NEWSPEAK Blog

It is snowing.

Seriously. Fuck that. I'm going to kick the Earth's ass.

The only thing that can possibly cheer me up is Donnie Davies' "The Bible Says," which is a blast from the totally far-flung past of last year. (To get caught up on the Donnie Davies thing, check here.)

Ungh. That's the stuff. I was wondering what's become of Donnie/Joel Oglesby, but it looks like his 15 minutes (or 96 hours, as it were) of internet fame are completely over, although he did play SXSW last year. The Wikipedia entry on Davies is hopelessly incomplete and still considers the whole thing to be under contention as far as being a fraud—and there's no mention of Oglesby at all. I want a follow-up!

And just because I can, I'm reposting this:

Oh, and what the hell, this too:

And miracle of miracles, my post made it stop snowing!

"My Humps," the 9/11 tribute.

This is the best thing ever. As one YouTube commenter noted, where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

Not sure if I've reported this yet ...

... But Donnie Davies is playing SXSW this year. To prove it, here's the gig poster:

(Tip o' the CHOPS to Slog.)

The clincher

One last video for any one who might have had doubts about Donnie Davies being a hoax:

No, seriously. It's done.

I woke up on a sunny Sunday, thinking all was right with the world, and suddenly THERE WAS MORE DAVIES NEWS—specifically that JoeMyGod actually finally figured out who is he, for reals.

His name is Joey Oglesby, he's an LA actor with an improv background, and he was in a production of Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical. Also, as JoeMyGod thoughtfully pointed out, www.chopsthemovie.com has been reserved. It's morning in America.

And somehow, this is still going.

A new Donnie Davies message surfaced today. But hey, as far as we're concerned, the mystery has been solved.

We also got a reply from his publicist:

We are thankful for the attention the video has given Donnie and Love God's Way. We aren't here to convince people we are real. The doubters always doubt and find reasons to not believe. As far as proof, Donnie isn't going to post his license on the internet, especially when people will just say it is fixed. Donnie is Donnie and wouldn't put himself through all of the ridicule if he didn't believe in what he was doing.

It's the freakin' weekend, and we're officially off the case.

This Video Proves It ... Again

As Savage pointed out, this video, at the 1:08 mark, has DD in full glam regalia, playing the drums.

Now: who is he?

Is this it?

Good As You thinks they've found the real Davies, who's a member of a band called the Glass Gypsies. Does look a whole lot like him.

UPDATE: Check out this Glass Gypsies review from FreePress.org. Political satire? We've found our man.

Bobby Conn and the Glass Gypsies have written the funniest political satire album of the year. But don’t laugh at this glammed up six-piece from Chicago. The art is high; it’s just their scruples that are low. In the making of The Homeland, Bobby Conn effortlessly channels the essence of several of his heroes. It’s as if David Bowie and Freddie Mercury merged together and made the ideal anti-Bush album with Frank Zappa as the producer.

The Gypsies sophisticated Syncopation blasts the opening track, “We Come in Peace” wide open. This song mocks the right wing view of the war in Iraq. Bobby Conn playfully offers up the lines, "We are your friends, we come in peace /We brought our guns to set you free." With the band driving full force, Conn mocks the status quo with contemptuous lines like, “We have no fear of your disgust /You hate us ‘cause your jealous of success.”

In magnificent rock opera style, “We’re Taking Over the World” continues the mocudrama theme. Here Conn congers up a collection of secret societies and shadow government players including 33rd degree Masons, tenth generation Illuminati, and Pagan gods from outer space. In greedy sounding harmonies, the characters gleefully celebrate their achievements: “Franchised Jesus Christ /Organized paradise /Clear Channel, bargain priced.”

Newest Clue

What we got from our interview request:

Thank you for your interest. For now, with the demands for Donnie's time, we are conducting all interviews for print and internet media by email. Please email your list of questions to this address. Donnie will answer them as quickly as possible. You will also, in most cases have the opportunity for follow-up questions if you so desire.

Shane Kendall
Public Relations
Love God's Way Ministries

Nothing turned up in rudimentary Google searches for "Shane Kendall" but a pro-wrestler.

???

IMing with Davies: the text.

I found it interesting to read Laurence Ballard's AIM exchange with Davies, since we did it yesterday and his responses are oddly, bot-ly similiar:

Newspeak(2:57:32 PM): Hey, Pastor Davies!

PastorDavies (2:57:44 PM): Hello

Newspeak (2:58:23 PM): People are dying to know more about your video! Like who's in the eveningservice band?

PastorDavies (2:59:02 PM): Check the website soon, lovegodsway.org

PastorDavies (2:59:10 PM): we're putting up a new message soon

PastorDavies (2:59:12 PM): tell everybody

Newspeak (2:59:41 PM): I will! Awesome! People are also saying the video is fake or a parody. Is that true?

PastorDavies (3:01:17 PM): I'm surprised you'd even ask

Newspeak (3:01:47 PM): It's just that you don't seem like the kind of person who would use the word "hate"

PastorDavies (3:02:21 PM): Too many people IM'ing at once. I'll come back.

Newspeak (3:02:35 PM): God Bless.

“PastorDavies” signed off at 3:03:08 PM.