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"Maybe it's vanity on my part; maybe it's fear of death," EE says. "I want people to remember me. I want people to remember the experience I've given them."

To that end, EE enjoys playing with the fabric of reality. "It's all magic. I broke a bottle over a guy's head at a show -- it was obviously fake and everybody knew it. But they believed it. What makes magic work is that the audience wants to believe in magic."

Akim Aginsky

Details

Sunday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m.

Androgenous Androids, Hotbox, and Violet Discord also appear

Admission is free until 6 p.m., $6 after

861-6906

Paradise Lounge, 11th Street & Folsom, S.F.

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In illustration, EE tells of a Paradise show during which he stuck his microphone up his ass. The sound engineer stormed the stage in a fury and began screaming and breaking the drummer's kit, just as dominatrix Carla LaVey (daughter of Church of Satan founder Anton) started spanking EE. The crowd had no idea which parts of the show were planned and which weren't. "In the ideal situation in an EE show, you can't tell what's real and what's fake."

As for his critics, of whom there are many, he can't be bothered. "People like Lenny Bruce were fighting censorship on a mass level. Now, if you want to be an artist that's shocking or confrontational, you have to offend your allies -- the people that support civil rights, feminism, and social justice -- because these are the people that are the new censors, the people that are denying our range of experience. It's become the new conservatism. I think my show comes from a deep sense of social justice, but on my own terms."

Whatever you call eXtreme Elvis -- dangerous freak, interactive artiste, or inspirational kook -- he must be seen to be understood. Just make sure to dress appropriately. "If you come to the Paradise show [on Sept. 30], we're going to do a lot more than get naked onstage," he warns. "Just remember that it's the Folsom Street Fair show."