FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RODERICK RUSSELL, SWORD SWALLOWER
Charles Wood Theater
Glens Falls, NY
August 17th, 2009

TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE:
Wood Tickets (Roderick Russell, Sword Swallower)

Roderick Russell brings unusual entertainment to upstate New York.

One of only 50 living sword swallowers in the entire world, Roderick Russell has been described as strangely sophisticated, successfully blending suggestion and psychology with his own personal mind-over-body techniques to present a show that bravely pushes the limits of the possible - both physically and mentally.

Presenting the most dangerous and bizarre feats with wit, charm and style, Roderick also deftly navigates deep into the minds of the audience to create the most personal and profound type of theater experience. Call him a sword swallower. Call him a mind reader. ABC News calls him a “rare find.”

Absolutely thrilled that Charles Platt posted two cryonics-related items to Boing Boing during his stint as guest blogger (haven’t seen Mr. Platt since that dark, secret meeting of death aficionados in Las Vegas back back in ‘97 - what a strange and delightful time that was). Disappointed, though, that discussion of it amongst the Boing Boing crowd has been characterized by “ill-informed knee jerk reactions and negativity” - as one reader commented. Definitely not, as another reader mentioned, the same crowd as the original Boing Boing print ‘zine, the early years of Wired, Mondo 2000 or Extropy.

Alcor Foundation, the larger of two companies that maintain people in cryopreservation, stores cryopreserved bodies, heads, and pets in beautifully made stainless-steel cylinders known as dewars. These are vacuum-insulated (like giant thermos flasks) to minimize the boiloff of liquid nitrogen. …

Link to full Boing Boing article…

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