If you’ve longed to wasted in Parma in the presence of a megalomaniac with presidential aspirations but are always busy when Kucinich is in town, tonight’s your lucky night. Jonathan “The Impaler” Sharkey, the devout “sanguinary vampyre” and bona fide strangie, performs his campaign songs at 7 tonight inside Hotties Bar at 7460 Ridge Road in Parma.
Last month, the New Jersey-born Sharkey announced that he was running for president on the Vampires, Witches, and Pagans Party ticket that he founded in 2005. In its filings to the U.S. Federal Election Committee, the party advocates protection of religious beliefs and the political advancement of any American who IDs himself as a vampire, witch, pagan, demon, Satanist, or Wiccan. It claims it has members in the U.K., Ireland, Brazil, and Italy.
This article appears in Feb 6-12, 2008.