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In 2009 the mayor of Los Angeles, [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], presented him with a "city proclamation".<ref>[http://www.venicepaper.net/pmt_more.php?id=454_0_1_0_M "Villaraigosa Honors Swami X; Blows Off Officially Running for Gov"], ''The Venice Paper'', 22 June 2009</ref> |
In 2009 the mayor of Los Angeles, [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], presented him with a "city proclamation".<ref>[http://www.venicepaper.net/pmt_more.php?id=454_0_1_0_M "Villaraigosa Honors Swami X; Blows Off Officially Running for Gov"], ''The Venice Paper'', 22 June 2009</ref> |
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* "Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. 'Yes' is the answer."<ref>M.P. Singh, ''Quote Unquote (A Handbook of Quotations)'', Lotus Books, 2007</ref> |
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Swami X is a 1970s boardwalk performer and stand-up comedian from Venice, California, active from the 1970s. He was known for bawdy sexual humour and political invective.[1][2] He retired in 1985.[1]
Swami X's act involved blasphemy, profanity, attacking "sacred cows", etc. -- producing "pleased shock and delighted outrage" in observers.[2]
In 2009 the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, presented him with a "city proclamation".[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "SWAMI X - Comedian". KCET website. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
- ^ a b Patricia J. Campbell, Passing the Hat - Street Performers in America, 1981, New York: Delacorte Press, ISBN 9780440068242 & ISBN 9780385287715, OCLC: 7461199
- ^ "Villaraigosa Honors Swami X; Blows Off Officially Running for Gov", The Venice Paper, 22 June 2009
Further reading
- Jeffrey Stanton, Venice California: 'Coney Island of the Pacific' (2005), page 273
- The Spirit of Venice, CA, an Audio CD published by Priority Records (March 10, 1992), ASIN: B00000E7DU (contains an audio version of a spoken word performance by Swami X)[1]
- Sweet William, 'X Swami X, The Sidewalk Comic', Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, p. 170 (Dec. 23, 1979).