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Friday 6/2/238PM WILD NEW PERFORMANCE
One of the stranger pieces I've done in recent years, and that's saying something. At the Art City Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 197 Dubbers St., Ventura, CA
Friday 11/4/228PM NEW LIVE PERFORMANCE ART
Finallyyy, a brand new performance art piece LIVE instead of only on video! Come out for the craziness and shake off the years of Covid-ness! Come get arty! At the Art City Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 197 Dubbers St., Ventura, CA
Friday 12/6/198PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be unveiling JOHN'S ARROW, a psychomagic piece that draws from my years as an occultist in an attempt to heal my hospitalized mentor John White. Don't miss it! At the Art City Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 197 Dubbers St., Ventura, CA
Saturday 7/27/197PM

OLD SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ART IN DOWNTOWN L.A.!
I'm co-producing NOT AN EXIT, an evening of old school, raw & ragged performance art at the amazing ArtSpace L.A. gallery space in downtown Los Angeles with an incredible lineup and FREE ADMISSION! Doors open at 7, show at 7:30. Art gallery show before and after the performances. Cash bar. Walking vicinity to awesome bars & restaurants in DTLA's vibrant Arts District -- don't miss it! Plus, free parking if you arrive early across the street (look for the Aztec calendar). ArtShare L.A. @ 801 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013.

Friday 5/3/198PM PERFORMANCE MARATHON!
Come check out 2 hours of performance, where I'll be unveiling a new surreal piece straight from YOUR unconscious! At the Art City Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 197 Dubbers St., Ventura, CA
Friday 2/1/198PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
Calling all occultists! New performance art — I'll be unveiling my magic spell for beating anxiety! Witchcraft at its finest! At the Art City Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 197 Dubbers St., Ventura, CA
Friday 5/4/188PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
New performance art — a dark, surreal childhood fairy tale meets Alice in Wonderland on acid at the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Friday 3/2/188PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
New performance art about UFOs and aliens for all you paranoid conspiracy theorists! At the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Saturday 10/21/171-4PM BOOK SIGNING
I'll be selling & signing copies of my novel Two Performance Artists from 1-4PM as part of the Burbank Library Local Authors' Showcase! Stop by and check out 50 local authors! At Buena Vista Branch Library, 300 N. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505.
Friday 10/6/178PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be unveiling a new piece about high culture featuring a hamburger and my baby teeth at the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Friday 5/5/178PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
20 Cinco de Mayo performance artists, plus me with my pants down in a crazy piece about art, penises, making beauty out of trash, and my mentor, John White, all at the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Friday 2/3/179PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be unleashing something truly insane (and insanely political) at Electric Lodge, Venice's most experimental performance space. Holy shit, the evening's lineup looks incredible, with Pete Ippel and more! Only $10. 1416 Electric Ave, Venice, CA 90291. Get your tickets here!
Friday 10/7/168PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I will be unveiling my fast-paced, high energy Biggest Fan, a brand new performance art piece this Friday at the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Friday 5/6/168PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
My partner in crime KayDee Kersten and I will unveil Royals, a brand new performance art piece this Friday at the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Friday 3/4/168PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
You're So Nice, a brand new performance art piece this Friday at the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! All new work! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Friday 11/6/158PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be performing some serious weirdness at this Friday's Andy Kaufman-inspired Kauf-Drops Show at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre in Hollywood. Come for some post-Halloween insanity! UCB Theatre, Friday, November 6, 2015, 8PM. 5419 W Sunset Blvd. FREE! See you there!
Sat. 7/18/15, 5PM
Sun. 7/19/15, 1PM
Scotch Wichmann performing to celebrate performance artist Chris Burden at 2015 Ventura Art Walk

NEW PERFORMANCE ART AT VENTURA ART WALK
I'll be performing solo twice outside at Ventura's exciting Art Walk! The piece, called BURDEN, is dedicated to performance art luminary Chris Burden (RIP), whose work inspired & excited me. My mentor JOHN WHITE will also be performing--in fact, the shows are right outside of his painting studio! The location is the long parking lot at 110 N Olive St, Ventura, CA 93001 (in the long parking lot right behind the massive Vons market). And it's FREE! Don't miss it!

