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Bill Maher as Steve Irwin with the stingray stinger than killed him
Khloé Kardashian as Storm from X-Men.
Kim Kardashian as a skeleton.
Adam Levine and Anne V. as Axl Rose and Stephanie Seymour from Guns N’ Roses
music video “November Rain.”
Adrianne Curry as Amy Winehouse shooting up heroin
Kid Rock as Barack Obama
Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna as Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen
Chris Brown (center) as a member of the Taliban
Dwight Howard as a homeless man
Hilary Duff as scantily-clad pilgrim and her boyfriend Jason Walsh as an Indian
Sean Combs as Prince
Kyle MacLachlan as suntanned
Blac Chyna as a pregnant murdering clown
Tyra Banks as Richard Branson
Lizzo as Baby Yoda
Troye Sivan as a Misfits fan
Tony Hawk as Larry David
Nina Dobrev as The Revenant‘s horse carcass that helped saved Leo’s life
Demi Lovato as a zombie
Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb as Wayne and Garth
Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker as John and Lorena Bobbitt
Adam Lambert as Willie Nelson’s ghost
Katy Perry as a dropped mic
Heidi Klum as Flayed Heidi Klum
Naomi Watts as a clown
Fergie as Angelyne and Josh Duhamel as Dennis Woodruff
Tara Reid as Santa Claus
Colton Haynes as Miss Piggy
Ariana Grade as a bloody victim
Madonna as a clown
Mindy Kaling as a beekeeper
Kylie Jenner as Christine Aguilera
Mark Ballas and BC Jean as Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart as stylized skeleton people
Tyga and Kylie Jenner as Chucky and Bride of Chucky
Beyonce as Frida Kahlo
Kelly Osbourne as Rachel Dolezal
Dwyane Wade as Justin Timberlake
Lily Allen as Jimmy Saville
Leonardo di Caprio as The Grim Reaper
Cindy Crawford & Rande Gerber As Slash And Axl Rose
Robert Pattison and Kristen Stewart as white trash couple
Joan Rivers as Miley Cyrus
Kaley Cuoco as Justin Bieber and husband Ryan Sweeting as Selena Gomez
Colin Haynes as Gandhi
Boyband District 3 as Satans
Chloe Khan as Cleopatra
Jemima Goldsmith as Melanie Trump
Lady Gaga as a marijuana plant
Lindsay Lohan as Carrie
Liam Payne as Batman and Tom Daley as a fat skeleton
Jeffrey Ross as Joe Paterno
Chris Colfer as Grumpy Cat
Fabolous as Michael Jackson
Jesse McCartney and friend as Mexican skeletons
Jason Aldean as Lil B
Marc Jacobs as a female bodybuilder
Ryan Phillippe as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Miles Teller as Gene Simmons
Nas as an army general
Holly Willoughby as Unzipped Face
Michelle Trachtenberg as ?
Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden as J. Lo and Hunter S. Thompson
Zooey Deschanel as Neely O’Hara from ‘Valley of the Dolls’
Zachary Quinto as 4th of July Fireworks
Rihanna as Pebbles Flintstone
Oj Simpson as a gynaecologist
Courteney Cox as Annabelle
Serena Williams as He-Man
Ed Sheeran as Ron Weasley
David Arquette as Bozo the Clown
Shaun White as a mentally disabled person
Channing Tatum as Winnie the Pooh
Harrison Ford as a hot dog
Martha Stewart as a surfer
Sascha Baron Cohen as a sock monkey
Christina Ricci as a mime
Michael Stipe as Bono
Jake Gyllenhaal as a gorilla
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Princess Leia
Harry Styles as Homer Simpson
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p.s. Hey. A blog reader wrote to me to ask if they could throw a Halloween costume party on the blog. He promised that the invitees would be the creme de la creme. I said, Sure. I suppose I was thinking that creme de la creme meant Chantal Ackerman, Walt Disney, Rimbaud, Dodie Bellamy, and so on. But no. Instead my blog has been turned into TMZ for the day/night. I kid. It’s a great party. Please mingle with and schmooze the celebrity bigwigs and get whatever you can from this famous and famous-ish bunch. And thanks very much, and I mean that, to SuperficeShel, whose name really should have tipped me off. ** Brendan, Hey, Brendan, maestro! Yes, I saw that you/Alex DJ spread. Ace, buddy. Everyone, blog upper cruster artist Brendan (Lott) photographer shot blog upper cluster writer Alex (Kazemi) for an interview with the latter in/on Document Journal, and you can see the happy results here.. Cool. Can’t wait to show you the film. Hoping to get there with film in tow by the end of the year if we’re speedy and lucky. Love, me. ** Dominik, Hi!!! You gotta love huge ambition. Unless it’s the fascist territorial type. If worst comes to worst and love fails in the intervention, I’ll just buy some ugly chestnuts from the poor guy and discretely drop them in the nearest bin. Love introducing you to any celebrity partygoer up there that you want, so … who?, G. ** Ferdinand, My pleasure. Happy Tuesday. ** _Black_Acrylic, Kind of doubting that Elvis film is any good whatsoever. Did he ever make a good film? I can’t think of one. Aw, shame about the lost interview. Very nice chocolate Russell Crowe. I … think he might be in attendance at the Halloween party today? I can’t remember. ** malcolm, Hey there, Malcom! Excellent to see you. I’m good. We’re in final editing phase of the film pre-all the technical stuff. All is great on the editing side. There are no haunted houses here in Paris. Wait, I