Hello and welcome to another Geek O da week. Today its all about a FaerieCon. I have just recently found out about this event that has been going on for years now. I was reading a blog somewheres on the Internet and there was a link for FaerieCon. I was like what the hell is FaerieCon? Well I found out and I will share this info with you.

This is taken strait from their site: “Faericon brings magic of Faerieworlds, the West Coast’s premiere mythic music festival, to the East Coast. Array yourself in your most beautiful faerie finery, don your wings, gather your friends and family and cross the threshold! Once inside, you will find the largest gathering of faerie artists and authors in the world who look forward to meeting you, amazing, magical apparel, beautiful jewelry, mysterious masks, handmade crafts, fashion shows, performers, musicians, storytellers, exhibitions, panel and workshops.”

You had me at Faericon but I will stay to see my friends and family cross the threshold. Right? I mean come on who wouldn’t want to don their wings and release their inner faerie that shines in all of us. So Faericon started because they wanted to bring the magic of Faerworlds to the east coast.  I was like what there is another con that spawned this con and then I saw the videos for Faerieworld.

The event looks crazy with Ents and giant Centaurs walking around. Maybe this is what hippies have transformed into. From the looks of it there seems to be a pretty decent amount of people that participate in this thing. They have live bands and other performances. There is a full vendor section so you can swap incantations and buy the latest in Faerie gear. They also have the typical Con costume contest. I think I have seen most of the same people appearing at the SD Comic Con.

All in all it looks pretty interesting and I am pretty sure that if I was in the area I would definitely go and check it out. It looks like a people watchers paradise. The whole thing probably smells of patchouli and sage, which unlike most people, am completely fine with. If you need more info check out their sites: Faeriecon.com and Faerieworlds.com.  You will find a lot more info, photos, videos, and Faerie products that should satiate your interests. Until next time, Street Fece out!

Happy Halloween! This is going to be another post with a lot of pictures of unique costumes. I love how Halloween has become a way for girls to try and see who can wear the sluttiest costume. Sorry I won’t be posting any of those photos but I’m sure if you head over to SlumSpace or FaceKrook and see a whole bunch of these types of photos. For this assortment of costume goodness I wanted to only post costumes that made me laugh out loud .

Here are some great little chillin costumes.

Funny Pet Costumes: Animals are funny. They can have a look of so much attitude and when you pair that together with a funny costume the results are just amazing.

And these just made me go WTF? I don’t know what these people were thinking. Adults are definitely not as funny as the above. All I know is that I am glad someone had the sense to take a photo and post it to the web. The last photo is one that, well, maybe the parents got a call from CPS when this photo made it to the web.

Well until next week. I should have something Geeky. Have fun and be safe this Halloween and would someone please tell her to stop touching that!

Sgt. Angle reporting for duty!

In keeping with my cohorts’ ongoing obsession with all things Halloween (jack-o-lanterns, the right costumes and the wrong ones, and spooky special editions of our favorite comic-book heroes), I shall present to you a gathering of the obscure and the obscene, a gallery of the nasty and the terrible, and a smothering of grim effects with a dashing of pleasurable points of interest. But rather than give you the obligatory “scary movies list” consisting of Alien, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist (or The Exorcist III), Psycho, Friday the Thirtieth, Nightmare on blah blah blah, take a gander at a few other frightening films. For kids.

First, Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters.

Oh, the FX work! Stunning. Instant classic brought to you by K. Gordon Murray, who also brought you Shanty Tramp.

Who else but an adult film producer would know how to reach out to kids about Little Red Riding Hood and her journey through the gauntlet of monsters? Only this guy could do it:

Rico Suave.

But look, this isn’t the place to complain about pedostaches kids movies or “adult” movies. Let’s move on to discuss the best costumes you can possibly pick this Halloween, or any Halloween, while you gather with friends and loved ones and watch creepy exploitation movies which were made for kids. There are two kinds of costumes: The recognizable flair — your Batman, Superman, Spider-man, Catwoman, WonderWoman (please don’t unless you can), etc. — and then the more obscure references. Let’s go for the flair first:

There’s always time for love.

The Au-Naturale. Inspired by some great actresses over the decades, actresses who repeatedly become great assets to their films. I’m talking Kate Winslet, Diane Lane, Sharon Stone. Come to think of it, just plop on a short white dress and halfway through your Halloween fright-night, let the beaver loose. You’re still IN COSTUME, technically. Oh, and Dudes, you too can wear the ultimate embarrassment moneysaver costume as that naked guy from An American Werewolf in London.

Want creepy? Okay, how about the reference to one of the most eerie film classics of all time, Fritz Lang’s “M”. Released in 1931, the film tells the story of a German city with a child-murderer on the loose. Since the police can’t seem to get the job done and catch the killer, a group of criminals hunt the man on their own, in order to restore the usually lax police force. The Killer is played by Peter Lorre, who is branded with an M in chalk on his back shoulder at a late point in the movie, thus forever marked as child killer, and forever hunted. Go for it, you’ll have a story to tell. And probably some bruises to nurse when your night is cut short by a proud parent.

For the ladies, you want to get creepy you can wear the white dress and carry around a dead rabbit, a la Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Or, make it simple and see if you can pull of the human disgrace Winehouse.

So good, I can’t look. Seriously.

Which brings us to heroes. You need a costume that will restore faith in mankind, you need to be sure you pick one of the most beloved heroes of ALL-TIME. James Bond is so yesterday. Indiana Jones has become too legendary. Luke Skywalker is just a cartoon. No, you need the ultimate in good-guys who will take on the world for his city, his community, and his children. You need the Atticus Finch.

Lookit that suit, the scraggly hair, the thick-framed glasses. It’s a recognizable appearance, heroic in its’ modesty. It’s no wonder that he is the number one hero in cinematic history, in no less a masterpiece than To Kill a Mockingbird.

Be a hero this Halloween.

Be Atticus Finch.

Until next time,

Sgt. Angle