We make fun of performance art on a regular basis on our radio show, and it seems as though Shia LeBeouf is part of that mockery at least monthly.  Dude just can’t seem to stick to acting these days.

He’s worn a paper bag on his head and cried in public during the #IAMSORRY campaign back in 2014 (no, seriously, those were art), and then rode up and down and elevator for a day in England earlier this year.  Again, where most of us would be either looked at strangely and/or arrested, he’s proclaimed himself an artist.

And listen – it’s a free country (at least for now).  Let your freak flags fly.  Whatever.  I just think it’s absurd that it’s considered art these days, is all.

Now, Shia’s  hitchhiking across the country, asking you to pick him up, and he’s documenting the entire experience. Because art.

Why is he doing this?  He says he “hopes to achieve a greater purpose,” and “with everything (they do), (they’re) trying to find meaning, make meaning.”  Because what folks used to do in the 70s and 80s before Uber now has some sort of artistic meaning to it.

So be warned – he and his buddies, Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner may be hitching a ride to a town near you.  There’s a new hashtag: #TAKEMEANYWHERE.  He’s putting up his coordinates on a regular basis on Twitter and you can see if you’re close to him…and you can just pick them all up.  It’s as easy as that (unless you have a Smart Car or something).  There’s also an  interactive website.  And of course, there’s a someone – or an entity – who’s apparently endorsing all of this: Vice.com.

Mock and I have decided that we need to pick them up and bring them back to our show, interview Shia and then give him and his friends snacks.  And then I’ll direct them all to the basement where the corporate gym is, and tell them that they need to use the showers down there, because God knows they’ll probably need one.  Seriously.  Imagine the stank.

On a side note, does anyone freaking paint or draw anymore?  And no, I don’t mean with your menstrual blood.