They regularly gather together for events Ridenour plays hosts for, such as a protest against death at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, tourist bingo at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood or JFK assassination potlucks in Brentwood. He presides over the chaos from a clandestine hillside abode in Silver Lake, where even The Thomas Guide maps hold no sway. Any person or group that takes itself seriously may find itself on the receiving end of a satirical event.
Underdogs are off-limits.
We also try to bolster the eccentric and the odd. About four events a month are usually scheduled, and anywhere from five to 25 of a constantly churning core group show up for occasions. The Cacophony Society started in the early 1980s in San Francisco, metamorphosing out of the beatnik Suicide Club during the 1960s and '70s. Soon, Cacophony groups appeared in Brooklyn, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles and Seattle. She hosted a Valentine's Eve concept event last week in downtown Los Angeles, with an aphrodisiac bar, human sculptures, a black-light alley and a revirginification altar.