THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO MY TWIN BROTHER, BILL DYKES (1943-1995). WE WERE NOT ONLY BROTHERS BUT PARTNERS IN BUSINESS AND BEST FRIENDS!AND TO ALL THE "BUTCHERS" THAT HAVE PASSED ON TO THE BIG LOT IN THE SKY!
"LADY! Get your kid!"
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Hi, everyone, Steve Copeland here. Well, the time is almost upon us; in
just a couple of days Circus World’s 2017 summer season will be just a
memory. It ...
Day 158, 71 to go
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The world is in that backward place. I never thought people ( mostly men)
would try and overturn Roe V Wade. I never thought the Planned Parenthood ,
a gr...
Andrew Kassino's Giant Telephone
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Popular Electricity and the World's Advance from 1913 has a great article
describing
KASSINO AND THE GIANT PHONE
Circus people on the road - as be...
POODLES, PADDLEBOARDS & SUPERHEROES
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*As our travels continue to take us through the Badger State's scenic
lakeside locales, today's setup in Winneconne allowed us to enjoy the
placid waters o...
Shooting star (Patrick Berta, 1964-1993.)
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August 11, Columbia.
My brother Patrick died twenty-two years ago today on the wings of a
shooting star.
He was twenty-nine years young and bold and crazy,...
Mickey Mouse Circus
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Family Entertainment On The Midway With The Mickey Mouse Circus One of the
most popular shows on the midway was the “Mickey Mouse Circus”. The name
was s...
Washington Park Children's Zoo - Indianapolis
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Indianapolis' first zoo opened in 1964 and exhibited animals until its
closure and subsequent transfer to a new site in 1988. This facility first
exhibited...
ATLANTA BOOTLEGGERS
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Atlanta Bootleggers
I was working on the Cristiani Wallace Circus in the early sixties and we
were playing around North Georgia. It was a Saturday night i...
Damn everything but the circus!
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“Damn everything but the circus! …damn everything that is grim, dull,
motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won’t get into
the circle...
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