If you hand the waitress a dime for her tip, just remember to tell her not to spend it all in one place.

G.

Thanks Ms. C!  What fun!  I heartily approve that DJ Cyclonus will open his set with "No. 1 at the Blue Whale," and no doubt patrons will also swing to the "Carolyn Collins Stoddard Frugette," aka "Back at the Blue Whale," aka "David's Radio."  I heartily approve of tracks by Siouxie and the Banshees, The Sound of Liberty, The Misfits' legendary "Dark Shadows" all about the lost & lonely at Collinwood ... sounds like a truly memorable evening!  THESE people need to take over the Festival programming!  I do still wonder what "DJ Charlie the Slut" will program.  A special set needs to be dedicated to the original villain of the series, the debonair, gloriously sneering Roger Collins, for those who cherish the gloriously monochrome afternoons of 1966.

I think it's a sweet touch to include the 1991 series as well so that fans of that get to feel included.

Thanks again for the link.

G.

Prof Stokes, I would love to hear your report about the Graham-Smith appearance.  I wonder whether there will be crowds of people in zombie parade costume given his association with the "zombie" genre.

The guy is hotter than a pepper sprout (to quote Nancy Sinatra) in H'wood at the moment.  I wonder whether it will last.

G.

Fascinating.  How ... intriguing that she now thinks Grayson, Marie and Kate attended her audition.  I do hope this isn't a sign of anything more than the usual ditsy scatteredness.

When my current phase of budget austerity is done, I look forward to getting hold of a copy of the new book.  I am quite intrigued to see the photos and to read Darren's revised essay on the films.

G.

Thanks for that link, Cousin Barnabas.  Interesting. Some of it was exactly what I was expecting, but there were other moments that were a surprise. 

I won't be buying the CD but it was interesting to get a preview of some of the music.

Best, G.

To michael c,

I had come to the same conclusions that you did as regards events revealed in the track listing titles.  My own thoughts:

[spoiler]Burton could only get HBC to agree to do the movie if her character was killed off.  I think she did it as a favor to hubs, basically.  My guess is that the Julia's death occurs roughly in the narrative where Carolyn's did in house of DS.  I haven't a clue about Roger. And Vicki's role in the movie is a complete cypher to me at this point. [/spoiler]

I kind of feel a weird mixture of squeamishness and profound disinterest around actually sitting through the movie.  Just keeping it real for what it's worth.

G.

Lee might have wound up on the cutting room floor, if it was a cameo with only one or two scenes.

After Peter Jackson cut him out of one of those Lord of the Rings movies, nothing would surprise me.

G.

This is unbelievable.  but a sad reminder of why the board guidelines here stipulate, as a rule, not repeating or discussing stuff posted on other sites/forums when it's material that descends to the level of gossip/unfounded speculation etc.

I will comment that the topic of Depp Shadows seems to be bringing out a really strange side in some fans' personalities.

You know, it's only a movie, based on a TV show that is supposed to offer us some fun and diversion?  Just stop for five seconds and think about what's going on in the country and the world in what is laughingly described as real life.

cheers, G.