Esotouric

Erik Davis is a San Francisco-based writer, culture critic, and independent scholar. He is the author of "TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information, as well as a short critical volume on "Led Zeppelin IV." In addition to his regular column in Arthur Magazine, Davis contributes to scores of other magazines and his essays have been included in over a dozen books. He won a Maggie award for his "San Francisco Magazine" profile of the Internet entrepreneur and UFO contactee Joe Firmage, while "The New Yorker" has recognized his expertise in the works of the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. He lectures frequently on topics ranging from electronic music to the evolution of consciousness. Erik hosts the occasional Visionary Hollywood tour.

Crime novelist and memoirist James Ellroy hosts occasional James Ellroy Digs L.A. tours, a highly personal journey into the psycho-geography of the region that made him, and that informs such best selling books as "L.A. Confidential," "The Black Dahlia" and "My Dark Places." These tours are enormously popular and sell out upon listing. If you want to be on the next one, we suggest you subscribe to our email list.

Crimebo is Esotouric's crime clown, a master of the inappropriate remark, a maker of headless balloon animals, a wearer of mismatched plaid patterns and caretaker of "Crimebo's Big Book of Horrible Crimes," from which he shares the most hideous occurrences of this or any year. Crimebo can be found on occasional Crime Bus tours like Halloween Horrors and Pasadena Confidential, and is available for private bookings for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, anniversaries and wakes (he even does telephone greetings). Under the greasepaint and manic grin is Michael Perrick, a voice and theatrical actor, event promoter and graphic artist.

Let Crimebo make your special day a little more upsetting with one of his personalized presentations. Want to know what terrible things happened on your birthday or anniversary? The clown knows all, and can't wait to share.

Crimebo offers two tiers of performance:
1) Personalized, with special details of the crimes and horrible happenings that took place on the date of your choice. ($250 in person for local LA appearances, $100 US phone call)
2) Generalized, with a more generic creepy clown performance. ($200 in person for local LA appearances, $50 US phone call)

Travel is also available.

Interested? Contact us with any questions, or to ask if your desired date and time are available.

Gene Sculatti is a writer, editor and music-business veteran whose work has appeared in USA Today, Rolling Stone, Creem and the Los Angeles Times. His positions have included Editorial Director of Warner Bros. Records and Director of Special Issues for Billboard magazine. His books include The Catalog of Cool, "Too Cool," "San Francisco Nights: The Psychedelic Music Trip" and The "100 Best Selling Albums of the 60s." With Kim Cooper, he co-hosts Where The Action Was, Esotouric's rock and roll history tour.