4th of July Benefit Show w/ Japanther, Ninjasonik, Death Set + more
- JULY 4th, 2009 @ Lit Fuse Cyclery
- 409 Willoughby AVE. Brooklyn, NY
- 1 to 4 pm Benefit BBQ!!! BYOB (BBBQ)
This benefit is to buy someone a new prosthetic leg! Shit is real!
(Letterpress by Ian V)
The vampires in Twilight are a metaphor for adolescents with HIV/AIDS, as far as I can tell.
Similarities: they can’t tell anyone about it, if people find out, they get outcasted or have to move, people are scared of them, and most importantly, they can’t have sex with Kristen Stewart. The vampires can represent the hardships of almost any “secret” problem, but the blood and sex connection really make me think the author had HIV in mind when she wrote it.
Other thoughts about the movie: I watched it with Asa, and I liked it. It’s cheesy, admittedly, but it’s perfect in what it’s trying to be. Kids of today will look back on it the way I look back on the Goonies—not fully gratifying as an adult, but just right as a memory.
kfan:
- If the vampires in True Blood = gay people, do the vampires in Twilight = Mormons? Is that why they are all dress so funny?
OK I absolutely must see this movie now.
Zombies On a Train:
When I was in elementary school, I used to write short stories about zombies. I wrote my tenth and final one, Zombie X, about zombies taking over the world. It’s kind of painful to admit how lame I was, but the last line in the story is “And in case you were wondering, Bill Clinton is a zombie.” If I had to guess, kids today are probably more sophisticated, and don’t even have time to make stupid jokes about the President, what with their twitters and blackberries and autism. At least I was cool enough to have the zombies win.
Anyway, I wrote Zombie X by hand, in pencil, complete with highlighter-enhanced illustrations. After I was finished, my neighbor across the street typed it up for me. I think it had something to do with submitting it to a writing contest. Unfortunately, the story was not award-winning material.
My family is no longer friends with the family across the street and I’ll probably never write anything that long by hand again. Thinking back, I’m surprised that zombies were the most lasting element out of all of it; though my younger self is not surprised at all.
*Special FX makeup by Asa Kawano (There are some brutal closeup shots on her site).
