tow.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The November meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Canon 5D Mark II with Jim Rose Jim Rose from Canon U.S.A. has received his sample EOS 5D Mark II and will answer any [...]
Houstonist (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Ladies and Gentlemen! Inside this post you will find the most vile, the most fascinating, the most interesting and unusual acts from around the world! And thanks to a generous friend of Houstonist, you have a chance to see them all for free. The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow will perform at Warehouse Live Thursday night. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show is 21 and over. The Sideshow first gained...
tow.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
At last night’s COBA meeting, Jim Rose brought with him a production Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the hotly anticipated replacement for the original 5D. I was very interested in seeing the high ISO noise characteristics of the new camera, and it did not disappoint. Jim asked that I not upload any photos that I [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
A government inquiry into the primary school curriculum is scheduled to publish its interim report this month. Sir Jim Rose, the former schools inspector who is heading the inquiry, has already indicated to MPs that he would like to see the use of more specialist teachers in the final years of primary schooling. He has argued that the success achieved by specialist music and PE staff in improving...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
Freak ShowMemoirs of a Sword Swallower by Daniel P. MannixCircus of the Scars by Jan T. Gregor with Tim CridlandFreak Like Me: Inside the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow by Jim RoseFreaks: We Who Are Not As Others by Daniel P. MannixFreak Show: Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit by Robert BogdanInside Teradome: An Illustrated History of Freak Film by Jack HunterLobster Boy by...
Matt J. Duffy (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
I'm seriously considering seeing " The Most Interesting Show in the World " Thursday night at The Loft in Atlanta. It's a variety act put together by Jim Rose, the guy who organized the sideshows at Lollapalooza. As a waiter in Jackson, Miss., circa 1997, I remember being told about how crazy those shows were. I think I need to take advantage of my opportunity to correct a mistake from my youth....
Austinist (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Melody Sweets by Brian Zak The Most Interesting Show in the World Friday in Dallas / Saturday in San Antonio [ info ] In the early nineties, edgy eccentric Jim Rose unleashed his Jim Rose Circus , traveling around with a modern day freak show of curiously talented performers. More recently, Rose has been tapped to host a variation on that theme as part of Dos Equis’ latest advertising...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Primary schools spend too much time preparing for testing, Sir Jim Rose tells Commons
