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Brother Daniel The Demented

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About Me


"We are Fools for Christ's sake" -1 Cor. 4:10
For booking, sideshow or vaudeville comedy- contact me at [email protected].
I am a carnival style-sideshow performer. My acts include the human pincushion (my specialty), glass walking, human ashtray, fire eating, contortionism, and my repertoire is expanding. I am a Vaudeville commedian, actor, writer, musician and singer. I also write children's songs, poetry and stories.
Here's some troupes, joints, and shows I've been a part of:
The FreakShow Deluxe (of which I am a member)
Coney Island's Sideshow by the Seashow
The Magic Castle
Lolita La Vey's Burlesque and Sideshow Cabaret
Buckingham Burlesque
Kat Bardot's Rainyday Burlesque
Bobbie Burlesque's Broadway Follies
M Bar's Danger Night
Penny Star Jr's Club Schmutzig
Penny Star Jr's Victory Variety Hour
All the things you see on this page may make me out to be quite the eccentric and quite a nut job. I'll admit, I'm very passionate about certain things, too much so at times, and my stage career seems a bit insane to the average Joe. But in my private life I actually like things to be quiet and calm. I crave peace more than anything. I like staying grounded, and I despise wanderlust. It's true, I stick pins through myself and do other various dangerous and painful things on stage, but I do those things ONLY on stage. My politics are liberal, my religious views are moderate, and my personal life is conservative, fancy that! My life is all about my faith, my family and my friends (with of course a good deal foolishness to boot). I don't drink or use any kind of drugs (unless of course, ya know, the doctor just cut me up). I am also a student working on my Bachelor's degree in religious studies. Read my general interests, and if you're not scared off, you'll do just fine as my friend.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not Love,
I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
And if I have prophetic powers,
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,
but have not Love,
I am nothing.
If I give away all I have,
and if I deliver up my body to death,
but have not Love,
I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind;
Love does not envy or boast;
it is not arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way;
it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,
but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
Love never ends.
As for prophecies, they will pass away;
as for tongues, they will cease;
as for knowledge, it will pass away.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child,
I thought like a child,
I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man,
I gave up childish ways.
For now we see in a mirror dimly,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part;
then I shall know fully,
even as I have been fully known.
So now faith, hope, and Love abide,
these three;
but the greatest of these
is Love.
-St. Paul
Check out my music here-
And here-
myspace.com/BrotherDanielMusic
Upcoming Shows!!
Oct. 9th:
Oct. 12th:
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My Interests



I love God, the Most Holy Trinity. I love my wonderful and totally insane family and I love my friends, they've truly saved my life time and again just by being them. And I love being a sideshow freak:

FreakShow Deluxe: The Super Awesome Amazing Halloween Show!!-

Here's a quick glimpse of my beloved sideshow troupe:

Things I like- Holy Communion. Peace and quiet. Photographing insects. Religion (it's my favorite subject in the world). Writing children's stories and music. The Yurodivye (Fools for Christ's Sake). Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Anglicanism and Lutheranism. Theology. Divine Liturgy. Church history. Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and Russian (if you're a woman and you speak to me in those languages, I will melt before you, even though I probably won't understand a word). Contemplative Prayer. Hiking. Camping. Honesty and straight-forwardness with a touch of flavor. Vaudeville and Sideshow!!! Commedia del Arte. Campfires and fireplaces. The smell of campfires and fireplaces. Vegetarian restaurants. Dinosaurs (Stegosaurus is my favorite!). Laying on my back and looking at stars (preferably next to someone) British things. Russian things. Indian things. Animals (Siberian Tigers are my favorites!). Trees (California Live Oaks are my favorite! Yes, I have a favorite tree, and yes, I hug them). Gothic art, imagery, and clothes. People who can successfully cross dress without looking too silly. People who carry trash in their pockets so they can recycle it later. My heritage: RUSSIAN and ENGLISH!!! (with Welsh, and touch of Irish).

And please, help the species we haven't killed yet:

I'd like to meet:

I love to meet new people, but I always appreciate messages accompanying friend requests. I prefer not to add random people, so please let me know who you are. I allow anyone to advertise with their comments, but only if you return the favor, and be forewarned, I will not post anything that I deem offensive, so please be tasteful and respectful.

I'm definitely looking for:

Vaudeville, Burlesque and Sideshow troupes and producers who'd enjoy having me and my peculiar talents on their stage. People who work with children, children's theatre, and child development and want me and my children's stories, poems and songs to be a part of it.