Saturday 6/13/158PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
Pals and I will be performing solo works in the back of a Budget rental truck—and the audience sits back there too! It doesn't get more intimate than this! Exact truck location is announced 2 hours before the show for added insanity. Message me if you want in!
Friday 5/1/158PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be performing a brand new performance art piece at the Namba Performing Arts Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura! All new work! Don't miss it! FREE ADMISSION! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Friday 1/2/158PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be performing Doppelganger, a new performance art work at the 1793 ALoft Gallery Space 5x5x5 Show in Ventura, FREE! 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA
Nov. 1-30, 201424/7

DICKTEMP!
In an art project inspired by a dream I had about Matt Damon, I'll be transmitting the temperature and humidity of my loins 24/7 every day for the entire month of November using custom electronics in my pants! Join the craziness at dicktemp.com, and follow my live commentary on Twitter! It's gonna be wild!

Thursday 7/17/149PM

WET THE HIPPO
My comedy pals and I will be performing in Wet The Hippo, Hollywood's craziest group of idiots! Nominated for Best Stunt & Best Comedy at the 2013 Hollywood Fringe and directed LIVE by Cirque du Soliel clown John Gilkey, there's no other show like this! FREE (but donations welcome). See us perform comedy without a net—it's terrifying but hilarious, and every show's different! At The Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd in the Shephard Room (upstairs). 9PM, but arrive early for best seating!

Friday 6/13/148PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be performing Ouroboros, a new performance art work at the Sylvia White Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura, FREE! 1783 East Main Street, Ventura, CA
Thursday 5/15/147PM PERFORMANCE & TATTOO HAPPENING
I'll unleash some surreal performance, sell & sign my novel, and then get inked with a tattoo that's described in my book! And it all kicks off with darkly hilarious comedian Loren Kraut! Don't miss this wild happening at San Francisco's favorite tattoo studio! Mermaids Tattoo, 3032 Mission Street. FREE!
4/3 thru 6/8 Two Performance Artists book by Scotch Wichmann

NATIONAL BOOK TOUR!
Join me as I perform and read from my debut novel Two Performance Artists at bookstores, galleries, and book fairs across the country! A 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest first-round finalist, it's the story of two performance artists who cook up the ultimate performance: to kidnap their billionaire boss and brainwash him into becoming the greatest performance artist the world's ever seen. Info here!

Sunday 4/6/149AM ON THE RADIO
I'll be talking about the novel, and spinning tracks that inspire creativity. Don't miss it! Live on killradio.org, 9am-noon Pacific.
Friday 4/4/148PM NEW PERFORMANCE ART
I'll be unveiling new performance art at the Sylvia White Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura, FREE! 1783 East Main Street, Ventura, CA
Saturday 3/22/145PM

BOOK INTERVIEW LIVE ON HOLLYWOOD'S THE ARTFUL UNDRESS TV SHOW
I'll be speaking with the brilliant Artful Undress hosts Kira Pandukht and Polina Hryn about my novel, Shia LaBeouf, nakedness, and much more. Watch it live online at 5PM Pacific here!

Thursday 2/13/1411AM SHIA LABEOUF PROTEST
As you probably know, Shitty LaBeef plagiarized my performance writing. In response, I'll be protesting LaBeouf outside #IAMSORRY. It'll be crazy. Come by! 11-5pm. Cohen Gallery, 7354 Beverly Blvd. Wear your favorite #paperbagfashion!
Saturday 1/4/146PM
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100 PERFORMANCES FOR THE HOLE
I've been invited to perform at SOMArts's 4th annual 100 PERFORMANCES FOR THE HOLE in San Francisco! 100 4-minute pieces will be performed in a gallery floor hole from 6PM until 12:30am, with my time slot at 11:34PM. Come watch this incredible marathon, and catch my 4-minute piece, ECHOLOCATION FOR THE UNCONSCIOUS at precisely 11:38PM.

If you love crazy performance, DON'T MISS THIS! Don't believe me? Watch the YouTube video from last year's show here.

At SOMArts, 934 Brannan St. (between 8th & 9th). Saturday, January 4, 2014, 5:58pm until midnight. Tickets $12, or $25 VIP (includes free beer!)

Show info here, and hole tickets available here.

