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Zamora TK

As you journey through life Whatever your goal Keep your eye on the donut Not upon the hole.

About Me

Some of you may know me as "Zamora The Torture King." I perform every October at Knott's Berry Farm's Halloween Haunt and have a show at the Greek Isles Casino in Las Vegas. My web-site is www.mindandmatter.netMidnight Every Night at the Aruba Hotel 1215 Las Vegas Blvd S.

My Interests

Hypnosis, sideshow, "Fakir acts", sword swallowing, fire eating, pain control, paranormal research, telepathy, telekinesis, palmistry, mind expansion, Sufism, Neo-Tech, Burlesque, Variety shows

Music:

Coil, Goblin, Chrome, Stranglers, 999, Suicide, Frank Bennett, Harvey Sid Fisher, Negativeland

Movies:

Most films by Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Cronenburg, John Woo, Hammer Horror, Dario Argenta, The Warriors, The Saragossa Manuscript, Pennies From Heaven. John Waters, some (not all) Troma, The Zapruder Film, Fight Club, Incubus (William Shatner in Esperanto), Russ Meyer, David Lynch, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, How to Succeed at Business Without Really Trying, Paint Your Wagon, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzi Across the 8th Dimension

Television:

Max Ex, Blind Date, Ripley's, Discovery, National Geographic, Simpsons, Family Guy, The Prisoner, Alternative 3, Twin Peaks, Miss Sally's Schoolhouse, 77 Sunset Strip, Law and Order:Criminal Intent (but not other Law and Orders),Perry Mason

Books:

R. A. Wilson, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Philip Jose Farmer, John Keel, The Story of the Eye, Iceberg Slim, The Master Game by Robert S. De Ropp

Heroes:

Abdul Qadri Jilani, Andrija Puharich, Mirin Dajo, Nikola Tesla, Bucky Fuller

My Blog

Imagine Las Vegas

Imagine the future of Las Vegas:Here are a couple of buildings that I would have liked to put in Weird Las Vegas and Nevada, except they only exist in the imaginary future, and may never come to fruit...
Posted by Zamora TK on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:36:00 PST

Was It A Wahoo? (WLV&NV Update)

Was It A Wahoo?   Weird Las Vegas and Nevada Update.   In the Bizarre Beasts chapter of WLV&NV I wrote about strange sightings of the dog-like creature that the Nevada press called a Wa...
Posted by Zamora TK on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:37:00 PST

Weird Las Vegas

Weird Las Vegas and Nevada is the new book by Tim Cridland, better know to many by his stage name Zamora the Torture King.    Weird Las Vegas is the latest in the Weird US series, which star...
Posted by Zamora TK on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:30:00 PST

Who Wrote What for Weird Las Vegas & Nevada

Some people have been asking who wrote what in the book Weird Las Vegas, as most of the stories are uncredited. I marked what I wrote, marked all that I know Skylaire Alfvegren wrote and sent the list...
Posted by Zamora TK on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:12:00 PST

Weird Las Vegas: The Show

What: Vegas After Midnight: A Late Night Variety Show Where: The Aruba Hotel Showroom (1215 Las Vegas Blvd.) When: Sept. 9-20 11:59 pm Why: Celebrating the release of the book Weird Las Vegas from S...
Posted by Zamora TK on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:50:00 PST

Late-Night Vegas Weirdness in Sept.

The Weirdest Show on the Las Vegas Strip is at Midnight at the Aruba Hotel   A special limited engagement. For two weeks only. In celebration of the release of the book Weird Las Vegas by S...
Posted by Zamora TK on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:30:00 PST

Back in Seattle to Kick Off OzzFest

Folks my publicist wrote up this press release about my return to Seattle to tour with OzzFest. I hope that you like it...   TK   Seattle Sideshow Star Comes Full Circle    A renow...
Posted by Zamora TK on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:51:00 PST

Brief Meetings with a Remarkable Man

I first encounted Robert Anton Wilson's writing in a comic book that I bought the supermarket in my home town of Pullman, WA. The year was 1978 and I was 14 years old. The comic w...
Posted by Zamora TK on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:59:00 PST

My (professional) History

I just put together a "Cliff's Notes" version of my professional performance history. I put this tougher for a media inquiry, and have been going over some of my scrapbooks for the last few days. It n...
Posted by Zamora TK on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:04:00 PST