Hey--just saw this thread the other night. Not that it helps but in January or February I was in Venice Beach (oh man, that place has gone down hill soooo bad. Nothing but medical marijuana stores, "doctors" offices to prescribe Medical marijuana, bong shops and tattoo parlors! UGH!) and I was surprised and disappointed (it was obviously long out of business) to discover a modern freak show in one of the buildings along the beach walk. I took a quick, crappy photo of it and just found it. The signed for the freak show are STILL up on display (at least they were when I was there). I don't know where you are, but perhaps you can contact the owner of the building and try to get them for yourself? Just a thought.
Pic is attached.
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Hey--just saw this thread the other night. Not that it helps but in January or February I was in Venice Beach (oh man, that place has gone down hill soooo bad. Nothing but medical marijuana stores, "doctors" offices to prescribe Medical marijuana, bong shops and tattoo parlors! UGH!) and I was surprised and disappointed (it was obviously long out of business) to discover a modern freak show in one of the buildings along the beach walk. I took a quick, crappy photo of it and just found it. The signed for the freak show are STILL up on display (at least they were when I was there). I don't know where you are, but perhaps you can contact the owner of the building and try to get them for yourself? Just a thought.
Pic is attached.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/boinnng/20150202_162225_zpsgxy5e1gx.jpg)
CHEERS!
I went by the Venice Freakshow building no more than 2 hrs ago, when i was on a run. It was not open and operating today.
The guy that is the carnival barker sounds like those guys from days of old, with the lingo, the accent and his pair of 2 headed turtles for all to see, out front, in a plastic tub, as a teaser to get people to come in and see the rest. The admission is $5.00 per person. :D
And there is a lot more than bong shops and tattoo parlors there, MAGG. Gotta give credit to the multitude of cheap clothing and T shirt shops, fast food joints as well as the homeless and runaway waifs that dot the boardwalk.
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Kind of off topic, but i thought I'd share any way. I had dinner with an old friend who was in town to help her sister out over the weekend. She made us dinner and I went to a little liquor store near the house (kind of in a rural area--not much out there) and picked up a bottle of FREAKSHOW wine. The label was fun, It wrapped around the bottle. I tried to capture the whole label by moving other bottles around on the shelf. The wine wasn't the greatest, but it certainly was not bad.
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