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bethje and I have been attending the Monster-Mania Convention...well, technically since it started, although we didn't really do much at the first one. The twelfth was held this weekend, and we went today (by which I mean Saturday, even though it's actually past midnight). As of late, we've mostly just been attending the question-and-answer panel sessions. One with Alice Cooper was scheduled at 5, but due to the long line to get in, it started rather late. At least this time they came up with a way to make sure no one was cutting in line, but I still think it would be a good idea to move the convention to a larger venue. Dave, the guy who organizes the convention, said something about how he thought the lousy economy might lead to less attendees, but such didn't seem to be the case. Actually, though, a fair number of people were only there to see Alice, so the room cleared out considerably after his panel. I've never been into Alice's music (which isn't to say I DISLIKE it, just that it's not something I seek out), but he seems like a nice guy, and had some interesting stories. Particularly intriguing to me was his account of how he collaborated with Salvador Dali, who ordered a cup of hot water at a bar, and then poured honey into it. After Alice came the Phantasm reunion, with the director and two of the actors. One of them was Reggie Bannister, who kind of strikes me as the poor man's Clint Howard (and here you thought CLINT HOWARD was the poor man's Clint Howard). Maybe that's partially because he plays an ice cream man in Phantasm, and Beth introduced me to a so-bad-it's-good B horror movie called Ice Cream Man with Clint in the title role. The rest of the panels were all devoted to the Friday the 13th series, the first with people who had played Jason, the second with Jason's victims, and the third with some of the stars of the not-very-good remake. And, well, that's pretty much it. We ate a local diner on the way back home, and now I'm at the computer and writing this account of the convention.
bethje and I have been attending the Monster-Mania Convention...well, technically since it started, although we didn't really do much at the first one. The twelfth was held this weekend, and we went today (by which I mean Saturday, even though it's actually past midnight). As of late, we've mostly just been attending the question-and-answer panel sessions. One with Alice Cooper was scheduled at 5, but due to the long line to get in, it started rather late. At least this time they came up with a way to make sure no one was cutting in line, but I still think it would be a good idea to move the convention to a larger venue. Dave, the guy who organizes the convention, said something about how he thought the lousy economy might lead to less attendees, but such didn't seem to be the case. Actually, though, a fair number of people were only there to see Alice, so the room cleared out considerably after his panel. I've never been into Alice's music (which isn't to say I DISLIKE it, just that it's not something I seek out), but he seems like a nice guy, and had some interesting stories. Particularly intriguing to me was his account of how he collaborated with Salvador Dali, who ordered a cup of hot water at a bar, and then poured honey into it. After Alice came the Phantasm reunion, with the director and two of the actors. One of them was Reggie Bannister, who kind of strikes me as the poor man's Clint Howard (and here you thought CLINT HOWARD was the poor man's Clint Howard). Maybe that's partially because he plays an ice cream man in Phantasm, and Beth introduced me to a so-bad-it's-good B horror movie called Ice Cream Man with Clint in the title role. The rest of the panels were all devoted to the Friday the 13th series, the first with people who had played Jason, the second with Jason's victims, and the third with some of the stars of the not-very-good remake. And, well, that's pretty much it. We ate a local diner on the way back home, and now I'm at the computer and writing this account of the convention.
