Posted by Jared | Posted in Costumes and Props | Posted on 29-04-2008
A selected gallery of my favorite costumes is now up at the Costuming Section. Some are older than others.
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now–you know, like the rest of the site–but a recent interview with The Balticon Podcast reminded me that quite a few people find this stuff pretty cool, and should really show it off more. Which always surprises me, because while I like the attention these costumes have garnered myself and my friends at conventions and Halloween parties, I don’t really make them for the attention. I make them because I like making them.
But the costumes are colorful, fantastical, and I’m proud of them. So, here they are.
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Big news this episode, as I reveal I’m going on a brief hiatus until next Thursday—by when a new Aliens You Will Meet episode will be on the feed—but before I go, I gotta clean out the inbox and go through some feedback!
I’m not one to leave you unentertained, so here’s some suggestions for daily content elsewhere:
Cristiana’s Shallow Thoughts: shallowthoughts.libsyn.com
Mur Lafferty’s News From Poughkeepsie: murverse.com
Distorted Veiw Daily: www.distortedview.com/show
100 Word Stories: podcasting.isfullofcrap.com
Feast Of Fools: www.feastoffools.net/
And, just because you should be listening to it anyway, J’s Indie/Rock Mayhem: qfsmayhem.blogspot.com
Also, Panda’s Flicker: www.flickr.com/photos/teatimewithpanda
The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net
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You will break your arm during a fight with Jucynog Duthor in a bar on Pingos. While Jucynog’s effort to hurt you may seem overzealous, you will say some horrible things about her mother.
Normally, you would be given instructions on how to avoid this altercation, but seeing as how, years from now, you and Jucynog will be the best of friends because of this fight, try to consider the big picture as she snaps your forarm like a twig.
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I sit down with genius internet filmmakers Brant and Ian Duncan, creators of such instant classics “Overdrift,” “Assassinz,” “The Crystal Tape,” and “The Remarkable Journey of Higgins Von Higgins.”
We talk about how their movie about drift-racing and dinosaurs came to be, the perils and bonuses of working in a short-film format, and the beauty of putting your entire first act into one sentence.
The Duncan Brothers website: www.theduncanbrothers.com
The Duncan Bros’s Channel on YouTube, www.youtube.com/user/duncanbros and on Myspace.
The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net.
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There’s blood up to the windows. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time, to stack the bodies in the Mercer Building, to get ‘em off the Rail. But I can’t help wondering if the allusion to gore behind those art-deco panes is worse the actual carnage.
At least they’re off the Rail. At least there’s that.
The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net.
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I say it’s high time we had somemore mash-ups around this place.
After all, listening to more than one song at once can be considered multitasking.
“Together As One” was mashed-up by DJ Earworm. You can find it and other mash-ups at djearworm.com
“Standing In The Way Of Contact” was mashed-up by A plus D. You can download it and other mash-ups at aplusd.net
“Burn Your Radio” was mashed-up by Instamatic. You can download it and other mash-ups at www.mutantpop.net
The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net.
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“The readiness is all,” says Hamlet, but is it really? How do we know we’re ready, really? The catch is, the only way to know you’re ready is to throw yourself out there, and see if you are.
I didn’t feel I was ready, this weekend. I wasn’t ready to pitch a comic, and certainly not at a convention as nuts as New York Comic Con. I didn’t feel like what I had to show was “good enough.”
But, as listeners of this show know, “Crap is published all the time.”
Or, as Molly Crabapple, founder of Dr. Sketchy’s put it: “There’s no way to know if something is publishable, until it’s published.”
This episode featured “Shrink Proof” by Wicked boy. More information and work by this artist can be found at www.magnatune.com.
The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net
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On the road and more than a little delirious, I decide to compare and contrast the differences between the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention and New York Comic Convention.
Both are celebrations of commercial art and the commercial artist, but one seems to be, well, cooler than the other.
And not just because tattoos hurt more.
As for details about what I was doing while at NYCC, you’ll have to wait for next episode..
The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net
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While at the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention I was lucky enough to get to speak with some suspension artists from around the country about suspension, why they do it, and what they get out of it.
Special thanks to:
Spliff, Ji Ji, and Genj of the DisGraceland Hook Squad, disgracelandfamily.com/
Joe and Amato of Skin Mechanics Suspensions, www.myspace.com/smsuspension
Jared and Tracie of Nu Ethix, www.myspace.com/nuethixsuspensions and their bmezine.com gallery
Stitch of Ascension Suspension, www.ascensionsuspension.com/
The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net
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The denizens of Weyaw, home of the intergalactic fast-food franchise Squishburger, will invite you to dine upon their famous food, the Squishburger. Be prepared to tell them it tastes exactly the same as the many times you’ve had it through out the galaxy, as consistence is something they strive for.
Resist the tempation, however, to tell them that their “consistant taste” is one of cardboard drenched in sewage.
