Con-tamination 2010 (St. Louis)

[ProfessorChaos]

was just doing some random 5 am intrawebz searching and found this:

http://www.con-tamination.com/

so, dj and billy-ray, when were you guys going to mention that you're coming to my neck of the woods?:shifty:

also scheduled to appear are bill hinzman, john russo, russ streiner, george kosana, gary klar, joe pilato, and tom savini. :hyper:

never been to a convention of this sort before, but i think i'm going to make this one for sure, as it's only about 30 miles from my front door.

any other members of the hpod crew planning on attending?

[krakenslayer]

any other members of the hpod crew planning on attending?

Yeah cos you could... "meet them in Saint Louis" nyuk nyuk nyuk :D

[Skippy911sc]

Sounds cool and only an hour from me, so you never know.

[DubiousComforts]

any other members of the hpod crew planning on attending?
Same weekend as Texas Frightmare in Dallas which is a bigger event and unfortunately, I gotta go where the money's at. ;)

[ProfessorChaos]

who's on the guestlist at frightmare that's more impressive than steel, rhodes, johnny, chief mclellan, the cemetery ghoul, the tire iron ghoul, and blades?

[BillyRay]

Well to be fair, Prof, Dube is talking about money, not the guestlist...:D

[thxleo]

who's on the guestlist at frightmare that's more impressive than steel, rhodes, johnny, chief mclellan, the cemetery ghoul, the tire iron ghoul, and blades?

John Carpenter!

[DubiousComforts]

who's on the guestlist at frightmare that's more impressive than steel, rhodes, johnny, chief mclellan, the cemetery ghoul, the tire iron ghoul, and blades?
How about George Romero and John Carpenter? ;)

In 2008, Dallas pretty much had that same exact guest list as St. Louis. I just wish all the shows wouldn't schedule so close to each other so that I could hit them all and spread the Autopsy love.

[C5NOTLD]

One of the releases for the St. Louis con said - "We found a guy in Iowa who has an actual 16 mm print of night of the living dead it's going to be shown the exact same way it was shown in 1968"

16mm? :rolleyes:

Plus you can find 16mm prints monthly on ebay....


Escape From New York was shot in St. Louis 30 yrs ago (released 29 yrs ago)- would be great if they added some guests from the film.


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[DjfunkmasterG]

I will be at this convention pimping Deadlands 2. Since I will have a table I won't be roaming around chit chatting with guests, although Brinke Stevens and I will be talking Deadlands 3.

I will probably catch Billy Ray's show... I caught it last year at Zombie COn X in Milwaukee and it was a blast and now that he has a chance to show to a group from Night of the Living Dead... that should make for a great experience.

[ProfessorChaos]

holy shitake mushrooms! with all my fucking school crap going on lately, this had completely slipped my mind. if finances are right, i plan on being there, probably only on saturday though.

admission is 20 bucks at the door, i believe, but how much extra cash should i plan on bringing? they do charge for autographs, right?

i mentioned this a while back to a couple buds from work and they mentioned going, so maybe they'll tag along...along their love of the genre isn't quite as fierce as mine, they both enjoyed day of the dead immensely when we all watched it at my place last fall.

and dj, even though i'm not a fan of running zombies/infected/whatever the fuck you wanna call 'em, if funds are in place and the price is right, i'll support your cause and buy one of your dvd's.

and billy ray, any idea what time your saturday show is going to be?

[DjfunkmasterG]

Most people charge $20 for the autograph Professor. This seems to be the going rate at cons. This is however a first year con so prices may be cheaper, but figure $20 a pop for autographs.

Depending on what you want signed usually bring about $200.00

Good news is Tom Savini doesn't charge for his signature, at least he didn't when he was at Cinema Wasteland 3 weeks ago.

As far as you buying one of my DVD's I will give you the HPOTD member price

$15.00 per disc as opposed to $20, but if you get Deadlands 1 & 2 I will give you both for $20.00

You just have to let me know who you are since I don't know you by sight.

Gary

[BillyRay]

admission is 20 bucks at the door, i believe, but how much extra cash should i plan on bringing? they do charge for autographs, right?

