Trip Tape 5.3.92 [video, 89.9 MB]

This video documents a fateful day in the lives of two young men in Bloomington, Indiana. They are in fact J&B, about a month before they began production of J&B on the ROX.

Viewers are forewarned that J has called this “the most embarrassing snippet of video I ever participated in.” He's also called it “a true travesty of human endeavor”, and “funny to the extent that it can be funny to watch severely fucked-up people trying to speak in complete sentences.”

Please report problems with this media file to Editor B.

J: Way back before the first episode of J&B on the Rox was produced, Editor B would often sing the praises of Robitussin DM. He sang those praises so often, in fact, that I ended up learning the rap that he wrote about the stuff.

So one day, I decided to try the stuff. Not just a tablespoon, but a whole bottle.

It was a Sunday morning. We met at my house on Cottage Grove, and each tossed back a four-ounce bottle of the stuff. A little while later, we went for a walk around the neighborhood. I realized (or did I only imagine?) that I wasn't feeling any effects from the bottle I'd consumed; so we stopped off at a convenience store and bought another bottle, which we split.

Soon after that, I came to the realization that I was, in fact, feeling the effects — and plenty. I felt blissful, even euphoric, and very energetic. I also felt like I was more drunk than I'd ever been, though... [More...]

W. Owen: I guess I was smart enough not to actually put it on video, but I drank an 8 oz. bottle of the Robo once myself.

I don't recommend it.

For about 5-10 minutes I dry-heaved into the porcelain idol, then I spent the entire night lying awake in my bed talking into the shadows in the corners of my ceiling. My train of thought finally got into the station around 6 am, I think.

Oh, and for those who don't already know, the classic Bloomington zine Tussin' Up is archived at:

> http://tussinup.whybark.com/