Last Thursday, Sept 06!

Well it's time, come on by tonight, there will be stuff flying around some of it on fire some of it human, lots of fun and laughter, some stupid folks and dog tricks, we will also be doing "The Fireman Skit" and other cool clown mayhem, this is one of the last times to see the Clown House in action!

money woahs

I hate needing money, i wish I could just clown all day and never worry about bills or funding.
Actually that's exactly what I did for over a decade but now things have changed and our rent jumped from $1200 to $1500 a month, this old clown house is expensive.

So what do we do?
We move into places that have cheap rent so we can pump all out efforts into the show.
Cafes pop up, then restraunts and pretty soon the property values go up so high we can't aford our own hood.

The neighborhood people emailed me the other day asking for my input on what to build in an empty lot, I suggested they build a five story parking building because anyone who would have cared about that kind of thing have been classed out long ago, thats not counting the yuppy people from California who moved in and hate those buildings for the wrong reasons.

One thing I came up with is to sell the "Red Shoe Of Death" our shoe bike, I also thoght of auctioning off some of the Tall Bikes and props.
That would suck to lose them, luckily nobody but us would want them.
I already work 40 hours at a day job, sell dog treats and busk but those things don't make much money compared to our costs.
I wish the buisnesses who benefit from our zoo atraction would pony up and help us out, so far Zaytoon on Alberta is the only joint that loves us.

Will Workforf Ood

presto familia

Hey Liz! Heather, Angelique, Suzy and Jenifer, thank you so much.
It's hard to run a global clown empire, fight the man in a funny way, rethink bad old ideas and push new ones and still keep the kiddos happy, healthy and prepaired for whatever world they grow into.
When it's showtime, or we just need a shower, you guys are there.
Thank you.
P.S.
I'm not thanking to the clowns who live here for helping out because they have to, by contract.

The Street Fair Report by Caffeine Jones

Well, the 2006 Street Fair has come and gone. The rain threatened a bit, but it never really dumped on us! Although, maybe it was the threat of rain that kept so many people away this year - it was a rather quiet day, especially in contrast with the other Street Fairs that we played this summer.
The parade, too, was a bit anti-climactic. The Lions of Batucada (a Brazilian-style parade band) didn't make it, so it was a quiet parade, and kind of short, as well.
And speaking of no-shows, our fire dancer also didn't make it, so the Clown House show was not what it usually is.
But the highlight of our day was SHMANARCHIST IDOL!
Talented people from all over Alberta Street regaled us with their showmanship, and an amazing young juggler named Joe went home with first prize: a $25 gift certificate to Collage!
Many thanks to Collage, for the donation, and here's their plug:
Check out their amazing selection, at 16th and Alberta, and ask about reserving the workroom for your next party! We go there for most of our art supplies, and love the place. They even carry Dawg Snax!

For those of you who missed SHMANARCHIST IDOL, all is not lost! This is a fun concept, and we want to keep doing it! So stay tuned here, for you next chance to be a star!

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A fine summer at the clown house

A fine summer draws to a close, guess who has to go to public school this year?
The deal was, if she got 20 sour marks for behavior this summer, she would have to go to public school and that's exactly how mush she got.
This sucks, public school just makes kids dumber and meaner, It's not the nightmare that my school life was (part of why I can't spell) but we do notice the child returning from school with a chip on her shoulder.
She home schooled and was well above her grade's bench marks plus got to be a kid.
I wish I could have done that, I wasted my childhood on pointless schooling, I wish I had been allowed to just smell the dandylions and ride bikes.

I didn't finish school by a long shot, I ran away in 11th grade and joined the circus.
I can't spell, count, mesure or even wipe all the way but still I have more published articles than I can remember, I invent complex things, sold over a grand worth of rubber chicken paintings (I failed ALL the art and music classes I took)and I'm working on a second music album.
I learned to read from Mad magazine and Penthouse, I never use any of the stuff they told me I needed to know.I own a buissnes for crissakes!
HEY KIDS!
QUIT SCHOOL IF YOU CAN!
It's in the presidents best interest to keep you stupid, it's no accident that schools are so under funded, why not beat them at thier own game and ditch the whole school idea all together.
Put grandma to use! What better way to stave off alhiemers than if she is keeping her mind sharp teaching kids the stuff they really do need to know like "Don't piss in the wind" or "How to grow your own food".

A fine summer at the clown house

A fine summer draws to a close. Guess who has to go to public school this year?
The deal was, if she got 20 sour marks for behavior this summer, she would have to go to public school and that's exactly how mush she got.
This sucks, public school just makes kids dumber and meaner. It's not the nightmare that my school life was (part of why I can't spell), but we do notice the child returning from school with a chip on her shoulder.
She home schooled and was well above her grade's bench marks, plus got to be a kid.
I wish I could have done that, I wasted my childhood on pointless schooling, I wish I had been allowed to just smell the dandylions and ride bikes.

I didn't finish school by a long shot. I ran away in 11th grade and joined the circus.
I can't spell, count, mesure or even wipe all the way, but still I have more published articles than I can remember. I invent complex things, sold over a grand worth of rubber chicken paintings (I failed ALL the art and music classes I took)and I'm working on a second music album.
I learned to read from Mad magazine and Penthouse. I never use any of the stuff they told me I needed to know.I own a buissnes for crissakes!
HEY KIDS!
QUIT SCHOOL IF YOU CAN!
It's in the president's best interest to keep you stupid, it's no accident that schools are so under funded, why not beat them at thier own game and ditch the whole school idea all together?
Put grandma to use! What better way to stave off alhiemers than if she is keeping her mind sharp teaching kids the stuff they really do need to know like "Don't piss in the wind" or "How to grow your own food".

consumer warning!

Don't call yourself a consumer!
and by the way, if you think you are clever and decide to eat out the insides of a melon and then using the empty shell as a cereal bowl DON'T!
It makes an un-compostable mess all over everything.

ever notice?

Have you ever noticed that when bands play on network tv shows the focus is always on the person singing and the rest of the band are more like employees?
I was watching this stupid band full of crooning apes on the Jay Leno show and it finally made me so sick I puked in my shoe. The guys laying down the music were just a blur and the singers sucked.
In other puke news about corporate crap I hear that on 9-11-06 ABC will be showing a "Docudramatainment' about the twin towers that blames Clinton for the bombing, it must be close to election season, I thought Clinton caught the people who bombed the trade center when he was in charge.
Saudis funded the bombings both times and happen to also be friends of the Bush family.
Maybe they leaked that it was comming out to get the misinformation out that way,

Banjo dog likes her job

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dog smells rock before it is smashed on Pinga's sternum

The idea was simple

Paint a pretty girl's butt blue, politely ask her to sit on a chair, then see if it sticks..

.it did.


Caffeine thought a brush worked best and covered more evenly, I insisted that hands on was far more fun.



We spent a good amount of time pressing her butt in a canvas for a filthy little painting series I'm calling "Butts pressed on things" IT'S ART I SWEAR IT IS!






IT'S ART I SWEAR IT IS!

Shmanarchist Idol

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