2 the Ranting Gryphon

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Matthew Davis, a.k.a. 2, The Ranting Gryphon

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Matthew Davis, also known as 2, The Ranting Gryphon, is a professional comedian who performs mainly at sci-fi and furry conventions.

2 also performs and records audio 'rants', and hosted an Internet radio show called 2 Sense which ran for 87 mostly-weekly episodes, up to two hours in length, before being discontinued due to time and work constraints on July 2nd, 2005, at the peak of its popularity. 2 Sense 2.0 debuted on November 12, 2006.

Born in August 1972, 2 has been a performer for most of his life. He began as a rock guitarist in the 1980's. He then ventured into the sci-fi and fantasy fields, doing comedy events at conventions during the 1990's.

A member of the furry fandom, he is generally well-liked for his humor, his somewhat liberal view on the world and his quest to spread the "truth". His alter-ego/avatar is a gryphon, his name allegedly coming to him in a dream about the creature. He regularly attends furry conventions and occasionally performs stand up there. He often jokes that he wants to build a furry army with which to take over the world.

2 formerly resided in Arkansas, USA, in a social collective of fellow furry fans/artists ("furs"), known as the North Arkansas Regional Furry Association (NARFA). He now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1 The rants and music
2 LSD files
3 Dear 2
4 DVDs
5 Trivia
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] The rants and music

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2's fursona, as drawn by Jessie T. Wolf

2 ranted about many things during the early stages of his website. His rants were between 3-6 minutes long and normally focused on three areas. These areas are religions (rants about holy wars, prayer, and Christmas), political issues (delving into such issues as gay pride, hunting, guns, abortion, and the U. S. military), and the furry fandom itself. Rants on the latter are geared specifically to that community, and thus less accessible to those outside the fandom, and have dealt with Further Confusion, Anthrocon, fur artists and "Muck Talk".

The rants were originally scripted and were released on average once every two months. Their main purpose was for 2 to spread his opinions.

With 2 Sense retired, he plans to release more rants. His latest rants have dealt with intelligent design, the news media and justice. He has also released his second outtake reel.

Before the rants however, 2 created a lot of music. Some of the more popular songs include "Salvation" and "Jaunt". In the 1980s, 2 had originally hoped to become a rock artist, and still aspires to make music professionally.

2's rants were once featured on the Portal of Evil. He responded by posting a rant about atrocity tourism, which was subsequently subjected to a techno remixing by Nick C, a member of Portal of Evil.

2 also appeared in a parody of the Beastie Boys video Sabotage. The video was shot at Anthrocon 2004.

Sabotage Tribute (video)

[edit] LSD files

2 has been making poetic audio files known as the Lucid Sonic Delusions. At present he has released two of them on his official website, with plans to release a whole new series as time goes on.

It is thought that the files were named LSD Files because they give the same euphoric feel as the drug of the same name (though they have nothing to do with drugs). The files are in fact named Lucid Sonic Delusions; this may have been on purpose so that the initials would be LSD, but this has not been confirmed.

[edit] Dear 2

2 Gryphon is doing a short show (if it can indeed be considered a show) approximately 10 minutes long in which he answers letters sent in by (presumably) past 2 Sense listeners and fans of his website. The show is identical to the Dear 2 segment from 2 Sense with the exception of there being no co-host. This show has no actual release date and is released based on the amount of mail recieved and time restraints on 2 himself. Dear 2 is expected to end when 2 Sense 2.0 starts.

This new show can be downloaded as an MP3 file from

Official Website

[edit] DVDs

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DVD Cover for the second DVD "The Truth"

2 the Ranting Gryphon has released three DVDs since 2002. These DVDs are avaliable to buy from 2's official website.

The first DVD, "Rolling A One", is a one hour long comedy show recorded live at Anthrocon in 2002.

The second DVD, "The Truth", is a one hour long comedy show recorded live at Anthrocon in 2003. It includes commentary from 2 and Lord Skandranon on one track, and a separate track consisting of 2, Lord Skandranon, Skates, and Krahnos. The DVD also includes the infamous "chocolate bunny death" video.

The third DVD, "The Gods Hate Me", is a one hour long comedy show recorded live at Anthrocon in 2004. Among the DVD's special features are a full length MST3K style commentary from 2, the DVD's creator Lord Skandranon and their friend Gir Tygrin (who in the video refers to himself as random other guy), some random bonus footage, and an explanation of the "beer shot" joke.

Plans for a fourth DVD, "Place Gryphon Here", were scrapped due to technical problems while recording the shows at Anthrocon 2005 and Midwest FurFest 2005. Instead, an audio CD was released that contains audio from both. It replaces an earlier audio CD that has gone out of print.