Circus Kaput. What a wonderful name. There are days I think my law firm should adopt it.
Josh Routh, seen in these pages many times before, mounted stilts and led their delegation in the Pridefest Parade.
Got a couple of good shots in Chicago last night. Some of it will come around.
Josh Routh, one of the entertainers in yesterday's post, showing some of his many talents. I suppose (I hope) someone has to teach you to do this. It's hard to imagine what it's like the first time you try it yourself. Not much room for error.
I had a heck of a time getting that guy with the point-n-shoot in the first picture out of the frame. It occurred to me to form a group, the National Association of People Who Walk Into My Photos, or NATWIMP, invite them all on a free cruise, get them on a ship and leave them there until they find a friendly port in Paraguay.
Juggling Jeff and Josh Routh of Circus Kaput (just love that name) are fixtures at the pre-Shakespeare green show and, in fact, at events all over town. Jeff also juggles knives and skips rope (not at the same time) while standing on a big ball. Josh is a fire eater. Both of them put on fake English accents and banter with with the crowd, sometimes to the point of very funny harassment. They know me well. As I took the second photo, Jeff shouted in a sarcastic tone, "well, did you get it?" Yes.
We will have a bit of each of them individually. The best pic I ever took of them together is this one.
Peasants with pitchforks? Cardinal fans chasing Albert Pujols out of town? The 99% approaching the Republican National Convention?No, it's Juggling Jeff and his pal Josh Routh of Circus Kaput (love that name) doing their fire juggling act in the street during First Night on Saturday. They really should call it Last Night since it happens on New Year's Eve and ends after midnight fireworks. The theaters, churches and other public spaces around Grand and Lindell Boulevards provide entertainment of every kind, with outdoor performers sprinkled in between. Come back in June to see Jeff and Josh in the pre-show at our Shakespeare In The Park festival.And so we're off on another twelve month spin. I've got lots of new material to start the year. Yesterday the polar bears had their annual water skiing outing in the frigid Mississippi. While hanging around the river, I found some interesting new graffiti on the flood wall. I've got a series from a Christmas Eve afternoon walkabout in The Grove, the funky neighborhood where my daughter lives. So Happy New Year. Ha! Ha! 
