SIDESHOW Seeks willing travelling acts
- Killbuck
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SIDESHOW Seeks willing travelling acts
SIDESHOW seeks interested, willing and able performers looking for a venue to please, tease or amaze audiences at BM 2013.
SIDESHOW is the new theme camp production of APOKILIPTIKA, and will take on the look, feel, features and activities of a traditional sideshow of the turn of the century-to 1940s period with tones of the slightly creepy steampunkish. Geeks, Freaks and Absurdities in Abundance. The crew has 8 years of experience in theme camp set up and operation, and will NEVER be a theme camp in name only. We are theme freaks.
Interested performers can post here to inquire.
Looking for:
Jugglers
Fire performers who do the odd and unusual
Exotic dancers
Magicians
Marching bands
Acrobats
Circus-carnival based or inspired acts
Self described freaks of nature
...and more.
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SIDESHOW is the new theme camp production of APOKILIPTIKA, and will take on the look, feel, features and activities of a traditional sideshow of the turn of the century-to 1940s period with tones of the slightly creepy steampunkish. Geeks, Freaks and Absurdities in Abundance. The crew has 8 years of experience in theme camp set up and operation, and will NEVER be a theme camp in name only. We are theme freaks.
Interested performers can post here to inquire.
Looking for:
Jugglers
Fire performers who do the odd and unusual
Exotic dancers
Magicians
Marching bands
Acrobats
Circus-carnival based or inspired acts
Self described freaks of nature
...and more.
.
Visit SIDESHOW at our kewl website http://sideshow2017.weebly.com
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Re: SIDESHOW Seeks willing travelling acts
oh, I shudder with unbridled enthusiasm, whilst parsing every word of the above statement of intent and promise.
Yay, I may yet piddle, as I peruse the afore mentioned criers words and hints at deeds yet unseen, and verily, I say
Bravo!! Brava!!
Yay, I may yet piddle, as I peruse the afore mentioned criers words and hints at deeds yet unseen, and verily, I say
Bravo!! Brava!!
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Hmmm... off to the Lab to Ponder the Preposterous Possibilities...

Yes, there will be Flame Effects.

Yes, there will be Flame Effects.
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fire breathing any good for ya Mr Killbuck? i mean i know its not good for ya but i do it anyway.
i spin a staff and devil stix too but i am rubbish when they is on fire. Oh yea for the last 2 years i have set myself on fire but only by accident
i spin a staff and devil stix too but i am rubbish when they is on fire. Oh yea for the last 2 years i have set myself on fire but only by accident
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CATCH AND RELEASE.
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Fire breathing is great!!!! I especially like it when you breath the fire IN.
Staged accidental setting on fire is always a crowd pleaser.
Staged accidental setting on fire is always a crowd pleaser.
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ok, so i've been called a freak.... but i'm not sure how to translate that into an act.....
maybe we could meet and you could do some kind of assessment?
maybe we could meet and you could do some kind of assessment?
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oscillator wrote:Hmmm... off to the Lab to Ponder the Preposterous Possibilities...
Yes, there will be Flame Effects.
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I see that your lab is still incomplete... the ponambulator should be over there on the left.
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Most BRC Citizens already qualify under the National Sideshow Association Geeks and Freaks standards. Stay tuned in future, because we may have a Freak Talent Night. You only have 11 months to get ready.clocksnmirrors wrote:ok, so i've been called a freak.... but i'm not sure how to translate that into an act.....
maybe we could meet and you could do some kind of assessment?
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Sounds like fun!
Dance in the heart of chaos. . . . .
ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ
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If you can describe to me in 3000 words or less why they call it "Steampunk" I might be interested...
We have an obligation to make space for everyone, we have no obligation to make that space pleasant.
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For your amusement, I have neither tattoo nor piercings.
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I would like to watch this.clocksnmirrors wrote:ok, so i've been called a freak.... but i'm not sure how to translate that into an act.....
maybe we could meet and you could do some kind of assessment?
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I can do a certain disappearing act, but it generally makes the audience disappear too.
RETROFROLIC, the place of Pink, Pain and Pleasure!
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What a coincidence! Look what arrived just this AM....

Also, got a good deal on a replacement (titanium) astrolabe. The procelain one was a little too fragile & moopy for that last round of mad perambulation in deeper playa. Guess when they say "don't go beyond the trash fence" they really mean it. Tho a little hard to play hide & seek out there, it was a fun night out for all! Oh, FLIR cameras = WANT.

