Brer Brian, Andrew Katz, Stefan Zeniuk,Adam Amram, Sting, Abraham Lincoln, Flava Flav, Telf, William Vermont
Influences
We had reached an impasse, a metaphorical thicket of recrimination, innuendo and self doubt. The train had left the station, the car was out of gas and the bus had been pulled over on the southbound highway by forces of the state.
In between seemingly random performances in front of indifferent if not hostile audiences, we took solace in the warmth of own bodies as well as those of the animals.
During lighter moments, we spontaneously composed honorific ballads dedicated to New Jersey and its awe inspiring transportation network.
We augmented our meager incomes performing subway karoake, as well as magic and card tricks for various fraternal orders , local civic associations,
and homes for the infirm and feeble minded.
At the holiday season, we peddled multipurpose vegetable and fruit slicers, portable "pocket" fishing poles and illuminated , illustrated pop-up bibles. We worked door to door, on street corners and at the edges of state and county fair midways.
As straits became desperate, we were not above above smuggling seafood or livestock across state lines in exchange for needed cash, bartered goods or favored selling or performance locations at various flea markets and swap meets.
When all else failed, we could always resort to one of our most desperate but ultimately lucrative ventures: all night rigged poker games for participating teenage runaways and liquor addled senior citizens.
As the months and years rolled by, we began to attract a diminutive but fiercely loyal coterie of hangers-on, sympathizers, fellow travellers and lifetime boon companions. These included among others: disgruntled opera divas, retired Yiddish vaudville villians, three legged Montana workdogs, singing dwarves and gregarious Mohawk movie actors.
Eventually, after yet another aborted tour of the Eastern territories, it all came to a screeching and unceremonious halt.
Blinded by the dazzle of an imaginary entertainment utopia that shone in our eyes and minds like some mythical land of Oz, deafened by overloud guitar amps and the roar and screech of the elevated trains, we saddled up the elephants and other assorted beasts of burden and set out for one last futile ride towards happiness, critical acclaim or an undiscovered secret passageway to the New Jersey Turnpike, whichever came first.........
William Vermont
Sounds Like
Wise wretch!
With pleasure too refined to please
With too much spirit to e'r be at ease,
With too much quickness ever to be taught,
With too much thinking to have common thought,
You purchase pain with all that joy can give,
And die of nothing but a rage to live......
Alexander Pope
International Circus of Joy, what up! good lookin on the add, I dig these sounds.. hope you dugs mine. let me know what you think of the new song "Flowers from the Sky" much love Windwoods
This music sounds very close to perfect to me! I really hope to catch you in action one day soon. Most Sincerely, Mr. Eller ----- Curtis Eller's American Circus www.curtiseller.com
Hello International Circus of Joy, we are honored to make your acquaintance. Hey, our new cd "Sweet Nothin's" has just arrived. Please click on the link and give it a listen. Thanks so much for finding us!!....
Hi to new frendz in Nu Yoik... Sounds utterly fab, guys. I'd love to come to a show sometime... Best wishes to you
Jerry R
Welcome to the Future!!! Friendship for the Thanks!! It's official! Hawklords are confirmed to headline an all-day 'implosion' at London's Roundhouse on Sunday, March 8th. Following the success of the now-legendary 'Hernia Bay' Robert Calvert memorial concert, ex-Hawkwind/lords Nik Turner, Jerry Richards, Terry Ollis, Martin Griffin, Alan Davey, Adrian Shaw, Harvey Bainbridge, Ron Tree and Steve Swindells will be performing with special guests, including Bridget Wishart , (more to be confirmed) and four dancers (The Bubblettes!!!!) choreographed by Angel Flame. It promises to be a spectacular event,and will also be a special tribute to the late Barney Bubbles, who had such massive creative imput with Hawkwind/lords (an excellent book about BB called 'Reasons To Be Cheerful' by Paul Gorman is now available in Paul Smith shops worldwide). The stage set will be based on his original designs for The Space Ritual, which were never actually used, so this will be a first. Think Pythagorus and the music of the spheres. Doors open at 3pm. 'Space this watch' for more details, including support acts, as they emerge. Tickets are now available from...CHECK OUR BLOG NOW FOR LIMITED TICKET OFFER!! http://www. roundhouse. org. uk/ whats- on/ productions/ the- space- ritual- 2009- 2925 Word that spread (and add your own URLS)!
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