If you thought you saw George Bush being pushed around in a wheelchair by George Dubya Bush in the Capitol area over the weekend, the former screaming about the rise of the demon Moloch and the latter bearing the sign 666 on his forehead, relax. The men behind the masks were none other than radio conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and NewsRadio star Joe Rogan, fooling around with the Sacred Cow Productions gang and taping an intro for Rogan's new shot-in-Austin stand-up comedy video. When that becomes available, expect to hear comments on there being too many musicians in Austin ("Haven't you people found any other way to get laid?") and the Austin Music Network ("I saw a rock version of The Jeffersons theme on there this morning -- AMN is like bad stand-up in that it inspires you to start your own act. You're sitting there thinking 'Fuck, dude, I could do that!'") among more important subjects. Of Jones, Rogan seems to be increasingly obsessed with the obsessive InfoWars conspiracy guy, insisting that much of what Jones says is brilliant and true, if only he'd get rid of his crazy side. "I should move here -- I could change him!" Rogan insisted during a phone conversation with yours truly. I dunno, Joe, you kinda sound like a girl there. You're starting to worry me, dude.

-- Ken Leick

May 10, Austin Chronicle

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