Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. Also, at around 1:26, his face changes again, but this time he has multiple eyes. aw shit, i just realized that i posted a comment on yesterdays post instead of todays, lol. Robert Struzel, the chief engineer of WGN-TV, stated: "You need a significant amount of power to do that. The character's fictional backstory, as described by the box copy of the official Shaye Saint John DVD, recounts how Shaye was once a supermodel until a horrific car accident grotesquely. By the way, I have that ny poet anthology, and I, too, love that book. Behold the Hilarious, Magical Horror That is Shaye Saint John I think the only time the four of us were ever in Chicago together was to see a Pixies concert at the Riviera. They had decided to overpower WGN-TV's signal for approximately 25 seconds, airing weird footage but no audio. It was believed that whoever was responsible had likely transmitted their own signal from the rooftop of an adjacent building. Been on a bit of an XTC binge lately and starting to explore some of the less bright corners of their discography. One page has a paragraph of Shaye talking about herself above a large number of links and disturbing gifs, while another page has Shaye talk about some of the things that she is scared of. Very hard to trust that lot, though. Funfetti! In this story, there are two Shaye Saint Johns. They eventually toss it to the side, as they sing the opening line from the song "(I Know) I'm Losing You" by the Temptations, which was later covered by Rod Stewart and others. Before the interconnectivity of the online world, Fourniers friends in Bloomington relied on him to import the new punk trends from LA. Sports anchor Dan Roan was in the middle of showing highlights for the Bears and Lions football game, which had played out earlier that afternoon, when all of a sudden, the station experienced an odd incident. After all, even in the second incident, the individual posing as Max Headroom had singled out a WGN sportscaster - Chuck Swinsky - and even mocked the title of "world's greatest newspaper.". Someday Im going to write about the difference in communication/connection meltdowns that Shaye experiences there are differences whether Shaye is interacting with a human, a doll, or a mannequin. Many believe that if Fournier wasn't involved in the Max Headroom incident, then he was most likely inspired by it. In May 2014, a Vine became popular featuring a man wondering humorously who was running the water in his bathroom if he was alone. These videos began appearing online in the early 2000's, which were paired with a Livejournal blog - which was apparently kept up by the fictional Shaye St. John. Later, they had also mocked the title of "world's greatest newspaper" - the once-upon-a-time ago tagline of WGN's sister newspaper, the Chicago Tribune. Dr. Michael Marcus, the assistant bureau chief in the FCC's Field Operations Bureau, served as the lead investigator for the Commission's investigation into this incident. After 30 seconds, signal engineers at WGN, who broadcasted Channel 9, switched the frequency of the studio link to another transmitter, bringing Dan Roan back to audiences screens. Because by the time that the show was cancelled, the character of Max Headroom had made national headlines for the most bizarre of reasons. Appreciate you including that in the links on the post. "For a few precious seconds, life imitated art for a change. And it made me think how this LA metal band Seven Sisters of Sleep made a video that uses footage from The Color of Pomegranates. One tip in particular pointed to an individual who worked for a company that owned a large warehouse, which may have fit the bill. This person then begins to hold up a gardening glove and proclaims: "But it's dirty! The culprit's audio is overdubbed with so much distortion that it makes it hard to differentiate their syllables from one another. see a man on what looks like an old 90's computer scrolling through YOUR facebook page. Shay More "experimental" jewelry, just in time for Halloween. "The Triggers Compilation" is a terribly wonderful and totally fun set of shorts from Shaye and . Do you ever log into Facebook, sigh, and say "I love Facebook, but I need more excitement. It is one of the only Chicago-based stations located outside of the city's downtown business district, a distinction it has held for decades now. The man was then spanked repeatedly with a flyswatter as he screamed. How A Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood. It appeared that whoever was behind this stunt knew what they were doing: they likely had legitimate experience in broadcast engineering. Fournier created the character of Shaye Saint John, who was supposedly a former "hot chick/model" who had been horribly disfigured in (some sort of) accident wherein she became a quadriplegic and