{"id":184,"date":"2006-11-14T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docwiggly.wordpress.com\/2006\/11\/14\/corporate-circus-show-review\/"},"modified":"2006-11-14T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T07:39:00","slug":"corporate-circus-show-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2006\/11\/14\/corporate-circus-show-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Circus show review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corporate Circus @ Dream Street, San Diego \u2013 11\/3\/06<\/p>\n

review and cellphone pic by James Sims
\n[kissing girl gif courtesy of the Corporate Circus myspace. ~Ed.]<\/p>\n

Midway through a song in a set that, had I been slightly later, I would have arrived half-way through, bass player Todd stops to answer his cell phone while the rest of Corporate Circus continues to play. Suddenly I\u2019m thinking: this is new-age punk rock at its finest. By the end of the show I was convinced that they may be the best thing to come out of Warsaw, Indiana since\u2026well\u2026ever.<\/p>\n

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When I arrived at Dream Street in Ocean Beach last Friday, there was scarcely what could be defined as a \u201ccrowd\u201d at the venue, including the four members of the band. I pounded a Jack & Coke and wondered: am I in the right place? While the bass player was having an on-stage phone conversation, the rest of the band was obviously shit-faced and slaphappy and the spectators looked like a flashback to my sophomore year of high school at the skate park punk shows. Needless to say it was not the greatest of first impressions.<\/p>\n

But then something strange happened. I realized that the band, even after having bent a few elbows already, hadn\u2019t missed a single note; not even when the low-end dropped out momentarily did the set\u2019s foundation crumble. And the fans, the venue, the objects of my nostalgic contempt, were all in fact\u2014Jesus Christ\u2014disturbingly reminiscent of some of the greatest punk shows I remember ever having seen in my youth.<\/p>\n

Corporate Circus is an eclectic mix that the members themselves describe as \u201cneo-pop-punk\u201d or \u201cnew-millennium punk-rock.\u201d With song titles like \u201cCan We Leave Now,\u201d and \u201cAlcoholic,\u201d they are reminiscent of early Green Day (but in fact I had to wrestle that concession from them\u2014meanwhile they cite their biggest musical influence as some unknown band called \u201cMarijuana\u201d). They are very right in likening themselves to \u201cthe afterbirth leftovers\u201d of the neo-punk movement, but in fact they are far from derivative.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Corbin Arnett (lead guitar) after the show, I learned that not only have they been jamming since 1995, they\u2019ve also played several distinguished venues, released several albums, and have been recognized as one of the \u201cbest unsigned bands\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n

The following is taken from their website on MySpace:<\/p>\n

\t\t\u201cCorporate Circus has released two full length albums, appeared on seven compilations, and toured the East Coast of United States, along with performances on the Vans Warped Tour, Summerfest in Milwaukee, Midwest Music Summit in Indianapolis and International Pop Overthrow in Chicago and Los Angeles. Corporate Circus recently recorded with noted producer\/engineer Clif Norrell (No Doubt, Rollins Band, Weezer) in Ocean Studios in Burbank, California.\u201d<\/p>\n

In their own words, \u201c\u2026they\u2019re pretty much what Willis was talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check them out at their next show on November 24th @ Dreamstreet in Ocean Beach, at 10 PM, and be sure to get their latest album, \u201cMusic For The Hearing Impaired\u201d (self-released) which is available through their website: www.myspace.com\/corporatecircus.<\/p>\n

Corporate Circus is:
\nRyan Bettinger\u2014Vocals & Guitar
\nCorbin Arnett\u2014Vocals & Guitar
\nRyan Hively\u2014Drums
\nTodd Christenson\u2014Vocals & Bass<\/p>\n

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Corporate Circus @ Dream Street, San Diego \u2013 11\/3\/06 review and cellphone pic by James Sims [kissing girl gif courtesy of the Corporate Circus myspace. ~Ed.] Midway through a song in a set that, had I been slightly later, I would have arrived half-way through, bass player Todd stops to answer his cell phone while the rest of Corporate Circus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-corporate-circus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2009\/04\/25\/message\/","url_meta":{"origin":184,"position":0},"title":"message","author":"admin","date":"April 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"talent searchJim Rose SideshowPLEASE...no agentsFrom:jim rose assist.myspace.com\/toohotforfizzleTo:* Reviewer MagazineDate:Apr 24, 2009 5:41 PMSubject:bands ,performers and wrestlers and fansBody:jim rose circus vs. jake the snake roberts..the legends collide U.S tour... starts july 1st...we are proud to say that the biggest agency in the world.(WILLIAM MORRIS) will be booking this tour... if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "archive"","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":630,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2009\/04\/25\/message-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":184,"position":1},"title":"message","author":"admin","date":"April 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"talent searchJim Rose SideshowPLEASE...no agentsFrom:jim rose assist.myspace.com\/toohotforfizzleTo:* Reviewer MagazineDate:Apr 24, 2009 5:41 PMSubject:bands ,performers and wrestlers and fansBody:jim rose circus vs. jake the snake roberts..the legends collide U.S tour... starts july 1st...we are proud to say that the biggest agency in the world.(WILLIAM MORRIS) will be booking this tour... if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "archive"","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8159,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/03\/05\/your-chance-to-runaway-and-join-the-circus-is-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":184,"position":2},"title":"Your Chance to Run Away and Join the Circus IS NOW.","author":"katherine","date":"March 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Under The Big TopTweet Posted by Katherine Sweetman LAST NIGHT was the last night to see Circus Vargas at the Mission Bay location, but don't fret because THURSDAY MARCH 7th they open in El Cajon for a 5 night run (March 7th-11th). 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