Insane Clown Posse @ Novo 2026-04-18 "review"

 Opening act was Juggalo Championship Wrestling! It was terrible and all I really remember was when they introduced "From Seattle The Home Of Grunge It's Stevenflow" Definitely seen worse openers though.

Then when they removed the ring the MC played a game of Simon Says to regulate the rush to the barricade. I did the thing I rarely do actually took my phone out to film when he said "DON'T CRUSH" because if they crushed I wanted to get it. Now I can't import to my computer off my 12 year old Samsung that still texts and talks just fine and it's almost full. 

47 minutes from lights out til they walked off stage during Pass Me By Faygo finale! 

Violent J did not look good and no amount of make up could cover that up.

As usual, love the fans tho afterwards some woman was telling how her friend got gatekeeped and spit on by some dude who said she wasn't a "real Juggalo" which is bullshit. I remember Shaggy at Pershing Square saying if you are looking out the window at the show you are now a Juggalo. I had no clue what they were really all about til I was gathering Woodstock 99 footage for my friend who was there and their set might be one of the best ever, and certainly the best of that show at least until I can find the John Entwistle set. It was kinda funny because I just moved into this place and my roommate overheard it he was getting kind of weird like who the hell did I let move in.

I still panhandled a freebie which felt kind of weird compared to the other shows. I did offer the dude my plus one to Electric Callboy and he said that would be cool and walked off. 

Did a walk by on the Rozz Williams movie and Gwar first. I asked a few people near the super sold out Gwar show but not where people with tickets might be. And it sounded like it already started. And I was wearing a clean shirt. 4th stop would have been My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult but there were 4 opening acts, starting at 6:45 and I just can't do that. At least I could sit down at Novo while waiting til 11:40 for ICP to go on. They should have combined all 3 shows into a mini-gathering.

In front of me I noticed 4 Koreans and I was excitedly texting my friends "KOREAN JUGGALETTES IN THE HOUSE" and my friend asked me to send pics and then I realized one was maybe 12-14 and the other was 10 and the other 2 without make up were probably older brother / sister and they weren't really into it but the 10 year old with full clown makeup was flipping the fuck out. Now I feel like an inadequate uncle because when my 10 year old niece visited and I took her to her first concert (Devo / The B-52's / Lene Lovich) she told me her favorite band was Insane Clown Posse and I was thinking I couldn't handle taking her to something like that.

Got a few swigs off a Faygo bottle that got launched into the balcony. Used to be a rainbow of flavors but now it's all diet. A picture of me at the Juggalo Weekend 2020 with a Faygo bottle and the rare real smile (along with a pic of me cuddling with my cat) lit the flame on my 20 year crush. Juggalo magic + Cat magic = $250 Lyft ride to Palm Springs. 

Only 4:45 of sleep and I am supposed to go to an all day thing and not sure if I can now. And I even warned my cat not to wake me up. Sometimes he will walk in howling his head off to get brushed which I have to do like 3x a day minimum. He didn't and I woke up anyway. 

If it sounds like I am so blase and uninvested in the shows I go to it's because as I like to remind myself to keep the negative thought loops in check I saw David Bowie 14 times and the original Hanoi Rocks once. Like WTF do I need to be stressing for.