Carny Trash Aristocrat

About me:

"I have sat at Death's table many times, but He keeps tellin' me to go away. One day that fucker's gonna get pissed enough to come take me on. I'm ready for that rumble."
-Reverend Saint Jon Lovelace 1977-2006

Spawned from the industrialized ghetto of Dirty Jersey; raised on NYC gutter punk and South Jersey hillbilly rebellion; a student of the Hostile City. Carny at heart and by Nature...but it’d be silly to say that these things ultimately define me as a person. Talk to me for five minutes instead of jumping to conclusions that you know exactly who I am. This is but a sample of the variety of stimuli that have been assimilated and compose my strangeness.

I am not one who can be pigeon-holed into a scene, genre or other such subculture. I defy all stereotypes and challenge the conformities of society, striving to wake up the media-fed zombies.

My body is modified for reasons that range from having the will and right to hold sway over my appearance to enjoying the aesthetics of my adornments.

I am entirely dedicated to my lifestyle.

Love me or hate me; this is who I am.

"Most performers are not willing to give their lives for what they believe in, so obviously they cannot truly believe in what they do or say. They go so far and then retreat. But I refuse to ever retreat or compromise in any way. I never have and I never will."
- GG Allin

Quote to describe me:"You are a true inheritor of that beautiful scene that people like me came of age in and a true person, not one of the endless poseurs that just take up space. You rock." - Eak the Geek

"Everyone that I know that gets a neck tattoo that's not a spider web, that means something to them, has found a way. Because if you don't eat, you will die, and if you are working and eating with a neck tattoo, you are working for yourself, doing something for yourself. It commits you to you, absolutely. If you're not prepared to walk a very hard road for the rest of your life you shouldn't do it. Not everyone is on a spiritual plain high enough where they are able to struggle through those hardships. What do you do when you have a face full of tattoos and not even McDonald's will hire you? The nice thing is, you will never be able to work at McDonald's. As Jimi Hendrix said, 'Hey there businessman, you can't dress like me'. It's a very tough road and you'd better be prepared to make sacrifices and not value material things, but people.
There is a security possible. You invest in happiness and you invest in people. All other things will crumble in time." - Jon Cobb

+Champion Sword Swallower: One of approximately 80 in the world.
What I Swallow: coat hanger, 15 inch cane sword, 18 inch 8-sided sai, 18 1/2 inch sword, 3 swords simultaneously.
Participated in two group swallows: 5 people, 5 swords; 4 people, 6 swords.
Guinness Book of World Records: Recognized as being #35 to swallow Thomas Blackthorne's Sword of Swords.

+Alive On the Inside: A collection of circus and sideshow history from past to present with a purpose to continue preserving this piece of Americana.

+Aesthetic Evolution can only be described as a fresh look at the world of body modification, extending beyond the mainstream, and delves deep into the reasons we modify.