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About Me

..Hi I’m pod…and I live in Nuneaton, the undisputed centre of the universe (!), with my fella, the mousemouse (see pic in friends bit) and my two cats, Prana & Chi.I’m a performance artiste (ooh very la de da darling!). I’m an interactive stiltwalking, fire spinning human statue, although not all at the same time….and anything else Area51 (my carnie family - click on pic in top friends) tell me to do…the most recent addition to my repertoire was dissecting an alien on stage as part of the ‘Alien Autopsy’ for Halloween(photos www.timevenue.com/halloween)..so perhaps I’ll add theatrical mortician to my CV!!I also make costumes to perform in (see my pics - all made by me apart from the ‘Pink Devil’ corset, which was custom-made by Diva at Hourglass, Mansfield). I hope to make a career out of this when I get too old to perform…..reckon I’ve got a good 10yrs left…what with my boyish(!) good looks an all….By the way, all of my costume and fire pics were taken by my good friend, the legendary Bob Trubshaw. To see examples of his amazing photographic artwork visit www.hoap.co.uk/artWe’ve got an interesting project in the pipeline so watch this space…My best friend is Rachel, she’s a monster bird and I love her dearly….she’s also an amazing artist….and is currently putting together her website….will keep ya posted.Think that’s about it really….by the way..i am performing at the following event so come along and enjoy!

My Interests

Stilts, poi and statuing, circus sideshow, costume, plants, magic, art, performance, vaudeville & burlesque, Lost Vagueness, drag queens, androgyny, transpersonal psychology, psychedelics, music, books, Arthur Rackham & Dali type art, ...weird & wonderful stuff ...reads like I'm a goddamn hippie..

I'd like to meet:

Gandalf, Christopher Lee, Gollum, Jaws, Pinhead, The Green Man, Zeus, Aslan, Vincent Price, Derren Brown

Music:

The Herbaliser, Air, Cat Stevens, Dead can Dance, The Pixies, Misty's Big Adventure, Muse, New Model Army, Jane's Addiction, Bhangra, Psi-trance, Musical stuff (like Rocky Horror picture Show, Little Shop of Horrors & War of the Worlds. Les Miserables is quite nice too), The Velvet Underground, Gnarls Barkley, Mercury Rev, Lilly Allen, Jamie T, Frank Sinatra, Lemon Jelly, The Smiths, The Cure, Marc Almond, The Feeling, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, MouseMonster, Keiretsu, Placebo, Jack Johnson

Movies:

A Clockwork Orange, If, Freaks, An American Werewolf in London, The Raven, Napoleon Dynamite, The Outsiders, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Walking Barefoot in the Park, 8o’s Brat Pack/John Hughes stuff, Labyrinth, Donnie Darko, Horror films….ALL Stephen King inspired ones, The Amityville Horror (old & new), The Blair Witch Project, Scream (all of um), ALL Freddie Kruger films, ALL Clive Barker inspired films….. Chick flicks (some), ‘Odyssey’ films…true life weepies turned into movies…would make a grown mouse cry…. I HATE zombie movies

Television:

Lost, League of Gentlemen, Dogtown (BBC Three – not sure what night), Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons, I’m with Stupid, Little Miss Jocelyn, Friends, Torchwood - and all it's cheese...riveting!

Books:

The Da Vinci Code, Pet Sematary, The Alchemist, Holes, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials, Way of Wyrd, The Dead Zone, Sacrament, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time, Fag Hag (weird but v good – would make a good play), Weaveworld, Cabal, The Great & Secret Show, The Faraway Tree & Stories, The Celestine Prophecy

Heroes:

The Mouse Monster, Sausage Monster, Flopadopaplopamus, Big Eyes & Little Eyes, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Audrey Hepburn, Marc Almond, Pinhead, Quincy, Famke Jansson , Betty Blue, Kylie, Brian Bates