Hooker Life

So much is going on in the world of suspension right now. First of all, I finally made an announcement that the Dallas Suscon will happen again in 2010. It is scheduled for April 2-4 of 2010. The event will be similar to last year, including the big Freaks and Fetish opening party that will feature some amazing acts that Dallas has never seen.

In more recent news. Emrys and Bella from Rites of Passage just appeared on the National Geographic network last weekend. The show was entitled Humanly Impossible. The segment was short, but the science they describe pretty much hits the nail on the head when it comes to the biology and brain chemistry that surrounds suspension:

Those of you that keep up with this blog know that I’ve been promoting the Hellzapoppin sideshow coming to Dallas Thursday December 17th. Presently I’ve been focusing on the Lizardman and his book that he will be selling at the show, but I wanted to make a special shout out for another Hellzapoppin performer, the World Famous Penguin Boy. This last Monday I had the honor of hanging him for his first suspension. Photos never really show the how well people suspend, but I can assure you he hung like a pro:

And speaking about someone that hangs like a champ. Holy shit! Two days ago I opened my email to find a link to this video of Neil from the Houston AGRO team. This, my friends, is in my opinion one of the most impressive suspensions to date. Trust my folks, this is definitely one of those DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME moments:

From Neil: “This would not have happened without the help of so many of my close friends.  Arwen Rosa, Joe Amato, Tim Taylor, Kenny Hughes, Kieran Diedrich, Jill Coudray, Nicola Sands, Rick Pierceall, Miss Ouch, Roel Moreno, CoRE, AGRO, DHS, SMS, everyone who hung from me, and several others who I’m sure I forgot to mention.  I couldn’t have done this shit without help from all of them.”

People have asked if this was the first one point resurrection. Actually the first to my knowledge was done by Alice from Constant Elevation at the 2008 Oslo Suscon photo below:

Update 09/12/11: I can’t believe I forgot about Damien who was hung by Hanged Man Suspension Team in Australia. He did a single point resurrection back in early 2009, I believe.

This next video is also Damien suspending from his forearms, doing some VERY impressive aerial flips.  The clip is from a show entitled “Live Bait. ” Interesting side note, there are some old TSD button work shirts out there, circa 1998, with graphic of a doctor performing surgery holding a hook. The caption on the shirt is “Live Bait”

He may not have been the first to pull of the one point resurrection, but the tandem seen below is, I believe was a first. Yes, that’s Neil again doing a superman with 3 people hanging off him from their knees. Think that’s impressive? What you may not know is that not only was this after the one point suspension you see in the video, he also had several other people hang from him as well this day. I’m not even sure how many in total.

Man I love the suspension community …you guys never cease to amaze me!!

Normally the “things to do” blogs go in order from first to last, but this one is in reverse. Why? Because I am performing at the Torture Garden Toronto event Saturday August 29th: YEAH YEAH YEAH, I know the first question is, “I thought you retired from perfoming?” Well, yes this is true, but I do reserve the right to come out of retirement to do special shows in places like Toronto Not only do I love working with TG, I get to see all my friends in Canada AND I get to work with Samar and IWASCURED. If you are in the YYZ area please come out to the show. It should be a good time.

Sadly, the TG event is the exact same weekend at the ROP 8th Annual Campout. Man am I bummed that the events are scheduled for the exact same weekend. I’ve been dying to attend this suspension event for for YEARS, but there is always some kind of confliction. Guys, count me in next year, but PLEASE let me know WAY in advance so I can make time for it. If you are up in that part of the country and love suspension, you should check out the event. ROP is, in my opinion, one of the greatest suspension groups in the world.

Back to Big D: In Dallas that same weekend, check out Naked Girls Reading. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Courtney Crave, Michelle L’Amour, and La Divina will be in the buff, reading for your enjoyment. AND as a special note, Courtney will be reading one piece her native language of German. A naked hottie speaking Deutsch? Gotta love that German Dream Girl.

Are you a Dallasite up for a 3 hour road trip check out the SoCal punk invansion in Austin Saturday August 15 or in Houston Sunday August 16th. I cannot fucking wait for this show!!! FEAR, Agent Orange, D.I. man I haven’t seen this bands in shit…20 years or more? Yeah yeah yeah you southern Californians get see them every time the do a reunion tour, but us poor lost souls in Tejas rarely get a treat like this!

And back one more day…on August 14th Trees is reopening! What’s Trees? It was one one of the best small live music venues in Dallas…that is before Deep Ellum died. Well folks I am happy to say that it’s back and some of our locals Slow Roosevelt is back together and playing the opening night. For those of you that might remember, TSD did a show or two with SR back in the day. If you in the DFW area, come out and show your support for the guys, but more importantly for Trees and the Local Dallas Music Scene!