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Messages - Mark Rainey

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: TO EVERYONE PLEASE READ/OT
« on: June 30, 2002, 07:02:58 PM »
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Never having been to a fest, does security or DS Fest representatives have the final say on disruptive guests?

Hotel security, assisted by police, if necessary, would probably have the responsibility of actually removing someone from the place. My guess is that the convention staff would have to indicate to security they were having a problem beyond their control.

That's just my educated guess; I could be wrong. Personally, I'm thinking that con staff members should be given authority by means of whatever spells, incantations, magical elixirs, human sacrifices, and/or rites of summoning supernatural horrors might be necessary to get the situation under control.

[shadow=yellow,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: TO EVERYONE PLEASE READ/OT
« on: June 30, 2002, 05:50:59 PM »
Yeah, my first thought was that I feel bad for the poor fellow, since he's obviously got problems that are to some degree out of his control. A measure of compassion is in order. On the other hand, I have to wonder why he's going around the fest unsupervised doing this kind of thing. Once is a lapse of judgment on someone's part; twice is outright inexcusable. If he's not responsible for himself, the person or persons in charge of him should be acting quickly to keep him from disrupting the event. If he's deemed responsible enough to be on his own, then he should be shown the door and not allowed to come back.

[shadow=black,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Current Talk '02 I / Re: And now, Presenting the new.........
« on: June 29, 2002, 08:05:36 AM »
I look exactly like that guy who was never on the show.

[shadow=black,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Current Talk '02 I / Re: Can I Have Your Opinions on...
« on: June 29, 2002, 01:31:12 AM »
That was a hoot. ;)

[shadow=brown,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Current Talk '02 I / Re: OT: My "Mature" Friends
« on: June 29, 2002, 12:35:10 AM »
Yeah, I remember the Helter Skelter days, although being pretty young, the whole bizarre episode was kinda out there and surreal for me. It wasn't until several years later that the Manson family business made a real impact on me. I certainly remember seeing Manson on TV and being bemused by the "raving hippie." The whole thing is helluva fascinating study of psychodelic insanity.

I've always enjoyed the movie Helter Skelter, especially in that the characters all appear quite true to life, especially Steve Railsback as Manson. And DS's own George DiCenzo is excellent as Bugliosi.

[shadow=maroon,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: OT: Long Live Rock - John Entwistle
« on: June 29, 2002, 12:22:36 AM »
Mercy, that was the first I'd heard that John Entwhistle had died. I was always very keen on his contributions to The Who, one of my all-time favorite rock bands. I also liked Too Late the Hero very much. That's very sad news. Thanks for posting it, Ringo.

[shadow=maroon,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / DS Labyrinth -- There's Still More
« on: June 28, 2002, 06:31:01 AM »
Mercy, mercy. This stuff does just kinda flow once it gets going. So Chapter 5 of DARK SHADOWS: THE LABYRINTH OF SOULS may now be found at:

http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth05.htm

Hope you enjoy....

[shadow=purple,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / DS Labyrinth -- NEXT!
« on: June 26, 2002, 03:10:02 AM »
Bad, evil, wicked DS fans! Yes, gracious... due to your overwhelming support, I have found myself unable to avoid writing another chapter in Labyrinth of Souls. I've got a couple of projects with my agent that I'm waiting to hear back on, and another possibility down the pike... so in the interim, thinks I, what better way to keep the writing going than with a bit more DS?

So, to punish you people for your impertinence, I have posted CHAPTER 4 at:

http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth04.htm

Take that! And that!

[shadow=purple,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: Winston-Salem Journal Article/Karlen
« on: June 25, 2002, 06:12:27 AM »
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And the DVD reviewer thought that some of the actors "hamm[ed] it up to ridiculous extremes" while others played their roles "more sedately"?  A controversial observation to make, I daresay ...

Actually, this seems a very safe way of putting it, since he didn't single anyone out and it covers all the bases. After all... one can always point out that someone like, oh, Joan Bennett hammed it up to "ridiculous extremes," while Addison Powell's performance was always understated and dignified.

<<DUCKING>>

;D

[shadow=purple,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: A photo tour of Collinwood 2002
« on: June 25, 2002, 12:49:39 AM »
Tom -- that was great! Many thanks for the rare treat.

[shadow=maroon,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: JuliaHoffman.com
« on: June 23, 2002, 05:58:05 PM »
What a cool site. Love the opening page dialogue, and the graphics within. Nice work, this.  ;D

[shadow=maroon,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: DS Labyrinth
« on: June 22, 2002, 10:40:15 PM »
LOL, Daphne. I'm glad you're so well-taken with these. I'll try to polish up the synopsis of the remainder before too long so at least you can see what happens along the way....

[shadow=blue,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: Graduation Day
« on: June 22, 2002, 07:27:40 PM »
Midnite, what a wonderful post. And to the Prof -- again congratulations!

Hey Midnite, if I go back to school and learn to be smart, will you come to my gradumacation?

[shadow=red,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / DS Labyrinth
« on: June 22, 2002, 07:23:20 PM »
In the next day or so, I'm going to be removing the DARK SHADOWS: LABYRINTH OF SOULS chapters from my Web space. So if you've wanted to read them but haven't yet, do it now or miss out. The urls are:

Chapter 1: http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth01.htm


Chapter 2: http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth02.htm

Chapter 3: http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth03.htm

Thanks to all who've had input on these.

[shadow=maroon,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I / Re: Vampire/creature movies?
« on: June 14, 2002, 05:53:02 AM »
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vampire movie that I recommend most highly is "Let's Scare Jessica To Death."  It isn't a conventional horror film, but a mysterious, haunting, and strangely lovely little film.  It's available on VHS from Paramount, so you should be able to find it at a well-stocked video store.  As far as I know, it's not on DVD (but should be).

John -- Did that one star Zsa Zsa Gabor and have a portrait of her that was dripping blood? And was there a little girl that sang about "The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out... in your stomach and out your mouth?" If that's the one I'm thinking about, it creeped me out big time when I was a kid. Haven't seen it since, but will keep an eye out for it.

[shadow=purple,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

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