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Topic: What were you for Halloween ?
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Started by: artpaul
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d love the costumes.
Terri M.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d What a great costume mheitowit !
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d 
--- MarlinsGirl
why not, i think that was a terrific costume.
Terri M.
--- mheitowit
A few years ago, my wife and I went to a party with another couple. We took some large cardboard boxes and painted them similar to a Schilling Spice box. The two husbands wore a only a bra on top, and the box around our waists. We went as the Spice Girls. We painted the names of the Spice Girls onto the boxes. I was Scarey Spice.
No, I will not post the pictures, but the four of us did win 1st place.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, I live in Haul-E-Weird, thus my handle. Joshua Tree is a fur piece from here, but definitely a do-able trek, as long as it's not during freeway "Crush" hours.
In visiting Shari's site and checking out her tribute album, I see one of the contributors is my friend Extremo the Clown, of Portland, Oregon, and I know the Divine Magees as well! What a small world it is, and it would appear, thanks to the Internet, to be getting ever smaller and cozier.
Thanks 4 the heads up Paul.
:-)
--- artpaul
Are you out there in California ?
You might want to visit Shari Elf ?
She has an art place in Joshua Tree,California
Check out her website at www.sharielf.com/news.html
She also has some interesting songs on her CD at :
www.cdbaby.com/cd/sharielf
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Haha! You guys look great. Looks like you guys had lots of fun.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Yes Kyle!!! That's it!!! That's what we want to see!! check it out Jake!
Fire up the Polka music!! Oom-pa-pa Oom-pa-pa
Roll out the barrel! We'll have a barrel of fun....
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Here's the only pic of me of the night:
Underwhelming.
Here's what you REALLY want to see:
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d why not, i think that was a terrific costume.
Terri M.
--- mheitowit
A few years ago, my wife and I went to a party with another couple. We took some large cardboard boxes and painted them similar to a Schilling Spice box. The two husbands wore a only a bra on top, and the box around our waists. We went as the Spice Girls. We painted the names of the Spice Girls onto the boxes. I was Scarey Spice.
No, I will not post the pictures, but the four of us did win 1st place.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Are you out there in California ?
You might want to visit Shari Elf ?
She has an art place in Joshua Tree,California
Check out her website at www.sharielf.com/news.html
She also has some interesting songs on her CD at :
www.cdbaby.com/cd/sharielf
--- Haul-E-Weird
I actually went trick or treating last Sunday. I made a trek down to Costa Mesa (about an hour from Hollyweird early on a weekend morning or three plus hours during the week day "Crush" hour) for the 10th Annual Trick or Treat Festival and Hearse Show. Dr. Demento was the Grand Marshal of the Parade of Hearses. After the automotive procession, he spun three sets of Halloween classics live from the stage, while I randomly treated 50 lucky attendees to free promo copies of the Vampire Surprise single.
I had the chance to speak to the Doctor again, (I first met him at a song pitch three years ago, but he didn't remember me), and thanked him for the inspiration that listening to him all these years provided me in my musique-making (of course I handed him a copy of VS as well).
It was nice meeting new folks; seeing some familiar faces, and most enjoyable of all, seeing the cute kids in their Halloween costumes.
I too was arrayed in some finery that elicited many positive reactions (I told everyone puzzled by my combo of bat wings and strands of garlic, that I was a vampire with a death wish).
It was a great conversation starter, because it never failed to get a chuckle, and served me well to interest folks in Vampire Surprise. I feel that the people I handed promo copies of the song to will listen to it with appreciation, and perhaps even encourage their local radio stations to play it as well.
I enjoyed crossing paths again with David Marcum, Sword Swallower, Ventriloquist and mutual professional acquaintance. (We met first at the now sadly-defunct Empire Amusement Hall, in Hollyweird, former home to my Red Velvet Vaudeville Variety Show, as well as to the still very-much alive and touring FreakShow Deluxe Sideshow misfits).
My greatest inspiration for the day, after seeing the Doctor, were the gorgeous hearses and their colorful owners. I only wish that I had a camera with me because there was so much finery to take in, human, as well as automotive. Oh well, I will make certain to be better prepared next year. But luckily there was a photo booth nearby so I am able to leave you with this parting shot, which will serve as a precious memento of the day:
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Oh I thought he was the Lady with the Bat under her chin.
--- pdx-dj1
I won't tell them that you are the one sitting down...
--- Dave AuJus
Everyone tells me that I am scary enough without a costume.
: )
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I got to see some hearses on 6/6/06 when I went to Hell, Michigan. The Just Hearsing Around hearse club of Hell, Michigan was out in force with wonderfull restorations (to original condition), great paint jobs including on hearse art, and other funny cars, such as the coffin on a trailer that opened to become a BBQ grill. I can say that Hell is waiting in line. Waiting 2 and a half hours to buy an ice cream cone, just to see if it has a chance in Hell. I also visited the dam damned to Hell at Hell creek.
-Tim
--- Haul-E-Weird
I actually went trick or treating last Sunday. I made a trek down to Costa Mesa for the 10th Annual Trick or Treat Festival and Hearse Show.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I won't tell them that you are the one sitting down...
--- Dave AuJus
Everyone tells me that I am scary enough without a costume.
: )
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d What a tasty idea. Kudos to you!
--- mheitowit
A few years ago, my wife and I went to a party with another couple. We took some large cardboard boxes and painted them similar to a Schilling Spice box. The two husbands wore a only a bra on top, and the box around our waists. We went as the Spice Girls. We painted the names of the Spice Girls onto the boxes. I was Scarey Spice.
