“PT Barnan meets John Waters with women Sumo wrestling and Mexican transvestite wrestling… It’s thrills, chills and doctor pills, a ticket’s good for a seat but you will only use the edge, it’s high flying bone-jarring excitement, not since Christians were fed to the lions has there been a show this dangerous.” Jim Rose, Dublin 1999
In July 1999 Jim Rose performed in Dublin's Vicar Street with his Secrets of the Strange tour. I spent an afternoon in Vicar Street as local performers auditioned for the show. In this feature I chat to Rose and a 19 year old Dubliner hoping to become part of Rose's touring troupe. The young Dubliner was Preacher Muad'dib, now an internationally successful fire breathing specialist with several Guinness World Records under his belt. In the feature he talks about his aspirations of touring with his hero, let's just say, it all worked out for the guy. He and Jim Rose now refer to each other as 'my hero' and they're both continued to tour even working together opening for Alice Cooper.
