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Barry Morse, (not to be confused with the Canadian American Actor who died in 2008) is a master of the beautiful, interesting and grotesque. When Barry Morse told me he was making 17 felt puppets, I took pause and thought “This is going to be 10 trillion tons of awesome.” Well, I was right. Peek into the gumdrop-colorsode of color that Barry has prepared for us, it truly is a wonderland of gorgeous Mary-Blair-esqueness… except kinda gay and crazy and put through the moebius strip kaleidoscope that is… well … BARRY. Not that I’d want to do this, but I’m convinced if we popped open Barry’s brain, we’d find butterflies, muscle men, cookies, rainbows, lots of catchy songs, perhaps some disturbing plastic baby arms and much much more.  Mr. Barry of Hollywood holds a cornucopia of wild visuals between his ears twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. We are lucky that he’s been sharing his visions with us every Gothtober.

Hungry for some Black Widow Pizza? How about some Plasma Taters? Nothing hits the spot like the ghoulish goodies coming out of Chef LeBron’s kitchen. In Gothtober Day 16 you’ll find nothing less than the most delicious weirdo foods that will simultaneously delight and horrify your guests.

Known at first for her traditional cooking involving only fresh severed heads from her hometown in Southern California, LeBron has developed a vast array of exciting dishes. She has even branched out into serving actual food for live human beings! Keep an eye (of newt) out for the product line coming out soon, which will include a full line of kitchen tools like finger skinners, her patented brain slicer and combination frog fryer!

What makes a good story? It helps if your story is told by Lori Meeker and Grimace Boyer, America’s celebrated artist and writer sweetheart couple living in beautiful Hollywood, California. You might think, from all the stories about Tinseltown, that it is packed with movie stars just walking down Hollywood Boulevard, hobnobbing with everyone that walks by, and you’d be absolutely right. Meeker and Boyer were having a malt (you know, one glass, two striped straws, little puffy hearts above their heads) when they were discovered by a Gothtober Hollywood Agent one haunted neon lit night. They have never looked back, and have been making wonderful spooky treats for us ever since.

This beautifully illustrated yarn is narrated by Lori and Grimace themselves, and is a Halloween classic to be told by the spooky fire while sipping your cocoa. Sit back and relax, press “PLAY” and enter a world with three generations of sassy witches and a village in need of some help.

You know it’s fall when you find yourself in the pumpkin patch, you are munching on a crisp apple, and all the sunflowers are looking down to see if their shoes are untied.
Provided by expert narration from the young Arrow Gump, take a tour of an eerie enchanted landscape rife with sites astounding and unreal.

Equivalent to the sum of six and seven, 13 is Gothtober’s luckiest number, no triskaidekaphobia around these parts!Gothtober would like to send out a very special anniversary to Saida and Eric Staudenmaier who tied the knot some years ago on October 13th. Congratulations, you two! Have fun stormin’ the castle!

Anyway, you should know that ghosts, ghouls, spirits and apparitions of all kinds trust only the Staudenmaiers for professional quality portraits. If you yourself happen to be undead, you should know that there is no better choice than The Staudenmaiers, who will help make your family pictures a special time in your zombie afterlife by finding out what you are truly looking for when it comes to traditional or contemporary photos.
SESSION TIPS
• Please make sure all parties in the family have been well fed before the shoot.
• Bring at least two complete outfits, and it is advised that all limbs be attached for the session.
• Arrive with clean sores and minimal oozing scabs

TESTIMONIAL
“On October 13th, 1983 I turned 347 years old and for my birthday I wanted to have professional pictures taken. I went with the Staudenmaiers, and let me just say, you don’t get that level of service anywhere else. I was a little nervous once we started the shoot, but the staff gave me some brains and a glass of blood and I felt very comfortable right away. I will highly recommend The Staudenmaiers to all my friends and co-workers.”
I. Emma Ghost
Anaheim, CA

A short indulgence of paper dolls INDEED, bordering on totally nutzo technical cleverness and super fabulousness is Christy Chamber’s creepy culinary contribution to Gothtober Day 12. Featuring a very enthusiastic James Beard award winning blue chef and a series of easily available (uh, and not so available) ingredients, you are invited, dear viewer, to enjoy a shared cooking experience geared toward today’s seasonal interests. Just, uh, make sure you don’t lean too far into the pot when he invites you to taste his latest dish. You might become part of the gourmet experience in more ways than you realize.

“It’s hard to compile 30 hours of bus stop footage into three minutes” said Alex Kenefick, who decided to haunt his neighborhood bus stop to see how locals might react. He put the weirdest freakiest stuff out by the bus stop, like skulls and gravestones and cobwebs. It was very interesting to see the many things that happened, lots of it ended up on the cutting room floor.

Here are some things that were cut from the movie:
1.) 2 guys who walk by and make out
2.) People stealing all the headstones and skulls
3.) Plerplexed elderly woman dressed in orange
4.) Moped guy zooming through traffic
5.) A blowing, drifting bag in the street
6.) Vibrant green taxi cab

Alex’s goal is to get crazy and TRULY HAUNT a bus stop for a long amount of time next year, so please contact Gothtober if you want to help him, it will be lots of fun!

This now famous bus stop is in Los Angeles, and it’s on 6th and Westmoreland. Visit it in person, or online at Gothtober DAY 11!

Finally a peek into the world of about 40 bucks worth of actual fast food in a natural urban habitat. Everyone does commentary ABOUT fast food, but we never get to see what the fast food is actually doing, and here is that rare chance.

Morrison and Howe, the most influential fast food filmers of all time spent TWO YEARS IN THE WILD capturing what you will see here today. Morrison and Howe’s fast food films will leave a lasting historical impact on future generations, their work, frankly, transcends the genre. See how McNuggets are nurtured, witness the aggression of the wild Big Mac, and stay tuned for the inevitable conclusion…

And now for a classic from 1962, that fantastic hit from Garpax Records, The Meaning of Halloween by The Questionnaires (featuring The Quizzical Witch). No known copy of this 45 existed until we found it in the basement of a haunted house in Pasadena! Preserved in its original paper sleeve, it was inside a box of caterpillar lollipops from 1971. Much more than some obscure artifact, The Meaning of Halloween epitomizes the feeling one has when they just can’t quite grasp or understand all there is to know about that special day on October 31st! Give it a listen and get your ghosty groove on, it’s the most exciting find in Halloween vinyl EVER!!!

 

 

Big and small people of all ages will dig David LeBarron’s spooky story that is FREE for download! Jennimaya’s Revenge is part of a collection of six tales that will be available on David’s Stories from a Magical World . David’s stories are never full of boring princesses that wait to be saved by knights in shining armor, David’s princesses are more likely to get out there and duke it out with the villains themselves.

Frankly, David’s storytelling skills are so deft, he could invent a story about your tax returns that you would actually want to hear. He spins yarns of fascination and enchantment with charm and aplomb. It’s a real Halloween treat to have him aboard this year!