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September 30th - October 2nd,
2005
Let's see....let me try and come up with
something new to say about this last Cinema Wasteland show that we haven't said
many times before.....hhmmmm.....they had tons of cool guests.....no, said that
before.....we had so much fun that it shouldn't have been legal.....no, said
that before too. Damn, I guess I'll just have to say the same things all
over once again.
Yes, this was the 8th show the Wasteland crew
put on, and they are showing no signs of slacking off now. We have always
had a great time at these shows, and this one was no different. Though we
did have a new person riding on our way to the show this time out. Our
buddy Dave from
Liquid Cheese finally got around to making it out to the show, after many
years of getting crap from both me and Ken, for never making it to one.
And now after experiencing the Wasteland, Dave said he is now hooked, and will
be joining us for the next April show. Yet another satisfied customer.
So what makes this show so damn entertaining?
I don't think I can explain that without repeating what I've said all along.
This is not like any other show for us. It's like a family reunion.
And while there's usually some troublemaker at those normal family reunions,
we've never run into them here. No hassles here and always plenty of fun.
This show had two main themes going on.
It had the DAWN OF THE DEAD reunion, featuring 10 people from the classic film,
including the 4 main leads. While the first Wasteland show was a DAWN
reunion, at this show there were 4 guests that weren't at that first show.
So anybody with some DAWN collectibles, had a great opportunity to add a few
more signatures. We usually can't stay away from our table too long, so we
usually just pop into the Q&A's sessions, take a few photos and pop back to our
table. But when we tried to do that for the DAWN Q&A, it was so packed
with the fans, that we could barely fit in there to get some photos.
One of the other Q&A's that we did manage to
stay a little longer than normal was the DEVIL'S REJECTS one, with Ken Foree,
Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, and Michael Berryman. The reason we stayed longer
was they were simple damn funny to listen to. From cracking jokes, to
bitching about Lions Gate pulling REJECTS too soon from the theater, they were a
riot to listen to.
While we've had the chance to meet all of them
at past shows, the one REJECTS guest that we hadn't met before was Steve
Railsback. Granted, he just had a small role in the movie, Railsback has
got a few genre credits under his belt. Probably the most known is that
the role of Charlie Manson in HELTER SKELTER. While I'm not a big fan of
the whole Manson thing, I have to say that Railsback gave one hell of a
performance in that. Of course, we've always enjoyed his role in LIFEFORCE.
Though, once we found out that he was charging $20 to sign your own item, I must
say that my admiration of him dropped a few notches.
 And
while there were plenty of major celebrity guests, there were also a few minor
ones as well. If you're fans of the gothic scores of Midnight Syndicate,
then you might be aware of Nox Arcana. If not, then you should be.
If you've kept up with our normal updates, then you've heard of these guys for
sure. We met them at the April Wasteland show, as they were working on a
couple of their latest CD releases. Their newest release, Transylvania,
will be out any time now, and looks to be another great entry in their catalog.
Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski create great scores that just immerse dark
and gothic atmosphere. Of course, music is not the only thing that Vargo
creates. Just take a look at some of the artwork that he creates at their
website, Monolith
Graphics. Pretty awesome stuff.
So once again, the 6-hour trip out to the
wastelands of Ohio was more than well worth it. Just like the last time,
we've had a blast at the show. I guess that is the two things that we can
always count on....having a good time and planning on being at the next show.
STEVE RAILSBACK
DEVIL'S REJECTS
KEN FOREE, MICHAEL BERRYMAN, SID HAIG, & BILL MOSELEY
DAWN OF THE DEAD REUNION
HOWARD SHERMAN
BUB from DAY OF THE DEAD
 
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