms is the one who does al lthe bacon/chili/food stuff cooking contests ....
  • kariface posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:47:48 am
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  • oh, google image search


    Now i feel terrible for being scared of this guy. Poor dude.
  • TurkeyTetOffensive posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:07:38 am
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  • stool posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:11:33 am
    He's interviewed in this book as well, the whole things a good read


    Any idea who published that? I'm going to try to track a copy down.
  • stainedandlit posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:13:07 am
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  • Transmigrant posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:00:07 am
    AvengingDiscoModfather posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 9:53:16 am
    ....and now this thread is a Gothamist news source.

    hahaha yea, i love the "We recommend watching the full 15 minutes, but until you've got that sort of time, one Williamsboard poster summarizes as such:"


    they have a feed set up for wb threads, i asked.
  • kariface posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:13:37 am
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  • Ha, really, Lesley? This could be terrible ...
  • stainedandlit posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:16:02 am
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  • this video is making me feel sad
  • kariface posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:22:43 am
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  • im sad, but im also creeped out that this guy was once a "sexual object"
  • kariface posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:23:00 am
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  • also, hopefully with all the press this has gotten, maybe some of his long-lost family will find out about it and helo the dude out
  • brindle posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:47:53 am
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  • <3 poor guy
  • white_trash posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:52:46 am
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  • well, I finally watched this, and while he's clearly very lonely and very mentally ill, he's also very clearly a fundamentalist, racist, anti-semite. It's sorta sad but before people continue to romanticize him as this "colorful neighborhood character", they need to listen to the fucking garbage he's spewing.
  • jennytull posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 12:02:16 pm
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  • my favorite quotes

    "infinity fills eternity"
    "(dad)got kicked out of the army when my mom was pregnant with me so i went from a very comfortable life to a very dramatic life before conciousness"
    "the hebrews shouldnt have a right to use my homeland on me"
  • jennytull posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 12:02:29 pm
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  • oh and what anthony said
  • QueQue posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 12:03:51 pm
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  • i dunno, the mental institution shit got to me. thats fucking harsh realm right there.
  • white_trash posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 12:07:24 pm
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  • and another thing, I don't believe half of that shit about his background. I'll bet there's a lot of facts/details he's leaving out. Like he just stopped home to say hello to mom and she drove him to a mental institution just for, ya know, for shits and giggles.
  • kariface posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:14:16 pm
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  • ha, from the comments:


    sometimes i wish Singing Subaru Guy would run over Scary Preacher.
  • QueQue posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:18:47 pm
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  • hahahahaha that sounds like a Family Guy bit or something
  • daskol posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:20:47 pm
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  • I don't remember the details at all, but someone in that defunct card shop once told me she'd known him for a while (I thought she said she grew up with him, but guess not), and the loss of family, etc. was something she mentioned.

    he's still a dick, though, if you listen to what he's saying.
  • Butch_Huskey posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:24:28 pm
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  • Someone should ship him Toronto and then he can get a job at the Rogers Center

  • 5dollarBud posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:37:03 pm
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  • schizophrenics and bi polar people when manic are REALLY drawn to conspiracy theories and wildy racist pronouncements and that kinda thing. not even conspiracy theories that already exist, they kinda make up their own a lot of the time. sad.
  • stool posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:42:44 pm
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  • TurkeyTetOffensive posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:07:38 am
    stool posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:11:33 am
    He's interviewed in this book as well, the whole things a good read

    Any idea who published that? I'm going to try to track a copy down.


    Sure thing. It's published by Curbside press and they always seem to have copies at St. Marks Books in the Sociology section.
  • stool posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:43:55 pm
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  • Haha Butch I'm totally going to use that video when I post about my bartending shifts
  • Idontbelong posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 2:33:32 pm
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  • AvengingDiscoModfather posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:02:06 am
    Way to go Idontbelong!

    Can i put this on my resume?

    Also, I think it was wrong to include LaDouceur's full ss# on the video. Idontcare if he's on public aide or not, that's private business and a sane person would not likely divulge that information. For Gothamist to pick it up and blast it to the world is also ethically questionable.
  • daskol posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 2:38:45 pm
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  • I hear you, but anyone who knows your name can get your SSN for $25.
  • Idontbelong posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 2:45:38 pm
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  • Anyone who knows me can punch me in the face for free. That doesn't make it cool to do so. If the guy was sane and he let his ss# go on an interview, then that's his business. (And even that Identity-Lock guy who declares his ss# on the radio comes off as a bit loony to me.)

    But the whole premise of this video was: Who's that crazy guy shouting on Bedford? I'm sure it was just an oversight, still it does bothers me as exploitive. It was a poor editing decision.
  • TurkeyTetOffensive posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 2:51:42 pm
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  • stool posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:42:44 pm
    TurkeyTetOffensive posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 11:07:38 am
    stool posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 10:11:33 am
    He's interviewed in this book as well, the whole things a good read

    Any idea who published that? I'm going to try to track a copy down.

    Sure thing. It's published by Curbside press and they always seem to have copies at St. Marks Books in the Sociology section.


    Thanks!
  • Berzerko posted this on July 30th, 2009 @ 11:46:46 am
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  • we have a version of this guy in my hometown who goes by the name of clark. he's not as loud though.
  • Sbordone posted this on July 30th, 2009 @ 11:58:51 am
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  • every town has a version of that guy. "the lovable drunk" has been replaced by "the tolerated schitzo"

    also,
    kariface posted this on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:14:16 pm
    ha, from the comments:


    sometimes i wish Singing Subaru Guy would run over Scary Preacher.

    HAHAHAHA
  • 5dollarBud posted this on July 30th, 2009 @ 12:01:31 pm
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  • when i worked at a public library in lancaster i had a whole crew of these dudes, they loved me. :(
  • white_trash posted this on July 30th, 2009 @ 12:05:28 pm
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  • yeah we had one of these too. One time, I paid a stripper 20 bucks to lick his asshole.
  • kariface posted this on September 1st, 2009 @ 6:57:03 pm
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  • he was in again today. 1st of the month, got his meds so he was normal and had some money so he spent it.
  • sheepdip posted this on September 1st, 2009 @ 7:04:33 pm
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  • dude is a totally reasonable a nice guy 90% of the time and when he isn't being cool he is still receptive to people talking to him like a person.
  • Sbordone posted this on September 1st, 2009 @ 7:09:56 pm
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  • what'd he buy?
  • kariface posted this on September 1st, 2009 @ 7:39:54 pm
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  • a whisk
    a can opener

    he was very pleasant
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