With the nano-moment of free time, I have updated the photos section of the website!  I included the new amazing photos from Joshua Beard!  Have a look-see, why don’t you?

I just finished the flickr widget for my photo gallery!

I also updated/embeded several videos from my youtube site here on the media page.

there is still tons left to do, but don’t you just love the forward progress? now you can look at stuff while I update more content!

Mab sez...

Wow! it only took a little over 10 years, but I finally picked up mabjustmab.com! welcome!

This new website format is much easier to update, and, well to be quite frank, looks a heck of a lot cooler than my old site. and it comes with all these whistles and bells!!!

not the least of which is my new mailing list! sign up and receive monthly newsletters talking about upcoming shows (mine as well as a few other local gems), news, reviews and more!

There is also an RSS feed (if you are into that kind of thing…I’m not judging…).

And you can even create a user acct here, and post comments!

I’m going to be making an “Ask Mab!” page where you can post questions. In the meantime, if you don’t want to wait for the page, feel free to email me any questions, comments, funny anecdotes or pay pal money.

If you are linked to my old website (jaladrum.org), be sure to update your webpages!

I look forward to a long and beautiful future here at MabJustMab.com

Mab Just Mab
Originally uploaded by j6 photo.

the mood in this town is just the scene in The Wiz where Dorothy drowns the wicked witch and all the winkies start stripping and dancing. “Can you, Feel the, Brand new day!”

Obama Wonderama was complete joy! everyone was so freaking happy! the collective happiness! I was honored to be a part of such a fantastic show. this is a time that I will tell ~everyone’s~ grandchildren about!

I know I’ve already gone on about the talent for the show, but the caliber of acts! through the roof! from what I saw through the curtains, everyone backstage was hooting, laughing, and whistling.

I modified 2 of my acts, rewrote them specially for that show. “When I think of the past 8 years, I feel that one particular sideshow feat best sums them up….The Blockhead.”

and

re-working my straitjacket escape: (referring to the earlier setup: jacket and chains represent the mess that Obama is starting out with) “I will now attempt to escape from this metaphore in less than 4, or god-willing, 8, years.”

as an added bonus(for me), I finally met Dr. Lukki and Clams Casino, 2 superlative NYC burlesque artists. Fabulous ladies. what can I say? see them. every chance you get!

and the audience. everyone was hugging everyone, friends and strangers alike. everyone was smiling. everyone was talking about how optimistic they are.  everyone talking about how proud they are to be Americans.

in a time of recession/depression/economic hard times, I have never seen so many happy faces. to be honest, that should say volumes right there.

oh!  and while I was backstage, a woman getting footage for Voice of America interviewed me.  she asked me about how I felt about being an artist right here, and right now.  I talked about how people will always find a nickle to spend in hard times.  the arts are often viewed as luxury items.  but the unspoken truth is that we (artists) are the creators of dreams that help keep hope alive for people living in hard times.  I have no idea if she will use any of the footage (or what I will sound like translated into any one of the 47 languages they broadcast in).  still, every word I said was truth.

“can you, feel the, brand new day?”

hope.

are you ready for 2009?

Time to gird your loins, because this first month is going to be fantastic!

January 10th – Mezmer Society, Paolo Garbanzo, Mab Just Mab, and more – Richmond VA
January 11th – Mezmer Society, Paolo Garbanzo, Mab Just Mab, and Mavi @ the Palace of Wonders
January 16th – Cheeky Monkey Sidesho Inauguration Freakathon @ the Palace of Wonders
January 18th – OBAMA WONDERAMA featuring a STAR STUDDED cast! @ the Warehouse Theatre DC

you want details? check em out!

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January 10th
Art 6:
6 East Broad St.
Richmond VA 23219
804-343-1406

Come out for a truly exciting and eclectic show featuring bellydance and more!
The show’s special guest is Onca O’leary and the Mezmer Society www.barakamundi.com from North Carolina.

There is also a mind-blowing line-up of Bellydance and Sideshow talent from DC, Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Charlottesville.

Tribal fusion, cabaret, ATS, gypsy fusion, sideshow entertainment, and more! There will also be vending by several of our wonderful performers.

The show will be held at Art 6: 6 East Broad, Richmond, VA. Doors open at 7, show starts at 7:30.

