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[psyched_out]

Hi everyone, I'm back. I've had a lot of stuff I could write about, but it was one of those strange writer's blocks where I never knew where to start so I just shut up about it. In the past 6 weeks or so, I could've written about:

- the adventures of Japanese class
- the inlaws' visit to America
- A-chan's birthday party at Sotto Sotto-

Comments

[warrenjabali]

for some reason I totally cracked up when I looked at the track listing for that album and saw among all the political rants a tune called simply "Fuck John Cage," hahahaha.

I have this sneaking feeling that some mainstream media outlet is gonna get wind of those song titles and give the record some gratuitous coverage, we'll see....

[psyched_out]

I'd like to think that they sent a copy of this CD to The Wire, but I'm not sure. Zandosis is a noise band as you can probably guess, but the politics and the fact that 90% of the tracks are about 8 seconds long (excepting the last piece which is 20-something minutes) got this put out on a local hardcore label that might not send it out. On the other hand, Coley did review their 7" a few years ago...I'd send you a CD-R of it if nothing else, despite the fact that you're probably up to your eyeballs in music...

the icing on the cake about the CD is that it has one of those stickers on the top of the disc, but in a display of cheeky modesty the band didn't write their name in the artist field but instead modified the title so that you have GEORGE W BUSH blaring across the artist field as if he recorded an album called "Go Straight To Fucking Hell". Its about time somebody got subversive with those things!

[bolshy_spice]

Sadly the erosion of Hallowe'en is happening on this side of the pond too. It's never been massive in the UK (it's seen as an American import), however it's always been a strong tradition in Ireland, with our own weird customs like apple-bobbing

[psyched_out]

Ah, apple-bobbing is an Irish thing? It was done in America, at least according to my beloved Charlie Brown special, but kids' Halloween parties are an even harder thing to revive these days, I'd suspect

[turdburgler]

there are a number of people who don't understand the "light on = we have candy to give away, light off = don't bother" rule. S thinks that this is some arcane rule I continue to adhere to

Well, I would definitely say it's not an archaic rule, it is still followed by most of the people I know.

I think we maybe had 30 kids come by total in our neighborhood, making the rounds in one of two big groups. They don't really seem to walk around in singles up here. Most of them were really young, there was only a couple that were over 12 or so.

[psyched_out]

Alright then, we're trick or treating in your neighborhood next year! and then we can finally try out this sri krishna villas place, which has been getting praise as the best indian place in the atlanta area from some of my sources...

[hedorah]

Hallowe'en in our neighborhood was subdued, but the kids were really into it. We took GHC over to our friends' block, where it was sheer chaos. Kids everywhere! Scary music blasted from windows, flashing lights everywhere, etc. Craziness. Fun stuff. Graham was more excited to be out at night that anything else (he goes to sleep at 7 PM). He kept shouting out "Moon!" and "Night!".

[psyched_out]

I wish there was some kind of monitor to determine where the good neighborhoods are located (hardly anyone around here decorates). I think I'll take a survey of local kids next year to find out where the action is...

[saintvictoria]

Well, I worked at the Mall many Halloweens and kids dress up there! A lot of parents love the mall, as all the stores give out candy, it is safe and the kids are fairly well behaved. I used to see a lot of Teletubbies, bees, and mighty morphin power rangers. And pretty much all the under 11s dressed up.

Now at my house I had no trick or treaters - lights off, but up the road there was a line for the haunted house and candy ( abig house that goes all out!) But, in Little 5 Points very few trick or treaters.

I think it has become an adult holiday with parties and serious costumes at bars and clubs. So to be more accurate I would say it has been co-opted by 20 somethings and up who don't want to grow up.

[psyched_out]

Yeah, I can understand the whole co-opting of Halloween as "grown-up denial" (i guess i can include myself in that description too in a way) but its still a bit sad. I shocked myself by realizing I was a prude when we were picking out a costume at the halloween store in fayetteville (of all places) and there were all these ones, like less than 10 feet away from the baby bumblebees and mini-witch hats, that had giant dildos or oversized breasts - I thought "what if some impressionable kid sees this stuff?" man, its that kind of thinking that's gonna get my place rolled one of these hallow's eves...