Friday 11/6/138PM Scotch Wichmann in Echo, a new performance art piece
NEW PERFORMANCE ART
This Friday at the Sylvia White Gallery 5x5x5 Show in Ventura, I'll be unveiling ECHO, a brand new performance art work about trusting in yourself. FREE! 1783 East Main Street, Ventura, CA
Wednesday 11/208PM PERFORMANCE AT THE TRUNK SHOW
The Trunk Show is one of L.A.'s premiere storytelling shows where I'll be doing a wild performance piece about family, finding "the one", shamans, and more. Tickets only $10 online in advance, $15 at the door. Featuring Deana Barone, Nikki McCauley, and many more! At The Lillian Theatre, 1076 Lillian Way, Hollywood. Tix available online at plays411.net
Saturday 11/168:30PM WET THE HIPPO HEADLINES THE L.A. COMEDY FESTIVAL!
Join me and WET THE HIPPO as we bring our special surreal brand of insanity to the 2013 LA Comedy Festival! Tickets only $10 online, $12 at the door. At Let Live Theatre, 916a N. Formosa Ave. in Los Angeles. Don't miss it! Get show and ticket info here!
Thursday 11/78:30PM WET THE HIPPO AT MELTDOWN COMICS' SKETCHMELT SHOW!
Join us for a special SketchMelt show at Meltdown Comics, my favorite comic book store in Los Angeles where I've watched Bobcat Goldthwait and tons of other favorites crush! At 7522 W Sunset Blvd. Ticketing information coming soon!
Friday 9/139PM WET THE HIPPO AT THE LAST BOOKSTORE
This Friday Wet the Hippo performs its full 60-minute show at The Last Bookstore in downtown LA, one of my favorite bookstores in the world. If you haven't been to this cavernous wonder, or if you didn't catch us at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival, this is your chance! Only $5 at the door. Doors open at 8:30. Would love to see you there! Information here.
Friday 9/610PM EVEN MORE WET THE HIPPO!
This Friday we take over the Matty's Pizza Party comedy show at the Lyric-Hyperion Theatre! Come on by and laugh your head off at our crazy antics! Info here!
Friday 8/910PM MORE WET THE HIPPO!
We're back for one night only at the Pasadena Playhouse! Don't miss me and pals in WET THE HIPPO, a seriously demented show produced by JOHN GILKEY, a longtime Cirque du Soliel clown and insane man. It's improvised, but it's not "improv." It's just...well, insane, hilarious, and terrifying, and maybe the new face of avant garde performance. Tickets on sale now!
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WET THE HIPPO AT THE 2013 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL!
Don't miss me and pals in WET THE HIPPO, a seriously demented show produced by JOHN GILKEY, a longtime Cirque du Soliel clown and insane man. It's improvised, but it's not "improv." It's just...well, insane, hilarious, and terrifying, and maybe the new face of avant garde performance. $10. Advance tickets HIGHLY recommended; all preview shows have sold out! THE SHEPARD STUDIO THEATER at The Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Tickets on sale now!

You can also listen to a Killradio.org interview I did awhile back with John, where we talked about what it was like being a Cirque clown for so long.

Sun. June 16, 2013 9AM-12 ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK: Music By Numbers--we'll be spinning tracks & cracking jokes that are about, or have been influenced by, numbers. If you're bad at math, don't worry, we'll break it all down for you. Tune in this Sunday 9am-noon on JIMMY's POTPOURRI--listen anywhere online at www.killradio.org
Friday 6/77:30PM

PERFORMANCE ART IN VENTURA
This Friday I'll be performing MANLY MAN at the Sylvia White Gallery's 5x5x5 show in Ventura, CA. Don't miss this hilarious take on manliness. FREE! 1783 E Main St Ventura, CA 93001. Tel. (805) 643-8300. See you there!

Fri. May 3, 2013 10PM

CRAZY-EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE: Fri. May 3 I'll be in another WET THE HIPPO, a seriously demented show produced by JOHN GILKEY, a longtime Cirque du Soliel clown and insane man. It's improvised, but it's not "improv." It's just--well, insane, hilarious, and terrifying, and maybe the new face of avant garde performance. Doors at 9:30. $5 at the door. Flight Theater at The Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. GUARANTEED to sell out, so arrive early!

You can also listen to a Killradio.org interview I did awhile back with John, where we talked about what it was like being a Cirque clown for so long.

Sat. Apr. 6, 2013 7PM

CRAZY-EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE: Sat. April 6th I'll be in WET THE HIPPO, a seriously demented show produced by JOHN GILKEY, a longtime Cirque du Soliel clown and insane man. It's improvised, but it's not "improv." It's just--well, insane, hilarious, and terrifying, and maybe the new face of avant garde performance. Doors at 7. $5 at the door. Flight Theater at The Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. GUARANTEED to sell out, so arrive early!

You can also listen to a Killradio.org interview I did awhile back with John, where we talked about what it was like being a Cirque clown for so long.

