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Nikolai

Carnival Diablo beckons....

About Me


Life is a carnival....and that is how I live it. I have worked and played as a Sideshow owner and Performer for the past 14 years. I own Carnival Diablo a show that takes you on a journey into Dante's Inferno. My life and my work are excuisitely intertwined. I was born into a family of travelling gypsies that ran Canada's only Travelling Circus Sideshow from 1920 thru 1987. I was brought up around this atmosphere and have spent 75% of my life creating shows that embody the wonderment of the unknown. To get a taste of who I am you can log onto www.carnivaldiablo.com There you will find the history of my family and a insiders look at our show.My goals are simple...provide an outlet for the public, one that takes them out of the ordinary and mundane and thrusts them down the rabbit hole of insanity and bewilderment. Every waking hour is spent creating and maintaining this strange world called Carnival Diablo.Go NOW to www.carnivaldiablo.comThe journey begins here....
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My Interests

Sideshow, Painting, Sculpting, Horror Movies, Ancient History, Psychology, Paranormal activity, Hauntings, forensics, childrens books and illustration, Victorian living, Jack the Ripper,The Elephant Man, cartoons, toys, Haunted Houses, Freakshows, Carnivals, Dark Rides, mythology, extreme rituals, music and reading.

I'd like to meet:

I am on Myspace to network with other industry profesionals and people that I feel walk to the beat of the same drum. I love my fans and I have a place that I would like to interact with them on.... and so, if by chance you are a fan...you can find me and Carnival Diablo at our own special My Space!!!...go to.......................................................... .....................

Check me out! We like Humans....

Music:

Tom Waits, David Bowie, Rob Zombie, Kevin Quain and the Mad Bastards, The Residents, Marylin Manson, Danny Elfman, Skinny Puppy, Johnny Hollow, Robbie Robertson, all gypsy music, any creepy carnival music, the Blues, Classical and anything else that peaks my interest at the time.

Movies:

Halloween, Alien, Ed Wood, City of lost Children, Betty Blue, Santa Sangre, Addams Family, Carney, Something Wicked This Way Comes,Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Funhouse, Big Fish, Phantasm, Blood Moon, Enter Zombie King, Cronos, The Princess Bride, A Nightmare on Elm Street, HellRaiser, Moulin Rouge, The Shining, Legend, the original Planet of the Apes, Destroy all Monsters, Godzilla King of Monsters(original)...Mary Poppins

Television:

Carnivale, CSI Vegas...and sometimes Miami(I hate David Caruso), Drew Carey, Voyageur, The Surreal Life, The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy, A&E's City Confidential,The Addams Family, Oblivious , The Munsters.....and The HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN!

Books:

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, Winnie the Pooh by AA.Milne, Alice in Wonderland/thru the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol , The House of Leaves and The Phantom Tollbooth

Heroes:

My Grandfather Prof. N.P Lewchuk, Walt Disney

My Blog

The time has come.....

Nikolai Diablo has made a pact with the Devil... No-One will be safe and many will cross themselves and wish that this day would never have come. In 2001 Carnival Diablo unveiled The World of Wonders ...
Posted by Nikolai on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:52:00 PST

Original Carnival Diablo Byzantine Painting!

For anyone that has been to one of our shows or has visited one of my Attractions at a Carnival, you will probably notice the Sideshow Banners. Each one was created and painted by me. My Artwork has b...
Posted by Nikolai on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:07:00 PST

Diablo Emporium of the Unusual

Diablo Emporium of the UnusualWell now I've gone and done it!At first I was excited about selling a few things on Ebay in celebration of our 15th Anniversary... but now I have opened a store! It is ca...
Posted by Nikolai on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:48:00 PST

Blood Moon - Behind the Scenes

In 2000, I was lucky enough to partake in an AMAZING movie called 'Blood Moon'.It had meaning to me on many levels. Number one was the fact the story was about a Carnival Sideshow and the story revolv...
Posted by Nikolai on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:55:00 PST

I bit off my own ear...

Hidden in the concrete wasteland of a city that is missing its soul stands a Victorian Mansion old and grey with neglect. Lurking deep in its heart is a Madman that has a burning need to create the mo...
Posted by Nikolai on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:46:00 PST

The day I met Joe Coleman...

The day I met Joe ColemanOnce upon a time there was a Madman... or... a Visionary who lived life by his own rules and created paintings that delved into the deepest and darkest desires of humanity.His...
Posted by Nikolai on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:35:00 PST

Silent Hill

I just got back from Silent Hill....MAN! They should have called it Silent Fart, because it sneaks up on ya and STINKS forever!I mean I was reading all these posts on Horror websites about it and ever...
Posted by Nikolai on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:25:00 PST

Carnival Diablo 14th Anniversary Extravaganza!!!

In 1992 in an old Liqour Board warehouse.... something was a brewin' and it wasn't spirits... or at least not the kind you could consume. Lurking deep in the heart of the warehouse was a place where A...
Posted by Nikolai on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:52:00 PST

The Castle lights are growing dim.....

Things just keep getting better and better! Last week I went to  'The Torture Garden' (a LARGE Fetish Event in London) I saw MANY people being whipped, there was also 'Touching Tanks(A glass coff...
Posted by Nikolai on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:59:00 PST

Jolly Ol' England!

Well here I am going into my first full week in England... and MAN this place is Great! I have been so lucky to have wonderful friends here that are willing to show me around. I have met some interest...
Posted by Nikolai on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:17:00 PST