Dude, it's a con. Bring LOTS of cash. :lol: You never know what sort of Holy Grails you'll find among the huckster tables. Me, I'm looking for a Day soundtrack.



and dj, even though i'm not a fan of running zombies/infected/whatever the fuck you wanna call 'em, if funds are in place and the price is right, i'll support your cause and buy one of your dvd's.


It's a good flick. Running Zeds or not.


and billy ray, any idea what time your saturday show is going to be?

We're thinking Saturday @5:00, right after the dealers' room closes. We're also playing Suunday afternoon. We'll have a booth up as well. Come on down & say hi!

This is gonna be fun.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Dude, it's a con. Bring LOTS of cash. :lol: You never know what sort of Holy Grails you'll find among the huckster tables. Me, I'm looking for a Day soundtrack.

Dude you should have said something... they had a bunch at Cinema Wasteland, on vinyl, but they had'em. If you want I can make you a copy of my CD soundtrack... I mean it would just be a CD-R but I can at least hook a brother up.




It's a good flick. Running Zeds or not.


See.. Billy knows. :D

[ProfessorChaos]

yeah, if i go (things are looking about 75-25 right now), i definitely plan on stopping in to say hey.

i've heard some pretty good stuff (on the web outside of this site) about your movie, so i might as well get a copy from the man himself, right? just don't charge me 20 bucks for an autograph:lol:

and billy ray, i enjoyed your vid you posted way back (your 1st post if i recall), and i'm sure you've tweaked the formula a bit and improved what was already a good thing, so i'm looking forward to it.

like i was saying, though, my budget is fucked this month (got my dog neutered from a veterinarian that likes money a lot), so hopefully things will be good to go.

[DjfunkmasterG]

The autograph is included...

I am not a money whore... infact I hate the idea of charging... but it does help pay the bills, but most of the time I just don't bother charging.

[BillyRay]

Deej said:


I caught it last year at Zombie COn X in Milwaukee and it was a blast and now that he has a chance to show to a group from Night of the Living Dead... that should make for a great experience.


Yah, they're putting us on right before the NOTLD screening on Saturday. I'm a little nervous how the show'll go over with the original cast, but we've had a lot of positive feedback so far.

Plus photo ops with the actors and their puppets...

Then Prof said:


I'm sure you've tweaked the formula a bit and improved what was already a good thing


Since that vid, Prof, - new set, some new props, brand new puppets - TWICE!

And by that, Deej, we've rebuilt the puppets again for this year. And...wow. Take a look at Ben, now:

[BillyRay]

Oh, Deej, Yes Please on a copy of the Day soundtrack on CD.

It may very well be very important in my next parody...:elol:

[DjfunkmasterG]

Oh, Deej, Yes Please on a copy of the Day soundtrack on CD.

It may very well be very important in my next parody...:elol:

Day of the Dead Soundtrack CD - CHECK! :D

[DjfunkmasterG]

Well I am here and set up. Sitting next to Bill Forsythe, how awesome is that?

[AcesandEights]

Well I am here and set up. Sitting next to Bill Forsythe, how awesome is that?

That's pretty fucking awesome, man! Enjoy.

[bassman]

Well I am here and set up. Sitting next to Bill Forsythe, how awesome is that?

Why don't you tell him what you thought about his part in Halloween?

And be sure to get it on video.:lol:

[ProfessorChaos]

me and a couple of buds from work are heading over there tomorrow afternoon. looking forward to it.

i'll make sure i stop by and say hey and pick up a dvd, dj.

[DjfunkmasterG]

me and a couple of buds from work are heading over there tomorrow afternoon. looking forward to it.

i'll make sure i stop by and say hey and pick up a dvd, dj.

Cool... you can find me in the main hallway next to Bill Forsythe and the guys from the Lost Boys

[DjfunkmasterG]

Why don't you tell him what you thought about his part in Halloween?

And be sure to get it on video.:lol:

I love him in Halloween, he was the only good thing about it.

[bassman]

huh....I thought you and lou had him on your list as a bad part of Hallowen.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Nope... listed as the only good thing about the movie

[DjfunkmasterG]

Great meeting you Prof Chaos... Glad you came down with your friends and thanks very much for supporting the flicks.

