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| <html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:JimRose.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="167" src="/images/thumb/2/21/JimRose.jpg/250px-JimRose.jpg" width="250"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:JimRose.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Jim Rose</div></div></div>
| | '''Books, CDRom and VCD from the ModCon events''' |
| <p>With humble beginnings in Venice Beach and Seattle, the <b><a href="/index.php?title=Jim_Rose" title="Jim Rose">Jim Rose</a> Circus Sideshow</b> has taken traditional sideshow and fused it with a rock & roll sensibility. It was founded in the early 1900s in Seattle.
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| </p><p>Infamous acts like the <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Human_blockhead&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Human blockhead (page does not exist)">human blockhead</a> routine and the <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Bed_of_nails&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bed of nails (page does not exist)">bed of nails</a> were mixed with pierced penis weight lifting, advanced <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Play_piercing" title="Play piercing">play piercing</a>, and 3d art implants to create what is undoubtedly the most imitated sideshow ever.
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| </p><p>Featured freaks have included: Jim and Bebe Rose, <a href="/index.php?title=Mr._Lifto" title="Mr. Lifto">Mr. Lifto</a>, Matt "the Tube" Crowley, The <a href="/index.php?title=Enigma" title="Enigma">Enigma</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Tim_Cridland" title="Tim Cridland">Tim Cridland</a> (who toured with Jim as "The <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Torture_King" title="Torture King">Torture King</a>" and later as "<a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Zamora" title="Zamora">Zamora</a>", and <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Erik_Sprague" title="Erik Sprague">Erik Sprague</a> (who toured with Jim as <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Amago" title="Amago">Amago</a> and also toured solo as "The <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Lizardman" title="Lizardman">Lizardman</a>").
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| </p><p>To date, three books have been published by or about the Sideshow, including Rose's <i><a href="/index.php?title=Freak_Like_Me" title="Freak Like Me">Freak Like Me</a></i> and <i><a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Angles&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Angles (page does not exist)">Angles</a></i>, and Cridland and Gregors <i><a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Circus_of_the_Scars&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Circus of the Scars (page does not exist)">Circus of the Scars</a></i>.
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| <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Jim_Rose" title="Jim Rose">Jim Rose</a>
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Enigma" title="Enigma">Enigma</a>
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Mr._Lifto" title="Mr. Lifto">Mr. Lifto</a>
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Tim_Cridland" title="Tim Cridland">Tim Cridland</a>
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| </li><li><a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Erik_Sprague" title="Erik Sprague">Erik Sprague</a>
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| <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2>
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| <ul><li><a class="external text" href="http://www.jimrosecircus.com/" rel="nofollow">Jim Rose Circus Sideshow</a>
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| </li><li><a class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jim-Rose-Circus/73911349699" rel="nofollow">Jim Rose Circus on Facebook</a>
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| | BME has published materials documenting the [[ModCon 1999]] and [[ModCon 2000]] events in book, video and CD-ROM format. |
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| | == ModCon 1999 == |
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| | The 1999 ModCon was documented both in book and electronic formats. The limited edition, black and white book contained an HTML- formatted CD-ROM, to be viewed on your computer's browser. The CD contained photos (in three sizes, including sizes for printing) and video. Both the book and CD are currently out of print. |
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| | == ModCon 2000 == |
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| | ModCon 2000 was more ambitious with its documentation. A 64 page color/black & white book was produced and bundled with a VCD that can be played on computer or DVD players. |
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| | == See Also == |
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| | * [[ModCon]] |
| | * [[ModCon (book)]] |
Books, CDRom and VCD from the ModCon events
BME has published materials documenting the ModCon 1999 and ModCon 2000 events in book, video and CD-ROM format.
ModCon 1999
The 1999 ModCon was documented both in book and electronic formats. The limited edition, black and white book contained an HTML- formatted CD-ROM, to be viewed on your computer's browser. The CD contained photos (in three sizes, including sizes for printing) and video. Both the book and CD are currently out of print.
ModCon 2000
ModCon 2000 was more ambitious with its documentation. A 64 page color/black & white book was produced and bundled with a VCD that can be played on computer or DVD players.
See Also
