Pezzi Chicki - New Years

The Crossing - You Don't Know Like I know : Image File

The Crossing

From back row left to right:

John Krave - Bass Guitar, Mike Leischer - Organ/Vocals, Ken Lemke - Drums, Bob Lewis - Lead Guitar/Vocals, Bob Juit - Vocals, Leo Lewis - Rhythm Guitar.

You Don't Know Like I Know

Recorded: January 1968 at DOVE Recording Studio Minneapolis Minnesota

Produced by: Candy Floss Productions via Marsh Productions

Re-Mastered by: Agency Man

The Crossing - You Don't Know Like I know : Sound File

The dilemmas of Little Turtle

"Now who's gonna drive me to choir practice?" laments Little Turtle to no one in particular after learning that Medium Turtle and Big Turtle have taken the family car out for a joy ride.

Circuswater wishes good cheer to all

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas and Happy, Hippy New Year!

Best fishes,

Abram Ovicci & the entire Silent Fish/Circuswater staff

Mamie Van Striker - skid row enthusiast

"The trouble now-a-days, is there's too much trouble now-a-days."

Mamie Van Stricker

Mamie Van Striker, founder of the Free Z. Glee Club, was a woman obsessed with joy and good cheer. Using only a metal folding chair and a bull whip, Ms. Van Striker often entertained her flock for hours on end. "It don't matter if you was president of General Motors or a blind vagrant, Ms. Mamie always have a kind word and a warm cup of Bee Tea waitin' fer youse" chirps Cherry Woodhead, a local street player and weekend alley roller. Although her home-made Bee Tea caused rashes and paralysis for many patrons, Mamie Van Striker will mostly be remembered for her feelgood attitude.

Abram Ovicci

Adventures with Charcoal and Wash

If only!

If only I had cashed this cheque:

I could've gotten my laundry out of hock.

I'd been able to hire a hired hand to hire the ambitious, wayward child of a hired hand to clear the weeds away from my shack lot.

I'd have eaten fine lunches for the month of August.

I wouldn't have had to resort to a series of felonious deeds with my knife wielding gun moll.

A disgruntled,

Abram Ovicci

Tucky Tips

SAFE is a four letter word

With winter closing in, be sure you have a straw hat and a reliable set of maracas in your trunk.

Ball Point Pen on Scrap Paper Cartoon

This really happened to me in 1973 when I was having a spot of lunch at Grubby's Diner on the Green Island turnpike just west of Domebox. It turned out to be misunderstanding due to a combination of poor penmanship and a flare tip pen used on damp paper.

RL

MYSTERY BOX - HELLRAISER

1987

Clive Barker's - HELLRAISER

with Andy Robinson, Clare Higgins and Doug Bradley

I love this movie. HELLRAISER II is also a dewsey, but HELLRAISER III flails miserably. I hear there's a HELLRAISER remake in the works. I won't cast judgement, but I've seen very few remakes (other than Yentl II, III, IV and The Son Of Yentl) that stand up to the originals.

It's been years since I bought this nifty li'l HELLRAISER Mystery Box fun toy and I've yet to open it, not because I'm preserving its condition, but I'm actually a little afraid of what the outcome might be: Demon to some, Angel to others. A Demon might be fun, but I just couldn't manage a smarty-aleck Angel flitting around and constantly giving advice.

Bobby Pins

BIG SHOW - DEVO: Friday 13th, November 2009

DEVO perform the entire FREEDOM OF CHOICE album

Friday the 13th, November 2009

encore tunes: BE STIFF & BEAUTIFUL WORLD

The spud boys put on an astounding, bigger than life show! Performing with precision at full tilt. On Friday the 13th, DEVO had to the greatest show on earth!

Abram Ovicci

Two Moons

For reference of the above panel: See THUNDER BOX COMICS No. 1, April 2003

FIN

Annie Mation - Pappy Nappin'

PAPPY NAPPIN'

THE END

Always the leader in cutting edge Annie Mation, circuswater proudly presents Pappy Nappin'. This gothic thriller is loosely based on the Fydor Dostoevsky classic novel CRIME AND PUNISHMENT as interpreted and adapted to the camera by Al Zee and Bob Bee. As you may recall, Al Zee was the winner of the New Hope Pool Goldfish Grab in 1979 and Bob Bee was 3rd runner up in the 1964 Clean Plate Club Competition at Gibbs restaurant in Ludington Michigan. Pappy is played by Bob Bee. Annie is played by the ever popular Jill Gosling. So love, loves, and lovers, it's pretty plain to see that there's no need for fancy motion picture theaters or expensive T.V. sets - Just log on to circuswater.blogspot for more Hi-Tech entertainment than you can shake a stick at! Especially If shaking a stick is your idea of a good time.

Affectionately,

Abram Ovicci

p.s. Hey fellas, don't forget to trim your sideburns evenly. Nothing says "Hey team, I'm a team player too!" like a fresh pair of evenly trimmed sideburns. And ladies, try to cover up your un-sightly tattoos and blemishes with band aids and/or spray paint. Un-healthy, decorated skin may look "cool" under the disco lights, but in the work place the signal reads "Hey everybody, look at me! I despise team players and would rather be at a rodeo doing drugs!"

A message from:

Mayor Mae Knottbe in conjunction with The Pinhook County Counsel of Better Living Through Model Citizenship and H.T.H - Hide The Homely foundation

Swiggs The Cat - Banned

Great Records from the Midwest - Gregory Dee and the Avanties

Gregory Dee & the Avanties

While growing up in Minneapolis during the early - mid 60's, I was blessed with dozens of opportunities to see great bands like Gregory Dee & the Avanties. The big regional hit for Gregory Dee & the Avanties was an instrumental titled The Grind which show cased the great Gregory Dean Maland on Hammond Organ. Gregory Dean Maland changed his middle name to Dee because it must've sounded better. The Grind is available on a 2 CD boxed set titled The Big Hits of Mid-America...the SOMA records story 1963-1967. SOMA backwards spells AMOS. Amos Heilicher was the great man at the wheel of the legendary record company. I can't remember how I acquired this promo copy 45 record pictured above. It's always been a favorite spin from my collection. I especially love the haunting song Keep Me. I'm not sure which cut was intended to be the A-side, but considering the song Because of You is a more up-beat tune, I would suspect it was the intended hit. My 45 record still plays fine. It's a bit scratchy, but there are no skips. These songs are still mesmerizing without the aid of CD quality clarity or re-mastering.

RL

Halloween Cut-Outs

Dear hearts and gentle folk, All of the extraordinary, talented, beautiful and ingenious creators of Circuswater would like to wish all of you average Joes and plain Janes a happy and an un-safe Halloween. While all of you commoners were busy prancing around the super market or standing in a corner biting your noses, we here at Circuswater were busy being brilliant and creating our own Halloween decorations! These breathtaking ornaments, that would probably cost hundreds of dollars each on the open market, are not available anywhere. In fact, we plan on burning em before Halloween so that even our own children won't get a chance to look at em!
Best wishes from,
Abram Ovicci
and the entire Circuswater staff, but not including that dopey kid in repro who wears socks on his hands.