'The Great Unravel' Lyrics Posted

In a further effort to help users of our software unravel their own parts of the cosmos, 'The Great Unravel' lyrics are now posted on the "Song Lyrics" page.

Hillbilly-Pirate Ball 2008

Thanks to everyone who made our 3rd annual Hillbilly-Pirate Ball such a smash. Plans are in the works to make '09 even more Slambovian!

Show review on JamBase

10-19-08 :: Beachland Ballroom Tavern :: Cleveland, OH

from Jambase:
"What happens when you mix Pink Floyd with Basement Tapes-era Bob Dylan and The Band and vocals that sound like Neil Diamond? You get Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, the Hudson River Valley's best kept secret." [read more...]

Richard Wright - RIP

July 28, 1943 - September 15, 2008

The Circus in The UK

Many thanks to our new UK fans for the warm reception at the Rhythm Festival last weekend. It was a treat and an honor to play for you all and we're working on returning as soon as we can, and staying a bit longer than 3 days next time! Cheers!

"Great Unravel" Distribution at Select Stores in U.S.

Paste Magazine has recommended 'THE GREAT UNRAVEL' in their August issue and is providing distribution at select stores in the continental U.S.

Follow link to find a store near you!!!
www.pastemagazine.com/recommends
(choose 'View Past Picks - August 2008')

Free Song Download

Download "Naniwan" for free on our myspace page... click here

The Circus is offering free downloads of "Naniwan" to help celebrate both the 08-08-08 international release of The Great Unravel & the beginning of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This song was recorded in 1993 after members of The Circus played in one of the first western groups (The Ancestors) allowed in to China after the cultural revolution.

The Great Unravel Now At CD Baby

Now Available - click here

Audio Interview Online

An interview Joziah did with Michael Gaither last year at the Strawberry Music Festival in Yosemite, CA can now be heard online here...

Radio-Free Slambovia Updated

The recent WMNF (Tampa) appearance from May is now archived on Radio-Free Slambovia. Includes live versions of "Scarecrow / Syd", "Buddha", "Catch the Wind", and "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

New YouTube Videos

"Knockin' on Heaven's Door", with Professor Louie & Miss Marie of The Crowmatix, at the Dylan Festival, May 24th, Warwick, NY



"Desire" from "The Great Unravel" show in Irvington NY, April 26th.



"Pushin' Up Daisies" also from "The Great Unravel" show in Irvington, NY.



"Tink" from Bradenton, Fl, February 22nd



""Her Own World" from Skippers, Tampa, Fl, May 16th



Many thanks to lnsk and alankfan!

Radio-Free Slambovia Update

Radio-Free Slambovia has been updated with some great bootlegs:

Falcon Ridge 2007 - Workshop Stage set with The Dust Poets

World Cafe Live 2006 - New Years Eve Eve Mummers Medley


Also added is our recent WFUV appearance, plus preview tracks from the forthcoming "The Great Unravel."

Radio-Free Slambovia

Falcon Ridge YouTube

A great Circus night in the Falcon Ridge 2007 Dance tent...

Live on WFUV - NY ~ 4/20

This Sunday morning (4/20) tune in to WFUV between 8-11am for an interview/concert with The Circus on John Platt's "Sunday Breakfast" show. We'll be performing live in the studio and playing new album cuts from "The Great Unravel". (might air at the 10 o'clock hour)
[now archived on Radio-Free Slambovia...]

National Anthem on YouTube

From our recent concert & National Anthem performance at the Tampa Bay Lightning game on February 23rd 2008.

The Great Unravel

coming August 5th...

Unravelling our understanding of cosmic structure, surveying its impact on astronomy, cosmology, and physics, we look ahead by outlining the challenges faced as we prepare to play the cosmic web at new wavelengths. To help meet these challenges, we have developed "The Great Unravel", a parallel, interactive analysis tool for point-like data such as particles in an N-body simulation or object catalogs from a sky survey. The user runs a musical client application on their brain, which communicates with the server running on a parallel machine. The client controls the display of the simulation, which is rendered by the server. The client can then enter high level code that is executed on the server, implementing new synaptic functionality and providing galactic control.

Preview songs at MySpace
and on Radio-Free Slambovia

Willie P. Bennett - RIP

October 26, 1951 - February 15, 2008

Ancient Murphy at CD Baby

Ancient Murphy -
Greatest Hits Of The 20th Century Vol. 1

Now available at CD Baby.com

For die-hard Circus fans only! A collection of rare gems recorded between 1988 -1994 by Joziah, Tink and Sharkey's pre-Circus band "The Ancestors." 15 tracks including the original studio recordings of "Syd", "End of the World" and "Just Like Me"

For audio samples or to purchase, click here...

UK Album Review

Maverick Magazine
May, 2007 - KENT, UK

'Flapjacks From The Sky' Album Review
High Noon SR0003 **** (4 stars)


"Mightily impressive and hugely original double-disc travel through the hinterlands of Americana with a camper van full of hitchers bearing signs to folk, psychedelia, country, space-pop, blues and roots forsooth, 'tis truly an epic soundtrack'"... [read more...]

Hillbilly-Pirate Ball 2007

Thanks to you brave souls who traveled from far and wide to "The
Grand Slambovian Hillbilly-Pirate Ball" in Jim Thorpe, PA last
weekend. It was a great success (according to the feedback we've been getting), the Opera House was a great venue to play in, people's costumes were exceptional, and the town was appropriately spooky enough for our tastes...
It may be a 2-day event next year, our own 'Spooks on the River'
Festival!

(Special Note: *Our 'Pirate Portrait' photographer took pictures of
the event and participants. A link to 'The Gallery' will be up in a
few days for viewing, and portraits will be available to order at
that time.*) [link here...]

Thanks again, especially to those who came early to help so we
could focus on putting on a decent show for everyone (you know who you are)!