#76. Anna Monoxide and Her Psychedelic Clown Show

Anna Monoxide is a New York show producer, theatrical clown, circus sideshow performer, and accordion player. She is one of the mad masterminds behind Disasterpiece Theater at the Deep End. c/w: we talk a bit about Anna's use of her own real blood in her work if that's not your thing. topics: accordion at 8, Coney Island, pin cushion talents, freaking people out, making you feel, safety, a week later when all your wounds have healed, needles and daggers, Pagliacci, the beginning of a Disasterpiece, beautiful and disturbing, as one does, clown college, pointy teeth, trippy burlesque, an evening at the Theater, Precious Roy's Cannibal Cookbook, show bible ... Anna talks about the performer who would pierce himself with fencing foils; she speaks of Mirin Dajo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirin_Dajo; also learn more about the history of Human Pin Cushion (a tad graphic): https://www.sideshowworld.com/104-Human-Pin/Cushion.html ... recorded: November 18, 2019 ... shoutouts and acknowledgments: Fibi Eyewalker, Cirkus Sathanas, Jean Taylor, Gemini Blitz, Lola Strange, Miss Sugar Mamasota ... keep in touch: IG: @annamonoxide https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zpa9w1Is_hg7vTN-pTGpw @disasterpiece_theater_nyc ... give love to the pod at patreon.com/weburlesque and see capsule reviews of previous episodes at http://www.weburlesquepodcast.com ... intro/outro music: "On A 45" This Way to the Egress (http://www.thiswaytotheegress.com) ... used with permission ... download it at: https://www.amazon.com/This-Delicious-Cabaret-Explicit-Egress/dp/B005D1GROO ... Check out: Viktor Devonne presents 2 Night Stay at http://www.2nightstaypod.com ... interlude music: "Lovable Clown Sit Com" "Cemetary Clown" (Sir Cubworth) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ .. see us live: http://www.weburlesque.com/upcoming-shows ... follow us: @weburlesque @viktordevonne on instagram and twitter & talk to us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1576 73948280099