Crispin Glover - What is It?

I've always been a fan of Crispin Glover. I was watching that night when he freaked out and tried to kick David Letterman in the head back in the mid '80s. I went and saw River's Edge in the theater just because of him. In films, he always adds just enough bizarreness to a character to steal the movie. In the early 90's, he put out an album that was one of the strangest things I've ever bought. He's written several books, none of which make much sense. Everything I've ever read describes him as one of the weirdest people around. A few years ago, I read that he was working on a film project that he was going to write, direct, produce, and star in. . . . It's out , and I found the trailer.


NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!!

http://crispinglover.com/WIIPreview.html

 

Here's a a customer review of his album. I thought the call in thing was kind of cool:

Crispin Glover is known to the majority as that guy who played George McFly in "Back To The Future." He is known to his legions of fans as the eclectic scene-stealer of numerous cult films ("Wild At Heart," "Dead Man," "The Doors"). For the uninitiated, his music is the next logical step for fans of The Residents, Mr. Bungle and the films of David Lynch. According to legend, one fateful night, Mark Mothersbaugh (ex-Devo frontman) took Crispin to a party where he met Barnes & Barnes (mainstays of the Dr. Demento show with their song "Fish Heads"), who wanted to do a record with him. He eventually agreed, and the resulting project is a sonic collage of spoken word and song. A bulk of the disc is made up of Crispin reciting passages from his 'books' (he is heavily into taking obscure tomes and reworking the text into new stories by adding his own drawings as well as illustrations from other antique titles). There were clashes over the concept during the making of it, and apparently Barnes & Barnes wanted to get a couple potential hits on the album, which might explain the inclusion of the three cover tunes. There's a fitting rendition of a Charles Manson song, a nightmarish update of "The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze," and perhaps the best interpretation of "These Boots" ever recorded. His four original songs are truly reflective of his acting style, ranging from a psychotic rhyme about a clown to a warped rap about masturbation. All the words and lyrics of this album supposedly point toward the solution hinted at in the title. Listeners are invited to phone in their ideas to a number printed on the CD. The booklet is a treat in itself, featuring reproduced pages from Crispin's written works ("Oak Mot" is the sixth of his 21 titles). For fans of his onscreen work, this disc is a must-hear. He has recorded a follow-up ("The Big Love Album") but has yet to find a label to release it.

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