For Jennifer Jordan Day’s piece, she went and visited an actual abandoned drive-in!!! She was out there, rootin’ around all the rotten stuff, being careful where she stepped, taking photos, studying the terrain, making anthropological discoveries. See what she found on Gothtober Day 6! Jennifer is a Gothtober veteran, you can see her other Gothtober pieces in the Gothtober Archives, she is Day 19 in Gothtobers 2006 and 2007.
J.J. Day is also a film maker, her animated stop-motion film “Make a Mate” is currently on world tour, and if you’d like more information about when and where it may be playing near you, check out the Facebook fan page of the film! Hooray DAY 6!
GOTHTOBER DAY 6’s unveils the sassy music video of Monica Howe, which takes a brave bold look at the hallowed cloth of gold called Gold Lamé. If you haven’t explored a bold foray into the wearing of this fabulous fabric woven from metallic yarns, it’s time to start. Once you’ve become properly inspired, perhaps then deck yourself out in some shiny golden magic, like our fantastic songstress here. And yes, I said songstress, and here is her website so you can find out more about the woman behind the shine. Hooray DAY 6!
Today’s artwork is a short film titled “Basement Doll” by Glen Alger Shricker and Billy Kheel. Very odd to have two doll-related films in a row, and no, we didn’t plan it that way!
go to gothtober.com and click on day 3 to see the fun!
This is the title card from DAY 1 on the calendar, a little piece called “Halloween Safety” by The Art of Bleeding! It’s quite a perfect chilling and weird and trippy little way to start our countdown! If you live in the Los Angeles area, perhaps you’d like to catch a Live Ambulance Show by The Art of Bleeding, they’ve got some performances up their sleeve for the month of October, put on your bow tie and go check The Art of Bleeding’s Paramedical Funhouse! And if you run into Abram the Safety Ape, tell him Gothtober says hi!
There are 38 steps up to Gothtober Headquarters, and lugging Jason Pipkin’s drum kit up all of them made us appreciate each and every step even more than usual. We are quite fortunate to have the Electones on board to make beautiful tunes to cruise to as you peruse this year’s Gothtober 2009 calendar.
The Electones are, respectively: Jason Myers on Guitar, Mike Bolger on Keyboard, and the aforementioned Jason Pipkin on drums. The boys filled up the living room with all manner of musical gadgets, not the least of which was a fantastic Leslie-style rotating speaker that Jason built and Mike’s lovely electric keyboard made in 1971.
Check out what happens when you give the Electones coffee and popcorn and ask them to play some intermission music for the Gothtober Drive-In! This music will be sweetened and used as the calendar’s main theme… look for it Gothtober FIRST!!! Woooooooo!
Due to the fabulous wizardry of Cristin Pescosolido’s electronical mad skills, Gothtober offers you this handy-dandy widget for your Mac computer! This handy widget features a fancy neon blinking pumpkin as well as useful information on the Gothtober Artist of the day, in addition to over 31 random daily corny, gross or weird Halloween tips that were dreamed up by Head Candycorn, Julianna Parr.
