Shocked and Amazed! http://www.shockedandamazed.com The online home of James Taylor’s Shocked and Amazed! On & Off the Midway Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:30:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 shockedandamazed/cBIohttp://feedburner.google.com And from the always amazing @Christine Quigley, there’s this. http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/and-from-the-always-amazing-christine-quigley-theres-this/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/and-from-the-always-amazing-christine-quigley-theres-this/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:07:08 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=42ad9e03463c92a73b847651a6668c7f Continue reading →]]> And from the always amazing @Christine Quigley, there’s this.


Quigley’s Cabinet: Four feline faces…
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Being a visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I’ve met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my h…

]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/and-from-the-always-amazing-christine-quigley-theres-this/feed/ 0 This just in from Coney Island USA, people. Hell, even the damn vermin are out t… http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/this-just-in-from-coney-island-usa-people-hell-even-the-damn-vermin-are-out-t/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/this-just-in-from-coney-island-usa-people-hell-even-the-damn-vermin-are-out-t/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:03:52 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=5db69cb651bc6a55991fa1bd196418df Continue reading →]]> This just in from Coney Island USA, people. Hell, even the damn vermin are out to do the town in.

HELP! These little buggers have literally eaten us out of house and home!

Bad Beetles Threaten Sideshow Summer Season!
The 2012 summer season of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and Burlesque at the Beach is being threatened by an invasion! A nest of wood-eating beetles found in the ceiling of the freakshow’s recently landmarked 1917 building is causing an uproar that threatens to slow down progress in the ‘New Coney Island’. Emergency repairs to the famed Coney Island attraction are necessary to prevent the building’s 2nd floor from collapsing on an awestruck audience distracted by fire eaters, sword swallowers, snake charmers and self-inflicted freaks entertaining the masses at the World’s Playground.

The beetles have long since moved on, but their damage requires emergency reconstruction. Dick Zigun, founder of the sideshow, says, “We’re calling on all supporters of Coney Island USA and the nation’s last permanent 10-and-1 Sideshow to help us fix the theater and get it ready for the summer. Coney Island USA has a temporary solution in place and would never invite audiences into a dangerous space, but the long-term consequences are serious.”

People can help by making a tax-exempt donation or by joining Coney Island USA’s membership program at www.coneyisland.com and help Coney Island USA ensure that Coney Island’s 2012 season includes the Sideshow. Remember that Coney Island was built on nickles and dimes and every little bit helps.
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Welcome to ConeyIsland.com!
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An introduction to Coney Island USA, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to future and past Coney Island. Information about Coney Island USA’s programs, mission and special events.

]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/this-just-in-from-coney-island-usa-people-hell-even-the-damn-vermin-are-out-t/feed/ 0 Our Founder – and a vast number of others – will be working with Newman at next… http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/our-founder-and-a-vast-number-of-others-will-be-working-with-newman-at-next/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/our-founder-and-a-vast-number-of-others-will-be-working-with-newman-at-next/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:43 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=6467fa35a3d63357ccdad3880ffc3f8b Continue reading →]]> Our Founder – and a vast number of others – will be working with Newman at next weekend’s Winter Festival of Wonders (http://www.facebook.com/groups/287844017921378/324261737612939/) You owe it to yourself to be there, too. You know you do.


Harley Professional Lunatic
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]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/our-founder-and-a-vast-number-of-others-will-be-working-with-newman-at-next/feed/ 0 That’s what we’re talkin’ ’bout.l http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/thats-what-were-talkin-bout-l/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/thats-what-were-talkin-bout-l/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:01:10 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=9a7e55baad17a3dff3171f526f5832a1 Continue reading →]]> That’s what we’re talkin’ ’bout.l


Kobayashi Downs Record, Eats 337 Chicken Wings At Philadelphia Wing Bowl
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PHILADELPHIA — Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia’s annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX. The Japanese phenom demolished the record of 255 set last year by …

]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/thats-what-were-talkin-bout-l/feed/ 0 Love us some robots/automatons here at S&A! Central. And if you go to http://en…. http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/love-us-some-robotsautomatons-here-at-sa-central-and-if-you-go-to-httpen/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/love-us-some-robotsautomatons-here-at-sa-central-and-if-you-go-to-httpen/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:01:34 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=99107bbbad25a54b4d0dae68c2f04299 Continue reading →]]> Love us some robots/automatons here at S&A! Central. And if you go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley you can read about why they’re all so damn creepy. (And send us a postcard, why don’tcha, when ya get to the Uncanny Valley.)


Robots Creepiest When Most Human-Like (VIDEOS)
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Some humanoid robots now in development are so realistic that they make you wonder if some of your friends have circuit boards behind their faces.

