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10-19-2004

Photos by Kelly Lind

Oh, what a year it's been. I've barely caught my breath from the last event, but we're already gearing up again with Halloween festivities. Think you've worn your last fetish clothes for the year? Guess again! Drag 'em out and read on.

Los Angeles, CA

Bedeviled Birthdays:

Dan Rather (newsperson)
Vanilla Ice (who knows)
Barbra Bel Geddes (actor)
Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
Dale Evans (actor)
John Candy (actor)
John Keats (poet)
Sally Kirkland (actor)
Jane Pauley (newsperson)
Dermot Mulroney (actor)
Michael Landon (actor)
Ken Wahl (actor)
Ad Rock (Beastie Boys)
Ethel Waters (singer)
Larry Mullen Jr. (U2)
Peter Jackson (Hobbitses...)
Chiang Kai-Shek
(warlord leader)
Dierdre Hall
(soap star Marlena)
Jan Vermeer (painter)
David Ogden Stiers (actor)
If you're in the city of lost souls on October 30-31, we strongly advise the Avalon's Halloween events. There's a dark rumor floating around the underground that this 77-year old theatre is haunted by a poltergeist. Does it send a chill down your spine? Hey, buck up - if Boy George, persona famousa, can handle the spirits, then you ought to be able to make it through this Halloween evening. October 30, the Avalon will transform into Haunted Avaland, the theater will turn into a haunted ship, and Boy George will play head ghoul during this night of raucous raunch.

Keep your Halloween weekend going by retuning on Sunday night for yet another festivity-filled evening. Mutaytor will take to the stage with fire play, some amazing aerial acrobatics and latex, latex, latex, along with other costumes, of course. Think your outfit is the best? Dive into the costume contest and show the crowd what you've got. Of course, if you lose, you die.

Also in LA, click here to read our write-up of the Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Halloween Swing Club sponsored by Lust and Bliss!

San Francisco, CA

Oh, the PleasureZone - a place for the daring to enjoy their wildest erotic nights. They're hosting their Sixth Annual The Nymphomaniacs Halloween Ball at the Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center. Come and see how they transform the Grand Ballroom into a lush habitat for the bold and brave. Call it PleasureZone's Imperial Palace of Sin for the night, as they taunt you to "flaunt your wildest disguises of provocative surprises…and become submerged in the sensual delights inside the Empress' Chamber of Seduction."

As if that isn't stimulating enough, try this on for size - a costume contest for the most outlandishly sexy with a grand prize of four days all inclusive at the Desire Resort in Cancun, Mexico. Ouch - feel that sizzle yet? Costumes strictly for dress code - guys should be as wonderfully dressed in order to enhance the gal's costume, and ladies should wear "whatever guise or gear you dare to wear!" Great line - better party!

DJ Dimitris Mykonos will spin the night away with DJ Torque in the Hip Hop Booty Call Lounge. This party is on Saturday, October 30th from 8 until 2am, so get there early to enjoy all the festivities. For more info check out www.pleasurezonesf.com/pzsite03_nhb.html

Of course, there's also always the annual Castro Street Fair. Click here to read more about it!

Las Vegas, NV

Coincidental? Halloween Corpses:

Indira Gandhi, 1984
(Indian Prime Minister - assassinated)

Harry Houdini, 1926 (magician)

River Phoenix, 1993
(actor, at the age of 23)
Rain, Rain, never go away! It's hot in Las Vegas and you know it's not just that desert sun; it's Rain at the Palms Casino Resort. Actually, for the Rubber Halloween Monster Bash, it will be so big they needed two big name clubs - Rain and Skin!

Rain is the 28,000 square foot playground created for adults only that we've told you about. It's sister club Skin is a pool-side lounge that takes on a new look as the evening dims, becoming a nightclub and entertainment venue. Shadow dancers, mesmerizing mermaids and aqua Go-Go girls groove with the beat
of the live DJ, who keeps the fun going all night long.
Signs of a Werewolf:

Hairy palms
Claw for left thumbnail
Tattoos
Unibrow
Long middle finger
Lazy and tired during the day
Sleeps with mouth open


For this event on Sunday October 31, expect to see DJs Judge Jules, Humpty Vision, Beej & Danny Love, the devilish Rubber Dolls, and a $3,000 costume contest. Tickets are $30 presale, $40 day of. 9pm til? See www.n9negroup.com for more.

