Richard Metzger (born October 25, 1965 in Wheeling, West Virginia) was the host of the TV show '"Disinformation" which aired for two seasons (2000 and 2001) on Channel 4 in the UK as part of their late night "4Later" programming block. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Called a "punk rock '60 Minutes' and 'wilder than 'Jackass' by the Los Angeles Times and Wired magazine respectively, the sixteen 30-minute episodes produced for C4 (and several segments never aired in the UK) were then cut down to four one-hour "specials" intended for the Sci-Fi Channel in America, but never aired due to the controversial nature of what was portrayed onscreen. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Jackass is an American Television series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002 featuring people performing various dangerous crude ridiculous The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the According to interviews Metzger was told just twelve days prior to the first specials' air-date that he would have to cut 50% of the material from the show in order to pass the USA Network's corporate lawyers' scrutiny. Those four shows have subsequently been released on a DVD with a second bonus disc presenting highlights of The DisinfoCon, a 12 event featuring shock rocker Marilyn Manson, underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, painter Joe Coleman, Douglas Rushkoff, Mark Pesce, Grant Morrison, Robert Anton Wilson and others. Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969) better known by his Stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American Musician and Kenneth Anger (born February 3, 1927) is an American underground avant-garde film-maker Joe Coleman may refer to Joe Coleman (1950s pitcher (1922&ndash1997 American Major League Baseball pitcher Joe Coleman (1970s pitcher Douglas Rushkoff (born 18 February 1961) is a New York -based writer columnist and lecturer on technology Mark Pesce, ( December 8, 1962, in Everett Massachusetts) (ˈpɛʃi one of the early pioneers in Virtual Reality is a writer researcher Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Robert Anton Wilson or RAW (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 &ndash January 11, 2007) was an American
Metzger created the Disinformation website in 1996 and infamously was able to regain control of the intellectual property rights and a $1. 2 million dollar investment by the site's original backer, cable giant TCI (now AT&T Broadband) when TCI CEO John Malone demanded funds be cut off when news of Metzger's "anarchist bullsh*t" reached him. John C Malone (born March 7 1941 in Milford, Connecticut) is the current chairman of Liberty Media and CEO of In 1997 he co-founded The Disinformation Company, which hooked up with Avenue A/Razorfish and the site was part of the RSUB Network until 2001. The Disinformation Company is a privately held American publishing company that specializes in current affairs titles that seek to expose Disinformation. Avenue A | Razorfish Inc is one of the world's largest interactive agencies and is an operating unit of Seattle-based AQuantive, a wholly owned subsidiary of
For several years prior to the Channel 4 series, Metzger hosted a talkshow, "The Infinity Factory," broadcast on Manhattan Public Access and distributed inline through Pseudo.com that was similar in tone and appeal to Art Bell or George Noory's paranormal Coast to Coast AM radio show, on which Metzger has also been a guest. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Pseudocom was an United States Internet website for live audio and video Webcasting. Coast to Coast AM is an American late-night Syndicated Radio Talk show which deals with a variety of topics but most frequently Many of the interview subjects on this show would go on to be features in the Channel 4 series. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began
He is the author of two books, "Disinformation: The Interviews" (2002) which feature unedited interviews with several of the characters and thinkers who were guests on the series such as Douglas Rushkoff, Joe Coleman, Paul Laffoley, Grant Morrison, Duncan Laurie, Peter Russell, Kembra Pfahler, Genesis P-Orridge and Howard Bloom and "Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide To Magick & The Occult" (2004) an anthology of occult essays. Douglas Rushkoff (born 18 February 1961) is a New York -based writer columnist and lecturer on technology Joe Coleman may refer to Joe Coleman (1950s pitcher (1922&ndash1997 American Major League Baseball pitcher Joe Coleman (1970s pitcher Paul Laffoley (b Cambridge Massachusetts, August 14, 1940) is an American Visionary artist and Architect. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Peter Russell MA DCS (born May 7, 1946) is a British author of ten books and producer of three films on Consciousness, Spiritual awakening Kembra Pfahler is an American Performance artist and Rock musician best known as the lead singer of the cult Glam - punk band The "Neil Megson" redirects here For the soccer player see Neil Megson (soccer. Howard Bloom (born 1943 in Buffalo New York) is a science writer former magazine editor and author
According to a footnote in "Disinformation: The Interviews," Metzger is the uncredited male-voice interviewing Japanese pop singer Maki Nomiya of Pizzicato 5 on their song "This Year's Girl #2" (Matador Records EP CD: "5 x 5"). Metzger has also directed and produced several music videos in the 1980s for such New York "underground" luminaries as Bongwater (their animated "Power of Pussy"), Warhol pal John Sex and others.
He is married to Tara McGinley, a fashion stylist and costume designer. The couple lives in Los Angeles.
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