Madame Pamita's Parlor of Wonders at the Coffee Gallery Backstage featuring ZACHARY STRANGE!Peculiar Pageant of Odd Old Time Music and More Delights - Tuesday, August 19Enter into the curious and sublime world of Madame Pamita's Parlor of Wonders (www.madamepamita.com ), an old-time medicine show filled with mysticism, music and melodrama: an entrancing array of spectacles both quaint and queer!Madame Pamita uses the powers of euphonious prognostication to tell audience member fortunes and plays rural blues, old time, jug band and proto-jazz numbers about romance and revenge and mirth and mayhem on an assortment of odd and bizarre vintage instruments (Imperial Banjeaurine, Marxophone, Polka-Lay-Lee, and Tiple; as well as a 115 year-old banjo and early 20th century ukuleles).Performing with her, at her Coffee Gallery Backstage debut, will be the authentic American primitive old-time trio, Triple Chicken Foot ( www.triplechickenfoot.com); the Magical Manipulations of Zachary Strange (http://www.myspace.com/zacharystrange) and many other delightful diversions.Fans of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Alan Lomax's field recordings or what Greil Marcus likes to call "The Old Weird America" will be transported to the birth of recorded music when an evening's entertainment meantsurprises, amusements and a singular experience like no other! Step right up, ladies and gents, and be prepared to be dumbfounded and delighted by Madame Pamita's prodigious powers of prognostication and melodic merriment!Seating is limited and reservations for this show are highly recommended!Tuesday August 197:00 PM $15The Coffee Gallery Backstage 2029 N. Lake Altadena, California 91001 http://www.coffeegallery.com/home.htmlReservation phone: (626) 398-7917 (regular business hours).For more information: http://www.madamepamita.com-- http://www.madamepamita.com http://www.myspace.com/madamepamita
Associate Medium performing the Houdini seance at the Magic Castle.A macabre magician, drawing influences from the spookshow, the sideshow, and old horror movies.