Also, got a good deal on a replacement (titanium) astrolabe. The procelain one was a little too fragile & moopy for that last round of mad perambulation in deeper playa. Guess when they say "don't go beyond the trash fence" they really mean it. Tho a little hard to play hide & seek out there, it was a fun night out for all! Oh, FLIR cameras = WANT.
Kernul Killbuck wrote:
I see that your lab is still incomplete... the ponambulator should be over there on the left.
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Savannah wrote:I would like to watch this.clocksnmirrors wrote:ok, so i've been called a freak.... but i'm not sure how to translate that into an act.....
maybe we could meet and you could do some kind of assessment?
i can pretty much guarantee "jazz hands" would be on the menu
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http://www.retrofrolic.com/resources/JimFrankESM.jpg
Bionic Jim is oddly entertaining. All you do is turn his crank and listen to him scream and writhe in painful bliss!
Bionic Jim is oddly entertaining. All you do is turn his crank and listen to him scream and writhe in painful bliss!
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Some call me Tnt,,,, works for me!
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Trishntek wrote:
Bionic Jim is oddly entertaining. All you do is turn his crank and listen to him scream and writhe in painful bliss!
wow! i obviously didn't get around enough this year!
where the heck was this going on?????
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My sig line,,, you didn't abide?
RETROFROLIC, the place of Pink, Pain and Pleasure!
http://www.retrofrolic.com
Some call me Tnt,,,, works for me!
http://www.retrofrolic.com
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indeed i did notTrishntek wrote:My sig line,,, you didn't abide?
ok so two things...
1) you are one handsome devil!
and
2) this intrigues the hell out of me!!! did anyone actually ride this?

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1. thanks!
2. It is extremely popular and ridden many times each day! In fact, it challenged our solar/wind array to keep the batteries charging even in the middle of the day!
2. It is extremely popular and ridden many times each day! In fact, it challenged our solar/wind array to keep the batteries charging even in the middle of the day!
RETROFROLIC, the place of Pink, Pain and Pleasure!
http://www.retrofrolic.com
Some call me Tnt,,,, works for me!
http://www.retrofrolic.com
Some call me Tnt,,,, works for me!
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Trishntek wrote:1. thanks!![]()
2. It is extremely popular and ridden many times each day! In fact, it challenged our solar/wind array to keep the batteries charging even in the middle of the day!
dang it!! i will be looking for your camp in 2013
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oh my, it definitely looks like we could schedule bionic jim in on the schedule. we'll have a whiteboard out front saying when various 'shows' will occur.
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As advertisement... or warning??
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clocksnmirrors wrote:Trishntek wrote:
Bionic Jim is oddly entertaining. All you do is turn his crank and listen to him scream and writhe in painful bliss!
wow! i obviously didn't get around enough this year!
where the heck was this going on?????
it's a strange thing cranking the handle, after the first time you know its painful for him. I only cranked it once more (ok twice actually 3). not my thing but it was voluntary
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Burners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.
CATCH AND RELEASE.
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Reheated leftovers in saran wrap don't really interest me that much, but I found something sort of fun and ironic considering the hand crank generating electricity.... and a challenged solar array....Trishntek wrote:It is extremely popular and ridden many times each day! In fact, it challenged our solar/wind array to keep the batteries charging even in the middle of the day!
Then, with all the technical geniuses here, what is the possible watt generating capacity of spanking the monkey anyway?
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oneeyeddick wrote:If you can describe to me in 3000 words or less why they call it "Steampunk" I might be interested...
If you just read the fist paragraph, it's WAY less than 3000....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
Or just: "Victorian Science Fiction"
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Missing your old position of "Fist of the Desert"?Kernul Killbuck wrote:oneeyeddick wrote:If you can describe to me in 3000 words or less why they call it "Steampunk" I might be interested...
If you just read the fist paragraph, it's WAY less than 3000....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
Or just: "Victorian Science Fiction"[/color]
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Can you please have a 'shell game' where I can bet all of my useless swag against the chance of winning a cold gatorade? I would like to volunteer to work the crowd as a pick-pocket.
Oh! And you must have a gypsy fortune teller/oracle that can locate lost items.
Oh! And you must have a gypsy fortune teller/oracle that can locate lost items.
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Very splendid suggestions!!!!
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