Shopping for Freaks

Are you a freak? Normally that is a rude question but if you are a freak and you know you are and admit it; there is a store for you. If you are a real freak you already know about it but if you are a closet freak you might not know about Obscura. Obscura is a shop in the East Village of Manhattan and has its own TV show called "Oddities" on the Science Channel.
Do you need a mummified something or other or maybe a demonic whatnot? Mike Zohn and Evan Michelson might be able to help you out. Maybe you have an evil clown or maybe a two headed pig you would like to get rid of; they might just take it off you hands. So you need to get yourself down to 207 Ave. A in the East Village and check this joint out. If for some reason you don't find yourself below 13th St in Manhattan very often you can check out their show on TV.
The television show itself is a total laugh riot and filled with freaks and kooks who so know how freaky and kooky they are. many of the people appearing on the show are performers and side show freaks. The staff of Obscura obviously love them and cultivate a coterie of kooks. The shop is a hot spot of the off beat and it sells things no one needs but they want. I guess someone might need the things they sell but that is a special kind of shopper.
The show is a lot of fun to watch and is presented in a tongue in cheek manner that it not at all insulting to the people they encounter but it rather regals their clientele. The people who come onto the show know stuff you probably don't know and make you want to hear what they have to say. Some of their customers are off putting but when you listen to them they really shine. There is a very Punk Rock esthetic to the place, staff and clientele.
So get your freaky ass self down to the East Village and check them out or watch the show on The Science Channel.