her face was burned beyond recognition. It is also worth pointing out that this individual tosses the can of Pepsi aside, and you can see a phallus-looking object attached to their finger. Or just for grocery shopping. A celebration of oddities, outrageousness and counterculture. Or maybe tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rM3QysoB78. Faust was seeking insight into Fourniers past. It's like you got bloodstains on it!". Who knows. He was still in front of the same disorienting, rotating background, but this time, was allowed to speak. Finished up the screenplay revision and sending it off to my agent in a few days. Unfortunately, we will likely never know the full story of Eric Fournier. Why they held this grudge, though, was anyone's guess. She suffered from a number of mental diseases, including multiple personality disorder and a slight kah addiction. Unable to glean any discernible clues from the woman or her movements, investigators then began focusing on the background of the recording. Shaye Saint John is a multimedia performance artist. He also stated that technicians with the station had: " attempted to take corrective measures but couldn't. Cookie Notice His broadcast not only had video, but audio. ** Golnoosh, Hi, Golnoosh! Its awesome, but dont ask whats inside.. The story goes that Shaye was a supermodel that was injured in a bus accident where she was completely disfigured, amputated, and reconstructed with floppy discount-bin plastic mannequin prostheses. Nobody was killed or hurt, but the risk this incident posed - at the time - was considered significant by federal officials, who worried that others could utilize this method to hijack the airwaves. Required fields are marked *. Second, in reality, Shaye Saint John is a rubber mask and deflated costume draped over a wheelchair when not worn by Eric Fournier, shy and genius artist. Then the planet starts launching rockets. Prior hijacking attempts of the airwaves had usually involved people inside TV studios choosing to broadcast their own videos. Oh never heard about this artistwill investigate more later this week. Shaye Saint John was a fictional character created by (now deceased) Eric Fournier. He sang your love is fading, lyrics to (I Know) Im Losing You by the Temptations. Fricking liberal.". ( shayesaintjohn.net) submitted 5 years ago by MichaelMikey320 to r/AbandonedWebsites. It's a small peek behind the curtain the public saw a rare and endangered animal, an actual dyed-in-the-wool hacker. For those of us who assumed he'd be a giant sea-monster, the form he actually took on was different. Shaye is a reminder that anything and everything can be pushed further. Shaye I didn't think today would be the day you're done. She began to gain momentum online in about 2005 via YouTube, MySpace and her personal website. Wessel describes Fourniers work as maximalist art, or, the diametric opposite of the extreme simplicity and ultra boredom inducing pretentiousness and elitism of minimalism. To Wessel, Fourniers films represent a complete freedom from convention. In fact, everything disappeared from the screen as it flickered into darkness. He then opens the door to find a bunny taking a bath in the sink. the flagship running for Earth, while all the other survey ships are consumed behind them, the nanoships expanding in all directions. Shaye Saint John is a fictional former model who had become disfigured in a car accident and recreated herself out of mannequin parts. Its like you got bloodstains on it!. Hes a fricken nerd.. In total, the bizarre man who had taken over WGN's broadcast feed had been on-screen for less than 20 seconds. In the TV show, Headroom waged information wars against evil corporate entities - so it was possible that the individual involved wanted to do something similar against corporations they viewed as "evil" (such as the Tribune Company or, more specifically, WGN-TV). Or someone who got turned down for a job there? I love his main features, but never managed to track down the shorter work. They were also able to pinpoint a location where the video might have been shot. We never made music videos apart from someone maybe videotaping one of our shows. After a moment, he paused to claim he had made a giant masterpiece for all the greatest world newspaper nerds, referencing WGNs acronym and corporate parent, The Chicago Tribune. ', And thats the thingshes clearly not a puppet, clearly not a robot. But a few themes repeat in the videos: obsession with beauty/perfection, obsession with celebrity, obsession with connecting with others (but an inability to ever really do it). the patients don't survive being treated for their fears, where the protagonist ends up pushing the button, Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device, Supermarioglitchy4's Super Mario 64 Bloopers, "I WILL RIDE A BICYCLE OF NIGHTMARES INTO