Thank you again to everyone who showed up at our release party Tuesday night! Hopefully soon we’ll get up some video of the night to our YouTube channel, and in about 2 weeks expect the new product online.
With the Halloween weekend here I leave you with one of the best Halloween songs ever, with an equally bestest video. Read more about The North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative’s “Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?” on what else, but Wikipedia.
Ahh why not? Print out this coupon, and bring it to our table tomorrow to get ANY t-shirt (new designs too) for just $10. Buy one, buy two. Print as many as you want! Doesn’t really matter to me, just come and hang out.
Offer only good for as many shirts we have that night.
Perfect warm-up for the Halloween weekend, Dance Party Massacre will be debuting our latest designs this Tuesday at the Middle East! It’s your first chance to peak the new product, as it won’t be released into our online store until November.
Stop by our table to celebrate with some free vampire fangs, promo items, have a chance to win free shirts, and buy them at a discounted price.
Photos by Lara Callahan and performances by headlining act Dangerous Muse (maybe they’ll play their version of “Halloween”?), Southern Belle, Attack The City, and our friends The Mighty Delaware!
THROWED ELECTRO DANCE PARTY
Tuesday, October 27th
Middle East Upstairs
480 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA
8PM—12:30AM
$10 entry, 18+
FACEBOOK EVENT
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181701454858
Massachusetts is getting pretty hip lately. With the growing studio, all those movies being shot, and we’re getting our own Comic Con. Not too shabby, eh?
Boston Comic Con is this weekend, and it’s going to be bigger then ever (4,000 people whaaaat?). Press and guest relations guru for the event, Colin Solan, sat down with me to give DPM the skinny.
When asked who hardcore comic fans and newbies would be excited to see, Colin broke it down: “If you’re a fairly new fan, you might be [interested in] Cliff Chiang, he’s pretty high profile [worked on Green Arrow, Batman]. Tim Sale is really high profile [Batman, Superman, Daredevil, Hulk, Spider-Man, and his art is on the NBC show Heroes]. Geof Darrow [rarely appears at conferences and works include Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot, Hard Boiled], Stephane Roux [French illustrator w/a pin-up style]… A lot of the older fans, who have been reading since the 1970s and stuff, they gravitate toward guys like Herb Trimpe [Captain America, Fantastic Four, GI Joe, Transformers]…He’s one of the creators of Wolverine. So I know a lot of people are excited about having him come to talk.”
BCC has 15 big names coming in, including tons with New England roots. Many of the guests went to school here, like RISD grad, Walt Simonson, whose work includes The Might Thor, Star Wars, Detective Comics, and X-Factor, among others. The Art Director of the Weekly Dig, Tak Toyoshima, will be making a rare conference appearance to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his strip “Secret Asian Man” and to sell original SAM artwork for the first time.
Have a fav character? Dress up and get in for free! Colin predicts the usual Batman and Catwoman threads (basically, “lots of girls in spandex”), with a handful of Wolverines. The convention will host 50 vendors selling comics (obviously), toys, posters, and other memorabilia. Most importantly, fans will get to meet their favorite creators + illustrators and get autographs.
Future of comics:
Newbie fans/those outside the comic world may not have known that Disney bought Marvel back in August. This caused some debate and worry over the creative direction of Marvel, but Colin sees potential in the deal and thinks it could be good for the industry—in the “deep pockets” that Disney can offer Marvel, like Time Warner does for chief rival DC Comics, that can afford its creative imprint, Vertigo (producing less super-hero themed stuff and more personal, artistic, adult-themed stories). As he puts it, “they’re not going to put mouse ears on Spider-Man.”
-Cat
*cross-posted at Examiner*
I think starting next time I go grocery shopping (which is never) I’ll have to stock up on some General Mills cereal. They recently did some rebranding of their “Monster Series” cereals, and I love ‘em! Nice and clean and iconic—friendly enough spookiness for their kid customers.