]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/love-us-some-robotsautomatons-here-at-sa-central-and-if-you-go-to-httpen/feed/ 0 For those of you who know anything about what went down with @Jelly Boy the Clow… http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/for-those-of-you-who-know-anything-about-what-went-down-with-jelly-boy-the-clow/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/for-those-of-you-who-know-anything-about-what-went-down-with-jelly-boy-the-clow/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:29:32 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=e62bd7f7fbc1ea9f0d1af39f3db86136 Continue reading →]]> For those of you who know anything about what went down with @Jelly Boy the Clown some months back, well, it’s amazing the Squidlings are out and about, let alone heading for a European tour. But you can go to their site and find out way more than we can tell you here, no?


Welcome | Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow
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The Squidling Bros. Circus Sideshow is assured to shock and amaze you! Lead by host “Jelly Boy The Clown,” the living cartoon and natural born weirdo, there is never a dull moment. Accompanied by his brother “Matterz Squidling the Impenetrable Music Man”, sideshow sensation “Betty Bloomerz…

]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/for-those-of-you-who-know-anything-about-what-went-down-with-jelly-boy-the-clow/feed/ 0 Our Founder spent this past weekend, last night, and a hunk of today, recreating… http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/our-founder-spent-this-past-weekend-last-night-and-a-hunk-of-today-recreating/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/our-founder-spent-this-past-weekend-last-night-and-a-hunk-of-today-recreating/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:24:34 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=7391986581c72f57a301b83168187c02 Continue reading →]]> Our Founder spent this past weekend, last night, and a hunk of today, recreating (ok, in 1/5) his now-defunct American Dime Museum at the aforementioned/noted Winter Festival of Wonders, at which he’s scheduled to lecture on Sunday, Feb.12, right before the sideshow/circus show. Hey, whole weekend’s jammed with stuff; check it out. Ya don’t show to any of it (hell, ALL of it), your friends’ll be raggin’ afterwards for what ya missed. We can’t make this stuff up, people.


Winter Festival of Wonders
Friday, February 10 at 7:00pm at Area 405

]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/our-founder-spent-this-past-weekend-last-night-and-a-hunk-of-today-recreating/feed/ 0 And the two-fers just keep on comin’. With thanks to @scott unpainted huffines f… http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/and-the-two-fers-just-keep-on-comin-with-thanks-to-scott-unpainted-huffines-f/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/and-the-two-fers-just-keep-on-comin-with-thanks-to-scott-unpainted-huffines-f/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:19:23 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=5b614889e52cf89703940a84cca5e818 Continue reading →]]> And the two-fers just keep on comin’. With thanks to @scott unpainted huffines for this one.


Watch This! – A TWO-FACED CAT – Video
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Many people believe cats have nine lives. This one really has two faces.

]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/02/and-the-two-fers-just-keep-on-comin-with-thanks-to-scott-unpainted-huffines-f/feed/ 0 S&A! pal @Tricia Vita – c/o her blog, Amusing the Zillion – gave us the heads up… http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/01/sa-pal-tricia-vita-co-her-blog-amusing-the-zillion-gave-us-the-heads-up/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/01/sa-pal-tricia-vita-co-her-blog-amusing-the-zillion-gave-us-the-heads-up/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:36:36 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=5c6dd7144a1047b2a9a66a1f81936385 Continue reading →]]> S&A! pal @Tricia Vita – c/o her blog, Amusing the Zillion – gave us the heads up that it’s now into Phase 2 of the ass ache which is people screwing with Coney Island. Now they want to yank all but a couple blocks of the boards from the boardwalk and replace the whole thing with concrete. The link to the petition DOES NOT require you to be local nor have ever even visited the Island. So sign and get others to pile on: They need 5K worth of signatures by Feb.21. Go now, and sign some more.


http://www.change.org/petitions/keep-the-boards-in-the-coney-island-boardwalk-no-concrete-and-save-t
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]]> http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/01/sa-pal-tricia-vita-co-her-blog-amusing-the-zillion-gave-us-the-heads-up/feed/ 0 Guess ya gotta kinda get hauled into court to see this show, but hey, there’ve b… http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/01/guess-ya-gotta-kinda-get-hauled-into-court-to-see-this-show-but-hey-thereve-b/ http://www.shockedandamazed.com/2012/01/guess-ya-gotta-kinda-get-hauled-into-court-to-see-this-show-but-hey-thereve-b/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:46:35 +0000 Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway http://www.shockedandamazed.com/?guid=41a64a99f2a1b5d4a3bb77604318f6c6 Continue reading →]]> Guess ya gotta kinda get hauled into court to see this show, but hey, there’ve been more expensive shows, we suppose.


Video – Extreme Tattooing: Meet Mexico’s ‘Vampire Woman’
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Video – Maria Jose Cristerna has become known as Mexico’s Vampire Woman, thanks to her almost total body tattooing and skull implants.

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