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.