The Poo Syndicate is a secretive network of artists, writers, mischief-makers and musicians
from Huntington, WV and New York City. While vast in number, only a handful of members have
allowed their faces to be revealed: Foremost among them are The Dudes of Honor, who lead the
organization with magical powers and the velvety touch of a dandy fop.
Having taken on pseudonyms to disguise their identity, (like Poob is the Beeb, Cranium CoCo
Puff, Balb is the Squay-Ack, Keff is the Gock and Ham is the Ghuh-Hib), The Poo Syndicate aspires
to be a "Skull and Bones"-style old boys club whose esoteric rituals profoundly affect the course of
world affairs. Unfortunately, due to their utter lack of organization and over-long periods of forced
hiding all they have been able to come up with so far is art of a seriously questionable quality.
Drawing on their industrial chemical soaked surroundings in the rural confines of the
Ohio River
Valley, the members of The Poo Syndicate create sound and visual art. Their work is strongly rooted
in drug induced personal mythologies, inside jokes, outright lies, pranks, rural legends, found audio
and secretly recorded encounters with strange and unusual people.
If you hear someone talking about the Poo Syndicate don't believe a word they say. There is
only nonsense based on more nonsense, at the heart of which is the symbol of a fist clenched
tightly beneath a sphincter adorning a crested shield held firmly in the talons of a bald eagle.
Power to The Poo Syndicate, West Virginia's only high weirdness art collective.
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