Extra, Extra, read all about it, ROX-TV is getting ready to invade Arizona to cover the Juggalo Weekend, going down at the famous Rialto Theatre in Tucson.
Welcome back to the ROX-TV website. As many of you may know, the Juggalo Weekend extravaganza is fast approaching. We are now days away from what is sure to be one hell of an event. The Clowns are coming to town with a concept show that will surely blow your mind. Two days of the Dark Carnival are set to kick off on February 18th in Tucson Arizona at the famous Rialto Theatre. Friday’s show “Big Hair Hard Rock Heavy Metal Head Bang” will be a sight to see. Obviously, the name speaks for itself and the word on the street (and on the flyer) is that attendees who show up to the gig dressed as an “80’s Headbanger” will receive a special single on cassette or cd to commemorate the outrageous occasion.
The Insane Clown Posse will be backed that night by the 80’s Heavy Metal Band “The Bitchin Wild Bucks”. The doors are set to open at 7pm and the thunder rock of the ages will commence at 8pm. I’m only guessing here, but this is probably the party your momma warned you about (Thank you 3 Dog Night). I was kicking around back in the 1980’s and I can say that Jean Jackets and holes in the knees were king.
Dudes running around with Megadeath bandanas, smoking cigarettes in the parking lot of the school, it was a real live time. And yes, those cats did chase me once in a while. Head Bangers ball was on late night MTV and big hair with leather reigned supreme. Shit, the neighborhood asshole would be cruising around in a Trans AM, looking to “kick ass and take names”. Oh, the glorious fucking 80’s, and it’s all coming back for one night in Arizona. Juggalo or not, this is a spectacle not to be missed. I can already feel the rock gods waking up from their slumber. ROX-TV will be there, and you can expect the latest “Invasion Series” which started in Denver with the Ouija Macc show at the Roxy Theatre to continue.
If you’ve been following ROX-TV over the last year we also did an “Invasion Series” on the Gathering of the Juggalos 21 in Ohio last August, for those that are so inclined. Maybe you’re a Juggalo or a Juggalette, wanting to look back at the shows you attended and remember. Maybe you’re neither and are just curious about the culture, music, and lifestyle of the world famous Juggalos. Perhaps your just fucking bored and need something to read. Any way you cut that cake, there is something for you, so go read that shit and be entertained. Anyway, back to the fucking raddest news you’ve gotten all week (its almost Monday, so it has to be). The head bangers are coming out for the show on the 1:8th, so get down or get lost dweeb.
I’m gunning for that collectable coin and cassette because I’m not just a Juggalo, I’m also a collector and I need that for the stash. I’ve been saving Insane Clown Posse “stuff” since I was a fan club member in the early 1990’s and there is always room for more. I got shit in the living room, crammed in my library, under the bed…shit the only place in the house that doesn’t have slices of my passion would be the bathroom. Even then, I’m reading a Juggalo book.
I live for this type of shit and my body bares the marks. Most people that know me well have been looking at the Hatchet Man tattoo on my right arm since 1998, the Ringmaster tattoo on my left arm since 1999, and the large Riddle Box in the center of my back for over two decades. People said this wouldn’t last in 1992, 2002, and 2012…but here we are in 2022 and my favorite band lives on. Not only “surviving” but thriving. But you already know all that if you’re down with the scene and if you’re not, you still can’t ignore it.
Critics used to be a dime a dozen, but they faded like a candle in the wind many moons ago. This music and group has endured the ages, in a timeless fashion and I couldn’t be happier. Vindication has finally swept the land…some time ago I might add for good measure. Juggalos ignored the noise and patiently waited for the world to catch up. I’m sure there are still squares bitching in some corner of the country, but I would chalk that up to being secretly angry that no one was into whatever wack shit they tried to get going. I can hear those 96 tears from my front porch in Michigan (Thank you Q and the Mysterians).
But that’s not all, yes there is more. After the smoke clears from all the Camel non-filter cigarettes and the shaggin wagons are gone, the party picks up the very next night and will feature “ICP’s Old School Heat”. I think that the Rialto Theatre and the city of Tucson may never be the same again once the Wicked Clowns have detonated their atomic freshness bomb over the inhabitants. The heat will surely peel the paint off adjoining buildings and give your mom a permanent orange afro (Spies Like Us circa 1985). Like I said before, there “ain’t no party like an ICP party because an ICP party don’t stop”.
There really isn’t much more I can say about this event because it hasn’t happened yet, but you can bet your bottom dollar that when it does kick off this weekend, ROX-TV will be there soaking up the scene like a sponge. You can probably expect a three-part series when I finally get home from Arizona, so be patient…you know it will be worth it. Nothing good ever came easy or quick, so if it takes a few days, fuck it…it does what it does.
Before I part, I encourage people to get out and see a live show. The meek and mild will have a thousand excuses on why they can’t make it and that’s ok. Those people usually never do shit, and the odds are, they never will. The night belongs to people who still have life left in their bodies and a thirst for that human experience. Nothing can replace being somewhere, no matter what anyone says. Come on down and be blessed at the greatest show on earth. It will give you something to tell your kids one day, and if you’re up in the years, fuck it…it gives you something to tell your grandkids someday. This is a family thing and it’s not going anywhere. Go and be accounted among the living and have the time of your life. You only get one ride in this life so let your hair down and have some fun. 27
By the time I get to Arizona…
Signing Off,
Mike Shepard
ROX-TV Head Writer
shepard2909@hotmail.com
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