As I enter the theater for 2017’s Urban Death: Tour of Terror, I see a slight woman standing in the center of the stage. She looks (surprisingly) rather beautiful: dressed in a gown that is elegant but not gaudy, and lacking the apparent ghoulishness that we expect from characters in most Zombie Joe’s Underground (ZJU) […]
Lore begins with an epigraph, delivered to the audience in a pitch black room: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” This famous line, borrowed from Joan Didion’s groundbreaking essay “The White Album” and delivered via prerecorded voiceover, serves as a potent thesis statement for that which awaits the audience for the next […]
The following is a recollection for Santu Deliria: Inductio, meaning that heavy, thorough spoilers are contained within. The show has since closed its doors with no official announcement of being remounted, and the recollection has been edited and approved by the show’s creators to protect the integrity of Santu Deliria and any future experiences. […]
“All we have is this exact present,” a soothing voice intones from a speaker behind me. “Everything else is memory.” Underneath these words lies a rhythmic bed made from chopped up male vocals. They drone on ad infinitum: “of a photocopy, of a photocopy, of a photocopy, of a photocopy…” I have […]
The sun has already gone down when I arrive in downtown Los Angeles. Per the email instructions I received the night before, I make my way to the dark alley behind the address and follow the light streaming out of an open door about halfway down. As I get closer, I see a number of […]
As soon as I enter the theater, my eyes are immediately accosted with red, white, and blue. In the middle of the stage, an enormous star-spangled tarp covers a strangely-shaped mass. Streamers, flags, half fans, and just about everything else you can put flag colors on adorn every wall. The color scheme even extends to […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent at least some time wondering about your childhood stuff, and what became of it. What ever happened to that stuffed animal you used to sleep with every night? Or that night light that you used to not be able to sleep without? When did you stop needing that? […]
“Whatever you do, do not look at your reflection. Beware the knowing. Knowledge is power, but naivete is action.” It is easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Whether that bigger picture is the corruption of the powers that be, or simply our place within a social system that encourages and enables complacency […]
“The case ended on April the 23rd, 1931. The jury retired for an hour and a half. Peter was sentenced to death 9 times. The judge said that Peter’s crimes had been committed in cold blood, and that during the trial he had created the impression of cleverness, calmness, and considered deliberation. ‘Peter Kurten’, he […]
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