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NEW CYCLOWN CIRCUS DOCUMENTARY COMING SOON!!!Brains the magnitude of dingleberries. We travel by bicycles altered in such a fashion that our feet fail to touch the pavement while straddling the saddle. This occasionally presents us with certain problems with respect to local laws (unjust laws, in our opinion. We are trained professionals, of course!) but more often provides the adequate solution to those troubles we face at post soviet borders, in traffic against irritated rush hour drivers, or at fruit bearing trees and farm walls. Through 33 countries, a handful of autonomous regions and supposed countries recognized by neither the UN nor the rest of the "civilized" western world, crossed over a period of 6 years, we have somehow emerged with relatively few scars but a veritable phone directory of interesting, bizarre, clever, talented, religious, atheist, insane, and/or humorous people around the world that have enlightened us with their stories. Blowing hot jazz has now brought us to the tropical climates, currently Malaysia and soon south towards equatorial Indonesia and Philipinas. /

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/9/2006
Band Website: cyclown.org
Band Members: Percussion-JAN the Don Vocals Erica Compression Piano- Doctor Durak....... Contra Bass- Johnnie "jack shit" Joyce Trumpet- Crustene/Botzky/Shaye Cohen Trombone- Botzky/ChristineDelPiero...... Clarinet- Jimbino/ Violin- RaffeBeans/Lulu Guitar/Banjo- Talis/David/Rafaismell/CHrusteen/Trynn...... Ukalalee- Jimbino/Christine..... Soundeffects- King Fatto..... Juggling Circus Antics Destructive Tendencies- Simone, Piero, Carlotta Rota, Johnnie, Christine, Diego, ShantyPanty, Topo, Marylys, Princess Rod Steward Botswanna, Mr. Normal, Nerdoletta and announcing..... !!!! Actually, there have been over 100 people that have come and gone and come and gone that it would be quite difficult to list all of the contributers, some of whom have made a VERY large impact on us, and therefore I would like to give a big OPA to all of them, and hope that we see them again in the future.
Influences: As for visual: though no one has ever seen any of his superior and meticulous animations, we all seem to dream in Jan --vankmaje, and then awake strangely, without ever discussing our night worlds. As for audio: the Chinese opera, in particular the percussion section, has provided us with all the necessary ingredients to create a cacophonous blend of skrunk jazz. ..
Sounds Like:Imagine if Fats Waller and Sidney Bechet were taxi drivers in Istanbul... Peter Ralchev walks in front of their car as they ascend the steep hill heading towards the Tunel to find new clarinet reeds. Peter, understandably, is upset because they are driving too fast without regard to the rights of pedestrians or stray dogs. A heated argument commences, and Sidney Bechet pulls out a pistol and fires a shot in the air. The Beyoglu Belediyesi Polis come to solve the argument with a loud resounding "Yok," and tell them that music is not allowed on Istiklal Sokak. They say to the cop "Sen cok aptal!" and the cop moves them on. Now, united in their rage against the Belediyesi, they go to a cafe to get sick and their music is a cacophony of hot jazz and Bulgarska deedling. Nobody can make out a rhythm, nore a distinguishable melody. We are not that good. Although we lack rhythm and melody, we are not of the professional status of the WallerBechetRalchev trio and can barely play our instruments. Listen to find out.Ruining a nice Islamic wedding
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Record Label: Durachka ve Aptal
Type of Label: None

My Blog

damn everything but the circus!

travellin' thru thailand - me and you ...were not even married yet, but this could be our honeymoon. "isnt your boyfriend coming back soon?"i sure hope so for your sake - sigh, sigh, swoon.so let's b...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:51:00 PST

Chafing our way to China!!

the cyclowns ride on ...and WITH their bikes!  sooooo.... some of you may have wondered some time ago... and what ever happened to those bozo's on bikes anyways? well, while some of us ...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:58:00 PST

AN URGENT MESSAGE TO CYCLOWN FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS!

These days, global warming seems to be a buzz word. I see the phrase printed in advertisements, preached in the press, and tonight, I saw a major motion picture whose theme was an ice age triggered b...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:12:00 PST

too dumb to die: we get our kicks in kimonos

Monday, November 19, 2007 ..> we get our kicks in Kimonos!      We left our beloved China  form the port in Shanghai. Not knowing anyone or what to expect in Japan. &nb...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:06:00 PST

indonesia

i have finally made it to the long sought after Indonesia after months of saying (or more than one) to everyone i wrote to that i would be in Indonesia next week for 6 weeks....   I'm here and&nb...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:57:00 PST

SUBARASHI...Nagoya,Japan street performers festival

  Nagoya street performers festival. ....Holy shit , they have the most top notch art here I have ever seen in the street . For the festival Japanese people put money in the hat be...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:53:00 PST

photos of bikes from around the world

Friday, October 5, 2007 shanghai shuffle We were sad to leave our drummer Jay in shanghai - he had been great fun and his musical contribution was inspiring and real fun. we miss him a lot.we stay...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:44:00 PST

Aksi Kuchings Batak Ballyhoo

Some of you may not know me yet, as I am the newest member of the Cyclown Circus, as well as the youngest and smallest, and also the hairiest.  My name is Aksi Kuching, and I was found in a chine...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:30:00 PST

easy peasy japaneasy?

We entered Japan five days ago and we are playing our ass off to cover the cost of getting to the Jazz festival. The Jazz festival is on the other side of the country so we could not bi...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:50:00 PST

litang ,china

    I am having a strange old time in china. My friend said life is nota restaurant but a buffet - you stand up and take what you want - I agreewith him, life is a buffet but at the sam...
Posted by Cyclown Circus on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:59:00 PST