did go to some at the Parc Asterix Halloween makeover. They were good. But Paris/France don’t do Halloween. It’s horrifying. Good new movies … hm. I haven’t seen much that’s new apart from a night of experimental films by teenaged filmmakers. Three of them were good. Music … I’d have to think. Excited for your screenplay. Yes, reconnecting with someone you knew/loved and then didn’t maybe for a while is one of the joys, for sure. Totally. I do that attachment thing — hey, George Miles, for example — and I’m not a masochist, I’m pretty sure, so I think you just have a giant, hungry heart. Even if there was a Halloween here, I don’t think I’d dress up. I never really have except when I was a wee little thing. Cecil B Demented is a great costume! Do take pix okay, and put them where they can be observed? Really cool to get to talk with you, buddy. xoxo. ** Jack Skelley, Skedaddle-y! Yeah, there was a welcome post for Alex’s book here, Hold on. Here. Read all about it. I hope you had a growly, guttural, magnificent reading last night. Did you? Or, can could you tell, I guess? Everyone, It’s a day after the fact but, nonetheless, do go read Jack Skelley’s timeless and informative and fun ‘Sex. Scenes. Zines.’ @ LARB aka here. Rock rock! xo. ** Misanthrope, Oh, shit, did I miss your comment yesterday?If so, my eyes did some weird hop, skip, and jump without my knowledge or permission. That is something if she doesn’t color her hair. Wow. I have this feeling that people who go to escape rooms would be kind of obnoxious and probably full of a little too much alcohol, but who knows. I probably never will. ** David Ehrenstein, Prince knew mountains, yep. At least in that case. ** Sypha, If you had ever been to Holland, you would totally get it. It’s flat as a pancake. I lived there for two and half years, and I never ever saw a hill. ** Bill, You lazy and unambitious? Phooey. You’re just a miniaturist. Thanks for the alert on the free 2 Tone doc. I’ll hit that up. Why in the world is/was ‘a “Lost Boys” movie party’? ** Mark, Dude, you have to go to Japan. I’m serious. You’ll flip out for so many reasons. I’ve been twice, and I knew nothing about Fujizuka. That is so on my next visit’s must-do list too. All’s good w/ you? ** DARBi🐊, Hi. A quickie will do. Yeah, I have a number of friends who have top surgery scars. They always look different. I think that’s really interesting. Some you can’t even tell at all, and others have those stripes. They all look kind of great, I think. Hope you had fun with your new friend. New friends are up there with the most exciting life possibilities. I would definitely like to see him when he’s finished, cracked or otherwise, yes! And now I want cauliflower something. It’s contagious. Have the day of all days. ** Audrey, Hi, Audrey. Yeah, I miss my friends. I’m really into friendship. A great friendship is really the best thing that isn’t art, I think. I liked ‘Ms. 45’, yeah. It was big fun. And I loved its colors. The water thing you shot sounds very cool. I’m trying to make my imagination into adjustable camera setting to see it, and it kind of works maybe. I don’t think I know Underscores. I’m going to find out what they are right away. Thank you. I’m really sorry about your depression. I hope it’s one of those kinds that just instant dissipates via one good distraction. What’s your favorite Sofia Coppola? She recently made a film based on a book about a writer friend of mine called, I think, ‘Fairyland’ that I really want to see. Yeah, Rimbaud’s biography is incredible. Honestly, I think when I discovered him at 15, it was his bio that blew my mind as much as his poetry. Cool that you liked Puce Mary. She’s great. If you get a chance to see her live, take it, for sure. I hope you’re feeling at least a little better. Maybe the blog’s stupid party today will cheer you up. Or hopefully not deepen your depression, because I fear it could do that too. Wonderful day to you whatever it entails. Love, Dennis. ** Right. You have a party to attend, and I’m off to do what I have to do, and let’s meet back here when the coast is clear tomorrow.
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Dennis, Yeah, I guess you did, haha. No worries. No blood, no foul.
I lot of these pics aren’t showing up for me. :'(
But I like the ones that do.
A friend’s son (he’s 9) went as a ghost to some event they went to recently. Maybe the best ghost I’ve seen in a long time. Very basic and minimalist. Just a sheet with holes. Haven’t really seen one as good as his in a long time.
The party I told you about is in danger. Seems half the people are sick. What the hell? We’ll see how it goes.
David finally got his license plates and registration. He’s back on the road. He needs to get a little bit of work done on his car and then he’ll be set. So far, so good.
Yeah, I live with this old woman and she doesn’t do anything to her hair but wash it and cut it. That’s it.
Well, my one friend who was always trying to get me to do an escape room is drunk all the time, so…
I thought Holly Willoughby as Unzipped Face was pretty good. She’s just quit her job as a UK daytime TV presenter so I’d say she has a bright future in horror makeup.