Sun. Mar. 10, 2013 9AM-12 ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK: We're celebrating the birthday of our mad host JAMES GAUTIER with his favorite tunes, plus my usual brand of stand-up sprinkled throughout, plus poetry, rants, and much more! Tune in this Sunday 9am-noon on JIMMY'S POTPOURRI--listen anywhere online at www.killradio.org
Sun. Jan 27, 2013 9AM-12 ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK: The music, life, and religion of Bob Marley, plus comedy with yours truly, poetry, and other madness. Hear it all this Sunday 9am-noon on JIMMY'S POTPOURRI--listen anywhere online at www.killradio.org
Sun. Jan 13, 2013 9AM-12 ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK: The music of Tony Bennett, plus my musings on Rasputin, dirty dreams, and much more! Hear it all this Sunday 9am-noon on JIMMY'S POTPOURRI--listen anywhere online at www.killradio.org
Sun. Nov. 18, 2012 9AM-12 elisha shapiro nihilist radio

NIHILISM UNLEASHED! Creator of the Nihilist Olympics that attracted world press in 1984, and the only Presidential candidate ever to run on the Nihilist ticket, ELISHA SHAPIRO is arguably the most famous living Nihilist on Earth. Find out how he became a Nihilist when he and I chat this Sunday on the JIMMY'S POTPOURRI show. (And if you need more Nihilism in your life, come to Elisha's annual NIHILIST FILM FESTIVAL to be held in L.A. Friday, December 7 at the Echo Park Film Center at 8PM --� the entry fee is a whopping 99 cents!) Hear it all this Sunday 9am-noon on JIMMY'S POTPOURRI --listen anywhere online at www.killradio.org

Sun. Oct 21, 2012 9AM-12

Forbes recently ranked LA's Silverlake neighborhood as the #1 hipster district in the U.S., beating out Brooklyn's Williamsburg and San Francisco's Mission District. What the hell are hipsters anyway, and why are there so many in Silverlake? Find out this Sunday when I air my 3-part segment SILVERLAKE HIPSTERS, including interviews with L.A. architectural historian Laura Massino and District 13 L.A. City Council candidate Scott Crawford. Hear it all on Jimmy's Potpourri, L.A.'s #1 underground radio station -- tune in Sunday online at www.killradio.org

Sun. Oct 21, 2012 9AM-12

Hear me interview brilliant Cirque du Soleil clown JOHN GILKEY on Jimmy's Potpourri, L.A.'s #1 underground radio station -- tune in Sunday online at www.killradio.org

If you've ever seen Cirque Du Soleil or the Oscar-winning movie Ratatouille, then you've seen John's amazing work. A creative force behind the comedy in Cirque shows like QUIDAM, DRALION, VAREKAI, and most recently, the IRIS show in Hollywood, John has incredible things to say about clowns--their comedy, their danger, their anarchy, and their truth--and why we need them more than ever.

Sat. Oct 13 8PM Live comedy at the Hollywood COMEDY STORE in the famous Belly Room
Sun. Oct 7 9AM-12 Hear me interview myself at CHARLES BUKOWSKI'S HOUSE on Jimmy's Potpourri, L.A.'s #1 underground radio station -- tune in Sunday online at www.killradio.org
Sun. Sep 23 9AM-12 Hear me interview LA's OLDEST STREET TAGGER on Jimmy's Potpourri, L.A.'s #1 underground radio station -- tune in Sunday online at www.killradio.org
Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 8:30PM

Performance art in the "Solo Dolo" show at HIGHWAYS in Santa Monica, CA. Highways is the West Coast's Carnegie Hall of performance art and all other things experimental. Don't miss this chance to see new edgy solo works before they tour the 2014-2015 fringe festival circuit! Only $10! Tickets available online, or at the door. 1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA (1/2 block north of Olympic).

Fri. July 6, 2012 8PM

Sylvia White Gallery in Ventura, CA. I'll be unveiling "Seed", a brand new performance art work that packs a whole lot into 5 minutes. FREE! 1783 East Main Street, Ventura, CA

Aug 26 & 27 2011 8PM2011 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland -- CONFIRMED!

Come watch me and hottie RIDLEY BARLOW perform as THE ROUGHHAUSERS! That's August 26 & 27, 2011 at 8PM at the OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL venue. If you like burlesque, magic, freak acts, comedy, and aerial arts, don't miss it!

Fri. Mar. 2, 2012 8PM

Sylvia White Gallery in Ventura, CA. An incredible night of performance art and more with John White, Steve Nagler, me, and others. My first performance art work of 2012--don't miss it! FREE!