You should also check out Vegas' infamous annual Fetish & Fantasy Ball. Click here to learn more!

New York, NY

It's back - and so are the dead! It's the Seventh Annual What Is Fetish Halloween event, this year known as Zombie Nation. Sunday, October 31, haul your carcass over to Opaline at 85 Avenue A between 9pm-4am to share the dirt you crawled from with other creatures of the night. A $500 costume contest hosted by the Mortuary MC, Chi Chi Valenti is written on your tombstone. Deadly performances are included for your entertainment, such as Arena Productions' feature "Thunder Pussy," Mistress Marilyn, Mimi Divine and Marina Montague presenting Requium, Live Killa Rock-n-Roll piracy from NYC's favorite slayer punks, the X-Possibles, and embalmed go-go dancers.

What could be better? The price, baby! Get all these funeral goodies for $15 in advance, $20 at door with flyer and in costume, $30 without. And too good to be true (not to mention better than you deserve) they will have an open bar from 9:30-11pm. See www.whatisfetish.com for more.

For other ghoulish events in the Big Apple, check out our NYC Halloween roundup.

London, UK

Fear Filled Factoids:

Dracula is the most filmed story of all time.

The biggest pumpkin to date weighed 1,092 lbs. at the 1998 Pumkinfest.

Vincent Price almost became a gourmet cook instead of an actor.

Halloween candy sales average around $2 billion in the U.S.

Months that start on a Sunday always have a Friday the 13th.

A dentist invented the Electric Chair.

In France over 30,000 werewolf cases were tried between 1520 and 1630.
Who does Halloween better than Torture Garden? Rubber and bondage and whipping, oh my! This year's party is again at Mass, St Mathews Church, Brixton Hill, London SW2, and they are ready to knock your socks off all over again with schlock horror, wild and weird dressing up, and special guest DJs Matt Darey and (from Japan) Energy Dai.

Only 1,000 tix are available, so you must get yourself over to a ticket vendor right away or y go though the Torture Garden website. Members £15, non-members £18 and a £1 booking fee. As at all TG events, dress code is strict - fetish fantasy fashion only, no street gear.

You can click here to read out Club Wicked Halloween party feature.

New Orleans, LA

It can't get much deeper than the depths of hell, and this is a trip down that lovely avenue just for you. Endless Night Festival VII is three days of dark decadence over which to roast and toast your blackened soul. During Halloween weekend, October 28th - 31st, visit America's most spooky city and walk along the haunts of ghosts and specters alike.

On Thursday, attend the Endless Night Kickoff Party & New Music Showcase at Club 735 Bourbon. Doors at 8pm. On Friday, it’s the Dark Fetish Ball of New Orleans again at Club 795. 18 to enter, 21 to feed! Saturday, you can slink your way down to the Vampire Ball for a deadly good time. Wrap up your weekend with a secret party for the Sanctum of Elorath and Fang Club New Orleans – see the webpage for more information and timed for the Dark Bazaar Vendors Mall going on all weekend.

Sacramento, CA

Halloween in History:

1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg Church and starts the Protestant Reformation

1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state

1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes Premier of Italy

1940 Halloween was the deadline for the Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto

1952 The first atomic bomb was detonated on the Marshall Islands

1964 Barbra Streisand's "People" album goes #1 for 5 weeks

1968 President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam

1969 The race riot in Jacksonville Florida

1970 Mamas and Papas singer Michelle Phillips marries actor Dennis Hopper. They divorce 8 days later.

1980 Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806m)

1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia

1987 Chris Antly at Belmont becomes the first jockey to win 9 races in one day.

1988 Singer Debbie Gibson holds a séance at her Halloween Party to contact the spirits of Liberace and Sid Vicious. Debbie Gibson alone is the hell in that statement.
If you're in California, you can travel to 100.5 The Zone's 8th Annual Exotic Zone Ball on Saturday, October 30. According to them, "It's the sexiest, most outrageous party of the year!!" And they want you to know that this year the Human Petting Zoo is back for your enjoyment. If that doesn't do it, then try the $5,000 costume contest, a voyeur room, Club Fantasy Spanking Zone, live music from Tainted Love and 10,000 other people to play with. Think you can handle this hot time? Visit here for ticket information and times.