[ProfessorChaos]

good meeting you too, dj. had a good time just smoking and joking with ya, will probably run in to you again one of these days at another convention. haven't got around to watching either deadlands film yet, but will post my thoughts in one of the threads for ya once i'm done.

billy ray and his crew put on a great show. it was standing room only in the area the put it on at. they did a great job of making the audience feel like a part of the show. you can tell that their puppet show is a labor of love by people who truly enjoy the hell out of the film. good to meet you too, billy ray.

as far as the rest of the convention goes, i went with 2 friends from work who both have seen day of the dead and loved it. i took my "complete night of the living dead filmbook" and got it signed by john russo, russ streiner, kyra schon, george kosana, and bill hinzman. it was pretty surreal meeting these people in real life as this was my first con i'd ever attended. they all seemed pretty nice.

what really blew me away, however, was the day cast. i don't have a lot of day memorabilia, in fact, i just have the 2-disc anchor bay dvd, so i took that to have it signed. i started off meeting lori cardille (holy shit she is great looking in person, i was shocked, given that day is 25 years old, but wow...). we got to talking for a bit and the fact that i was in the military was brought up by a buddy as we were standing there with her, and as soon as she heard that, she told gary klar and mark tierno, and all three of them ended up signing my dvd for free, and gary also gave me a reprinted "THE DEAD WALK" newspaper that they all signed. all three treated me like i was and old friend, and we had some good conversations, especially with "steele", who is cool as hell in real life, a real geniune dude. these 3 made my visit worth more to me than anything else.

sadly, joe pilato and tom savini weren't there, which was a bummer, but i had a great time anyway. maybe i can catch up with them at famous monsters this year...and say hey to lori cadille again.:o

[BillyRay]

Still decompressing, so this'll be brief...

Two sold-out performances.

Rave reviews.

Lots of contacts.

Lots more drinking.

Pics forthcoming.

(Our website got trampled by traffic. We're currently offline)

Great weekend.

Thanks for coming to the show, Prof; and as always Deej, you Rawk.

---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 PM ----------

I just heard that you was the dude what kept the big black flat from falling on the first row at Sunday's show.

Things Happen in live Theatre. We had a large panel tip over. It's light, but there's a limit to Audience Participation. I wasn't there, I was behind a different set of flats puppeting up. I heard a round of "Mannah Mannah" (Our code for "Something went very wrong. We're attempting to remedy this. Keep going until we get it sussed.") We haven't had to do it yet. It actually got laughs. The right kind of ones, too.

We've been reviewing the show just now & I heard you had our back. In a very real way. Dude, Thanks. Really.

THAT's what I dig about this page. (other thread, I know) When I get to meet you cats in Real Life, (That means you too, Prof) You are EXACTLY the sort of folks that I do all of this puppet goofiness for.That's why I'm here.

Gotta Roll, talk to you all later...

[DjfunkmasterG]

Still decompressing, so this'll be brief...

Two sold-out performances.

Rave reviews.

Lots of contacts.

Lots more drinking.

Pics forthcoming.

(Our website got trampled by traffic. We're currently offline)

Great weekend.

Thanks for coming to the show, Prof; and as always Deej, you Rawk.

---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 PM ----------

I just heard that you was the dude what kept the big black flat from falling on the first row at Sunday's show.

Things Happen in live Theatre. We had a large panel tip over. It's light, but there's a limit to Audience Participation. I wasn't there, I was behind a different set of flats puppeting up. I heard a round of "Mannah Mannah" (Our code for "Something went very wrong. We're attempting to remedy this. Keep going until we get it sussed.") We haven't had to do it yet. It actually got laughs. The right kind of ones, too.

We've been reviewing the show just now & I heard you had our back. In a very real way. Dude, Thanks. Really.

THAT's what I dig about this page. (other thread, I know) When I get to meet you cats in Real Life, (That means you too, Prof) You are EXACTLY the sort of folks that I do all of this puppet goofiness for.That's why I'm here.

Gotta Roll, talk to you all later...

It was a blast this weekend. No worries about the wall thingy... saw it coming and stuck my hand out.

Had a great time especially all of us partying in my room. I was so wasted Saturday night. I stayed up until 4:30 drinking with Gary Klar and Harry Manfredini, then last night I was drinking with Gary and Bill Forsythe again... I thinkt he whole 4 days I got about 4-5 hours sleep at most.

On my way home I had to pull over at a rest stop in Kentucky to go to sleep for an hour.

Oh Yeah... thanks for the BUTTON :elol: