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Circus, freakshows & crazy stunts.
Mentalism, magic, thought reading, NLP, hypnosis, suggestion, and other mind games.
Hanging out, spa partys, waterfalls, acrobatics, reading, photoshop, and other programs.
Living a happy, healthy, vegetarian lifestyle.
I am more observant than talkative, I like
Eccentrics, Electronics, electrical tape, gaffa tape, getting tied up, cute smiles, slightly buckled teeth, staying up untill the sun comes up, making my dreams my realities, inspiring others that they can do anything, imagining future technologies, riding motorbikes, taking chances, risk, Good company, stylish suits, trilby hats, top hats, old school gramophones, circus tricks, object manipulation, swords, making props, talking about ideas, the peaks and depths of the Human condition, behavioural statistics, cognitive science, monkeys, Japanese rope bondage, fetish fashion and photography, Stilettos, Boots and other really stylish shoes, transformative conversation, nocturnal debauchery,
Collecting bizarre and unusual oddities, skulls, mutations, scars, twisted beauty, piercing, tattoos, implants, flesh hooks, ritual, red crosses, snakes, and other reptiles, art, music, performance, body suspensions, people who inspire me, incredibly hot showers, drinking vodka and gingerbeer, fetishes, infatuations, making out, The number 6, anxiously awaiting, Robots, technology, evolution, learning, inventing, creating, sideshows, carnivals, hardcore stunts, funny stunts, needles, hooks, books, music, gadgetry, humor, fun, my family, friends, loved ones, photography, graffiti...... these are not in a specific order, of course! ……...
Anatomy, Amputees, curves, soft skin, Art, Backbones, bandages, Iodine solution, Betadine, Bites, Scratches, Wooden spoons, scalples, Body-Art, Body Modifications, Bones, Bruises, Confessions, Mind/Body Control, letting go, being submissive, Trying to be dominant, uncompromising and stern but smiling and laughing too much, spanking, Creative Eroticism, Creative Autoeroticism, DJs, musicians, taking risks, Eyes, Eyeballs, having my closed eyes softly kissed by someone I realy like, snuggling up close, trying to get even closer, hogging the blankets, exciting events, Fear, Flesh, Being Frisked, Genitalia, Smallish to medium sized breasts, Hot Bodys, Hands, Being naked on a secluded beach in the sun with a friend (or two), Black rubber gloves, Injuries, Literature, Love, Lust, Medical Equipment, Medical Imagery, Medical Play, Mummification, Music, Neck Braces, Nurses, Obsessions, Performance Art, Peverse Acts, Pornography, Secret Bruises, Sensory Deprivation, Sensory Overload, Serial Obsessions, Sex, Tenderness of the Unexpected Kind, Theories, The Unspoken, stimulating visuals, voyeurism, and preserved creatures in jars (Preferably with extra limbs, two heads or other beautiful and unusual deformities).
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Music
Many
Movies
Tod Browning's 'Freaks', City of lost Children, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, V for vendetta, Fight Club, The Dudesons, Jackass, Powder, I like old circus movies, and many more.....
I also watch a lot of alternative documentaries like ‘Sick’ (The life & death of Bob Flanagan, Super masochist), Siamese Twins (By Nova), etc....
Television
Documentaries
Books
I have a large collection of books on magic, mentalism, circus, sideshow and freakshows. I LOVE my books!!!
Heroes
Many times in my life I have considered someone a hero... I am constantly inspired!
My heroes are anyone who has the courage to stand out of the crowd, or stand up for what they believe, and I see a hero in anyone who strives for greatness in their life and their work no matter the hardship, pain or struggles involved, and anyone who dose not settle for boredom or mediocrity in their life. Don't be board... life is too exciting!!!
You can be my hero! Just be yourself!
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-Chest subdermal implant by Samppa (At Tusk Tattoo- London)
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I have been collecting oddities from around the world since before I started working in sideshows and freakshows in 1998.
Hear is a small glimpse of my unusual collection.
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Me swallowing 17 swords for the Guinness Book of World Records.
Front page of 'The Irish Times' and 'The Sunday Times' the 'Irish Independent' and 'BBC world News' breaking my own Guinness World Record by swallowing 27 swords!!!
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The Space Cowboy is a truly unique and exciting performer from Byron
Bay Australia. He started exhibiting his unusual skills at his local
markets at the age of eight, a natural born performer. Now at 29 years
of age he has amazed audiences in over 30 countries around the world
to audiences ranging from 100 to 20,000 delighted onlookers at a time
in packed theatres, circus big tops and stadiums. He has shown his
diversity and skill by performing at the Edinburgh festival twelve
years in a row, he won 'The Street Performance World Championship' in
2006 and 2007, exhibited four different sellout shows in the Sydney
Opera house, toured with famous rock bands, freaked out motorcycle
dare-devils in massive arena stunt shows, and displayed his
extravagant abilities in front of the royal throne of Italy. All of
his acts are guaranteed to leave a lasting impression on all who
witness this incredible phenomena.
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Acts: Sword swallowing, knife throwing, whip cracking, 7 ball juggling, hat manipulation, acrobatics, mentalism, thought reading, spoon bending, and many other exciting and original circus and sideshow stunts (Some too bizarre to describe in print).
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Awards:
-Street Performance World Champion (Dublin, Ireland. 2006)
-Street Performance World Champion (Dublin, Ireland. 2007)
-Street performer of the year 1998-2006 ('Three Weeks' Edinburgh Festival Magazine).
-Winner of the ‘Markus Markoni Public Award’ (Voted most original act of the festival)- Rotterdam Straatfestival 1999
-& 4 x official Guinness world Records for sword swallowing stunts.
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Countries The Space Cowboy has performed:
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Germany, France, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Scotland, Finland, Ireland, America, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Iceland, Belgium, Turkey, Spain, Korea, Hong Kong, China, and Japan... and more.
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Venues:
The Space Cowboy has performed in a wide variety of places from massive stadiums and arenas, to intimate corporate settings; including in front of the royal throne of Italy, and in the Sydney Opera house for four seasons in a row. He has also performed in many circus big tops, themed parties like Torture Garden, big touring music festivals like The Big Day Out and Glastonbury Festival.
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Broadcast Media Appearances:
Television:
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not TV, Don’t Try This At Home, Rove Live, Born Freak (Channel 4 Documentary), The Breakfast Show (Australia, Scotland, Iceland and Croatia), The Sideshow, MTV, Rage, and many more.
The Space Cowboy has also made national and international news stories in over ten countries.
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Print Media:
The Space Cowboy makes national and international News Paper and magazine headlines in almost every country he visits.
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The Space Cowboy has appeared on the cover of:
Irish Times, The Art of Healing Magazine, The Echo, The Byron News, i mag monthly, and Seven (Entertainment Guide)
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The Space Cowboy has also featured in numerous publications including:
Three weeks (Edinburgh festival magazine), Sydney morning Herald Sun, Sunday Mail, Sunday Times, The Age, The times, The Courier Mail, The Guardian, Bizarre Magazine, Alternative London, The Scotsman, and countless tattoo magazines, and many other print media.
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--------------------Street Performer of the Year 2006 & Winner of 'The Street performance World Championship' (2007-2008)... The only person ever to win this prestigious competition two years in a row!
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Breaking another Guinness World Record by swallowing 17 sword blades all at once! (In front of 30,000 people at the Crusty Demons Night of World Records show. Melbourne Australia - 29th of March 2008)
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Breaking another Guinness World Record by suspending 22.4kg from a sword swallowed down my throat. (At the Crusty Demons Night of World Records show. Melbourne Australia - 29th of March 2008)
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The Space Cowboy's 'Mind Bending' show. (Thought reading, spoon bending, and other bizarre mental feats)
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After Winning the "Street Performance World Championship' in Dublin I flew to Edinburgh Festival and won the 'Street Performer of the year Award 2006' This is an edited version of my Street show in Edinburgh.
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This video was added to youtube by a fan who saw me perform at 'The Coffs Harbour Buskers Festival' - October 2007.
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The Space Cowboy on 'The Sideshow' ABC TV -May 2006
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The Space Cowboy performing the World's First Underwater Sword Swallow.
And The Space Cowboy does it in a tank full of live sharks!
May 9, 2006 at Manly Ocean World Aquarium in Sydney Australia.
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The Space Cowboy's suspension show - Adelaide 2007 -Shot and Edited by Carnival Cinema's Hamish McCormick
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The Mutant Barnyard: "Australia’s largest collection of genuine mutated animals".
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The Space Cowboy performing 'The Black & Decker Digestion Wrecker'. (In the Psycho Sideshow- Sydney Royal Easter Show 2008)
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The Space Cowboy and Lucky Diamond Rich (the most Tattooed man in the world) perform the first ever upside down double sword swallow @ Glastonbury Festival 2000.
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The space Cowboy attempting a 'Guinness World Record' with three other sword swallowers. Edinburgh Festival - 2007.
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The Space Cowboy performing the weighted sword swallow. (In the Psycho Sideshow-Sydney Royal Easter Show 2008)
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Who I'd like to meet: Freaks, geeks & fun like minded people.
hey tiger looking forward to the busker fest in toronto next month!! i noticed you will be in town performing!! its been a while since the dance floors of teriyaki days!....xoxox
Thank you for adding me. I am working on more paintings at the moment and looking for models who do more exotic things and was wondering if you would be interested at some point?
