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Dai Andrews

swordswallower

About Me

I'm a professional sword swallower, magician & escape artist. I started performing professionally in 1997 by buying a one way plane ticket to Spain, and spending the next 2 1/2 years making my way across Europe performing on the streets. After returning to the US, i spent several years performing mostly at nightclubs and large festivals. In 2001 i began performing regularly as a feature entertainer on board Carnival Cruise Lines. In 2002 i performed for the first time at the Luxor hotel and casino in Las Vegas. I continue to perform around the world.I have made more than 50 television appearances around the world, and hold 2 World Records for sword swallowing. I have been to more than 50 countries and i have performed in about half of them.I love my Job!Thank you to everyone who has made it possible throughout the years.www.swordswallower.comI also make sculpture in Metal.In my free time i Study Kung Fu, (Hsing I Chuan, Bagua Zhang, & Tien Shan Pai) Asian gardening, and restore vintage cars and motorcycles
I am currently restoring a 1972 Triumph TR6 roadster and a 1973 Honda CB350g motorcycle.

My Interests

Circus/Sideshow, Kung Fu, (Hsing i, Tien Shan Pai, Bagua), Music, Vintage British Cars, Motorcycles, Travel, Pirates, Burning Man, Playa Del Fuego, Blacksmithing/Metal work, Art, Rum, Zen, Taoism, Philosophy, The Extermination of Rational Thought.

I'd like to meet:

Living:Thich Nhat Hanh, The Dali Lama, Ricky Jay, Tom Waits, Amarillo Slim, Neil Gaimen, William Gibson, Drew Hays.
Dead: Hunter S. Thompson, Thomas Jefferson, Bill Hicks, William S. Burroughs, Dai Vernon, Houdini, Siddhartha Gautama, Jesus, Jim Morrison, Alan Watts, Oscar Wilde, Cleopatra, to name only a few.

Music:

Rock, Blues, Bluegrass, Goth, Industrial, Synthpop, Jazz, Rap, Metal, Reggae, Dub, JazzTom Waits, The Doors, BB King, Pink Floyd, VNV Nation, Miles Davis, a Perfect Circle, Dead Kennedys, The Streets, Prince, David Bowie, Tool, Public Enemy, Bob Marley, Apoptygma Berzerk, Nick Cave, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Guns and Roses, Einstürzende Neubauten, Frank Sinatra

Movies:

Casablanca, Old Kung Fu Movies, Naked Lunch, New Kung Fu Movies, Labyrinth, Sin City, Naked Lunch, The Big Sleep, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Film Noir…

Television:

Upright Citizens Bragade, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Rome, The Wire, Netflix

Books:

Hunter S. Thompson, William Gibson, Neil Gaiman, Douglass Adams, William S. Burroughs, Lewis Carroll... and lots pf philosophy.

Heroes:

Hunter S. Thompson, Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Houdini, Amarillo Slim, S.W. Erdnase, Kara Mi

My Blog

Dai Andrews performances in the Balt/ Wash Area

Friday - I will be performing at the Fredrick county fairgrounds with Ward Hall and Chris Christ's World of Wonders show. This is the last Real traveling sideshow, Ward has been running sideshows for...
Posted by Dai Andrews on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:07:00 PST