Bought a new record today: Nondi_ – Flood City Trax, which is another of the slew of footwork-inflected releases on the Planet Mu label. Nondi_ is a resident of Johnstown, an area very much prone to flooding. So I think the album is about fear, angst etc.
The Bandcamp page is here.
Denny’s Restaurant. HAHAHHA. Theze are funny. Tony Hawk as Larry David.! And any post w/ Chloe Khan good with me. Last nite’s Stories reading for new SPASM mag was a mag-gasm. The kids came out. Plus, guess which OG pal? Matias Viegener ! (Turns out SPASM editor Zoe Greenwald is Matias’ teachers assistant). I asked him what to convey to you and he said, “Love.” In other Viegener news, as the executor to Kathy Acker’s estate, Matias is donating KA’s writing desk to the Jason McBride (‘Eat Your Mind’) upcoming Poetic Research Bureau appearance . Some heavy duty vibes there I bet. Luv Ya !!!
Ah, a shame that like 75% of these images are broken for me… I was curious about Sarah Michelle Gellar as Princess Leia, but that’s what Google Images is for I suppose. I do remember the Lady Gaga marijuana leaf one from memory. “Madonna as a clown”? Sadly that’s how she looks ALL THE TIME these days.
Trying to remember the last time I ever dressed up for Halloween. Maybe 1995, when I was 15… after that my parents said I was too old for Trick or Treating. I think I went as the Batman villain The Mad Hatter.
Hi!!
This is so cheesy to say, but I was touched by what you wrote about the chestnut guy (first bitchy, now sentimental – what’s happening to me?).
I’d definitely like love to introduce me to Chris Colfer as Grumpy Cat, thank you, haha! Who would you– Wait. This is your party. So, who’s your favorite guest?
Love making Homer Simpson dress up as Harry Styles for Halloween, Od.
Hi Dennis, how have you been?
I met one of your friends from Paris in a birthday thing the other week: Adam – he’s very sweet, and we had a lovely conversation about you and Mishima.
This post is so great, but it horrified me at first, something deeply unsettling about it. It was surprising to see so many tacky celebrities at DC’s, and then I read your PS and it made me laugh so hard. I loved some of the captions of the pictures too, something deadpan and hilarious about them.
Hope you’re rocking and rolling as always! <3
Today’s Halloween party post feels very LA!! TMZ, haha. I’m not sure what my costume is going to be. For me, the big Halloween event this year is going to be Arroyofest, where they shut down the 110.
It was so great seeing you and Zac in Paris. I’m itching to come back as soon as I can.
I made it back to Knotts Scary Farm a week ago, which was a blast… not as fun as my first time riding Ghostrider with you + Luka, Zac and Joel 🙂 Will send some pictures to you.
Harry Hamlin as Sid Vicious, in swastika tee!
I think Nas is dressed as Haile Selassie, not just a random. general.
Damn, the pic of Bryan Singer’s priest costume didn’t make it here.
Is FAIRYLAND finished? PRISCILLA comes out in the US next week.
Hi Dennis,
I miss my friends too. I’ve drifted apart from many of them, for one reason or another, and since I struggle to make new ones I’ve felt quite lonely. The short I made is a little difficult to explain, I’ll have to send you a link whenever I polish it up, if you’re interested. If you end up listening to Underscores, I highly recommend her newest album Wallsocket. It’s probably my favorite record of the year so far. My favorite Sofia Coppola so far is Marie Antoinette, which I saw last night. A really brilliant film that’s also so much fun. The Bling Ring and The Virgin Suicides are both close behind though. I hadn’t head of Fairyland! It looks like she produced the film. The book sounds interesting, I might have to check it out. Yeah, Rimbaud’s life/ideology is beautifully emblematic of queer angst/artistic expression (minus the stint as a colonist). I’m about halfway through A Season in Hell and it’s leaving me speechless. What a writer! certain passages have reminded me of your work ha ha. I’ll keep an eye out for Puce Mary touring near me, that sounds like an interesting experience. It didn’t resolve the deeper issues, but both the Halloween party and your comments brightened my day a little 🙂 I think my favorites were Tony Hawk as Larry David (the costume was so good I thought it was Larry David as Tony Hawk when I first looked at it!) and the zip-up mouth. Hope everything is going well with you!
Much Love,
Audrey
Japan is definitely on my list for lots of reasons. Friday we are going to see Nick Cave and Saturday we are seeing a John Waters double feature of Cecil B. Demented and Dirty Shame at the Academy. We are trying to shoehorn some haunts into our weekend schedule. José and I are also looking to do a quick trip to NYC the week after Thanksgiving. He’s never been there and I’m interested in seeing, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, at The Met and since we’ve been on a Sondheim kick in 2023, Merrily We Roll Along is currently on Broadway with Daniel Radcliffe. Also, there’s big retrospective of Ed Ruscha at MoMA. Shooting for ‘Stroke’ is continuing and I’m learning sooo much about 1980s gay porn from Christopher. Zine sales are brisk, our DC zine is back in stock on Printed Matter https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/63570/ We are also investigating bringing our zines to the Paris Ass Book Fair in June 2024.