YOUR ASSHOLE. But later that evening, the airwaves of the Chicago region would again be hijacked by this mysterious individual masquerading as Max Headroom. Just in case anyone wants more Shaye, the legendary artist Kier Cooke Sandvik first suggested a Shaye Saint John Day on the old murdered blog back in the distant past. 17. Any new bites? Running through the streets like we use to do. But one day, she got into a car crash that horribly disfigured her. The camera then cut to a shot of a mans torso and partially exposed buttocks. Shaye is a woman of excess. If anyone knows please tell me! That book was basically my Bible in the early 70s. . More than just a "humorous," "weird," "creepy" or . Today is Beyond Weird and quite timely what with masks and all. A bomb scare turns out to be a dead baby. Here's what viewers were greeted to close to midnight on this Sunday evening. Eric Fournier, shy and genius. If you have not yet watched Hand Thing, you owe it to yourself to take a look. Some say she was a famous supermodel who was caught in a terrible train accident, causing her to lose most of her body. He held up a glove, like the one popularized by Michael Jackson, and exclaimed, My brother is wearing the other one. He then pulled it on, saying, But its dirty! ", This seems to be a direct nod to WGN, whose sister newspaper - the Chicago Tribune - went by the nickname "World's Greatest Newspaper.". And theres so much of it! The Shaye Saint John films were terrifying, funny, absurdist glimpses into the character's upside-down Lynchian cabinet. To this day, the Max Headroom incident remains one of the most intriguing harmless mysteries, and it is considered funny by many. So, who is Shaye Saint John? Im pleased you like his poems. Shes on the internet 24/7, interacting with her fans and sharing autographs, shes seeking miracle cures, shes seeking riches. She uses mannequin parts on her hands and face so that no one can see what she actually looks like. Scan this QR code to download the app now. She was found, by a mother walking with a three-year-old girl no less, There is a website where people wrote out various alternate history scenarios. Hey Dennis Catching up on the blog. This is subreddit for videos that are similar to content that could be found on the Tim and Eric show. Saint John, created by Eric Fournier, was described with a backstory claiming she was a supermodel disfigured in a train accident, who rebuilt her body with a collection of mannequin parts. By placing his or her own dish antenna between the transmitter tower, the hacker could have effectively interrupted the original signal. It is believed that those responsible had ties to the broadcasting community in some way; if not legitimate work experience in the Chicago broadcasting sphere. They do, however, acknowledge that he would have been amused to be the subject of such rumors. The internet has been responsible for bringing the world a visual medium where there is, for the most part, little to no censorship on any matter, including decency and taste. (You know Im officially? Many liken the style of the Shaye St. John videos to the Max Headroom incident, as both share the same kind of chaotic humor, often paired with frenetic editing. Shaye Saint John is one of those people (yes, I will be referring to her as a person) whose inspiration touches nearly everything I do. She also stated that the investigation would be joined by the FBI, who wanted to ensure that this method of hijacking could not be utilized by others - such as domestic terrorists. In addition, investigators and analysts believed that the necessary equipment would have cost a pretty penny, and not been accessible by those without knowledge of broadcasting engineering. In Hand Thing, Shay Saint John is compelled to perform certain hand gestures over and over again relentlessly, without any sign of ever stopping. Perhaps an engineer or someone with the technical knowledge and equipment to allow them to pull this off?". Their broadcast signal was transmitted from the top of the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago, and on the night in-question, there were no engineers on-duty to prevent the incident. I guess my last two posts were the last two posts on those days I said something. Basically, imagining loading a new tab, then having the sound of someone firing a barrage of gun shots from absolutely nowhere. Posted on June 8, 2022 ; in pete davidson first snl episode; by 10 czerwca 2022 despite a supposed accident that left her quadriplegic and disfigured by burns. In 2009 I interviewed Kier about all things SSJ here for our art zine Yuck n Yum. Merely adding a link without a description is not enough for an example. Even the funny ones have some horror on it. Studio engineers assumed that the hijack was an inside job and immediately began searching the building for the masked intruder.