The only thing better would be to do far away shots, with the spooksters in their element. Count Chocula in a castle, Franken Berry in a scientist’s lair, and Boo Berry in a grave yard. (Hello, next edition? I’ll take royalties starting now.)
Did you also know there used to be (now discontinued) flavors Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy?? Maybe it’s just me, but the term “brute” for “werewolf” mighta thrown people off a bit… Still would love to see them expand on this franchise!
-Alex
PS-More photos after the cut, and a bunch of crazy fan art is here.
So I won’t go into why you should like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the first 2 seasons are free to watch on Hulu (Season 2 stops streaming after Friday). It’s the perfect time of year to check it out.
To acclimate to the show start off with the series opener (above). It’s not the beesstt episode (those aren’t up for streaming), but it tells you what’s up. If you want something more in-depth check out “Passion“, or may I suggest “Halloween“??
If having a girl protagonist is too fem for you, or you don’t like clever pop-culture nods and things set around high school you won’t like this series. If you enjoy what you see, you’re in for a never-ending marathon of free entertainment.
PS-New Nip/Tuck just started on FX. Get into that NOW.
With Halloween coming up I’ve started to gather some songs. I heard Shakira’s “She Wolf” on the radio, and I was like “Ah, OK, She Wolf… and it’s like a dance song… I’ll look it up.”
It’s not like I hadn’t heard the song before. I mostly just haven’t cared enough to look into it. (Can you even tell what the lyrics are?!) I just now looked up the video and it’s either so bad it’s good, or someone is clearly dillusional on how to make old-school “cool”.
The retro half-leotard with a cut-out, the cheesy crystal-like tunnel prop, the dancing that is NOT dancing… oh man, I really just can’t get past the body movements. Some of the cage stuff was hot, but most of her “dancing” left me with my mouth open.
And what’s with the “horror” theme? Is this supposed to be like a female “Thriller”? Should I be ashamed (owning a horror-inspired clothing line) that I think it’s kinda lame releasing a Halloween-ish song in July? Should the video be more scary? Less self-referential?
I’m just confused.
PS-This live performance doesn’t help things.
If you haven’t heard of Karmaloop, they’re one of the most prominent streetwear boutiques. They sell online, and are also located in Boston with a Newbury St store (now located more towards the Mass Ave end).
Recently they started KarmaSwap, a way for individuals to sell their own stuff (like a ebay) and up-and-coming brands to sell their own gear. Dance Party Massacre has been on the site for a couple months now.
I never brought it up, because it’s basically just another online shop like our own online shop. However, I was pretty happy when they accepted my application—I look at it as a way for new people to see the line, and also venture into more stores carrying our product.
Recently they started having “Sellers of the Week” and DPM was the first choice! You can read the interview over at the official Karmaloop blog. I want to thank the team over there for having faith in the brand.
-Alex
PS-If you do head over to our product page, a bunch of stuff happens to be on sale (automatic). Just giving you a heads up. 
Ominous/ironic/emo/dark-humored designer Rob Dobi was set to do some “Thriller” inspired Michael Jackson designs for his “This Is It” tour. Unfortunately, MJ never got to see the designs before he passed, and they are not going forward.
Nevertheless, Rob has displayed the designs on his tumblr for us to see what could have been.
Did you know that last week the residents of Sydney, Australia awoke to a blood red day? The sky was an orange and red hue like they were transported to Mars, but it was actually a gigantic dust storm that had filled the sky.
Sounds pretty freaky if you ask me! If I woke up to a red sky I’d probably assume it was the end of the world and go cry myself back to sleep.
We also recently just ended a time period of Mercury Retrograde in which the planet Mercury appears to slow down and recede backwards in orbit. Apparently that causes things to go haywire because in Astrology Mercury rules communication. So if you noticed yourself making bad decisions, or having a lot of miscommunication in your life I guess it’s Mercury’s fault. Mercury Retrograde usually happens 3 times a year, but it’s happening 4 times in 2009 so we’re really screwed.
No wonder the skies in Sydney turned all red—Their color wheel musta done a 180 that day.
PS-If this post seems weird blame Mercury.
