Meathands Himself!
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Paul McCarthy refused to do an interview with me when I asked, so Richard Jackson and I were just going to sit down today at Seattle Art Museum before their joint talk tonight at 7.

But then in walks none other than Old Meathands! (McCarthy lovingly mocks his own hands, as well as mocks and loves many other things, in this video.)

I'd done all this preparation to talk to Jackson, and none for McCarthy, but who needs to prepare to talk to an art god? (My secret theory is that he snowed me on purpose!)

McC was in high spirits for a chill guy. He started out the interview by telling a long and visceral story about how much he had to pee on the plane here, including descriptions of his stomach contracting, his penis going numb, and the way he just sat there waiting for release when he finally arrived. It was a perfect McCarthy story, and it kicks off the podcast that will go up online in a few days of the two of them talking.

You might be surprised—they take opposing sides, sort of, on the Yoko Ono debate, which was written up yesterday on Artnet. I'll let you know when the podcast is posted.