turns out that the event was part of a monthly industrial/goth dance party. the DS portion of the evening was ancillary.
as promised KLS did a live skype interview. as have been her remarks of late she spoke of the new book and of her experience onset at pinewood. again she reassured jittery fans that having despite limited involvement in the film she has read the script in it's entirety and promises "fantasy", "romance" and "horror" alongside humor. those four combined elements being to her, at least for the moment, the "essence" of the story.
needless to say she also added touching words in regards to jonathan frid. she quoted some of depp and burton's remarks as fitting tributes.
then, of course, in response to the usual questions there were the usual inaccuracies. in scott's new take on her casting as josette, which she has repeated several times lately, is that the role was created as the vampire's doomed love. that josette's first ghostly utterance was "come to me barnabas." i'm not sure why that's her spin because as we know the character was first seen long before anyone had ever even heard of barnabas collins but there it is.
i'm not sure if she misspoke or if he's a recent addition but, in a plug for the east coast fest, added that david selby will be present.
otherwise NODS played on a large screen and episodes from the series on smaller monitors throughout the bar. i stayed for about two hours but not being otherwise remotely into the "goth" thing there was not alot there for me.
guests were given black t-shirts with depp's barnabas on the front and the "strange is relative" tagline. it'll make a good pajama top.
