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900 New Posts Free!

The bad news — my hard drive died so I won’t be churning out a few thousand new daily words for a couple of days. The good news? I’ve just opened up to the public over 900 additional posts that were previously available only to my paid subscribers. It’s basically a curated trove of clips, from TV variety shows, old Vitaphones, old time radio, old phonograph records, assorted vintage movies and tv, and especially silent movies (the latter aspect makes it a perfect companion to my upcoming Chain of Fools audiobook.) With commentary by me. There’s also some of my original podcast programs and other goodies. I’ve opened it up through the end of last year. Subscribers still receive new exclusive content! So please join to receive that! I’m beefing it up very soon with original media programming. To whet your appetite — the aforementioned treasure trove is at Patreon.com/travsd

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Writer and performer Trav S.D. (www.travsd.com) is best known for his books "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (2005) and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube" (2013). He has written for the NY Times, the Village Voice, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Reason, the Villager and numerous other publications. Trav has been in the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers. He has directed his own plays, revues and solo pieces at such venues as Joe’s Pub, La Mama, HERE, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, the Brick, and 6 separate shows in the NY International Fringe Festival. In 2014 he produced and directed the smash-hit "I’ll Say She Is", the first ever revival of the Marx Brothers hit 1924 Broadway show in the NY International Fringe Festival.