MC Mab, Just Mab – DC
Mezmer Society – Ruckus Balkan Music and Dance – NC
Asharah – DC
Romka – DC
Nadia -VA
Fluer De Ebones – VA
Fire in the Belly – VA
Shimmy Mischief – VA

with special guest Paolo Garbanzo – Jester of England!

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

for advance ticket sales, contact joharadance@hotmail.com or 804-307-8814

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January 11, 2009

The Mezmer Society & Friends are bringing the Luscious Cabaret & Balkan Ruckus to the Palace of Wonders. That means brilliant accordion, sultry dance mayhem & inebriate genius. Mavi embodies the darker side of bellydance, & Mab Just Mab, DC’s Own Sideshow Girl, simultaneously shocks & stuns. And our special guest, Paolo Garbanzo, the Official Jester of England, is on hand to defy Death & Darwinism with daring feats of dexterity. Bring your friends to dazzle them, & your enemies, because, well, anything can happen when there are five knives in the air…

www.PalaceofWonders.com
Doors 8pm
$10
1210 H St, NE WDC 20002

www.myspace.com/themezmersociety — see and hear the wonder!
www.garbanzojuggling.com — Paolo Garbanzo!
www.jaladrum.org – DC’s own sideshow girl
www.mavibellydance.com — Mavi

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January 16th

~CHEEKY MONKEY SIDESHOW’s Inauguration Freakathon~
Price: $10.00
@ the Palace of Wonders!

The Presidentail Inauguration is coming up and DC is gonna be a circus.

And what does every good circus need? A SIDESHOW!

Cheeky Monkey Sideshow will be there to provide the finest in variety entertainment–

From New York City, CHRIS McDANIEL, the One Man Wild West Show!
“With his genial introductions and rope and gun tricks Chris McDaniel is a crowd-pleasing scene-stealer.”
~THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

From Coney Island, the Burlesque Confection, MISS CHERRY DELIGHT!
“One of the funniest burlesque performers out there!”
~Scott Baker, Sideshows by the Seashore

And, of course, the sideshow comedy, magic, and freakery that you’ve come to love from Cheeky Monkey Sideshow!

So, don’t miss out on the show the City Paper called, “Beautiful and bizarre” and the Washington Post called, “Unusually good.”

And don’t forget, wear your CMSS button for discount admission!

Cheeky Monkey Sideshow~
You’ll be Amazed. You’ll be Amused. You’ll be Just a Little Freaked Out.

Friday, January 16th
Palace of Wonders
1210 H St, NE
Washington, DC

Show starts at 10pm
$10 at the door

palaceofwonders.com
cheekymonkeysideshow.com

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Sunday, January 18, 2009
SAVE THE DATE for an Amazing Inauguration Celebration – Vaudeville style!

OBAMA WONDERAMA!!!

The Warehouse Theatre
1021 7th St., NW, WDC
8 p.m. – 2 a.m.

$25 in advance / $30 at the door

Join us for a Burlesque and Sideshow Inauguration Celebration!!

Featuring Three Sets of Extraordinary Entertainers from DC and NYC! Enjoy drink specials, DJ sets and art galleries between performances!

Featuring a STAR STUDDED CAST! some of the BEST Bulesque and Sideshow performers in the nation!

Ava After Dark,
Bella Donna,
Candy Del Rio,
Clams Casino from NYC,
Dr. Lucky from NYC,
Dulce de Leche from NYC,
Gary Gutter,
L’il Dutch,
Mab Just Mab,
Malibu,
Miss Joule,
DJ P-Vo,
ShortStaxx,
Sugar Ann Spice
and
Swami Yomahmi.

More details and ticket information coming soon!! You DO NOT want to miss this!!!!!

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Well, October and November were incredibly busy months for me! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the shows, and a very special thanks to the lovely ladies of Zafira and the rest of the Pittsburgh crew for having me out to see you! Vaudeville Carnival 3 was a smashing good time! I met some many wonderful folks, folks that I want to lure down DC ways.

December is a month of rest for me. It’s typically filled with spending time with friends and family. Still, if you are interested in having me performing or MC a show, feel free to drop me a line. I think I have one weekend open

January is starting to book, as well as a few dates in February. After this post, I will be updating my calendar.

ps. how do you like the new (still under massive construction) website?

Comments Welcome!

stay tuned for more updates!