Don Floriani to Join MoBeg'n Tour, Conflict Over Tech Avant Garde

"Gangsters with publicist are the lowest form of belly crawling scum,"  Harry Martini.

Chelsea Hotel (MP) - Don Floriani, the Don in Exile, prompted a stir when his press team announced that he would be addressing the public tomorrow afternoon for the first time in nearly 8 years. When asked what this public address would be regarding, reporters were supplied with only rudimentary details. 

An unidentified PR representative for Mr. Floriani was quoted as saying, "The Don will be making an announcement tomorrow at noon regarding his participation in the greatest roadtrip of our young century. All questions will be answered at that time."

Don Floriani has not been seen since his disappearance from public view after the New Jesey Pizza Riots of 2002. He was largely credited for both starting and ending the riots, brokering an 11th hour deal between the local pizza community and state officials. Local residents seem to admire the contributions the Don made to their lives, and one aging pizza chef had this to say:

"That Don Floriani, he was a businessman, but he was just so...I dunno, so legitimate. You hear people say that the Dons today don't care about their communities, but that's just not true. Don Floriani was always there to lend a helping hand. He treated us like family."

The re-emergence of Don Floriani on the national stage could simply be a media stunt, but some are already speculating that it may presage a possible senate run in the 2010 election cycle. Only time will tell. 

In a related annoucement, Harry Martini, publicist to DonJonVonavich HRH King of the MOs, offered a reaction to the public re-emergence of Don Floriani.  "Floriani is a fake, a rube, a thief, and a two bit Jersey gangster," stated Martini, "You can't fool an ole' Brooklyn boy like me."  Conflict has brewed over the rights to the radical art movement referred to as Tech Avant Garde, along with its associated web property, TechAvantgarde.us.  DonJon claims to have created the movement and coined the phrase, but Don Floriani owns the URL, which DonJon has demanded he return to the public domain.

In retaliation to DonJon's claims, Don Floriani has opened a public site and declared it 'Radical OpenSource.'  In an interview with Harry Martini, the publicist insisted that "the blubbering Don did not create this movement, it was DonJon, along with myself of course, over many stupor inducing evenings in front of the DonJon's Dream Machine."  DonJon's Dream Machine, was built by former Chelsea Hotel resident Brion Gysin for William S. Burroughs and found in the dusty basement of the hotel.  The Dream Machine is a stroboscopic flicker device that slows the electrical pulse rate of the brain to a state of semi consciousness known as the alpha state, and produces rich dreamlike imagery.  

The festering conflict has put at risk the future of DonJon's MoBoho RoadShow - The MoBeg'n Tour, which is thought to be the Next Great American Roadtrip. Don Floriani has declined to release the rights to the the website; rights which DonJon is now openly contesting. "Gangsters with publicist are the lowest form of belly crawling scum," claims Martini. Spokespeople for Don Floriani claim that he has no intention of shanghaiing the Tech Avant Garde movement, despite his refusal to budge on the website issue.

Hunter S. Thompson to join MoBus in Las Vegas

" He is ready for MoFear & Loathing with DonJon and the Merry Molochsters,"  Harry Martini.

Chelsea Hotel (MP) - DonJonVonavich HRH King of the MOs, referred to as DonJon by his friends and foes, has announced that Hunter S. Thompson will be joining the MoBeg'n Tour in Las Vegas. "He is ready for MoFear & Loathing with DonJon and the Merry Molochsters," reports Harry Martini, long time publicist to DonJon.  Reportedly Thompson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in 2005.  "He does look a little rough, but I figured he was just coming off a bender," stated Martini. 

DonJon only recently announced that his MoBoho RoadShow will hit the road with The MoBeg'n Tour for a Summer of MoBeg'n.  A Follow up on the epic Last Great American Roadtrip 2008, The MoBeg'n Tour will travel the American West extemporaneously performing a modern adaptation of The Beggar's Opera, culminating with a week run at the Burning Man Project in Blackrock City, NV.

The MoBeg'n Tour will travel on a vintage 60 foot 1988 Prevost touring coach with travel stage.  The new MoBus will be christened the MoRevenge and hand painted in route.  A troupe videographer will capture the full performances and background activity.  Additionally, each troupe member will have a personal video camera to capture individual content.  As the troupe drives between performance sites they will work with the home support team to locate camp locations and show venues, edit and post video content, and promote the upcoming show.

The MeBeg'n Tour is produced by MoRoadtrip, Inc., a Cooperative Corporation that creates road trip events referred to as "Living Art on the Road."  The projects are developed and supported by teams of shareholder artists and produced, documented and distributed by MoRoadtrip.  All MoRoadtrip projects are dedicated to the development of a Sustainable Cooperative Economy.

To register to join The MoBeg'n Tour: https://sites.google.com/site/moroadtrip/