![]() His face is silvered and seems like he could be a cousin to the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. Although Rabbit exhibits a more mechanical nature, the Spine looks more like a robot. A baritone, the Spine speaks as though he has just won the Wink Martindale award for sounding most like a 1950s disk jockey. Playing the bass and the guitar is the Spine, the alter ego of David Michael Bennett (and identical twin brother of Bunny Bennett). Performed by Christopher (Bunny) Bennett, Rabbit’s arms swing about mechanically. ![]() The most animated of the trio is Rabbit, whose black top hat is accented by a set of steampunk goggles. The trio of robots (or bots as they are sometimes called) is backed by a drummer and a multi-instrumentalist who jumps from keyboards to guitar to banjo. ![]() With a hint of the original disco backbeat that drove the Bee Gees’ hit of the seventies, the trio of performers kicks off their first musical set of the afternoon with the song “Tragedy,” their silky smooth harmonies softening the driving sound of the Bee Gees’ original take on the tune. As they sing and play their guitars and mandolins, the effect is what you might expect had CP30 become a circus clown. For those of you who have been living in Paraguay or otherwise been out of the loop for the last 25 years, steampunk is a genre of art, dress, and expression that combines Victorian and nineteenth century industrialism with elements of science fiction, futurism, and mid-twentieth century noir.ĭressed in all black with red accents and extraordinary makeup, Steam Powered Giraffe portray themselves as robots. Next to the Joan Embry stage is the steampunk mime and music troupe that has been making quite a splash in southern California and the rest of the country: Steam Powered Giraffe. A quartet plays 1950s surf music, while a front man in the garb and matching accent of a nineteenth century upperclass British explorer/academic - picture a mix of Phileas Fogg, Doctor Doolittle, and David Livingston - conducts a children’s hula-hoop contest.Īfter the hulas and a few “elementary, Dear Watsons,” a dancer takes to the Joan Embry’s Front Street Stage and wows the crowd with his dance mash up called Dancing Through the Decades, which features everything from the Chicken Dance to “I Like Big Butts and I Cannot Lie.” ![]() To the north of the entrance is an ensemble offering a musical extravaganza with a real kink-in-time theme. People stroll, perhaps not as gracefully as the pink flamingos that greet visitors at the entrance, but not much faster than them either. It’s a warm summer’s day at the San Diego Zoo. ![]()
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