| Waltzing Matilda (also known as Jessica Wilber; formerly known as Jessica Disobedience, Jessica Whiskey, Edna Million, and Reverend Jess Duggan) is constantly restless. She's run away with the circus six or seven times - her mom was a mime and there are several clowns in her family, so she guesses she was born with greasepaint in her blood. She is a storyteller, a musician, a clown, a burlesque dancer, and a sideshow performer. She is a former punk rocker who raised herself on a steady diet of strong liquor and Tom Waits. She writes stories and songs about travel, heartbreak, ghosts, drinking, trains, the circus, and murder, among other things. Her writing has appeared in many publications, including Word Riot, Razorcake, the Zine Yearbook, the Peninsula Pulse, and the Shepherd Express – not to mention her own zines, Safety Pin Girl (c. 1997-2004), and Sad and Beautiful World (c. 2004-present). She has performed spoken word, music, sideshow, and burlesque in a variety of groups and events, including – the Perpetual Motion Roadshow, Girlie Q Burlesque (Chicago), Steel Bridge Song Fest (Sturgeon Bay), Carnivolution (Philadelphia), FILF (Cleveland), and Carnivale (Oshkosh). She'd sell yer heart to the junkman, baby, for a buck - but if you buy her a drink or make her a pallet on your floor, she'll likely be your best friend. You can listen to her songs at One Beer Prophet or find all her information and ephemera at Sadandbeautifulworld.net. |
