March 29, ’18 Showboating Circle Show

Like-Kind Desert-Dwelling Art Brained Dune Drifter Gathering a crowd on a sidewalk for a street show requires guts. Buskers look for flow. If there is enough foot traffic it’s worth a shot. Transcending this issue is an intangible. I won’t try to name the mystery. We either hold a key to the pedestrians curiosity or […]

March 15, 2018 Mesquite Trees

The Edible Sonoran Desert for Buskers “The wanderlust in the heart of a street performer is curiosity writ by beat up truck and a one dollar tip.” Polished prose is under construction. And that of course is one of the tasks being attended to at this website. You’ll notice my farcical comedy Hot Spring Honeymoon […]

How to Not Write Anything Brilliantly

We go to busking great Tim Motley enjoying his summer in Melbourne for this: “I try to sit down with my morning coffee around noon.” It usually happens first thing,” Dan Looker explains, “when the previous evening’s alcohol and the morning coffee meet in a front.” That’s some kind of weather pattern. The well washed […]

The Showman’s Shortlist of Worries and Affirmations

Hats go up and down much as the stock markets do. I had lunch yesterday with Dan Holzman. He had nothing but good things to say about his last outing. The money stunk but audiences were good. Wheeler Cole back from a lengthy tour of the Big Island of Hawaii has been throwing shows at […]

Showgirls

From Australia with Kate Wright Dynamite… Best Showgirl the other side of Hawaii If you are in the juggling game you find that each phase of life is building toward the next phase. Hopefully the next phase begins before the present phase ends. We try not to be phased by any of this. Instead we […]