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- Charles Bukowski
I do shows. It is the only thing I do, and I never stop doing it for more than a few hours.
Yes, I do want to help you put on your crazy-ass show in Portland.
Right now I'm principally producing and performing in a panoply of shows under the banner of Portland Circus Works, with my partner Nick the Creature.
Closest to my heart amongst thes projects is
Batty's Hippodrome , a Victorianesque lowlife circus ensemble I founded in 2006.
http://www.myspace.com/battyshippodromeWe're also doing
The Wanderlust Circus
http://www.wanderlustcircus.com
and all manner of themed parties and theatrical events throughout Portland
For much longer than that, I've been making music with the free post-asiatic ensemble Nequaquam Vacuum.
http://www.radoncollective.org/artists/neququamvacuum/home.h
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and plotting in secret for the next Societas Insomnia show, which is going to require considerable funding.
http://www.societasinsomnia.com
I'm on the board of directors for 2Gyrlz Performative Arts, with whom I'm working presently on the coming CINEPLEX video art show.
This Summer, I'm playing Oberon in Mizu Desierto's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We're working on the thing right now, and it's going to be amazing.
Without particularly meaning for it to happen, I find that I'm spending a considerable amount of time as a professional MC and announcer (or "talker", as we're known in circus tradition). I talk most Sundays at Dante's Sinferno Cabaret; and have taken on similar assignments for The Bite of Oregon, The Vampire's Masquerade Ball, The Hive Anniversary Parties, The Drunk Puppet Show, Convergence 13, and numerous events at all levels of respectability.
Other noteworthy projects, troupes, and affiliations past and present include, but are not limited to:
The Radon collective
http://www.radoncollective.org
The Steve MacKay Ensemble
http://www.radoncollective.org/artists/mackay/home.html
P.A.N.
http://www.prettyartnumb.org/
Soriah
http://www.soriah.net/
Implied Violence
http://www.impliedviolence.com/
The Villainaires Academy
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=121737
36 Invisibles (on hiatus)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=1
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The 999 Eyes Of Endless Dream (relocated)
http://www.999eyes.com
Cicuri Curajul (defunct)
http://www.fireninja.com/circus.html
Aside from producing shows independently, I've also worked as the in-house booking agent for four nightclubs - Someday Lounge, Rotture, Branx, and the regrettably short-lived Hippodrome.
