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08/30/2005: "Friday Night Bricktown Adventure - The Orange Guy"

We pass out an ass load of fliers in Bricktown OKC every Friday night - just for whatever show is coming up. Sometimes strange things happen. Sometimes we meet interesting people. It was an interesting night in Bricktown last Friday (that would be 8/26/05). This night we met Rex. He's the Orange Guy. Read on...

Rex comes by his "AKA" honestly. His shirt was orange. His pants were orange. His shoes were orange. We didn't check his skivvies but I'm guessing they were orange. The large round stone in his necklace was orange. When first we laid eyes on the Orange Guy (should I call him OG? He's the OG OG I think) we were driving by the Bricktown Ball Park in search of free parking. This search typically ends in the Harkin's Theatre parking lot. But, anyway, the OG was juggling fire. Guess what color the fire was? Orange. At this point there was a large crowd surrounding this spectacle. Kyle says "Damn we need to be out there right now giving out fliers." I know, I know. We drive on by. As predicted we park at Harkin's and start walking back towards the heart of Bricktown.

I've got the backpack of stuff and I'm carrying the mp3 player + headphones. I'm the audio engineer and supply manager. Kyle has a fistful of fliers. He's the engager, the instigator. Kenneth has the video camera. He's the videographer.

By the time we make it to the ball park the OG has ceased to fire juggle and the crowd has dispersed. Kyle thinks he might know the OG. So we stop and talk to him. This dude is no ordinary all-orange fire juggler. No sir. Did I mention he had orange buckets for the torches? And an orange bag? His name is Rex. He goes out to Bricktown to meet people and network. His ultimate goal? To be president - after running for local office of course. Was it governor or mayor? I can't remember. Rex, if you read this, please fill us in. I think he might just be crazy enough to do it. Crazy like a fox, of course. Rex has some interesting plans for Bricktown he told us about - I shall not divulge his plans in this medium. If you are interested, seek out the orange man in Bricktown. He knows much. He also gave us some good ideas on street marketing. Oh yeah, as it turns out, Kyle didn't know him originally. But hey, we do now.

One noted accomplishment of the OG: he once staged a protest with blank picket signs. Sometimes the signs would have question marks or exclamation points, but no words. He said that this little protest made MSNBC. I don't exactly remember. I searched for it on the internet. But couldn't find it. Once again Rex, you're gonna have to hook a brutha up. After talking with Rex for some time, we split. Only to see him several more times making his rounds around Bricktown.

Rex was by far the most interesting person we met that evening. We also met two girls that at first wanted to hear our music. The first girl appeared to be enjoying it, when suddenly she looked concerned and pulled one side of the headphones away from her ear. "Is this Christian music?" she asked. "Nope," I replied. She said she was sorry and took the headphones off and handed them to me with an apologetic look on her face. OK. Whatever. I guess she must have heard our secret satanic message in "Rhythm For You". Oops. I thought I had hid it so well.

Those were the primary points of interest. Most everyone else we saw walked away with fliers in their hand. Some stopped to listen to our mp3s. Some didn't. We stopped in at Bricktown Live for a while and said hi to Justin B and the Brewers. And that was about it. Yeah. I'm going to stop writing now. So ends the first (only?) installment of our adventures in Bricktown.

cF

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