Pompano Beach, FL

Hurricane? What hurricane? The temperature is getting hotter and hotter down in Florida where Club Kink is "South Florida's hottest B&D club." 8pm to 4am on the 29th of October, it's the Halloween party for those who don't wanna wear too much in the way of costumes - if you know what we mean. You will feel completely comfortable arriving in erotic "scene'" wear, including leather, lace, and all 'fetish' gear. Go for that exotic or erotic (or both) costume, pull fantasies from your mind and make 'em real. Imagine fetish videos, role playing, restraints, candles, music, and more - like a costume contest! Club Kink is hosted at Club Chic, and you can view their site for directions.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

You've seen their fashions, you've seen the photo shoots they've hosted, now you too can attend an event at the famous Fetish Factory. They're set to throw a special Alter Ego Halloween Fetish Party on Saturday October 30th at Club XIT in Hollywood, FL.

"Alter Ego is the largest monthly strict dress code fetish party in the USA and we welcome fetishists from around the world! We have a reputation for throwing an outrageous Halloween bash, and we hope that you will join us this Halloween!" Now, with billing like that, who can refuse? Doors open at 10pm, party goes until 4am. 18+ welcome, but it is a full bar event. This is one hot night thrown by a famous name and worth every moment of salacious sweat you drip over it.

Bern, Switzerland

The Sanctuary, Bern's premier Gothic meeting place, is holding a Halloween celebration for the gothic community. On Saturday, October 30, the ISC Club will be host to the live music of Scary Bitches for an exclusive gig. This event is also the release party for their new CD Pagan Love Songs.

After the live music, drape and die your way across the dance floor for the annual Halloween Party with gothic, deathrock, darkwave, batcave and minimal music with DJs Spiritual Cramp & 1334, Zombiecatgirl, and SpiderB. Ah, dying is easy with a soundtrack like this, isn't it?

Doors open at 10pm with a special price for The Sanctuary and ISC members. Membership is easy - visit their site. Your dress code, my dear dead ones, should be black (of course), whether it's goth, vampire, witch, fetish or vamp. But you knew that already, didn't you?

Paris, France

Lethal Lore:

A spider that is rolled in butter and swallowed will cure the plague and leprosy.

To cure a toothache, spit into the mouth of a frog and ask it to carry away the pain.

To release a person possessed by a ghost, throw dust from your footprint at them.

The middle finger is poisonous. If you touch an open wound with it, it will never heal.

If a candle flame suddenly turns blue, there's a ghost nearby.

Pennsylvania did not have a werewolf problem; rather it had a problem with wererats.

Black cats caused the plague.

If a cat jumps over a coffin during burial, the deceased will become a vampire.
Ah, Paris. It might not be spring, but the season of decay offers its own sweet rewards. On October 29, it's the Diabolical Party (Le Soiree Diabolique) at the Lou-Bar, Paris' new SM playground. This night is open to beginners as well, my dears. There is a late light meal offered between 8 and 10:30pm, and it's the perfect time to get to know the other victims - ah, attendees. The evening is for couples who wish to play the wickedest night away with the most devilish of tools and sinful delights. The Lou-Bar is fast becoming known as the premier SM establishment in Paris. Think you have what it takes, mes petites? Go play here.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Does it have to be just about Halloween? Evidently not, as the dates "just happen" to coincide with the largest European leather-rubber-fetish party on the circuit. Expect a weekend of wild abandon and kinky fun as Amsterdam chains itself up for two days of bondage. Shrouded in sexy mystique, Leather Pride Amsterdam promises to deliver the best in adult entertainment. Up to 1500 men gather together to dance the night away and explore their wildest sexual desires.

The organizers keep the exact location of the party a secret, but revelers pack Amsterdam's Central Station area to get a free shuttle to the large labyrinthine playrooms. The dress code is very strict: leather and fetish gear only. You may be punished if you disobey the rules. Uh, give it to me, baby! Visit their site for more details.

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