![]() Suddenly, Waters appeared out of nowhere, riding on a flatbed train car with a microphone stand. The dream was one partly inspired by “Desperate Living,” Waters’ 1977 darkly comedic take on “The Wizard of Oz.” In it, Ribak found himself in the middle of a Kansas cornfield, a throng of people running around in a panic as a tornado loomed on the horizon. (The festival changed its name and cut ties with former promoter Burger Records in July 2020 after the label’s founders and multiple artists were accused of sexual misconduct.) The idea to ask Waters to emcee Mosswood Meltdown - or Burger Boogaloo, as it was known when it was founded in 2009 - came to co-founder Marc Ribak in a “silly, stupid dream,” Ribak told SFGATE. His infamous trash trilogy films, starring drag muse Divine, defined an era of cult movies his battles with the Maryland State Board of Censors became nearly as notorious as his filmography. ![]() Burroughs once fondly referred to as the “Pope of Trash” has made a career out of subculture spectacles. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, really: The man whom Beat icon William S. ![]()
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