How could this rumpus on the bus have started? Well I will tell you

We went out on a hunter gathering mission the make a small living on the streets of the big city as troupidores.  Upon entering a bus, the driver declared that our money was no good ! she needed a spirit lift so our fare would be to entertain all with some G rated fare. "Yes Mam glad to help!". I know that her line is full of very difficult people so I was so glad to be there for her. Just another night for some clowns in the big city.

.That fella stared at him like that the entire time! um...awkward :)

The denizens of SE 82nd. were so happy to see us!

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OH this is the pic i was looking for.

We sang some sweet songs, told some jokes, taught babies to shave...Y'know normal stuff. We are after all healers.  I asked wook and Sarah to join me because they are sharp, awake, not all messed up emotionally or chemically. That's perfect oxygen to earn us some daily bread and make tons of folks happy at the same time. Nice Flower Sarah.

Our Manager Madam Rootbeer was so pleased with us she got us another gig at another bus on 82nd and Powell. It was really cold while we waited for the venue to arrive.

We called ourselves "The Binz" because we were cheap and nothing we did matched. 

One of our fans was so taken by seeing us that he borrowed my guitar and played it better than any of us.

OK what do we play for this captive audience?    We decided to change the format to a more eclectic offering.

He did a straight Irish murder ballad about a unicorn that drank too much, She yelled "I am real therefor i feel" through a ta mbourine over and over. I did a song about a DIY manual for replacing a water heater thermocouple that i put to music.This is exactly what we sounded like.

Soon as we got off I noticed we were still on 82nd. I was shocked. I can still see the last bus stop. WTF? tough crowd on 82nd. street? weird.I wish we would have remembered to ask for donations.

Rubber Chicken crayon manufacturing...going smoother than planned

The sun gets us so close I love it!

Tall bike delivery in South East Portland.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Step right up! Introducing hand made Rubber Chicken crayons by Olive Rootbeer.and Dingo Dizmal (Two well known Portland Clowns)! tHEY go with their Rubber chicken coloring book and acrylic painting series "The Celebrated Rubber Chickens Of Dingo Dizmal and Olive Rootbeer" or T.C.R.C.O.D.D.& O.R..
There are many Rubber chicken themed paintings in our collection...Over a hundred since 2005.
Someone asked us to publish a coloring book so we did. we put out in 2010, 16 pgs. (pg-13). They were popular enough that Ms. Rootbeer decided she wanted her own crayon.
All crayons and the coloring book made from %100 recycled materials in the U. Es of A.
A set of 6 are only $5 plus shipping.

Regular set : 6 Red, Orange, Yellow, blue, green, purple.
monster set: 6 multi-toned crayons.

You can get cheap crayons at Wallmart but Dingo and Olive's crayons are made from Portland.
Sculpted by Olive Rootbeer and molds made with the help of brilliant bronze sculptor Steven Christman they are delicately made in a small apartment in South East Portland by a lackey called Dingo the clown. Fresh out of Clown Cave Laboratories the chicken doers offer High quality rubber chicken crayons!
Clowns gotta make a livin right? So why not bring the folks a useful goodie that celebrates the punchline that needs no joke...the rubber chicken.
They are sculpture as well as art supply. Hand made by Olive Rootbeer and Dingo Dizmal to go with the Celebrated Rubber Chickens of Dingo Dizmal and Olive Rootbeer.
This is the name of a set of 100 or so comical paintings rubber chickens all set in various situations. The collectable series started in 2005.
In 2010 the series added a coloring book ($4 16 pgs. pg-13). and for them, hand made rubber chicken crayons. Both are made with %100 recycled materials!
Crafted by olive and produced by popular bronze sculptor Steve Christman. They are uniquely Portland and every one who sees them think they are pretty darn cool.
6 for $5

This is what happened one day in an alternate universe not far from this one...

I knew it was gonna be a successful photo shoot when  we ran over a banana the very first thing.

Nice day to be working in Portland...also not bad commuting in S.R.Povogel's vintage T-bird.

Shisha Starseed

Rootie Tootie the Godmama.

S.R.Povogel

I don't quite feel like myself today...cuz I'm not myself today. HAHAHAHAHA

Click This to see what we were up to.

Olive carved her own rubber chicken color crayon.

Looks like we are gonna need to create a more kid friendly coloring book.

Olive carved the design for her own line of color crayons. Then her and Steven C. (a local amazing sculptor) expertly copied and created a mold for some home manufacturing. 
One of our brainiest friends did a toxicology study on our enterprise and found it to be non toxic.

The wax carving Olive did was rendered into this cast resin and Bronze dust one. This thing is heavy and it can even be polished.

Now when we sell coloring books we can also offer Color crayons that we made ourselves. You can only go so far making other people's dreams come true. To really make it you have to seize the day yourself ..with your song and your brand. Then if it all falls apart there is nobody to blame and you can know you did a good job.

I asked Olive to paint a Mermaid and here is what she came up with...COOL!!

Between a kid gig and an Open Mic I did a sneaker video

My bike wasn't even called for in this internal videobut I mentioned "wouldn't it be cool if i rode my bike under the basket and dropped one in without lookin'?hahaha" andthey said "Thats a great idea!" and had me do just that! What did I get myself into?

It was great working for such a bright crew.

I'm always looking for gigs where my only requirement is being myself.

Making a magical pair of shoes for a basketball player. He was a very nice fellow who looked good and was on point. I would show him and the shoes but I really don't want to give anything away. I will post the video when it comes out.

How many tries? I'm not tellin'...

The actual video will have lots of C.G.I. and such and if you see it then you will know what it's about. That is not my present to open so instead of giving details here is a lovely shot of my partner Rootbeer.

I love watching the folks who gather to look when we are doing production stuff. There is no way to avoid the rubber-neckers awkwardness. I love it.