Coney Island Freaky

Are you a Coney Island Freak like me? Under the boardwalk, we'll be having some fun? Well, come on down to the Coney Island Sideshow for some good old-fashioned Coney Island Freak fun!

Zamora the Torture King tomorrow night, and then it's a Superfreak Weekend!

Ah, how I love the smell of Coney.

Collect Call of Cthulhu, Coney Island

The Ghostbusters go to Coney Island to fight the Great Old One? Good times.

EGON (CONT)
The most opportune place for the cult to perform the summoning ceremony is the southern tip of Brooklyn.
(beat)
Coney Island, to be exact.

PETER
That seems oddly appropriate.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=950452

Collect Call of Cthulhu, Coney Island

The Ghostbusters go to Coney Island to fight the Great Old One? Good times.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=950452

Coney Island Sideshow 2009

The Coney Island (Circus) Sideshow is back and better than ever. Although "Sealo" aka Mat Fraser hasn't joined up yet, the show is already amazing.

The show's humble host and narrator, Donny Vomit, has added an exciting upside-down straightjacket escape. And sweet & petite Heather Holliday is now the show's dangerous firebreather. Stephanie/Serpentina is still dazzling the audience with her snake dance and she has a few more tricks up her sleeve, including walking on broken glass and running her Madam Electra routine on the beautiful new girl, Chrissy.

So go check out the Sideshow when you get a chance. The Sideshow is open weekends (Saturday and Sunday) until Memorial Day when it opens on Fridays as well. The Week of the Mermaid Parade, the Sideshow runs Wednesday through Sunday, and runs Wednesday through Sunday until Labor Day. After Labor Day, the Sideshow returns to Weekend-only operations.
On Weekends and Holidays, the Sideshow is open from 1 PM to 9 PM. On all other days, the Sideshow will be open from 2 PM to 8 PM.

Save Coney Island Benefit at Southpaw (version 2.0)

There is going to be another Save Coney Island benefit party at Southpaw, just like last year:

Will I win another date with Angie? And will I ever get the first one I won? Hmmm...

Sat. 4/11
SAVE CONEY ISLAND BENEFIT
THE NEW YORK HOWL, 357 LOVER & LES SANS CULLOTES.
live performances from BUNNY LOVE, HARVEST MOON, JONNY PORKPIE, MISS CONEY ISLAND 2004 BAMBI, MISS CYCLONE & MISS EXOTIC WORLD ANGIE PONTANI, CLAMS CASINO, LITTLE BROOKLYN, PEEKABOO POINTE,HELEN PONTANI, NASTY CANASTA, MISS CONEY ISLAND 2008 GAL FRIDAY, MISS CONEY ISLAND 2005 JULIE ATLAS MUZ, DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA, GIGI LA FEMME, THE DAISY SPURS, THE WORLD FAMOUS PONTANI SISTERS, DAME CUCHIFRITA & more tba! Hosted by THE GREAT FREDINI, MISS ASTRID & THE WORLD FAMOUS BOB, Plus DJ'S HUCKWILD, FRESH PRINCE OF DARKNESS & BILL COLEMAN.red carpet! raffles! prizes! drink specials and good karma for life!$12 adv./$15 d.o.s8 pm doors
>> buy tickets

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1228874

First Free Aquarium Tickets Winner!

Congratulations to Eliot - Winner of the first 2 free tickets to the NY Aquarium, courtesy of ConeyInfo.com! I'm giving away 2 tickets to the Aquarium every two weeks to promote this site. Sign up at http://www.ConeyInfo.com/aquatickets.php

New Surveillance Cameras Going Up In Coney?

Found a Twitter from Amadad about new surveillance cameras going up in and around Coney Island. Interesting... Anyone else see anything? - http://twitter.com/amadad

Coney Sideshow getting some competition? Hardly.

Supposedly there's going to be some competition to the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, the country's only stationary operating 10-in-1, with Donny Vomit, Heather Holliday, Serpentina, Sealboy Mat Fraser. The Daily News and some others are reporting that John Strong III is bringing his freakshow to Coney - http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/03/12/2009-03-12_is_the_coney_island_boardwalk_importing_.html

Although Thor Equities is saying they haven't chosen anyone to entertain on their land, they're really good at operating "amusements" that turn out to be inflatable bouncy castles and entertaining everyone with empty lots and schoolbus parking graveyards.

Was it incompetence? Were they trying to purposely fail so they could say amusements don't work, hoping no one would notice that they weren't using real amusements? Who can say.

Either way, in this fight the Coney Island Sideshow (and museum, and burlesque at the beach, etc) is like early career Mike Tyson, and the sad Freakshow that will possibly soon arrive is already crippled before getting in the ring.