Anglican, Lutheran, Orthodox, and Catholic Christians. Muslims and Sufis. Jews and Kabbalists. Sikhs. Tibetan Buddhists. Hindus. Religion is obviously a big passion of mine.

I'd like to meet anyone who has an interest in God, religion, spirituality, peace, and ya know, all those other little things.

Music:



The Beatles, Radiohead, Black Sabbath, Nine Inch Nails, Scott Joplin, J.S. Bach, Erik Satie, lots of ragtime, classical, metal, electronic, classic rock, industrial, American folk, Northern and Eastern European folk, Middle Eastern folk, and all other sorts of various, wonderful things! Howard Shore, John Williams, Rachel Portman, Yann Tiersen, and Danny Elfman are among my favorite movie composers.

Gregorian Chant, and the Divine Liturgical music from the Catholic and Orthodox churches (especially Rachmaninov). Sufi and Sikh chants are awesome too.

Movies:

Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Marx Brothers!!!!!, Willy Wonka, Monty Python, Mel Brooks, Carey Grant movies, the Thin Man series, The Sting, The Passion of the Christ.

Television:

Anything that's offensive. And I love, love, LOVE, children's shows. It's A Big Big World awesome. And of course, Sesame Street, Muppets, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Looney Tunes, etc.

Books:

The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Take This Bread by Sara Miles, Lamb by Christopher Moore, Groucho and Me by Groucho Marx

The good word in the Good Books- The Holy Bible (particularly the four Gospels). Though I am a Christian I have found great value in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib [the Holy Book and Guru of the Sikhs], the Dhammapada of the Buddha, and the Bhagavad Gita.Christian poetry (St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross are among my favorites). Sufi poetry (especially that of Rabi'ah al Basri and Rumi).

Heroes:

My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Yeshua M'Sheekha)

St. Mary Magdalene

St. John the Baptist

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Xenia of Petersburg

St. John of the Cross

And these other wonderful folks:

His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Jalal-ud-Din Rumi. Shams-ud-din Mudhammad Hafiz. Guru Tegh Bahadur. My mentor and life saver, Patrick Guggino. My sister. My aunt and uncle. The Marx Brothers (Harpo in particular)! And really, anyone who's come into my life, and offered me the thinnest slice of their love. You've kept me alive and sane.

My Blog

You May Call Me Jaded (article)...

I do not wish to impress upon you, the reader of the hereinbelow, my attitudes toward anything including, but not limited to, God, nature, the United States, the United States government, the human ra...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:48:00 PST

Intravenous (poem)

poisonedfrom both sidesI'm hanging between the heretic and hierophantshackled here in their violent caressone injects morphine into my right armwhile the other injects heroin into my lefthangingin thi...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:03:00 PST

Still My Light (poem)...

there is no one closer to me than youyet you're so far away I used to write love songs to you now I write songsabout writing songs no longer the impassioned minstrel my fire has become glowing embers ...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:46:00 PST

Where Logic Ends and Love Begins...

I don't have the stinging one liners. I don't have the poignant slogans that will capture the attention of "heathens." I'm very up front about just what I am- a fool. Oh, I'm not a genuine fool, such ...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:22:00 PST

A Touch of Touch...

I can't think about what I'm writing. Whenever I do, I stop myself from getting the truth across. And that's just the challenge, getting any tid bit of truth across without spilling the whole sack of ...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:23:00 PST

Jesus Christ: My Pain In The Ass...

My relationship with Jesus is the biggest pain in the ass I've ever had. I've studied all the major religions and spent the last seven years of my life searching for where God and I stand. So why afte...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Sat, 24 May 2008 12:58:00 PST

Deep...

Sitting alone and surrounded. Surrounded by bodies with nothing inside. Or sitting inside with nothing but bodies. I see no soul. I see no Spirit. I pretend to be deep. I pretend to be some great thin...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Fri, 09 May 2008 05:33:00 PST

I once believed...

...that if you were a human, you were one of my people.I believed in peace. I believed in love. I believed in people's capacity for Compassion. I believe in forgiveness. I believed in simple goodness....
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:12:00 PST

Escaping Escapism...

I started the sickening new rung of the ladder that is state instituted education, which although I completely resent in almost every way, I must play their game so I can one day live as I so please.....
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:31:00 PST

Brother Daniel The Demented: Human Pincushioin (video)...

Didn't believe I was a genuine Fool did you? Brother Daniel the Demented @ CIA 10.29.07 Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Brother Daniel The Demented on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:50:00 PST