No, I will not post the pictures, but the four of us did win 1st place.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Hehe! This is hil-HAIR-ious!
--- Madmike
Me Today
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I actually went trick or treating last Sunday. I made a trek down to Costa Mesa (about an hour from Hollyweird early on a weekend morning or three plus hours during the week day "Crush" hour) for the 10th Annual Trick or Treat Festival and Hearse Show. Dr. Demento was the Grand Marshal of the Parade of Hearses. After the automotive procession, he spun three sets of Halloween classics live from the stage, while I randomly treated 50 lucky attendees to free promo copies of the Vampire Surprise single.
I had the chance to speak to the Doctor again, (I first met him at a song pitch three years ago, but he didn't remember me), and thanked him for the inspiration that listening to him all these years provided me in my musique-making (of course I handed him a copy of VS as well).
It was nice meeting new folks; seeing some familiar faces, and most enjoyable of all, seeing the cute kids in their Halloween costumes.
I too was arrayed in some finery that elicited many positive reactions (I told everyone puzzled by my combo of bat wings and strands of garlic, that I was a vampire with a death wish).
It was a great conversation starter, because it never failed to get a chuckle, and served me well to interest folks in Vampire Surprise. I feel that the people I handed promo copies of the song to will listen to it with appreciation, and perhaps even encourage their local radio stations to play it as well.
I enjoyed crossing paths again with David Marcum, Sword Swallower, Ventriloquist and mutual professional acquaintance. (We met first at the now sadly-defunct Empire Amusement Hall, in Hollyweird, former home to my Red Velvet Vaudeville Variety Show, as well as to the still very-much alive and touring FreakShow Deluxe Sideshow misfits).
My greatest inspiration for the day, after seeing the Doctor, were the gorgeous hearses and their colorful owners. I only wish that I had a camera with me because there was so much finery to take in, human, as well as automotive. Oh well, I will make certain to be better prepared next year. But luckily there was a photo booth nearby so I am able to leave you with this parting shot, which will serve as a precious memento of the day:
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d A few years ago, my wife and I went to a party with another couple. We took some large cardboard boxes and painted them similar to a Schilling Spice box. The two husbands wore a only a bra on top, and the box around our waists. We went as the Spice Girls. We painted the names of the Spice Girls onto the boxes. I was Scarey Spice.
No, I will not post the pictures, but the four of us did win 1st place.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Everyone tells me that I am scary enough without a costume.
: )
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I'm glad you said it, jmanforever, because I couldn't find a tactful way to.
Jake
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Hey Kyle, I'm with Jake on this... I hope you took some pictures!! No, no, no... not of the emo kid,... We want to see the German Beer Wench Boobage!!!
--- TVsKyle
I actually WAS an emo kid for Halloween, but since I spent Halloween at the Laugh Factory laughing my butt off at Jon Lovitz, it didn't read at all.
Plus, my girlfriend was a German Beer Wench, and YOU try looking emo around that amount of boobage.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d My usual answer is the one Wednesday Addams gave in the movie: "I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else."
This year we did a pirate treasure chest for our kids' Halloween carnival. Sort of like a fish pond, but you fish out the prizes with a hand hook. Anyway, I didn't have my pirate costume at hand, so I wore an eyepatch (over my glasses), a parrot, a big ol' Mr. Smee type stocking cap, and a T-shrt I got when our local Gilbert and Sullivan Society did "The Pirates of Penzance."
So basically, I guess I dressed up as a weirdo. Which is more or less what I dress up as every day, now that I come to think of it.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I was hiding in the basement, listening to the Mad Music Halloween shows.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Kyle,
I hope you took some pictures. You should post them if you did!
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I actually WAS an emo kid for Halloween, but since I spent Halloween at the Laugh Factory laughing my butt off at Jon Lovitz, it didn't read at all.
Plus, my girlfriend was a German Beer Wench, and YOU try looking emo around that amount of boobage.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I was the dad who answered the door, complimented the little kiddies on their costumes and gave a handful of fun sized treats to everyone. I gave a double handful to the football player in a Brian Urlacher jersey - after all, I AM ChicagoBoy! Gotta be kind to a fellow Chicagoan!
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d This picture is from 2004, but this is the costume I'm wearing tonight :)
I so love Sadako... :)
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Sawed-off shotgun. Knife. Bludgeon. Box of dumdum shells. Nothing suspicious here.
--- Shmooly
Watchoo got in da goody basket?
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I my goodie basket is..
My mp3 player playing the mad music show.
So all the kids can hear it as I trick or treat. Ones who tell me how much they like my song it on get extra candy.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Mad Mike, You jus too cute! Too cute!
Watchoo got in da goody basket?
Muffins?
sweet little nuthins?
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d You got it!!!!!!!
Nya hahahahhahahaha!
--- jammin DIA
The world's biggest piece of belly button lint.
--- Shmooly
I wore twenty three packs of pulled apart cotton balls and pillow stuffing, glued onto a white sheet. I look like a giant fluffy white dust ball!
Can you guess what I went as............
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Me Today
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d The world's biggest piece of belly button lint.
--- Shmooly
I wore twenty three packs of pulled apart cotton balls and pillow stuffing, glued onto a white sheet. I look like a giant fluffy white dust ball!
Can you guess what I went as............
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I wore twenty three packs of pulled apart cotton balls and pillow stuffing, glued onto a white sheet. I look like a giant fluffy white dust ball!
Can you guess what I went as............
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I was Elvis the Cheesehead on State street here where I live in Madison,Wisconsin and I sang Let's All Eat Cheese Mama
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