| Nick Bougas b. Savannah, GA (USA) 1955 |
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Nick's early contact with a host of noted killers helped lay the groundwork for a huge wave of national interest in serial and mass murderers... while dabbling on the dark side of collecting, he fell in with a host of celebrated cult figures, artists and underground legends like Jim Goad, Boyd Rice, Coop, G.G. Allin, Charles Manson, Anton LaVey, Timothy Leary, Sam Kinison, Father Larry Wessel, Joe Coleman, Rudy Ray Moore, Forrest Ackerman, Hasil Adkins, Russ Meyer and scores of others. It was an exciting and highly productive time in Bougas' life... he soon found himself making a string of graphic True Crime video documentaries and routinely scrawling out art pieces for several popular counterculture publications.
Eventually Los Angeles suffered a series of disastrous blows including the deadly Northridge Quake (which left the interior of Bougas' library-styled Burbank apartment looking just like a landfill) and the ever festive Rodney King riots... Many of Nick's dearest friends began to flee Los Angeles for other less apocalyptic cities like Portland and Denver...
When he and his devoted "galpal" Sandy realized that they were virtually the last folks left from their once mighty salon... they decided to give up the ghost as well and moved back to Nick's home state, where they now happily reside in a sleepy rural town best known as the home of late great Hee Haw star "Junior" Samples.
In addition to his UNPOP drawings and documentary films, Nick Bougas is also fairly well known for having compiled a popular celebrity blooper series on audio CD entitled "Celebrities at their Worst" (Volumes One and Two), and was chosen by Church of Satan founder, Anton LaVey, to appear as a guest vocalist on his "Satan takes a Holiday " CD.
Fun Facts About Nick Bougas:
Nick describes himself as: "Too aware for his own good."
Nick is fond of people like: "Himself."
Nick would like to meet: "Just one reliable and trustworthy business partner."
Nick's turn-ons: "Recapturing the magic of lost youth through vintage toys, records and magazines."
Nick's turn-offs: "The present day and all the vapid, soulless drivel that comes with it."
Nick enjoys hobbies and recreational activities such as: "Seriously annoying those who really, really deserve it."
When feeling sad, Nick likes to: "Repeatedly play the infamous 1933 suicide-inducing record 'Gloomy Sunday'."
To unwind, Nick enjoys: "Attending live shows featuring particularly mean spirited stand up comics."
While vacationing, Nick relaxes by: "Surgically combing dusty junk stores."
As a pet, Nick prefers: "Cats...lots of those magnificently independent felines."
Some of Nick's pet-peeves include: "...what've you got?"
Nick describes his idea of the 'perfect' date as: "9/11."
Nick's preferred drinks are: "Sweet iced tea (it's a Southern thing), Santorini Mezzo wine, cherry flavored anything."
Some of Nick's fondest memories include: "Events so laced with irony and incredibly prepostorous elements as to not be believed if related here."
Nick's extra-curricular interests include: "I've never managed to establish a curricular sooooo..."
Some of Nick's favorite books are: "No longer in print due to what is now considered 'unsavory' or 'insensitive' content."
Some of Nick's favorite movies are: "No longer shown due to ....(see above)"
Nick's favorite T.V. shows are: "...you get the drift...."
Some of Nick's favorite music includes: "Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Russ Columbo, Helen Morgan, Cliff Edwards, Buddy Clark, Ruth Etting, Mildred Bailey, Gene Austin, The Mills Brothers, The Boswell Sisters, G.G.Allin."
Nick describes his relationship to spirituality as: "Irreparably damaged."
Nick understands morality as: "A 50/50 mixture of personal responsibility and common sense."
Nick defines happiness as: "Spending at least another two decades of magical adventures with my ever-loyal, ultra-patient and absolutely irreplaceable mate, Sandy."
Some of Nick's long-term goals are: "Centered around permanently 'purifying' this vast cluttered landfill of a planet on every imaginable level."
Filmography of Nick Bougas:
- 1994 – Hollywood's Hottest
Sex Scandals – Director
1994 – The Day Their Music Died – Director
1994 – Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen – Director
1994 – The Goddess Bunny – Director
1993 – Burn, Baby, Burn – Director
1993 – Assassinations – Director
1993 – Speak Of The Devil – Director
1993 – Flubfest, Volume II – Director
1993 – Flubfest, Volume I – Director
1993 – 101 Dead Legends – Director
1992 – Death Scenes 3 – Director
1992 – Death Scenes 2 – Director
1992 – Sinatra, An Unauthorized Biography – Director
1990 – When the Applause Died – Director
1989 – Death Scenes – Director