Jusby, Devilman, and Mike at the Halloween House on Thursday's opening night/ dress rehearsal.

Jusby's make-up is a new clown-lite variation. His Mad Hatter costume is missing the giant bow tie. He's wearing a short sleeve button up over an Evergreen sweatshirt. Not pictured: Jusby's polypropylene long underwear and the teacup full of bloody sugar cubes.

The music definitely helped. The playlist included:

Arrington de Dionyso "Breath of Fire"

the Januaries "Love Met the Devil"

Magnetic Fields "Save a Secret for the Moon"

Devics "Ghost"

the Knurlings "Cemetary Stomp"

Harvey Danger "Authenticity"

Hamlet Machine and Sponge "Spirit"

Mary Water "Headless Horseman"

Shocore "Bone Cracker"

Dennis Driscoll "Maureen Halloween"

the Actual Tigers "Standing By"

the Shaggs "It's Halloween"

the Rondells "TV Zombie"

Diamanda Galas "I Put a Spell on You"

Joey Ramone "Spirit in my House"

Reverend Horton Heat "Halloween Dance"

and lots more! from the Dance O' Dance mp3 archives.

I anticipate spending the majority of Halloween evening working the crowd from the front yard all the way to "the frightening Egress!" I'll arrive at approximately 6:30 and depart at 10. Love to see you there!

We will have a new display of work from Seattle artist Kate Endle beginning on November 7, 2008. Join us for your first peek during First Friday from 5-9pm.

Her collages and illustrations have made their way into a variety of publications, books and media including The Utne Reader, Sesame Street Workshop, Macy's & Yamaha to name a few. Her work could be seen most recently hanging at Anthropologie in Seattle.

Original work as well as prints will be available for purchase at Home Body, Eco-Luxe Living through December 2008.

...please let us know.

From TPM:

Hmm, a new twist to robo-slime-gate. John McCain appears to be pumping one of the nastier species of his robo-slime into a state where he has no chance whatsoever of winning.

A reader just outside of Seattle, in Washington State, reports to us that she got this McCain robo-call that was running yesterday in Arizona -- it paints Obama as unprepared to handle terror and singles out Joe Biden's recent claim that Obama was likely to be tested by an international crisis early in his first term.

The reader, Anne Francis, who is general manager for a company that books Broadway shows in venues across the country, played us the call, which came into her home phone.

We'd love to hear about it.

What: Dr. Kimberly Jensen will speak on “Mobilizing Minerva—American Women in the First World War” in honor of Veteran’s Day

When: Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1:00 p.m.

Where: State Capital Museum at 211 21st Avenue SW in Olympia

Background: Dr. Jensen is the author of the book “Mobilizing Minerva – American Women in the First World War,” published this year, and will be available to sign her book. The book analyzes the strategies of female physicians, nurses, and women-at-arms who linked military service with the opportunity to achieve professional and civic goals. Kimberly Jensen is a professor of history and gender studies at Western Oregon University.

Cost: The program is free with $2.00 museum admission, and FREE to veterans and Washington State Historical Society members.

For more information, visit here.

Contact:
Shanna Stevenson
360-586-0171
sstevenson@wshs.wa.gov.

This little message is found on a truck owned by Charlies Tavern.

Stupid is as stupid does. I've often wondered why anyone would stand in line in the cold to go into a dive tavern. Stupid is as stupid does.

Hey the subject title is really my story - where will you be?

Please post any public gatherings you know of, friendly bars doing the election night thing, anything you know about.