meet my new hero. his name is paul addis. tuesday morning at 2:45am-ish he set the burning man effigy on fire (4 days before the scheduled burn) and was arrested and charged with arson. gotta love the irony! and great mugshot picture too! i think it’s officially time to form a new festival of radical self-expression. extensive coverage over at laughing squid. you can contribute to paul’s bail money fund over at freepauladdis.com. i picked a hell of a year to skip out.
ironies abound. i thought of you when I heard this story . . . wherever it was i heard it . . . could it have been npr?
hi jay!
actually, i think there is more fire-bug psychosis to this fellow than just a gripe with burning man:
Burning Man suspect held in Grace Cathedral arson attempt