Should be an entertaining bloodbath.

Ravi the Indian Boy at the Highline

Ravi "the Indian Rubber Boy" will be re-joining the Coney Island Circus Sideshow for their performance at the Highline Ballroom on Sunday April 5th, 2009.

http://www.coneyisland.com/per.ravi.shtml - Ravi bio
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1072904 - Event Info

Free Coney Island Hospital Bed

This was posted on Craig's List:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/zip/1067454748.html

Reply to: sale-npkyu-1067454748@craigslist.org Date: 2009-03-10, 12:47PM EDT

Hi We need to remove the hospital bed from its current location by this weekend. If you or someone you know is in needr this item, please contact me ASAP. Thanks Kathy

Location: Coney Island
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Sideshow Performers Join Les Claypool, Saturday March 28th

I found Les Claypool mentioning that when he comes to NYC to do his show at Terminal 5 on Saturday March 28th, that he's going to have the Coney Island Sideshow performers with him.

http://terminal5nyc.com/event/2566 - Event Info
http://www.standard.net/live/news/166255 - Interview

Sideshow Seeking an Intern

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/npo/1058933529.html

CONEY ISLAND FREAKSHOW SEEKS INTERN Auditions will be held Sunday, March 8th between 1:00 and 3:00 PM for an Actress Intern(s) to work on stage with the Coney Island Circus Sideshow. Women, age 18-40, including women of color, are encouraged to audition at Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Avenue corner of West 12th Street Brooklyn, NY 11224. Intern(s) selected will work on stage, as a Magician's Assistant, during performances of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow starting Saturday and Sunday afternoons beginning the weekend of April 11-12. There is potential for this internship to last through mid-September with some pay possible starting mid-June. Please bring a photo and brief performance resume. Please do not call.

Location: Coney Island, NY
Compensation: some pay possible starting mid-June
This is a part-time job.
This is at a non-profit organization.
This is an internship job
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Unions, Infrastructure, and CB13

Tonight is the Community Board 13's hearing on the plan for Coney Island, held at Lincoln High School in Brooklyn at 6:30pm. Interestingly enough, there is also a great article about the possible cost of the infrastructure upgrade that would be required there, as well as the new union complications that have arisen regarding the plan - http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/latest-coney-troubles-unions-hundreds-millions-infrastructure

Finally Found Some Human Blockhead

Yes, the Schmaltz brewing guys Twittered me about finding the Human Blockhead Lager. I tried it with my cousin Steven when it first came out, at the premiere party held at The Gate, and we loved it. The Schmaltz guys told me I could find some at Bierkraft, so I stopped off there on Friday night right before they closed and picked up a couple of bottles.

At The Gate we had tried the Human Blockhead on tap and it was great. However, since then the drink (in the bottle at least) has been upgraded from around 8% alcohol to 10% alcohol. I'm not sure if anything else about the recipe has been changed but the beer isn't as good as I remember and I think it's the higher alcohol content. Unfortunately, the beer is a little too strong and has too strong an aftertaste.

I am glad I finally found it! But I'll stick to the regular Coney Island Lager.

Three Coney Island Events this Saturday!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen! There are a few weird and wacky Coney Island items this Saturday to be aware of!

Saturday, February 28th 2009 -

1) Coney Island Polar Bear Cruise - Start off your Saturday with a brisk (aka chilly) morning cruise with the Coney Island Polar Bears! Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises is having a fund-raiser cruise to help raise money for the New York Aquarium and the Wildlife Conservation Society. You can endure the cold for donations, or you can pay up and gawk at the people freezing their butts off. Boarding begins at 7:45 at Pier 83 at West 42nd street. Fund-raisers can participate for free, but spectators must pay $20 for their ticket. More info at http://www.circleline42.com/index.ihtml?page=polar_bear

2) What's in the Box? No, it's not a reference to the movie "Seven" but a performance art piece. From 1 to 4pm you can come and play the box game, run by the traveling art venue Black Hole Space. Using your imagination, vote for what you think is in the box, and at the end the ballots will be counted and the winning idea will be announced. All players who provide contact information will receive a gift during the final stage. The box game will be set up on the Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue. More information can be found here - http://www.boxgame.org/

3) Coney Island Sideshow at the Highline Ballroom
This is a great showcase of the Sideshow performers (Donny Vomit, Heather Holliday, Serpentina, Angelica, Scott Baker and more!) in a beautiful and classy setting. Well worth the $12 to get in ($10 if you order online), this show is opened by the Hungry March Band. Nicole and I went to see this the first time and had a great time, and then we went to a diner afterwards with Heather and Serpentina. Doors open at 6pm, the show starts at 7:30, and you can get tickets here - http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=874364