The truth about hats and blogs...

Ok so my titles aren't that funny sue me. I wanna give you kids a little backstory on this trip. First off, go read this article. It will give you a brief and blunt view into what happens on the road in a traveling carnival.

With that being said, I have noticed something in the sideshow world. It runs rampant in magic too but since sideshow tends to be a more down and dirty artform it tends to attract the more "Rough around the edges" kinda people. Anyone with 20 bucks and a deck of cards can do a trick and say they are a magician. They are WRONG but they can say it. In the sideshow world it's a bit different. Someone learns blockhead, to walk on some glass, escape a strait jacket, etc and suddenly he's "Sideshow". First off sideshow isn't really a title. It's a genre. Second, just because you act, look, dress, etc like a freak doesn't mean you are. Yer probably just some anti-social kid with bad hygiene who wasn't hugged enough as a kid who wants to be "Freaky".

The problem is sideshow is more of a performance art than most things. This means you have to also be a *Gasp* performer. Many people do not have what it takes to entertain a crowd, let alone be unique enough to stand out from the crowd. When I was coming out on the road I asked around about the group I was joining up with. I heard bad things from many people. I got out here and realized it was more an attitude thing.

Too many people wanna be rock stars and not work for it. A lot of butting of heads and lots of sarcasm. Too many fragile egos have come and gone in this company from what I understand. The basic attitude here is of not suffering fools gladly and get the job done and make the money.. period.

Many of the world's well known freaks have been seen in public forums being asshats to everyone. Hence why Slim's Board closed down. People with a lot to say and yet they don't say much.

Re-read that article. It's true. It's a hard business. Lots of hard work, yelling, drinking, performing hours and hours and hours and hours and.. you get the idea. Is the money good? It's ok. Is it something to experience? You bet it is.

If yer up to it...

More soon.

Bizzaro.